Event Title
Big, Smart, and Linked: The Data Games
Document Type
Presentation
Location
Room 405 - Conaton Learning Commons
Start Date
23-5-2017 11:20 AM
End Date
23-5-2017 12:10 PM
Description
- Joan Milligan, Special Collections Cataloger, University of Dayton Libraries
Although library catalogs and archival finding aids were originally created for the retrieval of inventory, in the digital age there are even more benefits to reap from them: use of the rich, interconnected data of bibliographic records – subject matter, place, time, creator, etc. – and the controlled vocabularies built by thousands of catalogers over the years. These data can be used to learn about human history and endeavors in new and unexpected ways.
We will talk about the difference between big data and smart data. We will then look at some of the wonderful visual representations and animations that are being created today in the digital humanities, such “Charting Culture” at the University of Texas and “Mapping the Republic of Letters” at Stanford.
Finally, we will test your metadata muscle in two games using the structure of linked data: “Dream a Schema” and “Timed Taxonomy.”
Big, Smart, and Linked: The Data Games
Room 405 - Conaton Learning Commons
- Joan Milligan, Special Collections Cataloger, University of Dayton Libraries
Although library catalogs and archival finding aids were originally created for the retrieval of inventory, in the digital age there are even more benefits to reap from them: use of the rich, interconnected data of bibliographic records – subject matter, place, time, creator, etc. – and the controlled vocabularies built by thousands of catalogers over the years. These data can be used to learn about human history and endeavors in new and unexpected ways.
We will talk about the difference between big data and smart data. We will then look at some of the wonderful visual representations and animations that are being created today in the digital humanities, such “Charting Culture” at the University of Texas and “Mapping the Republic of Letters” at Stanford.
Finally, we will test your metadata muscle in two games using the structure of linked data: “Dream a Schema” and “Timed Taxonomy.”
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