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The Endings Project @ UVicConcluding, Archiving, and Preserving Digital Projects for Long-Term Usability
@RiskNorth 2, Montreal QC, November 2018Lisa Goddard
University of Victoria Libraries
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HUMANITIESPROFESSORS• English• French• Linguistics
HUMANITIESCOMPUTING
LIBRARIANS
Claire Carlin Janelle Jenstad Elizabeth Grove-White
Martin Holmes Stewart Arneil Greg Newton
Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins
Lisa Goddard John Durno Matt Huculak
ENDINGS - SSHRC Insight - $192,000 - 4 Years
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How DO digital humanities projects conclude?
How SHOULD digital humanities projects conclude?
Research Questions
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Survey of DH project leads: 127 responses
In-depth interviews: 27
How DO digital humanities projects conclude?
Short answer: They don’t.
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Survey Results (Preliminary)
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Reported Challenges (Preliminary)
Funding
Institutional support
Hosting
Documentation
Team turnover
Project management
Academic merit
Rights
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How SHOULD digital humanities projects conclude?
The project team will finish, document, and archive four DH projects at UVic.
• Robert Graves Diary Project • The Nxaʔamxčín Database and Dictionary• Le mariage sous l’Ancien Régime• The Map of Early Modern London
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Archival copy: HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
Write code modules to generate all the output pages needed.
OR
Process a version of the actual existing site, using a web crawler to create a static version.
Dynamic Site
Static Site
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Diagnostic Tools
• Ensure quality
• Track progress
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Compliance Guidelines
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Endings Project Outputs
Four (or more) digital editions finished and archived.
Diagnostic tools - quality control- help track tasks to completion- produce documentation
Set of principles/guidelines for ending and archiving projects.
Preservation readiness assessment quiz.
Training materials for DH researchers.