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DIGITAL CENTERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13 RACHAEL GOODYER. DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13. RACHAEL GOODYER. TWO MAIN PROJECTS. Spring project: Open source indexing tool. Fall project: Columbia’s first makerspace. THE USER PROBLEM.
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DIGITAL CENTERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13 RACHAEL GOODYER DIGITAL SCIENCE CENTER INTERNSHIP 2012-13 RACHAEL GOODYER
TWO MAIN PROJECTS Spring project: Open source indexing tool Fall project: Columbia’s first makerspace
THE USER PROBLEM ‘I had to write my own book’s index and it took me a month!’ – Professor Bell, Columbia University
THE IDEAL SOLUTION Old New • Automates key word search • Free • Easy to use • Online
THE NITTY GRITTY How to make an index Step one: Upload book Step two: Analyse book text (with NLP) Step three: Edit and format results Step four: Print and/or export Programming languages you need
STEP ONE: UPLOAD BOOK Workflow Upload button Text box option
STEP TWO: ANALYSE BOOK TEXT • Text analysis • Remove punctuation • Remove common words • Remove duplicates • Find page locators • Show frequency • Alphabetise results
STEP THREE: EDIT AND FORMAT RESULTS Key words statistics Modifiable key words list Formatting options
STEP FOUR: EXPORT INDEX From To Export button
NEXT STEPS • Share code with world • https://github.com/digintern/index.me. • Keep coding! • Contact: • Jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu • rrg2141@columbia.edu