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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Boston Digital Humanities (Boston, MA) – Meetup. Inaugural Meeting Tue Mar 06 7:00 PM Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA (map)
A short video from Europeana on what linked open data is and why it is a good thing both for users and content providers.
The kit is aimed at libraries, archives and other cultural intuitions staff and gives basic guidance on how to organize an event. It includes some tips for organizing an event, as well as free handouts, videos and web resources that staff can use. Also provided is a list of additional resources, including some format-specific advice.
The service is ultra simple in purpose and function. It provides: Information on licenses for open data, open content, and open-source software in machine readable form (JSON) A simple web API that allows you retrieve this information over the web — including using javascript in a browser via JSONP
The interim report summarizes “our interviews with research support professionals who support the field of history.”