This toolkit describes the process for creating digital videos using the Unboxing the Archive process. It will also include technical guidance for help in historical research, video editing, and acquiring images.
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This toolkit guides users through planning and interviewing process for starting an oral history project using the Black Artists of Boston procedures and fundamental file management best practices. It includes questions to encourage users to create a project meaningful to their organization or class as well as practical step-by-step advice for selecting technology, developing the necessary forms, and recording interviews.
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This toolkit offers an introduction to the Omeka S platform, allowing users to begin a simple archive including multimedia objects and basic Dublin Core metadata. Beginning from a basic Omeka S installation, it includes steps on managing accounts, creating and importing Omeka S objects, and creating pages and navigation that allow you to display your objects and metadata on a basic archive website.
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This toolkit offers an introduction to the free and open source tool TimelineJS, allowing users to create interactive visual timelines using nothing but a spreadsheet. This toolkit begins with instructions on setting up a new TimelineJS timeline, and includes steps on how to publish your timeline to the web as an embedded feature on any website–including CMS platforms such as WordPress and Omeka S.
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Toolkit compiled and written by Sayyara Huseynli, Ph.D. student in World History, Northeastern University
August 2024
Special thanks to the 2024 Summer Enrichment program scholars at Freedom House and the Summer 2024 Reckonings Project Team.
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This toolkit offers an introduction to Zotero, a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. Participants will learn uses of Zotero and how to use multiple accounts on Zotero desktop application to manage different sets of bibliographic data. Additionally, they will set up and use two browser extensions for Zotero which will allow them to save information to the preferred Zotero library, personal vs professional. Participants will learn how to work with Group Libraries. (Note: Many users do not find it necessary to work with two Zotero accounts.)
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Our Unboxing the Archive: Telling Overlooked Stories through Video toolkit describes how videos are powerful forms of storytelling and tools for documenting/preserving histories. Once you have decided to use digital/video storytelling to highlight underrepresented narratives, recap an event, etc., you will face the process of crafting a video with all your findings. This toolkit provides a brief overview of the stages of video production and the steps you can take to create a comprehensive, well-produced, and engaging video narrative.
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This toolkit provides a path to curating oral histories digitally with specific features such as selected quotes, an index to the interview, and other features. It has grown from building a sandbox website that curates oral histories from four distinct projects with specific digital platforms and tools. The toolkit also gives more general steps for preparing for interviewing and for curating of the interviews for digital presentation. Finally, it gives the pros and cons of using a range of specific tools.
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Welcome to the Metadata Toolkit for Zotero. The guide details the process of digitizing, organizing, describing, and preserving materials using a Zotero Group Library.
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