Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library came to Beehive Media for a revamping of their website. The new site is rich in content, visually compelling, and uses leading edge technology. Users can search by multiple criteria, and zoom into minute detail of high-resolution maps (using Zoomify Beta technology). Educators can search for resources by education levels, topics, ideas and skills. Users can also buy map reproductions online. An easy-to-use, robust content management "ingests" maps and metadata, and the site provides access to more than 2000 of the historic maps in its collection. User visits to the site have skyrocketed since the redesign and the average visit length has increased from under 10 minutes to nearly 60 minutes - almost unheard of in the industry! In January 2009, the site was been named the "Digital Library of the Week" by the American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world with members in academic, public, school, government and special libraries.