• The Long Room Hub: Trinity College

    On of the major centres for digitisation projects in Ireland is the Long Room Hub at Trinity College. They have a list of projects that they are working on (although the links are broken so you mights have to search for the web pages yourself). This image is of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, one…

  • Peer review and evaluation of digital resources for the Arts and Humanities

    Here is a report done in the UK to help advance peer review processes for digital work in the arts and humanities. Peer review is a problematic issue, especially in Australia, in that many academics who don’t invest any intellectual energy into advancing digital work for humanistic purposes are (ironically) rewarded more than those academics…

  • Fast Facts Found Online

    This article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today. There is a small quote from myself on the use of Wikipedia for research. David Adams talks to four Australians who have helped to build the collaborative online giant that is Wikipedia. NEXT time you’re sitting at the computer – it may even be as you’re…

  • What is TAPor?

    I haven’t played with this tool as yet but I would be intereted to hear your ideas… TAPoR is a gateway to tools for sophisticated analysis and retrieval, along with representative texts for experimentation (link).

  • Humanities Computing Links

    Here is a list of links that are useful for humanities computing research. Thanks to Geoffrey Rockwell for the (link).

  • The Circus in America

    One of my favorite projects from IATH (the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities) at the University of Virginia is the Circus in America project; spanning the period from 1793-1940. The Circus has been one of the most significant forms of popular entertainment in America. Between 1793 -1940 the circus evolved from a small…