Category: #BUDSC16

Privilege and Making Sense: Using Filmmaking to Find the Cracks in The World

Aug 17, 2016

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Jill Hallam-Miller

in #BUDSC16, #s2b, Redefining Art through the Digital, Reframing the Digital Through Art

Simon Tarr (University of South Carolina) Art is often hailed as a way that people make sense of the complicated world around us. This process of “making sense” is also described in theoretical models that come from communications, information science, human computer interaction, and other disciplines. However, when it comes to figuring out new and…
Library-led Digital Scholarship for Undergraduates at a Small Institution

Aug 17, 2016

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Jill Hallam-Miller

in #BUDSC16, #s2c, Defining Student Success through Digital Scholarship Initiatives

R.C. Miessler, Lauren White, Keira Koch, and Julia Wall (Gettysburg College) In the summer of 2016, Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library piloted the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship (DSSF), a library-led, student-centered introduction to digital scholarship. The Fellowship, a 10-week, paid, summer program for rising sophomores and juniors, is programmatic, based on a curriculum designed to introduce…