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For a full list of tools and resources available at Scholar's Lab, visit the [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/about/ What is Scholar's Lab] page.
For a full list of tools and resources available at Scholar's Lab, visit the [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/about/ What is Scholar's Lab] page.
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==Geospatial Data Portal==
 
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The [http://gis.lib.virginia.edu/ Scholar's Lab Geospatial Data Portal] is a repository (built with [http://fedora-commons.org/ Fedora]) created by Scholar's Lab of GIS data sets. Users can search for terms within a specified geographical locale, and can view the returned data sets either within their browser or in Google Earth.
 
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Though this portal is freely available online to anyone who comes across it, there are no instructions available anywhere on the Scholar's Lab site that explain how to use this tool. The portal page itself seems to presuppose familiarity with searching this type of data, and does not provide the ability to browse the data available within the tool.
 
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The [http://gis.lib.virginia.edu/ Scholar's Lab Geospatial Data Portal] is a repository (built with [http://fedora-commons.org/ Fedora]) created by Scholar's Lab of GIS data sets. Users can search for terms within a specified geographical locale, and can view the returned data sets either within their browser or in Google Earth.
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Though this portal is freely available online to anyone who comes across it, there are no instructions available anywhere on the Scholar's Lab site that explain how to use this tool. The portal page itself seems to presuppose familiarity with searching this type of data, and does not provide the ability to browse the data available within the tool.
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Revision as of 15:22, 4 October 2011

Scholar's Lab at the University of Virginia Library.

Scholar's Lab is based out of the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia. It was established in 2006 "as a site for innovation in the humanities and social sciences." [1] and specializes in geospatial humanities research. The Lab provides bookable rooms, equipment, digital resources, and consultation services to faculty and "advanced students in the humanities and social sciences" [2].

Contents

Resources

Within its physical space, Scholar's Lab offers a variety of resources to its users. Staff provide consultative assistance in the areas of project management, electronic text encoding and its qualitative analysis, and the digitization of texts and images.[3] The space also includes high-end computers with high resolution monitors for digital research. These computers are equipped with specialized software of relevance to digital humanities scholars.

These tools include:

For a full list of tools and resources available at Scholar's Lab, visit the What is Scholar's Lab page.


Activities

In addition to providing a physical space and electronic resources to its users, the Scholar's Lab also hosts and promotes events for the wider scholarly community.

Fall 2011 Workshop Series

Praxis Program

NEH Institute on GIS

Projects

Collective Biographies of Women

An image of Elizabeth I of England from the Collective Biographies of Women project.

The Mind is a Metaphor

Geospatial Data Portal

The Scholar's Lab Geospatial Data Portal is a repository (built with Fedora) created by Scholar's Lab of GIS data sets. Users can search for terms within a specified geographical locale, and can view the returned data sets either within their browser or in Google Earth.

Though this portal is freely available online to anyone who comes across it, there are no instructions available anywhere on the Scholar's Lab site that explain how to use this tool. The portal page itself seems to presuppose familiarity with searching this type of data, and does not provide the ability to browse the data available within the tool.

Significance to the Digital Humanities

The Scholar's Lab is of particular significance to the digital humanities due to its focus on geospatial information and data. Scholar's Lab employs two GIS specialists, both of whom are certified GIS specialists. Additionally, the Lab created and supports the Geospatial Data Portal, a

Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities

"Fellows receive $5,000 at the beginning of the fall semester and, after demonstrating progress toward stated goals, $5,000 at the beginning of the spring semester."[4]


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