Making Data Accessible: An Overview of Interactive Data Visualization Using D3.js as Applied to a Scientific Dataset : Making a Static Visualization Interactive

Technology is moving at a very fast pace, but data is still represented as tables, static graphs and infographics that do not create an impact on the population at large. Excluding the scientific and educational communities, to the common individual information should be displayed in an entertaining manner. This project set out to fulfill this goal by using known technologies from D3js, design guidelines, CSS3 animations, and HTML5 elements to real scientific data from the United States National Climate Data Center. The final product is a one page web application displaying 3,000,000 years of global temperatures in a visual format. The data was plotted using D3js, made interactive with JavaScript and laid out using Twitter Bootstrap. What can be concluded is that it is possible to create interactive content with current technologies, but the process is still only achievable after extensive study of the technologies involved. Further development has to be made for data interactive tools to become easier to use and to produce large-scale interactive web applications involving data display and analysis. The advancement of interactive visualizations are also relevant as studies have shown that engaging lectures lead to a statistically significant higher average on unit exams compared with traditional didactic lectures. This could be hypothesized to be the same for interactive data and this was confirmed by a small questionnaire

Declarative approach to data extraction of web pages

Thesis submitted to Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Computer ScienceIn the last few years, we have been witnessing a noticeable WEB evolution with the introduction of significant improvements at technological level, such as the emergence of XHTML, CSS,Javascript, and Web2.0, just to name ones. This, combined with other factors such as physical expansion of the Web, as well as its low cost, have been the great motivator for the organizations and the general public to join, with a consequent growth in the number of users and thus influencing the volume of the largest global data repository. In consequence, there was an increasing need for regular data acquisition from the WEB, and because of its frequency, length or complexity, it would only be viable to obtain through automatic extractors. However, two main difficulties are inherent to automatic extractors. First, much of the Web's information is presented in visual formats mainly directed for human reading. Secondly, the introduction of dynamic webpages, which are brought together in local memory from different sources, causing some pages not to have a source file. Therefore, this thesis proposes a new and more modern extractor, capable of supporting the Web evolution, as well as being generic, so as to be able to be used in any situation, and capable of being extended and easily adaptable to a more particular use. This project is an extension of an earlier one which had the capability of extractions on semi-structured text files. However it evolved to a modular extraction system capable of extracting data from webpages, semi-structured text files and be expanded to support other data source types. It also contains a more complete and generic validation system and a new data delivery system capable of performing the earlier deliveries as well as new generic ones. A graphical editor was also developed to support the extraction system features and to allow a domain expert without computer knowledge to create extractions with only a few simple and intuitive interactions on the rendered webpage

An investigation into the ‘I can Google it’ information seeking behaviour of the academic communities in the Maldives and Australia

This thesis is a phenomenological inquiry of the “I can Google it” information seeking behaviour in academic communities from two economically diverse countries – Maldives and Australia. It investigates how the googling phenomenon impacts the provision of academic library services

Representing aggregate works in the digital library

This paper studies the challenge of representing aggregate works such as encyclopedias, collected poems and journals in heterogenous digital library collections. Reflecting on the materials used by humanities academics, we demonstrate the varied range of aggregate types and the problems of faithfully representing this in the DL interface. Aggregates are complex and pervasive, challenge common assumptions and confuse boundaries within organisational structures. Existing DL systems can only provide imperfect representation of aggregates, and alterations to document encoding are insufficient to create a faithful reproduction of the physical library. The challenge is amplified through concrete examples, and solutions are demonstrated in a well-known DL system and related to standard DL architecture

Newspaper of the university of alaska southeast juneau campus

Library faces unsure future -- Smoking ban ignites campus controversy -- Student survey secures summer session -- UA students intern in governor's office -- Rotary offers scholarship -- Gissberg forges Pacific Rim Fisheries links -- Microsoft upgrades Quick C -- EDITORIAL -- LETTERS -- Chaotic elements build impressive production -- Redman VP for UA-Statewide -- Murrell on theater: plays are best history books -- Three-dimensional professor "ties" one on -- Racquetball vs. mid-term blahs -- Bop til you drop-At the Hop -- Bowl April 8 (for bucks) -- Lowery scores--as NAIA All-American -- Shorts & Briefs -- UNCLASSIFIED

User-Centered Navigation Re-Design for Web-Based Information Systems

Navigation design for web-based information systems (e.g. e-commerce sites, intranet solutions) that ignores user-participation reduces the system’s value and can even lead to system failure. In this paper we introduce a user-centered, explorative approach to re-designing navigation structures of web-based information systems, and describe how it can be implemented in order to provide flexibility and reduce maintenance costs. We conclude with lessons learned from the navigation redesign project at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

Information Outlook, September 1997

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Collaboratory Digital Libraries for Humanities in the Italian context

The study investigates the approach to collaboration in Humanities, within the Italian context, to test the possibility of collaborative digital library for scholars. The research hypothesis is that collaboration can foster innovation and scienti c development: therefore, within Humanities, digital libraries can be the collaborative laboratory for research. Thus, understanding perception of scholars towards collaboration, especially online, and comprehending if wiki systems could be the framework of collaboration were the objectives of the study. A qualitative approach has been adopted, using case study as research method: in-depth, semi-structured interviews to Digital Humanities scholars provide data integrated with interviews with two key informants (one of which is prof. Umberto Eco). The results of the study show that Humanities, within Italian context, do appreciate collaboration and the concept of a collaboratory digital library, though several issues need to be solved. In fact, Humanities are still tied with individual work and collaboration is not easy to pursue, for cultural, technical and political reasons. Great e ort needs to be done at many different levels to eliminate obstacles and facilitate online collaboration for scholars. The study provides a draft model for a collaborative digital library arisen from gathered data

Digital Media and Textuality: From Creation to Archiving

Due to computers' ability to combine different semiotic modes, texts are no longer exclusively comprised of static images and mute words. How have digital media changed the way we write and read? What methods of textual and data analysis have emerged? How do we rescue digital artifacts from obsolescence? And how can digital media be used or taught inside classrooms? These and other questions are addressed in this volume that assembles contributions by artists, writers, scholars and editors. They offer a multiperspectival view on the way digital media have changed our notion of textuality