The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 13 graduate students have been selected for the 2021 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience, as well as training in skillsContinue reading “Meet the Studio’s 2021 Summer Fellows”
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Learning GIS to Map Bison by Max Lieberman
Beginning this summer’s fellowship, I had set what I believed to be a difficult, but still achievable, goal for myself. With no background in digital methods, I hoped to learn fundamental GIS skills and create a map of bison migration patterns on the borders of Yellowstone National Park. The bison of Yellowstone are the lastContinue reading “Learning GIS to Map Bison by Max Lieberman”
A SLIS Capstone Experience Part II: The Final Steps of “The Mysterious Film Print-Block Collection” from Galena, IL by Traci Bruns
During the Spring 2020 semester, I researched and examined types of gender bias that could have been used in advertisements to promote and sell tickets Classic Hollywood films from the 1940’s to the 1950’s. For this research, I focused on a collection of film print blocks from Galena, IL, that were deteriorating due to poorContinue reading “A SLIS Capstone Experience Part II: The Final Steps of “The Mysterious Film Print-Block Collection” from Galena, IL by Traci Bruns”
The Interdisciplinary Avenues of Adjusting to the Circumstances
At the end of my Capstone experience and the certificate program I’m looking back at two semesters where I got to experience what it means to be engaged in the Digital Humanities, and even – with the second half of the spring semester being affected by the necessary Covid19 arrangements – what it means toContinue reading “The Interdisciplinary Avenues of Adjusting to the Circumstances”
Introducing the Studio’s 2020 Summer Fellows
The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 14 graduate students have been selected for the 2020 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience, as well as training in skillsContinue reading “Introducing the Studio’s 2020 Summer Fellows”
DIY History Reaches 100K Pages Transcribed!
DIY History began as an online experiment in Spring 2011 with the Civil War Diaries and Letters Transcription Project, and quickly became a trove of local, national, and international artifacts made available and searchable online. As we celebrate 100,000 pages transcribed, let’s look back on some of DIY History’s history! After its initial success andContinue reading “DIY History Reaches 100K Pages Transcribed!”
Introducing the Studio’s New GIS Specialist: Jay Bowen
We are excited to announce that Jay Bowen will be joining the team in the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio as our new Geographic Information System Specialist on January 21st. Jay comes to us from his most recent role as a Senior Analyst with Quantum Spatial, Inc. in Lexington, Kentucky. From a young age JayContinue reading “Introducing the Studio’s New GIS Specialist: Jay Bowen”
Introducing the Summer 2019 Studio Fellows
The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 14 graduate students have been selected for the 2019 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience, as well as training in skillsContinue reading “Introducing the Summer 2019 Studio Fellows”
Walt Whitman Archive Awarded NHPRC Grant!
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded a grant of $105,002 to the University of Iowa to support the Walt Whitman Archive’s project, “Fame and Infamy: Walt Whitman’s Correspondence, 1888-1892.” The correspondence project aims to collect, transcribe, edit, and publish letters that the nineteenth-century American poet sent and received during the final yearsContinue reading “Walt Whitman Archive Awarded NHPRC Grant!”
LitCity is Live!
For nearly a century, promising writers, many of whom have gone on to be well-known for their work around the world, have called Iowa City their home at some point in their life. It should come as no surprise that in 2008, this beacon for the written word was designated as a City of LiteratureContinue reading “LitCity is Live!”