This semester, Iām really hoping to delve further into CollectionBuilder and other static site-building frameworks. I have been thinking a lot about the Lib-Static framework as a way of doing digital scholarship that uses minimal computing resources to be more sustainable and to build durable, flexible technology skills. Olivia Wilke and Evan Peter Williamson have written a number of articles on how the static web design framework can be more sustainable (article here) and be incorporated into the digital humanities classroom (article here).
The importance that they place on static web frameworks and minimal computing has honestly been a major influence on the path that my personal learning has taken. As I am in my last semester and preparing for graduate school, and then a hopeful career somewhere in library science, archives, and digital scholarship, I am thinking about how to adapt these frameworks into something that is accessible and productive for future students. This is guiding my professional development in February and potentially March as I develop a training on CollectionBuilder for the Vivero Digital Fellows training portfolio.
So if anything, while I continue to develop my own skills in web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I am also exploring digital pedagogy and how to build interest in deepening digital humanities skills for myself and my peers.s
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