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2026 Fall Digital Scholarship Celebration
On October 22nd, the Centers for Digital Scholarship, the Digital Scholarship Group, and the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science hosted the annual Fall Digital Scholarship Celebration. This was a hybrid event that allowed people from all of the Northeastern campuses, and beyond, to attend. There were seven lighting talks from students, faculty,…
Discussing the Elma Lewis Papers with Joy Zanghi
Joy Zanghi is the Elma Lewis Digital Project Librarian for the Digital Production Services at Snell Library. Joy spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about her work with the Elma Lewis papers and the challenges of digitizing archival collections. Her comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Colleen: To start, could you introduce…
Boston Research Center: Interview with Co-Director Caitlin Pollock
Caitlin Pollock is the Associate Director of the Digital Scholarship Group. Caitlin spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about her work co-directing the Boston Research Center. Her comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Colleen: To start, I think it would be nice if you could just, before getting into BRC, just kind…
Interview with Savita Maharaj, Early Black Boston Digital Almanac
Savita Maharaj is the Project Manager for the Early Black Boston Digital Almanac. Savita spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about her work with the EBBDA as both a Northeastern undergraduate and a PhD student at Brandeis University. Her comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Colleen: Thanks again for meeting with me.…
Interview with Syd Bauman
Syd Bauman is the XML Programmer-Analyst for the Digital Scholarship Group in Snell Library. Syd spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about his work with XML, the TEI, and the Women Writers Project. His comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Colleen: Thanks for taking the time to meet with me. How did…
DH Project Management Workshop
On June 17, 2026, we were excited to host a workshop on the fundamentals of DH project management, led by Julia Flanders and Caitlin Pollock. Julia and Caitlin provided best practices for project managers of DH projects. They highlighted how project management is as much a social endeavour as it is professional. The workshop began…
Interview with Nirmala Menon
Nirmala Menon is a professor of Literature and Digital Humanities at IIT Indore, and is visiting the CDS as a Fulbright Scholar this year. Nirmala spoke with Julia Flanders, CDS Director, about her work establishing a DH center in India and her experience on the Fulbright. Their comments have been edited for brevity and clarity.…
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project: Interview with Gina Nortonsmith and Joel Lee
Gina Nortonsmith is the Archivist for African American History in the Archives and Special Collections in Snell Library. Joel Lee is the Data Engineer in the Digital Scholarship Group (DSG), also in Snell. They both work on the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project (CRRJ). Gina and Joel spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator,…
Digitization with Digital Production Services
This workshop was part of the 2025-26 Digital Practice Workshop Series, an ongoing collaboration between the Centers for Digital Scholarship (CDS) and Humanities Center that centers topics related to digital archives and digital humanities. The series is intended to strengthen collaborations between Snell Library and CSSH. On April 1, 2026, Digital Production Librarian Kimberly Kennedy…
Interview with Kehinde Ilegbusi and Holly Lyczak from the Reckonings Project
Kehinde Ilegbusi is a History PhD student. Holly Lyczak is an undergraduate majoring in International Affairs and Spanish. They both work for the Reckonings Project. Kehinde and Holly spoke with Colleen Nugent McLean, CDS Coordinator, about their work with the Reckonings Project and the various different initiatives that Reckonings is pursuing. Their comments have been…