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Digital Humanities News

In April, Digital Humanities Librarian Dr. Lindsey R. Peterson attended the Organization of American Historians’ Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana to discuss strategies for connecting people to the past using digital history projects about the American Civil War Era. Along with project co-director Dr. Susannah J. Ural (Mississippi State University), Peterson delivered a co-authored paper entitled, “Do They Work? Free Digital Archives and Reaching Marginalized Audiences.” Peterson focused on the USD-based Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi project’s efforts to create keyword, advanced, and faceted search mechanism to increase the discoverability of marginalized voices in digital collections without replicating the racial and gendered violence found within the archival collections.

 

Teen Intern Program

USD Digital Humanities Librarian Dr. Lindsey R. Peterson delivered a guest lecture and ran a workshop in March with the New York Historical Society’s Student Historian Internship program. Around thirty high school students transcribed documents from the USD-based Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi project and discussed the importance and challenges of editing historical documents for born digital editions. Peterson introduced students to the workflows and components of scholarly digital editions like CWRGM, and they discussed importance of increasing digital access to cultural heritage materials, like nineteenth century governors’ records, and the challenges they can present. 

 

GPO Makes Available New Statutes at Large Dating Back to 1789

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has added historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large (Statutes at Large) to GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. The newly added Volumes 1–64 (1789–1950) date back to 1789 and include the text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, amendments to the Constitution, treaties with Indians and foreign nations, presidential proclamations, and treaties and international agreements approved by the Senate. GPO added these Volumes to the previously existing collection covering the years 1951–2018. The entire Statutes at Large collection now covers 1789–2018 (1st–115th Congresses).

Statutes at Large: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/STATUTE

The Statutes at Large is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Volumes were added through collaborative digital imaging efforts between the Library of Congress and GPO.

Users may browse each volume on GovInfo by Bills Enacted into Laws, Private Laws, Presidential Proclamations, Public Laws, Treaties, and other levels of granularity. In addition to these digitally imaged files, GPO will also make available a version of each document in the United States Legislative Markup (USLM) XML schema in the future.

RED Readership - March 2024

In March, USD RED had 11424 full-text downloads and 19 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1750. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 968 institutions across 138 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1028 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (452 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43

The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (356 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (6921 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Dissertations and Theses (2211 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (925 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

Open House - Archives & Special Collections, Digital Humanities, Digital Imaging Lab, and South Dakota Oral History Center

The University of South Dakota’s University Libraries is set to host an open house for the newly renovated special collections area on the third floor of the I.D. Weeks Library on USD’s campus Thursday, April 18, from 4-6 p.m.

The open house is free and open to the public, and snacks and refreshments will be available.

The third floor of the library is home to the Archives & Special Collections; Digital Humanities initiative; Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library and Photographs; and the South Dakota Oral History Center.

The Archives & Special Collections houses collections of manuscripts and rare books, as well as the institutional archives for USD. Materials held by Archives & Special Collections relate to local, state and regional history and politics, including Native American history and culture. Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Ryan Burdge will be present to give guided tours of the collections, giving attendees a behind-the-scenes look at where and how these valuable resources are kept and preserved.

Digital Humanities Librarian Lindsey Peterson, Ph.D., and a team of undergraduate and graduate students will share their editorial work on the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi project (CWRGM), a digital documentary edition of over 20,000 archival documents sent to Mississippi’s governors during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The CWRGM team will discuss their efforts to use metadata, transcriptions, subject tags and annotations to digitally disseminate this vast collection of documents, which feature the voices of thousands of Americans from diverse backgrounds as they engage with their government during a tumultuous and pivotal era of U.S. history.

Sarah Hanson-Pareek, head of the Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library and Photographs, will discuss USD’s holdings in the Digital Library of South Dakota. The Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library and Photographs is home to an advanced imaging facility, mechanisms for providing open access to USD’s cultural heritage collections through the Digital Library of South Dakota and the curation of unique photographic materials housed in the Archives & Special Collections.

Attendees will also have a chance to visit the South Dakota Oral History Center with Director Samuel Herley, Ph.D., and examine sample transcripts and recordings from its collections, which include the American Indian Research Project and South Dakota Oral History Project. The South Dakota Oral History Center, founded in 1966, contains more than 5,000 recordings from some 50 tribal nations and all 66 counties in South Dakota. The combined resources of the South Dakota Oral History Center make it one of the largest collections of oral histories and historical recordings on the northern Great Plains.

The schedule of events for the open house is as follows.

4-4:20 p.m. – Opening

Invocation by Sungmanity Oyate H’oka
Introductions by Damon Leader Charge, director of tribal outreach, Sanford School of Medicine
4:20-4:50 p.m. – Tours and learning sessions

Archives & Special Collections tour
Digital Humanities initiative information sessions
Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library and Photographs information session
South Dakota Oral History Center listening stations
5:15-5:30 p.m. – Speakers

John Little, Ph.D., director of Native recruitment and alumni engagement
Cheryl Maloney, master’s student
5:30-5:50 p.m. – Tours and learning sessions

Archives & Special Collections tour
Digital Humanities initiative information sessions
Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library and Photographs information session
South Dakota Oral History Center listening stations

 

 

Trial- Roper iPoll

 Roper iPoll: Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of poll data anywhere—from 1935 to present. Contains data from U.S. and international polling firms with broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues,
politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more. Questions, charts, demographic crosstabs, and dataset downloads are immediately available.

 Trial ends April 21, 2024

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Celebrating 50 Years of Tiospaye and the 50th Annual Wacipi

https://archivesandspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/celebrating-50-years-of-tiospaye-and-the-50th-annual-wacipi/

Photo - Dancer at the 19th Annual USD Wacipi hosted by the Tiospaye Student Council, 1991.

 

New Staff - Cailey Schendel

Help us welcome Cailey Schendel. Cailey has accepted the position of imaging specialist and digital projects coordinator, and will be joining the Digital Imaging Lab, Digital Library & Photographs

Trial - Statista

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What is Statista?

Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries. Topics include media, business, politics, society, technology, and education. Sources encompass market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Why Statista?

Comprehensive Data: Gain access to a vast repository of reliable and up-to-date data spanning various industries, markets, and consumer trends.

Time Savings: Save valuable time by streamlining the research and processing of quantitative data, allowing you to focus more on analysis and insights.

High-Quality Data: Rest assured that all data provided by Statista is thoroughly verified for validity and reliability. With a commitment to transparency and comparability, Statista ensures that you can confidently utilize the information in your work.

User-Friendly Interface: Experience the ease and convenience of Statista's intuitive search functionality, which guides you through the process in just three simple steps: Enter your search term, explore relevant content, and download it directly for seamless integration into your projects. Additionally, content can be downloaded in commonly used Office formats, and citations can be generated using different citation styles for added convenience.

How to Access Statista

Using this link to the library databases, click on “S” to go to database names starting with S. Alternatively, search for “Statista” under the databases search bar.

Use this research guide for more information on Statista.

Trial Duration

The trial period for Statista will run for 30 days from March 28, 2024. We encourage everyone to take full advantage of this opportunity and explore the diverse range of data sets and features offered by Statista.

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Your feedback is invaluable in helping us evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of Statista for our academic and research needs. Please feel free to share your thoughts, experiences, and suggestions with us throughout the trial period.

Should you have any questions or need assistance accessing Statista, please don't hesitate to contact david.wachira@usd.edu.