My day started off at 09:00 in the Blue Lab, Informatorium, University of Pretoria where we were welcomed into the session Digital scholarship by Mr. Isak Van der Walt . Mr. Isak firstly discussed the Association of Research Library report perspective on the 19 Activities where 84% of the activities are expected from the Library, one of the activities include Data Visualization, which is metadata creation,consultation etc. Mr. Isak further showed us graphical representations of the use of 3D modeling and 3D printing used for Facial construction etc. to enhance one's learning experience. He also mentioned Artificial Intelligence as important for research and that the University of Pretoria as an SDG , Sustainable develop Goal, situated within the University of Pretoria to make access to research more accessible to the information seeker, for example: When the Government requires an article, going through 500 pages to retrieve specific information is not an option,therefore, the University has come up with a process whereby, a repository using Python can summaries a short text of an article based on what the information seeker requested.
Mr. Isak secondly discussed that the Makerspace ,3D modeling and 3D printing can be used to store original objects for preservation purposes and that it can scan objects in color, He also mentioned that the viewer can look at the Object at any time and location, they can modify and collaborate on it without damaging it. Thirdly Mr. Isak got into discussion about Data visualization which he defined as the library's digitization kit , within the University of Pretoria, it is situated in the Auditoruim. Mr. Isak mentioned that the University of Cape Town has a fixed one which cost them R6000 to make. He discussed the Kit as a computer that ram 4-6 projectors at the same time where different types of feeds on all screens . He then explained Data exhibition as a combination of Data visualization and data modeling. Mr. Isak then showed us a Robot by the Springs which they had created through collaboration with the University of Pretoria, as a robot that picks up boxes in a warehouse. He then showed us a Mosquito feeder which is manufactured in the Uk, which is R1000 to import, but was reconstructed through 3D printing and made as cheap as R30.
Mr. Isak further got into a topic, Future Role of Library support for Digital scholarship, he mentioned that it is in visioned as a space physical - virtual to become the lab not only the humanities but all scholarship and research. He then mentioned two centers that compliment each other, these are Physical and Virtual centers, where Physical centers offer access to consultation and Virtual centers being a connector to the physical center. Mr. Isak also mentioned challenges and resolutions to the challenges regarding centers and these challenges include, Digital literacy profiling, Stuff capacity, Infrastructure and space to host physical DS centers. Before our Tea Break, Mr Isak mentioned Carp entries and that the are fundamental courses for free about how to use , work and visualize data .
After the Tea break Mr. Isak had us do an Activity on Data Cleaning on Open refine. The steps we took on the plate form Open Refine include: Mass editing, structuring data set , transforming cell, matching , fetching URL's and reconciliation services and that is how our day concluded.
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