Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries

Authors

John W. White, College of CharlestonFollow
Heather Gilbert, College of CharlestonFollow

Files

Series

Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences

Page Count

244

Language

English

Description

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.

ISBN

9781557537515

Publication Date

Spring 3-15-2016

Publisher

Purdue University Press

City

West Lafayette

Keywords

library and information science, digital humanities, digital and online resources, collection development, administration and management

Disciplines

Collection Development and Management | Digital Humanities | Library and Information Science | Scholarly Communication

Comments

This book is made available available Open Access (CC-BY-NC) thanks to the support of over 300 libraries working together as part of the Knowledge Unlatched collaborative, www.knowledgeunlatched.org

Recommended Citation

White, John W., and Gilbert, Heather, Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries (2016). Purdue University Press. (Knowledge Unlatched Open Access Edition.)