But what's happening elsewhere? One of the most interesting archival visualisation projects is Neatline, being developed by the Scholars' Lab at the University of VIrginia Library. According to the Neatline website:
Neatline is a tool for the creation of interlinked timelines and maps as interpretive expressions of the literary or historical content of archival collections. It promotes collaboration by libraries and cultural heritage institutions with scholarly end-users, who will build on standard EAD (Encoded Archival Description) metadata to produce rich, evocative – even theoretical – geospatial and temporal visualizations of the textual content of catalogued letters and manuscripts.
Rather than developing its own software from scratch, Neatline is using Omeka, an open-source publishing platform for archives, museums and galleries. The Neatline project will result in a number of plugins for Omeka significantly adding to its visualisation capabilities.
Would you like to know more? We're lucky that Bethany Nowviskie, one of Neatline's directors, will be visiting Australia shortly. The Digital Design + Media Arts Research Cluster at the University of Canberra has arranged for Bethany to give a public lecture on the Neatline project on Wednesday 8 December at 6.00pm. Join us from 5.30pm for drinks, nibbles and reflection on what's been a busy year in the world of cultural data and digital humanities.
If you're interested in exploring further the connections between archives and the digital humanities then you might also like to join us at 11am on 8 December when Bethany will be giving another lecture entitled '“Monopolies of Invention:” Collaboration Across Class Lines in the Digital Humanities'. As we enter further into digital research realms what career opportunities are emerging for those with expertise in managing metadata? And how do such opportunities fit within current institutional and academic settings? All are welcome to what is sure to be a stimulating discussion.
For more details on both lectures go to:
If you're in Melbourne, you can also see Bethany as part of the Information Futures Forum at the University of Melbourne, see:
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