Collections Amplified: Exhibiting data using DSpace, Viewshare and Google Fusion Tables

Collections Amplified

LITA National ForumMeghan Frazer

Exhibiting data using DSpace, Viewshare and Google Fusion Tables

Agenda

● The original project● The step-by-step● Other possibilities

Questions? Please ask...

Caveats

1. I am just technical enough to be dangerous.

Caveats

1. I am just technical enough to be dangerous.

2. Some of these tools are labeled "experimental" by their owners

The Community Within

Black Churches in Mount Vernon, Ohio

http://drc.kenyon.edu/handle/2374.KENY/6891





Definitions - DSpace

Open source institutional repository platform.

dspace.orgduraspace.org

http://www.duraspace.org

Definitions - Google Fusion Tables

Google product, accessible through Drive (Docs)

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/

Definitions - Viewshare

The Goal

Let each tool do what it does best...

...and then make them play nicely together.

The Goal

Let each tool do what it does best...

...and then make them play nicely together.

(oh...and work completely in the UI)

How-to

DSpace and Google Fusion

DSpace & Google Fusion

Start with: a collection in DSpace1. Export the metadata2. Enhance the metadata3. Import the csv to Google Fusion4. Click on Visualize5. Set preferences6. Get embeddable link7. Add embeddable link to DSpace collectionRepeat 5-7 as needed.

Start with: a collection in DSpace

http://localhost:8080/xmlui

1. Export the Metadata

1. Export the Metadata

The metadata from the export might be a little...messy. In this case, the metadata was added to the collection using two separate methods, and so the columns aren't quite lined up.

2. Enhance the Metadata

So, we fix it before we try to upload it anywhere.

3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion

Two options:1. Go to http://www.google.

com/fusiontables/Home/

2. Go to drive.google.com, and click on Create > Other > Fusion Table

3. Import the .csv to Google FusionOops! Whatever program you use to enhance the data may use its own separator by default - looks like we need to indicate that a semi-colon is our data delimiter.

So, click on Back and try again, with ";" designated


Now, we have a Google Fusion Table.

4. Click on Visualize

For our example, we want a Map visualization, so we go to Visualize > Map.

5. Set preferences

6. Get embeddable link


This will not work unless the table is shared. Google is pretty good about warning you if the table isn't shared, but if you're having trouble, check the access setup.


This is the link we want. Highlight the text and copy it.

7. Add embeddable link to DSpace


Paste the link in one of the HTML fields. Click on Save Updates at the bottom of the page.


You may notice, something went very wrong. Here's why: the embeddable link only contains information as attributes, there's nothing between the tags. So, click the back button and type some text in between the two iframe tags. I usually put "This browser does not support frames." just before the </iframe> tag, but you could write "KISS rules" if you wanted. Also make sure that all the ampersands show as & and not &


So, we have our map and our info windows, but we probably don't want to display it like this to our users. So, let's fix it. Head back into Google Fusion Tables, and click on "Configure Info Window"

Repeat Step 5. Set preferences

Repeat Step 5 - Set Preferences

Here, you can change the labels and use HTML to change the display - for example, to display links as links. Then, click on Save.

Refresh DSpaceNo need to re-embed the link, just refresh the collection page in the browser.

How-To

DSpace & Viewshare

DSpace & Viewshare

Start with: a collection in DSpace1. Export the metadata2. Enhance the metadata3. Import the csv to Viewshare4. Edit the data5. Create a View6. Get embeddable link7. Add embeddable link to DSpace collectionRepeat 5-7 as needed.

3. Import metadata to Viewshare

4. Edit the data

5. Create a viewOnce you've uploaded the data, click the "Build" link next to it. This will allow you to build a view. For this example, we'll click on Timeline below.

5. Create a view

Select the fields that you'd like to use as your parameters along the left side and then Save button is on your upper right.

5. Create a view

7. Embed link in DSpace collection


Note, this is the same issue as the <iframe> tags from Google fusion. Some text needs to be in between the tags.

Other possibilities

Viewshare & Omeka? (Someone's done this: http://bit.ly/PHGwbR)

Google Fusion & DSpace?

Omeka & DSpace?

http://bit.ly/PHGwbR

Thanks!

Meghan [email protected]@meghanfrazer

Slides will be at ALA Connect Website &http://www.slideshare.net/MeghanFrazer

Collections Amplified: Exhibiting data using DSpace, Viewshare and Google Fusion Tables

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