{"id":421,"date":"2021-02-11T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/?page_id=421"},"modified":"2021-02-15T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T13:57:31","slug":"project-base-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/project-base-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Base 3: Primary sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve been identifying primary sources, so you\u2019ve got a group of primary sources now. Your job is to bring these sources into Tropy so that you can know what those sources are, and where they came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you get into Tropy, you need to read these two pieces of the user guide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/before-you-begin\/rights\">Who owns the rights?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/before-you-begin\/metadata\">What is metadata?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then you\u2019re ready to start thinking about your sources. Tropy is built for all kinds of primary sources, most of which are probably photographs taken by researchers in the archives. You\u2019re obviously not going to be doing that. But the process is exactly the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here\u2019s your task:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at all the sources you&#8217;ve found about your topic. (You should have five in total.) Then&nbsp;<strong>add them to Tropy<\/strong>, making sure you&nbsp;<strong>fill out the metadata<\/strong>&nbsp;properly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tropy installation:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tropy.org\/\">tropy.org<\/a> (If you have a Chromebook, please reach out to me, as Tropy does not work on Chromebooks)<\/li><li>Optional additional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/kqi1s2y67r5ojqa\/AABzdD2Dgf7Cav81JVitJfmpa?dl=0\">metadata templates<\/a>&nbsp;(and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/in-the-template-editor\/export-import-templates\">instructions for using them<\/a>)<\/li><li>You need&nbsp;<em>at least<\/em>&nbsp;these elements (but&nbsp;<strong>must also fill out fields for others that are available<\/strong>):<ul><li>Title<\/li><li>Archive<\/li><li>Identifier<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In the notes field, <strong>include these things<\/strong>:<ul><li>The URL where you found your item<\/li><li>A description of your image, including what it is and why you think it&#8217;s useful to help you understand your topic better<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Now, how do you know how to use Tropy? <\/strong>There are two ways you can figure it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/\">Read the documentation<\/a>&nbsp;(which you should always do anyway)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWjP90EWHkQ\">Watch this webinar<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A few notes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As you may have noticed, the DPLA is what we call a \u201ccontent aggregator.\u201d In other words, the DPLA is not the \u201chome\u201d of any of the sources you\u2019ve looked at\u2013it\u2019s merely a reference. So when you go get your sources, and find their metadata, make sure you get that info from the actual archive your source lives in, NOT the DPLA. Click through to the full item.<\/li><li>What do you do if some of the items you\u2019ve found don\u2019t have an image? You can exclude those.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demonstrating mastery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To show me what you&#8217;ve done in Tropy, you will need to write a blog post that includes these things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An introductory paragraph that tells me what topic you have narrowed to.<\/li><li>Screenshots of the item view of each of your items, with the metadata, the image, and the notes field visible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then submit through our project form!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve been identifying primary sources, so you\u2019ve got a group of primary sources now. 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