Dartmouth Digital History Initiative

Official twitter account of the Dartmouth Digital History Initiative | Creating open-source tools to make oral histories more accessible | @NHPRC funded

[Bryan Winston @bwins35]

This Thurs, Ed Miller and I will discuss our pre-circulated paper about the @ddhitweets and applying digital tools to oral history with @JannekenSmucker and the audience @MHS1791 Shapiro Seminar. Register now to access the paper and join our discussion! https://t.co/5OSRmt4ukz

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

The paper discusses the evolution of the DDHI, the release of our visualization prototype, and applying DDHI tools and methods to oral history collections, specifically the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Register and learn about new possibilities for analyzing oral history.

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

Ed Miller and Bryan Winston (@bwins35) of the DDHI will be virtually discussing a pre-circulated paper @MHS1791 Shapiro DH Seminar on Thursday, April 28, 5:15-6:30pm ET. Its free to attend, you just need to register to receive the link and the paper! https://t.co/qpJK4eSLCZ

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

The DDHI is excited to begin collaborating with @vietnamTTU this winter and apply our tools and methods to a new project!
https://t.co/lJHTCV699H

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

By 2021, we expect to have a data visualization toolkit thanks to development work by @AgileHumanities. The toolkit will allows users to analyze and explore oral histories as well as represent and communicate the results of their own research. https://t.co/Y6fzeiSRDA

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

The DDHI has produced its first visualizations of encoded oral history data. These initial visualizations of places mentioned in interviews has been very helpful for the intellectual and technical development of the project.

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

Now we are working through methods that will transform XML into JSON and will be user friendly. We want to enable numerous visualizations that can be manipulated future users of DDHI tools.

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

While the OH Encoder is not ready for distribution yet, we are considering the different people who may want to use it and cannot wait to share this open-source tool for any and all interested in oral history

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

As promised, we have a lot of updates about the DDHI. Today we'll let you know a little more about our TEI encoding methods and the development of partially-automated encoding with natural language processing

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

We are continuing to test and improve the OH Encoder as we prepare oral history interviews for data visualization
https://t.co/t3kuDUVUKz

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

We've made a lot of progress over the past year and are currently updating our website so you can learn more about the DDHI. Check back here as we'll be highlighting our developments with TEI, named-entity recognition, and visualizing oral history data throughout the week!

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

We are also thinking about future users like archivists, oral historians, community organizers, and students. Today, we held the first meeting of our external advisory board to advance our goal of building a community of practice #dayofDH2020

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

Our research assistants have been working remotely and using TEI to encode oral history transcripts. They are now beginning to prepare our data for visualizations using JavaScript libraries. #dayofDH2020

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

At the same time we are working with @AgileHumanities who have created infrastructure that partially automates our encoding methods and are now developing a project site and data visualization toolkit that will allow others to explore rich oral histories #dayofDH2020

[Dartmouth Digital History Initiative @ddhitweets]

Check out a write up on our recent talk and progress. Thanks @DartmouthDhse

[DartmouthDHSE @DartmouthDhse]

One week ago, kicking off our first #DHSpeakerSeries, @Dartmouth Professor Ed Miller from the history department and @bwins35 presented on the @ddhitweets. If you weren't able to make the lecture, learn more about his innovative project on the DHSE blog https://t.co/fgX9apyNId