Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
Doing archival research in the 21st century has many advantages. We are no longer confined to working long hours in … Continue reading Personal image management software rec from an art historian: Tropy
Very recently we read news about Pope Francis presenting a restored Syriac liturgical manuscript to the Syriac Catholic Bishop of … Continue reading Manuscripts as Refugees
This is the fifth post of a series by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on his interview … Continue reading Early Thoughts on Manuscript Digitization – The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 4
I recently purchased a CZUR Aura X Pro to scan documents and books in my office, home, and at libraries … Continue reading Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
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