But then along come digital technologies and we have a new way to collect and literally share/transmit our stories and images. Wow.
A few weeks ago the editors of
DYKE, Penny House and Liza Cowan, went to the wonderful conference at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, USA,
Women's History In The Digital World. The conference was produced by Jennifer Redmond and the rest of the amazing crew at
The Albert M. Greenfied digital Center for the History of Women's Eductation LINK, a part of the college.
Liza did a powerpoint slide show and talked about our process of archiving, digitizing and presenting the archive online. The other presenters in our node were
Margo Hobbs Thompson and
Michelle Moravec. We networked through twitter, by the way.
Slide from talk: DYKE goes to the MOMA and The Schlesinger Library
We had a fabulous time, meeting so many amazing women, and sitting in presentations which were fascinating and sometimes way over our heads, tech-wise - which is good, we think. It's always good to know what you
don't know, and to connect with resources for learning it. And how wonderful it was to be in rooms full of smart, articulate, kind and generous women, many of whom were presenting materials from various archives, libraries and institutions around the country, as well as sharing so much great information - technical, anectdotal and historical.
Presenter Michell Moravac, was moved to tweet a day or two after the conference, "Was #WHDigWrld the 1st @Birksconference of Digital Women's History?"
Michelle's link
HERE is a link to the conference. Several of the presentations are available with a link to the visulal portion of the presentation as prepared by the presenters. How convenient, educational and fun, right?
The
DYKE, A Quarterly power point is HERE. And if you are interested in digitizing YOUR collections...
DO IT.
We discovered that compared to so many institutions and archives, the DAQ digital archive is put together with tins cans and string. But it doesn't matter. It still works. So, for a start in digizing, if you haven't already done so,
CHECK HERE Digital Scholarship in The Humanites, from the blog
Exploring the Digital Humanities.