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The consequences of framing digital humanities tools as easy to use
- Author(s):
- Paige Morgan (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- TC Digital Humanities, TM Libraries and Research
- Subject(s):
- Digital humanities, Academic libraries, Cyberinfrastructure, Research--Computer network resources
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- DH tools, library instruction, research infrastructure, Digital pedagogy, Digital scholarship, Scholarly cyberinfrastructure
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6W08WG1R
- Abstract:
- This article examines the recurring ways in which some of the most popular DH tools are presented as easy to use. It argues that attempts to couch powerful tools in what is often false familiarity, directly undermines the goal of encouraging scholarly innovation and risk taking. The consequences of framing digital tools as either easy or more difficult shapes the relationship between librarians and the students and faculty whose research they support, and, more broadly, the role and viability of libraries as spaces devoted to skill acquisition.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in College & Undergraduate Libraries on August 7, 2018, available online (version of record) at Taylor and Francis Online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10691316.2018.1480440
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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