Visualizing Research Collections in the National Transportation Library’s Digital Repository: ROSA P

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• Creators:
  Moulton, Mary E. ; Strayhorn, Nicole C.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Transportation Library
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary ; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Visualization
  • Computer graphics
  • Software
  • Data analysis
  • Databases
  • Libraries
  • Repositories
  • Geographic information systems
  • Digital mapping
  • Digital maps
• Publication/ Report Number:
  P17-20766
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524573
• Resource Type:
  Presentations
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Transportation Library
• Abstract:
  The National Transportation Library's (NTL) Repository and Open Science Portal (ROSA P) ; is a digital library for transportation, including U. S. Department of Transportation ; sponsored research results and technical publications, other documents and images ; related to U.S. transportation, and a central clearinghouse for transportation research ; data. The analysis and visual display of institutional repository data is an emerging ; assessment method for communication of digital collection trends and identification of ; coverage gaps, including subjects, dates, geographic locations and resource types. In ; 2012, NTL partnered with the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology ; Laboratory at the University of Maryland to conduct a feasibility test of bibliographic ; data visualization. In 2016, NTL employed Tableau visualization software as a pilot tool to ; analyze its collection content. This poster demonstrates different visualization methods ; as collection assessment and management tools for digital repositories. Although data ; cleansing and formatting for a tool like Tableau can be a time intensive activity, the ; resulting visualizations enable quick, comprehensive analysis of collections. Repository ; visualizations also have potential uses for scholarly communication and compliance with ; USDOT’s Public Access Plan. As a baseline for NTL’s benchmarking and metrics, we ; anticipate that this product will be used to influence future policy and planning. ; This poster was presented at the 2017 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32137/dot_32137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 911.89 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Transportation Library Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a8231e05e4d2e294f98c87f51646c6934031ba19aba08594501fb449e2c58ceca256afd4daf35ac068896516e72955802db0a121c4d4318b191c7906ce1cdd47