Digital Scholarship

Creating Digital Exhibits and Digital Publications Using Omeka and Scalar
        

Date: Tuesday, July 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (register by Monday, July 15)
Location: Milner Library 165 (DS Lab, Floor 1)
Facilitator: Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Special Collections Librarian
Register through CIPD: https://prodev.illinoisstate.edu/events/

Omeka and Scalar are both popular, open source, flexible, and easy-to-use platforms that have many potential applications for teaching and scholarship. In this workshop we will explore the platforms and talk about similarities and differences, best uses for each, and the types of projects that they support. 

Omeka contains a variety of tools for populating curated collections of text, images, audio, and video; creating digital exhibits; annotating text and images; and much more. Similarly, Scalar supports adding detailed metadata and annotations to images, audio, and video; working with timelines, maps, and visualizations; and the creation of digital publications that can include both creative and linear navigation pathways. 

With the ability to assign and manage different user roles, both tools work well in the classroom for standalone digital humanities assignments, semester-long collaborations, or ongoing projects. Both platforms are equally flexible for researchers across disciplines to support their own digital scholarship and digital humanities projects. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops as all platforms used will be accessible via the web. Registration for this workshop is required. 

Participants will receive a voucher for lunch through Campus Dining. A $100 stipend is available to eligible participants who complete the program.

ISU faculty & graduate students can get a stipend and professional development credit by registering through the Center for Integrated Professional Development Summer Institute: 
https://prodev.illinoisstate.edu/events/

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For questions, email rlfitzs@ilstu.edu.

To receive professional development credit, faculty and staff should register through the Center for Integrated Professional Development spring workshops page.