Citizen Cartography
New York Public LibraryLearn how to use the NYPL Map Warper, a tool for digitally aligning ("rectifying") historical maps from the NYPL's collections to match today's precise maps.
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DH 101
New York UniversityDigital Art History: lecture and workshop
The morning session comprises a 70-minute overview of the field (offered by the DAHL); the afternoon session, which is scheduled to last 4 hours, will be run like a clinic where students interested in DAH can come with their research questions and discuss their projects with specialists
Use of Webrecorder
Language Resource Center (Columbia University) 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027This 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 […]
Introduction to Omeka
Bobst Library, NYU, Room 619 70 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United StatesOmeka 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 […]
A DIY Digital Maps Primer
New York Public LibraryIn 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 […]
Advanced Omeka
Bobst Library, NYU, Room 619 70 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United StatesBuilding 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. […]
Public Participation in Humanities Research: Using APIs and Crowd Sourcing Platforms
Bobst Library, NYU, East Room, 2nd Floor 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesParticipants 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, […]
Introduction to Programming with Python
CUNY Graduate Center, Room TBD 365 Fifth Avenue, Room TBD, New York, NY, United StatesThis workshop introduces the fundamentals of programming using Python, a language popular in both academia and the commercial world. Topics will include basic programming concepts such as loops, variables, and conditionals, installing and importing libraries, and creating simple scripts. No previous programming experience is necessary. This workshop will be led by GC Digital Fellows Ian […]
Book digitization and post-processing
Language Resource Center (Columbia University) 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027This 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 […]
NYCDH Week Kickoff Gathering
Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus, Room TBA 113 W 60th Street, New York, United StatesOur big event! The afternoon of networking, lightning talks and an NYCDH roundtable will be followed by a social outing at a local watering hole. This is your opportunity to see old friends, meet new ones and get to know your New York City Digital Humanities community. Looking forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP […]
Free
Presentations by NYCDH Graduate Student Award Winners
Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus, Room TBA 113 W 60th Street, New York, United StatesScheduled Presenters Name Institution Project Title Twitter Handle Project URL Christy Pottroff Fordham The U.S. Goes Postal: Mapping Union and War in the Antebellum Era @ChristyPottroff http://www.christypottroff.com/ page-dh/ Jonathan Reeve Columbia University Git-Lit @j0_0n http://git-lit.github.io/ Eileen Clancy CUNY Graduate Center Beyond Citation @clancynewyork http://www.beyondcitation.org/ Margaret Galvan CUNY Graduate Center Mapping and Networking Alison Bechdel to […]
