North Carolina Architects

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North Carolina Architects Builders A
Biographical Dictionary

• Catherine Bishir Markus Wust Joseph Ryan

Preservation North Carolina Annual Conference
October 9, 2008
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Outline

• Overview and Project History
• Technology
• Demonstrations
• Timeline

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Project History

• Architects and Builders in North Carolina A
  History of the Practice of Building (1990) by
  Catherine Bishir, Charlotte Brown, Carl
  Lounsbury, and Ernest Wood.
• Follow up volume on people write another book or
  make a web site?

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Technology

• At completion, the system will display
  information about approximately 500 individuals
  and firms, and more than 5,000 buildings.
• 1 XML file for each individual and each building.

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Editor Screenshot
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Using NC Architects

• Individuals and buildings can be found via
• Search (keyword, birthplace, trade, and more)
• Browse (work locations, name, time period, and
  more)
• Facets help visitors to the site find what they
  are looking for quickly.

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Facets?

• Example from homedepot.com
• Search term dishwashers
• Facets help you narrow your search by choosing
  subsets of your search that have common
  characteristics.
• They do not show up if they do not apply to the
  current search.
• Facets are based on characteristics users
  typically search for.

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Facets for NC Architects

• Current facet set was selected based on several
  criteria
• Availability of data
• Reliability of data
• Usefulness to narrowing a search
• Current order of facets on screen may change as
  interface is refined and tested.

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Homepage
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Detail - bio
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Detail - bldg list
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Search Screen
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Pictures

• Buildings
• People
• Can you help?

http//www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/ncarchitects/
image_demo.html
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Timeline

• Fall 2008
• Technical implementation
• Spring 2009
• Initial public launch

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Questions?

• Catherine Bishir
• catherine_bishir_at_ncsu.edu
• Markus Wust
• markus_wust_at_ncsu.edu
• Joseph Ryan
• joseph_ryan_at_ncsu.edu