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Category Archives: Session Proposals
Build-A-Bot Workshop
Automated text generation is interesting and provocative for folks interested in writing; I am thinking of provocations like the material created for NaNoGenMo; but more often, this sort of text generation appears in shorter forms, often tweets, from “bots.” Mark … Continue reading
Categories: Session Proposals, Session: Make, Session: Talk, Social Media
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HathiTrust: collections, datasets, potential
Many researchers are familiar with HathiTrust as a collections content-provider, particularly for public domain works. And, it is assumed that users at non-member institutions can’t really access the digital library’s features, nor get access to datasets to analyze. This librarian … Continue reading
Categories: Session Proposals, Session: Talk, Session: Teach, Uncategorized
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That Thing You Use
Whenever I’m around people using computers to do things I think are cool, I notice lots of unfamiliar applications and workflows. I’m wondering if a productive conversation for some of us to have would be to talk through our favorite … Continue reading
Categories: Digital Literacy, Session Proposals, Session: Talk
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Discussion Group: Exploring the Sustainability of Various Digital Platforms
Since I started serving on our Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Committee, I have explored various digital platforms designed to showcase scholars’ research. However, there is always part of me that worries about the sustainability of the platform. What if this site … Continue reading
Categories: Libraries, Project Management, Session Proposals, Session: Talk
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VPNs, Piratebox, and TailsOS
**Note: I teach a class MWF from 10:30a to 11:30a; any times outside of that are fine by me. Given recent political events people are more interested in VPN and safe browsing. In this session I will introduce three … Continue reading
Categories: Digital Literacy, Session Proposals, Session: Teach, Uncategorized
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Assistive Tech design BY individuals with disabilities
Assistive technology is any object that an individual with a disability uses to increase, improve, or maintain his or her functional capabilities. I want to propose a discussion about maker spaces as places where individuals with various dis/abilities can work … Continue reading
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MakerSpace Tour and TinkerCad tutorial
I have booked the MakerSpace @ SU from 3:00-4:00. They have offered to give us a tour and to do a tutorial on how to use TinkerCAD to design a 3D printed object. They are prepared to handle around 20 … Continue reading
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Making/Breaking Circuits
We propose a session that looks at making in the humanities. We are going to demonstrate how to use a MakeyMakey to turn bananas into a keyboard, making paper circuits that will add lights or sound to paper, and making … Continue reading
Categories: Session Proposals, Uncategorized
Tags: contact mic, makey makey, making, paper circuits, play
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Network Visualization Tutorial
I propose a network visualization tutorial in Gephi – an open-source, multiplatform software, commonly referred to as Data Photoshop. Gephi has an intuitive user-friendly interface, which allows to visualize and analyze social networks, biological networks, infrastructures, time series (dynamic graphs), map … Continue reading
Categories: Session Proposals, Session: Teach, Social Media, Visualizations, Workshops
Tags: gephi, network analysis, social media, visualization
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The Library as Junk Shop (play/teach)
I propose a session that frames the library as a junk shop. Inspired by the bricolage and pastiche skills cultivated by second-hand print cultures (zinesters, collagists, Dada), participants will subvert the library’s traditional role as a searchable repository by browsing the stacks for provocative … Continue reading
Categories: Libraries, Publishing, Session: Play, Session: Teach, Visualizations
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