Digital Humanities For Librarians. Some librarians are born to
Digital Humanities; some aspire to Digital Humanities; and some
have Digital Humanities thrust upon them. Digital Humanities For
Librarians is a one-stop resource for librarians and LIS students
working in this growing new area of academic librarianship. The
book begins by introducing Digital Humanities, addressing key
questions such as, "What is it?", "Who does it?", "How do they do
it?", "Why do they do it?", and "How can I do it?". This broad
overview is followed by a series of practical chapters answering
those questions with step-by-step approaches to both the digital
and the human elements of Digital Humanities librarianship. Digital
Humanities For Librarians covers a wide range of technologies
currently used in the field, from creating digital exhibits,
archives, and databases, to digital mapping, text encoding, and
computational text analysis (big data for the humanities). However,
the book never loses sight of the all-important human component to
Digital Humanities work, and culminates in a series of chapters on
management and personnel strategies in this area. These chapters
walk readers through approaches to project management, effective
collaboration, outreach, the reference interview for Digital
Humanities, sustainability, and data management, making this a
valuable resource for administrators as well as librarians directly
involved in digital humanities work. There is also a consideration
of budgeting questions, including strategies for supporting Digital
Humanities work on a shoestring. . Special features include: *Case
studies of a wide range of projects and management issues *Digital
instructional documents guiding readers through specific digital
technologies and techniques *An accompanying website featuring
digital humanities tools and resources and digital interviews with
librarians and scholars leading the way in Digital Humanities work
across North America, from a range of larger and smaller
institutions Whether you are a librarian primarily working in
Digital Humanities for the first time, a student hoping to do so,
or a librarian in a cognate area newly-charged with these
responsibilities, Digital Humanities For Librarians will be with
you every step of the way, drawing on the author's experiences and
those of a network of librarians and scholars to give you the
practical support and guidance needed to bring your Digital
Humanities initiatives to life.
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