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‘Doing our bit’ Build-a-thon

Last Saturday I was amongst a group of enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers getting stuck in to the ‘Doing our bit’ project at the Mosman Library. The Build-a-thon was the first stage in creating a new online resource documenting the experiences of World War I service people related to the Mosman area. We’re trying to make [...]

Posted 17 August 2012 † Tim Sherratt § digital humanities § events ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Mining the treasures of Trove

In February I made a quick dash to Melbourne to talk at VALA2012. The paper I originally submitted, ‘Mining the treasures of Trove: New approaches and new tools’, provided a general introduction to the use of digitised historical newspapers and the possibilities of digital history. You can download the pdf from the VALA2012 proceedings, or view [...]

Posted 01 April 2012 † Tim Sherratt § conference presentations § digital humanities ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,