Tools & Technologies – eLaboratories

From Macbeth to Mucedorus: Changing How We Edit and Publish Early Modern Plays

By Katie Blizzard

On April 23 at 6:00 PM (British Summer Time), Janelle Jenstad (University of Victoria) will discuss LEMDO during a presentation hosted by Animating Text Newcastle University. This talk aims to justify LEMDO’s objective to provide open-access editions of every surviving early modern text (1512-166), argue for a collaborative editorial practice, and describe its mechanism for publishing editions in sustainable digital anthologies, downloadable PDFs, and print-on-demand books.

Association for Documentary Editing 2025: “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies”

By Katie Blizzard

From June 16—18, the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will gather virtually to reflect on theme of “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies.” Sessions wil explore best practices, innovative approaches, and boundary-expanding projects within the capacious field of editing, publishing, and recovering historical or literary texts. For more details about the conference, visit https://www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?page_id=3277.

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Building a Digital Edition with FairCopy and EditionCrafter

By Katie Blizzard

In this video, Nick Laiacona of Performant Software Solutions demonstrates how to go from a set of page images to a functioning online digital edition. Using FairCopy and EditionCrafter, Laicona introduces a workflow for organizing, editing, and publishing a digital edition.

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Conceptualizing and Creating a Digital Edition

By Katie Blizzard

Are you looking for a workshop environment to begin planning your edition? Join eLaboratories at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute for the course “Conceptualizing and Creating a Digital Edition.”

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Manos a la obra: A Virtual Hands-on Latino DH Workshop

By Katie Blizzard

This workshop explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinas/os. Participants will learn about US Latino digital humanities methods and theory, archiving, metadata creation and free, easy-to-use digital platforms (Omeka, TimelineJS and StoryMapJS). The workshop will provide an introduction to US Latino Digital Humanities, archives and related theories.

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Engaging Communities in Crowdsourcing Using the Zooniverse Project Builder

By Katie Blizzard

Join eLaboratories on April 3 at 3:00 PM EDT for this free, virtual 90-minute workshop with Denise Burgher and Jim Casey (Center for Black Digital Research, Penn State). Drawing from their experience leading the Colored Conventions Project and Douglass Day, Burgher and Casey will guide you through the lifecycle of crowdsourcing projects using the free Zooniverse Project Builder—from design and development to launch and project completion.

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Book, Number, Graph: Getting Started with Text Analysis

By Katie Blizzard

How do you get from a stack of books to a graph reflecting what’s inside them? What gets in the way? What research questions does the process enable? This workshop introduces participants to some foundational principles, practices and challenges when working with textual data. No programming experience required. Attendees will use Voyant as a vehicle to explore text analysis, but the workshop will create an experience beyond this one tool. The workshop, hosted by the US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH) on March 31 at 10:00 AM CDT, will discuss the affordances and limitations of Voyant as a vehicle for exploring the opportunities and challenges of working with textual data.

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Cultures of Correspondence Symposia: Part 1

By Katie Blizzard

The linked symposia, hosted consecutively by Baylor University and Texas A&M University, build upon both institutions’ substantial collections of 18th- and 19th-century archival materials and their commitment to creating accessible digital archives and scholarship.

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Cultures of Correspondence Symposia: Part 2

By Katie Blizzard

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The Material and Visual Text in Latin American Digital Humanities

By Katie Blizzard

Presented by the Bibliographical Society of America and the Alliance for Digital Research on Early Latin America on March 7, 2025, this virtual symposium features presentations by researchers and cultural heritage professionals who are using digital approaches to analyze and transmit a diverse range of Latin American texts from the colonial period, nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

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