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Category: Workflow

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Workflow

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

This is a guest post by Laurent Van Cutsem (Ghent University). Part 2 can be read here. Part I: The … Continue reading The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, South Asian Studies, Teaching, Workflow

Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach

Oh great, yet another podcast! Like many researchers, I find myself listening to more diverse types of academic media in … Continue reading Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)
Biblical Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

Greg Paulson has already written a very helpful introduction to the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) as a guest … Continue reading A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

Nota Bene: Software for Academic Composition
Apps, Biblical Studies, Software, Workflow

Nota Bene: Software for Academic Composition

Publishing. It’s one of the most important parts of research in academia. Yet not many programs cater to the specific … Continue reading Nota Bene: Software for Academic Composition

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2
DH in Practice, Digitization, HTR, Indian Studies, Islamic Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, South Asian Studies, Workflow

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2

In part 1 of this series, I provided a quick introduction to eScriptorium and the workflow associated with it. This … Continue reading eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

This is a guest post by Adam H. Lisbon. Many thanks to James Morris for coordinating it. In August of … Continue reading When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

Flew under the Digital and non-Digital Scholarly Radars: A Mysterious Box of Syriac Fragments at Yale University (Part 2)
Archiving, Digitization, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis, Using Real Paper, Workflow

Flew under the Digital and non-Digital Scholarly Radars: A Mysterious Box of Syriac Fragments at Yale University (Part 2)

This is part 2 of my posts on the Syriac materials that I have found in Yale: The Beinecke Rare … Continue reading Flew under the Digital and non-Digital Scholarly Radars: A Mysterious Box of Syriac Fragments at Yale University (Part 2)

We Need To Talk About Twitter
DH in General, Workflow

We Need To Talk About Twitter

This is a post by guest contributor Mark Boersma. Twitter represents an important networking tool for many researchers and scholarly … Continue reading We Need To Talk About Twitter

Pressbook for teaching
DH in General, DH in Practice, Teaching, Workflow

Pressbook for teaching

I never thought I’d used the phrase that is coming up, but here we are.  I am old enough to … Continue reading Pressbook for teaching

<strong>Taking notes with Notion</strong>
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, Workflow

Taking notes with Notion

“Nowadays, each family produces writings, and every person has a collection. <…> The texts of old pile up high, with … Continue reading Taking notes with Notion

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