Tools & Technologies – eLaboratories

Promise and Peril: Generative AI in Digital Scholarly Editing

By Katie Blizzard

Generative AI is rapidly becoming integral to digital scholarly editing workflows, as demonstrated by diverse initiatives from the digital humanities, including workshops by the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE) at the last two annual DH conferences. On June 25 at 11:00 EDT, Animating Text Newcastle University will host Dr. Martina Scholger (University of Graz) for a presentation on the applicability of generative AI in digital editing workflows and the resulting transformation of editorial processes as seen with long-established digital edition projects at the University of Graz’s Department of Digital Humanities.

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Data Processing with AI for Cultural Heritage Discovery

By Katie Blizzard

With the introduction of vision-language models, there is a reasonably accurate and affordable method for machines to assist catalogers, archivists, curators, and researchers in mediating between image, data, and query. Join FromThePage on July 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT for a presentation about AI in cultural heritage research from Robert Sanderson.

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Recovery Hub Tech Hours: Using the Recovery Hub Editorial Framework

By Katie Blizzard

At their June workshop—to be held on June 18, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will introduce participants to their template for producing digital editions. During the workshop, they will walk you through the process of using their Editorial Framework and provide some examples for how you might use it for your research or in the classroom.

Your First Crowdsourcing Project: A Webinar with FromThePage

By Katie Blizzard

Join Ben and Sara Brumfield of FromThePage as they step you through your first crowdsourcing project. The session covers selecting material, finding volunteers, developing transcription conventions, keeping volunteers engaged, and what to do with your transcriptions once you’re done.

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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.

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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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