As may be appropriate for an organization with a turtle name in the title, this Digital Terps website has slowly but surely been launched!  We’ll be adding more resources as time goes on, but below is a copy of our current About page explaining what we offer.

Be sure to check in often for updates, and we’re glad to have you on board!

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Digital Humanities

noun

An indefinable, interdisciplinary approach that uses digital tools, strategies, and skills and  integrates them into the research, academia, and pedagogy of the humanities fields.

Digital Humanities – or DH – is typically  treated in the academe like this:

No longer.  Digital Terps is committed to advancing understanding and training of DH tools and opportunities on the University of Maryland College Park campus.  Here are our resources:

Twitter Feed

The best way to get in touch with DH news and people is, interestingly, through digital applications.  Check out this feed on the home page for the most recent developments in DH.

You can also tweet us @DigitalTerps

Digital Exhibition

You have an idea, you can see what it looks like, but you have no clue how to get started.  Come here to see some example projects as well as a list of tools they use to get what they need.

Project Forum

Collaboration is one of the most essential aspects of DH, or any academic pursuit.  Post your idea here, and others interested in that work can contact you.

People

Check out the faces and bios of the people at Digital Terps.

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Cheers!

– Erik Shell