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This morning I'm attending "Using Digital Humanities to Tell Stories" @AsalhConvention. Panelists include @cheylonkwoods @kenvi_phillips, @drpezster and @bookworme7787. #asalh2020 #libraries #archives #librarytwitter

Haykal: DH is an intesection of humanities and arts disciplines and technology. Involves examining how digital tools can be applied to humanities and how these subjects can influence knowledge of computing (Kirschenbaum 2010). DH brings the academy to the community.

Haykal: Digital exhibits are an example of DH at work. Mimic a physical exhibit but can be broader, using lots of media. Convey a particular narrative. You are content curator and digital manager. Some tools include Omeka, CurateScape, or website builder (Wix, WordPress, etc.)

Haykal: Example from College of Charleston - ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/…

Haykal: Digital timelines and mapping can be good tools in telling stories. Tools: My Maps using Google, StoryMap, TimeMapper, Tiki Toki, Neatline. Example is @HilaryGreen77's monument removal project - hgreen.people.ua.edu/csa-monument-m…

Haykal shares more tools/examples like StoryMap JS - Midwest Time Machine publications.newberry.org/time-machine/
Also Adobe Spark Timeline.

Woods will discuss DIY digital archives if you/your institution is on a budget. None of these tools should be used for permanent preservation, but can be used for some storage and dissemination of information.

Woods: For document sharing, use Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive, etc. Great for access. Social media can be good for sharing/gathering info also, not for storage or preservation.

Matthews: Drupal and Archivematica are open source platforms that are great but that take knowledge to manipulate. BePress and Adam Matthew are paid options for repositories as well.

Matthews is at Howard and they decided to use BePress for their online repository as opposed to a free option because they didn't have the expertise to manage the latter. dh.howard.edu

Matthews: Howard added their digital collections, finding aids to their BePress site. Great for discoverability; you can find their collections via Google search. Just passed 500k downloads.

Matthews shares nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-secto…

Scroll to the bottom of that page and click on the Excel link for a spreadsheet comparing different tools. They found this doc very helpful. Also, they decided to put low-res, watermarked images on the site for research purposes re: copyright.

Matthews and Howard follow the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) like making backups, having different res images, etc. digitizationguidelines.gov

Phillips will share three examples of DH projects. The first is from Schlesinger Library called The Long 19th Amendment Project which focuses on expanding the idea of suffrage. long19.radcliffe.harvard.edu

Phillips highlights Suffrage School, syllabus, and bibliography on The Long 19th Project website. Harvard received a "hefty" Mellon grant to develop this project. long19.radcliffe.harvard.edu/teaching/

Another example is Family Pictures focusing on scanning, sharing photos and stories of Black families and ancestors. Good for individual and community archiving. familypicturesusa.com

Phillips also shares Black Photo Booth blackphotobooth.glitch.me Projects like this can be relatively easy and affordable. Can inspire other ideas and projects.

Historypin is another tool historypin.org/en/. The right tools will depend on your goals for the project, the audience, the duration, the focus, etc. But be sure not to let the tech overwhelm the content. Storyboarding can really help with this.

Another tool: ArcGIS Storymaps (paid and free versions) storymaps.arcgis.com

Be sure to plan and be clear about the goals of your project. Use tech to engage audience and enhance your project, but don't let it overwhelm the content. Also keep platform and media in mind re: preservation and obsolescence.

Thanks to the panelists for this informative session! #asalh2020

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