Blog Post – Due Tuesday, May 31
In your own words, define “digital scholarship” or “digital humanities.” Think about the many definitions of digital scholarship/humanities and how they can inform your definition. Why is it so challenging to define (or is it …)? What values do you wish to see embodied in your practice of digital scholarship? You will turn back to this definition throughout the summer.
Micro Blog Post Suggestion for Week 1
Write a brief bio introducing yourself and what you plan on researching this summer.
Monday, May 22
8:30am-Noon: Welcome to the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship! (Library 014)
Today’s our first day of the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship! Today, we will go over introductions, cover logistics, and jump into our summer. We will try to define digital humanities and set some values for the summer, as well as get a preview of the Senior Fellows’ presentation that will happen on Thursday at Bucknell University.
Readings and Assignments
- “What Digital Humanists Do.”
- “The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Jessica Marie Johnson“
- Spiro, Lisa. “This is Why We Fight: Defining the Values of Digital Humanities.”
- Visconti, Amanda. “A Digital Humanities What, Why, & How”
- Burdick, et al. Digital_Humanities, pages 1-26.
Noon-1pm: DSSF Lunch (TBD)
1pm-4pm: Introduction to Special Collections (Special Collections Reading Room, 4th Floor)
This afternoon we will take a tour of Special Collections and discover how their collections turn into digital assets.
Readings and Assignments
- Drake, Jarrett M. “Expanding #ArchivesForBlackLives to Traditional Archival Repositories.” Also take at look at the Terms of Service at A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland.
- Theimer, Kate. “A Distinction Worth Exploring: ‘Archives’ and ‘Digital Historical Representations’”
Tuesday, May 23
8:30am-9am: DSSF Check-In (Library 014)
9am-10am: Using Zotero to Manage your Research
Organizing your research is an important part of this fellowship; today we will discuss some strategies for using Zotero, a free tool that helps you manage, share, and cite your resources. Bring your laptop if you have one, so you can set up Zotero the way you like it (otherwise, use a lab computer).
Readings and Assignments
- No homework to do in advance, but these are helpful links:
- Zotero Quick Start Guide – brief descriptions of all the awesome features of this tool
- If you decide you want to use the “Groups” feature in Zotero, then read this Best Practices for Groups using Zotero (5-1-17 Pegasus Librarian blog)
Noon-1pm: Lunch (On Your Own)
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1pm-4:30pm: Research/Project Work
Wednesday, May 24
8:30am-9am: DSSF Check-In (Library 014)
9am-Noon: Sites and WordPress (Library 014, Public Session)
Gettysburg Sites provides a web server for students, faculty, and staff at Gettysburg College, allowing the creation of basic websites, as well as more advanced tools such as WordPress. Sharon Birch and Eric Remy from Educational Technology will lead a session on how to use Sites, as well as how to get started creating your own WordPress site.
Readings and Assignments
- Watters, Audrey. “A Domain of One’s Own in a Post-Ownership Society.”
- Rikard, Andrew. “Do I Own My Domain if You Grade It?”
Noon-1pm: DSSF Lunch with the Digital Technology Fellows (TBD)
1pm-3pm: Lab: Exploring the Digital Scholarship Community of Practice with Twitter and Slack (Library 014, Public Session)
Digital scholars often use tools such as Twitter and Slack to communicate, share ideas, and develop a community of practice. Today, we will learn more about these online communities, who to follow, and how to interact with the larger digital scholarship community of practice.
Readings and Assignments
- Twitter for Scholarly Networking
- Quan-Haase, Anabel, Kim Martin, Lori McCay-Peet. “Networks of digital humanities scholars.”
- Visconti, Amanda. “How the Digital Humanities are using Slack to support and build a geographically dispersed intellectual community.”
- If you do not have a Twitter account, create one. If you already have an account but do not want to use it for the purposes of this fellowship, then create a separate one.
- Ask to be added to the Digital Humanities Slack channel
Thursday, May 25
Today we will be heading to Bucknell University for the Pennsylvania Library Association (College and Research Division)’s Spring 2017 workshop. We will meet outside your summer housing at 6am. We should return to campus no later than 6pm.
Friday, May 26
8:30am-9am: Check-In (Library 014)
9am-Noon: Project Management (Library 014, Public Session)
Project management and documenting your processes is an important part of developing a digital project. Today, we will discuss how to create a project charter, begin a timeline for your project, and look at ways to document the creation of your project so others can see how it was made. Guidelines for the charter are available at the Project Charter page. This will be a living document, of sorts; as you research your topic and think about ways to present and visualize your project, things may change. However, getting a good basis for your project is important.
Readings and Assignments
- “A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Documentation.”
- Appleford, Simon, and Jennifer Guiliano. “Best Practice Principles of Designing your First Project.”
- Burdick, et.al. Pages 124-125 and 130-131 in Digital_Humanities.
- Siemens, Lynne. “Project Management and the Digital Humanist.” In Doing Digital Humanities: Practice, Training, Research, p. 343-355 (password protected).
- Shocket, Andy. “Embracing Ephemerality in the Digital Humanities.”
- Varner, Stewart. “Project Charter.” You will create a project charter based on these guidelines, please post these to the blog by Friday, June 2. See the #dssf16 project charters for inspiration.
Noon-1pm: Lunch (on your own)
1pm-4:30pm: Research/Project Work (on your own)
