Mapping Urban Fracture: Charting the Context and Consequence of the Little Rock Central High Crisis

FAIN: PW-277352-21

University of Arkansas, Little Rock (Little Rock, AR 72204-1000)
Deborah J. Baldwin (Project Director: July 2020 to present)

The digitization and geolocation of maps, architectural drawings, reports, and related photographs to address humanities questions about concepts of desegregation, urban renewal, and racial distribution over time with regard to housing and schools.  The Mapping Urban Fracture project would create a virtual collection comprising approximately 700 new reports and maps created after 1989 and develop an access interface to research spatial segregation with meta- and geospatial data.

The Mapping Urban Fracture project will engage scholars, educators, and the general public through the digitization and geolocation of maps, architectural drawings, reports, and related photographs to address humanities questions about concepts of desegregation, urban renewal, and racial distribution overtime with regard to housing and schools. The project will create a virtual collection and develop an access interface to research spatial segregation with meta- and geo- data for broad dissemination to a variety of audiences.

Associated Products

GeoTiff to XYZ raster tiles (Web Resource)
Title: GeoTiff to XYZ raster tiles
Author: Riley, Tyler
Author: Tanner, Elise
Abstract: Workflow for raster tiling
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://github.com/bedlavedlt/code4lib2023/tree/main/murf_tiling

The Challenges and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Build Custom Software Tools at a Growing Archive (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: The Challenges and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Build Custom Software Tools at a Growing Archive
Author: Tanner, Elise
Author: Riley, Tyler
Abstract: Archives are confronted with an increasing number of data processing challenges for which there are not often user-friendly or affordable software solutions. In addition, traditional education and training in the field of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) have left practicing professionals with a growing gap in the skills required to meet contemporary preservation needs. In this presentation, a programmer and an archives professional will detail their unique experience collaborating to build and utilize custom data processing tools to demonstrate the considerations, challenges, and benefits of working on interdisciplinary teams to produce custom, in-house software solutions at a GLAM institution. Emphasis is placed on the synergistic outcomes and professional development that communication and collaboration between programmers and GLAM professionals can produce.
Date: 03/17/2023
Primary URL: https://osf.io/6tcsz/
Conference Name: Code4Lib 2023

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