Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources Got a research paper or thesis to write for school or an onlineclass? Want to research using the Internet? Good luck. There’s a lot of junk out there — outdated pages, broken links, and inaccurate information. Using Google or Wikipedia may lead you to some results, […]
2013 OHA will be much more than OK – OUPblog Excited about the upcoming OHA Annual Meeting, “Hidden Stories, Contested Truths: The Craft of Oral History”? Then be sure to check out our latest OUPBlog post, “2013 OHA will be much more than OK,” in which managing editor Troy Reeves badgers conference co-leaders Stephen Sloan […]
pag-asaharibon: The SaySay Project: Engaging the Filipino Community through Oral History “Hi, I’m Michael Nailat—originally from Oxnard, California and now living in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles.” So went the start of one video interview with Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, who stood in front of a camera as part of a storytelling initiative called the SaySay project, coordinated […]
Free Samples of the National Book Award in Nonfiction Longlist – GalleyCat
2013 Election voting now open! The Oral History Association elections are now open. During the next six weeks, all current OHA members have the opportunity to vote for OHA first vice-president, member of Council, and three members of the Nominating Committee. We encourage al […] Get thee to the polling stations! Voting will remain open […]
Interview with Jason Steinhauer, Program Specialist with the Kluge Center “The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress has announced a new set of Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies to examine the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture and international relations using the Library’s collections and resources. I am thrilled to have the chance to […]
What Digital Humanists Do naturarerum: An excellent run-down of types of projects, considerations, & examples. Inspired by Miriam Posner’s informative, “How Did They Make That?”, this post answers the equally ubiquitous question (one I often wonder myself), "Why did they make that?“
Crowdsourcing the Best Digital Humanities Content: Introducing #DHThis, the Digital Humanities Slashdot librarianrafia: If you have been frustrated by the editorial model and the gatekeeping systems within traditional peer review, here is your chance to contribute to a new platform to re-envision scholarly publishing. This post introduces a experiment: DHThis.org, a new platform where a community instead of […]
uncoralhistory: Pictured above: A political cartoon sent to JFK by cartoonist Don Hesse (from the Kennedy Library). On September 15, 1963, four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a box of dynamite under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church om Birmingham, Alabama, near the basement. At about 10:22 a.m., twenty-six children were walking into […]
