building interfaces

understanding collections

Trevor Owens

Digital Archivist

NDIIPP

The Library of Congress

@tjowens

In Visualization, “knowledge is not transferred, revealed or perceived, but is created through a dynamic process”

Jessop, Visualization as Scholarly Activity, LLC, 2008

a free and open platform for

creating dynamic visual interfaces

to digital collections

zero code, point-and-click,easy-to-use,thing

what

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does

take this

or this

and make…

1. visual

displays

2. dynamic

facets

embeded

in your site

exposed

open data

but the end result is just part

of the story

interface building facilitates deeper understanding

Visual Displays

timelines; lists; charts;

galleries; maps[

Different Facets

lists;

histograms;

tag clouds[

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share

but the end result is just part

of the story

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build

share

Interface building facilitates deeper understanding

Interface building facilitatesremediation

Interface building can informcollecting practice

In Visualization, “knowledge is not transferred, revealed or perceived, but is created through a dynamic process”

Jessop, Visualization as Scholarly Activity, LLC, 2008