Digital Publishing Workshop Series Published: September 13, 2019 By: Corliss Lee Whether you are looking to create a digital book, a companion website for a book, a scholarly portfolio, or a full-scale digital project, this workshop series is designed to get you up and running with the skills and tools you need for successful digital publications. No programming or coding knowledge is required. Technology workshops will be hands-on; bring a laptop if you can. Learn more and register at bit.ly/dp-berk. Web Platforms for Digital Projects Monday, September 16, 3:40-5:00 p.m. D-Lab, 350 Barrows Hall How do you go about publishing a digital book, a multimedia project, a digital exhibit, or another kind of digital project? In this workshop, we’ll take a look at use cases for common open-source web platforms WordPress, Drupal, Omeka, and Scalar, and we’ll talk about hosting, storage, and asset management. There will be time for hands-on work in the platform most suited to your needs. No coding experience is necessary. Please bring a laptop if possible. Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects Wednesday, September 25, 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. D-Lab, 350 Barrows Hall This training will help you navigate the copyright, fair use, and usage rights of including third-party content in your digital project. Whether you seek to embed video from other sources for analysis, post material you scanned from a visit to the archives, add images, upload documents, or more, understanding the basics of copyright and discovering a workflow for answering copyright-related digital scholarship questions will make you more confident in your publication. We will also provide an overview of your intellectual property rights as a creator and ways to license your own work. Publish Digital Books & Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks Tuesday, October 15th, 2-3:30 p.m. Academic Innovation Studio, Dwinelle Hall 117 (Level D) If you’re looking to self-publish work of any length and want an easy-to-use tool that offers a high degree of customization, allows flexibility with publishing formats (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), and provides web-hosting options, Pressbooks may be great for you. Pressbooks is often the tool of choice for academics creating digital books, open textbooks, and open educational resources, since you can license your materials for reuse however you desire. Learn why and how to use Pressbooks for publishing your original books or course materials. You’ll leave the workshop with a project already under way. The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last Wednesday, October 30, 11:10 a.m. -12 p.m. Academic Innovation Studio, Dwinelle Hall 117 (Level D) You’ve invested a lot of work in creating a digital project, but how do you ensure it has staying power? We’ll look at choices you can make at the beginning of project development to influence sustainability, best practices for documentation and asset management, and how to sunset your project in a way that ensures long-term access for future researchers. Upcoming workshops next semester: By Design: Graphics & Images Basics Text Data Mining and Publishing HTML/CSS Toolkit for Digital Projects
Whether you are looking to create a digital book, a companion website for a book, a scholarly portfolio, or a full-scale digital project, this workshop series is designed to get you up and running with the skills and tools you need for successful digital publications. No programming or coding knowledge is required. Technology workshops will be hands-on; bring a laptop if you can. Learn more and register at bit.ly/dp-berk. Web Platforms for Digital Projects Monday, September 16, 3:40-5:00 p.m. D-Lab, 350 Barrows Hall How do you go about publishing a digital book, a multimedia project, a digital exhibit, or another kind of digital project? In this workshop, we’ll take a look at use cases for common open-source web platforms WordPress, Drupal, Omeka, and Scalar, and we’ll talk about hosting, storage, and asset management. There will be time for hands-on work in the platform most suited to your needs. No coding experience is necessary. Please bring a laptop if possible. Copyright and Fair Use for Digital Projects Wednesday, September 25, 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. D-Lab, 350 Barrows Hall This training will help you navigate the copyright, fair use, and usage rights of including third-party content in your digital project. Whether you seek to embed video from other sources for analysis, post material you scanned from a visit to the archives, add images, upload documents, or more, understanding the basics of copyright and discovering a workflow for answering copyright-related digital scholarship questions will make you more confident in your publication. We will also provide an overview of your intellectual property rights as a creator and ways to license your own work. Publish Digital Books & Open Educational Resources with Pressbooks Tuesday, October 15th, 2-3:30 p.m. Academic Innovation Studio, Dwinelle Hall 117 (Level D) If you’re looking to self-publish work of any length and want an easy-to-use tool that offers a high degree of customization, allows flexibility with publishing formats (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), and provides web-hosting options, Pressbooks may be great for you. Pressbooks is often the tool of choice for academics creating digital books, open textbooks, and open educational resources, since you can license your materials for reuse however you desire. Learn why and how to use Pressbooks for publishing your original books or course materials. You’ll leave the workshop with a project already under way. The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last Wednesday, October 30, 11:10 a.m. -12 p.m. Academic Innovation Studio, Dwinelle Hall 117 (Level D) You’ve invested a lot of work in creating a digital project, but how do you ensure it has staying power? We’ll look at choices you can make at the beginning of project development to influence sustainability, best practices for documentation and asset management, and how to sunset your project in a way that ensures long-term access for future researchers. Upcoming workshops next semester: By Design: Graphics & Images Basics Text Data Mining and Publishing HTML/CSS Toolkit for Digital Projects