Category: Blog Post

Learning coding & Python: A two-day bootcamp

Prelude Before taking this class, I had never really heard of or ever used Python although I have a couple of friends that are computer science students. My…

HGIS is … complicated

What is HGIS? Historical Geographic Information System, or HGIS for short, is a mapping tool that can display and analyze data. It is particularly interesting when analyzing change…

Stolen – A Digital Exhibit

What is Stolen? Stolen is a digital exhibit featured in the StoryMaps platform, a GIS software. The exhibit was created by Maria Guadalupe Partida in collaboration with the Library…

The September 11 Digital Archive

Blog Post #1 The September 11 Digital Archive is a collection of stories, images, and communications related to the 9/11 attacks, all stored digitally for easy and open…