Group Members: Defne, Ezra, Ryan, Gabe, Sena, Stella
Our main data visualization for our project is a timeline that is embedded into our Omeka site. The data for the timeline came directly from the Carleton Archives, and takes the form of books that we digitized and gathered information on. We scanned all the books that have been used for reading marathons and then added information about both the book itself as well as when it was read and any interesting details that we learned from our interview with Mike Kowaleski.
In order to create the timeline, we used Neatline Time, which is a plug-in on Omeka that allowed us to make a timeline out of the objects we added to our collection in Omeka. We initially tried to use timelineJS, but it ended up being really nice that Neatline Time is already integrated into the Omeka environment, so we went with that.
This timeline is one of the key ways that users can explore the history of the reading marathon because it ties all of the books to the time that they were read. Users can then choose to click on a particular book to learn more about it if they would like. There were not a ton of ways that we could customize the timeline through Nealine Time, but we played with the color scheme in Omeka in order to make the visualization easier to read in the context of the whole website. We also feature high resolution scans of the books on each pop-up so that users can quickly see what the timeline is about.
In addition to the timeline, we also made a few visualizations in Flourish to highlight some of the trends over time. All of this data was hand-scraped from the interview, the inside signature cover, and the documents that Mike shared with us. Through customized titles, colors, and styles, we made these graphs easy for viewers to understand. This one shows participation over time.
Stella, great job on your project so far! I really enjoy the clarity in your visualizations and the interactivity of the design. This makes it easy for me as a viewer to understand the results of the experiment. I really enjoy the topic you are studying as well! It is interesting to see the dips in participation over the years, which makes me wonder what conclusions you all came to as a group. Good luck with the presentation tomorrow!