Category Archives: Proceedings of THATCamp

The UnTeacher: Hacking the Syllabus and the Everyday

The internet is what you get when everyone is a curator and everything is linked — David Weinberger, Too Big to Know What I like most about THATCamps is that the sessions are inclusive and participatory. While there may be … Continue reading

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Brainstorming a “Digital Humanities Creator Stick”

I propose a session in which we brainstorm what applications and documents might be included on a “Digital Humanities Creator Stick,” a collection of tools that could fit on a USB flash drive, allowing students, teachers, researchers, and anyone else … Continue reading

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Persistence

“Until publishing a journal article, a computer model, or a musical analysis in digital form is seem [sic] as persistent and therefore a potentially long-lasting contribution to the chain of knowledge creation and use, few people will be attracted to … Continue reading

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Hacking Campus Space

There are many aspects of academic life that we have little control over. One of the most significant of these aspects is also one of the most invisible, because it comes with a kind of take-it-for-grantedness: the actual physical space … Continue reading

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API as metaphor for library services

Lately I’ve been reading and thinking about APIs as a metaphor for library services. It’s useful for thinking about (1) the library’s role in facilitating a culture of remix and reuse and (2) the library’s place as a component in … Continue reading

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