Author: Joel

Adrian Wisnicki, professor of English, is advancing work on the Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education, or COVE, project, an open access platform that serves as a low-cost, scholar-led alternative to commercial publishing platforms. The platform, which includes texts from the Renaissance until the early 20th century, allows educators to create customized anthologies of materials for…

Andrew Jewell, professor of University Libraries and co-director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, is leading the creation of a digital library of American novelist Willa Cather’s literary manuscripts. The library will include high-resolution images of each document, extensive metadata about each item and expert-authored analyses of the manuscripts. These resources will…

Kwame Dawes, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner, and Lorna Dawes, associate professor of University Libraries, are leading an international team in expanding the African Poetry Digital Portal. This online tool documents the work of African poets and provides digital access to related creative and intellectual artifacts, materials…

With a nearly $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Matt Cohen, professor of English, and Kenneth Price, Hillegass University Professor of American Literature, are rebuilding the Walt Whitman Archive website, implementing a modern framework and repackaging site content for easier reuse. The long-term goal is to enhance the archive’s accessibility and sustainability…