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Category: DH in General

Mapping Digitized Manuscript Collections
DH in General, Online Resources, Visualization

Mapping Digitized Manuscript Collections

Among the first-generation digitization projects in the humanities is disclosing manuscripts. Disclosing those disclosures is a natural follow-up. One way to … Continue reading Mapping Digitized Manuscript Collections

Reading on a Phone
DH in General, Equipment, Hardware, Software

Reading on a Phone

Carrying a smartphone has made my tablet obsolete. Digital reading has two main modes; plain text or PDF. Plain text … Continue reading Reading on a Phone

How Important Is Your Monitor?
DH in General, Equipment, Hardware

How Important Is Your Monitor?

Next to your keyboard, your monitor is the part of the computer you encounter most often. In fact, many people … Continue reading How Important Is Your Monitor?

Talking about DO at MELA
DH in General, Digitization

Talking about DO at MELA

On Thursday, November 20, I gave a talk about the Digital Orientalist at the conference of the Middle East Librarians … Continue reading Talking about DO at MELA

Project Digitize It All: Timed Example
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Timed Example

Here is a quick overview of the time involved getting a paper copy of a book into a workable, decent … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Timed Example

The Scholar’s Phone, Fall 2014
DH in General, Equipment

The Scholar’s Phone, Fall 2014

I was in the market for a new phone. A ‘smartphone’. Having had my current phone since 2007, I had never … Continue reading The Scholar’s Phone, Fall 2014

Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)

Click here to see in five minutes how I create fully searchable black and white PDFs from photos. Such files … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)

Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera

For  digitizing a couple of dozen books at home, fast, I decided to use a digital camera. In this post I detail exactly … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera

Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath

A while ago I announced the start of a digitization project for my personal collection. At this point, the project is … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath

How to write e-mails
DH in General, Workflow

How to write e-mails

The art of writing e-mails is, I think, little understood. As part of my strategy to offer reflections on exactly … Continue reading How to write e-mails

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