This article focuses on the application of archival theory to create digital representations of history, and how this has created a new theory within digital humanities scholarship termed digital historiography—a theory which focuses on analyzing and…
This website is an archive of digital history sources and resources. Filtering by either era, region, or topic brings the user to a dedicated portal which includes an interactive timelime, biographic information, articles, videos, visual resources,…
Ross Harvey's latest guide takes readers through the step by step process of creating their own digital archive. The book contains online resources, tutorials, and references that hep the reader learn the latest techniques in creating a digital…
In this book, Arjun Sabharwal explains the framework behind digital collections, and the relationships that hold it together. Individual chapters explain the specifics behind preserving, promoting, and accessing a digital collection.
The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), an international collaboration aimed at producing a common encoding scheme for complex texts, examines the requirement for generality versus the requirement to handle specialized text types. The text also discusses…
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…
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…
Depicts the use of archiving by the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as other government departments. Through the use of tables, the application of various social media resources is organized by applicable department, their…
This book addresses both practical and theoretical considerations for the creation, maintenance, and preservation of digital archives. While it offers a new approach of thinking about h digital preservation, the authors emphasize that it is not a…
Andrea Goethals, manager of digital preservation and repository services at the Harvard Library, delivered this presentation on 22 April 2011 to an audience of undergraduate students at Harvard University. Goethals aims at encouraging students to…