When I tell people I am the geospatial data services librarian at NYUAD I usually follow with an explanatory statement like, “That means I work with maps.” While I do work with maps of all kinds, that simple statement does not capture all of the ways I can be a partner in geospatial research and teaching.
What does digital humanities work look like?
During the Fall 2017 semester, the CDS has been hosting three of Professor David Wrisley’s research assistants, all of whom are doing work on his various digital humanities projects. The first project is a continuation of his Linguistic Landscapes of
National Archives joins Arabic Collections Online
We’ve had an exciting few weeks in the CDS working with Digital Content Manager, Melitte Buchman, from the New York campus and the National Archives here in Abu Dhabi. Melitte, along with Rebecca from the CDS, spent several days at
Faculty Research Partnerships: The MaSC Project
The CDS has recently become a partner in the Music and Sound Culture Research Group (MaSC) at NYU Abu Dhabi. The head of the CDS is a co-PI in one of the group’s recently funded projects, involving a muti-faceted approach
The Teaching with Technology Series: Muslim Popular Culture
During the Spring 2017 semester, Visiting Arts Professor, Fawzia Afzal Khan, used NYU Web Publishing in order to create a multimedia learning space, and a publicly viewable forum, for her Muslim Popular Culture class. Staff from the Center for Digital Scholarship
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The CDS Teaching with Technology Series: Danielle Ompad
The CDS technology series continued with a visit from New York Faculty member Danielle Ompad Associate Professor, College of Global Public Health. Danie and Instructional Designer Sharon Kay reached out the CDS to help assist in making 6 short instructional videos whilst Danie was
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Day of DH 2017
To contribute to the worldwide Day of DH efforts, here’s a recap of some of the things that the Center for Digital Scholarship at NYU Abu Dhabi has been working on this year: Being inspired by the recent Digital Humanities Abu
Digital Humanties Meet Up: Digitizing Historical Maps
This hands on session led by Rebecca Pittam, Academic Technology Specialist, Nicholas Martin, Librarian for Archives and Special Collections, David Wrisley, Visiting Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Matt Sumner, Data Services Librarian, explored creating digital images of archival maps of
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NYU ABU DHABI DIGITAL HUMANITIES MEETUPS 2016-17 CONT’D
What is the Digital Humanities Meet Up? It is an informal get together for anyone interested in, or just curious about, the digital humanities. It is co-sponsored by the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Digital Scholarship and the Division
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The CDS Teaching with Technology Series: Rachel Brulé
As part of our effort to highlight interesting work being done by our faculty, we will occasionally write posts that feature NYUAD faculty using technology in creative ways in their research and teaching. The CDS Teaching with Technology Series: Rachel Brulé Assistant
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Documenting the Old: The Heritage Lab
“Heritage and national identity are closely connected. Throughout the past 45 years, the UAE has gone through very rapid changes and development. All the while, it has been very much engaged in bridging its past with its present and future.”
NYUAD’s first series of Digital Humanities Meetups 2016/17
What is the Digital Humanities Meet Up? It is an informal get together for anyone interested in, or just curious about, the digital humanities. It is co-sponsored by the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Digital Scholarship and the Division of
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Tools to help your research process
Looking for a list of tools that can help you with the research process, or in developing posters for conferences, or to visualize your data? Check out this great list of resources (some free!) that our friends at Gallatin created:
An Artist’s Archive in the Making
One of the many services the Center for Digital Scholarship provides is access to high-quality preservation equipment, including flatbed and film negative scanners, and skilled staff that can help scholars use them. Recently, a team working with Theater Professor Ruben
The CDS Teaching with Technology Series: Debra Levine
As part of our effort to highlight interesting work being done by our faculty, we are launching a Teaching with Technology series on the CDS blog. We will occasionally write posts that feature NYUAD faculty using technology in interesting ways
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Bringing Video to the Classroom
Video courtesy of the Instructional Video Module team in New York. Incorporating instructional videos into the classroom as a supplement for teaching can have several benefits on student learning. Commonly called Blended Learning or the Flipped Classroom model, using media
Arabic Collections Online: Digitizing Works from Around the World
Arabic Collections Online, sponsored by NYU Abu Dhabi, is a mass digitization project that aims to provide full-text access to thousands of Arabic language titles online, for free. The project is a collaborative effort among six university libraries, who have
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Turkey: Late Ottoman Empire Modern Republic
Photography in Turkey dates back to the 1840s. Initially promoted by studios such as those of Abdullah Frères, and Sabah and Joaillier, photography quickly became popular and widespread throughout the country: this is evident in the rapid rise in the number of
Behind the Scenes: “Selections from the Global Shakespeare Collection”
During the Spring 2014 semester a small exhibition in the NYUAD Library, “Selections from the Global Shakespeare Collection,” offered a glimpse at one of the Library’s unique collections. The growing Global Shakespeare features early and rare editions of Shakespeare plays
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Our first year: Reflecting on the past and looking ahead
The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) celebrates its first birthday this month! A year ago we opened our doors to NYUAD faculty and in doing so launched a new space and suite of services not previously available at the university.
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Grand Opening: Archives and Special Collections
As we prepare to open our doors at long last, it is my pleasure to introduce the NYUAD Library division of Archives and Special Collections. Sometime during this academic year you have probably seen, walked past, perhaps wandered into a
So many different career paths…
There are plenty of options for career paths to take after one completes their studies in the sciences and engineering. It’s easy to talk to any of the professors about a career in academia, but not so easy to find
The sign is up…
After several months of backwards and forwards the giant 1.3 x 3m sign is finally up in the CDS. Special thanks to Marin Devine, Graphic Designer here at NYUAD and also to hypsos from Dubai for the printing and installation.
The CDS Workshop Series
During the fall semester, the CDS held a series of workshops related to digital tools and technologies. We scheduled sessions on a variety of topics, including data services tools such as Qualtrics, Stata and ArcGIS, introductory sessions on shooting video and
NYU Abu Dhabi – The early years
In 2014, members of the NYUAD Oral History Project collected 26 oral histories from members of the NYUAD community to become part of an historical archive documenting the origin and growth of our institution. The goal of the project was
Patents, anyone?
Patents are an important topic for many scientists on campus. For that reason a Patent Research Lecture Series was held on 14-17 September 2014, in collaboration with Science & Engineering Librarian Amani Magid. The series was presented by Rachel Pilloff
Welcome to the Center for Digital Scholarship!
Welcome to the blog for the new Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) in the NYU Abu Dhabi Library! We’ll use this space as a way to feature the types of work that we do in the CDS as well as the