Tag: ECDS
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Disability Pride Month and digital accessibility
This Sunday, July 26, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark piece of legislation which protected the rights of people with disabilities. The ADA was the culmination of decades of activism and resulted in unprecedented opportunities for people with disabilities. Accordingly, July 26 is celebrated…
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Kayla Shipp, Digital Scholarship Specialist, Digital Publishing, ECDS
Kayla Shipp joins ECDS as the new digital scholarship specialist on the Digital Publishing Team in ECDS. Before transitioning into her current full-time role, she was a digital scholarship associate at ECDS from 2016-2019. At the time she was also completing her Ph.D. in English and working as an instructor in the Emory English department. Before…
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Amy Li, Communications Coordinator, ECDS
Amy Li recently joined the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) as their new communications coordinator postdoctoral fellow, having spent the past year as the Emory Libraries/ECDS Digital Humanities Fellow. She also finished the final year of her PhD, graduating this past May. Amy has also worked as: a social media coordinator for ECDS through…
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ECDS develops AR app for Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama
As announced in a previous blog post from January 2020, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) has developed an augmented reality (AR) app for the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama exhibit at the Atlanta History Center (AHC), with whom ECDS has an ongoing partnership. The Cyclorama AR Experience app identifies and illustrates significant points-of-interests (POIs) embedded in the…
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ECDS adjusts to COVID-19
Everyone is dealing with a tremendous amount of change in their work life as well as in their personal lives and we hope everyone is successfully making their way through these crazy times. In ECDS, we have had to make some adjustments, even though a good portion of our work can be done remotely and…
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Adam P. Newman, Digital Scholarship Specialist, ECDS
Adam P. Newman is the new digital scholarship specialist for Atlanta initiatives at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS). In this role he will manage the implementation of Emory’s ATL Dashboard project, a new initiative which will track and visualize Emory’s community engagements throughout the metro area. He also serves as the managing editor…
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ECDS helps launch Emory podcast for healthy living
When Dr. Sharon Bergquist wanted to start a podcast to give people on-the-go access to the latest health and wellness information that could change their lives, she turned to the staff at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. ECDS helped her launch “The Whole Health Cure,” Emory Healthcare’s podcast that aims to inform and inspire…