Resources and events for digital projects in the humanities and qualitative social sciences have been growing on campus. Here is a roundup of events and resources available this fall semester. If the list of events and resources below looks overwhelming and you’re not sure where to start, drop in to one of our virtual office hours (see below) to explore your options.
Conceptualizing and planning a project
Digital Scholarship 101: Conceptualizing Your Project
September 29, 2020; 2-3:30 p.m. (Register)
Conceptualizing a digital project so that the research goals guide the technology and project instead of the other way around can sometimes be difficult. In this workshop, we will cover conceptualizing a research project with specific scholastic outcomes, objectives, and deliverables. Then, high-level tasks will be conceptualized and mapped to releases, versions, or editions of the project. Discussed approaches will include how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.
Digital Scholarship 101: Planning Your Project
October 2020, TBD (Registration coming soon to this page)
Are you planning a digital project but don’t know where to start? In this workshop, participants will learn the steps needed to plan a project for success. From identifying the team members and support you will need to formalizing relationships and crediting labor in ethical and fair ways. Instructors will lead participants through the process of writing a flexible project charter including documenting decisions and choices from team member responsibilities to technical needs such as platform choices, project phasing, and versioning. Practical and critical considerations will be discussed and covered when writing a project charter, and how a project plan can ease the creation of documentation as well as the grant application process. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a project template and a better understanding of the requirements needed for digital scholarship.
Finding resources
Finding Grants and Advice Office Hour
November 17, 2020; 3:30-4:30 p.m. (on Zoom, no registration needed)
Do you have a project idea but don’t know where to get funding or resources for it? Join grant administration experts from LSA and U-M Library for this special grant-related office hour, hosted by digital scholarship specialists from LSA and U-M Library. We’ll help humanities and qualitative social science researchers with ideas for finding resources and getting questions answered.
Finding community
Digital Scholarship Interest Group Email List
(Join the interest group email list.)
A self-joinable MCommunity email group open to faculty, staff, and students who are interested in any form of digital scholarship, research, and pedagogy using digital methods, objects, or contexts. This includes digital humanities, textual analysis, data mining, visualization, mapping, and digital publication.
Digital Scholarship Events Calendar
Add the Digital Scholarship events calendar to your Google calendar to see when related events are coming up.
Digital skills
Introduction to Omeka S Workshop
November 11, 2020; 3-4 p.m. (Register)
An introductory workshop (no experience required) for anyone curious about Omeka S, the popular open-source digital collection and exhibit web platform. Omeka S is commonly used in digital projects for humanities and qualitative social sciences to create online collections of digital objects. In this workshop we’ll cover the basics of getting started, along with finding resources on and off-campus.
Demystifying Digital Scholarship
November 2020, TBD (Registration coming soon to this page)
Demystifying Digital Scholarship is a series that introduces faculty and graduate students to digital scholarship methods and expertise in the Library and LSA. Invited speakers will provide opening keynotes and hands-on workshops. The theme this fall will be digital exhibits.
Next Steps with Omeka S Workshop
December 9, 2020; 3-4 p.m. (Register)
In this intermediate-level workshop we’ll take a look at Omeka S themes and modules, along with a few tips and best practices for Omeka S administration. This workshop is meant for those who may have used Omeka S in the past, but want to get more out of it. This is a good follow-up session for anyone who attended the “Introduction to Omeka S Workshop”.
ArcGIS Online and StoryMaps Workshops
Fall Semester Dates TBD (Registration coming soon to this page)
Does your digital project involve interactive web maps or story telling? Join the LSA Technology Services GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Team in one of the upcoming workshops to learn how.
Getting help
LSA Technology Services Research Team Office hours
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 a.m.; Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 p.m. (on Zoom, no registration required)
These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high-performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!
U-M Library Digital Scholarship Office hours
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (on Zoom, no registration required)
We’re happy to discuss your digital project, help you develop digital learning activities and assignments, and work with and troubleshoot digital tools and methods—whether you’re working with data, are building a digital exhibit, or something completely different.
LSA Technology Services Web Services Open Labs
Tuesdays 2-4 p.m.; Thursdays 10-12 p.m. (on Zoom, by appointment)
Hands-on support for AEM, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, and Faculty, Lab, and Research WordPress.
