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North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary. Catherine Bishir Markus Wust Joseph Ryan. Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference October 9, 2008. Outline. Overview and Project History Technology Demonstrations Timeline. Project History.
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North Carolina Architects & Builders: A Biographical Dictionary Catherine Bishir Markus Wust Joseph Ryan Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference October 9, 2008
Outline • Overview and Project History • Technology • Demonstrations • Timeline
Project History Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building (1990) by Catherine Bishir, Charlotte Brown, Carl Lounsbury, and Ernest Wood. Follow up volume on people: write another book or make a web site?
Technology • At completion, the system will display information about approximately 500 individuals and firms, and more than 5,000 buildings. • 1 XML file for each individual and each building.
Using NC Architects Individuals and buildings can be found via: • Search (keyword, birthplace, trade, and more) • Browse (work locations, name, time period, and more) Facets help visitors to the site find what they are looking for quickly.
Facets? Example from homedepot.com Search term: ‘dishwashers’ • Facets help you narrow your search by choosing subsets of your search that have common characteristics. • They do not show up if they do not apply to the current search. • Facets are based on characteristics users typically search for.
Facets for NC Architects • Current facet set was selected based on several criteria: • Availability of data • Reliability of data • Usefulness to narrowing a search • Current order of facets on screen may change as interface is refined and tested.
Pictures • Buildings • People • Can you help? http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/ncarchitects/image_demo.html
Timeline Fall 2008 Technical implementation Spring 2009 Initial public launch
Questions? Catherine Bishir catherine_bishir@ncsu.edu Markus Wust markus_wust@ncsu.edu Joseph Ryan joseph_ryan@ncsu.edu