From Digital Repositories to Information Habitats: H-Net, the Quilt Index, Cyber Infrastructure, and Digital Humanities

Kornbluh, Mark Lawrence

doi:10.5210/fm.v13i8.2230

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“…New studies on digital tools developed for humanities scholars examine the functionality of specific tools or tool collections (e.g., Kornbluh, ) and the broader digital research infrastructure (also called cyberinfrastructure or e‐research) designed to support humanities scholars' work (e.g., Blanke & Hedges, ; de la Flor, Jirotka, Luff, Pybus, & Kirkham, ). There are calls for digital infrastructure to be designed for large projects within the digital humanities, particularly to enable collaboration (e.g., Borgman, ; Simeone, Guiliano, Kooper, & Bajcsy, ).…”

Section: Humanities Scholars and Technology Use: A Review Of The Litementioning

confidence: 99%

Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices

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Willson

2018

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Digital tools offer new affordances and methodologies to humanities scholars' research. This study used a constructivist grounded theory approach to examine humanities scholars' research practices, including their use of a wide range of resources and digital technologies. Using in-depth study, several themes emerged from the research relating to the role of technology in shaping humanities scholars' research practices. The themes include: (a) humanities scholars' research approaches and technology tools; (b) the humanities scholar as tool developer; (c) the role of data preparation as a meta-level research practice; (d) data visualization versus numeric outputs-one size does not fit all; (e) the importance of flexibility and agency; (f) technology tools in support of the researcher as writer; and (g) working alone/working together-technology tools and collaborative practice. The heterogeneous nature of humanities scholars' research practices are explored and the resulting implications for digital tool design. Two new research practices-tool development and data preparation-are proposed. The diverse digital technologies humanities scholars use support the traditional ways of working within their discipline, as well as creating potential for new scholarly practices.

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Section: Humanities Scholars and Technology Use: A Review Of The Litementioning

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Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices

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2018

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“…Digital humanists are increasingly cognizant of the salience of digital curation to their work (Kornbluh, 2008; Munoz, 2013; Poole, 2013, 2016, forthcoming; Sabharwal, 2015). But digital humanists often adopt a narrower definition of digital curation than scholars in ILS.…”

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The conceptual ecology of digital humanities

Poole

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to dissect key issues and debates in digital humanities, an emerging field of theory and practice. Digital humanities stands greatly to impact the Information and Library Science (ILS) professions (and vice versa) as well as the traditional humanities disciplines. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the contours of digital humanities as a field, touching upon fundamental issues related to the field’s coalescence and thus to its structure and epistemology. It looks at the ways in which digital humanities brings new approaches and sheds new light on manifold humanities foci. Findings Digital humanities work represents a vital new current of interdisciplinary, collaborative intellectual activity both in- and outside the academy; it merits particular attention from ILS. Research limitations/implications This paper helps potential stakeholders understand the intellectual and practical framework of the digital humanities and “its relationship” to their own intellectual and professional work. Originality/value This paper critically synthesizes previous scholarly work in digital humanities. It has particular value for those in ILS, a community that has proven especially receptive to the field, as well as to scholars working in many humanities disciplines. Digital humanities has already made an important impact on both LIS and the humanities; its impact is sure to grow.

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From Digital Repositories to Information Habitats: H-Net, the Quilt Index, Cyber Infrastructure, and Digital Humanities

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Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices

Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices

The conceptual ecology of digital humanities

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