Category Archives: Session Proposals

Session proposal: Development of a WWII diary project using a database such as KORA

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Susan Cornacchia

The Naval War College is in process of digitizing the 4,000+ page Command Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, also known as the “Nimitz Gray Book.” This is one of the most important primary sources for World War II … Continue reading →

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Best Practices for Open Access Journals

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Lincoln Mullen

The academy needs open-access. As Bethany Nowviskie has pointed out in a memorable (and revolting) phrase, much of the intellectual product of the academy is “fight club soap.” We produce scholarly work at great cost to our institutions and the … Continue reading →

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Pandoc (and Jekyll, and LaTeX, oh my!) Hacking Session

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Lincoln Mullen

Pandoc is a utility written by philosopher John MacFarlane for converting files from one markup format to another. For example, you might write a document in a plain text format then convert it to HTML. I’ll be giving an introduction … Continue reading →

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Content and Libraries, Archives, Museums: What can LAMs do for you?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by david.b.lowe.librarian

What research services can the Digital Humanist expect from libraries, archives, and museums?  Accessing existing scholarly content and making new digital forms available are well within the realm of expectations.  But what do LAMS already do, and what services would … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization: From Discovery Tools to Visual Arguments

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Jean Bauer

I would like to propose a session on data visualization.  How we do it (programs, techniques, etc.) and why we do it (data cleaning, discovery tools, visual arguments)?  The conversation will hopefully range from theories of information design (Edward Tufte/Ben … Continue reading →

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Which (DHish) Blogs, #hashtags and Podcasts do you follow?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Elli Mylonas

I follow a set of bloggers on DH, I read Humanist, I try to catch up on Digital Library discussions, not to mention listening to the Digital Classicist, MITH and Scholars Lab, podcasts as I walk to work in the … Continue reading →

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Time to Propose a Session

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Elli Mylonas

Here is how THATCamp works. Other than the workshops, we don’t have anything planned—you’re the ones who do the planning. Over the next two weeks you should post your session ideas to the THATCamp NE website. Also over the next … Continue reading →

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