Archives of the Digital World
Wilson Center Digital Archive: International History Declassified
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/
What I have found about this digital archive that is really interesting is that it is about international history. And it's not just on a specific nation, but a mix of all nations. When I first loaded the site, my first impression was this is a bit clustered. However, I'm able to see everything clearly with the writing and the different categories, such as "Recently Added Documents," "Featured Collections," and other miscellaneous notes added by the author. Another cool feature I might add is that it gives you the option to look at collections from the specific year and event and browse through different themes. I really appreciated the author of this cite to show the number of documents, when clicking on the collection at the top, of the specific event. It also shows the list of documents and a little summary of what the document is about. When clicking on browse, I liked that it showed a map of the world and you can click on the region you want, country in the region, and the city listed in that country. It does give a bunch of documents on that specific city. What I would have liked to see in when browsing through that way, is to put them in categories of events even though it shows the specific date on the left hand side on the specific event that took place. Unless the person researching knows what date they are looking for, it would have been better if the events were put in categories so it is easier for others to find the specific document they are looking for. Overall, this is a very interesting cite and a potential archive to research in the future.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
http://archive.nelsonmandela.org/home
A cool feature about this archive when I first pulled it up is that it gives the user the option to change the view of the archive. First it comes in a presentation view where it's a slide show of different exhibits that one can look at. Whereas the other view is more of showing what slides are available for the user to look at. Depending on what kind of style the user wants, the author gave the option (in the top right corner). However, depending on if you are using the view where it isn't the slideshow it doesn't stay that view when looking at a certain exhibit. As I pull up one of the exhibits, it gives a background picture of the event and has small boxes of writing. That might be a bit difficult for most since the writing is small. That was a bit of a negative for me. Despite that, this archive would be very interesting for someone who would do a project on Nelson Mandela.
Update on Project
I am starting to figure out and gather information on how I am doing the digital visualizations for the population of Alexandria from the 1700s-present. I am thinking more of doing graphs by splitting the years. For an example, graph showing population from 1700-1800, 1800-1900, and so on.
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/
What I have found about this digital archive that is really interesting is that it is about international history. And it's not just on a specific nation, but a mix of all nations. When I first loaded the site, my first impression was this is a bit clustered. However, I'm able to see everything clearly with the writing and the different categories, such as "Recently Added Documents," "Featured Collections," and other miscellaneous notes added by the author. Another cool feature I might add is that it gives you the option to look at collections from the specific year and event and browse through different themes. I really appreciated the author of this cite to show the number of documents, when clicking on the collection at the top, of the specific event. It also shows the list of documents and a little summary of what the document is about. When clicking on browse, I liked that it showed a map of the world and you can click on the region you want, country in the region, and the city listed in that country. It does give a bunch of documents on that specific city. What I would have liked to see in when browsing through that way, is to put them in categories of events even though it shows the specific date on the left hand side on the specific event that took place. Unless the person researching knows what date they are looking for, it would have been better if the events were put in categories so it is easier for others to find the specific document they are looking for. Overall, this is a very interesting cite and a potential archive to research in the future.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
http://archive.nelsonmandela.org/home
A cool feature about this archive when I first pulled it up is that it gives the user the option to change the view of the archive. First it comes in a presentation view where it's a slide show of different exhibits that one can look at. Whereas the other view is more of showing what slides are available for the user to look at. Depending on what kind of style the user wants, the author gave the option (in the top right corner). However, depending on if you are using the view where it isn't the slideshow it doesn't stay that view when looking at a certain exhibit. As I pull up one of the exhibits, it gives a background picture of the event and has small boxes of writing. That might be a bit difficult for most since the writing is small. That was a bit of a negative for me. Despite that, this archive would be very interesting for someone who would do a project on Nelson Mandela.
Update on Project
I am starting to figure out and gather information on how I am doing the digital visualizations for the population of Alexandria from the 1700s-present. I am thinking more of doing graphs by splitting the years. For an example, graph showing population from 1700-1800, 1800-1900, and so on.
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