Humanities Commons is a not-for-profit network for scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences to collaborate and share work. Built through a partnership of scholarly societies, Humanities Commons can help you develop your online presence, expand the reach of your scholarship—whatever form it may take—and connect with other sch…[Read more]

In recent years, important research on crowdsourcing in the cultural heritage sector has been published, dealing with topics such as the quantity of contributions made by volunteers, the motivations of those who participate in such projects, the design and establishment of crowdsourcing initiatives, and their public engagement value. This article…[Read more]

Slides for AJS Commons workshop that give an overview of the ways to develop a professional online presence, collaborate, and share scholarship on AJS Commons and Humanities Commons.

Emergent mobile technologies offer museum professionals new ways of engaging visitors with their collections. Museums are powerful learning environments and mobile technology can enable visitors to experience the narratives in museum objects and galleries and integrate them with their own personal reflections and interpretations. UCL‟s QRator p…[Read more]

Guest presentation in Projects in Rare Book Digitization course (Pratt University, LIS 666) on analyzing digitized books and printed materials with digital humanities methods (primarily text analysis).

Run by a nonprofit consortium of scholarly societies, Humanities Commons wants to help you curate your online presence, expand the reach of your scholarship—whatever form it may take—and connect with other scholars who share your interests. The presentation introduces Humanities Commons and the power linking CORE, our open access repository, wit…[Read more]