ND/CRRA Forum on Digital Humanities
This message outlines an upcoming event tentatively called the Notre Dame/CRRA Forum on Digital Humanities: Who: Anybody and everybody across the University What: A set of presentations and workshops...
View ArticleSimple log file analysis
Today I did a bit of simple log file analysis against the Portal’s Apache log file. Specifically, I wanted to extract the queries people have been using. Naturally, I wrote a program to do this work —...
View ArticleCRRA in San Diego
This is a simple annotated list of links used as an outline for a presentation to the CRRA in San Diego: CRRA website – The good ol’ look & feel but wrapped around new content and functionality....
View ArticleCRRA in San Diego Jan. 6, 2011
We look forward to seeing many of you in San Diego for our upcoming meeting. Full details follow and are on the web at http://tinyurl.com/crra-jan2011. Portal development is a focal point for this...
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CRRA in San Diego January 6, 2011
From left to right: Eric Morgan (ND), Eric Frierson (St. Ed’s), Marta Deyrup (Seton Hall), Clay Stalls (Loyola Marymount), Kris Brancolini (Loyola Marymount), Jennifer Younger (CRRA), Tyrone Cannon...
View ArticleVuFind, OAI-PMH, and the “Catholic Portal”
Without undue difficulty I have been able to harvest metadata from a ContentDM site via OAI-PMH, index the data in Solr, and successfully search & retrieve this metadata in VuFind all for the...
View ArticleCRRA/ND Digital Humanities Forum, February 24-25, 2011
Digital Humanities Forum and Workshops February 24-25, 2011 sponsored by Hesburgh Libraries, the Center for Research Computing (CRC), and the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) SCHEDULE OF...
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Really simple movies
I have created a set of really simple movies demonstrating the features and functions of the “Catholic Portal” — http://bit.ly/eCls8b Enjoy!?
View ArticleData warehousing Web server log files
I have begun to create a data warehouse for CRRA (VuFind) Web server log files. This posting introduces the topic. The problem There is an understandable need/desire to know how well the “Catholic...
View ArticleCRRA Update January 2011
CRRA Update JANUARY 2011 In this update … Please reserve space on your calendars now for these upcoming CRRA events: Tuesday, March 29 - Dinner in Philadelphia with your CRRA colleagues Wednesday,...
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Visitors’ Info – February Digital Humanities Forum
Visitor Information February 24-25, 2011 ND/CRRA Digital Humanities Forum University of Notre Dame Please note that we have reserved blocks of rooms at the Inn at St. Mary’s and the Morris Inn. If you...
View ArticleUsability testing
As we move the “Portal’s” sandbox implementation into production we plan on doing some usability testing. Below are the question we will be asking: Identify the library or archive holding the papers...
View ArticleJoin virtually the “CRRA/ND Digital Humanities Forum” Thursday Feb. 24
Dear CRRA members and friends, Are you interested in learning more about Catholic digital scholarship and innovations in text mining and visualization to facilitate knowledge discovery within the...
View ArticleFebruary 2011 Update
Please mark your calendars for the March 30 All-Members Meeting and March 29 Pre-meeting Events Tuesday, March 29 – Villanova University, Philadelphia 1-4:30 Events at Falvey Memorial Library 6:30...
View ArticleGoals for 2011/2012 draft
At our March 30 All-members meeting in Philadelphia http://bit.ly/CRRA_SJU , we will take a look at where we’ve been and where we are going. The strategic draft plan: Goals for 2011/2012 will guide...
View ArticleUsability results from Team Catholic Portal
This posting lists the results of a usability study done against the “Catholic Portal”. In a previous posting called “Usability testing” (dated February 14, 2011) a set of eight usability questions...
View ArticleDoing usability against the “Catholic Portal”
This posting describes a process for iteratively studying usability issues against the “Catholic Portal” with the expectation that it will be applied by each institutional member of the Digital Access...
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Digital Humanities Forum — A Travelogue
This is the briefest of travelogues — a description of what went on at the Digital Humanities Forum, February 24, 2011. On Thursday, February 24, the Hesburgh Libraries and the Catholic Research...
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CRRA All-Members Meeting: A Travelogue
Just about this time last week I was attending the CRRA All-Members Meeting in Philadelphia (March 29-30, 2011). This posting documents the experience. The Meeting began Tuesday afternoon, March 29, at...
View ArticleApril 2011 Update
The CRRA April 2011 Update is now available at: http://bit.ly/Update_April2011. Highlights in this issue include: SAVE THE DATE! “Advancing Catholic Scholarly Research: A Symposium” November 9-10, 2011...
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