Join Hesburgh Libraries' Rare Books & Special Collections (RBSC) and the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (NFCDS) for a half-day, hands-on workshop covering the basics of digitally mapping text-based materials. In this session, we will work with RBSC’s copies of the journal Repertorio Americano (1826–1827), a cornerstone publication of post-independence Hispanic American print culture. You will learn essential skills needed to transform narrative content into mappable data points, and begin building a visual narrative using ArcGIS.

Prerequisites:

1. No previous knowledge of or experience with any of the session topics is required.
2. Please bring a laptop.
3. Please plan to join us for the entire session.

Schedule:

1. 12:30pm: ORIENTATION — Check-in, welcome, and coffee (Carey Courtyard)
2. 1:00pm: PRESENTATION — How to work with Rare Books & Special Collections materials (Rare Books & Special Collections)
3. 1:30pm: PRESENTATION — Getting organized for beginning digital project work (Rare Books & Special Collections)
4. 2:00pm: BREAK
5. 2:10pm: WORK TIME — Small group research work/data entry using the project’s templates (Rare Books & Special Collections)
6. 4:00pm: PRESENTATION — The basics of creating a web map in ArcGIS using the project’s spreadsheet data (Rare Books & Special Collections)
7. 5:00pm: WRAP-UP — Lessons learned, next steps, and pizza (Scholars Lounge)

Do not hesitate to reach out to rarebook@nd.edu with any questions!

Presenters:

1. Rachel Bohlmann, Rare Books and Special Collections
2. Eduardo Febres Muñoz, Latin American Languages & Literature
3. Payton Phillips Quintanilla, Rare Books and Special Collections
4. Julie Vecchio, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship