DH@CCL 101 – About this Course

Instructor:

Ashley Sanders, Ph.D.
Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Claremont Colleges Library

Key Learning Objectives:

• Develop your own definition of DH, especially in a liberal arts context
• Know when to incorporate digital tools and methodologies and determine why
• Critically examine the strengths and weaknesses of existing tools and DH projects
• Identify sources to find and learn new digital tools and skills

We will explore:

1. Definitions of “Digital Humanities” and “Digital Literacy”
2. Data
3. Spatial & temporal pattern finding
4. Network analysis
5. Topic modeling

By the end of the short-course, librarians will be able to:

• Explain what digital humanities/digital scholarship is to an interested faculty member
• Describe the resources available at the library that support librarian/faculty/student digital scholarship
• Answer basic questions about what methodologies and tools are available for faculty research and instructional projects
• Point interested faculty, staff, and students to websites, journals, organizations, and local experts for further information