TY - JOUR
T1 - Partnering in knowledge production
T2 - Roles for librarians in the digital humanities
AU - Bell, Emilia
AU - Kennan, Mary Anne
N1 - Emilia Bell is a graduate of the Master of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University. She also holds a BA in International Relations and Art History. Emilia is currently a school library assistant with research interests that include academic and critical librarianship, libraries and social inclusion, and research methodologies.
Mary Anne Kennan is an Adjunct Associate Professor, for the Information Studies, Charles Sturt University. Mary Anne's research interests focus broadly on scholarly communication including open access, libraries and social inclusion, and increasingly on education for the information professions. She is currently Editor of the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - This purpose of this paper is to review literature from the Digital Humanities (DH), academic librarianship, and critical librarianship, focusing on potential roles for Australian academic librarians in the DH. After defining DH and its relationship with academic librarianship, the difference between service and collaborative models are discussed. This includes how service models characterise current perceptions of DH librarians’ roles. Findings of this review indicate that there are, indeed, roles for librarians in the DH that can contribute to scholarly partnerships. These roles build on the shared values of librarianship and the humanities and are related to the critical and theoretical foundations of the DH. Critical librarianship provides a framework for roles that can contribute to knowledge production, not just to service provision. This framework can also work towards increasing representation and accessibility in DH scholarship.
AB - This purpose of this paper is to review literature from the Digital Humanities (DH), academic librarianship, and critical librarianship, focusing on potential roles for Australian academic librarians in the DH. After defining DH and its relationship with academic librarianship, the difference between service and collaborative models are discussed. This includes how service models characterise current perceptions of DH librarians’ roles. Findings of this review indicate that there are, indeed, roles for librarians in the DH that can contribute to scholarly partnerships. These roles build on the shared values of librarianship and the humanities and are related to the critical and theoretical foundations of the DH. Critical librarianship provides a framework for roles that can contribute to knowledge production, not just to service provision. This framework can also work towards increasing representation and accessibility in DH scholarship.
KW - Digital humanities
KW - Academic librarianship
KW - Critical librarianship
U2 - 10.1080/24750158.2021.1907886
DO - 10.1080/24750158.2021.1907886
M3 - Article
SN - 2475-0158
VL - 70
SP - 157
EP - 176
JO - Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
JF - Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
IS - 2
ER -