Thank you, David De Roure!

David De Roure‘s seminar Digital Scholarship: Intersection, Scale, and Social Machines presented a magisterial view over the field, tracing paths through it, and pointing to future directions.

We are grateful to David for inaugurating our mini-series of seminars at the Centre for Digital Scholarship, which was so well-attended it had members of the audience sitting on tables.

Sadly we weren’t able to record the seminar, but you can get a flavour of it from the slides David has kindly shared:

There is also a Storified version, appropriately enough, of social media around the seminar.

Seminar—It’s a kind of magic: early results from Analytical Imaging in Bodleian Libraries

Continuing our open seminar series, the Bodleian’s Head of Conservation Research, David Howell, will talk about using imaging technologies to “unlock” hidden information in the Library’s collections through imaging technology.

David HowellWhat: It’s a kind of magic—early results from Analytical Imaging in Bodleian Libraries

Who: David Howell

When: 13.00—13.50, Tuesday 9 June 2015

Where: Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library (map)

Seminar

The fields of digital imaging and spectroscopic analysis are increasingly converging into a developing specialization of Analytical Imaging. Historically photography was employed to give the best possible image of an object to be seen with the naked eye. This is still important, but at the same time developing technologies can reveal a great deal of information that the eye cannot see.

In this seminar, David will show examples of the use of Reflectance Tomography Imaging and hyperspectral imaging, explain how the techniques work, and how and when they can be applied.

Speaker

David Howell is a graduate in both Chemistry and English Mediæval Studies and has spent most of his working life trying to improve access to information ‘locked’ within heritage objects using scientific methodologies.

This seminar is open to all. No booking is necessary. You can download a flyer for it.

Please meet inside the Parks Road entrance of the Weston Library (opposite the King’s Arms). If you are already in the Library, you can find the Centre for Digital Scholarship on the first floor of the Weston Library, through the Mackerras Reading Room and around the glass walkway.

Seminar—Digital scholarship: Intersection, Scale, and Social Machines

We are delighted to announce the first, open seminar in a series looking at projects and activities in digital scholarship across the University of Oxford.

David De RoureWhat: Digital scholarship: Intersection, Scale, and Social Machines

Who: David De Roure

When: 13.00—13.50, Thursday 28 May 2015

Where: Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library (map)

Seminar: Today we are witnessing several shifts in scholarly practice, in and across multiple disciplines, as researchers embrace digital techniques to tackle established questions in new ways and new questions afforded by digital and digitized collections, approaches, and technologies. This seminar addresses current activity in digital scholarship, framing it in its multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary settings.

Speaker: David De Roure is director of Oxford e-Research Centre. He has strategic responsibility for Digital Humanities at Oxford and directed the national Digital Social Research programme for ESRC, for whom he is now a strategic adviser. His personal research is in Computational Musicology, Web Science, and Internet of Things. He is a frequent speaker and writer on digital scholarship and the future of scholarly communications.

This seminar is open to all. No booking is necessary. You can download a flyer for it.

Please meet inside the Parks Road entrance of the Weston Library (opposite the King’s Arms). If you are already in the Library, you can find the Centre for Digital Scholarship on the first floor of the Weston Library, through the Mackerras Reading Room and around the glass walkway.

Questions?

Are you thinking of developing a digital project using library collections? Do you have questions about getting it funded, what approach to take, or what might be possible?

Do you want to know more about depositing your work or searching the Oxford University Research and Data Archives (ORA)?

We’re holding open surgeries open to any member of the University at the Centre for Digital Scholarship.You don’t need an appointment—drop by and start a conversation!2015.05.15.11.34.48 (2)

Digital Project Drop-in Surgeries

  • 11.00–13.00, Friday 15 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Monday 18 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Wednesday 20 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Wednesday 27 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Friday 29 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Monday 1 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Wednesday 3 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Friday 5 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Monday 8 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Wednesday 10 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Wednesday 17 June

ORA and ORA Data Drop-in Surgeries

  • 11.00–13.00, Thursday 14 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Thursday 21 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Thursday 28 May
  • 11.00–13.00, Thursday 4 June
  • 12.00–14.00, Friday 12 June
  • 11.00–13.00, Thursday 18 June

The Centre for Digital Scholarship is on the first floor of the Weston Library. You can reach it through the Mackerras Reading Room, by going around to the other side of the balcony.