Visual Collaging Of Music In A Digital Library

This article explores the role visual browsing can play within a digital music library. The context to the work is provided through a review of related techniques drawn from the fields of digital libraries and human computer interaction. Implemented within the open source digital library toolkit Greenstone, a prototype system is described that combines images located through textual metadata with a visualisation technique known as collaging to provide a leisurely, undirected interaction with a music collection. Emphasis in the article is given to the augmentations of the basic technique to work in the musical domain.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ISMIR
• Authors: David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, J. Stephen Downie
• Keywords: Digital Library Toolkit, Digital Music Library, ISMIR 2004, Role Visual Browsing