Building Data from Correspondence: A "Collections as Data" Approach
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2023-11-14
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Abstract
A digital scholarship librarian and a graduate student in English collaborated to create network data as a pilot “collections as data” project, facilitating computational research with UD digital collection materials. We share our process, lessons learned, and how collections as data can be explored at an institution of any size.
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Presented at the Digital Library Federation Forum, November 2023, St. Louis, MO.
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collections as data, digitized archives, Black history, 20th century correspondence
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Abner, K. & Henry, B. (2023). Building Data from Correspondence: A “Collections as Data” Approach (presentation). DLF Forum, November 2023. St. Louis, MO.