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"More Hack, Less Yak," An Oral History of the Digital
HumanitiesBlacksburg, VA. Virginia Tech. CS 4624. 6
May 6 2013. Purdom Lindblad. Nikhil Plassmann, Jacob Sheppard, Ximeng
(Simon) Yuan, Brandon Myers
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Project Objectives
● Document the history of Digital Humanities
● Interview digital humanists (professors, faculty, archivist, practitioners)
● Video recording and editing of interviews
● Create a promotional video of the project
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Interview 1
● Gail McMillan - Virginia Tech, Director of Digital Library and Archives○ Previously an archivist at the Smithsonian
Institution○ VT ImageBase○ EJournal○ ETD-db
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Interview 2
● Jim Glanville - retired Virginia Tech chemistry professor○ Identifies more as a digital historian than digital
humanist○ Publishes writings
on the historyand archeology ofSouthwest Virginia
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Final Interview:
● Scott Pennington - eResearch Projects Coordinator○ Worked for MATRIX○ Focus is on
maintaining endangered archives
○ Has worked extensively in
parts of Africa
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Problems and Concerns:
● Camera availability○ difficult during second half of semester
● Lighting kit availability○ footage of Gail was dark
● Due to time constraints, some that were planned to be interviewed were not○ Andrew Stauffer - Director of NINES at UVA○ David Radcliffe - Virginia Tech English Professor
● Video editing isn't quite done yet○ 1080p footage requires better computers○ Innovation Space○ Variety of video formats
■ due to different cameras● Audio problems with lapel mics
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Equipment
● Cameras○ Variety used
● Lighting○ Only used once
● Audio○ Lapel Mics made quality
much better
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Questions?