CDH Basics: Re:search

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In this CDH Basics session, participants will explore how searching and finding technologies structure scholarship, through an introduction to search engines both for web search and custom search functions within collections. We will discuss how errors introduced by digitisation technologies create blindspots for digital search in historical collections, interacting with social and legal processes to structure bias and discrimination into search processes. The session will provide a brief introduction to the importance of machine-learning driven systems for digital search and suggest strategies for researchers to critically engage with, rather than passively accept, search engine results.

CDH Basics sessions are open to staff and graduate students who want to learn and apply digital methods and use digital tools in their research.

This session will be delivered using Zoom so please ensure you have it installed ahead of the session. You will also be registered onto our Moodle page for any communications and materials relating to this session. A joining link will be sent out as part of the booking confirmation process.

If you require any help before the session, such as accessibility support, please email the CDH Learning team (learning@cdh.cam.ac.uk), for further assistance.