I have made a rough story of the #dhcoll14 tweets that can now be viewed here.

It’s not perfect, and some tweets may have gotten lost, but is a nice little summary of the great discussions we’ve had over the past two days.

Enjoy!

how does this relate to DH?
FYI: www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/22/world-digital-library-coming-true/

At the beginning of every session, please have a brief conversation about whether or not individual speakers want to be identified and associated with their comments. If desired, designate a notetaker (or ask everyone to contribute to notes). These notes can be excellent resources for attendees looking for references, links, etc., as well as for those who couldn’t make but would like to follow along with the sessions.

We will create files for every session in this folder.

Having trouble with the shared notes folder? Track down Sarah Potvin (@sp_meta) for troubleshooting help.

The first talk raises an intriguing question:  Has any research been done on failed DH projects?  If not, how would we do one?

I would like to talk about controversial materials such as KKK documents that need to be digitized from Cushing’s collections. I also have some radical movements’ documents that I would like help working through issues of copyright, but I would love to have digitized for wider access.

Boot camp topics.
“Possible topics for boot camp thus far includes TEI and/or XSLT training, GIS, digital project management, digital project startup, and Neatline.”
I feel like a kid in a foreign candy store: so many options, so little understanding at this point. As a novice, I confess to being most interested in the basics – digital project management and startup and Omeka before Neatline.

I want to talk about breaking away from the normal modes of collaboration that we tend to see in DH and the humanities. When graduate students are collaborating, it tends to be with a faculty member, in a team for an assistantship, or as part of a course. There is not enough voluntary or student-initiated and student-run collaboration yet, and I think it’s important we talk about why that may be. What is keeping me from writing an article, starting a project, or otherwise pooling efforts in some way with another graduate student or a team of them? Some more focused questions I’d like to consider:

-What’s keeping us from working together; disciplinary, institutional, or social structures? Lack of diverse skill sets?

-What do graduate students have to gain from working with each other?

-What do we lose (or gain) from the lack of faculty guidance or involvement in a student collaboration?

-How can (assuming they can and will, of course) librarians assist a team of students in a project?

-What do we think of interdisciplinary projects or different genres and forms of subject matter that may affect how graduate students work together?

Registration for THATCamp DH Collaborate is now open!   We will continue to accept applications through March 31,  but please register early:  space is limited!

–Maura and Kathy

. . . because February 21-22, 2014 May 16-17 are the  dates for THATCamp DHCollaborate!   Our camp will take place on the Texas A&M University campus,  with most activities held in Evans Library and in the Liberal Arts and Humanities Building.

While we are working out further details,  please help us to get the word out to librarians, faculty,  technologists,  and other DH practitioners.

The ringleaders of this effort are Maura Ives (Department of English,  Texas A&M) and Kathy Weimer (Map & GIS Library,  Texas A&M),  and we welcome feedback and ideas as we continue to plan.

There’s a new THATCamp being planned!  THATCamp DHCollaborate will bring together  DH practitioners from libraries and educational institutions in Texas (and beyond) for the purpose of sharing knowledge and building new collaborative DH initiatives.   We will be setting up at Texas A&M University in College Station,  and we are looking at dates in Spring 2014:  more as soon as we know it!

Meanwhile, read more about the THATCamp movement and browse other THATCamps at thatcamp.org.