What is the TEI?
Curation
Discusses information about the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), a cooperative undertaking to define an encoding and interchange format for electronic texts. The text mentions the standards of TEI and what is expected by those who code. Later the text discusses and exemplifies the process of XML encoding and for what purposes encoding and markup could be used in order to improve the digital sphere and help simplify usability within digital archives.
Brown, Malcolm B.
Information Technology & Libraries
1994-03
Allen, Amber
Journal Article
The Implications of TEI
Curation
This article discusses the evolution of XML (digital markup language), and its ability to change the way in which the world works. In particular, the article discusses the importance of TEI and XML comparing the usefulness and usability to that of bar codes. He later mentions, and connects TEI's useful implications with the vast amount of metadata that it can present to a user.
Chang, Sheau-Hwang
OCLC Systems & Services
2001
Allen, Amber
Journal Article
Content Strategy for the Web 2nd Edition
Digital Humanities
Halvorson writes about a new position in the job market called content strategist. Content strategists’ role description is hard to pin point and define because it depends on the circumstances and the organization they work for. They are more than just editors and writers, but they are in charge of sending forth the message or rhetoric. If you focus the two words individually, then you will get that content means what the users/audience will come across and the information relies upon someone’s ethics or credibility. The word strategist means someone skilled in executing an objective through methods and guided decisions. They need to be a leader in a collaborative environment or project. Halvorson provides advice on how to make your business better, especially including a content strategist. Halvorson provides the concept “Do Less, Not More,” which focuses on two objectives: supports a key business objective and fulfills your users’ needs.
Halvorson, Kristina; Rach, Melissa
New Riders
Ortiz, Samuel
Book
ISBN: 0132883244, 9780132883245
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Digital Humanities
Rheingold chose to focus on the five literacies, especially collaboration. The reason why is because to live in a healthy environment in this world we must work with one another and network. In western culture and especially in American culture, society teaches us to be independent and to be successful if we work hard. This lifestyle allows us to become solidary in our lives such as in the workplace or academia if we are not careful. Collaboration works in our day-to-day lives, but also, in academia because this is where we send our message across and our ideas. In this skill we learn how to better communicate with one another in face-to-face interactions, stay focus or be attentive with people, and expand in knowledge and scholarship.
Rheingold, Howard
MIT Press
Ortiz, Samuel
ISBN: 0262300729, 9780262300728
Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media
Pedagogy
Ever wondered how to integrate the social media in the different courses, then this book covers approaches in applying them together. The author provides the impact technology has in collaborative settings, how technologies expanded in the different fields, the advantages and disadvantages of the integration of technology, and the applications and implications that the technology has done for expanding the teaching practices.
Wankel, Charles; Marovich, Matthew; Miller, Kyle; Stanaityte, Jurate
Emerald Group Publishing
Ortiz, Samuel
Book
ISBN: 0857247816, 9780857247810
Hacking the Field: Teaching Digital Humanities with Off-the-Shelf Tools
Pedagogy
This article is concerned with how access to free and open-source software—as well as tools that can be purchased, downloaded, and/or accessed directly online—enable classroom engagement with digital humanities scholarship. Detailing the alternate approach to education implemented by the City University of New York, the author uses this as a case study to examine the importance of access, collaboration, and methodology to digital humanities research and scholarship.
Klein, Lauren
Penn State University Press
2011
Wolf, Casey
Journal Article
Omeka and Digital Archives
Digital humanities
Webinars have a unique advantage over books or journal articles in that they are interactive and allow viewers to direct questions to the host. Although no longer an interactive webinar, in this one-hour video Jim McGrath gives an overview of Omeka, the open-source content management system developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. McGrath explains the installation process, identifies user options (institutional vs. private server/FTP) and discusses customization options. Installing free plug-ins, such as the mapping tool Neatline, and using cloud-based applications, such as Dropbox, to migrate photographs and documents into the archive give the user flexibility in designing their archive.
McGrath also addresses topics including how to use Omeka as a teaching tool in the classroom and opening the archive to accept crowd-sourced material. In this case, their Boston Marathon archive allowed visitors to the website the opportunity to upload their own pictures and share memories of the 2013 bombing. The video stresses that the ability to provide this sort of collaboration is one of Omeka’s strong points, as well as its ease of use. Once the information is archived, McGrath explains, a standard vocabulary—in this case Dublin Core—is necessary to navigate the exhibits and allow Omeka to interact with other archives.
HASTAC Team
HASTAC Scholars Digital Collections Webinar with Jim McGrath
2015
Robert Clarke
Webinar
The Digital Archives: A Vision for the Future
Curation
The New York Philharmonic has performed 15,000 concerts since it started in 1842, more than any other group in the world. Because of this they have a vast collection of historical items, including music, rosters, newspaper clippings, and every single program. The New York Philharmonic has reflected the cultural and political events throughout their history. Their music can also be traced through the advent of historically new mediums. Music lovers from around the world have frequented their physical archives. Therefore, they feel that it is necessary to digitize their archives. They will spend the next three (now about two) years digitizing thousands of archives so that they can be accessed by anyone at any time. In this way, student conductors can study videos of the best conductors, as well as see their notes on the music itself at the same time. The archive allows one to see priceless information in one place and to listen while viewing the music, program, or roster. In the next ten years, they plan to make 8 million documents and 7,000 audio recordings available online. In this way, they hope to share a “collective memory.”
Gilbery, Alan
The New York Philharmonic
02-02-2011
Polk, Victoria
Video Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A9yEv7dLzE
Web Archives for Researchers: Representations, Expectations and Potential Uses
Web archiving
In their online article for D-Lib magazine, authors Stirling, Chevallier, and Illien cover issues important to researchers using the web from problems of legitimacy to the functionality of search engines. The authors discuss the changing perceptions to research on the web and focus particular attention to the use of web archiving as a means of legitimate and practical academic research. Guidelines and suggestions regarding content and selection policy of digital archives are of particular use as well as suggestions on providing adequate and useful descriptions of the archives themselves.
Stirling, Peter
Chevallier, Philippe
Illien, Gildas
D-Lib Magazine
2012
Polk, Victoria
Peter Stirling, Philippe Chevallier and Gildas Illien
Online Journal
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march12/stirling/03stirling.html
Functionalities of Web Archives
Web archiving
The functionalities that are important to the users of web archives range from basic searching and browsing to advanced personalized and customized services, data mining, and website reconstruction. The author examined ten of the most established English language web archives to determine which functionalities each of the archives supported, and how they compared.
A functionality checklist was designed, based on use cases created by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC), and the findings of two related user studies. The functionality review was conducted, along with a comprehensive literature review of web archiving methods, in preparation for the development of a web archiving course for Library and Information School students. This paper describes the functionalities used in the checklist, the extent to which those functionalities are implemented by the various archives, and discusses the author's findings.
Niu, Jinfang
D-Lib Magazine
2012-03
Polk, Victoria
2012 Jinfang Niu
Online Journal
http://dlib.org/dlib/march12/niu/03niu2.html