Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub Digitization Grants

Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub Digitization Grants is sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi, Digital Humanities Hub. These grants facilitate digital humanities projects at public institutions across Mississippi, enabling them to hire staff and buy equipment to preserve and make available documents representing Mississippi's history and culture.

Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub | Center for Digital Humanities | The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Digital Humanities USM Home / Center for Digital Humanities / Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub Digital Humanities Resources in Mississippi Are you a Mississippian with a collection of historical or cultural documents that you want to make more available to the public?

Do you have an idea for a digital humanities project but lack the tools, training, or funding? The Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub at The University of Southern Mississippi provides resources and training so that local institutions -- four-year and two-year colleges and universities, high schools, museums, and libraries -- can pursue community-based projects that highlight and preserve the rich history of Mississippi.

Digitizing local historical and cultural archives helps to preserve the pa st and make materials more accessible. However, it can be difficult for the public to make sense of large collections of documents. When digitization initiatives are paired with the digital humanities, new insights are revealed.

Through the support of a Congressional grant through the National His torical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the “Hub” aims to provide Mississippi scholars and students with the skills needed to identify, digitize, and explain collections of documents from their communities.

Visit the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub Website* *Website under construction By partnering with the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub, Mississippi institutions and scholars gain the skills and assistance that benefits their research endeavors: Cutting-edge technology for digitally preserving materials Access to tools and software for digital humanities projects Expert assistance and collaboration opportunities to assist with digitization and digital humanities projects Mini-grants to facilitate projects and spur Mississippi community initiatives One-day workshops and residential summer courses for summers 2025, 2026, and 2027 Apply to the Summer 2025 Residential Workshop Preserve Mississippi's history and culture by learning to preserve its documents.

Faculty at all Mississippi institutions of higher education, including community colleges, are invited to apply to a residential two-week summer course offered by The University of Southern Mississippi’s Digital Humanities Hub at USM’s Hattiesburg, Mississippi Participants will learn the basics of digitization, metadata, and electronic preservation, in addition to general digital humanities tools—such as mapping, visualizations, and textual and network analysis—from experts affiliated with the Center for Digital Humanities at Southern Miss and the Mississippi Digital Library .

Participants will acquire the skills required to plan and conduct community digitization projects and to apply for digitization grants, with the larger goal of assisting their colleagues, students, and surrounding communities preserve and better understand their Participants will be provided with housing, most meals, travel reimbursement, and small stipends.

The program follows a typical work-day, with lectures and activities occurring Mondays through Fridays between 8 A. M. and 5 P.

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Application due -- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 by 11:59 P. M. Program starts -- Monday, June 16, 2025 at time TBD Program ends -- Friday, June 27, 2025 by 5 P.

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Must be faculty at a two- or four-year college or university in Mississippi Including but not limited to: lecturers, instructors, professor (adjunct, visiting, clinical, associate, assistant, full, or distinguished), research associate, or research Must be either U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S. If selected, participants cannot hold another obligation—such as a fellowship, part/full-time work, or teaching a course during the program's duration.

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