2023 - Full Presentation Schedule
Digital Humanities Panel: Demonstrating TimelineJS – “Discovering John R. Dolin: His Life and Relationship with Margaret Payne During the 1940s”
Abstract
Digital Humanities projects provide students in multiple disciplines the opportunity to present their research in a digital format, allowing access by a significantly broader audience than a physical exhibit. Several free, easy-to-use digital creation tools are available to present these types of projects with very little or no additional support infrastructure required.
One such tool is TimelineJS, developed by Northwestern University’s Knight Lab. University Archivist Ann Merryman and Senior Instructor Librarian Laura Karas collaborated on a genealogy timeline researching the life of John R.Dolin, the author of the letters found in the digital exhibit “Women & WWII: the Letters of Margaret Payne” to supplement the digital exhibit project in HIST 391. For this particular timeline, significant content research was done through Ancestry.com, a subscription service not available through USC Upstate.
Using the digital tool TimelineJS presents content in a visually engaging way and allows content creators to embed multiple media types in a single timeline. The tool is also platform responsive for viewing on smartphones and tablets as well as standard computer monitors.
Digital Humanities Panel: Demonstrating TimelineJS – “Discovering John R. Dolin: His Life and Relationship with Margaret Payne During the 1940s”
CASB 101 - Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities projects provide students in multiple disciplines the opportunity to present their research in a digital format, allowing access by a significantly broader audience than a physical exhibit. Several free, easy-to-use digital creation tools are available to present these types of projects with very little or no additional support infrastructure required.
One such tool is TimelineJS, developed by Northwestern University’s Knight Lab. University Archivist Ann Merryman and Senior Instructor Librarian Laura Karas collaborated on a genealogy timeline researching the life of John R.Dolin, the author of the letters found in the digital exhibit “Women & WWII: the Letters of Margaret Payne” to supplement the digital exhibit project in HIST 391. For this particular timeline, significant content research was done through Ancestry.com, a subscription service not available through USC Upstate.
Using the digital tool TimelineJS presents content in a visually engaging way and allows content creators to embed multiple media types in a single timeline. The tool is also platform responsive for viewing on smartphones and tablets as well as standard computer monitors.