Category Archives: Open Access

Use of open source software – rough notes

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Jonathan Harker

An agenda DH needs in particular existing open source DR: DSpace, Fez, Fedora Commons, Drupal Complexity vs usability Institutional concerns Software selection, procurement Where to start looking for solutions, sifting information Size of the community around an open source project … Continue reading →

Categories: Libraries, Licensing, Metadata, Open Access, Session Notes | Comments Off on Use of open source software – rough notes

Very rough notes from the Digitising NZ books & Audience session

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Jonathan Harker

Follows is rough minutes from this session. Apologies if this is wrong or misleading – I did not recognise half of it 🙂 In 1950-59, 4037 publications in NZ (publication = pamphlet of 5+ pages, or a novel). Where are … Continue reading →

Categories: Archives, Copyright, Metadata, Open Access, Session Notes, Text Mining | Comments Off on Very rough notes from the Digitising NZ books & Audience session

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 →

Categories: Archives, Coding, Copyright, Libraries, Metadata, Open Access, Publishing, Session Proposals, Session: Talk | Comments Off on Use of open source software in DH

TEACH: Using Video Essays as a Research/Teaching Tool

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Miriam Ross

Now that editing software is easily available and it is increasingly simple to download/rip AV content, video essays are becoming increasingly popular. Two main trends seem to be emerging: 1. Video essays that merge text, sound and visual content in … Continue reading →

Categories: Digital Literacy, Open Access, Session: Teach, Visualization | 3 Comments