Back to basics: Supporting digital humanities and community collaboration using the core strength of the academic library
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2018
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Lucky, Shannon
Harkema, Craig
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Digital Library Perspectives
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Purpose:
To describe how academic libraries can support digital humanities (DH) research by leveraging established library values and strengths to provide support for preservation and access and physical and digital spaces for researchers and communities, specifically focused on cultural heritage collections.
Design/methodology/approach:
The experiences of the authors in collaborating with DH scholars and community organizations is discussed with references to the literature. The paper suggests how research libraries can use existing expertise and infrastructure to support the development of digital cultural heritage collections and DH research.
Findings:
Developing working collaborations with DH researchers and community organizations is a productive way to engage in impactful cultural heritage digital projects. It can aid resource allocation decisions to support active research, strategic goals, community needs and the development and preservation of unique, locally relevant collections. Libraries do not need to radically transform themselves to do this work, they have established strengths that can be effective in meeting the challenges of DH research.
Practical implications:
Academic libraries should strategically direct the work they already excel at to support DH research and work with scholars and communities to build collections and infrastructure to support these initiatives.
Originality/value:
The paper recommends practical approaches, supported by literature and local examples, that could be taken when building DH and community-engaged cultural heritage projects.
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Keywords
Collaboration, Community, Academic Libraries, Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, Digitization
Citation
Shannon Lucky, Craig Harkema, (2018) "Back to basics: Supporting digital humanities and community collaboration using the core strength of the academic library", Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. 34 Issue: 3, pp.188-199, https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-03-2018-0009
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Shannon Lucky, Craig Harkema, (2018) "Back to basics: Supporting digital humanities and community collaboration using the core strength of the academic library", Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. 34 Issue: 3, pp.188-199, https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-03-2018-0009
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10.1108/DLP-03-2018-0009