An Overview and Case Study Digital Humanities: An Overview and Case Study Katherine L. Walter Co-director, CDRH Professor and Chair, Digital Initiatives & Special Collections University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://cdrh.unl.edu University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu

Humanities One definition: Branches of learning concerned with human thought and relations Often: art history, classics, cultural anthropology including archaeology, history, languages, literature, philosophy, religion Also: some aspects of communication studies, and any humanistic aspects of other fields including arts, social sciences and sciences

Digital Humanities Humanistic inquiry conducted through computational means Interdisciplinary inquiry conducted through computational means and through collaborations. Related to Public Humanities Add three

International DH European Union countries and Canada—government and foundation emphasis on building infrastructure U.S. and Japan—federal funding for research projects Developing nations, especially in Africa, emphasis on mobile technologies

Educational Opportunities Humanities Intensity Learning and Teaching (HILT)—IUPUI, Indianapolis, and other locations Digital Humanities Summer Institute—University of Victoria, B.C. Digital Humanities Conference: DH2016 Krakow, Poland DH2017 Montreal, Canada DH2018 Mexico City, Mexico Many conferences in the U.S., including DLF, ACRL, dh+Lib, CNI, and HASTAC

Trends More methods associated with DH More emphasis on sustainability and metadata Collaborative grants Less text, more images

Some readings of Interest Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject Specialists, edited by Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Laura Braunstein, Liorah Golomb. Chicago: ACRL, 2015. A New Companion to Digital Humanities, edited by Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. Jockers, Matthew L. Macroanalysis: Digital Methods & Literary History. Urbana, Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2013. Ramsay, Stephen. Reading Machines: Toward an Algorhythmic Criticism. Urbana, Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Svensson, Patrik, and David Theo Goldberg. Between Humanities and the Digital. Boston: MIT Press, 2015.

Part II: Case Study Center for Digital Research in the Humanities University of Nebraska-Lincoln Long horizon 1997-2004: E-text 2005-present: official center of University University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: Foundations Katherine L Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: Foundations Katherine L. Walter Joint initiative of the UNL Libraries and the UNL College of Arts & Sciences UNL Program of Excellence: NU funding of $6.1 million from 2004-2020 for selected staffing and operating expenses Vice Chancellor for Research Approved Center, with over $10 million in external funding for research projects University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: grants Katherine L Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: grants Katherine L. Walter Federal Funding Majority of federal grant funding received from: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) We have worked with faculty from Anthropology, Art, Classics, English, History, Journalism, the Libraries, Modern Languages & Literatures (esp. French and German), and Biology. Colleges include Libraries, Arts & Sciences, Lied/Hixson College of Fine and Performing Arts, and Journalism and Mass Communication. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu

Research participants Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: Research at the Forefront Katherine L. Walter Research participants >85 UNL faculty, >200 UNL students on research teams from 13 different departments, 5 colleges plus research partnerships with other universities We have worked with faculty from Anthropology, Art, Classics, English, History, Journalism, the Libraries, Modern Languages & Literatures (esp. French and German), and Biology. Colleges include Libraries, Arts & Sciences, Lied/Hixson College of Fine and Performing Arts, and Journalism and Mass Communication. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu

CDRH research focus and methodologies Originally, a19th-Century Studies focus to many research projects, like Willa Cather Archive, William F. Cody Archive, Walt Whitman Archive, etc. Increasing emphasis on other time periods and cultures More Methodologies: Data mining and textual analysis 3D reconstruction, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, and GIS Tool development Metadata research and demonstration projects Visualizations

Pedagogical Programs and Student Opportunities Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities Undergraduate Digital Humanities Minor Independent Study Graduate Research Assistantships* Graduate Internships* Digital Scholarship Incubator Postdoctoral fellowship* *Funding from NEH

Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities Themes: Hacking at Books, 2013 Digital History and Digital Authorship, 2014 Digital Cultural Heritage, 2015 Video Games and the Humanities, 2016

See http://cdrh.unl.edu Center for Digital Research in the Humanities: Questions? Katherine L. Walter See http://cdrh.unl.edu Katherine L. Walter kwalter1@unl.edu University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries http://libraries.unl.edu