information searching using visualizations - il 2008
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by Darlene Fichter and Jeff WisniewskiFrom library catalogs to mind maps to visual search engines join us as we tour some of the best, most interesting, most useful, or just plain coolest visualization tools out there. One of the most important trends to emerge from the Web 2.0 phenomenon is the advent of visualization tools that can illuminate, reveal, and shine a bright light on otherwise complex, dense, or dare we say boring data and text. Explore how these tools offer unique ways to visualize information patterns, facilitate information discovery and navigation, and reveal hidden concepts. Find the sweet spots for these new visualization tools for libraries, including how library users responded when the library catalog went "visual" with AquaBrowser.TRANSCRIPT
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Information Searching Using Visualizations
Jeff Wisniewski Darlene Fichter Web Services Librarian Data Librarian U of Pittsburgh U of Saskatchewan
See It, Find It™
October 22, 2009
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The web is grand. Too bad there’s so much of it.
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The web is grant. Too bad there’s so much of it.
A search for dog returns 44 million results.
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Libraries are also grand…too bad they have so much stuff
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Forecast: cloudy
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Would the real Bond please step forward?
(James) bond
Stocks and bonds
Baseball
Family ties
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How about pulling out concepts?
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How about pulling out “visualizing” concepts?
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How about visual feedback as you limit?
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I know it when I see it.
Who doesn’t recognize a book by its cover?
Find more like this?
Searching for images using images
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BYO Image
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Select site to search and enter keywords into oSkope
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oSkope results in list view mode.
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oSkope results in grid view mode.
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oSkope results in pile view mode.
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Pile and grid would rule for search history.
Recognition vs. recall
Want icing on your cake?
Pile in reverse chronological order
Pile by term in reverse order
Pile by day / date
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Lists are great but graphs can be better.
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oSkope results in graph mode.
Pagerank
Price
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Spectra visual newsreader
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What about the other visual search engines?
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Quintura offers concept map and lists in a dual view.
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Quintura has an image search.
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Would kids like this?
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Or this?
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Look familiar?
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Now I know where I’ve seen you!
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Using visual search to find visuals.
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When words are hard to come by: TinEye & Piximilar
http://ideeinc.com/products/tineye/demo-screencast
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What are these called?
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You’re so vain, you probably think this search engine
is about you.My quick tests to
find similar images turned up “null” until I tried
their own logo.
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Find me something like this.
Demo
http://www.tiltomo.com
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Photosynth
Live demo – photosynth.com
Download viewer/creator file to start searching
A “synth” is created by analyzing the image to stitch overlapping photos together
Viewer provides a 3D like immersive experience
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3D Results and Immersive Results
Ubrowser – neat to look at but ?
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Visual on the go: oMoby
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Visual search gobbles up more resources.
Bandwidth
Screen – sometimes bigger is better
Mobile search is hot, so sometimes visual is better on small screens then text
Play nice with others
Graphics hardware
Accessibility
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Resources
AquaBrowser http://www.aquabrowser.com
BYO Image http://labs.ideeinc.com/upload/
Colr pickr http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/
Encore http://www.iii.com/products/encore.shtml
Grokker http://www.grokker.com
iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/
oMoby: http://www.omoby.com
uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/
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Resources
oSkope http://www.oskope.com/
Tiltomo http://www.tiltomo.com
TinEye http://www.tineye.com/
Photosynth http://photosynth.net/
Quintara http://www.quintura.com/
SearchMe http://www.searchme.com/
Spectra newsreader http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html
uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/