I kind of like it as given. If you're very literate in MARC records,
you filter out a lot of noise, or specialized data in them. As a
cataloging instructor, I think this replicates how the untrained
student mind reacts when they see MARC records--what the heck is that
field at the bottom that always says Baker anyway? And the most
common free-floating subdivisions leap out of background, as well as
the untied united states. And the common men's names--John, Robert,
William, and Richard. And California looms large as place names go.
What is hesb anyway?
It's an interesting visualization.
>For a good time I created a MARC record tag cloud:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypqcyn
>
>Tag clouds are graphic illustrations depicting the common elements in
>a larger set of words. Using tag clouds you can see what words occur
>frequently or not. Delicious uses tag clouds extensively. So does
>LibraryThing. A person an also use tag clouds to navigate sets of
>documents. Click on word. Get search results.
>
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Cheryl Boettcher Tarsala
Adjunct Assistant Professor
LEEP Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
c-tarsala_at_linkline.com
ctarsala_at_uiuc.edu
The views expressed here are my own and not those of UIUC or GSLIS.
Received on Tue Mar 13 2007 - 11:51:50 EDT