This lesson demonstrates how to display and share image files on the web using the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and Github Pages. After explaining how to create and host IIIF manifests, this lesson walks through the creation of IIIF-compliant images using three different methods, ranging from beginner to advanced levels of difficulty. See full […]
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) often have specialized workflows and metadata management requirements due to factors such as varied ingest methods and inconsistent source metadata. This blog post features descriptions of ETD metadata management from three institutions in the United States, outlining the systems, tools, and workflows used to process and provide access to ETDs […]
Large language models (LLMs) are used by over a billion people globally, most often to assist with writing. In this work, we demonstrate that LLMs not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, but also consistently alter the intended meaning. First, we conduct a human user study to understand how people actually interact […]
A 23-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Quinn Daedel, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kreymer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti. DIY Web Archiving shows you why everyone should participate in preserving the things on the web they care about, and how anyone can do so (no special expertise required!). Based on the 11/25/2024 virtual workshop co-sponsored […]
Editors’ Summary: “Planning XR projects for cultural heritage” is an introductory course that provides a foundation for understanding XR and its applications in cultural heritage, developed as part of the EUreka3D-XR project. Aimed at Cultural Heritage professionals, XR-focused project managers and coordinators, educators, researchers and enthusiasts of XR, the course explores the core concepts of […]
Editors’ Summary: In “Enrichir ses données avec le processus de réconciliation d’OpenRefine,” a French-language tutorial published in Programming Historian, Pascal Martinolli provides a tutorial on using OpenRefine to enrich a set of research data with other linked data from external sources such as Wikidata. OpenRefine can be used for a process called “reconciliation” or “alignment” […]
Copyright Law in the Age of AI is a complete casebook on United States copyright law, free to download from this website and current to August 2026. Across 28 chapters and 177 extracted decisions, it covers the field from subject matter and originality, the reproduction and derivative work rights, fair use, ownership, the distribution and […]
Editors’ Summary: On July 30, the Mozilla Data Collective launched Compensated Data Sets: responsibly sourced data where data providers retain control over pricing and licensing terms, helping advance a more transparent and sustainable approach to data sharing grounded in human agency and fair value exchange. See full post.
One of the biggest questions I get at Drop-In Time at the library (besides “what is taking up all my cloud storage?”) is how to disable or avoid intrusive AI that shows up where people don’t want it. This is a guide for people who would like less intrusive AI in their tech environment. Maybe […]
Editors’ Summary: In “Gestionar fuentes primarias digitales con Tropy,” a Spanish-language tutorial published in Programming Historian, Douglas McRae shows researchers how to start a Tropy project to manage digital images of their primary sources. Addressing the overload historians face when accumulating hundreds of archival photographs, McRae presents Tropy—a free, open-source tool developed by the Roy […]
