Watch this webinar, originally presented on Dec. 10, 2024, to learn more about Dr. Sanders’ strategies for recovering details about the lives of the countless men and women mentioned in these documentary fragments. In this presentation, Dr. Sanders shows how historical data set (re)construction is one way we can begin to address voids in the archive and use the records of the colonizers to do reparative work.
The long and arduous process of Meredith’s admission into the University of Mississippi captured the world’s attention. As news traveled, James Meredith received hundreds of letters from all over the world. Many of these letters are housed in the University of Mississippi’s Archives and Special Collections and are digitally accessible online, but a new project based at the University of Mississippi aims to make these materials more discoverable. In a recorded presentation from October 17, 2024, project leaders Adam Clemons and Abbie Norris-Davidson as they discuss their methodology in mapping Meredith’s correspondence and their plans for future work on this project. In a recording of their October 17, 2024 presentation, project leaders Adam Clemons and Abbie Norris-Davidson as they discuss their methodology in mapping Meredith’s correspondence and their plans for future work on this project.
The planned Dublin Core Data Institute (DCDI), which will be held in-person at the University of Toronto on October 19, will bring together data and information scientists as well as humanities and social science scholars, to mingle and exchange ideas on developing open data resources for humanities and social science scholarship.
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) invites digital library, archives, and museum practitioners to join the Virtual DLF Forum, which will be held from October 22-23. With 34 sessions planned over two days, the DLF Forum program features a vibrant program for those interested in discussing digital library technologies and practices: from reflections on digitizing textual and complex physical materials, to conversations on how to improve the discoverability and accessibility of archival and library collections, and more.
Do you teach with primary sources, or want to learn more about teaching with primary sources? Join the TPS Collective from July 30–August 1 for their annual TPS Fest—an informative and fun virtual event, covering all aspects of Teaching with Primary Sources!
Learn more about the innovative use of digital technologies to enhance and transform undergraduate and graduate teaching at the Digital Pedagogy Institute, which will be held online from August 13-15, 2024.
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.
Do today’s latest “AI” models offer capabilities not possible with traditional OCR, for unlocking documents whose handwritten contexts were impenetrable with previous technologies? A decade ago, the Office of the Historian scanned its “Consular Cards file”, a collection of 6,500 handwritten index cards containing listings of officials at all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts from 1789-1960. A unique and foundational source for understanding the history of U.S. foreign relations, the utility of the scanned cards remained limited due to OCR’s inability to extract text from the ornate cursive handwriting on these cards. Experiments conducted this year with multimodal AI tools have produced breakthrough, if imperfect, results. The talk will demonstrate the methodology and results of these experiments and will offer tips and caveats for scholars considering such tools.
Drawing from the experiences of the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program, this workshop will explore strategies for collaborating with individuals and community organizations to ethically digitize, preserve, and disseminate historical materials. Through a lens of care and post-custodial approaches, the program will share its methodologies for identifying and making these historical resources accessible.
Are you looking to build a peer-reviewed, open-access critical edition, gallery, or anthology–without any coding? Are you interested in collaborating with your class in the preparation and annotation of these materials? Join COVE at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute for the course “Open-Assembly Teaching, Making, and Publishing: COVE Editions and Studio.”
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