1. 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
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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.

8. Part II: Case Study Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Long horizon
: E-text
2005-present: official center of University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

9. 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 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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