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Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching
DH in General, Digitization, Workflow

Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching

I have found in my short career as an academic that in spite of its growing popularity there is a … Continue reading Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching

ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
Digitization, OCR, Software, Workflow

ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions

When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We … Continue reading ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions

Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research
DH in General, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Software, Workflow

Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research

This post was written by guest contributor Jasper Bernhofer. Bernhofer received a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Philosophy … Continue reading Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research

Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet
Japanese Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet

The Center for Open Data in the Humanities’ KuroNet Kuzushiji Ninshiki Sābisu (KuroNetくずし字認識サービス) launched late last year. KuroNet is a … Continue reading Cursive Japanese and OCR: Using KuroNet

Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
Archiving, DH in General, Digitization, Japanese Studies, Workflow

Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections

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

Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models
Coding, Digitization, Islamic Studies, OCR, Workflow

Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models

This is a contribution by Christine Roughan of NYU. Connect with her on Twitter @cmroughan Over the summer of 2019, inspired by the promising results in articles like Romanov et al. 2017, I set out to use the … Continue reading Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models

Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python
Coding, DH in General, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python

Whether we are involved in Japanese Studies or Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Studies or African Studies, we are all likely … Continue reading Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python

Creating a “Launcher” Extension for Google Chrome
Coding, DH in General, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Creating a “Launcher” Extension for Google Chrome

Users of Google Chrome have long been able to customize their browsing experiences by installing extensions; small pieces of software … Continue reading Creating a “Launcher” Extension for Google Chrome

Google Translate with One Click (Mac)
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Software, Workflow

Google Translate with One Click (Mac)

Yes we all know; Google translator is best described as “quick and dirty”. Nonetheless, we all use it because it … Continue reading Google Translate with One Click (Mac)

Announcing a Handbook for DH and Manuscript Studies
DH in General, Digitization, Workflow

Announcing a Handbook for DH and Manuscript Studies

Millions of documents have been scanned and stored as images of pages. Now what? For the past 1,5 years I … Continue reading Announcing a Handbook for DH and Manuscript Studies

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