Author Archives: Roxanne Shirazi

About Roxanne Shirazi

Roxanne Shirazi is assistant professor and dissertation research librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she also serves as project director for the CUNY Digital History Archive and oversees the college’s institutional archives.

Decoding Networks

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

I’ll preface this post by saying that even after reading Manuel Lima’s immensely readable chapter introducing networks in Visual Complexity, I am not entirely certain that I understand the purpose of most network visualizations. On second thought, perhaps I don’t … Continue reading →

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#cunydh12 RT @nypl_labs: RT @iridium: 30 Places to Find Open Data on the Web | Visual.ly Blog http://t.co/S1Wg2fmO via @Visually

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

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MT @archivesnext: Two meanings of "archival silences" http://t.co/1mChPdXC [call for archival voices in #dh discussions] #cunydh12

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

MT @archivesnext: Two meanings of “archival silences” http://t.co/1mChPdXC [call for archival voices in #dh discussions] #cunydh12 Continue reading →

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Playing with Tools for Text (Part II)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

I found a tool that sounds like it would be suited to a project comparing a novel and its screenplay adaptation (it is, of course, far more complicated than this assignment allows).  The tool is called PAIR: Pairwise Alignment for … Continue reading →

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Playing with Tools for Text

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

Our assignment this week was to play with some text mining tools and to try blogging our ventures “in progress.”  After taking a look at some of the tools, I wondered if any might be used to compare the text … Continue reading →

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Nice overview for #cunydh12 RT @ndiipp: Becoming Digital, Or, What Comes Before The Preservation? http://t.co/rqerC6b8 (via @RBMSinfo)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

Nice overview for #cunydh12 RT @ndiipp: Becoming Digital, Or, What Comes Before The Preservation? http://t.co/rqerC6b8 (via @RBMSinfo) Continue reading →

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Citizen archivists

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

I find the pairing of these two projects useful in that they represent both ends of the spectrum of digital archives; “What’s on the Menu” is a digitized collection, and the September 11 Digital Archive is comprised primarily of born … Continue reading →

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Computational humanities vs. #digitalhumanities by @manovich http://t.co/Yh4fLXXo #cunydh12

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

Computational humanities vs. #digitalhumanities by @manovich http://t.co/Yh4fLXXo #cunydh12 Continue reading →

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May be of interest: Tooling Up for Digital Humanities | Spacial Analysis http://t.co/lPk6vbed #cunydh12

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

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My beginner’s take on the @tweetMETRO Feb. 23rd #lodlam event and #digitalhumanities: http://t.co/MNTsc2Wp #cunydh12 cc: @nypl_labs

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Roxanne Shirazi

My beginner’s take on the @tweetMETRO Feb. 23rd #lodlam event and #digitalhumanities: http://t.co/MNTsc2Wp #cunydh12 cc: @nypl_labs Continue reading →

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