Comments for THATCamp Digital Humanities & Libraries 2013

Comment on Libraries as providers of DH data sources by Michelle Dalmau

Michelle Dalmau — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05:54:38 +0000

Sounds like there’s also potential overlap with Sarah’s proposal too: dhlib2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/20/650-x-computer-network-resources-discussion-of-dh-and-discoverability/. I think this will make for a tight session. High five.

Comment on Libraries as providers of DH data sources by Sherri Berger

Sherri Berger — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:01:12 +0000

They are definitely related/mirrors. I think it makes sense to combine; I especially like the show-and-tell aspect of yours. Maybe we can use that to drive some critical discussion about the user needs around access/re-use of content, and what are some effectively underlying approaches to platform development ala Sherratt’s article.

Not to throw yet another idea to the heap, but there is a policy dimension to this that is also interesting (and admittedly kind of confusing) to me. That might be a whole other session.

Comment on Libraries as providers of DH data sources by Ben Brumfield

Ben Brumfield — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:23:15 +0000

This seems like the mirror image of my session proposal. Do you think that combining them would make sense?

Comment on Introduction to DH by Danielle Cunniff Plumer

Danielle Cunniff Plumer — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:12:27 +0000

Matt, that’s exactly what I was thinking about. It depends on who will be there; some people don’t need the cross-disciplinary background, but some might appreciate it to help create better conversations for the rest of the day.

Comment on Talk: Race in DH: Librarians’ Responsibilities by Matt Shoemaker

Matt Shoemaker — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:00:13 +0000

Certainly interested in this topic. Brings back memories from working on my MA in a post-colonial history area. Too many good proposals, hopefully scheduling doesn’t force too many hard decisions for what to attend.

Comment on Introduction to DH by Matt Shoemaker

Matt Shoemaker — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:54:35 +0000

If you wanted this to use as definitions and common ground for the day it might be worth bringing up during the first hour while we are doing scheduling and are all in the same room.

Comment on GLAM Wiki by Mike Nutt

Mike Nutt — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:06:03 +0000

Ever listened to Wikipedia? Something fun to display/listen to during an edit party: listen.hatnote.com/

Comment on Digital Preservation in the Humanities by Danielle Cunniff Plumer

Danielle Cunniff Plumer — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:37:07 +0000

Lauren,

No, the website I listed is the Mapping Texts project itself, which is pretty neat itself, but which was funded with a grant and is now “done” and has been transferred to the UNT Libraries for preservation. My students were each given an aspect of the project to preserve, and they then packaged the materials they had for preservation in a class repository (DSpace or Islandora, depending on their preference). It raised lots of issues! I can show folks the repos, which are not public, and perhaps get permission from students to share some of the reports.

Danielle

Comment on DAMS, CMSes, and APIs — oh my! by Danielle Cunniff Plumer

Danielle Cunniff Plumer — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:31:46 +0000

Ben,

I’d be happy to help with this one. For probably 80% of systems, I can identify the system within about 30 seconds after visiting it, and I can share the visual clues that tip me off. More broadly, however, I think this speaks to a different need (for DPLA, or for statewide and regional collaboratives), which is a directory of collections with system information. I recently did a project for the Oregon State Library in which I compiled a lot of that information, as I have done in the past for Texas. The spreadsheet with Oregon data is on my website (www.dcplumer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Inventory-Oregon-DigitalCollections-final.xlsx), but to be truly useful the data needs to be machine actionable. How might this work?

Danielle

Comment on Digital Preservation in the Humanities by Lauren Goodley

Lauren Goodley — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 14:18:02 +0000

Ooh, that would be an interesting read. I didn’t find anything specific about preservation strategies on the website, unless I missed it.
So, that’s 2 separate issues, as I see it. (1) What context and descriptive information needs to be preserved about DH materials to make them useful now and in the future? (2) Preservation strategies for DH projects and the digital objects/materials they create.