by huculak | May 29, 2018 | News
May 29, 2018 NEH Integrating DH into the Web of Scholarship Focus Group 10am-12pm, Digital Scholarship Commons Registration Required The Digital Scholarship Commons will be hosting members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) for a focus group “to...
by huculak | May 25, 2018 | Event, Lecture/Talk, News
Thursday, June 7, 2018, 12:15-1:15pm Lunchtime Lecture. All Welcome Digital Scholarship Commons, 3rd floor, Mearns Centre for Learning / McPherson Library Join the Digital Scholarship Commons at UVIC Libraries and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute for a...
by Caroline Winter | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Research
As part of my role as a Textual Analysis Expert in the DSC, I investigate different ways of analyzing texts and visualizing data. I recently started working with StoryMap JS, a free, open-source, web-based tool for creating narrative maps. I chose this tool to help me...
by Tiffany Chan | Mar 6, 2018 | News
For our second project-focused Arduino workshop (see here for the first), we made an infinity mirror kaleidoscope that changes colours when tilted. We used petri dishes for the kaleidoscope “body” and LED strips made specifically for Arduino. Attaching...
by huculak | Feb 16, 2018 | News
The University of Victoria Libraries is participating in Endangered Data Week. Join us on February 26, 2018 from 1pm and 4pm in the University Library foyer to play vintage video games and to learn about the problem of preserving obsolete technologies. Students will...
by Dani | Jan 11, 2018 | News
The DSC had our second Tech Petting Zoo yesterday, and this time we made it into the local news (video below)! The idea has been to provide a hands-on showcase of the various tools and services available from UVic Libraries. We hauled out a wide range of items, such...
