Presentation given to LITA National Forum on October 6, 2012

1. Collections
Amplified
Exhibiting data using DSpace, Viewshare
and Google Fusion Tables
LITA National Forum
Meghan Frazer

2. Agenda
● The original project
● The step-by-step
● Other possibilities
Questions? Please ask...

3. Caveats
1. I am just technical enough to be dangerous.

4. Caveats
1. I am just technical enough to be dangerous.
2. Some of these tools are labeled
"experimental" by their owners

5. The Community
Within
Black Churches in
Mount Vernon, Ohio

9. Definitions - DSpace
Open source institutional repository platform.
dspace.org
duraspace.org

10. Definitions - Google Fusion Tables
Google product, accessible through Drive (Docs)

11. Definitions - Viewshare

12. The Goal
Let each tool do what it does best...
...and then make them play nicely together.

13. The Goal
Let each tool do what it does best...
...and then make them play nicely together.
(oh...and work completely in the UI)

14. How-to
DSpace and Google Fusion

15. DSpace & Google Fusion
Start with: a collection in DSpace
1. Export the metadata
2. Enhance the metadata
3. Import the csv to Google Fusion
4. Click on Visualize
5. Set preferences
6. Get embeddable link
7. Add embeddable link to DSpace collection
Repeat 5-7 as needed.

16. Start with: a collection in DSpace

17. 1. Export the Metadata

18. 1. Export the Metadata

19. 1. Export the Metadata
The metadata from the export might be a little...messy. In
this case, the metadata was added to the collection using
two separate methods, and so the columns aren't quite lined
up.

20. 2. Enhance the Metadata
So, we fix it before we try to upload it anywhere.

21. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion
Two options:
1. Go to http://www.google.
com/fusiontables/Home/
2. Go to drive.google.com, and click on Create
> Other > Fusion Table

22. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion

23. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion

24. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion
Oops! Whatever program you use to
enhance the data may use its own
separator by default - looks like we
need to indicate that a semi-colon is our
data delimiter.
So, click on
Back and try
again, with ";"
designated

25. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion

26. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion

27. 3. Import the .csv to Google Fusion
Now, we have a Google Fusion Table.

28. 4. Click on Visualize
For our example, we want a Map visualization, so we
go to Visualize > Map.

29. 5. Set preferences

30. 5. Set preferences

31. 6. Get embeddable link

32. 6. Get embeddable link
This will not work
unless the table
is shared.
Google is pretty
good about
warning you if the
table isn't shared,
but if you're
having trouble,
check the access
setup.

33. 6. Get embeddable link
This is the link
we want.
Highlight the
text and copy it.

34. 7. Add embeddable link to DSpace

35. 7. Add embeddable link to DSpace
Paste the link in one of
the HTML fields.
Click on Save Updates at
the bottom of the page.

36. 7. Add embeddable link to DSpace
You may notice, something went very wrong. Here's why: the
embeddable link only contains information as attributes, there's nothing
between the tags. So, click the back button and type some text in
between the two iframe tags. I usually put "This browser does not
support frames." just before the </iframe> tag, but you could write
"KISS rules" if you wanted. Also make sure that all the ampersands
show as & and not &amp;

37. 7. Add embeddable link to DSpace

38. 7. Add embeddable link to DSpace
So, we have our
map and our info
windows, but we
probably don't
want to display it
like this to our
users. So, let's
fix it. Head back
into Google
Fusion Tables,
and click on
"Configure Info
Window"

39. Repeat Step 5. Set preferences

40. Repeat Step 5 - Set Preferences
Here, you can change the labels
and use HTML to change the
display - for example, to display
links as links. Then, click on Save.

41. Refresh DSpace
No need to
re-embed
the link, just
refresh the
collection
page in the
browser.

42. How-To
DSpace & Viewshare

43. DSpace & Viewshare
Start with: a collection in DSpace
1. Export the metadata
2. Enhance the metadata
3. Import the csv to Viewshare
4. Edit the data
5. Create a View
6. Get embeddable link
7. Add embeddable link to DSpace collection
Repeat 5-7 as needed.

44. 3. Import metadata to Viewshare

45. 3. Import metadata to Viewshare

46. 4. Edit the data

47. 4. Edit the data

48. 5. Create a view
Once you've uploaded the data, click the "Build" link next to it. This will allow
you to build a view. For this example, we'll click on Timeline below.

49. 5. Create a view
Select the fields that
you'd like to use as
your parameters
along the left side
and then Save
button is on your
upper right.

50. 5. Create a view

51. 6. Get embeddable link

52. 6. Get embeddable link

53. 7. Embed link in DSpace collection

54. 7. Embed link in DSpace collection
Note, this is the same
issue as the <iframe>
tags from Google
fusion. Some text
needs to be in
between the tags.

55. 7. Embed link in DSpace collection

56. Other possibilities
Viewshare & Omeka?
(Someone's done this: http://bit.ly/PHGwbR)
Google Fusion & DSpace?
Omeka & DSpace?

57. Thanks!
Meghan Frazer
frazer.11@osu.edu
@meghanfrazer
Slides will be at ALA Connect Website &
http://www.slideshare.net/MeghanFrazer