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ZSR’s Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communications (DISC) team is joining the Research, Instruction, and Outreach (RIO) team. This marks both an ending and a beginning, a chance to reflect on what DISC accomplished as a standalone unit and to chart a path forward for how ZSR supports digital scholarship and digital pedagogy. What We’ve Built... Continue reading “A Look Back, A Step Forward: DISC Joins RIO” ›
“It smells kind of like feet down here,” I say. In truth, it smells very much like feet. “Well, yes, that’d be the shoe room,” Mary replies, pointing to an open door, through which I can see rows upon rows of shelves, overflowing with shoes of all types. It’s the smell of generations of feet,... Continue reading “Wake Forest’s Historical Costumes Take the Stage in the Digital Age” ›
Img source: merriam-webster.com When approaching a project that aims to create a digital exhibit of an artist’s live performances, it’s important to think about where the project exists within the broader scholarly conversation on performing arts archives. Writers such as Carolyn Steedman (Dust) and Diana Taylor (The Archive and the Repertoire) have explored the role... Continue reading “Indelible Objects: The Lynn Book Project and the Intersection of Archives and Performance” ›