I recently saw Greta Gerwig’s new version of Little Women in the theater and really enjoyed it. (Some spoilers ahead: yes, you’ve had 150 years to read the book, but not as long to see the mo...
Two weeks ago I went to DC to have various meetings related to my new position at George Washington University as Director of the Resilient Networks project (about which more later). In early Feb...
https://amandafrench.net/2017/03/16/a-visit-to-the-rayburn-building/
This is a “book.” That is, an audio cassette. This other “book” is a screen and a microchip. This other “book,” the sky. –Albert Goldbarth, “Library,” Saving Lives, Ohio State U...
https://amandafrench.net/2015/04/13/thatcamp-me-and-virginia-tech-libraries/
When my mother and I first entered the library at Steepletop in 2010, the first book I saw was Ulysses, lying flat and nonchalant upon a table as though it had a perfect right to be there. “!!!...
https://amandafrench.net/2014/09/25/on-some-books-in-edna-st-vincent-millays-library/
Introduction omeka.net omeka.org Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media Dublin Core User Guide — Creating Metadata “1920 Snow Drifts in Loveland, Colorado,” The Ora Bontrager Postc...
https://amandafrench.net/2014/07/24/omeka-links-for-the-university-of-colorado/
Wrapup of the 2014 Modern Language Association conference in Chicago, January 2014, with an emphasis on the digital panels.
https://amandafrench.net/2014/01/14/the-7-best-links-to-digital-poetry-projects-from-mla/
I’ve taught “Introduction to Omeka” many times at various THATCamps, but I’ve never done more than work from an outline. Today, however, I wrote it all down, and I am posting it for your ...
https://amandafrench.net/2013/11/12/introduction-to-omeka-lesson-plan/
I’ve put together a special session with some special people for MLA 2014: Dr. Natalie Houston, Dr. Julie Lein, Dr. Katharine Coles and I have proposed a formal panel titled “Things My Comp...
https://amandafrench.net/2013/03/28/things-my-computer-poems/
What is Digital Humanities – whatisdigitalhumanities.com THATCamp – thatcamp.org Tool Portals Bamboo DiRT – dirt.projectbamboo.org TaPOR – Text Analysis Portal – tapor.ca Project Portal...
https://amandafrench.net/2013/03/26/visual-arguments-in-the-digital-humanities/
Remarks made at the Fredric M. Miller Memorial lecture, May 8, 2012, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Many thanks especially to John Palfrey for his lucid and inspiring remarks about th...
https://amandafrench.net/2012/05/09/alexandria-is-a-port-the-digital-library-in-physical-space/