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060024 KU Digital Competencies in Numismatics (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 03.02.2025 09:00 to Su 02.03.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 02.03.2025 23:59
Details
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Wednesday 05.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 19.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 26.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 02.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 09.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 30.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 07.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 14.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 21.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 28.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 04.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 11.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 18.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
- Wednesday 25.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Numismatik Seminarraum Franz-Klein-Gasse EG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Class participation, group-work participation and cooperation, digitization of the Central Card File.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Class participation (20%), group-work projects (20%), participation in Central Card File digitization project (20%), Final project presentation (20%), Final project written component (20%)
Examination topics
-Digital research skills (using online databases, collections, and other digital resources)
-Digital coin documentation
-Database creation, management, and use
-Data visualization and statistical analysis
-Digital coin documentation
-Database creation, management, and use
-Data visualization and statistical analysis
Reading list
TBD; any readings will be available on Moodle
Association in the course directory
Last modified: We 12.02.2025 15:05
Students will explore the available digital numismatic resources (for example NUMiD, MANTIS, and Nomisma) and learn to use them for research. We will learn about the principles of Linked Open Data (LOD), the backbone of most modern digital humanities projects. Students will learn to document and photograph coins "in the field" using readily available technology (smartphone cameras) as well as methods of data visualization and statistical analysis using R (histograms; box-and-whisker plots).
Once students are familiar with basic digital numismatic methods and the available resources, we will go "under the hood" to engage with the data structures that underlie these resources. Students will learn to create, use, and maintain databases for the purpose of research and publication by participating first-hand in the digitization of the Central Card File (the department’s collection of over 1 million file cards containing information on coins, primarily from auction catalogues). To this end, we will also learn to use AI-assisted OCR (Artificial Intelligence-assisted Optical Character Recognition) software, which allows the computer to "read" the written information as it scans the cards.