Visual Navigation Project Progress (in: VIRAK Mapping Workshop)
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The Visual Navigation Project at the University of Oslo Library aims to enhance library user experience through three main streams: physical interaction, visualization, and the advancement of subject search infrastructure. The project explores innovative ways of interacting with library materials, creates new visual interfaces for book browsing, and seeks to improve user queries and search results. Key findings include the need for personalized approaches, the importance of data enrichment, and opportunities for integrating interactive technologies in the library space.
Visual Navigation Project Progress (in: VIRAK Mapping Workshop)
- 1. Visual Navigation Project University of Oslo Library bit.ly/VisualNavigationProject VIRAK, Mapping workshop, Hva er potensialet i fellesløsninger for emnedata, June 13th, 2017 Hugo Huurdeman, Dan Michael Heggø
- 2. Visual Navigation Project University of Oslo Library bit.ly/VisualNavigationProject in collaboration with Department of Informatics by support of the National Library of Norway start: Sept. 2016. duration two years Three project streams…
- 3. Physical interaction (2) Visualization (1) Visual navigation prototypes Continuation (3) Extended Emnesøk interface Enhanced data & infrastructure 1. Visual Navigation Create new interfaces f/visual book browsing and navigation, using infrastructure vocabularies 2. Physical Interaction Explore novel interaction with library materials, e.g. via touch screen, touch table, etc. 3. Continuation and Extension Extend subject search infrastructure and interface, add vocabularies
- 4. Sep. Okt. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Prototyping ideas d3 Initial testing Refine & adapt to touch table Design HF app Deploymt. HF app Infrastructure development User test UI-old S1: Visual Navigation S2: Physical Interaction S3: Continua- tion & Extension Refine- ment UI & system Design Abel app Eval 1a Eval 1b Yaron Master project prototyping and testing d3 familiarizati on creating website Documentation & outreach weekly project reports User test UI-new Refine- ment Y. Final proto VIRAK work- shop LibCarp work- shop Deploy Abel app Proto- typing ideas User testing Adaptation (visual nav.) VIRAK submis-sions Present at Realf, HumS, Jur, Med, Ledermøte, WebGrp, DigS, MapProj,Alma/Oria, BibsysWG Prepping VIRAK contribs Test Vis. Nav Apps Prep. demos VIRAK Eval Eval LibCarp work- shop brain- storms INF2260 Bachelor project Query analysis Oria Library observations Inter- view s brain- storms Eva- luate year 1 of pro- ject
- 6. picture: UiO
- 12. Observations Brainstorms affinity mapping Interviews User Queries 1. atekst 1425 2. pubmed 1221 3. exphil 719 4. det kvalitative forskningsintervju 711 5. nature 669 6. medical genetics 598 7. direktekrav 562 8. menneskets fysiologi 540 9. 998903677444702000 500 10. science 483 11. spesialpedagogikk 475 12. lancet 438 13. jussens venner 369 What do searchers look for & why do queries fail? Lessons from user queries in Oria 50 most popular queries (20.000x) 50 random “zero result” queries. Importance of aiding students finding better results Enhanced spell check / query corrections why students underacheive → 0 results why students underachieve → 463 results Query suggestions and autocomplete Could be based on previous (successful) queries Importance of "pensum" queries Course codes (e.g. INF2260), "to catalog or not to catalog” More support for Database queries (“pubmed” issue)
- 13. Explorative studies Lessons along the way… (1) • Commonalities & differences (observ.) • Support study & leisure (brainst.) • “Collaborate, Create, Personalize, Explore, Simulate, Relax, Search, Navigate” • Encourage users to use library services (intvw.) • Stimulate curiosity, “surprise” • Rethink "classical" library catalog interaction (query) • Utilizing usage logs & data for improvement • “Personalizing" approaches
- 15. geo terms, e.g. Oslo, Finnmark, Göttingen, Lillehammer etc. genres, e.g. Biografier, Ungdomslitteratur, Humor temporal terms, e.g. 1900-tallet, 1990- tallet topics, e.g. Biologi, Matematikk relations, e.g. broader, narrower, exactMatch Variety of (visual) exploration options! Specific to each vocabulary
- 17. Interactive bar graphs color: DDC, size: Amazon rating
- 18. Force-directed diagrams relations: DDC numbers (size: Amazon rating)
- 20. Subset: HumSam pensum books
- 21. Subset: HumSam pensum books
- 22. Subset: HumSam pensum books
- 24. Word Clouds words: book abstracts colors: ratings
- 25. So, lots of opportunities distinct properties of each type of visualization Read more: ub.uio.no/om/prosjekter/the-visualisation-project 5. Scatterplots horizontal: DDC, vertical: rating
- 27. Explorative studies Lessons along the way… (2) • Importance of data • Enrich existing catalog data (covers, abstracts) • Utilize subject vocabularies & mappings • Research different elements of metadata which can be used • For instance, geographical subject headings, topics, time periods, etc. • Suitability data, visualization & screen size • some visualizations don’t ‘fit’ the data , or screen • Large contrast with existing library catalogs & systems • Need for testing novel tools further..
- 30. Stream 2: Physical Interaction • Stream 1 & 3 build on top of existing work and infrastructure • Approach Stream 2: experiment with novel ways of interaction in physical space • with library’s book collections • experiments with a touch table (Science Library) • Includes an INF2260 project & INF Master project Yaron Okun Physical interaction (2) Visualiza- tion (1) Visual navigation prototypes Picture: Marina Tofting
- 34. 3. Connect Video: Yaron Okun
- 39. Lessons along the way… (3) • Opportunities for integrating apps into library space • Collection-focused: Science Fiction • Event-focused: Abel Prize, Hidden Figures • A new object in the library..! • “What is it?” “A touch table?” “Is it a freezer?” • …some encouragement needed • “Touch me!” icon • Gaining experience in touch app development • Practical issues (design f/touch, ‘kiosk’, content ..) • Understandability & usability • Re-usability
- 46. 100%0% 20% 40% 60% 80% numberofpagesviewed percentage of users n=249 n=182 n=66
- 47. Lessons along the way… (4) • Monitoring and detecting issues • navigation: “clicks leading to nowhere”, swipes • Unused app content (depth vs breadth) • Redesign based on usage data • e.g. Hidden Figures: after two weeks • Developing a “toolbox” for analytics b/o usage data • microticks: gather data • python scripts: automatically summarize data • One chance for a good impression • Optimize for first interaction (importance of content) • Match user interests…
- 49. • Design and development • Emnesøk (subject search) • Personalization (RFID scanning) • Lowering the barriers to application creation • Dissemination • Integration of tools in regular (online) infrastructure • Check options for online publication of apps (rights, etc) (Some) Next Steps:
- 50. Stream 3: Continue & Extend • Emnesøk infrastructure & UI • extend vocabularies • especially multilingual MeSH vocabulary • also: on-going mapping Humord & Realfagstermer to WebDewey • enhance interface and improve usability • make it more usable and attractive to general user Physical interaction Visualizat- ion (1) Visual navigation prototypes Continua- tion (3) Extended Emnesøk interfaceEnhanced data & infrastructure
- 52. • Design and development • Emnesøk (subject search) • Personalization (RFID scanning) • Lowering the barriers to application creation • Dissemination • Integration of tools in regular (online) infrastructure • Check options for online publication of apps (rights, etc) (Some) Next Steps:
- 53. Visual Navigation Project University of Oslo Library bit.ly/VisualNavigationProject VIRAK, Mapping workshop, June 13th, 2017
Editor's Notes
- #6: rethink how users can explore & interact with library materials in a digital environment
- #15: rethink how users can explore & interact with library materials in a digital environment
- #29: rethink how users can explore & interact with library materials in a digital environment
- #41: rethink how users can explore & interact with library materials in a digital environment
- #48: Insert graph with interaction depth