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Built into the walls of NC State's new Hunt Library are several [http://www.christiedigital.com/en-us/digital-signage/products/microtiles/pages/microtiles-digital-signage-video-wall.aspx Christie MicroTile Display Wall Systems]. What does a library do with a display that's seven feet tall and over twenty feet wide? I'll talk about why libraries might want large displays like this, what we're doing with them right now, and what we might do with them in the future. I'll talk about how these displays factor into planning for new and existing web projects. And I'll get into the fun details of how you build web applications that scale from the very small browser window on a phone all the way up to a browser window with about 14 million pixels (about 10 million more than a dual 24" monitor desktop setup).
 
== Your Library, Anywhere: A Modern, Responsive Library Catalogue at University of Toronto Libraries ==
 
* Bilal Khalid, Gordon Belray, Lisa Gayhart (lisa.gayhart@utoronto.ca)
 
* No previous Code4Lib presentations
 
With the recent surge in the mobile device market and an ever expanding patron base with increasingly divergent levels of technical ability, the University of Toronto Libraries embarked on the development of a new catalogue discovery layer to fit the needs of its diverse users.
 
[http://search.library.utoronto.ca The result]: a mobile-friendly, flexible and intuitive web application that brings the full power of a faceted library catalogue to users without compromising quality or performance, employing Responsive Web Design principles. This talk will discuss: application development; service improvements; interface design; and user outreach, testing, and project communications. Feedback and questions from the audience are very welcome. If time runs short, we will be available for questions and conversation after the presentation.
 
Note: A version of this content has been provisionally accepted as an article for Code4Lib Journal, January 2014 publication.)
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