recently mpow has hired a canada research chair in digital humanities. obviously i’m dying to partner on oh-so-many projects, but before that, i’d love to hear from everyone at THATCamp about what they are looking for in terms of library support for their research – or does the library not even cross your mind?
i know some of you come from institutions where the library is a natural partner for your work, but for those of you where that is not the case – what could the library do to entice you? what kind of support are you looking for? and what form does that support take?
ultimately i want to know what the library could do to rock your socks!
2 comments
jessica.pigza
June 2, 2011 at 10:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for this post. This sounds great to me. I’m quite used to supporting researchers who use special collections at my library in the usual ways. But I’m eager to discuss how libraries can support innovative dh projects, partnerships, and collaborations.
Micah Vandegrift
June 2, 2011 at 11:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’d like to reverse this question also and ask perhaps what the institution (faculty/researcher) could do to help libraries who might be lagging here too. Although I’d be asking the same question you have proposed: what kind of support is the university community looking for in the library? Do we all need to have DH centers creating cool tools? What are the institutional/organizational building blocks of support for digital projects and research?