The Next Thousand Days:
Planning for DS Engagement into
the Future
A Discussion among Committed Folks
Kris MacPherson, St. Olaf College
Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference
Macalester College, 11 June 2016
Voices from the past: What have we
undertaken?
Quotations from:

Michael Furlough (as cited in Posner)
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Miriam Posner

Christina Bell
See final slide for bibliography
Effect on Library Mission/ILOs

What is different (if anything) about digital scholarship within the library?
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What new projects/holdings/roles have been added?
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Have you revisited/reconfirmed/rewritten mission statements or ILOs in
light of these changes?
Effect on/Incorporation into Info Lit
Programs

Have you noticed any significant changes to info lit programs?

Is DS being incorporated into regular courses or is it mainly for summer
research?
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If regular courses, is it in concert with teaching research strategies or
replacing it?
Building new/strengthening ongoing
campus partnerships

With whom are you working?
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How are various cultures combining?

In what ways are campus administrators and faculty supporting DH
programs?
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What type of role does the library actually play in DH on campus -leadership? Support?
Changes to R/I librarians roles:

What new skills and areas are being added to the R/I librarians portfolio?

How is DS involvement distributed amongst the R/I librarians or is it in a
separate place?
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Have job descriptions been rewritten? If so, how is responsibility for DS
articulated?
Things to let go of to make room for DS

How are you managing?
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What’s getting left in the dust (and is that an appropriate place for it)?
Conclusion
 What
 With
are your goals for the next thousand days?
whom will you partner?
 What’s
your first step?
References
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Bell, Christina. 2015. In practice and pedagogy: Digital Humanities in a small
college environment. In Digital Humanities in the library: Challenges and
opportunities for subject specialists, ed. Arianne Haartsell-Gundy, Laura
Braunstein and Liorah Golomb, 103-126. [Chicago]: Association of College and
Research Libraries.
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Learning Outcomes for the Digital Humanities (page SG 14 in A Short Guide to
the Digital_Humanities) http://bit.ly/dhshortguide [pdf]
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Posner, Miriam. 2013. No half measures: Overcoming common challenges to
doing Digital Humanities in the library. Journal of Library Administration 53, no.
1: 43-52.