Several weeks ago, McMaster University Librarian Jeff Trzeciak caused a disturbance in the force by some of his comments during a presentation at Penn State University. There was an fervent response across the academic and library-focused blogosphere, and the discussions spiraling out from this incident are still being actively pursued. The point of contention …
Category Archive: General
Archives, Encoding, and Students, Oh My!
Teacher-scholars unite! I’ve been testing some possible applications of Omeka archives and Zotero as collaborative tools organizing the development of literary research methodologies classes, and I’d like to take the wonderful opportunity of THATcamp to begin developing the structure and content of project I see as The Next Step. I’d like your help to discuss, …
Making the Digital Humanities Accessible: A Session Idea + A Survey
I read with interest James Neal’s post entitled “An honest and open discussion regarding diversity in the digital humanities?” I believe that discussion would be a welcome addition to the unconference schedule. Along these lines, I’d like to help organize a session about disability and accessibility, either as part of James’ session or in addition …
The future of Zotero
Don’t talk to me about citations, what I love about Zotero is that I can write a translator that will extract useful structured data (and perhaps images or snapshots) from any old collection database and add it to my own research library. Match that EndNote! It’s Zotero’s capacity as a research manager that really excites …
An honest and open discussion regarding diversity in the digital humanities?
University of Maryland, College of Information Science, Maryland’s iSchool where I am pursuing my MLS has recently created a concentration in the MLS program called Information and Diverse Populations in which I am actively engaged. ischool.umd.edu/content/information-and-diverse-populations What are the ways in which we can have an honest and open discussion regarding diversity in the digital humanities? …
THATCamp CHNM details
THATCamp CHNM at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is exactly three weeks away! We’ve got 154 people attending, so this should be one of our liveliest camps yet. Here’s some requests, plus more information below: We’re looking for volunteers to teach a couple more workshops — write if you’d be …
Lodging link fixed — can now reserve for June 2
You should now be able to reserve rooms for the Mason Inn on the night of June 2nd using the reservation link. Please reserve your rooms by May 4th to make sure you get the conference rate, and hey! May the 4th be with you!
Hotel Reservations
We have a block of 57 rooms available at the Mason Inn for THATCamp attendees, but we can get that number bumped up once the hotel sees more people reserving rooms. You can reserve your room at the hotel website, or check out our Travel page for more information.
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