Textual and metadata management systems:
PRONOM/DROID - A file registry of formats maintained by the National Archives of the UK. A standard tool used for digital preservation and archives. Includes searching app DROID. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records/droid/
Omeka - a web publisher that specializes in museum, archives and scholarly content. http://omeka.org/
Oxygen - XML authoring and development tool. http://www.oxygenxml.com/
Geospatial Analytical Systems:
ArcGISmap or ArcGISPro – a proprietary GIS product from ESRI. It is a standard software in the field of GIS and used by the government of Qatar in their GIS program. http://www.esri.com/en/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/WhatYouGet
QGIS – an open source and free desktop geographic information system [GIS] that provides data viewing, editing and analysis of geo-physical data. http://www.qgis.org/en/site/
Qualitative Analysis:
NVIVO 11 PLUS FOR WINDOWS – a proprietary qualitative data analysis tool that provides very deep levels of analysis on rich text based and multimedia information. Widely used in social science, anthropology, communication and sociology. http://www.qsrinternational.com/product
Atlas.ti – a proprietary qualitative data analysis program for unstructured data. It is widely used in anthropology, the Arts, sociology, events, and heritage. https://atlasti.cleverbridge.com/74/purl-order?_ga=1.38675300.610690393.1491485934
Quantitative Analysis:
SPSS – a software package for statistical analysis used in the Social Sciences. Variants can include data mining, text analytics, and data collection via surveys. https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/spss-statistics
R – an open code programming language and software for statistical computing and graphics. Used by statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software. A graphical front end is recommended. https://www.r-project.org/
Data Visualization:
GEPHI – an open source network analysis and visualization software. Can be used to analyze twitter network traffic and global connectivity of published material. It is widely used in the digital humanities. https://gephi.org/
Rhino3D – a proprietary 3d computer graphics and computer aided design program. https://www.rhino3d.com/download
Programming language:
Python – if acquired as CPython, a free open source general level dynamic programming language. Intended to write clear and simple programs in both small and large scales. It is a cross platform product able to function in many operating systems. It has a large library app and community. https://www.python.org/
Digital Video Editing:
Final Draft
https://store.finaldraft.com/final-draft-10-edu.html?_ga=1.62087148.1755679591.149172976
Scanning & Editing Texts & Images
Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Suite
Camtasia - Mac/Windows software for recording screencasts and editing video. Videos can be sent directly to YouTube or integrated with Google Drive. Camtasia is the high end of a suite of screen capture products. https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.htm