new methods of access and discoverability bring new affordances for digital research

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New methods of access and discoverability bring new challenges

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Enabling research at scale

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NYPL Labs: http://www.nypl.org/collections/labs

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De-contextualisation:

New affordances of representation at a cost to interpretation

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From: http://iwasnteventhere.tumblr.com/post/7882377942/reply-to-mondrian-vs-rothko-footprints-and-evolution

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Image-oriented search eg Google Image Swirl. (née ‘09, now defunct)

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Filtering by concept or context, rather than keyword, eg:

- Geographic: geolocation, geocoding

- Similarity: search and filtering based on object or set of objects

- Time: from date-based constraints to searching by timeline and provenance.

- Pattern: eg Bayesian modelling of semantic context and intent.

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Enhance understanding

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Entity Extraction

- Alexander Pope vs The Pope

- Emergence of new concepts

- Presentation of contextual media based on true similarity

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Understanding Images

Detection and recognition – more than just faces!

- Decoration trends

- Page layout and technical process

- Style and culture

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Audio, Visual and interactive content

- Where to begin…

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New Views

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How to assess user-generated data at scale?

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Questions?