Browsing by Author "Dalmau, Michelle"

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Best Practices for TEI in Libraries
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2010-10-20) Dalmau, Michelle
The Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange (TEI), first published in 1994, quickly became the standard for encoding literary texts. The TEI was widely adopted by libraries for its promise of discoverability, interoperability, and preservation of electronic texts, but the TEI's monolithic nature inspired the codification of library-specific practice. Since 1999, libraries have relied on the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries (http://purl.oclc.org/NET/teiinlibraries) to guide their work with encoded texts. In April 2008, the TEI in Libraries special interest group (SIG) and the DLF-sponsored TEI Task Force partnered to update the Best Practices. The revision was prompted by the release of P5, the newest version of the TEI, and the desire to create a true library-centric customization. The revised Best Practices contain updated versions of the widely adopted encoding 'levels' - from fully automated conversion to content analysis and scholarly encoding. They also contain a substantially revised section on the TEI Header, designed to support interoperability between text collections and the use of complementary metadata schemas such as MARC and MODS. The new Best Practices also reflect an organizational shift. Originally authored by the DLF-sponsored TEI Task Force, the current revision work is a partnership between members of the Task Force and the TEI Libraries SIG, with the SIG taking the lead. As a result of this partnership, responsibility for the Best Practices will migrate to the SIG, allowing closer work with the TEI Consortium as a whole, and a stronger basis for advocating for the needs of libraries in future TEI releases. If you work with encoded texts or simply want to learn more, please join me for the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries brown bag session. I will discuss the: motivations governing encoding in the context of libraries; historical context for the development of the Best Practices; and TEI Header and encoding levels recommendations.
Choosing Digital Methods: Updating Your Pedagogy and Research for the 21st Century
(Indiana University Digital Collections Services, 2017-08-23) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle
The 2016 election cycle showed us how digital methods like image manipulation, social network analysis and data mining can change our perceptions of the world around us. This presentation will take these digital methods and demonstrate how applications to the arts & humanities can help us craft new research questions and answer those questions. We will discuss how to (or not to) apply mapping, data mining, network analysis, data visualization, 3D rendering, computationally aided vision and other digital methods to a variety of disciplines. We’ll also provide a clear list of IU resources that can support these efforts. Finally, we’ll engage in a practical white-board-based activity that doesn’t require digital tools to demonstrate how analog methods can enhance understanding of some of these digital-methods applications in a variety of environments (including the classroom). This presentation kicks off a series of workshops offered by the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities called Choosing a Digital Method.
Collections as Data at Indiana University and Beyond
(Indiana University Digital Collections Services, 2019-01-16) Dalmau, Michelle
In response to federally-funded “Always Already Computational: Collections as Data” movement (https://collectionsasdata.github.io), the Indiana University Libraries are both exploring ways to provide access to our own digitized special collections for teaching and research and helping others discover non-IU collections for the same purposes. Those teaching or conducting research or creative pursuits in the arts and humanities have much to gain from interacting with digital collections as data. This brownbag will constructively a) critique ways in which cultural heritage organizations historically have made digital content available for sharing that are not quite conducive for re-use/re-mixing by scholars and students, b) explore how collections, including Indiana University collections, are currently made discoverable and portable, and c) identify the myriad of ways we can improve full access to these collections to advance cultural scholarship. Part of this brown bag will include hearing from you – how you currently use or would like to use existing digital collections in your teaching and research and your ideas about how we can facilitate those use cases.
Cultivating the Victorian Women Writers Project While Developing Digital Humanities Expertise
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2012-03-07) Dalmau, Michelle; Courtney, Angela
The Victorian Women Writers Project began in 1995 at Indiana University under the editorial leadership of Perry Willett and was celebrated early on for exposing lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century. The VWWP's original focus on poetry was meant to complement The English Poetry Full-Text Database, but soon Willett acknowledged the variety of genres in which women of that period were writing novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts. The collection expanded to include genres beyond poetry, and continued active development from 1995 until roughly 2000 at which point the corpus reached approximately two hundred texts. These nearly two hundred texts comprise only a small fraction of Victorian women's writing. Encouraged by renewed interest among Indiana University's English faculty and graduate students, the Indiana University Libraries and the English Department are exploring ways to reinvigorate the project, and in turn, cultivate a sensibility in digital humanities methodologies and theories. Through our newly offered graduate English course (L501, Digital Humanities Practicum), an eager and curious group of students learned not only encoding skills but also began to develop the collaborative practices pervasive in the digital humanities. As part of our talk, we plan to explore whether cultivating markup skills are sufficient enough in establishing a digital humanities curriculum (Rockwell) and whether majoring in English today means the curriculum should include awareness of the possibilities that arise for new scholarship when technology is applied to literary studies (Lanham). Certainly Indiana University is not breaking new ground or alone in this endeavor, but the literature is scarce is terms of understanding successes of graduate level digital humanities curricula situated in an English or any other humanities department. As Diane Zorich reports in her recent review of digital humanities centers, "A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States," archives such as the Willa Cather and Walt Whitman Archives are precisely leveraged for teaching and learning, and this reporting is promising for the Victorian Women Writers Project as a project reconceived to meet both teaching and research needs in a classroom setting (19). As a result of the Digital Humanities Practicum, VWWP has catalpulted from a standard, mid-level encoding to a scholarly encoding project. Our talk will briefly introduce the Victorian Women Writers Project, explore curriculum-building strategies; and propose ways in which faculty and students can reliably and perpetually contribute to the VWWP.
Data for Digital Arts and Humanities Research
(2019-09-20) Duke, Sara; Dalmau, Michelle
Digital methods such as mapping, data visualization and network analysis offer opportunities to interrogate, explore, and answer research questions. What underlies each of these digital methods are data and the processes required to translate arts and humanities evidence into manipulatable data structures. In this workshop, we will explore the concept of “collections as data” and the implications of data normalization to facilitate computational based research or creative outputs. We will discuss the types of decisions you'll encounter when representing your humanities evidence in a digital environment and best practices for structuring your research data for use in a number of digital tools.
Data Mining for Humanists
(2018-08-30) Craig, Kalani L.; Dalmau, Michelle; Gniady, Tassie
From the open, largely unstructured text of the novel, to the structured world of social-network entries, to the automated comparison of photographs on a pixel-by-pixel basis, data mining has a broad set of applications for arts & humanities folks. We'll use your research question or object as the entry point to make sense of the world of data mining and send you home with an activity you can adapt and use to introduce your students to data mining in your discipline.
Digital Project Planning & Data Curation: IU Bloomington Libraries' Scholars' Commons
(2015-07-15) Beck Sayre, Meridith; Dalmau, Michelle
This report provides an overview of digital project planning and data curation needs demonstrated by Indiana University Bloomington faculty, students and staff as well as preliminary recommendations for ongoing successful support of activities in digital project planning and data curation. Based on the analysis of consultation log data and notes captured during the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters, we have developed a better understanding of digital scholarship requirements, including discipline-‐specific needs and stages of project development. Of the 45 total consultations focusing on digital project planning, 40 were unique individuals concerned with 35 discrete projects. We have identified three project stages: 1) conceptual, 2) beginning (early design and planning), and 3) advanced (some level of implementation has been achieved). Of the 35 discrete projects assessed, 54% of these are in the conceptual stage; 31% in the beginning stage and 14% are in the advanced stage. Further analysis revealed a set of recurring questions and needs per project stage as explained in the “Analysis of Common Questions and Needs” section of this report (p. 6). Although the data set for this analysis is relatively small and impacted by external factors associated with the opening of a new space and the re-grouping and re-presentation of existing services in support of scholarship, three primary recommendations emerged: 1) expand digital project planning documentation for scholars including templates for project charter and data management and partnership agreements, 2) adopt a suite of commonly requested tools and technologies, including more dedicated technical support and development for these tools and technologies, and 3) ramp up data curation awareness as part of the Scholars’ Commons programming.
Do You TEI? Survey Findings of Text Encoding Practices in Libraries
(Indiana University Digital Collections Services, 2013-11-20) Dalmau, Michelle
Historically, libraries— especially academic libraries—have contributed to the development of the TEI Guidelines, largely in response to mandates to provide access to and preserve electronic texts. The institutions leveraged standards such as the TEI Guidelines and traditional library expertise—authority control, subject analysis, and bibliographic description—to positively impact publishing and academic research. But the advent of mass digitization efforts involving scanning of pages called into question such a role for libraries in text encoding. Still, with the rise of library involvement in digital humanities initiatives and renewed interest in supporting text analysis, it is unclear how these events relates to the evolution of text encoding projects in libraries. This paper presents the results of a survey of library employees to learn more about text encoding practices and to gauge current attitudes toward text encoding. The survey asked such questions as: As library services evolve to promote varied modes of scholarly communications and accompanying services, and digital library initiatives become more widespread and increasingly decentralized, how is text encoding situated in these new or expanding areas? Do we see trends in uptake or downsizing of text encoding initiatives in smaller or larger academic institutions? How does administrative support or lack thereof impact the level of interest and engagement in TEI-based projects across the library as whole? What is the nature of library-led or -partnered electronic text projects, and is there an increase or decrease in local mass digitization or scholarly encoding initiatives? Preliminary analysis shows, despite assumptions of decline, that over 80% of eligible respondents are actively engaged in text encoding projects, and many others are planning to embark on a new project. The presentation will unveil a full analysis.
Exploring the Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: Topic Maps and the Text Encoding Initiative
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2009-04-22) Walsh, John; Dalmau, Michelle
Topic Maps, including their XML representation, XML Topic Maps (XTM), are a powerful and flexible metadata format that have the potential to transform digital resource interfaces and support new discovery mechanisms for humanities data sources, such as large collections of TEI-encoded literary texts. The TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) Guidelines provide a rich and expansive XML vocabulary for representing the structure and textual features of documents, including literary and scholarly texts. XML Topic Maps are a web-accessible, standards-based format that provides the combined functionality of traditional information resources such as indices, glossaries, and thesauri. As such, Topic Maps can serve as powerful mechanisms for navigating large collections of interconnected digital objects, including TEI-based collections. Together, TEI and XML Topic Maps provide an interoperable and complementary platform for describing a corpus of texts in ways that enhances the exploration, utilization and value of the digital collection of texts for users. The Swinburne Project (http://swinburneproject.indiana.edu/) serves as an ideal test bed for developing semantic web frameworks, supported by TEI and Topic Map encoding, that will enhance typical digital text collections. Swinburne was arguably the most important British poet in the closing decades of the Victorian period in literature. He was an important cultural figure whose impact was felt beyond the domains of literature and poetry, and he is an ideal central figure for the study of a wide range of nineteenth-century cultural and historical topics. To address the breadth and range of form and allusion in Swinburne's work, the Swinburne Project aims to unite digitized texts encoded in XML according to the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines and semantic web technologies, such as Topic Maps, to construct a complex database of nineteenth-century British culture with Swinburne at its center. Semantic Web technologies, coupled with the explicit encoding of "topics" such as genre forms and references to people, biblical figures, mythological figures, Arthurian figures, as well as events, and works by other artists and poets, allow one to build elaborate indices, data visualizations, and metadata-driven navigation mechanisms for the collection. A White Collaborative Award received in March of 2008 has helped establish a more consistent, user-friendly topic map taxonomy and encoding workflow. Stop by and learn about Topic Maps, the Swinburne Project, and how the integration of the two can lead to dynamic exploration and deeper understanding of Swinburne's texts.
Globalization of the US: From Digital Research Project to Digital Library Services
(Indiana University Digital Collections Services, 2014-12-10) Dalmau, Michelle; Dowell, Erika
As part of an exhibition at the Lilly Library entitled The Globalization of the United States, 1789-1861 scheduled to open September 15, historian Konstantin Dierks and librarians Erika Dowell and Michelle Dalmau have partnered to create a digital counterpart to the physical exhibit that includes an interactive, map-based visualization. The visualization tracks several data points or “facets” about U.S. interventions in the rest of the globe, from diplomatic missions to stationed military squadrons. As Dierks describes, it provides a tool for scholars and students to investigate how “the United States, no longer swaddled within the British empire, sought to recalibrate its interaction with the wider world as an independent nation.” This presentation will focus primarily on one component of the digital exhibit, the map-based visualizations, and how we in the libraries have been able to use this project as a use case for generalizing research-oriented treatment of geospatial and temporal data. By abstracting the data gathering and mapping processes and building workflows to support these activities, we have the beginnings of a services-oriented approach to map-based discovery and inquiry that could be leveraged by other digital research projects at Indiana University. As part of this presentation we will: a) evaluate the various map-based tools with which we experimented including SIMILE Exhibit, Google Fusion, Neatline, and Leaflet, b) review the metadata challenges particular to this project and how they can be abstracted for future projects, and c) relay lessons learned when working with historical maps. We will conclude by proposing a model established by Professor Dierk’s project team, using a combination of tools and techniques referenced above, as a way forward in supporting map-based digital research projects more generally.
Indiana Authors and Their Books: The Journey from Print to Digital
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2012-09-19) Dalmau, Michelle; Liss, Jennifer
Indiana Authors and Their Books (Indiana Authors) is an LSTA-funded project based on the digitization and encoding of the 3-volume reference work Indiana Authors and Their Books, which initially intended to showcase approximately 150 monographs by selected authors from Indiana's Golden Age of Literature (1880-1920). Since its original conception, the project grew in scope as a test-bed for "productionizing" e-text workflows in partnership with the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Technical Services department. Another 200 texts in the public domain, and, at the time not yet digitized as part of the Google Books initiative, were selected for electronic conversion. Although the encyclopedic 3-volume reference work is at the center of this project, the online Indiana Authors resource was launched in phases, with an initial focus on the encoded monographs. In late Spring 2012, the encyclopedia component will be fully integrated thereby completing the project. Please join us so we can share tales surrounding the journey and evolution of the Indiana Authors project. We will share tales of fright, from vendor atrocities performed to the encoded texts to the project's graceful degradation; tales of intrigue concerning workflows; tales of experimentation and success by partnering with IU Technical Services; and finally, tales of joy, the unveiling of the Indiana Authors and Their Books web site.
Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection: Building a Nation
(Indiana University Digital Collections Services, 2017-02-08) Dalmau, Michelle; Weber, Licia
A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs through the Libraries’ Image Collection Online portal. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library, we will be able to process an additional 4,500 photographs, and add approximately 3,000 images to the existing online collection, Building a Nation: Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection. Join us as we unravel the story behind the collection’s discovery and our plans for ongoing curation and digitization.
Indiana Magazine of History: Encoding Challenges
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2007-04-04) Dalmau, Michelle; Schlosser, Melanie
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2017 Annual Review
(2018-01-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle
The Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH) provides an annual review each year for the IU Bloomington Office of the Vice Provost for Research. This presentation covers IDAH's main activities and programs for 2017, and addresses anticipated needs for the upcoming year.
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2017-2020 Proposal
(2017-06-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle
Proposal set forth to the IU Bloomington Office of the Vice Provost for Research for a new organization model and ongoing support for the Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH).
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2018 Annual Review
(2019-01-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle; Duke, Sara; Robinson, Ella; Story, Daniel; Ton, Mary Borgo
The Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH) provides an annual review each year for the IU Bloomington Office of the Vice Provost for Research. This presentation covers IDAH's main activities and programs for 2018, and addresses anticipated needs for the upcoming year.
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2019 Annual Review
(2020-01-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle; Duke, Sara; Elias, Vanessa; Robinson, Ella; Szostalo, Maksymilian
The Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH) provides an annual review each year for the IU Bloomington Office of the Vice Provost for Research. This presentation covers IDAH's main activities and programs for 2019, and addresses anticipated needs for the upcoming year.
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2020 Annual Review
(2021-01-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle; Duke, Sara; Elias, Vanessa; Robinson, Ella; Szostalo, Maksymilian
The Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH) provides an annual review each year for the IU Bloomington Office of the Vice Provost for Research. This presentation covers IDAH's main activities and programs for 2020, and addresses anticipated needs for the upcoming year.
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2020 External Third Year Center Review
(2020-07-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle; Duke, Sara; Robinson, Ella
The Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH) conducted a self-study in response to an external review by three experts in the field of digital arts and humanities. This document reviews activities and programs led or established by the IDAH team from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, including goals, impact, and areas of improvement. The original document was created online for the IDAH web site with interactive components, links to related documents (some were restricted), and graphs and graphics. This version is the entirety of the prose with a selection of figures in the interest of conserving the page count. The original report can be accessed via the Way Back Machine: https://idah.indiana.edu/about/three-year-review/index.html.
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities: 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
(2019-11-01) Craig, Kalani; Dalmau, Michelle; Duke, Sara; Elias, Vanessa; Robinson, Ella; Szostalo, Maksymilian
Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities (IDAH)'s 2020-2023 Strategic Plan with an updated vision, mission and values statement.