1. Digital……. Humanities…… Libraries
Kirsty Lingstadt
Deputy Director Library and University Collections,
Head of Digital,
University of Edinburgh

2. 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

3. 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

5. Role of Libraries in Digital Humanities?

6. Collections as Data

7. Virtual Research Environments

9. Digital Humanities Skills Training

11. Makerspaces

12. 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

15. Music Box
Conservation Packing

16. 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’

17. 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

18. Supporting Activities
Digitisation
Research Data Management
Digital Preservation

19. Thank You!
Any Questions?