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This will be a short, hands-on workshop focusing on creating high-fidelity archives of the dynamic web (in warc file format) using Webrecorder.io. We will cover the basics of the warc file format, the use of the tool, and introduce the idea of warc replay using cloud-based or Desktop software. Capacity is 14 participants, and will [...]
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. This workshop will explain the basics of why and when to use Omeka and include a walkthrough of how to use Omeka to manage online collections and create digital exhibitions. Please note: regular [...]
In this workshop you learn how to bring paper maps to the web and annotate them with data. The end result will look something like this. In the process you will learn about: the process of “geo-referencing” or converting a scanned map to a web-map-friendly image generating data to use as annotations in the map [...]
Building on the Introduction to Omeka workshop, this workshop will show you how to gain greater control of your Omeka installation. Participants will learn the difference between different deployments of Omeka, how to manage your own hosted Omeka installation, and how to use plugins, themes, HTML, CSS, and PHP to customize your collections and exhibitions. [...]
Participants will learn how to use Internet Archive’s API to pull a set of documents from the web. They will then test a hypothesis by loading those documents onto a crowd sourcing website and asking others to answer questions about those documents. Instructor: Heidi Knoblauch Location: Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, Avery Fisher Center, [...]
This workshop will cover the basics of both destructive (spine removal) and non-destructive (camera-based) book scanning as well as postprocessing of page images with ScanTailor and finally binding processed images into searchable pdfs. All software used will be FOSS. We will also discuss FOSS pdf manipulation and image conversion tools that will enable participants to [...]
This workshop will introduce participants to designing a network study, including data collection, analysis, and visualization. After an overview of network studies in the humanities, students will get hands on experience using Gephi, a free and open source software for network analysis and visualization. PCs will be provided, or bring a laptop with Gephi 0.8.2. [...]
As humanists, a good portion of the work we do involves text. Whether it's writing an paper, editing an article, or putting together a website, we spend significant amounts of time moving words around. This workshop will teach you how to write and edit text in the most efficient way possible, using a modal text [...]
