Blog Post – Due Friday, June 24
Using the Criteria for Digital Scholarship Project Evaluation as a guide, evaluate one digital project that uses a timeline or mapping tool that we are looking at this week. If appropriate, include screenshots to illustrate your points.
This week is a bit different; we will be meeting as a group on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with Research/Project Work days Thursday and Friday. Our group lunch will be Tuesday.
Monday, June 20
8:30am-9am: Check-In (Library 014)
9am-Noon: Introduction to Timelines (Library 014, Public Session)
Timelines are a way to visualize chronological events in a linear fashion. We will be looking at two tools specifically, TimelineJS and Timemapper. Both have similar interfaces, but put emphasis on different elements; TimelineJS is a pure timeline, while Timemapper combines a timeline and a map. Note: for this session, you will need to have a Twitter account and Google account (you do not need a Gmail address).
- Facilitators
- R.C. Miessler
- Readings and Assignments
- Schöch, Christoph. “Big? Smart? Clean? Messy? Data in the Humanities.”
- Look over the TimelineJS site and browse the projects
- Look over the Timemapper site (unfortunately, the projects aren’t that great)
- Take a look at two sites that use each tool:
- Program Learning Goals Supported
- Identify a range of possible digital scholarship tools to integrate into a public-facing digital scholarship project
- Activities
- Reading and examples discussion
- Review of TimelineJS and Timemapper tools
- Discuss the importance of having clean data
Noon-1pm: Lunch
1pm-4pm: Timelines Lab (Library 014, Public Session)
- Facilitators
- R.C. Miessler
- Readings and Assignments
- Same as the morning
- Program Learning Goals Supported
- Identify a range of possible digital scholarship tools to integrate into a public-facing digital scholarship project
- Activities
- Create a timeline using TimelineJS or Timemapper
4pm-5pm: Individual Consulting Time
Tuesday, June 21
8:30am-9am: Check-In (Library 014)
9am-Noon: Introduction to Mapping (Library 014, Public Session)
Digital maps help us visualize data spatially. Today, we will be working with two very similar narrative-based mapping tools, StorymapJS and Google Tour Builder, and one data-based tool, CartoDB. StorymapJS and Google Tour Builder will both require a Google account, and you should sign up for a free CartoDB account.
- Facilitators
- R.C. Miessler, Eric Remy
- Readings and Assignments
- Review the StorymapJS site and browse the examples (specifically The Garden of Earthly Delights)
- Review the Google Tour Builder site and check out the featured tours
- Review the gallery of maps at CartoDB
- McConchie , Alan and Beth Schechter. “Anatomy of a Web Map.” (give it a second to load and click each slide to advance)
- Program Learning Goals Supported
- Identify a range of possible digital scholarship tools to integrate into a public-facing digital scholarship project
- Activities
- Reading and examples discussion
- Review of StorymapJS, Google Tour Builder, and CartoDB
- Discuss the difference between GIS and digital mapping
Noon-1pm: DSSF Lunch (???)
1pm-4pm: Mapping Lab (Library 014, Public Session)
- Facilitators
- R.C. Miessler
- Readings and Assignments
- Same as the morning
- Program Learning Goals Supported
- Identify a range of possible digital scholarship tools to integrate into a public-facing digital scholarship project
- Activities
- Create a map using StorymapJS, Google Tour Builder, or CartoDB
4pm-5pm: Individual Consulting Time
Wednesday, June 22
8:30am-9am: Check-In (Library 014)
9am-Noon: Assessment and Evaluation Workshop (Library 014, Public Session)
- Facilitators
- Clint Baugess
- Readings and Assignments
- Read these two articles before we meet:
- Turnbow, D., Kasianovitz, K., Snyder, L., Gilbert, D., & Yamamoto, D. (2005). Usability testing for web redesign: a UCLA case study. OCLC Systems & Services, 21(3), 226-234.
- Zimmerman, D., & Paschal, D. B. (2009). An exploratory usability evaluation of Colorado State University Libraries’ digital collections and the Western Waters Digital Library Web sites. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(3), 227-240.
- Read these two articles before we meet:
- Program Learning Goals Supported
- Participate in digital scholarship activities as a part of a collaborative cohort to support digital scholarship initiatives at Gettysburg College and beyond
- Reflect upon the process of creating and managing a digital scholarship project to record and evaluate individual progress and identify challenges and best practices for other digital scholars
- Activities
- Web usability testing
