Working Toward an Integrated Digital Humanities Platform in Islandora

Speaker(s): 
Conference Track: 
Fedora User Group

Schedule info

Time slot: 
12 July 11:00 - 11:30
Room: 
Sir John A

Working Toward an Integrated Digital Humanities Platform in Islandora

Author(s)
First Name: 
David
Last Name: 
Wilcox
Affiliation: 
discoverygarden inc.
First Name: 
Shauna
Last Name: 
Slaven
Affiliation: 
discoverygarden inc.
Keywords: 
islandora; digital humanities; fedora; repository; drupal
Track: 
Fedora User Group
Abstract: 

One of the primary goals of the digital humanities is to systematically integrate computer systems and services into the activities of humanities scholars. There are many projects that work toward this goal, but these projects are often “one-offs” from a technology perspective: they focus on a single activity or set of activities and function independently from one another. The Islandora project, in collaboration with a number of digital humanities stakeholders, has been developing an integrated platform that combines a variety of front-end scholarly tools with a robust digital preservation back-end. This presentation will highlight the challenges and opportunities discovered along the way, and showcase both what we have accomplished and what we plan to do in the coming months.

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