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Introduction Zotero helps you to: keep track of your information while you search; create citations while you write; generate a formatted bibliography in seconds. Setting up Zotero Standalone Create your free Zotero account at https://www.zotero.org/user/register. Download and install Zotero Standalone at https://www.zotero.org/download. Add your username and password to Zotero Standalone to sync your account ( Zotero > Preferences > Sync). Add the browser connectors for your favorite browsers. Task: Saving Sources Find a Rutgers library catalog record (https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/) for one book (using keyword or subject search) and add it to your Zotero library. Find an article in JSTOR and add it to your Zotero library.Read More →

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Workshops take place either in the DH Lab or in IHL 413 (a computer lab), both on the fourth floor of Alexander Library, 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ. Francesca Giannetti, Digital Humanities Librarian, is the instructor for all workshops. Your RSVP is appreciated. Citation Management with Zotero Digital Humanities Lab (Alexander 406-407) September 26, 1-2 pm Zotero is a free application that collects, manages, and formats citations and bibliographies. In this introductory, hands-on workshop, we’ll learn how to create collections for different projects, attach PDFs and notes to references, tag references for easy searching, and generate citations and bibliographies in Word. Bring laptops and downloadRead More →

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The Rutgers Digital Humanities Initiative recently awarded DH seed grants in support of four scholarly digital projects. Marlene H. Gaynair (PhD student, History), Hudson McFann (PhD student, Geography), Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (Coordinator of the Internship Program and Instructor of Public History, History), and Mary Rizzo (Associate Director of Digital and Public Humanities Initiatives, American Studies, and Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, History) are the principle investigators who will develop these projects and present on their work in 2017-2018. Islands in the North: Black Caribbean Migrants Creating Space and Place in Toronto, 1950s to 1990s This digital project (re)creates the space and place of Black Caribbean/West IndianRead More →

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DH Showcase 2017 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 Teleconference Lecture Hall Scholarly Communication Center Alexander Library, 4th Floor 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey Join us on Thursday, March 23rd, for the DH Showcase featuring a series of talks on the digital work of graduate students and faculty in American Studies, Classics, English, History, and Library and Information Science, at Rutgers and beyond. We’ll also hear from our inaugural group of DH seed grant recipients – A.J. Blandford (History), Alex Leslie (English), and Jamie Pietruska (History) – on the research supported through this program. A reception will follow the talks. Download the flyer.Read More →

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Digital Humanities Showcase: Call for Proposals Submit by February 1, 2017 Showcase on March 23, 2017 The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) aims to bring together humanistic inquiry and digital technologies, organizing new modes of archival research, developing computer-aided methodologies for answering humanistic questions, curating digitized archives of all kinds, bringing digital platforms into the classroom in creative ways, and engaging critically with the culture of new media. In order to encourage collaboration and community at Rutgers, and regionally in the state New Jersey, the Rutgers Digital Humanities Initiative invites contributions to a Digital Humanities Showcase, to be held at Alexander Library on Thursday,Read More →