{"id":3167,"date":"2026-10-30T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:55:00","slug":"introduction-to-dh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/?p=3167","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to DH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3167\" class=\"elementor elementor-3167\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c6e70 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8c6e70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3028069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3028069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Collections as Data Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ca1a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31ca1a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9067427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9067427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/idp.bl.uk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-1024x550.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3174\" alt=\"Screenshot of International Dunhuang Programme\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.library.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-9.46.40-AM-2048x1101.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f44d68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f44d68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd65c24 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd65c24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da7bc4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2da7bc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18781e8 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"18781e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"25657832\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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