Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

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Since 1994, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has used digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past.

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    George Mason Basketball Digital Memory Bank
    (Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, 2006) Albers, Ken; Boggs, Jeremy; Greenberg, Josh; Hess, Meagan; Mellen, Roger; Safley, Jim; Shuman, Amanda; Velez, Heather; George Mason University Community
    With their first trip to the Final Four in school history, Mason enjoyed in 2005-2006 what was undoubtedly its finest season. The Patriots won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time, set a school record with 27 wins, and defeated a pair of top-10 teams (Connecticut and North Carolina) for the first time in the history of the University. The Patriots' Cinderella story made George Mason the focus of national attention, spreading Mason Fever across the country. This site was designed to help fans become a part of the story of Mason's history. By posting online their memories and media files of this momentous run to the Final Four, fans around the world became a part of a living history. In its first month live, George Mason Basketball Digital Memory Bank registered a record number of visits. More than 219,629 site hits and more than 5,500 different visitors visited hoops.gmu.edu. 191 pictures and videos, and 202 stories were sent in by fans and friends before the site was closed to contributions. This memory bank was hosted at hoops.gmu.edu.
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    Scripto
    (Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, 2020-10-08) Hamner, Christopher; Safley, Jim; Nguyen, Kim; Brett, Megan; Leon, Sharon; Fahringer, Alyssa Toby; Dauterive, Jessica; Brennan, Sheila A.; Albers, Ken; Ghajar, Lee Ann; Halabuk, James
    Scripto is an open-source tool that permits registered users to view digital files and transcribe them with an easy-to-use toolbar, rendering that text searchable. The tool includes a versioning history and editorial controls to make public contributions more manageable, and supports the transcription of a wide range of file types (both images and documents). Scripto works by connecting a content management system and Media Wiki. The original version of Scripto, released in [year], had versions for Omeka (Classic), WordPress, and Drupal. Changes in the codebase for WordPress and Drupal deprecated those versions, but Scripto for Omeka Classic was maintained by the Omeka team. In 2017, development began on a version of Scripto for Omeka S. The Scripto website was initially built on WordPress, with blog post updates, links to the GitHub repositories for all three versions of Scripto, and documentation. As part of the 2017-2020 building of Scripto for Omeka S, the team refreshed the website to discuss only the functional Scripto versions (Omeka Classic and Omeka S) and the website was moved from a WordPress installation to a flat-file site designed by Kim Nguyen. https://scripto.org/