As a developer, I routinely work on multiple machines during the course of a project. One of the biggest pains is working on a database-driven project is that I often need to move the data on machine X to machine Y, make changes, then move the updated data from machine Y back to machine X.…. More.
We’ve come a long way, baby.
Thanks to Megan Brett, Research Database and Records Manager at the Montpelier Foundation, we are able share with you a piece of ephemera from UVa Library’s computing past: a pamphlet on “Computer Literature Search.” “Why use a computer search? Consider the time it takes to search manually through the many issues of printed indexes. The…. More.
Scholars’ Lab Fall Newsletter
The Scholars’ Lab Fall 2010 newsletter (pdf) is now available for download. Download In this edition, we introduce our four new Grad Fellows, as well as our 2010 Scholar in Residence and visiting scholars, and we’ve included the complete Fall 2010 schedule of events. Please be aware that the event schedule may change, so check…. More.
The Methodological Turn
Exactly how does one acquire the “tools of the trade” in digital humanities research? Thursday, September 16th 4pm in the Scholars’ Lab Ray Siemens from the University of Victoria is Director of the Digital Humanities Summer Institute and President of the Society for Digital Humanities/Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs (SDH/SEMI). Ray will talk about…. More.
Omeka, Solr, and TEI
One of the most vital tools that computers bestow upon the humanities scholar is the ability to rapidly sort and group data that are relevant to the scholar’s own research needs. A digital collection of several thousand artifacts is useful, but it is even more useful if, for example, the user can filter the results…. More.