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.
A hands-on comparison of the digital materials from the collections of the Islamic Studies Library at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Preface Digitization projects … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from McGill
I am creating a digital catalogue for Rudolf Geyer’s heritage. On this, I have a long read (and long look) for … Continue reading Creating a digital catalogue for a small collection
I am using the programming language called Python to make sense of Ḥajjī Khalīfa’s famous bibliographical work Kashf al-ẓunūn. I had … Continue reading Deconstructing the Kashf al-ẓunūn with Python, part 1
A first essay on what The Digital Orientalist is about just came out in MELA Notes. Read it it here, … Continue reading The Digital Orientalist: A Manifesto
I am organizing a panel at the upcoming conference of the American Oriental Society. This cross-discipline round table gives an impression of … Continue reading Digital Orientalism at AOS Conference
A hands-on comparison of the digital materials from the manuscript collections of Beinecke Library at Yale University, New Haven, USA. Preface … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from Beinecke
Recently, the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo published a new version of their catalog. The technology and thinking … Continue reading AlKindi online catalog: the future of Islamic studies cataloging
A good example of bringing the disclosure of a manuscript collection into the digital age, using simple and readily available techniques, … Continue reading Making Manuscripts Accessible: U of Michigan
I had a chance to look behind the scenes of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale, the Beinecke. … Continue reading Visit to digitization studio of Yale’s Beinecke Library
Back to mechanical keyboards. If you are a writer and have not tried these out yet, you are missing out! … Continue reading Varmilo VB87M bluetooth keyboard
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