It seems the text mining issue has struck a chord with our group, so I will jump in as well. Specifically, I want to refer to Sarah’s thought that the potential danger lies with the scholar interpreting the data prism could potentially collect, not with “the machine.” This allows us to do what comes natural…. More.
Crowdsourcing Interpretation / Praxis and Prism
Our goal in the Scholars’ Lab Praxis Program is to address methodological training in the humanities not just through workshops and courses, but by involving graduate students in digital projects from the ground up. This means learning by creating something — together — with all that entails: paying attention both to vision and detail; building…. More.
Live and in public!
To prepare for our meeting last week, all Praxis Program participants read the following pieces: Bethany Nowviskie, “Where Credit is Due.” Stan Ruecker and Milena Radzikowska, “The Iterative Design of a Project Charter for Interdisciplinary Research.” Siemens, et. al. “INKE Administrative Structure, Omnibus Document.” These links are also available here, but so that you, my…. More.
Charlottesville’s Street Car System in GIS
Background Did you know that Charlottesville once had streetcars? Since moving to town, I’ve heard tales of the once-thriving transportation system that connected Fry’s Springs, UVa and downtown. It wasn’t until an inquiry came in from a student looking for GIS data for the system that I investigated it. I first found the following 1890 map which…. More.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Mappiness
Mr. Jefferson ended his best-known sentence with “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The only thing missing was maps. In the Scholars’ Lab, we’re all about the spatial goodness. Inspired by Kansas State University’s Seven Deadly Sins maps, we set about converting the qualities of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness into…. More.
project launch: “Spatial Humanities!”
Over the past two years, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library has hosted an Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship. Today we’re pleased to announce the launch of “Spatial Humanities,” a community-driven resource for place-based digital scholarship: http://spatial.scholarslab.org/ This site responds to needs…. More.
Welcoming Jeremy Boggs!
We’re thrilled to announce that Jeremy Boggs will be joining the Scholars’ Lab and the staff of UVa Library’s Digital Research & Scholarship department this June, in the role of Humanities Design Architect. Jeremy comes to us from the wonderful Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University, where he serves as…. More.
Speaker Series: Jeremy Boggs
Jeremy Boggs, last semester’s scholar-in-residence at the Scholars’ Lab, will give a talk at 2pm on Thursday, March 3. Boggs is Associate Director of Research at the Center for History & New Media at George Mason University, as well as a Ph.D. candidate in GMU’s Department of History. During his tenure at CHNM, where he…. More.
Scholars’ Lab and CHNM Partner on “Omeka + Neatline”
The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library and the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University are pleased to announce a collaborative “Omeka + Neatline” initiative, supported by $665,248 in funding from the Library of Congress. The Omeka + Neatline project’s goal is to enable scholars, students, and library…. More.
Building Omeka Exhibits with Fedora Repository Content
Our NEH-funded Neatline project has inspired the Scholars’ Lab to develop or enhance several new Omeka plugins recently. (See our full list.) One of these is FedoraConnector, which is designed to enable administrators to attach Fedora datastreams (a digital object — whether image, XML like TEI or EAD, or video) to Omeka items. This is…. More.