Posted by: hmoir on: October 27, 2008
For my purposes, the need for Digitization is minimal and will be conducted by me, and as to Preservation concerns, I’m not sure how important my website is to preserve for posterity!
I wanted to think about how this week’s theme of Digitization, Digital Collections, and Digital Preservation applies to my proposed website. As my website [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 27, 2008
Digitization: Comparing E-Texts of Anna Karenin, Google Books versus Project Gutenberg, Results: Google Very Easy to Use with Fewer Options NOT FULL TEXT, versus Gutenberg Clear Format with More Options for Translations, Audio Books: FULL TEXT always preferable for me!
I have been ill with vertigo Sunday and Monday, so apologies if my blog seems odd [...]
Copyright Issues, or Does the World Really Need Lawyers?…by Holly M.
Firstly, I think the professor asked us to address whether we think we might have copyright issues with our Proposed Digital History Resource. Since my resource is a Victorian Consumerism Virtual Museum spanning the years 1837 to 1901 in the U.S. and the U.K., I [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 14, 2008
One: Abstract: Who: Victorian Consumers—The website’s focus on material goods and actual purchasers will lead to a social history (bottom-up) approach, whereas a focus on the ideas and writings of moralists, businessmen, and other elites would have led to an intellectual history (top-down) approach, which would not be appropriate for my project. What: Victorian Consumerism [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 14, 2008
Sorry I think the caption for my previous blog was cut off. It’s not important really, but anyway, the image shows the Persian Marmot, and the caption read: This is why I don’t quite trust Herodotus, as there is a controversy over whether he may have confused the Marmot with the Ant!!! I’m not sure [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 14, 2008
I found the readings for this week to be very informative, if slightly disconcerting considering my tendency to be overwhelmed as a historian. The article was clearly a precursor to chapter 6 of the book, and many of the themes are the same between the book and article, but the differences are still instructive. Beginning [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 14, 2008
Click here: holly-homepage-oct-13: I have attached the absolute newest version of my homepage mockup, which took a really, really long time but is really awesome (I think so, anyway)! As always, I am very happy for any suggestions and comments from the class. I am excited to see everyone else’s mockups tomorrow in class! I [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 6, 2008
Here is what I have conceptualized thus far as regards the semester project: I feel that earlier concepts of my project were too broad, yet after much thinking, I have narrowed down the boundaries of my project so that it has viable limits and still contributes to a community of knowledge: I will sacrifice some [...]
Posted by: hmoir on: October 6, 2008
I agree with everything David Bell has to say in his article “The Bookless Future”—I think he is a very balanced and intelligent person who has carefully thought out the pros and cons of new media, including the impact of the Internet on academia, and the impact of reading on screens instead of on paper [...]
