I like to see all the sessions at once, so I created this pdf.
Explore the eLearning Backpack Project – Call for Cohort 2
The eLearning Backpack Project is an initiative to provide faculty with backpacks loaded with tools that will allow them to fully leverage the new services available in Canopy. It is an opportunity for faculty to reimagine how they create/deliver course content and engage with their students.
Discuss the cohort 1 and look ahead to the now forming cohort 2.
Additional information – https://www.uc.edu/canopy/tools/elearningbackpack.html
Sign Up for the Lightning Round!
THATCamp University of Cincinnati will be holding a Lightning Round on Monday May 4 from 3:30-4:30 immediately after our brainstorming session. These lightning talks are brief (2-minute or 3-minute) presentations in which attendees discuss current or upcoming projects, demonstrate new tools, or call for collaborators. It will be as informal as possible.
Do you have a project or idea to share? If so, please submit a comment on this post.
See you soon!
Physical spaces that support digital scholarship
What kind of physical spaces do we need to create that would support collaboration and digital humanities/digital scholarship at UC? UC Libraries are engaged in a redesign of the 4th floor of Langsam and we are planning to include new spaces that would support DH/DS and we would like your perspectives on UC needs – – what kind of spaces/technologies do faculty and students need? Possibilities include: informal collaborative spaces, teaching spaces, data visualization theater/teaching space, Global video-conferencing space, makerspace, high end computers/software, GIS, text analysis – – to name a few possibilities! Let’s talk needs and possibilities!
THAT (The Humanities and Twitter) Camp
Twitter is a digital salon, a global party line, offering a window to real-time information and sentiment on a tremendous scale. There have been many compelling projects to analyze and monitor twitter activity as well as automate communication for entertainment, journalism, and scholarship.
Let’s meet to discuss possibilities for analyzing, reporting, or remixing content from Twitter.
Examples:
@congressedits is a twitter bot that was created to monitor and report changes to Wikipedia entries made from IP addresses assigned to the United States Congress. The script is open source and has been used by others to monitor changes made by other organizations, many civic and government. – inkdroid.org/journal/2014/07/10/why-congressedits/
The New Yorker has an interesting article from 2013 about Twitter bots and their use, from compelling to crude – www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-rise-of-twitter-bots
Registration will close Friday May 1 at 10:00am
Be sure to register now if you haven’t already. Registration for THATCamp University of Cincinnati 2015 will close on Friday May 1 at 10:00am. If you have any questions, please contact:
Arlene Johnson – arlene.johnson-at-ucmail.uc.edu
or
Suzanne Reller – suzanne.maggard-at-ucmail.uc.edu
We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday!
Git and Github
I like all the big ideas, so here’s a little one to balance things out. Git and Github are traditionally used for software version control, but they’re also increasingly used outside of software. I’d be happy to lead a workshop on using git and Github to work collaboratively with text.
Here are some neat links to go along with this:
Metadata Standards and Ethics
Good metadata requires standardization and consistency. But historical documents and literature are notoriously messy; how can we create databases, digital editions, and data visualizations that rely on consistent data while maintaining the authenticity and spirit of the original dataset?
These are questions that I’m dealing with working on a database for the Cincinnati House of Refuge Project. I’m standardizing over 6,000 intake records from the 19th century and I’m struggling to make decisions when dealing with data that isn’t consistent.
OpenRefine Demo
OpenRefine is an open-source tool for cleaning and standardizing messy metadata. You can also link to external authorities and export your data in RDF and custom schema. Come with your own dataset and let’s clean!
Climate change for the rest of us
The vast majority of literature and dialogue around global climate change has originated within science disciplines, but the influence of climate change has had limited impact in other disciplines, particularly within the humanities. As societies and cultures grapple with the process of adaptation to climate change, it is more important than ever for humanities disciplines, librarians, and archivists to engage with this topic.
I would like to convene a discussion/resource sharing group of scholars, librarians, archivists, and anyone with a passing interest in climate change to talk about how we can contribute to this field. As an archivist deeply concerned with the future of archival holdings in geographically threatened areas (i.e., due to rising sea levels, increased weather patterns, etc), I am considering research in this area to get others thinking about the long-term stewardship and survival of archives.
Some food for thought:
Meet the Humanities (Commentary in Nature Climate Change)
Climate Change in Culture (Upcoming conference in May)
Science Communication Needs the Humanities (How humanities work on rhetoric and communication can improve scientific communication)
