Digital Scholarship

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools

May 29, 2026, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Presenter: Eka Grguric & Abirami Muthukumar
Location: Hybrid - Online and Presentation Room, 448 and 552 & Online
Location: Koerner Library

This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • List common tools and what they might be useful for
  • Identify hosting resources at UBC and beyond

The core workshop runs from 11am - 1pm with an optional work block to try tools hands on from 1-2pm.

This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit series co-presented by the UBC Library Research Commons at UBC-V and UBC-O Library.

Location Details

Location:
*ONLINE or in-person* (Participants can choose how to attend)

If you have any questions, concerns, or accessibility needs please email digital.scholarship@ubc.ca.

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This event is online. Registrants receive the link 3 hours before the event. Registration closes 24 hrs before.
Campus/Source
UBC Library–Vancouver

https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/4008284

  • Digital Scholarship
  • Research Commons
  • Research Data Management

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