Category Archives: Libraries

Reconciling digital research procedures with library policies

Posted on August 8, 2013 by napappas1

In my own research for my dissertation, I visited approximately 60 libraries around the country ranging from the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA, to the Historic New Orleans Collection, to more regional, smaller libraries such as the Hawaiian Mission … Continue reading →

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Talk & Teach: My sometimes friend the database

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Holland Hopson

Databases are my friends. Every application that I use and care about has a database built into it somewhere: digital audio workstation, video editor, address book, calendar, to-do list (don’t forget online shopping…). Important research is predicated on the analysis … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Digital Collections and Exhibits with Omeka

Posted on August 2, 2013 by g.cory.duclos

Omeka.net is a web-publishing platform that allows anyone with an account to create or collaborate on a website to display collections and build digital exhibitions (“About,” Omeka.net). In this workshop for THATCampers with no previous experience with Omeka, we will: … Continue reading →

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Library Science theory and the Humanities

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Nathan Humpal

I’m interested in discussing how Library Science’s bibliographic theories intersect with the Humanities’ conception of creative works. In particular I would like to examine Library Science’s FRBR concept in this light. FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) is a conceptual … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing the Virtues

Posted on July 27, 2013 by jtfburgess

The question I would like to mull over with you is how can we use social networking and data gathering techniques to determine what are the practical virtues of a discipline? I am curious about this because of the resurgence … Continue reading →

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Building Local Collaborations

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Franky Abbott

I’d like to have a brainstorming session about how to build a network of collaborators for digital work on a particular campus or in a particular area. What kinds of skills and interests might you seek out and where within … Continue reading →

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