Digital……. Humanities…… Libraries Kirsty Lingstadt Deputy Director Library and University Collections, Head of Digital, University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh Founded in 1583 Sixth-oldest university in the English-speaking world One of Scotland's ancient universities Research-led institution Member of the Russell Group, Coimbra Group, LERU and Universitas 21 Largest university in Scotland with 15,200 staff and 41,300 students
University of Edinburgh Libraries Main Library (2.5million visits last year) 8 site libraries and library storage facilities +2 million printed volumes, almost 700,000 e-books, 100,000 e-journals, 700 licensed databases and over 66,000 streaming videos
Role of Libraries in Digital Humanities?
Collections as Data
Virtual Research Environments
Digital Humanities Skills Training
Makerspaces
DIGITAL MAKING AND SCHOLARSHIP Electronics – arduino, rasberry pi Model Making Arts & crafts Including fabrics 3-D modelling 3-D printing Scanning – lidar etc Visualisation GIS/mapping AR/VR Digital exhibitions Project planning Experimentation Collboration Text & Data Mining Encoding content Computational text analysis Digital publishing Developing Digital Scholarship tools
Music Box Conservation Packing
RLUK Report: Digital Scholarship and the role of the Research Library Digital scholarship survey: Structures are important: centralised units and strategies Mixed economy: of support, staffing, and skills within and beyond the library Collaboration key: within and beyond the library, within and beyond the institution (library as broker) Role of the library is changing: provider > partner > pioneer Sustainability: Desired transition from DS ‘projects’ to ‘processes’
RLUK Report: Digital Scholarship and the role of the Research Library The future role of the research library Movement from service provision to equal partnership Library as broker between individuals/groups and place for experimentation Enhance technical expertise and diversification of DS activities Enhanced library role in skills development of researchers Greater role for libraries in the management of digital outputs Greater cross-institutional collaboration around skills and knowledge acquisition
Supporting Activities Digitisation Research Data Management Digital Preservation
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