Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship Seminar

March 6, 2017
Sunburst data visualization, an example of data research display

On March 8, 9, and 10, Academic Technology for FAS will be joining with representatives of the Harvard Library, the History Department, and Research Computing in the Arts & Humanities to offer a hands-on workshop on the fundamentals of digital scholarship. Designed for faculty, students, and staff who wish to explore the potential of this medium, the seminar will provide a solid foundation from which participants can pursue further training and development.

Running from 9-1 each day, these sessions will teach participants how to:

  • create digital datasets by digitizing paper materials or mining online resources,
  • effectively store and organize datasets
  • prepare data for analysis
  • use simple visualization techniques to explore datasets
  • present the results in a web-based environment.

The seminar is free and open to faculty, students, and staff. To register, simply fill out the form at this link: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0SAGjg4lHlJGUzb