Introduction. Both times that I was called upon to design a III Webpac, I started by looking at every webpac that was available for public viewing. I then got an idea of what mine should look like. In the meantime, the number has grown substantially, so looking at every webpac has become an unmanageable task. As a service to the profession, I decided to look at the field one more time, and choose a fairly small number of Webpacs that have something extra to offer. In almost every case, the chosen OPACs have been completely designed by the host institution from the Main page right down to the individual bibliographic record. In addition, I have looked for important extra features such as Z39.50 broadcast, Table of Contents, and Cascading Style sheets. In the end, I hope to have a file that will be useful and a source of inspiration to future Webpac designers. One final note - I had no intention of ever including Quinnipiac's opac, but I came up with an approach to graphics that I haven't seen anywhere else, so until somebody else does, it, I will reluctantly display that link.
Examples of excellent Innovative Interfaces sites:
Library | URL | Features |
| Canisius College | http://cando.canisius.edu/ | Google Boooks Preview |
| Yale Law School Library | encore.law.yale.edu | Encore site |
| Michigan State University | http://magic.lib.msu.edu/ | Encore site, Records created by XML Harvester  . |
| Milwaukee County Library System | www.mcfls.org/ | Dynamic and interactive links to new materials |
| Greater Victoria Public Library | http://catalogue.gvpl.ca/ | Useful start page and good use of icons in browse screens. |
| Othmer Library of Chemical History | othmerlib.chemheritage.org/search | Use of Image Management . |
| Westerville Public Library | http://catalog.wpl.lib.oh.us/ | MAP "Meta Bridge" links to book covers and reviews and MetaFind. |
| Brooklyn Public Library | http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ | Catalog tutorial |
| Portland (Maine) Public Library | http://catalog.portland.lib.me.us/search | Good button design. |
| Sante Fe Public Library | http://catalog.ci.santa-fe.nm.us/ | List of books on order. |
| University of Newcastle | http://library.newcastle.edu.au/ | Buttons, overall design. |
| Athabasca University | http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/screens/opacmenu.html | Buttons, ILL Forms. |
| Bob Jones University | http://library.bju.edu/ | Excellent design of main page and browse screen buttons |
| University of California, Irvine | http://antpac.lib.uci.edu/ | Buttons, Logo, Item Location Information |
| University of Connecticut Law | http://uconl.law.uconn.edu/ | Graphics in Media column in browse |
| Rodman Public Library | http://roc.rodman.lib.oh.us/ | Release 3, Dynamic searches to special materials, Links to book reviews |
| Ohiolink | http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/ | Massive database, Table of Contents Feature |
| Connecticut State University System | http:csulib.ctstateu.edu | Thorough proxy instructions |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | http://albert.rit.edu/search/ | Dynamic new books feature using the III/Oracle interface , SFX. |
| Willamette University | http://library.willamette.edu/search~S1/X/ | Library tour in Item Location page |
| Washington University | http://catalog.wustl.edu/search~/ | Archival/Reference Database , Table of Contents |
| Academy of Natural Sciences | http://nolan.acnatsci.org/search/ | Image Management |
| Istanbul Bilgi University | http://library.bilgi.edu.tr:80/search/ | Z39.50 Broadcast , Animated buttons, TOC |
| Tripod | http://tripod.brynmawr.edu | Scoped search of cataloged web resources |