{"id":1273,"date":"2017-07-03T12:39:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2017-07-10T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:56:41","slug":"making-data-digestible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/week-6\/making-data-digestible\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Data &#8220;Digestible&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/syllabus\/week-6\/\">syllabus for this past week<\/a> focused on data, how it is archived, and how it can be sorted and shown. Visualizations- not necessarily management- can help users understand data better by making it essentially &#8220;digestible&#8221;. That is important to ensure an interpretation does not go over the heads of those who want to learn from it. Visuals can communicate more effectively than text in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>I, however, am not using text or visuals- I am working with audio almost exclusively. \u00a0That does not mean I can&#8217;t use any visuals. The interpretation portion will rely on descriptions, but the website itself should utilize all available tools to make user experience easier. Maps, charts, tables, catalogues of sites- all can be used to create a site that is easily understood and still full of information.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I plan on using a map and charts to organize my information. Going forward, I now have a few more tools to investigate and explore to hopefully improve my user experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emma Lewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The syllabus for this past week focused on data, how it is archived, and how it can be sorted and shown. Visualizations- not necessarily management- can help users understand data better by making it essentially &#8220;digestible&#8221;. That is important to ensure an interpretation does not go over the heads of those who want to learn &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/week-6\/making-data-digestible\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making Data &#8220;Digestible&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1370,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions\/1370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}