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Monday, December 01, 2008

Digital humanities at Miami University

Laura Mandell, Digital Humanities, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, October 14, 2008.

... Miami’s Digital Humanities Program is accomplishing a few firsts in 2009:

  1. We are among the first universities to grant promotion on the basis of a digital archive ...
  2. In 2009, we will be the first English Department to approve as a dissertation a digital edition that will be published by Rice University Press, print-on-demand. ...
  3. In 2009, we will be the first to publish Open Source software for use in the Digital Humanities, NA-P developed by student Holly Connor and [Computer Science and Systems Analysis] Professor Gerald Gannod. “Na Pwon Dyon Gay” means “we learn together” in the Miami language; this suite of tools will revolutionize the creation of digital archives.
  4. In 2009, we will be the first university to partner to host a digital resource for a university press, a database that can be upgraded by scholars.
  5. In 2009, we will be the first university to make high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship available on Facebook. ...