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Omeka S – a brief introduction

May 16, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

This article was written by James Tripp of the IDG Technology for Research team at Warwick. It provides an overview of the Omeka S platform (available to Warwick researchers) for creating and managing online collection web sites. The team are able to provide advice on Omeka S and many other DH tools and techniques, and can help academics to design and implement funded projects.

2023 Summer Term Week 3

May 16, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

Sessions on visualising data online, digital humanities theory, 3D art and sense of place in VR, and an update to Wordpress adding the Zotpress plugin to link to Zotero.

Reflecting on your achievements – a systematic and structured approach

May 9, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

Studies of successful and unsuccessful practioners in many fields show that reflecting on achievements is essential. Often after achieving a goal, or just completing a project without being sure of success, people understandably want to have a break, move on to the next thing. So many opportunities are lost in that way: opportunities to learn, improve, try something different, innovate. Lost! This need not be the case. If we follow these simple methods we can ensure that we get the most out of what we do – just as successful practitioners do all the time.

2023 Summer Term Week 2

May 8, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

DAHL Shorts sessions this week were: Finding Inspiring and Usable Data Sources (with the Library team), and Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping using Mindomo (Robert O’Toole). On Tuesday we also had a great VR Club session, again swimming with sea creatures using the Ocean Drift app from Bangor University.

2023 Summer Term Week 1

May 2, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

Sessions this week: Intro to the Digital Humanities Certificate; Sources of Support at Warwick. Recording available in Teams (membership required). This term sees the start […]

The IT Helpdesk

April 10, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

Digital Humanities tools, techniques and services add to the already complex mass of potential problems that help desks deal with. By understanding this challenge we can make life easier for everyone.

The Project Manager

April 9, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

This is the role that coordinates the rest of the team and the tasks they need to complete. But it is often misunderstood, and seen to be more complicated than it is. This article considers a simple and effective PM method.

The IT Manager

April 9, 2023 Robert O'Toole 0

The people in charge of running IT systems in universities combine two hard to reconcile attitudes: on the one hand they are advocates for tech, they want people to be able to do amazing things; but at the same time they are deeply risk averse. They do have ways to come to balanced decisions, and we can all use those techniques.