Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 34 Issue 3 (Special Theme on Digital Humanities)

I'm excited to see our issue of Digital Library Perspectives published. The theme “digital humanities” (DH) – its history, major projects and practitioners, and, especially, its many definitions – has been the subject of frenzied scholarship and publications for more than 20 years.   This issue is unique in that it's one of the few LIS journals that has an entire issue devoted to the theme of DH.

This issue is a collection of papers by librarians, academic researchers, and scholars working in areas of DH, including non-Western contexts whose voices are so often left out of mainstream discussions. The papers collected in this issue present a vision of the Library as a central partner in DH scholarship; therefore, positioning the Library not just as a place to consume knowledge but as a place where new knowledge is actively co-created by researchers and librarians alike.   My colleague Megan Lobay and I hope you enjoy these pieces!

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From humanities computing to the digital humanities: a literature review by Allan Cho, Megan Meredith-Lobay (pp. 154 - 161)
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Kindles, card catalogs, and the future of libraries: a collaborative digital humanities project by Anna L. Neatrour, Elizabeth Callaway, Rebekah Cummings (pp. 162 - 187)
Keywords: Future of libraries, Digital humanities, Topic modeling, Close reading, Distant reading, Interdisciplinary collaboration
Type: Research paper
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Back to basics: Supporting digital humanities and community collaboration using the core strength of the academic library by Shannon Lucky, Craig Harkema (pp. 188 - 199)
Keywords: Collaboration, Community, Academic libraries, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digitization
Type: Research paper
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Respecting the language: digitizing Native American language materials by Mary Wise, Sarah R. Kostelecky (pp. 200 - 214)
Keywords: Digitization, Collaboration, Digital humanities, Digital collection, Native American language, Zuni Pueblo
Type: Case study
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Finding a place for genealogy and family history in the digital humanities by Casey Daniel Hoeve (pp. 215 - 226)
Keywords: Libraries, Intersectionality, Cultural analysis humanities, Genetic ancestry, Historical societies,Humanities computing
Type: Conceptual Paper
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Digital Korean studies: recent advances and new frontiers by Javier Cha (pp. 227 - 244)

Keywords: Digital Korean studies, Digital humanities, Korean studies, South Korea, Digital archives
Type: Research paper
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