Text classification tool on the web Michael pointed me to a story about how Stanford scientists put free text-analysis tool on the web. The tool allows you to pass a text (or a Twitter hashtag) to an existing classifier like the Twitter Sentiment classifier. It then gives you a interactive graph like the one above […]
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts have launched a torrent site which allows academics to share papers and datasets. AcademicTorrents provides researchers with a reliable and decentralized platform to share their work with peers, as well as the rest of the world. The site currently indexes over 1.5 petabytes of data, including NASA’s map of […]
The AWMC is proud to announce the release of a series of geographically accurate, publicly accessible map tiles (http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/tiles/ ), suitable for use in nearly any web mapping application or GIS software suite. These tiles are hosted on Mapbox servers courtesy of ISAW, and are created by Ryan Horne from AWMC data produced by Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Ryan Horne, Ross Twele, Audrey Jo, Ray Belanger, […]
The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet is meeting to debate the scope of fair use. Read full post here.
On January 22, 2014, George A. Smathers Libraries and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will release the first round in a series of oral history interviews with civil rights veterans of the Mississippi freedom movement for UF’s week of celebration surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The collection, “The Mississippi Freedom Project,” will be […]
A list of recent digital humanities syllabi can be found here.
The Wellcome Library announces the free availability of over 100,000 images from their historical holdings. See the announcement here.
The Walters Art Museum announces the release of a new API for use with the museum’s internet repository. See the announcement here.
Three lists from a forthcoming LiAM Guidebook are available, one of linked data tools, one of linked data sites, and one of linked data citations.
The latest episode of the Social Media Clarity podcast features Dr. Paul Resnick from the University of Michigan. Read the full post here. Download this MP3
