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Painting with PalladioPainting with Palladio

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 3:14 am

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

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Reflection on Working with VoyantReflection on Working with Voyant

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 9:00 pm

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

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An exercise with kepler.glAn exercise with kepler.gl

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 6:23 am

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

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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

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 8:39 pm

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,

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Database ReviewDatabase Review

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 4:54 am

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

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My Guide to DigitizationMy Guide to Digitization

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 5:52 am

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

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Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 6Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 6

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 8:33 pm

Web site name: National Archives Educator Resources: The Slave Trade URL: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/slave-trade.html Site’s rights statement URL: https://www.archives.gov/faqs Material available on the site: This site offers images and transcriptions of twelve

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Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 5Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 5

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 8:17 pm

Web site name: World War I Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings  URL: http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ Site’s rights statement URL: http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/about/ Material available on the site: The site, hosted by the University of Oxford,

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Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 4Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 4

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 7:46 pm

Web site name: USDA Agricultural Research Service Image Gallery URL: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/image-gallery/ Rights statement URL: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/copyright/ Material available on the site: This site provides access to some 6,500 undated, digitized images

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Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 3Sources for Finding Usable Digital Data 3

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019| ProfTimProfTim| 0 Comment | 7:19 pm

Web site name: Prelinger Archives URL: https://archive.org/details/prelinger URL for site’s rights statement: https://archive.org/details/prelinger?tab=about Material available on the site: Prelinger Archives tries to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of

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Tim Roberts

I'm an historian of 19th c. America. My research concerns the Civil War and early American foreign relations, particularly with the Middle East. I'm also interested in digital teaching and website learning.

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Email ID: tm-roberts@wiu.edu

Address: https://wiu.academia.edu/TimRoberts https://timroberts.org/

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  • Internship last post: a retrospective
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  • Internship Post 4: using Smithsonian Sidedoor in the classroom part II

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