Peter J. Cobb University of Hong KongWayne de Fremery
Koraljka Golub Humphrey Keah Jeonghyun Kim Joseph Kiplang’at Ying-Hsang Liu Simon Mahony Sam G. Oh Chris Alen Sula Ted Underwood Xiaoguang Wang
Source
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST)
First Online; June 21, 2021 DOI: 10.1002/asi.24535
Abstract
The interdisciplinary field known as digital humanities (DH) is represented in various forms in the teaching and research practiced in iSchools. Building on the work of an iSchools organization committee charged with exploring digital humanities curricula, we present findings from a series of related studies exploring aspects of DH teaching, education, and research in iSchools, often in collaboration with other units and disciplines. Through a survey of iSchool programs and an online DH course registry, we investigate the various education models for DH training found in iSchools, followed by a detailed look at DH courses and curricula, explored through analysis of course syllabi and course descriptions. We take a brief look at collaborative disciplines with which iSchools cooperate on DH research projects or in offering DH education.
Word tree visualization of learning outcomes in iSchool digital humanities courses. The size of the word reflects its frequency of occurrence in course learning outcomes. Stopwords have been removed. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, First published: 21 June 2021, DOI: (10.1002/asi.24535)
Next, we explore DH careers through an analysis of relevant job advertisements. Finally, we offer some observations about the management and administrative challenges and opportunities related to offering a new iSchool DH program. Our results provide a snapshot of the current state of digital humanities in iSchools which may usefully inform the design and evolution of new DH programs, degrees, and related initiatives.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
