Resources

A short selection of resources that we have mentioned in the course of the workshop or suggest for futher exploration.

Support at UBC

UBC Library Research Commons (at UBC-V)

• Book a consultation
• View upcoming workshops
• Guides for all sorts of research and analysis
• All Workshops (GitHub)
• UBC Research Commons home page

Center for Scholarly Communication (at UBC-O)

• Website https://library.ok.ubc.ca/research/csc/
• Upcoming events

Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

• Schedule a consult to learn more about Advanced Research Computing support for your project: https://arc.ubc.ca/consultation-support

The Emerging Media Lab at UBC-V

• The Emerging Media Lab accepts project proposals on a cylical bases and can help you find resources: https://eml.ubc.ca/call-for-proposals/

Arts ISIT at UBC-V

• Arts ISIT has Faculty of Arts focused web hosting support primarily for course-related content but some research projects as well: https://isit.arts.ubc.ca/web-presence-and-applications/

Center for Teaching Learning and Technology at UBC-V (CTLT)

• CTLT has a number of helpful resources for individuals creating web based exhibits and especially those that integrate instructional content.
• Learn more: https://ctlt.ubc.ca/
• CTLT Wordpress support: https://cms.ubc.ca/

Office of University Counsel

• A great place to go with questions about personally identifiable information and acceptability of tools (especially those hosted in the US) for research or teaching use: https://universitycounsel.ubc.ca/subject-areas/access-and-privacy-general/useful-resources/

Web Hosting

• UBC IT shared web hosting
• Educloud
• External to UBC, Reclaim Hosting is a good academic-focused option and has Canadian servers in Toronto via Digital Ocean.
• For some projects Compute Canada can be a great option; connect with UBC ARC to learn more.

Sourcing content

Below is a list of Open GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) that you can source images for your project from.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Art Institute of Chicago
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• Library of Congress
• New York Public Library
• Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art(‘show public domain images only’)
• Harvard Art Museums
• Yale University (Art Gallery & Center for British Art)
• Paris Musées
• The Belvedere, Vienna
• Pinakothek, Munich
• Wellcome Collection, London
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Museum of New Zealand

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