Digital Humanities Tools and Resources

Just as text analysis tools and GIS mapping tools re-define what it means to read texts and create maps, digital humanities publishing tools are changing what it means to create and share scholarly objects and publications. Digital publishing platforms allow users to share artifacts and research to wider audiences, collaborate in new ways, and rethink how libraries, museums, and exhibits should be structured. 

• Drupal
  An open-source website-making software operated through modules that promote versatility and flexibility in design.

Resources: Drupal User Guide

• Mukurtu
  An ethically-minded, community-driven online archiving platform for cultural heritage materials.

Resources: Mukurtu Introductory Webinars

• Omeka
  An open-source platform for creating digital exhibits used by librarians, archivists, and museum professionals. The software has a basic version that can be hosted on the web and a more advanced version that requires web hosting from an institution.

Resources: Omeka Help Forums

• Reclaim Hosting
  Allows institutions and educators to create and host their domains with various downloadable apps and software packages.

Resources: Reclaim Hosting - FAQ

• Scalar

An online platform for humanities scholars to create “books” that reimagine publishing, visual presentations, and linked information. It allows users to design media-rich, non-linear publications that utilize extensive tagging.

Resources: Scalar Overview

• WordPress

A popular, open-source blogging platform with digital humanities plugins such as Comment Press and Future of the Book.

Resources: WordPress Webinars

Beyene. (2018). “Digital Inclusion in Library Context: A Perspective from Users with Print Disability.” Journal of Web Librarianship, 12(2), 121–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2018.1427657

Braun, Steven. "Critically engaging with data visualization through an information literacy framework." Digital Humanities Quarterly 12, no. 4 (2018). 

Caswell, M., & Jules, B. (2017). “Diversifying the digital historical record: Integrating community archives in national strategies for access to digital cultural heritage.” D-Lib Magazine, 23(5/6).

Colavizza, Blanke, T., Jeurgens, C., & Noordegraaf, J. (2022). “Archives and AI: An Overview of Current Debates and Future Perspectives.” Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 15(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479010