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NYPL Labs @ Eyeo Festival 2015

NYPL Labs @ Eyeo Festival 2015

Kill Time. Make History.

Presented by Ben Vershbow (@subsublibrary) and Mauricio Giraldo (@mgiraldo) during the Eyeo Festival 2015, Minneapolis.

Video of the presentation coming soon.

Mauricio Giraldo

June 03, 2015
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  1. hello

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  2. ben vershbow
    @subsublibrary

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  4. mauricio giraldo arteaga
    @mgiraldo

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  8. *not real library scientists

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  9. where we work

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  29. hello, internet

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  43. access
    digitization metadata

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  44. access
    digitization metadata

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  45. access
    digitization metadata
    public

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  46. access
    digitization metadata
    public
    traditional digital library program

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  47. access
    digitization metadata
    public
    engagement
    R+D

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  48. so you’ve digitized… now what?

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  64. nytimes.com/2005/11/01/science/earth/old-menus-provide-clues-about-shifting-seafood-tastes.html
    chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/A-M-scientist-pores-over-menus-to-analyze-fishing-1671558.php

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  65. there’s data in them thar menus

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  68. OCR result

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  69. OCR result

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  70. OCR result

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  74. menus.nypl.org

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  75. menus.nypl.org

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  76. 1.3 million dishes transcribed from 17.5k menus

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  81. curatingmenus.org — @katie_rawson and @trevormunoz

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  82. curatingmenus.org — @katie_rawson and @trevormunoz

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  83. npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/13/158719677/a-new-york-steakhouse

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  84. itunes.apple.com/us/app/vintagemenus/id625772478?mt=8

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  85. @_BadTaste_ by @bibliotechy

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  86. up next?

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  88. remixing collections

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  95. lala.cursivebuildings.com

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  96. lala.cursivebuildings.com

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  106. stereo.nypl.org

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  107. stereo.nypl.org

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  115. Boston Public Library Boston Public Library U.S. Geological Survey
    U.S. Geological Survey

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  119. @drbrianmay

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  120. @drbrianmay

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  123. maps
    (humans ♥ computers)

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  137. jennyodell.com/peripheral-landscapes — @the_jennitaur cc: @ElectricObjects

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  141. “Joe’s Pizza on Carmine”
    latitude: 40.730592
    longitude: -74.002150

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  142. information about the past was just as accessible?
    what if…

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  144. 1851

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  152. 1931

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  153. 1879

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  156. oldnyc.org - @danvdk

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  157. libraries* have the data
    * and archives, museums, historical societies etc.

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  168. ok… slow down

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  172. maps.nypl.org - @tim_waters, @schuyler, @bombayologist, @mattknutzen

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  175. *this is a simulation. actual process is intensive. consult your mathematician before trying

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  185. choleramap.pulitzercenter.org — Sonia Shah

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  186. choleramap.pulitzercenter.org — Sonia Shah

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  190. year

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  191. street names
    year

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  192. use type
    street names
    year

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  193. use type
    street names
    name
    year

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  194. material
    use type
    street names
    name
    year

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  195. material
    use type
    street names
    name
    class
    year

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  196. material
    use type
    street names
    address
    name
    class
    year

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  197. material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    year

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  198. material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    year
    skylights

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  199. material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    year
    skylights
    backyards

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  200. material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    geo location
    year
    skylights
    backyards

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  201. footprint
    material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    geo location
    year
    skylights
    backyards

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  202. footprint
    material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    geo location
    year
    skylights
    backyards

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  205. bottleneck

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  208. like OCR for maps

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  212. buildinginspector.nypl.org

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  220. footprint
    material
    use type
    street names
    address
    floors
    name
    class
    geo location
    year
    skylights
    backyards

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  221. check

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  222. check
    YES

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  223. check
    YES
    address color

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  224. check
    YES FIX
    address color

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  225. check
    YES FIX
    address color fix

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  226. check
    YES FIX
    address color fix

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  227. check
    YES FIX
    address color fix
    *footprints marked as “NO” go to building heaven

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  228. check
    YES FIX
    address color fix
    *footprints marked as “NO” go to building heaven

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  229. fix address classify

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  230. fix address classify

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  231. place names

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  232. place names

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  235. 1.1 million+ contributions

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  237. 1852-1854

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  238. 1855-1862
    1852-1854

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  239. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms

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  240. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms

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  241. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms

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  242. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms

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  246. let’s kick this up a notch

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  251. spacetime.nypl.org

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  252. spacetime.nypl.org

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  253. bit.ly/spacetime-engineer

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  256. thank you!
    @subsublibrary
    @mgiraldo
    images from, unless otheriwse attributed: NYPL - Mia Moffett (Museum of the City of New York) - Wikimedia Commons - Flickr user wallyg - Giphy - Brian May
    { bit.ly/spacetime-engineer }

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  257. thanks to our colleagues
    Willa Armstrong, Shawn Averkamp, Paul Beaudoin,
    Brian Foo, Josh Hadro, Shana Kimball, Tom Listanti,
    Matthew Miller, John Nowak, Leonard Richardson,
    David Riordan, Eric Shows

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