Category Archives: Teaching

Posts about pedagogy and teaching and learning with technology or without.

Virtual Virtues: What works and does not work for presenting manuscript material online

Posted on April 21, 2015 by James Cusick

This is an open discussion about what makes the contents of a digital archive (letters, papers, diaries, etc.), either easy to use or frustrating to use. I thought we might look at the Bexar Archives (UT-Austin), Free People of Color … Continue reading →

Categories: Archives, Research Methods, Session: Talk, Teaching, Text Mining | 2 Comments

Timeline Apps for Online Exhibits

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Barbara Lewis

Every time I work on an online exhibit, it seems that a timeline would enhance the content and sometimes could even cover the entire exhibit.  An interactive timeline would be even better.  In this session, we look at a variety of … Continue reading →

Categories: Archives, Collaboration, Libraries, Mapping, Open Access, Teaching, Visualizations | 2 Comments

Searching for Paratexts in the Digital World

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Suzan Alteri

According to French literary theorist, Gérard Genette, paratexts are the aspects of a published work that surround the main text of a narrative (i.e. introductions, prefaces, marginalia, inscriptions, illustrations, etc.). However, finding these specific and sometimes ancillary parts of a … Continue reading →

Categories: Archives, Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Metadata, Session: Talk, Teaching | 3 Comments