Diane K. Jakacki

Tag: Tarlton

  • “Data Envy” at MLA 2016

    “Data Envy” at MLA 2016

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    This is the transcript of the short paper I gave as part of the “Digital Scholarship in Action: Research” panel at MLA 2016 in January . The attendant PowerPoint is stored and indexed on the MLA Commons Open Repository Exchange, and is available here: https://commons.mla.org/deposits/item/mla:667/ “Data Envy: Or, maintaining one’s self-confidence as a digital humanist at…

  • Introductory Markup Experiments

    Introductory Markup Experiments

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    This week in my HUMN 100 course we began the TEI module, which will see students tagging individual anecdotes in “Tarlton’s Jests” and compiling them into a digital edition. We’ve been wrestling with some computer problems this term that have made the round-table collaborative nature of last fall’s course a bit harder to sustain. Several…

  • Settling In

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    Bucknell: Week One phase is now complete. It’s been exciting and exhausting and confusing and exilarating. There’s so much to do, and so many people to meet, and so many goals to set, and … I still can’t quite adjust to the feeling that the Bucknell DSC (both position and center) is a reality and…

  • Over at the Tarlton Project ..

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    The Tarlton’s Jests repository is up at Github. You can read about initial plans at the Tarlton Project site.

  • A Lesson in Digital Publishing

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    I spent a few hours yesterday working on the Tarlton Project, testing out some theories about Queen’s Men touring practices and split troupe touring (not sure if that’s actually a phrase, but I like it). I found it extremely cathartic (and a justifiable procrastination technique) to juggle ArcGIS Online, Google spreadsheets, and WordPress and see…