Research and Development of an Online System "Virtual Bookshelf" for Visualizing Literature Networks in the Humanities

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12535
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90010:Design-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: SUGIMOTO Tatsuo 東京都立大学, システムデザイン研究科, 准教授 (00351221)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: デザイン / データ可視化 / デジタルアーカイブ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study undertook the visualization of academic information by leveraging research and the development of educational programs in "data-driven design." It focused on the unique visualization of data in the humanities, providing a model for a visualization system. The project involved developing an online "virtual bookshelf" web service that reproduces the layout of bookshelves with spines displayed side by side for major paperback labels. A web API was developed to generate spine images from bibliographic information. Additionally, a practical course on data visualization design using Observable and D3.js was conducted at the university. Throughout the research period, the foundational parts of the visualization system were developed, and presentations related to the educational program were made.

Free Research Field

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で開発した「仮想書棚」によって、複数の書籍からなる書籍コレクションをユニットとした視覚的表現が可能になる。これは、従来静的な情報だった、蔵書一覧や出版社の目録のデジタル化に利用できる。また、著者や装丁デザイナーなどの書籍のコレクションをデジタルアーカイブするときの、表現手段として利用でき、リスト表示を超えたユーザ体験を提供できる。さらに、書棚という身近な形態で再現することで、ARで表示するなどの可能性が考えられる。