"Engaging Students in Digital Projects". Presented April 24, 2014 by Larissa Ringham, Digital Projects Librarian, UBC Library. Presented at the UBC Faculty Association's "Great People, Great Work" forum April 24 2014. Includes the Gold Rush Letters and the Epigraphic Squeezes digital projects at the University of British Columbia Library.

1. Larissa Ringham
Digital Initiatives, UBC Library
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN DIGITAL
PROJECTS
GreatPeopleGreatWork
April242014

2. TLEF – Flexible Learning Funded Projects
Gold Rush Letters
History Department
RBSC
LSIT
Digital Initiatives
Epigraphic Squeezes
Department of Classical,
Near Eastern and Religious
Studies (CNERS)
LSIT
Digital Initiatives

3. Gold Rush Letters

4. Gold Rush Letters
The Project
• Process
• Digitize
• Students transcribe,
describe and reflect
• Markup and analysis
• … other ideas?

5. Epigraphic Squeezes

6. Epigraphic Squeezes
The Project
• Catalogue
• Digitize
• Students transcribe,
describe and reflect
• Present translations in
learning modules
• … other ideas?

7. For more info on the projects:
http://fromstonetoscreen.wordpress.com/
(student blog on the Squeezes project)
Digitizer’s Blog
Look for blog posts with project details coming soon!
Questions?
larissa.ringham@ubc.ca