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Building Together: Teaching Technical Skills through Library and Faculty Collaboration
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Building Together - Teaching Technical Skills through Library and Faculty Collaboration
Deborah [email protected] @debstingPhoto from PhillyHistory.org, 1959.
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Background
• Digital history at Villanova and Temple• Graduate student, 2-3 hour, seminar classes• Not all students are historians• Taught with a public history slant• Both group and individual projects• Focus on collaboration and technical
experimentation as more important than final product
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Nothing but a fad
A set of methodologies
The use of digital tools for humanities research
Just a construct
Humanistic inquiry using digital technology
An interdisciplinary community of practice
A current term that will soon be just how we refer to the
humanities
A big tent where all are welcome
The research we’ve always done just with faster tools
A brand new field
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Provide new ways to
Access Resources
Philadelphia City Archives Photo by Deb Boyer
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New methods for
Historical Analysis and
Sharing DataVisualizing Emancipationhttp://dsl.richmond.edu/emancipation/
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Explore connections with
New Audiences and
New Media
The Ward - www.dubois-theward.org/
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Key Debates
• Too focused on doing/making at the expense of theory and criticism (more hack, less yack)
• Overly obsessed with data at the expense of interpretation
• Elitist, opportunistic, and self-aggrandizing
• A place to escape - DHPoco (Postcolonial Digital Humanities) - http://dhpoco.org/
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(My) Benefits of DH
• Interdisciplinary• Encourages experimentation• Collaborative• Promotes discussion and outreach
with diverse audiences• Provides opportunities for multiple
forms of narrative
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How do we support students in gaining tech skills and joining the DH
community?
Founders Week – 1908PhillyHistory.org
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Three Guidelines
1. Explore tools and ideas
2. Learn from others
3. Make mistakes and try again
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Online Resources• Bamboo DiRT - http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/
• Intro to Digital Humanities - UCLA
• “Getting Started in the Digital Humanities” – Lisa Spiro
• “How Did They Make That?” – Miriam Posner
• A Short Guide to the Digital Humanities
• “Tales of an Indiscriminate Tool Adopter,” – Michelle Moravec
• Lynda.com, open source tutorials, MOOCs, etc
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Teaching Tech in the DH Classroom
Typing Class – 1928PhillyHistory.org
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What do we cover?• History of DH• Digitization• Data Organization• Digital Preservation• Online Exhibits• Blogging• Citation Software• Data Visualization• Topic Modeling• Mapping• Spatial Analysis
• Timelines• Digital Storytelling• Video• Audio• Mobile Apps• Intellectual Property• Social Media• Crowdsourcing• Gaming• Evaluation• Digital Project Management
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Theory and PracticeTheory
• Background and development of the subject area or tool set (mapping, data viz, etc)
• How used for humanities research and presentation
• Critical analysis• Debate and discussion
Practice
• Overview of commonly used tools
• Demo of one or two selected tools
• Review other projects using similar tools
• Practice/lab time• Assignment?
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In 15 weeks…..or maybe 8…
Student Photo – 1913PhillyHistory.org
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69th Street Terminal – 1969PhillyHistory.org
Not us
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The Basics• Assume nothing in terms of technical skills
• Conduct technical skills survey in first class
• No technology for technology’s sake
• Learn from other projects
• Start small and use existing free tools
• Collaborate!!!
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Intro Tools
• Omeka - http://www.omeka.net/• Google My Maps-
http://www.google.com/mymaps/• TimelineJS - http://timeline.knightlab.com/• JuxtaposeJS - http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/• Voyant Tools - http://voyant-tools.org/• WordPress – http://www.wordpress.com
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Working with Digital Primary Sources
• Reading primary resources in new format
• Options to participate/crowdsource
• Connect to digital literacy
• Critique formatting and analysis
The Ward - http://www.dubois-theward.org/
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Informal Online Writing
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Wikipedia • Discuss collaborative
content creation – who is writing what everyone reads?
• Neutral point of view
• Linking to resources
• Wiki formatting
• GLAM:WIKI, Rewriting Wikipedia, etc
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Build Something
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Reviewing Digital Projects
Emigrant City - NYPLhttp://emigrantcity.nypl.org/
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Critiquing Digital Tools• Find a digital project/website and analyze it like a text,
primary source, etc
• Digital tools (databases, visualizations, maps) are arguments. What decisions did the creators make?
• Who is the audience? How has the project been designed or constructed with their needs in mind?
• How could the tool be used differently, improved, or expanded?
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Introducing the Library!!
Law Library – 1952PhillyHistory.org
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Possibilities
• Collections (Special or Otherwise)
• Data and Digitization
• Hosting and Technical Support
• Technical Office Hours
• Workshops and Events
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Advice, Experience, Perspective
Safety Sign – 1958PhillyHistory.org
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What about resources?aka time = money
City Fair - 1967
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Scant Resources
• Recognize the library or other partner has many competing responsibilities. Their time is not free, and they are not your minions.
• Specifically discuss a timeline and how to share tasks
• Be realistic - no is better than maybe
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What We Built
Photo from Alma Clarke PapersBryn Mawr College Special Collections
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Information Wanted
• Based on historic newspapers accessed through the library
• WordPress.com
• Student/teacher led
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Remembering WWI
• Based on scrapbooks and other collections at Villanova and Bryn Mawr
• Hosted WordPress site via library
• Student/teacher/library led
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Well, that didn’t go as planned…
Collision at Sesquicentennial – 1926PhillyHistory.org
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Potential Issues
• Divided student attention
• “That took way longer than expected”
• One semester for a two semester project
• Lab time? What are we - scientists?
• Supporting additional learning opportunities
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How do we keep on learning?
Southwark Elementary School - 1912
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Find Local Resources
• PhillyDH - http://phillydh.org/
• GLAM Café Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/GLAM-Cafe-Philadelphia/
• Many, many local tech, geospatial, and design meetups
• College and library resources
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Conferences and Workshops
• Alliance of Digital Humanities - http://adho.org/conference
• Digital Library Forum - http://www.diglib.org/forums/
• Museums and the Web - http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/
• Digital Conferences Calendar - http://digital-conferences-calendar.info/
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Key Online Publications
• Digital Humanities Now - http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/
• Digital Humanities Quarterly - http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/
• Journal of Digital Humanities - http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/
• ProfHacker - http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/
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Excited? Overwhelmed?How do you want to collaborate?
Connie Mack Stadium – 1967PhillyHistory.org