Post follows workshop delivered on Data Preparation for Digital Humanities Research. Slides & Companion OpenRefine Guide linked below. It is often said that 80% of data analysis is spent on the process of cleaning and preparing the data (Dasu and Johnson 2003). Data preparation is not just a first step, but must be repeated many times over… Continue reading Digital Humanities Research: The 80/20 Rule
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Infotecarios Interview: Thoughts on DH and Librarianship
interview cross posted at Infotecarios in Spanish interview posted in English here on request Many thanks to Natalie Baur for the request to talk about DH and Librarianship for Infotecarios. Hoping that some of what is said will be useful to folks seeking to get more involved in DH and librarianship more generally! Tell us… Continue reading Infotecarios Interview: Thoughts on DH and Librarianship
AHA 2015: Data for Historical Research
At Kalani Craig’s invitation I had the great pleasure of joining a rockstar cast of instructors for the AHA Getting Started in Digital History workshop series. During my workshop, “Data for Historical Research” (slides below), I cast a pretty wide net. The general purpose was to: recast common historical objects of inquiry (audio, text, video,… Continue reading AHA 2015: Data for Historical Research