Jeffrey McClurkenAs I finish planning on a workshop about the end of DH projects, including end-of-project management, digital preservation options, assessing success, & ways to move forward with next projects (including course-integrated digital projects and/or collaborations), I'd love to hear any advice that you think I should share with the group. @kfitz @elotroalex @benwbrum @sharonmleon @[email protected] @[email protected] @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory @Readywriting
Alex Gil@jmcclurken @kfitz @benwbrum @sharonmleon @jaheppler @rebeccawingo @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory @Readywriting what tack are you taking? DH projects can mean all the things. I'm of the persuasion that most internet-facing DH projects should be done in 3 years or less, should have a static output and that all of this should be on an MOU. For success, at least your campus newspaper should cover it if its public humanities, or that the relevant fields are citing it if academic humanities.
@elotroalex @kfitz @benwbrum @sharonmleon @[email protected] @[email protected] @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory @Readywriting Depends on if institutional projects or class-based projects, are they on-going or intended to end (because of funding/interest/support). I like static version, but not all have local expertise. Sensitive to varied capacities.
@jmcclurken @kfitz @benwbrum @sharonmleon @jaheppler @rebeccawingo @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory @Readywriting yeah, static is worth it for non-student projects that hope for longevity. I prefer to do ephemeral with students anyway, unless it's their project and they want longevity. Then I have that talk with them about the long term, and why it's worth it to develop that "local" expertise.
Lee Skallerup Bessette@elotroalex @jmcclurken @kfitz @benwbrum @sharonmleon @[email protected] @[email protected] @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory For students, I want them to focus on the how instead of the what. Take screenshots/video, reflect on the learning, put THAT in a portfolio. That's the part they should preserve.
@Readywriting @elotroalex @kfitz @benwbrum @sharonmleon @[email protected] @[email protected] @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory The student focus is so important, but I imagine some in the workshop will be viewing this from an institutional perspective. I'm curious if others have additional advice for libraries or edtech units.
Kalani Craig@elotroalex @sharonmleon @jmcclurken @Readywriting @miriamkp @kfitz @rebeccawingo @jaheppler @foundhistory @benwbrum Static sites 4eva! (More seriously: Underlying text/data/images + video walkthrough of what team intended, all of which can be migrated forward, help connect institutional & public-facing preservation.
Ben W. Brumfield@jmcclurken @kfitz @elotroalex @sharonmleon @jaheppler @rebeccawingo @kalanicraig @miriamkp @foundhistory @Readywriting
I've changed my opinions on this a lot over the last decade+. I really like Laura Morreale's simile: preserving digital projects may be more like preserving a dance performance than like preserving an essay. (Developed in https://osf.io/preprints/bodoarxiv/7p2t6/ ), and think it ties to the kinds of techniques @tjowens talks about in _Theory and Practice of Digital Preservation_ -- save the source code, yes, save the data, but also save a video walk-through of the site as it currently stands, from the perspective of the creator.
My own synthesis of what this means for #DigitalEditions in particular is at https://content.fromthepage.com/preservable-digital-editions-at-aha2018/ (slides and transcript).
@benwbrum @jmcclurken if you have to do a video, that's a good sign you doing stuff that's too complicated 🤣 [runs for cover]
@elotroalex @benwbrum Haha. Thanks, Alex. Well, offering that as a way of capturing something for someone who can’t handle a static version is also an option.
@jmcclurken @elotroalex I don't disagree from the perspective of site design, but we all know how the vision for a project can change during construction -- this provides a way to capture a bit of creator intent.
Sheila A BrennanJeff, are you familiar with the #SustainingDH projects/workshops, the SocioTechnical Sustainability Roadmap? https://sites.haa.pitt.edu/sustainabilityroadmap/
Team at Pitt led by Alison Langmeade, Chelsea Gunn, Aisling Quigley
Chelsea offers a few other links related to this project’s multiple resources that are super useful : https://chelseagunn.com/Sustaining-DH
The work doesn’t necessarily give all the answers, but it provides work sheets for walking through the steps for identifying people, resources, assets, requirements for the project, and the encouragement to repeat every 3 years.
Last fall, they released a facilitators guide to running a workshop with the toolkit, https://sites.haa.pitt.edu/sustainabilityroadmap/resources-for-facilitators/.
Last fall, they released a facilitators guide to running a workshop with the toolkit, https://sites.haa.pitt.edu/sustainabilityroadmap/resources-for-facilitators/.