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/...
New recording/audio equipment has been added for rental at the DSS, GL 540. The new items are Rode NT5 condenser microphone, a C03 Multi-pattern Microphone, a Marantz Professional recorder, and two microphone stands. ...
Interesting recent perspectives on Google Books from Backchannel and The Atlantic, and another article from Mike Furlough giving his perspective on the two articles. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-tragedy-of-google-books/523320/ https://storify.com/MikeFurlough/what-libraries-did-with-google-books https://backchannel.com/how-google-book-search-got-lost-c2d2cf77121d ...
There is a call for submissions for the first annual Current Research in Digital History conference, hosted by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. The one day conference publishes online and peer-reviewed proceedings, and aims to encourage and publish scholarship in digital history. The deadline for submission is September 29, 2017 and the conference will be held on...