The document discusses the role of digital scholarship librarians in project planning and management. It presents three case studies of digital humanities projects to illustrate key challenges. The first case involved iteratively developing the structure for a project mapping historic cinemas. The second highlighted how mini-grants can facilitate planning and how steps can be simultaneous. The third calls for addressing barriers to digital humanities work in libraries through collaboration between librarians and faculty. Overall, digital scholarship requires flexible, iterative planning and coordination across roles. The ideal role for digital librarians involves needs assessment, consultation, and facilitating collaboration throughout a project.

1. Project Planning & the Role of Digital Scholarship Librarian
Going Beyond
the Digital Humanities Bandwagon:
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2. Defining Digital Humanities
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Ithaka S+R
Eight Stages of a Digital Project
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● Not actually a linear process
● Digital projects are iterative
Good model, but not perfect

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Case Study 1:
Mapping the Motor City’s Cinemas Project

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Case Study 1:
Mapping the Motor City’s Cinemas Project
➊ backend (flat / structured data) & frontend
➋ iterations & judgement
➌ exploratory <--> set procedure

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Case Study 2:
The Global Midwest Project: Aggregating
Digital Collections

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Case Study 2:
The Global Midwest Project: Aggregating Digital
Collections
➊ mini grant facilitated planning stage
➋ ideal timeline in linear format
➌ steps can be done simultaneously

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Case Study 3:
Miriam Posner, UCLA: “No Half Measures”
➊ address institutional and administrative
barriers to DH work in libraries
➋ collaboration between librarians and
faculty (not service-based model)

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Digital Scholarship
Calls for:
➊ linear < -- > iterative
➋ explorative < -- > structured
➌ coordination & collaboration

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Ideal Role of DSLibrarian:
➊ needs assessment (cf. Alix Keener @UM)
➋ reference / consultation
➌ coordination / collaboration

13. Questions?
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Works Cited:
● Nancy Maron and Sarah Pickle, Sustaining the Digital Humanities: Host Institution Support
Beyond the Start-Up Phase (Ithaka S+R, June 18, 2014)
● Miriam Posner, “No Half Measures: Overcoming Common Challenges to Doing Digital
Humanities in the Library,” Journal of Library Administration, 53,1 (2013): 43-52

15. THANK YOU
Corinne Vieracker / Rebecca Chung
Setsuko Yokoyama / Walker Boyle
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