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Digital Knowledge: Citizen Archivists at NARA
Link to Item 1 | Link to Item 2 For this assignment, I chose to register with the Citizen Archivist (CA) program run by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which allows ordinary citizens to participate in the practice of cultural preservation by transcribing and tagging items in NARA’s vast collection. I wish I…
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Digital Knowledge: NARA
The National Archives solicits public participation through various programs that encourage engagement with historical records. One such program is “Public Engagement with Historical Records,” which seeks to promote public involvement in the study and use of historical records for institutional, educational, or personal reasons. The institution uses rhetorical strategies such as enlisting volunteer “citizen archivists,”…
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Digital Knowledge
I chose to submit to an art exhibit from Embracing Our Differences Inc. This institution solicits participation by encouraging people to send in their artwork to be examined, which is another form of participation in which non-artists, who may not be comfortable sending something in, can be a part of the process. Having a free…
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Community Gardens
The museum I chose was the Community of Gardens. Community of Gardens is a digital archive hosted by Smithsonian Gardens in partnership with our Archives of American Gardens created to preserve our diverse garden heritage. Their goal is to create a digital archive of American gardens. They ask people to submit videos, images, and stories to understand the…
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Digital Knowledge: Library of Congress By the People Campaign
For this assignment, I contributed to a Library of Congress crowdsourcing campaign called By the People (https://crowd.loc.gov/get-started/), which solicits transcription of historical documents. I transcribed a piece of sheet music that can be found at the breadcrumb trail Home/Sheet Music of the Musical Theater/1860 to 1879/Only a dream/2016764715-1. It was unclear to me how the…
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Digital Systems
I had plenty of challenges while using this system. It took me a while to find where everything is and how to use it. I was not sure whether to put my 1000 words in the exhibit.so or somewhere else. I was pretty sick when I was working on the exhibit.so that is why I…
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Digital Systems
One major challenge when using Exhibit.so system is the limitations that happen if there are fewer users. The system is easily overloaded, making it difficult for you to view or edit your exhibit. This problem creates an issue with having little to minimal accessibility. When trying to create an exhibit using Exhibit.so you have some…
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Digital Systems: So What’s An Exhibit?: Brief Analaysis of Exhibit.so
I. Introduction A. Brief explanation of exhibit.so Exhibit.so is a virtual exhibition platform that allows artists, creators, and businesses to showcase their work online. It provides a unique opportunity for individuals to display their artwork, products, or services in a visually captivating and interactive manner. With its user-friendly interface and customizable features, Exhibit.so has revolutionized the…
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Digital Systems: exhibit.so Watermelon Still Life
I experimented with exhibit.so for this assignment. The link to my exhibit is https://www.exhibit.so/exhibits/NZ5F1DUaBWMCYzx0N9Vn I found this experiment to be an extremely frustrating experience. I had difficulty with the web interface to ingest the IIIF manifests into exhibit.so. The difficulties we experienced during the class demo foreshadowed my own challenges working with the tool independently. …
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Digital Objects: McDonald’s Glassware
Back when I was a child I remember having cups from Mcdonald’s some of them were from movies and some were about the Mcdonald’s characters so I decided to do the assignment based on images of the Mcdonald’s characters. While the images and the information don’t exactly match what I had as a child they…
