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Comment on Digital Dissertations by Digital Dissertations | THATCamp Iowa City 2012 « The Stacks Cat

Digital Dissertations | THATCamp Iowa City 2012 « The Stacks Cat — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:29:27 +0000

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Comment on Anyone interested in talking about archiving media by Kathie Gossett

Kathie Gossett — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:43:54 +0000

I’m very interested in this topic–I’m dealing with many of the same issues on my current project that I posted a proposed session for: iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/03/31/digital-dissertations/. I was actually at the ASOME conference at CHNM that resulted from Jeff’s session at THATCamp and there were some interesting ideas there.

Comment on Project Management by Kathie Gossett

Kathie Gossett — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:28:48 +0000

Yes, yes, yes! I’m actually working on a book chapter about this right now. I’ve been the PM for 2 DH projects and the UX team lead for another and I think there are some challenges working DH projects that are very unique to academia. We need to talk much more about this! Some of the sources I’m using in my chapter:

www.foundhistory.org/2010/07/28/lessons-from-one-week-one-tool-part-1-project-management/#more-1087

teleogistic.net/2010/07/unexpected-leadership-preliminary-thoughts-on-one-week-one-tool/

www.thickbook.com/2010/10/project-management-bootcamp-at-thatcamp-pnw-2010/

Comment on Design/UX/Interface/Interaction In the Digital Humanities and Education by Kathie Gossett

Kathie Gossett — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:21:25 +0000

I think this is an incredibly important topic that gets frequently overlooked in DH projects. I’d really like to explore this more this weekend.

Comment on Hack Session(s) by kalmia-strong

kalmia-strong — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:38:48 +0000

I would be keen to learn from/participate in something like this!

Comment on Undergrads and DH by Jen Shook

Jen Shook — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:05:10 +0000

Thanks for sharing that Bloomsburg Manifesto. I’m also working with undergrads and DH, and would love to share ideas, either in a discussion session or other forum(s).

Comment on Undergrads and DH by stacey.berry

stacey.berry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:39:35 +0000

I’m very interested in this, as I work with DH and undergrads every semester.

Comment on Digital Humanities and the Liberal Arts by Digital Humanities and the Liberal Arts | THATCamp Iowa City 2012 | Word Search Friends

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:14:40 +0000

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Comment on Workshops by Steven Flores

Steven Flores — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:53:47 +0000

Re: Databases

I have what I call a driver’s seat perspective to operating a database. My predecessor gave me a crash course that allows me to operate at a functional level, but I have no clue as to the mechanics or architecture of the database. Thus, when something goes wrong, I am sent scrambling through references to troubleshoot. I am wondering if anyone else is in the same poistion, and if so, would a reverse-engineering approach be more effective for a workshop session?

Comment on Anyone interested in talking about archiving media by Steven Flores

Steven Flores — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:48:12 +0000

I am definitely interested in this topic. As Grants & Administration officer for Humanities Iowa, I am in charge of achiving all of the media projects we fund, from oral histories of veterans to power points to award-winning documentaries. I am looking for an efficient way to store and distribute this content as it is currently amassing a rather ugly pile on my desk instead of enlightening the world. It’s a travesty.

Comment on Discussion on collaboration by raquel-baker

raquel-baker — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:28:48 +0000

I am also interested in this topic. I would love to participate in a session where we might brainstorm best practices for collaboration as instructors and to foster student collaboration–share experiences–talk about on-going projects–network for possible collaborations going forward.

How do identity issues–such as race, sexuality, gender–influence our ability to collaborate –How can we collaborate across lines of difference?

Comment on video micro-tutorials by kelly-mcelroy

kelly-mcelroy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:44:02 +0000

What happens when knowledge stops being polite…and starts getting REAL.

Comment on video micro-tutorials by Matthew Butler

Matthew Butler — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:59:08 +0000

That’s an even better name than micro-tutorial.

KNOWLEDGE CONFESSIONAL

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Comment on Text analysis by Robin Camille Davis

Robin Camille Davis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:29:37 +0000

Me too. Would love to see a big list of tools/resources at the end of camp.

Comment on Crowd Sourcing by Robin Camille Davis

Robin Camille Davis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:27:10 +0000

I would especially like to hear about how to work with crowd-sourced data, which can be extremely messy. What data cleaning tools/methods do people use?

Comment on Design/UX/Interface/Interaction In the Digital Humanities and Education by karindalziel

karindalziel — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:52:17 +0000

ooo, a DH version of The Setup would be awesome!

Comment on video micro-tutorials by kelly-mcelroy

kelly-mcelroy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:46:51 +0000

Heck yeah! It’ll be like the confessional booth on the Real World, except more useful.

Comment on Design/UX/Interface/Interaction In the Digital Humanities and Education by Robin Camille Davis

Robin Camille Davis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:38:13 +0000

Karin, I would love to explore this too this weekend! You are not the only one obsessed with design. I am particularly interested in talking about usability research and testing for campus/grant projects, as I’ve been bumbling through that myself this year.

Thanks for the links to your post and Jeremy Boggs — I love reading about other designers’ processes. I’d also be interested to hear about others’ hardware/software setups, similar to usesthis.com/ but for DH/UX.

Comment on Digital Humanities and the Liberal Arts by kelly-mcelroy

kelly-mcelroy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:36:24 +0000

I’d dig this! I work with Rhetoric classes through the UI Libraries, and the opportunity to tap into digital humanities while teaching basic research skills could be really fruitful.

Comment on the physical/material in DH by colleentheisen

colleentheisen — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:42:20 +0000

I would also be interested in discussing this topic.

Comment on anyone interested in museums and Social Media? by colleentheisen

colleentheisen — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:36:21 +0000

I find museum examples apply very well to Special Collections.

Comment on Anyone interested in talking about archiving media by laura-graham

laura-graham — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:35:39 +0000

I’m especially interested in archiving video/HDV. What format should AV materials be ‘stored’ in? FCP? How to deal with changing platforms and hardware as well? How does one keep up with this?

Comment on HTML Basics by laura-graham

laura-graham — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:32:19 +0000

I would like a good introduction to web design. HTML or even more basic. HTML would be great too.

Comment on anyone interested in museums and Social Media? by Jen Shook

Jen Shook — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:06:28 +0000

Indeed. This conversation could also be easily broadened, if you’re game, to social media and public institutions, or public sites, or some such? I’ve spent a good deal of time working with social media for theatres, for instance, and am also interested in social media engagement at historic sites.

Comment on Text analysis by Jen Shook

Jen Shook — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:02:23 +0000

Count me in.

Comment on Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Public Engagement by Jen Shook

Jen Shook — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:58:20 +0000

I’m also interested in these questions; while not a librarian, I keep winding up working on public events at libraries, because they are such a communal meeting-place. That’s true for libraries as places in the virtual sense, too!

Comment on Text analysis by Matthew Butler

Matthew Butler — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:10:49 +0000

Totally down for this.

Comment on Hack Session(s) by Matthew Butler

Matthew Butler — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:09:45 +0000

That’s sort of what I was thinking — use Sencha Touch or something similar.

Comment on Hack Session(s) by ian-mason

ian-mason — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:59:51 +0000

I co-presented a workshop on mobile web design (jQuery) a few weeks back. If people are interested in doing a quick and dirty mobile web app, all they need to know is a little HTML. It might fit well with your hack session idea.

Comment on HTML Basics by Nikki Dudley

Nikki Dudley — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:03:53 +0000

I feel pretty comfortable with HTML and would be happy to help with some kind of crash course.

Comment on HTML Basics by melody.dworak

melody.dworak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:53:41 +0000

Who else might be interested in learning HTML basics? I could stumble my way through teaching the basics for using HTML in WordPress, but I’m sure there are folks coming who could better teach building a website from scratch. If others also feel like they want an introduction, we could set up a session where we learn together through Lynda.com tutorials.

I can also talk about Information Architecture needs from the user’s perspective. As in, what information do people want to get from your website? Coming from a communication and UX (user experience) design perspective. (Disclaimer: most of my knowledge in this realm is self-taught. I haven’t taken a strict IA or UX course at the grad level.)

Comment on Project Management by melody.dworak

melody.dworak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:44:57 +0000

I’m up for a project management discussion. I have some experience with micro-PM, as in, managing scopes of work in one area of larger projects, as well as managing continuous projects with concrete deadlines (*sigh* I miss that world). Questions I’d have for this session would be: what tools (Google docs, WorkFlowy etc.) do people use to manage personal and collaborative project goals? What roadblocks have people encountered when defining what the project needs are? What unexpected conflicts have risen that have set project goals back?

Comment on Anyone interested in talking about archiving media by melody.dworak

melody.dworak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:34:31 +0000

I’m interested in the digital preservation of media as well. Your description of it being a “moving target” is an apt one.

Comment on Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Public Engagement by melody.dworak

melody.dworak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:30:56 +0000

I read through your notes and recognized most of those names you mentioned. I must be doing something right in who I follow on Twitter! The idea of library-as-publisher is a near and dear one for me because I was the editor for a local alt-monthly for a time. My personal interests lie in the maker labs you mention as well as getting user-contributed stories for the preservation of local history (i.e., that crowdsourcing part). The 9/11 Digital Archive is a fascinating example of the latter. The other piece that fits in here is supporting technological literacy goals that may improve the life experiences of patrons. So many opportunities here!

Comment on Project Management by karindalziel

karindalziel — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:21:10 +0000

I am always interested in project management, and in particular I am interested in hearing what other small groups do when there is no dedicated project manager. How do you set priorities/deadlines? How do you assign resources? It seems like lacking a dedicated project manager, whoever comes in and demands time ends up getting the most resources, and I would love to brainstorm ways around this.

Comment on Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Public Engagement by karindalziel

karindalziel — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:12:11 +0000

I'm also interested in this topic. This is related, I think, to the idea of Libraries as maker's labs and (as you said) libraries as publishers. There was a presentation on the latter at the last SXSW conference, see my notes here.

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Comment on How can librarians and digital humanists help one another? by kalmia-strong

kalmia-strong — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:57:32 +0000

This sounds great! A good chance to continue and broaden the conversation from Friday afternoon’s workshop…

Comment on Anyone interested in talking about archiving media by Matthew Butler

Matthew Butler — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:55:38 +0000

Yes. I’ve administered a few AV archival servers for public institutions and have attended a couple conferences on AV preservation. Definitely interested in having a conversation about this topic.

Comment on Lunches! by Florence Boos

Florence Boos — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:07:09 +0000

I think I’ll be looking for sessions on digital archives, data management and software for literary sites which contain manuscript material.

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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:43:31 +0000

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