Visualizing Historical Changes to the Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) - Visualizing Historical Changes to the Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) [Poster]
This pilot project started with a request from the BAM Council Chair, whose “primary interest is to eventually have access to older versions to understand historical changes that have occurred between methods in earlier editions of BAM and current versions of the methods.” Using tools and software that facilitate the recognition, extraction, cleaning, and transforming of print data, all eight editions of the Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) were digitized for further analysis. The digitized PDFs were OCRed and are searchable. The digitized manuals were added to the FDA Library’s repository and are discoverable in FindIT, the FDA Library's Ex Libris Primo instance. The record was enhanced with MeSH headings based on the Tables of Contents which provide metadata for researchers wishing to explore using text mining or natural language processing. The FindIT catalog record brings together access to all digital editions, the current online edition, Excel spreadsheets, and Tableau Viz.
