Exploring collection data through the GLAM Workbench
Image: State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/342096
Tim Sherratt
@wragge
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Collections as data?
See also: https://collectionsasdata.github.io/
SEARCH IS FAMILIAR
BUT What about the other 3m?
SAME search
DIFFERENT VIEW
MORE searches
different questions!
APIs
data dumps
CSVs
full text
images
collections
as
data
?
APIs
data dumps
CSVs
full text
images
collections
as
data
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GLAM Workbench
GLAM Workbench
- tools, tutorials, examples, hacks
- live code
- editable, reusable, hackable
- openly licensed
is
GLAM Workbench
- coding 101
- finished or perfect
is NOT
GLAM Workbench
Not just how, but why...
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possibilities – why should I be interested?
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starting points – can you give me an example I can use?
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pathways – where do I go next?
Code
Discussion
Results
Jupyter notebooks
- Computing in your browser
- A computational narrative – combine text, images, code & more
- A standard format – use on different platforms
- See Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks
Jupyter Notebooks
Why JUPYTER?
Jupyter Notebooks
GLAM examples
- used on multiple platforms
- presented in different formats
- changed by extensions
- tailored to different users
Not just notebooks
JupyteR can be...
FINDING GLAM DATA
PACKAGING DATA
(create collections of newspaper articles)
Trove newspaper harvester
PACKAGING DATA
(create collections of newspaper articles)
Trove newspaper harvester
EXtract metadata
(no API? you can always try screen-scraping!)
National archives of australia
National archives of australia
DOWNLOAD IMAGES
(a bit of API, a bit of screen-scraping)
Trove journals
Text
ASKING different questions
TROVE newspapers
Visualise searches
(asking historical questions with search facets)
DIGITALNZ
OPEN COLLECTIONS
(visualise usage conditions)
COUNTING WORDS
australian parliament
SEEING change
(screenshots over time)
WEB
ARCHIVES
tracking text
WEB
ARCHIVES
HAcking heritage
RANDOM
DIGITALNZ
ITEMS
EXTEND APIs
(get randomly selected collection items)
Trove newspapers
FIND LanguageS
(non-English language newspapers)
words
from OCR
PLAY with collections
(creating scissors & paste messages)
Bringing documentation alive
AN API Example
Museums Victoria
EXPLORE AN API
(collections in time & space)
National Museum of Australia
WEB ARCHIVE APIS
DOCUMENT DATA Sources
PATHWAYS
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
App
Notebook
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Running jupyter notebooks
RUN LIVE in binder
BINDER
Binder In GLAM WorKbench
The magic of Binder
Binder In GLAM WorKbench
- a single click to start
- batteries included (no software for the user to install)
- encourages experimentation
- just try it...
MORE
ways to run
RECLAIM CLOUD
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one-click installation
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persistent environmments
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low cost
MORE
ways to run
DOCKER
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run locally
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persistent environments
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free, but more knowledge needed
COPY!
EDIT!
RE-USE!
GLAM WORKBENCH IS OPEN!
- free!
- openly licensed to encourage reuse & modification
- shared through GitHub
- preserved in Zenodo
- use it, share it, change it
CONTACT ME
Don't have a question? Why not ask about my t-shirt?...