Annotation – eLaboratories

Annotation

  • The use of descriptive, contextual, referential, or illustrative content or structure that supports the discoverability and accessibility of source materials. Annotation may take many forms (footnotes, source notes, metadata, glossaries, essays, indexes, keywords, images, maps, and more) and multiple forms of annotation may be used by a project.

Upcoming Events

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    Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners

    August 8, 2026 9:30 am

    From August 8–9, the Center for Digital Editing’s eLaboratories will host its first annual conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, under the theme “Revolutions and Reflections.” We invite editors, recovery practitioners, public historians, archivists, educators, students, digital humanists, community-based researchers, and more to join us in discussing methodologies, technological approaches, public applications, and insights gained from editing and recovery work.

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    Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage and Association for Documentary Editing Joint Conference

    October 8, 2026

    From October 8–10, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (Recovery) and the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will host a joint conference in Houston, Texas. This first-ever collaboration between Recovery and ADE will bring together scholars, archivists, editors, students and community practitioners to explore how figures and documents—canonical, forgotten, official and grassroots—have shaped the histories, literatures and identities of the United States.

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