Blog 7: Timeline for UNH Archives
My team’s project is creating a historical timeline of UNH using Knightlab with the help of Professor Kai Uchida at the UNH Archives. We have split up the work into four timeline entries that best represent the significant events in UNH’s history for each member of the group. First, we will each focus on gathering historical documents, images, and records for our timeline entries. Then, we will construct the timeline and place all the events in chronological order. Next, we will handle data modeling and metadata to keep all our entries well-organized, properly formatted, and searchable. Finally, we will communicate with our client to see if we met their needs and we will make changes to the timeline based on their feedback.
Our process involves collecting and digitizing materials, building a logical timeline, and making sure everything is accessible to the public. We are working with historical media, archival documents, and records, and our goal is to create a timeline that reflects the history of UNH and is engaging for both researchers and the public.
This project ties in many concepts from Digital Humanities such as metadata and digitization. Our timeline fits within the category of digital heritage since we are preserving and presenting UNH’s history in a digital format. The use of metadata makes sure the timeline is not only informative but also accessible and organized, which are concepts we have read about in the sections of the textbook discussing data modeling and presentation. By using Knightlab’s Timeline tool, we are contributing to public history, making academic archives more engaging for a wide audience.
Our clients, Professor Kai Uchida and the University Archives will provide us with guidance on what materials to prioritize and we will continue to communicate with him as we refine the project. We are aiming to create a polished, professional timeline that not only meets the needs of our client but also serves as a valuable historical resource for UNH’s community.
VJ Basraa
Well said by VJ! Our group project is to create a timeline using the UNH archives. Professor Kai Uchida will be assisting us and providing helpful information and insight for our project. We started by each selecting four events from the UNH archives that Kai provided. After we selected the events we are to find three pieces of information that tie into each of our events. This specific project plays a large part in digital humanities, specifically metadata and digitization as VJ had said previously. I completely agree with the idea that by using Knightlab we are allowing the archives to be more accessible for students as well as more engaging. I am very excited to continue to work on this project and have very high hopes for the product!
ReplyDeleteLove the team work! It's great to see how you're using ideas from the Digital Humanities in your work. The focus on both digitization and information is so important for making history available. Using Knightlab for this kind of public history project will make the timeline interesting and useful for a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteThis project is coming together pretty good! It's cool that we’re focusing on key events in UNH’s history and making them accessible to everyone through Knightlab. Organizing everything with metadata really makes it easier to navigate, and working with Professor Uchida has definitely helped us find important important and relevent artifacts. Will look great when it's all done.
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