PLEASE NOTE: This is a hands-on session. Space may be quite limited--you may be asked to double-up at workstations. Seating is first-come, first-served.
In this workshop, you'll learn how to work with two open source timeline resources, the SIMILE project and Timeline JS. In a computer lab environment, you will create your own timeline, and you will gain knowledge that you can take back to your work and put to use instantly.
With these easy-to-use freely available timeline tools, it is possible to create small-scale digital humanities projects and exhibits and present them on a website or a blog. Both tools can be used to engage the community with your collections or other online collections. A minimum of technical expertise is needed and these two tools are great for collaborating with colleagues, students, faculty, or others.
My digital arena includes digital collections, digital humanities projects, and our library's makerspace. I love facilitating conversation and knowledge creation throughout the research and creative process and seeking out voices that are not as easily found in the scholarly and historical... Read More →
Digital Scholarship and Services Librarian, Macalester College
I am the Digital Scholarship and Services Librarian at Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN. I support digital publishing, digital humanities and digital scholarship projects at Macalester.
Thursday March 19, 2015 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Olin-Rice 258
