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Trevor Owens, Digital Archivist,
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
this a quick introduction
see screencastand guides for the
details
what
viewshare
does
take this
or this
and make…
visual
displays
dynamic
facets
embeded
in your site
expose
open data
but the end result is just part
of the story
interface building facilitates deeper understanding
in Visualization, “knowledge is not transferred, revealed or perceived, but is created through a dynamic process”
Jessop, Visualization as Scholarly Activity, LLC, 2008
Visual Displays
timelines; lists; charts;
galleries; maps[
Different Facets
lists;
histograms;
tag clouds[
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but the end result is just part
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Interface building facilitates deeper understanding of collections
Interface building facilitatesremediation
In Visualization, “knowledge is not transferred, revealed or perceived, but is created through a dynamic process”
Jessop, Visualization as Scholarly Activity, LLC, 2008
A for instance…
Samuel H. Kress Collection History Database: National Gallery of ArtViewshare Demo
one collection spread across multiple institutions
a view built in a matter of hours from data exported from a custom database
Illustrates new ways of seeing your collection
cost of art
over time
at a particular institution
examine an individual outlier
pivot to a chart to see what medium those works are on
change the chart to see what schools of art the works represent
or explore other points for comparison…
see a list of works by artist from a given date range
only see the works
1) $ more than 13k 2) bought in 1937
Now, see what institutions those objects are at
You can add as many filters and pivot through the views to your hearts content
Just playing with collection data reveals patterns and opens questions
In Visualization, “knowledge is not transferred, revealed or perceived, but is created through a dynamic process”
Jessop, Visualization as Scholarly Activity, LLC, 2008
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