{"id":280,"date":"2019-01-16T19:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2021-01-05T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:16:09","slug":"dh-resources-at-ucla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/tutorials-guides\/dh-resources-at-ucla\/","title":{"rendered":"DH resources at UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;re feeling stumped. Is there help available? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YES!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-person (virtual) help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Two DH experts work for UCLA&#8217;s Digital Humanities program and are available to help you with any questions I can&#8217;t answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyperlakurtz.com\/about-2\/\">Dr. Wendy Perla Kurtz<\/a> is a lecturer and project scientist in the Digital Humanities program. Dr. Kurtz is experienced with a broad range of DH tools and has particular expertise in mapping. You can reach her at wpkurtz@ucla.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dh.ucla.edu\/person\/anthony-caldwell\/\">Anthony Caldwell<\/a> is the assistant director of UCLA&#8217;s Digital Research Consortium and is widely knowledgeable about DH tools. He has particular expertise in 3D modeling. You can reach him at acaldwell@humnet.ucla.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, several places on campus offer specialized help. The Library&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.ucla.edu\/location\/data-science-center\">Data Science Center<\/a> is such a great resource for data-cleaning, stats, coding, and mapping help, and you can <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/data-science-team\" target=\"_blank\">book an appointment online<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For thorny visualization and mapping problems, you can make an appointment with one of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/idre.ucla.edu\/gis-visualization-modeling-consulting\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for Digital Research and Education&#8217;s consultants<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCLA&#8217;s Digital Scholarship Librarian, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.ucla.edu\/staff\/zoe-borovsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoe Borovsky<\/a>, can help you get access to data, and also knows about many tools and technologies that could be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various other people are often willing to help out if we ask nicely. Talk to me if you can&#8217;t find the help you need!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Find an aggregated list of workshops <a href=\"https:\/\/workshops.idre.ucla.edu\/workshops\/\">here<\/a>! The topics are highly relevant to our class and well worth checking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Institute for Digital Research and Education offers <a href=\"https:\/\/idre.ucla.edu\/resources\/gis-visualization\/trainings-and-workshops\">workshops by request<\/a>, mostly on mapping topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My two favorite subscription-only resources are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/proquest.safaribooksonline.com\/\">Safari library of ebooks<\/a> on technical topics. These books are very expensive to purchase, but we get access through UCLA.<\/li><li>the Lynda library of videos, which you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/portal\/sip?org=lapl.org\">can access with an LA Public Library card<\/a>. These are fantastic, helpful videos. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re feeling stumped. Is there help available? YES! In-person (virtual) help Two DH experts work for UCLA&#8217;s Digital Humanities program and are available to help you with any questions I&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/tutorials-guides\/dh-resources-at-ucla\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DH resources at UCLA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh201w22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}