As the “Reading the First Books” project draws to a close this fall, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the symposium celebrating the project that was held at LLILAS Benson at the University of Texas at Austin…
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Enhancing Digital Archives and Collections: Report from SAA
During the first week of August, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) held its annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. As the new Reading the First Books project GRA, I participated in a lightning round at the Students and New Archives…
The Digital Editing of Colonial Texts: report from LASA
The Latin American Studies Association International Congress, held in May 2016 in New York City, brought together scholars from across the Americas to share their research in the humanities and social sciences. Digital Scholarship was well represented among the thousands of participants…
Report from the NEH Office of Digital Humanities
Thirty-three projects including “Reading the First Books” were represented at the Office of Digital Humanities Project Directors Meeting, held last week at the new National Endowment for the Humanities headquarters in Washington, D.C. The annual meeting brings together recipients of…
