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Steal This Project

Posted on December 11, 2013 by jonvoss

The Civil War Data 150 Project was started as a proof of concept to explore the potential of Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, which has become known generally as #LODLAM.  An unsuccessful grant application to the NEH … Continue reading →

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Civil War Data 150 at AASLH 2011

Posted on October 2, 2011 by jonvoss

Mark Harvey, Archivist of the State of Michigan, lead a panel on the Civil War Data 150 project at this year’s American Association for State and Local History annual meeting.  Along with Mark, on the left, the panelists also included … Continue reading →

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Auto tweet bulk historic posts without programming

Posted on May 24, 2011 by jonvoss

In the rush up to getting things in place before the beginning of the Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration, we ended up setting up our tweets of significant Civil War battles without any programming, even though Ed Summers had laid out … Continue reading →

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CWD150 in O’Reilly Radar

Posted on April 30, 2011 by jonvoss

The O’Reilly Radar just published an article about the Civil War Data 150 project and the potential for Linked Open Data as a tool to aid historical analysis.  Audrey Watters interviewed Scott Nesbit, Civil War historian and associate director of … Continue reading →

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The Civil War (+150) Has Begun

Posted on April 12, 2011 by jonvoss

The commemoration of the American Civil War has begun, one hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Fort Sumter first began. In two days, the battle would be won by the Confederacy. We marked the beginning of the Civil … Continue reading →

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Conflict History

Posted on February 15, 2011 by jonvoss

ConflictHistory.com utilizes the Freebase API and Google Maps Flash to present a dynamic view of the history of war. Note that the Freebase API provides text primarily from Wikipedia at this time, and when you click on a battle, you … Continue reading →

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Civil War Data 150 at Linked Open Data Panel

Posted on February 15, 2011 by jonvoss

Kris Carpenter Negulescu led a panel on December 14, 2010 at the Coalition for Networked Information’s Fall Membership Meeting entitled: Linked Open Data: The Promises and the Pitfalls. Beginning at 25:55 in the video, she explores Civil War Data 150 … Continue reading →

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Live Tweeting the Civil War + 150

Posted on November 25, 2010 by jonvoss

One of the projects we’re beginning to embark upon is the “live” tweeting of the Civil War, 150 years after the fact, utilizing the battles and skirmishes outlined in Dyer’s Compendium. This is inspired by Ed Summers’ work to create … Continue reading →

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Civil War Data 150 in ReadWriteWeb

Posted on November 8, 2010 by jonvoss

Audrey Watters explored the Civil War Data 150 project in her recent post in the leading technology blog, ReadWriteWeb.  She touched on the technical and cultural importance and potential of utilizing Linked Open Data in libraries, archives and museums. She … Continue reading →

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Jews in the Civil War: Exploring Primary Sources

Posted on September 10, 2010 by jonvoss

I stumbled across an interesting site yesterday, Jewish-History.com, which includes quite a bit of information about a little researched topic: Jews in the Civil War.  It was the database on this site that drew me to it, containing the names … Continue reading →

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