http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/03/27/digital-humanities-libraries-and-public-engagement/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/03/27/digital-humanities-libraries-and-public-engagement/#comment-689 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:58:20 +0000 http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/?p=291#comment-689 I’m also interested in these questions; while not a librarian, I keep winding up working on public events at libraries, because they are such a communal meeting-place. That’s true for libraries as places in the virtual sense, too!

]]> http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/03/27/digital-humanities-libraries-and-public-engagement/#comment-662 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:30:56 +0000 http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/?p=291#comment-662 I read through your notes and recognized most of those names you mentioned. I must be doing something right in who I follow on Twitter! The idea of library-as-publisher is a near and dear one for me because I was the editor for a local alt-monthly for a time. My personal interests lie in the maker labs you mention as well as getting user-contributed stories for the preservation of local history (i.e., that crowdsourcing part). The 9/11 Digital Archive is a fascinating example of the latter. The other piece that fits in here is supporting technological literacy goals that may improve the life experiences of patrons. So many opportunities here!

]]> http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/03/27/digital-humanities-libraries-and-public-engagement/#comment-659 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:12:11 +0000 http://iowacity2012.thatcamp.org/?p=291#comment-659 I’m also interested in this topic. This is related, I think, to the idea of Libraries as maker’s labs and (as you said) libraries as publishers. There was a presentation on the latter at the last SXSW conference, see my notes here.

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