Overview
We won a competitive tender to work with National Library of
Scotland and produced our very first client mobile application; The
John Murray Archive Interactive Tour, available for the iPod Touch
and iPhone 3G/3GS.
This interactive tour is bursting with engaging content themed
around the John Murray Publishing dynasty which eventually spanned
seven generations, and over four centuries publishing authors such
as Jane Austen, Charles Darwin, Lord Byron and Walter Scott.
The tour takes users on a journey through the key themes of the
Archive: Literature, Publishing, Science, Travel and Exploration,
Politics and Society and finishes with a closer look at the
Murray's themselves, and the individual influences they had over
the genres and works they published and promoted.
Following emerging standards in smartphone navigation, the tour
presents content via an easy to use, colour themed menu ensuring
the highest standards of usability and accessibility. Within each
section, users can watch a short audio visual presentation narrated
by Kirsty Wark and explore documents of significance complete with
audio narrative descriptions. They can also delve deeper into
digitalised letters, manuscripts, and business records from the
archive which tell the story of this great period of revolutionary
works.
The application is available for hire in the National Library of
Scotland and is also available for download from the iTunes app store.