Hi Tim Roberts here. I have a longish background in traditional teaching and scholarship in American history. I am a professor and graduate studies director of a history department at
Category: Digital tools
A retrospective on using Voyant, kepler.gl, and Palladio to understand a WPA narratives data setA retrospective on using Voyant, kepler.gl, and Palladio to understand a WPA narratives data set
Introduction to digital tools involves reading about and experimenting with text mining, mapping, and network visualization. The purpose of these tools is to invite the researcher to study texts differently
Painting with PalladioPainting with Palladio
Palladio is an analytical visualization platform developed by researchers at Stanford University to map correspondence, travel, and circulation of information by and among writers during the Enlightenment, situated in Western
Reflection on Working with VoyantReflection on Working with Voyant
Voyant is an open-source, web-based tool for analysis of unstructured text data. Voyant allows users to perform both text mining, or searching for words specified by the user, and topic
An exercise with kepler.glAn exercise with kepler.gl
Kepler.gl is a web-based application for visual exploration of large-scale data sets. Using kepler.gl, a researcher can drag and drop a CSV file into the browser, visualize it with different
Review of the metadata in use by the Metropolitan Museum of Art databaseReview of the metadata in use by the Metropolitan Museum of Art database
The metadata used by the MOMA’s online database indicates an object’s type or function; date or date range of production; original individual or corporate maker, designer, and patron or commissioner,
Database ReviewDatabase Review
Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 (MRAB) is a digital collection accessible by users affiliated with institutions that have purchased it. Its cost, according to a review, ranges from $14,000
My Guide to DigitizationMy Guide to Digitization
Digitization is most helpful to capture and represent an image’s visual appearance. The most important and still probably most frequent digitizing activity of this sort is the capture of the
A definition of digital humanities (DH)A definition of digital humanities (DH)
DH uses and builds technologies in a way to encourage interdisciplinary study of textual and other records of the human experience, involving scholars and the public collaboratively. Although many DH
Why I’m in the George Mason University digital public history program-1st versionWhy I’m in the George Mason University digital public history program-1st version
I am a professor of American history at Western Illinois University, where I have taught undergraduate and graduate students for ten years in both traditional and online settings. I was
