Week 12: How can we publish and share our digital humanities work on the web?
April 10, 2014I think our class workshops on Omeka during Week 11 were incredibly productive. There’s something to be said for putting everyone in a physical space together and just working. We now have a common style sheet to use as we add content from The Gray Jacket to our new website, and we will continue to work out the details regarding metadata and text formatting, so please keep a running list of issues that we need to address as a team.
Here’s a quick overview of our plans for Week 12:
- On Monday, we will explore the various options for publishing your individual project and try to help you determine whether you need your own web hosting account. I will lead this workshop, so your only homework for the weekend is to finish scanning, OCRing, and “itemizing” the articles in your issue of The Gray Jacket. By the time you come to class on Monday, the text of your articles should be added to our Omeka site so we can start organizing the issues and designing the visual layout. (You don’t need to upload all of your JPEGs to the site yet — we still need to determine our guidelines for that process.)
- On Wednesday, we will hold another Gray Jacket work session. This time we’ll focus on applying and modifying Omeka themes, so you should familiarize yourself with all of the available options as well as the documentation about themes. This will be our last work session for a couple of weeks, so please be ready to ask questions or discuss problems you and your partner have encountered. Wednesday is also the deadline for determining your web hosting/publishing plans for the individual project, so you should consider your options and, if needed, update your project proposal to reflect your adjusted plans.
I know we’ve been focusing heavily on our class project for a couple of weeks, but please don’t neglect your individual project. Remember: an early draft of your project is due during Week 13! If you have questions about your work or need help with anything, come see me during office hours (T 1–4; W 9–12) or email me.