DSG programs

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Administrative Notes

  • Details about past events, including attendance, are available in Podio. All events and workshops should be logged in Podio under "DSG Events"

Yearly Programming

  • 1 conference proposal writing session approximately 3 weeks before Digital Humanities/ADHO conference proposals due -- generally start of October?
  • 1 largish external speaker -- in conjunction with NULab?
  • 2 bookend get-to-know you events: September kickoff and April/May end-of-year wrap-up. Late afternoon pizza and potluck might work best.
  • 1 Wikipedia editing party.
  • Summer DH event run by graduate students: DSINE (DSI New England.)
  • Open Access Week events.

Semesterly Goals

  • 1 undergrad event. (Lightweight hands-on into to new fun tool/project)
  • 1 "perennial topics" for grad students: intro to text analysis, personal data management. (More extensive planning/execution required of DSG grad students and staff.)
  • 1 aimed at library/archives audience, NU-only or external. (More extensive planning/execution required of DSG grad students and staff.)
  • 1-2 DissCo events: largely managed by graduate students.
  • Weekly DH Office Hours -- open to the public, informal test bed for new workshop topics.
  • Additional workshops as needed on project basis: e.g.WordPress for DRS Project Toolkit accepted proposals.

Programs

DissCo

See more on DissCo page.

DH Open Office Hours

See more on Open Office Hours page

Faculty Orientation Sessions

A 20-30 minute tour given to new faculty members, especially at the beginning of the semester.

DH Working Groups for Graduate Students and PostDocs

1.5 hours sessions for the group to discuss readings, projects, and learn about subjects in DH. Sponsored but not put on by the DSG. Hosted in Snell, by Jim McGrath.

DRS Drop-In Sessions

From Podio: Stop by the DSC Media Lounge to learn more about the Digital Repository Service! This session will include demonstrations of uploading, searching, and browsing in the DRS, discussions of DRS content, and a forum for asking questions about the DRS and how it’s being used at Northeastern.