Digital humanities for librarians /

Digital Humanities for Librarians is a one-stop resource for librarians and LIS students working in this growing new area of academic librarianship. The book begins by introducing digital humanities and addressing key questions such as "What is it?" "Who does it?" "How do th...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Emma Annette
Published: Rowman & Littlefield,
Publisher Address: Lanham :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Digital Humanities for Librarians is a one-stop resource for librarians and LIS students working in this growing new area of academic librarianship. The book begins by introducing digital humanities and addressing key questions such as "What is it?" "Who does it?" "How do they do it?" "Why do they do it?" and "How can I do it?" This broad overview is followed by a series of practical chapters answering those questions with step-by-step approaches to both the digital and human elements of digital humanities librarianship. Special features include: Case studies of a wide range of projects and
Carrier Form: xix, 227 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
ISBN: 9781538116456 (paperback) :
1538116456 (paperback)
9781538116449
1538116448
Index Number: AZ195
CLC: G250.76
Call Number: G250.76/W747
Contents: Part 1: What is digital humanities? What is digital humanities? ; Who is doing digital humanities? ; Library models for supporting digital humanities -- Part 2: The digital part of digital humanities. Metadata for digital humanities ; Creating digital exhibitions, archives, and databases ; Text encoding with the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) ; Digital mapping ; Computational text analysis, or, Big data for digital humanities -- Part 3: The human part of digital humanities. Outreach for digital humanities ; Who is on my team? : collaborators in digital