Resource: Creating GIS Datasets from Historic Maps
This tutorial will teach you to extract features from georeferenced maps and store them in a geodatabase for use in ArcGIS.
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Resource: On blogging in the Digital Humanities
On blogging in the Digital Humanities | Michael Ullyot. Blogging in the social, pure, and applied sciences is a common enough practice that two members of the London School of Economics’ Public Policy Group said today that it is “one of the most important things that an academic should be doing right now” — namely, […]
Resource: Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing publishes first issue
CDRH News & Events. Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing publishes first issue We are delighted to announce the debut of Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing, now online at scholarlyediting.org. Published for over 30 years as a print publication titled Documentary Editing, Scholarly Editing continues to […]
Resource: Old Maps Online
The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by date. The search results provide a direct […]
Resource: 5-minute Guide: Graphic Design Principles for Information Visualization
Over last few years, Information visualization has become of the key contemporary communication medium and also research techniques. But unless you went to design school, how can you create good looking designs such as the ones on www.visualizing.org or infosthetics.com ? (Note that I am not talking about visualization part itself – how to effectively […]
Resource: Google Ancient Places: Visual interface brings history alive
A Web application called Google Ancient Places (GAP) allows users to choose a classical text or book from the time period 500BC – 500AD and then search for references to ancient places within it, presenting the results in a user-friendly interface. GAP uses specialized software to identify where and how often places are mentioned within […]
Resource: Videos of 2011 Digital Humanities Start-Up Grantees
We’re happy to say that we now have videos from the annual Office of Digital Humanities Project Directors Meeting, held September 27, 2011 at the Old Post Office in Washington, DC. This meeting brought together top researchers in the digital humanities from across the United States. In these videos below, watch the directors of NEH’s Digital Humanities […]
Resource: Two Videos on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
The UCLA Library has released two videos on ARL’s Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Peter Jaszi and Brandon Butler are the featured speakers. Introducing the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, Part 1 Introducing the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and […]
Resource: ACRL Digital Humanities Discussion Group
H-Net Discussion Networks – ACRL Digital Humanities Discussion Group. A new discussion group has been created for ACRL members interested in discussing ideas related to Digital Humanities and the role of librarians in this emerging discipline.The mailing list already has over 300 members who are beginning to examine how libraries can help support digital humanities […]
Resource: Boston Digital Humanities – Meetup
Boston Digital Humanities (Boston, MA) – Meetup. Inaugural Meeting Tue Mar 06 7:00 PM Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA (map)