Sheila A. Brennan

Associate Director of Public Projects, Roy RosenzweigCenter for Histor y and New Media, George Mason

University

@sherah1918

sbrennan@gmu.edu

DH CENTERED IN MUSEUMS?

FUTURE OF DH CENTERS

DON’T GET BOGGED DOWN IN “DH”

DH IN MUSEUMS?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3506656C723EAFEA

DIGITAL STRATEGY

COLLECTION-DRIVEN

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/

THE PEN

CONNECTING & VISUALIZING DATA

http://colourlens.org/

EXPERIMENTING & SHARING

https://github.com/richbs/colourlens

DIGITAL PUBLISHING

http://www.oscitoolkit.org/

SCHOLARLY EDITIONS

http://vangoghletters.org/vg/

DH SCHOLARS + MUSEUMS

http://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2012/04/visuali

zing-ocean-shipping.html

SHARING AUTHORITY

COLLECTING STORIES ONLINE

http://americanhistory.si.edu/agheritage

OPEN!

http://openglam.org/

OPEN=BETTER FOR ALL

Discussions on open licensing from AAM and NMC:

https://storify.com/awong22/open-licensing-what-is-it-why-do-it-mar-5-

2015-pro

MAKER SPACES

1. DIGITIZE COLLECTIONS

2. SHOW THE POWER OF COLLECTIONS

http://invisibleaustralians.org/faces/

3. BE OPEN & ENCOURAGE SHARED

RESPONSIBILITY

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/8470

4. LEAD IN DIGITAL PUBLIC HUMANITIES &

PUBLIC DIGITAL HUMANITIES

DESIGNING FOR ACCESSIBILITY—

IN MANY WAYS

WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?

COMMITMENT & PHYSICAL SPACE

OBJECT, IMAGE ANALYSIS

BRING HISTORY MUSEUMS ALONG

DH CENTER IN A COLLEGE MUSEUM

(NOT THE LIBRARY)?

Spearhead, coordinate, and collaborate among staff to lead

digital projects

Focus on images, objects, sounds

Build capacity: Train museum staff

Creating change from the inside

Collaborate outside of museum

Facilitate digital, online, connections

DH CENTER AT A MUSEUM

Sheila A. Brennan

@sherah1918 | sbrennan@gmu

.edu|http://lotfor ty

nine.org

THANK YOU!