Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African, Oriental Studies..
I am indebted to both the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham and the Church Mission Society for … Continue reading Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
By James Harry Morris with thanks to @ShrineWalker and Tomiyama Aki. Those of you who follow me on Twitter will likely be aware … Continue reading The Shrine Database: An Interview with its Creator
Whilst reading al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, I came to think of a new way to visualize both my archive and my … Continue reading al-Ghazālī on Archiving and Backups
Connectivity has been touted as an absolute good. All your data should be available on all your devices, everywhere. However, … Continue reading The Sony Hack: What Scholars Can Learn From It
One key aspect of curating your digital library is to notice when it is time to shift gears and scale … Continue reading How to build an archive (3): an archive that grows
Without data, no archive. We will look at two different categorizations in this post. The nature of files, and the … Continue reading How to build an archive (2): different data
We have arrived at a point in time where it is relatively easy to establish your very own digital archive, … Continue reading How to build an archive (1)
