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.

Transcript

1. hello
2. ben vershbow @subsublibrary
4. mauricio giraldo arteaga @mgiraldo
8. *not real library scientists
9. where we work
29. hello, internet
43. access digitization metadata
44. access digitization metadata
45. access digitization metadata public
46. access digitization metadata public traditional digital library program
47. access digitization metadata public engagement R+D
48. so you’ve digitized… now what?
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
65. there’s data in them thar menus
68. OCR result
69. OCR result
70. OCR result
74. menus.nypl.org
75. menus.nypl.org
76. 1.3 million dishes transcribed from 17.5k menus
81. curatingmenus.org — @katie_rawson and @trevormunoz
82. curatingmenus.org — @katie_rawson and @trevormunoz
83. npr.org/sections/money/2012/08/13/158719677/a-new-york-steakhouse
84. itunes.apple.com/us/app/vintagemenus/id625772478?mt=8
85. @_BadTaste_ by @bibliotechy
86. up next?
88. remixing collections
95. lala.cursivebuildings.com
96. lala.cursivebuildings.com
106. stereo.nypl.org
107. stereo.nypl.org
115. Boston Public Library Boston Public Library U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey
119. @drbrianmay
120. @drbrianmay
123. maps (humans ♥ computers)
137. jennyodell.com/peripheral-landscapes — @the_jennitaur cc: @ElectricObjects
141. “Joe’s Pizza on Carmine” latitude: 40.730592 longitude: -74.002150
142. information about the past was just as accessible? what if…
156. oldnyc.org - @danvdk
157. libraries* have the data * and archives, museums, historical societies etc.
168. ok… slow down
172. maps.nypl.org - @tim_waters, @schuyler, @bombayologist, @mattknutzen
175. *this is a simulation. actual process is intensive. consult your mathematician before trying
185. choleramap.pulitzercenter.org — Sonia Shah
186. choleramap.pulitzercenter.org — Sonia Shah
190. year
191. street names year
192. use type street names year
193. use type street names name year
194. material use type street names name year
195. material use type street names name class year
196. material use type street names address name class year
197. material use type street names address floors name class year
198. material use type street names address floors name class year skylights
199. material use type street names address floors name class year skylights backyards
200. material use type street names address floors name class geo location year skylights backyards
201. footprint material use type street names address floors name class geo location year skylights backyards
202. footprint material use type street names address floors name class geo location year skylights backyards
205. bottleneck
208. like OCR for maps
212. buildinginspector.nypl.org
220. footprint material use type street names address floors name class geo location year skylights backyards
221. check
222. check YES
223. check YES address color
224. check YES FIX address color
225. check YES FIX address color fix
226. check YES FIX address color fix
227. check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO” go to building heaven
228. check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO” go to building heaven
229. fix address classify
230. fix address classify
231. place names
232. place names
235. 1.1 million+ contributions
237. 1852-1854
238. 1855-1862 1852-1854
239. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
240. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
241. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
242. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
243. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
244. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
245. mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
246. let’s kick this up a notch
251. spacetime.nypl.org
252. spacetime.nypl.org
253. bit.ly/spacetime-engineer
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 }
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