2018-03-12: NEH ODH Project Directors' Meeting

Michael and I attended the NEH Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) Project Directors' Meeting and the "ODH at Ten" celebration (#ODHatTen) on February 9 in DC.  We were invited because of our recent NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant, "Visualizing Webpage Changes Over Time" (described briefly in a previous blog post when the award was first announced), which is joint work with Pamela Graham and Alex Thurman from Columbia University Libraries and Deborah Kempe from the Frick Art Reference Library and NYARC.

The presentations were recorded, so I expect to see a set of videos available in the future, as was done for the 2014 meeting (my 2014 trip report).  
Update: 2018 Lightning Round Talk Videos

The afternoon keynote was given by Kate Zwaard, Chief of National Digital Initiatives at the Library of Congress. She highlighted the great work being done at LC Labs.

Kate Zwaard is today's #ODHatTEN keynote! She's shared a bit about our approaches & projects that explore @librarycongress collections - find more https://t.co/sSM8jmyx6G

And maybe make your own! See some prompts (data + APIs): https://t.co/V3lRJPN1Ou

— LC Labs (@LC_Labs) February 9, 2018

. @kzwa is talking about all the cool things that @LC_Labs is doing with the incredible scale of the @librarycongress, including the Congressional Data Challenge https://t.co/zCJsmQYk91 - make visualizations and apps from their bulk data and API #ODHatTEN

— Dan Cohen (@dancohen) February 9, 2018

After the keynote, each project director was allowed 3 slides and 3 minutes to present an overview of their newly funded work.  There were 45 projects highlighted and short descriptions of each are available through the award announcements (awarded in August 2017, awarded in December 2017).  Remember, video is coming soon for all of the 3-minute lightning talks.

These lightning rounds are the best. So many disciplines, audiences, perspectives represented. #ODHatTEN

— Perry Collins (@perrycollins) February 9, 2018

Here are my 3 slides, previewing our grid, animation/slider, and timeline views for visualizing significant webpage changes over time.  Update: My 3-minute lightning talk video

Visualizing Webpage Changes Over Time from Michele Weigle

Following the lightning talks, the ODH at Ten celebration began with a keynote by Honorable John Unsworth, NEH National Council Member and University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Virginia.

I was honored to be invited to participate in the closing panel highlighting the impact that ODH support had on our individual careers and looking ahead to future research directions in digital humanities. 

Panel: Amanda French (George Washington), Jesse Casana (Dartmouth College), Greg Crane (Tufts), Julia Flanders (Northeastern), Dan Cohen (Northeastern),  Michele Weigle (Old Dominion), Matt Kirschenbaum (University of Maryland)

Here's the lovely cake celebrating the @NEH_ODH 10th anniversary! Here's hoping we have a few more. 🎂🍰 #ODHatTEN pic.twitter.com/a0CqrbozuD

— Brett Bobley (@brettbobley) February 13, 2018

Thanks to the ODH staff, especially ODH Director Brett Bobley and our current Program Officer Jen Serventi, for organizing a great meeting.  It was also great to be able to catch up with our first ODH Program Officer, Perry Collins. We are so appreciative of the support for our research from NEH ODH.

Here are more tweets from our day at ODH:
ODU WS-DL at the 2018 NEH ODH Project Directors' Meeting and #ODHatTEN
-Michele

Updated (4/17/2018) - added links to lightning talk videos