Abstract:
The second plenary will take an in-depth look at special collections as liberal arts laboratories, and special collections librarians as collaborators in humanistic scholarship. Speakers who have created wide-ranging digital humanities projects and tools that rest squarely on a special collections foundation will participate in a conversation about the ways our work can enable researchers to interact with special collections as a basis for experimentation with new research methods, new lines of inquiry, and new ways of engaging meaningfully with scholarly and public audiences.
Description:
Sponsored by UC Berkeley Library; Speakers: Rachel Sagner Buurma, Associate Professor of English Literature, Swarthmore College; Kimberly Christen Withey, Co-Director, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, Director of Digital Projects, Plateau Center, Native American Programs Associate Director, Digital Technology and Culture Program, Washington State University; Discussant: Sarah Werner, Digital Media Strategist, Folger Shakespeare Library
