DH @ W&L

Regional Symposium at Scholars' lab

March 9, 2018

Mackenzie Brooks // Digital Humanities Librarian

About W&L

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small liberal arts college
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1900 undergraduates
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~14 librarians
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DH @ W&L

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2012 - conversations
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2013 - new librarians + formal structure

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2013 - ACS grant with UVA
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2014 - first DH 101 course
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2015 - Mellon grant (4 years)
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2018 - minor?!
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http://digitalhumanities.wlu.edu

@WLUDH

In ten years, digital humanities projects will be so diffused throughout the curriculum that they no longer look experimental; they gain broad acceptance as a legitimate mode of student work. Student transcripts contain links to their DH projects as part of demonstrated student learning outcomes. Our liberal arts grads possess not only information fluency, but the craft skills to make and manipulate digital artifacts. Parsing large data sets in easily visualized and nuanced ways becomes a normal skill of our humanities grads, along with writing and critical thinking.

- Suzanne Keen, Dean of the College, 2014

Our Model

Digital Humanities Committee

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sets the vision
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faculty + library faculty + academic technologists

Digital Humanities Action Team

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consults on digital pedagogy + research
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librarians + academic technologists

Mellon Grant

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DH Studio = curriculum 
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DH Fellow position
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Incentive grants
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Undergraduate Fellowship
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Summer research funding
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Speaker series
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Teaching assistance from UVA
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DHSI attendance 
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Student professional development
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Huon d'Auvergne Digital Edition

Florence As It Was

Ancient Graffiti Project

Understanding Human Trafficking

Curriculum

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Introduction to Digital Humanities
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Data in the Humanities
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Programming for Non-Programmers
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Born Digital Archives
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Public Writing
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Innovations in Publishing
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Communication through the Web
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Scholarly Text Encoding
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Going Forward

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Digital Culture and Information minor
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Space!
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Continuing and expanding collaboration
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An interdisciplinary program in Digital Culture and Information (DCI) allows students to deeply explore how the digital age impacts knowledge and society. Students will discover how software transforms information into valuable resources as well as the dangerous potential of algorithmically biased tools. Through courses that integrate theory with hands-on practice, students will develop creative projects that demonstrate their emerging expertise in digital media...The course of study nurtures critical reflection on the underlying structure of technology and not merely technical proficiency. A minor in Digital Culture and Information provides the foundation for a career in any field and for life as an informed citizen in a digital society.