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Lynn Rainville commented on the post, Digital Objects & Local History, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I’m very interested in this topic. I created a blog for local history (very local, 2 counties in Virginia): http://www.locohistory.org. On it I include a gravestone of the week, architectural treasure hunts for kids, […]

Lynn Rainville commented on the post, Time and Space Session?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I’m definitely interested in things spatial. I manage a website dedicated to historic cemeteries so I am interested in finding open-source programs to map gravestones within cemeteries and, in turn, cemeteries […]

Lynn Rainville commented on the post, Using technology to maintain the orality of oral history, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I would add my vote to a session on digitizing oral histories and how that data can be integrated into on-line storytelling. I use oral histories to reconstruct historic neighborhoods and would love to brainstorm […]

Lynn Rainville commented on the post, city as museum, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I have a background in both museums (American History) and academia (as an assistant professor at a small liberal arts college). So I echo Matthew’s note about discussing how digital innovations can improve […]

Lynn Rainville commented on the post, Civic Engagement, Teaching, and Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I would be very interested in discussing the topic of digital projects and community outreach/civic engagement. Three years ago I began an on-line database of African-American cemeteries so that descendants could […]