Digital Humanities Summer Institute May 26-30, 2008

Registration is now open. Early registration ends April 01, 2008.

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Anticipated offerings for 2008 include the following:

Introductory

1. 1

   Text Encoding Fundamentals and their Application

   Julia Flanders and Syd Bauman

   For those new to the field, this is an introduction to the theory and practice of encoding electronic texts for the humanities. This workshop is designed for individuals who are contemplating embarking on a text encoding project, or for those who would like to better understand the philosophy, theory, and practicalities of encoding in XML (Extensible Markup Language) using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines.

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2. 2

   Digitisation Fundamentals and their Application

   Allison Benner and Cara Leitch

   For those new to the field, this offering conveys skills necessary to digitise objects – text (OCR), image, sound, video – both via direct capture and conversion processes. 'Bootstrap' in orientation – & assuming participants have basic computing competency – it introduce participants to digitisation project planning and management, data storage requirements, archival standards, and best practices in digitisation and distribution.

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Intermediate

For those with experience in the materials covered in our introductory curriculum.

1. 3

   Transcribing and Describing Primary Sources using TEI-conformant XML

   Matthew Driscoll

   This course focuses on the transcription and description of manuscripts and other types of primary sources. Topics covered will include the encoding of features such as text structure and document layout, scribal errors and omissions, scribal and editorial emendations, the expansion of abbreviations and so on, as well as the provision of metadata using the new modules available in TEI P5 for source description and the encoding of personal and place names.

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2. 4

   Multimedia: Design for Visual, Auditory, and Interactive Electronic Environments

   Aimée Morrison

   This offering highlights design issues as they relate to work with static and non-static image, textual, and auditory materials, as well as interactive media. Instruction will be a combination of lecture format, with hands-on exercises and a large project component derived from student materials.

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3. 5

   Online Journal Publishing Using PKP's Open Journals System (OJS)

   PKP Staff (Alec Smecher and James MacGregor)

   Participants will be instructed in all aspects of the installation, configuration, customization, and operation of the OJS software, including a technical overview of the PKP software suite. By the end of the week-long session, participants will have created a fully operational OJS instance and/or become familiarized with writing OJS code plug-ins. Journal teams consisting of editorial, management, and technical staff are especially encouraged to register for this session as there will be opportunities for specialized instruction in each of these areas.

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Advanced Consultations

Seminar-style offerings, with instruction provided by a seminar leader and those invited to the institute as keynote speakers and special lecturers -- allowing close contact with all involved in the seminar, and a real chance for consultation, collaboration, and building professional networks..

1. 6

   Issues in Large Project Planning and Management

   Lynne Siemens

   This course will cover the basics of project management from project definition to project review upon completion. Topics such as budget setting and controls, risk management, critical path scheduling, software tools, and related Internet resources will also be discussed. Material will be covered through lectures, discussions, case studies and presentations. By the end of the course, participants will be able to implement the concepts and tools in their projects.

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2. 7

   Out-of-the-Box Text Analysis for the Digital Humanities

   David Hoover

   This class will focus on using digital tools to enhance and deepen traditional ways of reading and analyzing texts. We will explore ways of answering questions about authorship and textual style and meaning as well as ways of raising and beginning to answer important new questions about texts. The first sessions will be guided investigations of text corpora provided for the group using some standard software packages and automated methods that will also be provided or that are freely available on the web. This will allow participants to continue the work they have begun in the class on their own. In later sessions, participants will use these tools (and perhaps others, depending on their interests) to explore texts of their own choosing. The backgrounds and experiences of the participants will undoubtedly differ, and we will aim for an intensely collegial and collaborative atmosphere. We will end by producing a presentation of participants' projects for the entire Summer Institute.

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3. 8

   Corpus Text Analysis for Linguistics

   Modelling Change: The Paths of French (France Martineau and Anthony Kroch)

   The workshop will explore the analysis of texts from a linguistic perspective. We will cover the various steps in the creation of a linguistically annotated corpus and the tools available for research on such corpora. The workshop will consist of three modules: TEI markup of texts and choice of encoding schemes, morphological and syntactic annotation, and lemmatization. We will investigate the theoretical concepts that underlie linguistic annotation, integrating information from different levels of annotation, and the use of on-line accessible tools. The participants will choose between working on their own corpora or on the corpus of the MCRI project, Modeling Change: the Paths of French.
   
   Note: We have had to delay offering this course; we hope to offer Corpus Text Analysis in 2009.

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