Open AccessDigital humanities and information visualization: Innovation and integration
Author(s) -
Beaudoin Joan,
Buchanan Sarah
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bulletin of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8366
pISSN - 0095-4403
DOI - 10.1002/bult.2012.1720380404
Subject(s) - visualization , digital humanities , information visualization , computer science , presentation (obstetrics) , world wide web , the arts , metadata , data science , information retrieval , visual arts , art , artificial intelligence , medicine , radiology
Editor's Summary The chairs of Special Interest Group/Arts & Humanities and Special Interest Group/Visualization, Images and Sound have assembled articles that cover a range of research and projects reflecting the confluence of the two topics. Papers describe expanded access to resources in the humanities previously unavailable, leading to a digital renaissance. This access enables data mining and new insights for research and analysis, as well as enhanced possibilities for presenting results with interactive capabilities. Case studies explore information visualization technologies used to enrich a thesis presentation, cast literary analysis in a new light and reveal associations among scholars. The advantages of visualization extend to thesaurus‐powered search interfaces but are shown to be an under‐exploited tool for music research.