Opportunities and Challenges Facing Librarians in the Digital Humanities

Abstract

In this presentation I will look at the challenges and opportunities for librarians and libraries as we support the growing field of Digital Humanities. I will discuss my experience as a digital humanist with my project The Recusant Print Network Project and my recent experience as both a content contributor and librarian DH consultant on the large-scale, grant funded project Slavery, Law, & Power. My goal is to lay out some observations from my experience, coupled with some external examples from the literature, to advocate for embedded librarians within digital humanities projects due to our diverse skills and positions within the research apparatus.