What We're

Doing with Our DH Mellon Grant

Mackenzie Brooks // Assistant Professor & DH Librarian

Washington & Lee University // @mackymoo @WLUDH

Code4Lib MDC // August 11, 2015

About W&L

  • small liberal arts college
  • 1900 undergraduates
  • 9 librarians + 12 staff

http://digitalhumanities.wlu.edu

Getting semantics out of the way

DH @ W&L

1. Student-focused + pedagogy

 

2. Collaborators > service providers

Our Model

Digital Humanities Working Group 

  • sets the vision
  • faculty + librarians + academic technologists

 

Digital Humanities Action Team

  • does the work
  • librarians + academic technologists              

 

Mellon Grant

  • DH Studio
  • Incentive grants
  • Summer research funding
  • Speaker series
  • Teaching assistance
  • DHSI attendance
  • Student professional development

> Huon d'Auvergne Digital Edition

> Literary Networks

> Ancient Graffiti Project

> Mapping the Literary Railway

Going Forward

1. Student engagement

2. Collaboration

3. Sustainability

We're hiring!

http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/22015/

What We're Doing with Our DH Mellon Grant

By Mackenzie Brooks

What We're Doing with Our DH Mellon Grant

Code4Lib MDC // Mackenzie Brooks // August 11, 2015

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