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Item A Design Study of Visualizing Historical Book Movement(The Eurographics Association, 2022) Xing, Yiwen; Dondi, Cristina; Borgo, Rita; Abdul-Rahman, Alfie; Agus, Marco; Aigner, Wolfgang; Hoellt, ThomasTrading of 15th-century books is an area of great interest to historians. In this paper, we document the process behind an intensive design study and close collaboration with a domain expert on understanding crucial historical research questions, together with the result of the design study - BookTracker, a tool for mining and visualizing circulation and movement of the 15th-century book trade. The main contribution includes a summary of insights from the design study and BookTracker, a web application supporting historians in: (i) query-based search of user-defined path sequences, and (ii) analysis of the movement of the resulting user-defined path sequences through multiple visualization techniques. We discuss and summarize the value and logistics of conducting this design study, which could become generalizable lessons for the visualization design methodology.Item Unveiling the Dispersal of Historical Books from Religious Orders(The Eurographics Association, 2023) Xing, Yiwen; Yan, Dengyi; Dondi, Cristina; Borgo, Rita; Abdul-Rahman, Alfie; Gillmann, Christina; Krone, Michael; Lenti, SimoneIn this paper, we introduce a visualization prototype designed to assist historians in exploring the dispersal of books from religious orders throughout Europe during the sixteenth century and beyond. The prototype is the result of a collaboration between visualization researchers and a historical book researcher, aiming to apply visualization techniques to address realworld domain challenges. Over two months, we engaged in an intensive collaboration with the domain expert to analyze domain issues and requirements and subsequently developed a prototype featuring two interfaces. Weekly discussions with the domain expert guided design and ongoing prototype evaluation. In its infancy, the prototype shows promise for enhancement and scalability. Future efforts will target systematic usability and practicality evaluations.