Editors’ Summary: This article articulates an AI-assisted workflow in developing a Python script to collect information at scale from the Internet Archive (IA) via IA’s API. IA is a large online container of websites, print materials, audios, newspapers, and others. The author correctly identifies a need to share more information about how users could interact […]
This upcoming project in Cyprus uses 3D technology to recreate the Enkleistra of Saint Neophytos and the figure of Saint Neophytos. By extending the idea of a “digital twin” to a “memory twin,” this project will provide important insight on how we should not view digitization as just a way of copying what’s in reality […]
The Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History is sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University (GMU). It was developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig (1950–2007), the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at GMU, […]
Editors’ Summary: This paper uses scientometrics to analyze how AI has been incorporated into university libraries and services to provide information literacy. The authors examine over 1,600 papers or research published between 2020 and 2025. This paper is a helpful overview for academics, especially librarians, to track the different directions and methods that other scholars […]
This March, Black Beyond Data joined researchers, artists, activists, students, and teachers from across the African diaspora in Puerto Rico for the Cumbre Internacional de Afrodescendencia (Cumbre Afro), the International Afro-Summit. See full post.
Editors’ Summary: This article engages with the transition between a dynamic (or dynamic-esque) software, like Tableau, to a more static presentation format, like PowerPoint. However, some of the philosophies mentioned here are transferrable to various types of presentations beyond Tableau and PowerPoint that we are familiar with in DH, including poster design and static website […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager. This week’s issue features an Editors’ Choice posts that explores the potential of AI for digital blackface. The second selection considers the growing trend on social media of accounts depicting the likenesses of Black women through AI-generated characters. We have also included multiple useful […]
Editors’ Summary: This post details the investigation into social media accounts that depict Black women through AI-generated characters in order to identify solutions to this quickly-growing problem. The joint investigation identified over 100 social media accounts running out of 34 different countries. These accounts all used entirely AI-generated media, depicted Black women, and were sexual […]
The ILiADS Steering Committee welcomes project proposals and liaison applications for the eleventh Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship! This year’s Institute, hosted by Vassar College Libraries in Poughkeepsie, New York, will be held in person July 26-31, 2026. This year ILiADS offers a week-long intensive environment both for collaborative project teams and for individuals. […]
The International Max Planck Research School for Multimodal Digital Humanities (IMPRS-MDH) is a new doctoral school jointly established by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) in Rome and the Faculty of Art and Social Sciences (PhF) of the University of Zurich (UZH), funded by the Max Planck Society (MPG) for […]
