Session Proposal: Data Sources for DH

Hi, everyone! I would love to co-host (any want to join me?) a session demoing various data sources and mining methods for work in the digital humanities. I think this would be a great complement to sessions that explore various tools for DH.

After all, once you master the tools, where and how do you get your data?!

Discussion around:

  • Sources attendees have used in the past
  • Ideas for new sources
  • Demos of how to use these methods
  • Anything else related to DH data sourcing, mining, collecting, etc.

 

Looking forward to learning with you all!

Stephanie Ballard

3 Responses to Session Proposal: Data Sources for DH

  1. I would love a session on this. Data sourcing/mining is always a big question mark in any idea I have. I would love to see how others approach it.

  2. Hi. My name is Margaret Ericson, Arts Librarian at Colby College. Maybe this is really basic, but I would like to know if others have established a “Best Practices” framework for digital humanities art projects. This relates to Project Management, but really is a product emanating from successful projects, in terms of practices.

    I would like to know what software or hosting platforms work better for art DH content. What’s a good “getting started platform”. How does one manage image rights/copyright for public web content. Is it out on the website for view, or documented in some other way.

    I am interested in mapping applications and also knowing more about how to use digitized texts as data.

    Thanks.

    • Hi, Margaret! The first part of your comment about platforms and tools, may be more in like with the post: Idea: Exploring Collection Data?. The second part, about using digitized texts as data, is more what I had in mind for this data sourcing panel. Would you be interested in sharing the ways you create/find/use digitized texts if this panel is accepted?