Freedman Center

Join us for Digital Scholarship Lunch Discussions

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship will hold two lunch-time discussions to continue the conversation started at this year's colloquium and the recently published white paper on the future of collaborative digital scholarship support on campus.

Join Roger Zender (Team Leader, Digital Learning & Scholarship) and Cheryl Seme (Digital Scholarship Librarian) for these informal sessions to share your experiences using technology to enhance research, give insight into field-specific research trends and provide feedback on how the Freedman Center, the library and its university partners can come together to support researchers. Lunch will be provided.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 1 and Friday, May 3 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm
WHERE: Dampeer Room (KSL 2nd floor)

Please RSVP using this form by 5:00pm on Monday, April 29. Refer questions to freedmancenter@case.edu.

The Freedman Center Colloquium: Exploring Collaboration in Digital Scholarship

The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship is pleased to announce its 2013 colloquium: Exploring Collaboration in Digital Scholarship. The focus for this year's event will be to highlight how the production and support of digital scholarship is a necessarily collaborative process, and is better because of it.

Speakers from Emory University, THATCamp, Research Data Alliance, College of Wooster, NITLE, and the University of Cincinnati will share their thoughts on how collaborative processes have brought a new level of discovery and understanding in support of scholarship. Joining them will be representatives from the Kelvin Smith Library to discuss the future of the Freedman Center and a shared vision for supporting digital scholarship on campus.

To learn more about this event, including a full list of presenters and topics, visit: http://library.case.edu/ksl/colloquium/

WHEN:
Monday, April 8, 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Tuesday, April 9, 9:00am – 12:00pm

WHERE:
Clapp Reading Room, Kelvin Smith Library (first floor)

This is a free event. Click here to register.

Freedman Fellows Presentation Series: The Inscriptions on the Antikythera Mechanism

The third event in our presentation series features Freedman Fellow Paul Iversen (Associate Professor, Classics). Iversen will discuss two new technologies he is using to read the inscriptions incised on the Antikythera Mechanism, a device considered to be the first analog computer.

Capable of computing and displaying information such as lunar phases, the rising and setting of stars and constellations, the lunisolar calendar of northwestern Greece and Panhellenic festivals including the Olympic games, the Antikythera Mechanism was found in a 1901 shipwreck and dates back to the second or first century BCE.

The technologies Iversen is using to read the inscriptions include Computed Tomography (CT) scans generated by a technology called Micro-Focus x-rays, and photographic images that employ a technology known as Polynomial Texture Mapping (PTMs).

Often overlooked, VR panoramas, VR objects and 3D/Stereoscopic photography are easy and exciting ways to enhance and add a virtual element to most New Media projects. Co-presenter Jared Bendis (Creative New Media Officer, Kelvin Smith Library) will give a step-by-step guide on the tools and techniques used to create these media elements and also outline how to best integrate them into a project.

This presentation is free to attend. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

WHEN: Friday, November 16 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm
WHERE: Clark Hall, Room 206 (11130 Bellflower Road)

About the Program: The Freedman Fellows Program is a partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences and Kelvin Smith Library. This program aims to identify and support scholarly research of faculty at Case Western Reserve University. Awards are granted to faculty to sustain projects that are currently active, hold scholarly or instructional value, integrate the use of digital tools, and have clear project outcomes in support of digital scholarship.

To learn more about the Freedman Fellows Program and its recipients, visit: library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/specialprograms/fellows

Freedman Fellows Presentation Series: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Rebuilding a Digital Humanities Platform for a New Century

WHEN: Friday, October 19th, 12:30pm-2:00pm
WHERE: Clark Hall, Room 206 (11130 Bellflower Road)

Join us for the next installment in our presentation series as Freedman Fellow Dr. John Grabowski discusses the motivation to move the online Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (http://ech.case.edu) to a new level of utility and technical viability. First published in hard copy in 1987, the Encyclopedia has sold over 14,000 copies and made its move to the web in 1998.

The online edition has expanded and evolved over the past fourteen years, currently containing over 4,400 articles. Hear about Grabowski’s venture to determine the best means to add to it new, media-rich material; how to open that material to a system of “tagging;” and how to adapt the infrastructure to be sustained and expanded in the 21st century.

Additionally, Grabowski and co-presenters Kirsten Nagel (Marketing, Communications and Training Manager, ITS) and Katie O'Keefe (Web Developer, University Marketing & Communications) will discuss the University’s progress towards creating a centralized web creation & hosting environment, and how projects such as this can be incorporated into this new vision for faculty support.

This presentation is free to attend. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

To learn more about the Freedman Fellows Program and its recipients, visit:
library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/specialprograms/fellows

Freedman Fellows Presentation Series: Digital Mapping of Child Trafficking in Northeast Ohio

Join Dr. Brian Gran as he leads a discussion on child trafficking in our own backyard. Statistics gathered from alternative public websites, the FBI, city and suburban police departments, county departments, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) and various social service providers aim to help in the development of digital maps and scientific estimates of where, how often and what kinds of trafficking are taking place around Northeast Ohio.

Humanities scholars have embraced GIS (geographic information systems) technology in recent years for their research involving spatial analysis and visualizations. Digital mapping applications can assist in the analysis of large amounts of spatial data to discover patterns and trends in the data that may not be easily seen in tabular format.

Co-presenter Ann Holstein (GIS Specialist, Kelvin Smith Library) will give us insight on how Dr. Gran is able to create digital maps for his research using statistical data collected from these websites and agencies and processed using specialized software. She will also show examples of other child trafficking digital mapping projects from around the world.

This event will take place in Clark Hall, Room 206 on Friday, September 21 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm.

To learn more about the Freedman Fellows Program and its recipients, visit:
library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/specialprograms/fellows

New Year, New Changes...for the Freedman Center!

New Name, New Hours

Under its new name and new hours, The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship (once known as The Samuel B. & Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center) kicks off what will be the beginning of a true transformation for the Center in physical space and its mission. Check KSL News for updates throughout the process.

Visit us during our Fall business hours:

Monday - Friday: 9 am until 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12 pm until 5 pm

New Longer Check-outs for your Favorite Items

Why just “try it before you buy it” when you can make it your own? Our iPads are now available for 2 night check outs and are reset when returned. Upload your iTunes account, download your favorite apps--now you can really try one out!

Learn a new language in your dorm using our Pimsleur Language Learning System. This listening-based approach asks users to recall words and form sentences from memory at varying intervals instead of just repeating to enforce memory. Formally a library-use only item, we now offer you 2 nights to learn a new language in the comfort of your own home.

Spring or Summer Abroad? Learn the Language Basics in the Freedman Center

Before you go abroad, step into the Freedman Center! Our self-paced Pimsleur language learning series can get you started talking with the locals. Each listening-based lesson takes about 30 minutes to complete during which users are instructed to recall and form phrases to strengthen memory.

We offer...
Brazilian Portuguese 1-3
Chinese/Cantonese 1
Dutch 1
Egyptian Arabic 1
French 1-3
German 1-3
Greek 1
Hebrew 1
Hindi 1
Italian 1-3
Japanese 1-3
Polish 1
Mandarin 1-3
Russian 1-3
Spanish 1-3
Turkish 1

Have a question for the Freedman Center? E-mail us: freedmancenter@case.edu