Mapping has always played an important part in humanities research, but the growth in accessibility of digital mapping technology has changed how humanists use maps, both for research and to tell stories from that research to a range of audiences. This workshop looks at ‘story maps’, that is, maps that tell a story from humanities...
Join Dr. Samantha Blickhan for an introduction to online crowdsourcing for Digital Humanities and GLAMs. This one-hour session will include an overview of the Zooniverse Project Builder, with a specific focus on Digital Humanities tools and infrastructure (including new and experimental tools, such as OCR correction), as well as examples of past DH projects and a discussion...
Doing a research project that requires text and data-mining work? Need to incorporate the use of digital tools and research methodologies in your project? Join Carolyn Beckford, Gale product trainer, in the Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub on Thursday, December 12th from 11:30-2:30pm to get hands-on with the Gale Digital Scholar Lab. Learn how this...
IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) has been taken up as a global standard for viewing and sharing high quality images. It offers a means not only of standardising digital resources (books, archives, art) in libraries, galleries and museums, but also of innovatively and creatively re-purposing these materials for research, teaching and dissemination. This workshop, held...
NB: this is a repeat of the session held on 14 May 2024 What: This workshop, designed for beginners, is a ‘taster’ session which aims to demystify the practical process of transcription and markup of archival sources, and the role of these tools in undertaking digitally-informed archival research. The workshop will introduce the practical and...
The White Rose Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York are holding a training day in collaboration with Gale to explore the sources and tools available in the Gale Primary Sources database and the Gale Digital Scholar Lab. This free event will be held at the University of Leeds on Thursday 13 June 2024. In-person attendance...
During this session Chris Houghton, Head of Academic partnerships at Gale, will introduce Gale Digital Scholar Lab. Suitable for all levels of experience, learn how the Lab can enhance research and teaching for anyone working on textual data in the humanities or social sciences. We will cover the basic Lab workflow, including: Creating content sets for...
During this session Chris Houghton, Head of Academic partnerships at Gale, will introduce Gale Digital Scholar Lab. Suitable for all levels of experience, learn how the Lab can enhance research and teaching for anyone working on textual data in the humanities or social sciences. We will cover the basic Lab workflow, including: Creating content sets for...
What: This LAHRI/DCCH Digital Humanities workshop, designed for beginners, is a ‘taster’ session which aims to demystify the practical process of transcription and markup of archival sources, and the role of these tools in undertaking digitally-informed archival research. The workshop will introduce the practical and conceptual principles of transforming archival material into computer-readable text. The...