Topic Modeling for Personal Digital Collections Appraisal: Pt.1 Tools & Resources

As the semester draws to a close, my topic modeling for digital collections appraisal project is almost complete. I have been exploring how well topic modeling can improve the process of appraising personal digital collections with respect to time and efficiency. I think my results are interesting enough that they merit a rethinking of how… Continue reading Topic Modeling for Personal Digital Collections Appraisal: Pt.1 Tools & Resources

AYBABTU or Topic Modeling in the Humanities

Many thanks to Jennifer Guiliano, Travis Brown, and the rest of the team at MITH for putting together such a fantastic workshop. It was inspiring to find myself in the MITH mothership amidst people helping to bring DH closer to the center of our various disciplines – despite past and present nay sayers. A recent… Continue reading AYBABTU or Topic Modeling in the Humanities

¡Preservationistas! Online Communities, Activist Preservation, and Born-Digital Archives

In lieu of audio from the presentation last month at Archives and Activism, I decided to put the slides up. When the audio becomes available, I will post. For the first part of the presentation visit Jefferson Bailey’s website here. Preservationistas: Online Communities, Activist Preservation, and Born-Digital Archives from Thomas Padilla