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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136808303321

Titolo

Laying the foundation : digital humanities in academic libraries / / edited by John W. White and Heather Gilbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9781612494487

161249448X

9781612494494

1612494498

9781557537515

1557537518

9781557537393

1557537399

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ((xiv, 229 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Charleston insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences

Soggetti

Academic libraries - United States

Humanities libraries - United States

Humanities - Digital libraries

Humanities - Research - Data processing

Humanities - Electronic information resources

Humanities - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries examines the library’s role in the development, implementation, and instruction of successful digital humanities projects. It pays special attention to the critical role of librarians in building sustainable programs. It also examines how libraries can support the use of digital scholarship tools and techniques in undergraduate education. Academic libraries are nexuses of research and technology; as such,



they provide fertile ground for cultivating and curating digital scholarship. However, adding digital humanities to library service models requires a clear understanding of the resources and skills required. Integrating digital scholarship into existing models calls for a reimagining of the roles of libraries and librarians. In many cases, these reimagined roles call for expanded responsibilities, often in the areas of collaborative instruction and digital asset management, and in turn these expanded responsibilities can strain already stretched resources. Laying the Foundation provides practical solutions to the challenges of successfully incorporating digital humanities programs into existing library services. Collectively, its authors argue that librarians are critical resources for teaching digital humanities to undergraduate students and that libraries are essential for publishing, preserving, and making accessible digital scholarship.