Today SourceLab is hosting an edit-a-thon for historical domestic science materials from the University of Illinois archives. Come through 3-5 at LAS hub in Lincoln Hall and learn about U of I history and creating and using textual transcripts for historical study! 🔶🔹👩💻📚
#editathon #DH
We are looking forward to more great presentations, discussions, workshops, and collaborative sessions at SourceLab Mondays this year. Come by Mondays 3-5 at the LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall to check it out! Open to all :)
It was such a pleasure meeting you all 🤩
Last week we had a *fantastic* presentation and discussion with Professor Helle Strandgaard Jensen (@sesamescholar.bsky.social) visiting from Aarhus University in Denmark! She discussed her journey as a digital historian, using AI in research, and the Web Child project -
cas.au.dk/en/erc-webch...
Come by today if you are interested in SourceLab or working on a digital project. We will have workshops, speakers, and activities throughout the semester, stay tuned for an official SourceLab Monday schedule! 📚💻🧠
#SourceLabMondays #DigitalHistory #DigitalHumanities
SourceLab is back for Fall '25! We re-opened last Monday with a fantastic discussion of SourceLab goals and history while welcoming in new scholars and students. New archival materials are being set up for HIST 207. SourceLab Mondays have begun again, every Monday 3-5 in the Lincoln Hall LAS Hub!
Our new Call for Proposals is out! Have or know of a digitized source you'd like to see wrestled into a framework you could use for recent, teaching, or public engagement? Let us know! sourcelab.history.illinois.edu/submissions/
Our new Call for Proposals is out! Have or know of a digitized source you'd like to see wrestled into a framework you could use for recent, teaching, or public engagement? Let us know! sourcelab.history.illinois.edu/submissions/
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#rarebooks #digitaleditions #censorship 📖
Historical proclamation document
Historical text in Czech
Big Blue Books Catalog cover
Selection of three small historical texts
Our visit to the RBML at Illinois was amazing! We viewed books that showed global histories of censorship, public information, domestic life, and health. Books helped us think through themes for new digital editions and future classes. We are grateful to the librarians for this great experience!
Our next SourceLab Monday, on April 7, will take place at the Rare Books and Manuscript Library here at UIUC! We will explore digital humanities and rare historical books. Come meet us at the RBML at 3 on Monday!
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#UIllinoisLibrary
Presentation on Tea and DH event with itinerary
This week SourceLab presented MinDoc at Illinois State University's Tea and DH session! It was great to show and try out the minimal computing framework for digital documentary editions, connect with students and scholars, and see the Digital Scholarship Lab at Milner Library! 🫖💻
#IllinoisStateU
We had an excellent SourceLab Monday workshop this week, experimenting with ArcGIS and story maps! Attendees learned new skills, created maps, and discussed applications ranging from literature to history to urban planning.
#ArcGIS #StoryMaps #DigitalHumanities #DigitalHistory
Group looks at digital presentation of silk road caravanserai 3D model
Group looks at digital presentation of SILK project areas and goals
Digital presentation of SILK project development phases, institutions, and collaboration
Some photos from Sepehr Vaez Afshar and Sarvin Eshaghi's amazing presentation on SILK (Sustainable Lifecycle for Kervansaray) from SourceLab Monday, March 10
#DigitalHumanities #DigitalHistory #SilkRoad
This upcoming SourceLab Monday 3/24, we will have a great workshop on GIS Storymaps! Come by the LAS hub in Lincoln Hall at 3! We will learn new digital skills, try them out, and have time to collaborate and work on digital projects. Hope to see you there!
Sep and Sarvin's presentation on the digital silk road was amazing! It incorporated 3-D digitization, game design, AI interfaces, pedagogy, mapping, and historical inquiry through a large number of international collaborators. Check out some of the team's work here: makingindigital.com/silk/
We are very excited to be joined this afternoon for this week's Source Lab Monday by Sep Vaez Afshar and Sarvin Eshaghi, two informatics PhD students, for a presentation on their digital explorations of silk road history! Come by the LAS hub in Lincoln Hall to listen, learn, and discuss!
Source Lab Mondays feature open collaborative work sessions, digital skills workshops, and "open mic" talks from students and digital scholars. Come by and/or let us know if you'd like to present! Check out our Spring 2025 calendar here and at our website 📅👩💻🎤
sourcelab.history.illinois.edu/forums/
Source Lab Mondays are back for Spring 2025! We had a fantastic Scalar workshop last week, learning how to create and work on digital editions. Today we will be joined by History Professor Bob Morrissey, come to the Lincoln Hall LAS Hub to hear his presentation at 3!
Source Lab Monday meetings are in the LAS Hub in Lincoln Hall on campus from 3-5. It's a weekly time for those interested in DH and Source Lab to work on projects and discuss interests. Talks and events will be planned too. Come by and let us know if you'd like to do an open mic talk on a project!
We had a very successful kick-off to this semester's Source Lab Mondays last week, thank you to everyone who came out, shared their interests, and learned more about Source Lab!
Want to reach out, learn more about SourceLab, or get involved? Email us at sourcelabuiuc@gmail.com 📜📚🧑💻
SourceLab is a great way to turn images of sources from archives / research into a published digital edition! We host events about digital documentary editing and exploring DH and the historical record as well. Stay tuned for our SourceLab Mondays event schedule for 2025!
We're proud to work with faculty and students across different UIUC departments and different institutions. We have an advisory and editorial board, and publish peer-reviewed source editions from students and researchers. Check out our past publications:
sourcelab.history.illinois.edu/publications/
Hello, all! SourceLab is a digital humanities collective at the University of Illinois focused on teaching, research, and publishing. We engage with DH research, publish digital editions of historical documents, and teach skills in digital documentary editing through history courses.