Metadata is descriptive information that describes a resource. Metadata allows for a resource to be discoverable by others in the future. Tropy and Omega are valuable to digital humanities practitioners working with metadata by helping them organize and sort information in relation to a specific resource. These programs help to preserve the details that may…
The African American Periodicals database offers researchers a wide variety of search options such as full text, headline, date, author, publication, citation text, as well as the place of publication. Their website offers viewers a Text Explorer tool to aid them in visualizing data using different methods such as clustering, frequencies, trends etc. The site…
Digitization is the process of converting an item or a subject to a digital format. In cultural heritage and preservation endeavors, digitization is a valuable tool.This process can produce images or videos, as well as other mediums, depending on the subject being captured. Unfortunately, the process of digitization is unable to capture any information that…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rights Statement The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides access to information regarding their exhibitions, events, and tour information. The site also shares more than a thousand titles, which are free to download, published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the last six decades. Additionally, they share resources for research to…
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Rights Statement The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website is incredibly dense with content. They provide information on their current exhibits as well as their traveling and online exhibits. They share materials and guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust, in addition to professional development materials. The site hosts a video…
National Museum of Natural History Rights Statement The National Museum of Natural History website provides access to their exhibits in addition to research, education, and upcoming events. On their exhibits page you can find information on the exhibits currently being displayed. Furthermore, some of these exhibits offer greater exploration of the content through interactive visualization….
Prelinger Archives Rights Statement The Prelinger Archives is a non-profit digital collection that grants free access to research and cultural artifacts. The web archive has grown to include access to web pages, audio recordings, videos, images, software programs, and books and texts. Prelinger Archives’ mission began with digitizing books in 2005 to provide universal access to…
NASA Commons Rights Statement The NASA on the Commons site, which is located on flickr, is a digital archive of NASA’s expanding collection of photographs, historic film, and videos through their Image and Video Library. As NASA continues to make thousands of images, video, and audio content available to the public through this site, the…
J Paul Getty Museum Rights Statement The J Paul Getty Museum website offers a guide to the objects in the museum’s collection, research materials, and educational opportunities. The site also boasts over 100,000 free artwork images available through Open Content. Some of their titles are available through their virtual library. Their virtual catalog includes an…
Digital Humanities: a grouping of methodologies and disciplines that explore the intersection of technology and humanities Digital Humanities is an ever-expanding collection of methods, approaches, and focuses etc to the questions raised within humanities in the context of a digital world. The field has evolved from the simple use of technology in order to produce…
