ORLA EGAN UCC DH INSTITUTE. Digital Arts & Humanities Opening up to new ideas, new tools and new ways of doing ‘it’ Owing and overcoming my cynicism Collaboration.

ORLA EGAN

UCC DH INSTITUTE

Digital Arts & Humanities

Opening up to new ideas, new tools and new ways of doing ‘it’

Owing and overcoming my cynicism

Collaboration and mutual learning

Trying new things and not being afraid to fail

What have I learned?

Making and editing films

Website and Blog

Potential of social media

Plethora of digital tools – assessing which ones to use for different purposes

Not to fear the Acronyms – HTML, TEI, XML …..

Importance of Metadata – Data about the Data

Challenges

Too many tools, too much information, not enough time to digest

Challenges in accessing equipment e.g. digital cameras

University not fully equipped for technological requirements e.g. problems with internet access, inability to download some software

Film Projects

Using film to capture oral histories

Computers in the Attic

Filming Drama – use as funding tool

Interactive Documentaries

Film as an interesting and engaging tool to share information and get a message across

Creating LGBT Digital Archive

Documents in the damp basement – access

Consent

Digital capture

Digital display and sharing

Interpretation and story-telling

Some Tools

Digital camera

Appropriate setting for capture

Digital storage

Transcription of documents

Wordpress – display, sharing and interpretation

Metadata – searching, sharing and re-using data

TEI

XML

HTML

CSS

WORDPRESS

FINAL CUT PRO

DSPACE

THANK YOU