Boston College Digital Scholarship

Boston College Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Group facilitates data-driven research, digital project creation, and digital scholarship instruction and pedagogy. We see ourselves as teachers, consultants, and collaborators who aim to cultivate and support the community of digital scholarship practices at Boston College.

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Digital Medieval Studies

How DH Has Helped Me Make Sense of My Field Early in my graduate studies, when I took the Digital Humanities Colloquium at Boston College, the professor had us read a series of definitions of “the Digital Humanities” to introduce us to the scope of the work we might be doing. Many of these definitions […]

Apple’s Reality Composer, a Free AR App

In collaboration with the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning (CDIL), Digital Scholarship and the BC Libraries have begun exploring the use of AR experiences in teaching and research. As part of this effort, we have been experimenting with Apple’s Reality Composer, a free AR app that allows for the creation of basic AR experiences […]

Digital Accessibility

What is Digital Accessibility? Being able to access the web means having access to the modern economy, crucial social spaces, and, of course, vast information. Conversely, not having equal access to the web means not being able to participate in society fully. Unfortunately, reduced access is the reality for many people with disabilities who cannot […]