Introduction to Omeka
Friday, 1/24, 12:00-1:00 pm
Omeka is a free, open-source tool designed for creating digital archives, exhibitions, and more. In this workshop, we’ll explore Omeka Classic and its features, followed by a step-by-step guide to setting up an Omeka site.
Instructor: Abigayle Mazzocco
Location: Zoom
Building interactive Timelines with TimelineJS
Friday, 2/7, 12:00-1:00 pm
In this introductory workshop, participants will learn basic TimelineJS skills to create visually engaging and interactive timelines. They will also learn to structure and input data using a Google Sheets template, integrate multimedia elements, and generate dynamic timelines for academic or personal projects. Designed for beginners, this session provides practical, hands-on experience, empowering students to enhance their digital storytelling and presentation skills.
Instructor: Stefania Garcia
Location: Zoom
Introduction to Distant Reading with UDPipe and Voyant Tools
Friday, 2/21, 12:00-1:00 pm
This workshop will introduce attendees to distant reading, a form of text analysis, from the creation of a corpus to its analysis. Attendees will learn how to apply UDPipe and Voyant Tools to analyze a large textual corpus. Using the Lázaro de la Garza Collection to create a corpus with UDPipe, they will apply Voyant Tools as a distant reading tool, and discuss how to implement these tools in their own research methods.
Instructor: Ana Rico
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (2.202) or Zoom
ClioVis: A Pedagogical Tool for Data Visualization and Connections
Friday, 3/7, 12:00-1:00 pm
In this session, participants will learn how to use ClioVis, a timeline-creation software that enables intuitive data visualization. Originally developed by Dr. Erika M. Bsumek, a professor in the Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin, this tool offers a variety of features for designing intuitive and collaborative assignments.
Participants will explore how to create events and their connections, eras, and categories, as well as how to export timelines in different formats (DOC, CSV, URL). They will also learn about presentation and visualization modes, the collaboration interface for group projects, and additional tools such as the syllabus creator and the genealogy importer. Finally, participants will see how ClioVis can be applied to research. The instructor will demonstrate this with an example drawn from his doctoral dissertation on oil in Venezuela. If you want to participate in the hands-on exercise please create a free account.
Instructor: Marcus Golding
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (2.202) or Zoom
Email Archiving for Personal Archives
Friday, 3/28, 12:00-1:00 pm
This workshop will serve as an introduction for attendees to the best practices and tools for personal email archiving. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to identify tools for extracting correspondence from their personal email accounts and learn standards and methods for long-term preservation. Prior knowledge of email archiving practices is not a prerequisite for this workshop.
Instructor: Jeremy Thompson
Location: Zoom
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