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VALA2016 Session 13 Kearney
Nicole Kearney
In the words of our field naturalists: an adventure in digitisation and transcription
VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Digitisation Adventures
Thursday 11 February 2016, 11:25 – 11:55
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-13-kearney
Nicole Kearney and Elycia Wallis
Museum Victoria
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Abstract
Historic field diaries chronicle the expeditions undertaken over time to explore and discover the natural history of the world. They provide invaluable insights into past species distribution and abundance, as well as the trials and wonders experienced on historic expeditions. However, despite the wealth of information they contain, field diaries are a hugely underutilised resource. This paper will discuss why this is the case and how, with the help of crowd-sourced volunteers, the field diaries in Museum Victoria’s collection are being made more accessible. Cataloguing, digitisation and transcription procedures are detailed, together with how this content is being put online.
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VALA2016 Session 9 Burrows
Libraries and the digital humanities: partnership, collaboration and shared agendas
VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Pathways
Wednesday 10 February 2016, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-9-burrows
Toby Burrows
King’s College London, UK
Deb Verhoeven
Deakin University, Vic
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Abstract
Digital humanities is a rapidly growing global interdisciplinary field, reflected in a proliferation of conferences, events, journals, associations, research centres, grants, and courses. Digital humanities has a high profile because of its collaborative activity in building tools, developing services, carrying out projects, and producing ground-breaking research findings. There is a high level of interest from the library community in the digital humanities. This paper looks at the relationship between libraries and the digital humanities from an Australian perspective. The paper draws on the authors’ involvement within the digital humanities community, and especially their experience with developing HuNI: the Humanities Networked Infrastructure, a major digital infrastructure service for the humanities.
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VALA2014 Session 10 Burrows
Linking and sharing data in the humanities and creative arts: building the HuNI Virtual LaboratoryVALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture Toby BurrowsUniversity of Western Australia Deb VerhoevenDeakin University, Vic Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala14 and #s30 | |
Abstract
The Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) is one of the national Virtual Laboratories that are being developed as part of the Australian government’s National e-Research Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) programme. This paper examines the methodologies and technical architecture being deployed by HuNI to link and share Australian data in the humanities and creative arts.
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