Dear Commons Community, 

Yesterday was the finale of the Digital Research Institute.   Ten sessions were held in the morning focusing on a number of practical topics including Grant & Fellowship Tips, Copyright, and Digital Project Preservation.  I participated in a three-hour session on Text Analysis led by Michelle McSweeney. Michelle provided fine insights into issues of analyzing text material including word searches, extracting context, tokens (unique sequences), sorting, etc.  She was very effective in her presentation and it was obvious that she had much experience in doing this type of analysis.

In the afternoon, Matt Gold and Lisa Rhody summed up the week’s activities and then asked each participant to give a brief presentation on what they learned at the Institute and more importantly, how they would apply it to their own research projects.  It was a fine finish to a fine week of stimulating presentations and discussions.

Bravo and Brava to Matt, Lisa, the Digital Fellows, and all the participants!

Tony