Baker Perkins Historical Society - Virtual BooksIntroduction - What is a “Virtual Book”?The concept of a “Virtual Book” came about as a result of a number of different perceived problems:
So, the solution might be to harness the inbuilt power of the website and:
The reader would click on the relevant icon for the particular book and scroll down through the Cover and Introductory pages to the Index. Clicking on the desired subject and its highlighted ’links’ within the Index would take the reader to one or more existing references to that subject throughout the websites. This would allow the reader to access not only relevant information but also to begin to put the subject into its specific historical and business development context. It should also propel the reader down a lot of ‘new’ paths and expose him/her to facts about the Baker Perkins Group which he/she might not have encountered before. It is argued that this development not only allows constant up-dating but is also a powerful way of bringing together much of the relevant information, currently spread across hundreds of computer pages, in an easily accessible manner. This concept could be used to produce any number of “Virtual Books” based on any aspect of Baker Perkins’ history already mentioned on the websites but it is arguably most useful when addressing a subject that encompasses a range of similar activities that occurred across the Group. Dick Preston, March 2011 |
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