Contextualizing Performers in Circus Route Books: Linked Data Entities and the Open Data Environment

Authors

Angela Yon, Illinois State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Trends and Issues in Technology, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Information Technology Section

Publication Date

6-2023

Keywords

metadata, linked data, digital humanities, open data, GIS data, maps, circus, circus route books

Abstract

Focuses on the final phase of the 4-year Council on Library and Information Resources grant project Step Right Up: Digitizing Over 100 Years of Circus Route Books. The digital humanities exhibit, Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books 1875-1925, features essays, images, interactive timelines, and map data visualizations of circus routes with Native Lands, historical railroads, and population data. The study examines the project’s planning and data methodologies alongside the integration of technology tools and digital storytelling with complex histories to elevate underrepresented voices and exemplify the diverse historical record.

Funding Source

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

Comments

First published in Trends and Issues in Technology, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) IT Section, June 2023, https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/2620

Recommended Citation

Yon, Angela, "Contextualizing Performers in Circus Route Books: Linked Data Entities and the Open Data Environment" (2023). Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library. 248.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/248