In support of the 2017 Open Access Week, Ball State University Library and Digital Scholarship Lab co-hosted an Open House: Open Tools, Open Data session. This event was organized to showcase to Ball State faculty and students how digital scholarship leverages free, open-source software and openly available data to help researchers analyze social networks, create…
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On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) hosted a Digital Feed to introduce BSU researchers to text analysis using Voyant Tools. The feed was anchored by Stéfan Sinclair, an Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at McGill University via videoconference. During the feed, Sinclair demonstrated various ways of using Voyant Tools for text analysis. He…
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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) hosted its first Digital Feed of the 2017–2018 academic year. During the session, the DSL Co-Director Dr. James J. Connolly, restated the mission of the Lab and outlined the resources that the DSL is ready to share with Ball State University faculty interested in pursuing…
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Abby Smith Rumsey, “How Digital Memory Will Change Our Past and Shape Our Future” Digital Scholarship Lecture Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7:30 PM Pruis Hall, Ball State University Memory technologies from papyrus to print give humans a unique survival advantage: We accumulate knowledge over generations. This shared body of knowledge shapes our identities, determines our perceptions…
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DSL Workshop: Network Analysis Jason Heppler, University of Nebraska-Omaha Thursday, April 13, 2017, 2:00-5:00 PM Schwartz Complex, Bracken Library 105E On Thursday, April 13 from 2:00-5:00 PM, the DSL will host a workshop to introduce BSU researchers to tools and methods for working with network data and producing visualizations. Jason Heppler, Digital Engagement Librarian and…
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DSL Public Lecture 7:30 PM Wednesday, April 12 Bracken Library 104 On Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM, the DSL will host a public lecture by Jason Heppler, Digital Engagement Librarian and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Omaha titled, “‘Don’t Let Industry Do its Business In Our Water!!!’: Urban Space and Environmental…
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The third and final spring 2017 Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) Digital Feed was held on Wednesday, April 5. Jason Heppler, Digital Engagement Librarian and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Omaha provided an introduction to network analysis tools. Joining us via video conference, Heppler shared some interesting digital projects that employ network analysis…
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The second Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) Digital Feed, held on Monday, February 27, 2017, focused on GIS and Spatial Analysis. More than just two-dimensional representations of geographic features, digital maps have become a means to explore data and communicate an argument. This session includes brief presentations by Kyle Johnson, Delaware County GIS Coordinator, on mapping…
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On Thursday, February 2, 2017, the Ball State University Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) hosted its inaugural Digital Feed. DSL principals shared the mission and outlined the resources that the DSL is ready to share with Ball State University faculty, staff, and graduate students who are interested in pursuing digital scholarship. Like our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/bsudsl…
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