Comments on: Social Networking and Digital Humanities Projects http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Wed, 23 May 2012 10:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: Amanda Sikarskie http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-10 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:46:59 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-10 I’m so glad that you’re interested in analytics. Using various analytics apps has really helped me convince others that our social media campaign is effective, and we’ve even gotten a little bit of fodder for future grants out of the data generated by analytics apps. I’m definitely planning on demos of various analytics and how best to use the data gleaned from them to be a focal point of my session. See you in Columbus!
Amanda

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By: Marjorie McLellan http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-9 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:19:03 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-9 The discussion of analytics and social networks will be very useful to me at this point. I also look forward to learning more about Kora and how it compares with Omeka.

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By: jamesdcalder http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-8 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:40:22 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-8 Yes, I’d love to hear more about Kora! Also would be great to have some concrete ideas for how to use social networking tools more effectively. While I am a huge proponent of using these tools, I do find that its really hard to measure the impact of things like Facebook or Twitter, beyond, of course, the number of followers/friends one gets. And I’m also not sure if such numbers really translate into whether or not the tool is being used effectively. Anyways, sounds interesting, can’t wait to hear more!

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By: Amanda Sikarskie http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-7 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:08:47 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-7 Great point about the Kora cms, Eric. I’d be happy to talk with anyone about Kora as well. It’ll be good to see you again at THAT camp!

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By: Eric Limbach http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-6 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:53:34 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-6 As a tangent to Amanda’s post, the Quilt Index site is built on the Kora content management system. I know that a number of ThatCamp attendees will be familiar with Omeka; Kora is similar, but different enough that each system has its own strengths. If anyone out there has an interest in designing/developing digital humanities projects (I’m sure there are a few of you), and would like to know a bit more about Kora, feel free to chat with one of us.

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By: Erin Bell http://columbus2010.thatcamp.org/11/30/social-networking-and-digital-humanities-projects/#comment-5 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:55:01 +0000 http://thatcampcolumbus.org/?p=308#comment-5 Hi Amanda, great post. I really like your examples of *active* social networking (“object of the day, polls, galleries, etc”) and use of analytics to make sense of your audience and their needs and behaviors.

I think a lot of times, sites offer a lot of ways to access material and interact with their organization (Twitter, FB, etc.), but they don’t always follow through by actually working in those media. So their accounts just kind of sit there gathering dust or (worse, maybe) become the personal outlet for staff socializing. I’d be interested to hear how you manage daily workflows for multiple social networks along with maintaining the main QI site (and other work).

I’m also really excited to hear about your use of analytics on social networks. I’m hoping to get a session together to talk about data mining in social networks (as it relates to long term preservation, future history making, etc.) and think this might be a good place to start (that is, existing audiences within our existing networks) before moving on to the vast mountains of data elsewhere.

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