Plenary II: Special Collections Libraries as Liberal Arts Laboratories

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.