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Visually exploring information spaces Visualizations and enhanced publications

Andrea ScharnhorstSenior Research Fellow

March 29, 2011

NIAS, e-humanities workshop

Enhanced publications and visualizations

• Different definitions of EP

– Web-based publication (complementing traditional publications / embracing new technologies)

– EP’s in a network of other resources

– Examples from a presentation of Nick Jankowski/Clifford Tatum from “Enhancing Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences” a surf-share project

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EP: ‘Discovery Lane’ (1) Visualizing Culture, MIT Project

14 Mar. 2011 KNAW e-Humanities Group 3

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EP: ‘Discovery Lane’ (2) Enhancing e-Reader Publications

14 Mar. 2011 KNAW e-Humanities Group 4

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EP: ‘Discovery Lane’ (4) JFK: Day by Day

EP and information spaces

• Each EP is a collection of resources, can be understood as an information space in itself (or a specific representation of a larger information space)

• Visualization of THIS representation: visualizing the parts/content/composition

• Visualization of the location/place of an EP in a wider information space

• Visualization of this INFORMATION SPACEInformation visualization

“Classic” visualization of scientific communications/publications

HistCite graph of documents about “modelling science” (with Diana Lucio-Arias)

Network visualization: bottom up; from the content of the objects (documents)

Visualization of the content of repositories (I)

Testbed NarcisThanks to Chris Bars

Visualization of information spaces

KSL Project: Almila AkdagKrysztof SucheckiChegn Gao

Visualizing the content of repositories (II)

Challenge

• Linking information spaces• Positioning objects in larger information spaces

• Visual enhanced information retrieval

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For more information please contact Andrea.scharnhorst@dans.knaw.nl

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