iSchool student and professor collaborate on interactive maps and linked data project



iSchool Professor Richard Arias-Hernandez, Carolina Roman Amigo, and UBC librarian Paul Joseph

 

Carolina Román Amigo, an iSchool student, and iSchool professor Richard Arias-Hernandez collaborated with UBC Library in a project focusing on linked open data to enhance UBC’s extensive Open Collections platform. Working with Paul Joseph, Systems Librarian at UBC Library, and Arias-Hernandez, Amigo made it easier for researchers to understand the thousands of scanned digital photos, maps and rare texts found in Open Collections.

Read the full story on the UBC Library website.

 

Amigo, Arias-Hernandez and Joseph will be speaking about their project at the iSchool’s Research Day on March 9.



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