Explore the Euclid Corridor History Project website, which shows the content available to riders on RTA’s HealthLine on interactive kiosks at selected transit stations. The Euclid Corridor project represents a three-year effort that culminated in a team effort to produce digital exhibits on dozens of Cleveland historic sites and topics. You should be prepared to [...]
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October 16: Digital Archives
Today the class will meet in CSU Special Collections, where Erin Bell (Project Coordinator for the Center for Public History and Digital Humanities) and Bill Barrow (Special Collections Librarian) will moderate a discussion of digital archives and digital humanities as emerging fields that connect historians, librarians, and archivists in ways that blur the boundaries between [...]
October 14: Introduction to Archives (Omeka Map Analysis Due)
Read Miller, “Archives and Historical Manuscripts,” and Rosenzweig, “Scarcity or Abundance? Preserving the Past in a Digital Age,” both available on Electronic Course Reserve. Miller’s essay introduces the field of archives and archival management, while Rosensweig’s essay examines how the proliferation of information in digital formats presents both challenges and opportunities for historians.
August 28: Introduction to Digital History Resources
On August 28 we examine the growing usefulness of the World Wide Web, especially “Web 2.0,” to the public historian. We’ll look at the transformation of the web over the past few years and note some best practices as a way of situating the course project in the context of the emerging field of digital [...]
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