MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Library Unbound Seattle Public
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE “Library Unbound” Seattle Public. Seattle Library. Public Commission Library Data Art for the Networked Community Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 1
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MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library SPL Library: Architectural Infra. Structure Transformations Rem Koolhaas radical redesign § Open public research computerized spaces § Spiral lay-out book storage stacks § Wired librarians (offices turned into open spaces) § RFID automated checkout and return sorting Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 3
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Book Spiral: Dewey Classification in a Continuous Ribbon Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 4
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Dewey Coded Floor Spiral . jp Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 5
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Automated RF System Check-in, Check-out Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 6
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Librarians Set Loose: Traded Office Space for Commdevice Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 7
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Visualizing the Collective Data Space: The Library As Data Exchange Center Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 8
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Librarians & Visualization Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 9
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library “Making Visible the Invisible”, a 10 year Visualization Project 2004 -2014 § For the next ten years: Collect hourly circulation of books, analyze the data, and represent through visualizations § Data animations are featured on 6 large LCD panels located on a glass wall horizontally behind the librarians’ main information desk Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § in the Mixing Chamber, a large open 19, 500 sq ft space dedicated to information retrieval and public accessible computer research. UCDARNET 10/2/2020 10
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Research Phase (fall 2003 -spr 2005) § 1 week residency to learn about the library, its operations, etc. § Correlation is made between the flow of data (books, DVD) leaving the library and what the community of patrons considers interesting information at any specific time. § The circulation of books is information that can be calculated mathematically and represented visually. Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 11
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library What are the Research Questions? § Focus on the library as a “Data Exchange Center” § Information in circulation: Meaning to emerge out of the organization of data § Emergence driven: Local individual actions (checking out books/dvds) add up to collective positions: representative of the communal thinking! § How to transform the collecting and processing of data into an aesthetic experience: Emphasis on narrative, metaphoric, associative expression Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § Visualizations: Based on the organization of the data, according to rule-based processes UCDARNET 10/2/2020 12
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Challenges: Negotiating Data Access, Privacy, Reliability § Libraries & other archival institutions are not used to dynamic artworks that plug into their system for data § Much negotiation with the IT sector for access to data over long time § Obvious main concerns: Security, privacy protection, system integrity, virus protection, maintenance, etc. Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § Reliability Issue: Project has to be reliable, self-sustaining for the next ten years UCDARNET 10/2/2020 13
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library 3 Related Previous Projects: 1992 -2001 § An Anecdoted Archive From the Cold War, 1992 A collection of historical & personal objects organized according to an invented classification system (Floorplan) § Slippery Traces, 1995 Navigation through 250 postcards (classified into 26 chapters) according to multilayered rules inscribed in database (picture within picture navigation links) § Pockets Full of Memories, 2001 A dynamically growing collection of artifacts with data sets provided by the public. The objects are dynamically self- Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady organized in a 2 D map continuously creating a global order UCDARNET 10/2/2020 14
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Anecdoted Archive from the Cold War: 1992 A collection of historical & personal objects organized according to a “hardwired” classification system: Museum floorplan; 8 rooms/chapters; each with 6 to 12 stories; each story has mutiple narratives based on object grouping Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 15
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Slippery Traces: 1995 250 postcards organized into 26 chapters. Multilinear relational database structure: Navigation from image to image according to rules inscribed in database with picture within picture navigation links) Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 16
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Pockets Full of Memories: 2001 -2006 A dynamically growing collection of artifacts provided by the public with data sets through a questionnaire. The objects are dynamically self-organized in a 2 D Visualization map. Local similarities emerging into a global order. Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 17
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Phase I: Concept & Design Development (2003) | With Andreas Schlegel § Visualizations experimentations: Rapid prototyping rough sketches focused on look and feel of still & animations § Dewey Decimal Classification system § Online Tracking of Flow of data: http: //128. 111. 221. 74/parsing/index. php Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 18
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MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Significant Area: Digital Data Processing / Management § Basic method: [data collection] -> [data processing] -> [visualization] § Bulk of the work: The [data processing] inbetween incoming data and the visualization § Data is received every 10 minutes (3000 per hour, 20000 transactions per day) § Operating for the next ten years (2014) <Processing> Media. In: DATA Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET Out: VISUALIZATION 10/2/2020 20
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Data Processing & Metadata Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § How: by tracking the circulation of books/media § Require: Regular access to real-time data over long time § Methods: Calculations based on metadata § All books & media (cds, dvds, etc. ) are RF tagged § System tracks circulation automatically § Metadata: Catalog Num; bibliography Num; date/time stamps; collection code; itemtype; barcode; title; call. Number; Dewey class; keywords. UCDARNET 10/2/2020 21
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Dewey Classification System: Ten topics each subdivided into 100 subclasses 000 - Generalities 100 - Philosophy & Psychology 200 - Religion 300 - Social Science 400 - Language 500 - Natural Science & Mathematics 600 - Technology & Applied Sciences 700 - Arts 800 - Literature 900 - Geography & History “Untangling my chopsticks” has the Dewey label 641. 5952, Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady (placed in the 641 “Food & drink” section) UCDARNET 10/2/2020 22
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Metadata in XML Format <transaction> <item. Number>1531202</item. Number> <bib. Number>2180049</bib. Number> <ckodate>2005 -04 -20</ckodate> <ckotime>16: 55: 00</ckotime> <ckidate>2005 -05 -06</ckidate> <ckitime>18: 21: 00</ckitime> <collcode>nanf</collcode> <itemtype>acbk</itemtype> <barcode>0010045801205</barcode> <title>Untangling my chopsticks, a culinary sojourn in Kyoto</title> <call. Number>641. 5952 R 358 U 2003</call. Number> <dewey. Class>641. 5952</dewey. Class> <subject>Cookery Japanese</subject> <subject>Japanese tea ceremony</subject> <subject>Kyoto Japan Social life and customs</subject> <subject>Food habits Japan Kyoto</subject> </subjects> Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program </transaction> UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 23
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Phase II: Visual Exploration & System Planning (2004) | With August Black § System, data storage discussions with SPL IT § Experimentation with graphic visualizations: spectral pulses; radar plots; bezier/spirals, Voronoi variations § Planning the datastructure: its organization, questions of what to look for, what patterns, keywords? Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 24
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Phase III: System Architecture, Design & Production | With Rama Hoetzlein § July 2005: System Architecture: Design and production § Aug 2005: Data Flow Structure and Visualizations (without access to real data) § Sept 5 -12, 2005: Seattle Installation: § 1 week to install § First realtime access to data § Hardware/Software synchronization Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § Interface with IT UCDARNET 10/2/2020 25
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Rama Hoetzlein: System Development (summer/fall 2005) Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § System overview (for continuous, large scale data analysis and real-time visualization) § Data Analysis Overview § Keyword Frequency Analysis § Storing Data over time (10 years) § Visualization Processes (Realtime graphics, synchronizataion, data retrieval) § Network Data Flow (Server, clients, data transfer) § Multiple Visualization Timing § Visualization Management (Layered processes, Game. X interface) UCDARNET 10/2/2020 26
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Librarians & Visualization Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 27
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library 1 _Vital Statistics, Fall 2005 § The day’s and last hour’s circulation activities § 1) Total items, 2) Dewey, 3) Non-Dewey, 4) Books, 5) DVD, 6) CD’s and other media § Background color changes with time throughout day § IMPACT: Statistical overview, a form of clock at glance Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 28
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library 2 _Floating Titles: Fall 2005 § Time based, linear stream of the last hour’s titles, timestamped, spatialized (far, close), and color coded (books, media) § IMPACT: Sequence provides unexpected associations Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 29
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library 3 _Dot Matrix Rain: Fall 2005 § Non-Dewey titles fall from the top of screen (gravity metaphor), Dewey titles pop up on screen § Finale: Overall Dewey activity trace § IMPACT: Relational overview (for librarians) between Dewey, non-dewey, books, and media. Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 30
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library 4 _Keyword Map Attack: Fall 2005 § Word Frequency Index of significant title words, and Marc associated keywords, spatially plotted according to Dewey order, color coded, based on usage § IMPACT: Maps topics of interests based on keywords transcending Dewey categories Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 31
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MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Front and Back Views of the Visualization Installation Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady UCDARNET 10/2/2020 39
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Challenges for a Ten Year Digital Media Arts Project § What to map to show “Change Over time” § Search for patterns: What exactly to look for? § External correlation (news events)? relevant? § Feedback: How does the visualization impact on circulation? Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § How do the librarians react to the visualized information, and the participatory need of technical support? UCDARNET 10/2/2020 40
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Review & Evaluation Issues § Best realization method: Custom software design defined by the task at hand § Collaborative Development requires a particular mindset from participants § Technology changes every 3 years: Long term technological artwork requires maintenance program and budget Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § Institution must be competent to feature and willing to support technologally complex artworks UCDARNET 10/2/2020 41
MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE Seattle Public Library Credits Technical Design, Research & Production § Andreas Schlegel, Preliminary interaction Design, website, data organization (2003 -2004) § August Black, Preliminary data organization and visualization, system administration (2004 -2005) § Rama Hoetzlein/Mark Zifchock Team, Final Engineering design, data organization, and production (Summer 2005) Sponsors Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program UC Santa Barbara George Legrady § Seattle Public Library § Seattle Arts Commission § Committee of 33, Seattle § NSF IGERT multimedia Research UCDARNET 10/2/2020 42
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