Echo online history tool center

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 18, No. 358.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:59:11 +0000
From: John Unsworth
Subject: developer’s wiki
From Roy Rosenzweig:
http://echo.gmu.edu/toolcenter-wiki/
ECHO TOOLS CENTER: The number of historians interested in using digital tools to facilitate their work has been rapidly expanding, as has the
number of researchers developing online tools for the humanities. In order to facilitate contact between these two groups, Echo would like to announce the beta launch of its new Tools Center, an experimental, comprehensive resource for scholars interested in the nuts and bolts of online history.
Just as Echo’s Research Center offers a guide to thousands of history websites, the Tools Center is envisioned as a central directory of the myriad pieces of software and other tools available to contemporary historians. Built using the same open-source software that powers sites like Wikipedia, the Tools Center is a specifically collaborative resource, enabling developers to post descriptions of their products, and users to
apply their own expertise to build and expand its entries.