data visualisation for libraries

DATA VISUALISATION FOR LIBRARIES2013 RISG SEMINARSTATE LIBRARY OF NSWTUESDAY, 7 MAY

Andrea LauCo-FounderDesignerCoder

Emma CheeDesigner

James HiscockCoder

Jack ZhaoCo-FounderDesignerCoder

François RobichetCoder

2GEOSPATIAL “MINING MAP” PRECEDENTS PROPOSAL, SMALL MULTIPLES

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DATA AND DATA VISUALISATIONAS TOOLS TO FACILITATE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE-GATHERING AND SHARING

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

HTTP://WWW.SBS.COM.AU/CENSUS/6

HTTP://WWW.SBS.COM.AU/CENSUS/7

HTTP://WWW.ABS.GOV.AU/WEBSITEDBS/CENSUSHOME.NSF/HOME/CENSUS?OPENDOCUMENT&NAVPOS=108

HTTPS://OPEN.ABC.NET.AU/9

HTTP://GDP.NFB.CA/MAP10

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MANITOBAMAPS/12

HTTPS://OPEN.ABC.NET.AU/PROJECTS/NOW-AND-THEN-14TM2SH/13

HTTP://WALKING-PAPERS.ORG/14

HTTP://WWW.COLLABORATIVEMAP.ORG/15

HTTP://MAPBOX.COM/TILEMILL/16

HTTP://WWW.FITBIT.COM/AU HTTP://CUBESENSORS.COM/17

HTTP://JAPAN.FAILEDROBOT.COM/ HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/P00FVKXF#SYNOPSIS18

FUKUSHIMA: DIY GEIGER COUNTER

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

HTTP://WWW.MAT.UCSB.EDU/G.LEGRADY/GLWEB/PROJECTS/SPL/SPL.HTML20

HTTP://VALERIEMADILL.COM/INDEX.PHP?/PROJECT/LOOKING-AT-LIBRARIES/21

HTTP://INFOSCAPE.ORG/PUBLICATIONS/UIDIS01.PDF22

HTTP://WWW.YASIV.COM/#/SEARCH?Q=BRAVE%20NEW%20WORLD&CATEGORY=BOOKS&LANG=US23

HTTP://CHRISTOPHERWARNOW.COM/PORTFOLIO/?P=27824

HTTP://WWW.ITSBEENREAL.CO.UK/INDEX.PHP?/WWWORDS/LITERARY-ORGANISM/25

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

HTTP://DATA.GOV.AU/27

HTTP://DEVELOPER.NYTIMES.COM/DOCS/READ/ARTICLE_SEARCH_API_V228

OPENAUSTRALIA.ORG/29

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

LOCAL

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YOUR VISITORSYOUR COMMUNITYYOUR COLLECTIONYOUR KNOWLEDGE

LIBRARY IS HUB OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

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DATA AND DATA VISUALISATIONAS TOOLS TO FACILITATE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE-GATHERING AND SHARING

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1. Open up your data and help the community to find data

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Create a webpage with all your data resources as downloads or links (PDFs, spreadsheets, CSVs)

Create a database for people to use, that lets them make custom queries

Create an API (application programming interface) so that the data can be used everywhere

MOST ACCESSIBLE

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2. Create programs to help the community to understand the data

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Teach people how to use Open Office, Google Docs, Excel

Teach people how to use Google Maps, Open Street Maps, free charting tools

Teach people programming, design, open source technologies!

MOST POWERFUL

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3. See the community teach you!

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Insight about the community

Understanding problems more clearly

Helping other people access data and technologies

Solutions to change the way things work for the better!

JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML39

"Please make me a visualisation."- Jer Thorp

JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML40

"Please make me a visualisation."sandwich

- Jer Thorp

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A BETTER APPROACH

JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML42

"Please visualise our data."

JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML43

"Please visualise our data."

solutionsnew ideas

better questions

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DATA AND DATA VISUALISATIONAS TOOLS TO FACILITATE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE-GATHERING AND SHARING

DATA VISUALISATION FOR LIBRARIES2013 RISG SEMINARSTATE LIBRARY OF NSWTUESDAY, 7 MAY