Partnering in Knowledge Production: Roles for Librarians in the Digital Humanities

Bell, Emilia C.; Kennan, Mary Anne

doi:10.1080/24750158.2021.1907886

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“…Both shared values and spaces can have an impact on building partnerships between academics and librarians, and in advance also make DH and the librarian's role in the field more visible [18]. Openness, collaboration, collegiality and connectedness, diversity, and experimentation are common DH values [19] that the library and librarians wanting to get involved with DH can promote.…”

Section: Common Dh Values As a Guidelinementioning

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The Digital Lab as an arena for teaching and outreach activities connected to the Special Collections at the University Library of Bergen

Aadland

2023

DHNB Publications

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The Digital Lab at the University of Bergen Library was established in 2020 and is set up to be an interdisciplinary hub for researchers, lecturers, and students, both on-site and digitally. The lab provides a space to learn, to discuss, and to apply various digital tools and methods used in research within the Digital Humanities. Each semester the lab sets up different courses, workshops, seminars, and lectures aiming to support and serve the target groups. This paper presents a case study that investigates how the Digital Lab can provide an arena for DH activities connected to the Special Collections at the library. The aim is to explore how these activities can have a cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach, and to investigate the lab’s potential as a community-building arena and its impact on the involvement of the library and the librarian‘s role in DH.

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Section: Common Dh Values As a Guidelinementioning

confidence: 99%

The Digital Lab as an arena for teaching and outreach activities connected to the Special Collections at the University Library of Bergen

Aadland

2023

DHNB Publications

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“…& Kennan, M.A. 24 assessed the literature on "Digital Humanities" (DH) librarianship, laying a deep emphasis on the prospective responsibilities of academic librarians in Australia. Critical librarianship offers a framework for a variety of jobs in the field.…”

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Literature Survey and Analysis of Digital Humanities and Libraries in Recent Years

Makwana,

Gadhavi

2023

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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The term “Digital Humanities (DH)” suggests a sub-field of the humanities that makes the ideal utilisation of digital media, as well as the practices and instructions that are naturally associated with it, to explore a broad spectrum of topics. This sub-field is fast developing an increasingly significant sphere of academic research. The conversion to digital has brought about a considerable transformation to several underlying library services, and one of the most fundamental examples of a field where a basic foundation of digital skills can be used to promote the development of an emerging discipline is the field of digital humanities. In the past, only a few studies on digital humanities were conducted. There was a disparity in the amount of research done on the role of librarians concerning digital humanities libraries. This article presents a comprehensive review of previous literature on “Digital Humanities and Libraries,” which included contributions from a diverse range of authors. These factors include the origins and history of DH and libraries, as well as the current state of DH and libraries. The theory and concepts of digital humanities as a field of study are examined, as well as the potential mapping of these theories and concepts to traditional university library collections and services. The research concluded that effective cultural heritage digital initiatives are best carried out through the formation of constructive partnerships between DH scholars and community groups.

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“…42 However, Bell and Kennan, in discussing the involvement of librarians in the digital humanities, propose that this foci on bringing experts with additional knowledge into the library, rather than focusing on upskilling librarians in emerging knowledge and skill requirements, relies on an outdated "service" model of librarianship. 43 They propose that education and training for librarians should be more responsive to emerging changes and better equip librarians to act as partners and collaborators in research and scholarship. This position was strengthened with a recent Research Libraries UK report that argued research libraries should become active participants and leaders in the production of scholarly research.…”

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Scholarly Communication Competencies: An Analysis of Confidence among Australasia Library Staff

Kingsley

Kennan

Richardson

2022

CRL

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Through a nationwide survey of universities and research organizations in Australia and New Zealand, this article investigates the level of confidence that librarians working in scholarly communication have in their current competencies. The results show that, while respondents were generally confident across seven competency areas (institutional repository management, publishing services, research practice, copyright services, open access policies and scholarly communication landscape, data management services, and assessment and impact metrics), the majority combined their scholarly communication tasks with other roles. Challenges across the sector in updating skills and knowledge to keep abreast of current trends and developments were identified, with implications for improving professional development opportunities.

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Partnering in Knowledge Production: Roles for Librarians in the Digital Humanities

Abstract: Anne's research interests focus broadly on scholarly communication including open access, libraries and social inclusion, and increasingly on education for the information professions. She is currently Editor of the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association.

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

The Digital Lab as an arena for teaching and outreach activities connected to the Special Collections at the University Library of Bergen

The Digital Lab as an arena for teaching and outreach activities connected to the Special Collections at the University Library of Bergen

Literature Survey and Analysis of Digital Humanities and Libraries in Recent Years

Scholarly Communication Competencies: An Analysis of Confidence among Australasia Library Staff

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