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RESOURCE: Meaning and Perspectives in the Digital Humanities

Jun

10

2014

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit (VU), and IBM have prepared a white paper as part of a partnership aimed at developing a Center for the Humanities and Technology (CHAT). CHAT seeks to “create new analytical methods, practices, data and instruments to enhance significantly the performance and impact of humanities, ...

TaDiRAH: Building Capacity for Integrated Access

May

21

2014

In this post, Quinn Dombrowski (UC Berkeley) and Jody Perkins (Miami University in Ohio) introduce the digital humanities taxonomy project known as TaDiRAH, reviewing the motivating factors behind its inception and outlining future goals of the project. Both are members of the TaDiRAH Coordinating Committee. TaDiRAH, the Taxonomy of Digital Research Activities in the Humanities, ...

RESOURCE: Archives Journal Special Issue: Publishing the Archive

May

6

2014

The latest issue of Archives Journal, Publishing the Archive, explores the “notion that the distinction between building and organizing a digital archive, on the one hand, and publishing interpretive or argumentative work based on its contents, on the other, is growing increasingly blurred.” Articles in the issue include The Charles Brockden Brown Electronic Archive: Mapping Archival ...

RESOURCE: Getting Started with APIs

May

6

2014

In a post for ACRL TechConnect, Lauren Magnuson (Trine University) writes a primer on getting started with APIs, including an overview of basic terminology, authentication, and methods for working with APIs. Magnuson also provides a case study using the Twitter API, which can be used for creating bots, automating tweets, and connecting Twitter with other ...

RESOURCE: Reddit AMA on Digital Preservation

Apr

15

2014

Trevor Muñoz (University of Maryland) and Janel Kinlaw (National Public Radio) hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) forum on Reddit on the topic of digital preservation. Questions from the audience included: What is a good formula for recognizing what to actually archive and what to delete? Do you keep material you can’t access in the ...

RESOURCE: DH Trends

Apr

15

2014

It’s no secret that Twitter is a great way to stay informed about developments in the digital humanities, but sometimes the combination of speed and volume can make it unmanageable. DH Trends is a weekly digest of tweets about the digital humanities, including major news, topics, tools, grants, and more from the past week. The ...

RESOURCE: Value & Impact of Data Curation & Sharing (JISC Report)

Apr

8

2014

Clifford Lynch (CNI) points to a new report from JISC (the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee) that summarizes key finding from recent studies on research data services. The Value and Impact of Data Curation and Sharing: A Synthesis of Three Recent Studies of UK Research Data Centres [pdf] (Neal Beagrie and John Houghton) draws on studies ...

RESOURCE: 4R-Digitization

Apr

1

2014

4R-Digitization has launched. By relying on VC funding to scaffold a post-digital infrastructure, the project aims to model public-private partnerships in DH. From the announcement: Notable projects in DH have focused on transcription, with efforts aimed at improving Optical Character Recognition (OCR) through machine learning or employing crowdsourcing techniques to transcribe texts. Emphasizing the transformation of ...

RESOURCE: New Versions of Omeka Plugins for Solr and Fedora

Apr

1

2014

The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia has announced the release of two updates to its Omeka plugins, SolrSearch and FedoraConnector. Version 2.0 of the SolrSearch plugin integrates SolrSearch, a (fast) search engine that supports advanced features like hit highlighting and faceting. The SolrSearch plugin is advantageous over the existing Omeka search in a ...

RESOURCE: Critical Approaches to Digital Humanities at VCU

Mar

18

2014

Fiona Barnett (HASTAC) has created a Storify from the recent “Critical Approaches to Digital Humanities” (#cadh) symposium at Virginia Commonwealth University. Featuring a keynote address by Tara McPherson (USC), the event aimed to provide “an opportunity for scholars and students to focus specifically on DH’s impact, both positive and negative, on the humanities.” The Storify also includes discussion ...

RESOURCE: Data Mining the Internet Archive Collection

Mar

18

2014

A new lesson by Caleb McDaniel on The Programming Historian focuses on downloading and analyzing records from the Internet Archive. From the description: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to download files from such collections using a Python module specifically designed for the Internet Archive. You will also learn how to use another Python module ...