On January 17, Collections as Data: Part to Whole cohort 1 projects gathered at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for a live-streamed forum. Each team reported on challenges and opportunities, deliverables (models, partnership agreements, workflows, code, data, etc.), and planned activities post funding. In sum, these teams are actively demonstrating the viability of collections as data work across a range of organizational contexts.
Slides and presentation recordings for each project are provided below.
Event opening
Collections as Data: Redefining Creators, Users, and Stewards of the Charles “Teenie” Harris Photographic Archival Collection
Carnegie Museum of Art
On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Linking Lost Jazz Shrines Project
Weeksville Historical Society
Uncovering Health History: Transcribing and Publishing Early Twentieth-Century Tuberculosis Patient Records as Data
University of Denver
The Native American Educational Services College Digital Library Project
Northwestern University
From Collection Records to Data Layers: A Critical Experiment in Collaborative Practice
University of Pittsburgh
Please be on the lookout for the release of cohort 1 final reports and deliverables this April!
Thomas Padilla (University of Nevada Las Vegas)
Hannah Scates Kettler (Iowa State University)
Stewart Varner (University of Pennsylvania)
Yasmeen Shorish (James Madison University)
Code of Conduct
All project activity, both in person and online, aims to foster a welcoming and inclusive experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, nationality, or political beliefs. Harassment of participants will not be tolerated in any form. Harassment includes any behavior that participants find intimidating, hostile or offensive. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Please contact any member of the project team if you have concerns.