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Author: Martin Kass

Three digital humanities events are coming up in March at the University of Miami. Data Intersections will be on March 2nd and is a 1-day free conference featuring speakers from data science, statistics, data journalism, and the digital humanities. For more information visit http://dataintersections.com.miami.edu  Monday, March 5th - Using Scrivener for Dissertation Writing 2-3 p.m., Richter Library Info Lit Lab Presented by Hadassah St. Hubert (History)  Are you about to work...

This competition sponsored by the University of Miami  Center for Computational Science is a great opportunity to design a data visualization essay, story, or infographic using publicly available data about Miami. Participate in order to learn a new tool or showcase your talent! For more information, visit http://ccs.miami.edu/vizum-visualization-competition/  ...

This upcoming spring the Digital Scholar Studio will have several new items available for check out, including new microphones, camcorders, a studio lighting kit, a green screen, and a white background- which was used for this photoshoot in the gif with Santa. Look for more updates on the DSS site at http://dss.fiu.edu/dss/specialized-equipment-software/ We wish you a very happy holiday season and a happy new year!...

If you ever wanted to create a visualization project or digital tool using Congressional data- this is your chance. The Library of Congress has announced the Library of Congress Congressional Data Challenge, where submissions will be evaluated based on usefulness, creativity, and design. $5,000 will be awarded for the first prize! To find out more, visit http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2017/10/congressional-data-challenge/ and to see examples of submissions to a similar...

A new effort for performing damage inspections in Puerto Rico has been started by Esri. Volunteers will use ArcGIS to map. For more information, visit  https://community.esri.com/community/education/blog/2017/10/11/hurricane-maria-mapping-project-we-need-your-help...

The Greater North Miami Historical Society Collection is now available on FIU Digital Collection Center's repository Dpanther. The Greater North Miami Historical Society collection, funded by The Southeast Florida Library and Information Network and the City of North Miami, is the digitized collection of photographs, newspapers, and other records documenting early life in the Greater North Miami area, collected and preserved by the Greater North...

New student work from HIS 4935: Senior Seminar- #History in the Digital Age is now on view on the DSS gallery page. The undergraduate course was taught online this summer by Dr. Lisa Howe . For their final project, students created research projects on the topic of their choice using various digital humanities and site-building tools....

The University of Florida is hosting an upcoming symposium focusing on Digital Humanities and the Caribbean, focusing particularly on the Digital Library of the Caribbean. The symposium runs from September 21-22. For more information, visit: https://digitalhumanities.group.ufl.edu/event/collaborating-across-the-divide-digital-humanities-and-globalization-sept-21-23-2017/...