ATLA Annual ConferenceDenver, CO Brent Burbridge / Jennifer Dekker

DIGITAL HUMANITIES, GRADUATE STUDENTS AND LIBRARIANS

Why I care about the (digital) humanities

The Morisset Hours

Archives and Special Collections

Morisset HoursPsalm 95 (96): Cantate Domino

Broken BindingCatchword “dia”

View of Booklets or ‘Quires’

Litany of the Saints With Saint Zenobius & Misbound Quire

Blank Page at End of Booklet

The Last Word of the Innocent Prisoner

Tavoro Family History

Medicinal Charm

Litany of the Saints: Cosmas & Damian

My Photo VS Professional Digital Image

UO Digital History

Student Showcase, April 2015

DIY= Digitize It Yourself!

Questions*

•What assistance is the student seeking? • Does the student have some technical understanding and skill? •What is the final product? Who is the intended audience? •What are the data that the project is based on? • Does the student have them now or do they need to be created? •What tools has the student worked with? • Does the student have access to a server? •  What is the timeline? • Is the content copyrighted? Do they have permissions?•What is the research question and how does a DH project enhance it?

* Based on “Library Questionnaire to Help Researcher with DH Project” by Nancy LeMay , 2014

Useful sources of information

•DHIG list-serv (ALA)•Digital Medievalist •Humanist list-serv•Twitter: #DH•UCLA Center for Digital Humanities•THATCamp, WordCamp•HASTAC•Your colleagues

How to spot a potential project (1)

•The student has digital assets, or you can obtain or produce them.

•Examples: •Digital images•Many words! (Text corpora)•Locations on a map•A list of books / authors / publication info

How to Spot a Potential Project (2)

•There is a benefit to working together•Interest in the research question•Interest in the platform that supports the research•“Have you ever thought of creating a DH project based on this research?”

Morisset Book of Hours

Tools to TryBeginner: Intermediate:

Wordpress.com Wordpress.org (supports plug-ins)

Tumblr Omeka

History Pin BiblioBoard (sub req)

Google N-Gram / Voyant

ArtStor Shared Shelf collection

Flickr Neatline (with Omeka)

Why DH?

•Opportunity to work differently with grad students•Learn new skills•Develop interest in new subjects, projects•Get to know your IT infrastructure•Library can be a partner / market itself•Consistent with trend toward embedded librarianship•Humanities research is engaging and fun!

THANKS!