Reading
The material on the following sites is important and should be read either before or after the text in this section.
Optional Reading
Readers are encouraged to browse through the following, and/or use them for reference. They need not be read in their entirety.
The Perseus Digital Library is one of the most ambitious and extensive initiatives in the digital classics, where a large number of popular texts in a variety of languages, art and archaeology, and exhibits can be explored.
View: The Perseus Digital Library
The Perseids Project is a large-scale digital classics initiative for creating, disseminating, and publishing research texts and data. The project grew out of the Perseus Digital Library, and primarily provides infrastructure for classical studies research and collaborations. Within the project, the Perseids Platform is a free, online suite of tools for data production and collaboration. The project also supports many types of publications of texts and data. It also provides application programming interfaces (APIs) and digital libraries and tools for a variety of techniques, including a Beta Code converter, a Greek-Latin demixer, a Greek verb conjugator, and word cloud visualization tools.
Douglas Seefeldt and William G. Thomas
2009
This short article provides a definition and description of digital history and its concerns and goal. Examples of digital tools relevant to this area are also discussed.
Read: What is Digital History?
Shawn Graham
March 14, 2017
This post, by historian Shawn Graham of Carleton University, situates digital archaeology within the digital humanities, and discusses why it goes beyond using digital techniques as a tool to solve research problems in archaeology.
Read: What is Digital Archaeology?
Digital Heritage, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
This site discusses the importance of digital technology to cultural heritage, particularly in terms of born-digital content. It provides a link describing the concept of digital heritage that includes a definition. Another link emphasizes that digital resources are subject to technological obsolescence and, like all artifacts, physical deterioration, and, therefore, digital preservation is necessary. Strategies for maintaining and preserving digital resources are also described. A third link describes the Digital Preservation Programme of UNESCO.
Read: Digital Heritage, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Are the Digital Humanities and Library & Information Science the Same Thing?
Lyn Robinson
June 29, 2015
Lyn Robinson, Head of the Department of Library & Information Science at City, University of London, discusses the synergies between the digital humanities and library and information science, and how they support each other. The essay highlights areas of common interest and common technologies, but also contrasts the two areas.
Read: Are the Digital Humanities and Library & Information Science the Same Thing?
G. Wayne Clough
Smithsonian Institution
This booklet discusses the concept of museums and the role of digital technologies in modern-day museums. The discussion is lively and engaging, with many helpful illustrations. The following short sections are especially relevant to this section: Best of Both Worlds (Executive Summary), Chapter 1 (Introduction), and Chapter 5 (A Changing Role for Museums).
This website presents current research and trends in cultural analytics. The articles are written primarily for researchers in the digital humanities but skimming through the site provides an overview of some of the areas of interest to cultural analytics scholars.
