They think all of this is new: Leveraging librarians' project management skills for the digital humanities

Currier, Brett D.; Mirza, Rafia; Downing, J. A.

doi:10.1080/10691316.2017.1347541

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“…Any record of human experience is a source of data for a humanities scholar with sources available publicly via libraries, archives, museums, or privately -accessible or not (Drucker, 2021) In most libraries, some form of digitization is now taking place; digitization is the foundation of digital humanities research (Lucky & Harkema, 2018). Digital humanities have become associated with libraries due to their service-oriented culture and their involvement in the support of digital resources, although the relationship has yet to be fully explored (Currier et al, 2020). This is a natural association since librarianship as a profession embraces new technologies; the default of the academic discipline of information studies is technology in today's information environment (Ibid).…”

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Technological Innovations In the Humanities: A Study Of Its Impact On Nigeria’s Developmental Strides And Emerging

Dajang

Ayuba²,

Mahanan³

2023

Edunity

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The development of any society to a large extent depends on the degree of the security of lives and property of the citizens. A secure environment encourages intellectuals who are the drivers of nation-building; it also ensures national development. In recent years, Nigeria has been witnessing serious security threats that seem to have overwhelmed the nation’s security network and this has slowed down development in the country. This paper in light if these present realities, examined how technological innovations such as the integration of proper Information Communication Technology (ICT) resolve the emerging security threats bedeviling the country. Integrating ICT in the humanities can help increase the rate of development in the country and also help resolve the emerging security threats bedeviling the country. Data for the paper was derived from a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) conducted via WhatsApp with fifteen selected academic staff who are in the humanities at the University of Jos. The data collected formed the basis of the discussion in the paper. The theoretical framework adopted is Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) because it explains how technology can be utilized in language learning and evidently in the humanities to resolve challenging issues. The paper discovered that the humanities have not been fully integrated with ICT and have also not been effectively utilized in the quest for advancing development in Nigeria and resolving security challenges. The paper recommended amongst others the full integration of ICT in the humanities to expand the scope of the field to be utilized in resolving security challenges in the country.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Technological Innovations In the Humanities: A Study Of Its Impact On Nigeria’s Developmental Strides And Emerging

Dajang

Ayuba²,

Mahanan³

2023

Edunity

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“…Brett D. Currier, Rafia Mirza, and Jeff Downing link this development to new positions in the field: "As positions in scholarly communication, digital humanities, data, and e-science have increased, there has been a shift from librarians as content and knowledge curators to knowledge and content creators." 52 These distinctive set of readings focused on libraries and librarians appears frequently within LIS-based courses. This subset raises important issues about data curation, project management, and labor in the academy-important not only for information professionals but also for DH as a whole.…”

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Training Information Professionals in the Digital Humanities: An Analysis of DH Courses in LIS Education

Sula,

Berger

2023

CRL

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The digital humanities (DH) remain a growing area of interest among researchers and a locus of new positions within libraries, especially academic libraries, as well as archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations. In response to this demand, many programs that train information professionals have developed specific curricula around DH. This paper analyzes courses offered within two overlapping contexts: American Library Association (ALA) accredited programs and iSchools. In addition to documenting the scope and extent of DH courses in these settings, we also analyze their contents, relating our findings to previous research, including analysis of job ads and interviews with professionals.

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“…The third new role is about transforming project management skills. Both Currier, Mirza, and Downing (2017) and Brandenburg et al (2017) argue that librarians can leverage their project management skills from different functional units of a library to form a holistic mindset for managing DH projects. Under this project, in addition to utilizing technology (i.e., the crowdsourcing system) to manage the international collaboration on translating Ming official titles, several library units at UC Irvine were involved in managing personnel, financial, and technical aspects of the project.…”

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From collection curation to knowledge creation: Exploring new roles of academic librarians in digital humanities research

Zhang

Xue

2021

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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They think all of this is new: Leveraging librarians' project management skills for the digital humanities

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Technological Innovations In the Humanities: A Study Of Its Impact On Nigeria’s Developmental Strides And Emerging

Technological Innovations In the Humanities: A Study Of Its Impact On Nigeria’s Developmental Strides And Emerging

Training Information Professionals in the Digital Humanities: An Analysis of DH Courses in LIS Education

From collection curation to knowledge creation: Exploring new roles of academic librarians in digital humanities research

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