DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13RACHAEL GOODYER

DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13

RACHAEL GOODYER

DIGITAL CENTERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

TWO MAIN PROJECTS

Fall project:Columbia’s first makerspace

Spring project:Open source indexing tool

THE USER PROBLEM

‘I had to write my own book’s index and it took me a month!’ – Professor Bell, Columbia University

THE IDEAL SOLUTION

Old New

Free Easy to

use Online

Automates key word search

THE NITTY GRITTY

How to make an index

Step one: Upload book

Step two: Analyse book text (with NLP)

Step three: Edit and format results

Step four:Print and/or export

Programming languages you need

STEP ONE: UPLOAD BOOK

Workflow

Upload button

Text box option

STEP TWO: ANALYSE BOOK TEXT

Text analysis

Remove punctuationRemove common wordsRemove duplicatesFind page locatorsShow frequencyAlphabetise results

STEP THREE: EDIT AND FORMAT RESULTS

Modifiable key words list

Formatting options

Key words statistics

STEP FOUR: EXPORT INDEX

From To

Export button

NEXT STEPS

Share code with world

https://github.com/digintern/index.me.

Keep coding!

Contact:Jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edurrg2141@columbia.edu

DEMO: BEFORE

DEMO: AFTER