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Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web

Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web
This book provides a plainspoken and thorough introduction to the web for historians—teachers and students, archivists and museum curators, professors as well as amateur enthusiasts—who wish to produce online historical work, or to build upon and improve the projects they have already started in this important new medium. It begins with an overview of the different genres of history websites, surveying a range of digital history work that has been created since the beginning of the web. The book then takes the reader step-by-step through planning a project, understanding the technologies involved and how to choose the appropriate ones, designing a site that is both easy-to-use and scholarly, digitizing materials in a way that makes them web-friendly while preserving their historical integrity, and how to reach and respond to an intended audience effectively. On this website, we present a free online version of the text. , Barnes and Noble, or U. of Penn.

Documenting the links to our past through social media... Last month I promised an update to my "Links" page with some additional attention directed towards archives, museums, historical societies, and related cultural organizations in Tennessee that use social media. Well, it's a work in progress, but I have finally updated this online list. This link list includes the traditional website links, but also includes social media icons hyperlinking to various outposts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, and YouTube. As I said, this is a work in progress, so if your cultural institution is not listed, please let me know. Social media can provide archives, museums, and heritage organizations with an effective way to collaborate with colleagues and share collections with the public. The social media landscape in Tennessee - The Posterity Project

toychest [licensed for non-commercial use only] / FrontPage "Toy Chest" collects online or downloadable software tools and thinking toys that humanities students and others without programming skills (but with basic computer and Internet literacy) can use to create interesting projects. Most of the tools gathered here are free or relatively inexpensive (exceptions: items that are expensive but can be used on a free trial basis). Also on this site are "paradigms"--books, essays, digital projects, etc. A star indicates tools that combine power (advanced, multiple, or flexible features) with ease of use. This site is kept by Alan Liu for his "Literature+" digital humanities courses (recent examples of course: undergraduate | graduate).

European Graduate School EGS Media Art Internet Film Communicati Visualization in the Humanities Writing History in the Digital Age Digitale Geisteswissenschaften - DARIAH-DE The Social Life of Information Lea Wade Science Librarian and Chair of Reference University of New Orleanslwade@uno.edu The Social Life of Information. John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Futurists have been foretelling the demise of print materials and the inevitable dissolution of libraries for years. The digital library is an example of the importance in understanding social constructs within a technological world. A sympathetic look at the people who make the information age possible and worthwhile, this book is recommended for all university and public libraries.

Syllabus | History 580 Syllabus History 580/482 Theory and Practice of Digital History Dr. Chad Black The University of TennesseeClass Meetings: Wednesdays, 4:40-7:05Office: 2629 Dunford Hall, 6th FloorOffice Hours: Wednesday, 1:30-3:30 or by appt. Email: cblack6 -at- utk.edu This seminar will explore the current and potential impact of digital technologies on the research, writing, and presentation of History. But what might we gain if we begin to use the computer to do something that only it can do? In this course we will consider these questions as we explore the nascent field of Digital History (DH). Many thanks to Fred Gibbs and Trevor Owens, from whose own digital history syllabi I borrowed extensively. Course Objectives To introduce students to the history of digital technology, and to its impact on the practice of history. The following books are available for purchase at the bookstore, or of course from Amazon and the like. Galloway, Jeffery. Looking for tools for digital research? Readings: None. Lab: A.

Développer les sciences humaines numériques au Québec Louis-Pascal Rousseau, Ph. D, Chercheur postdoctorant au McNeil Center for Early American Studies (Université de Pennsylvanie) et Collaborateur de recherche au Laboratoire SHANTI (Université de Virginie) Version PDF Louis-Pascal Rousseau chemine dans le monde de la recherche en histoire depuis une quinzaine d’années. De ses années passées à l’Université Laval jusqu’à celles qui l’ont mené à l’Université de Pennsylvanie ainsi qu’à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales à Paris, il a acquis une riche expérience dans les nouvelles pratiques de l’histoire. À l’heure du 2.0, quelles sont les nouvelles manières de penser la discipline historique? C’est dans ce contexte que s’organisent présentement dans les universités un peu partout autour du monde, particulièrement aux États-Unis, des groupes de recherche en « Digital Humanities » ou « sciences humaines numériques ». Le milieu où je me trouve est idéal pour travailler et se former dans ce nouveau champ d’activités.

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