Category Archives: Session: Talk

TALK: Communicating Resources to Researchers

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Susan Jenkins

Many institutions have a backlog of “items” in their holdings that are not currently discoverable/accessible in their online finding aid(s). Most institutions are actively working on rectifying this, as funding, staffing, etc., allow. Currently if researchers want to know if … Continue reading →

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Use of open source software in DH

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jonathan Harker

A session around the use of FLOSS software and open standards/protocols in digital repositories, and the needs of digital humanities in particular. Discussions could centre around Fedora Commons, DSpace, Fez, Drupal and so on. How do we weigh rigid metadata … Continue reading →

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Cat Battles – Using Papers Past Text to seed Game Play

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Greig Roulston

Hi Im Greig I work in the digitisation team at NLNZ and am currently obsessed with the idea of making a cat card based battle game out of Papers Past Article Ideas. The general Gist is to expose new audiences … Continue reading →

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TALK: Digital Archiving – what is it to you?

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Sara Bryan

Hi, I’m posting this on behalf of Jay, who suggested a discussion tomorrow on the topic of digital archiving.

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TALK: Audience

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Donelle

Facilitator: Murray Hemi I’d like to talk about audience. How do you use or match your publication/digital platform with the audience you are wanting to access. Is there any data or research undertaken with the NZ public to understand how … Continue reading →

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TALK: Exchanging knowledge services for data

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Tellya Later

Background Data collection from human subjects is always a challenge. Now that everyone and their dog is on the internet, it has become possible to collect data online. Some researchers have investigated the feasibility of doing so and have concluded … Continue reading →

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TEACH: What can a SPARQL endpoint do for you?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Ross Spencer

— [Update: 3 December 2013]: A blog summarizing a little of what I presented at my THATCamp session can be found here: exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/architecture-of-the-fr-org/ – Thanks to all those who attended!] — Two-weeks back I built myself a linked file-format registry. For me, … Continue reading →

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TALK: who is doing what, where?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Tim McNamara

I’m really interested in learning what is happening in New Zealand relating to the digital humanities. Some things that might be worth chatting about: What questions are being investigated? Are there networks that should be connected? What challenges are people … Continue reading →

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