1. digital humanities @ #MLA15 MATT ROBERTS

2. WHAT DID I DO? ▪78 panels tagged “dh”(783 panels in total) ▪attended product demonstrations (mla international bibliography, juxta editions, hathitrust research center) juxta editionshathitrust research center 1.@matt_robertsphd live tweeted from each panel 2.gained appx. 40 followers during conference and several more since 3.live tweeting’s positive effects

3. KEY PANELS ▪postcolonial digital humanities: praxis #mla15 #s14 ▪what does it mean to publish: new forms of scholarly communication #mla15 #s242 ▪disrupting the digital humanities #mla15 #s448 ▪genealogies of the digital humanities #mla15 #s604

4. OBSERVATIONS ▪asking “what is dh” is the wrong question; we’ve been digital for years ▪dh is inter-disciplinary & requires institutional infrastructure that encourages collaboration ▪dh articulated in the 3 interconnected domains – research (digital projects, data curation, access/preservation) – pedagogy/teaching (use technology to improve learning outcomes) – theory (e.g. dhpoco)dhpoco

5. UCI LIBRARIES AND DH ▪erds to contribute ti the majority of ‘digital scholarship’ ▪e-scholarship, web archiving, asset management only part of the pie ▪current manifestation of ‘digital scholarship services’ geared toward sciences ▪digital services for humanists lack cohesive and integrated structure

6. OPPORTUNITIES ▪training ▪clarify libraries’ digital scholarship services portfolioclarify libraries’ digital scholarship services portfolio ▪collaboration with humanities commons and other academic programs ▪promote collaboration to overcome dept. siloization ▪improve technology to support teaching needs (teaching is research!) ▪largest public library in o.c. can better serve the public ▪provide access to technology and support

7. CHALLENGES ▪funding to develop services, but… ▪funding protocol for external grants somewhat cumbersome and inefficient (e.g. recent neh grant opportunities) ▪library services conceived of as mutually exclusive from collections (e.g. literary journalism needs) ▪library space and current licensing agreements do not promote collaboration (e.g. technology in mrc not well integrated; access to advanced tech is limited) ▪digital services structure that balances serving liberal arts and sciences, and that serves the public ▪dhig and emerging technologies lack authority, though often “the creative”

8. QUESTIONS? RECOMMENDATIONS