theorywatch

Haven’t mentioned the Digital Collections class lately, primarily because it’s pretty much running itself. (A number of people in it are actually involved in digital collections already, so there’s a different level of discourse going on than would otherwise be the case, I think.) Looking forward to seeing those collection proposals soon, as they are likely to be very good, given the level of talent I’ve seen in the class. The varieties of “professional gaze” in the class, due to those different backgrounds, are particularly interesting: how I can structure the class in future to take fuller advantage of what that adds to our overall perspective?

Anyway, the concept of “empty space” came up in someone’s critique of a particular collection’s design in terms of visual focus and appeal, which was a point very well taken. But you can apply it to a lot more: you could also consider the cognitive implications of a particular collection’s “empty spaces.”

So I’ll think I’ll go do a little of that now.