News & announcements regarding Digital Scholarship & Digital Collections (+ some stuff that doesn't).
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Make sure your writing is accessible and universal with the De-Jargonizer, "an automated jargon identification program aimed at helping scientists and science communication trainers improve and adapt vocabulary use for a variety of audiences via @IntScout scienceandpublic.com/
A STREET NEAR YOU: 500,000+ location records for people who died serving in WWI displayed on an interactive map. See how the War affected countries and communities alike via @IntScout astreetnearyou.org/
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Want to know the truth about the #GretaThunberg #conspiracy? University of Washington Libraries @uwspeccoll is here to set the record straight about this historical image by Eric A. Hegg. #historykeepers #primarysources tinyurl.com/gretathunbergpho… Huffington Post
Plateau People's Web Portal (collaborative project from WSU Libraries and Native American Nations). Digital Archive-plateauportal.libraries.wsu.…
Abigail Echo-Hawk on the art and science of 'decolonizing data' crosscut.com/2019/05/abigail…
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Kudos to @UWITNews Accessible Technology Services (ATS), @UWBothell's Ana Thompson who exemplify @UW and @uwlibraries commitment to improving accessibility. @UWToday explores efforts across campus. @UWDCenter tinyurl.com/yxlwypgm
ALT Ana Thompson, Learning & Access Designer in the Office of Digital Learning & Innovation at UW Bothell
ALT Photo from UW Today: A student working on a computer. At UW’s three campuses, about 100 accessibility liaisons work to ensure that tech-based teaching, learning and research tools and resources are accessible and usable to all.
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Exciting news for our #Sephardic Studies Digital Collection: @uwlibraries has just implemented Mirador, a new viewing software, for all collections! Learn how to use #Mirador for the SSDC here. jewishstudies.washington.edu… cc: @uwspeccoll @uwdigini @odegaardlibrary
Experience the Nightwatch: Rembrandt's 1642 masterpiece. beleefdenachtwacht.nl/en
The Real Rainbow Row digital exhibition exploring Charleston's queer history as a virtual walking tour. speccoll.cofc.edu/the-real-r… via @IntScout
The Mirador Viewer has been added to the UW Libraries Digital Collections site. It implements the full client functionality of the Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Image and Presentation APIs. Here's an example from @SephardicUW Ladino books: bit.ly/2MdXd7W
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! Digital resources from Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian, and more are featured here: asianpacificheritage.gov
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The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington is currently accepting applications for scholarship funding for the 2019-2020 academic year. In addition, several summer labor internship programs have opened. More info: ow.ly/OsGp30oCdij
The Pacific Northwest Native American Cylinder and Disc Digitization Project has been funded.
Honored to announce our grant proposal to digitize, preserve, and make accessible the Jacobs Collection has been funded by @CLIRRaR. #PNW #ethnomusicology #linguistics @vallier @uwspeccoll @EndpointAudio clir.org/2019/04/clir-awards…
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.@MellonFdn seeks proposals from "community-based archives that represent & serve communities marginalized due to oppression based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, class, sexuality, religion, ability, and/or geographic location." Read CFP: mellon.org/programs/scholarl…
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Please join us Wednesday, April 24th from 12-1pm in @uwrescommons Green A for "Why Public Research Matters: New Strategies for Making and Measuring Your Impact". @SimpsonCenter @uwescience @UWHist @uwsocialwork @UWJSIS @evansschool
UW art professor Zhi Lin will give a talk at #odegaardlibrary - room 220 - from 5:30-6:30pm. #laborhistory #chineseamericanhistory #asianamericanheritagemonth #artisttalk #artmatters
