We are excited to share that the Studio’s Digital Humanities Research & Instruction Librarian Nikki White will present with a panel including, UI Libraries’ Wendy Robertson, Roxanne Shiraz from CUNY’s Graduate Center, and Laura Morreale at this year’s DLF Forum! The group “will present examples of current efforts to improve description and discovery of DHContinue reading “The Studio’s Nikki White to Present at DLF”
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The Studio’s 7th Cohort Completes Summer Fellowship Program
This August, 11 graduate students completed the 2023 Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Summer Fellowship—marking the seventh cohort to be awarded the mentored digital scholarship internship experience since the program’s inception in 2017. At the end of the course, the fellows presented on findings, challenges, and conclusions drawn from their digital project work over theContinue reading “The Studio’s 7th Cohort Completes Summer Fellowship Program”
Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio partners with faculty to map race-restrictive covenants in Greater St. Louis
Earlier this year, our Geographic Information Specialist, Jay Bowen, worked with Colin Gordon at the Department of History to visualize his extensive research on racially restrictive covenants impacting residential parcels throughout Greater St. Louis in a new interactive map. With this map, users can explore parcel-by-parcel the historical proliferation of these covenant restrictions from 1870Continue reading “Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio partners with faculty to map race-restrictive covenants in Greater St. Louis”
The Studio is Collaborating on a Number of Project Grants
Over the next few years the Studio will offer its assistance and expertise from staff on the following digital projects. We look forward to working with these scholars on making their research more digital and accessible! “Principia Mathematica: A Critical Edition” Landon D.C. Elkind National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions Grant Awarded $281,104 ($142,179Continue reading “The Studio is Collaborating on a Number of Project Grants”
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”
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!”
Announcing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellows for Summer 2018
Following the success of last year’s pilot program, 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 2018 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience,Continue reading “Announcing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellows for Summer 2018”