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by Tom Scheinfeldt

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Entries from February 2012

Nobody cares about the library: How digital technology makes the library invisible (and visible) to scholars

February 22nd, 2012 · 12 Comments

There is a scene from the first season of the television spy drama, Chuck, that takes place in a library. In the scene, our hero and unlikely spy, Chuck, has returned to his alma mater, Stanford, to find a book his former roommate, Bryce, has hidden in the stacks as a clue. All Chuck has [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Digital Humanities · Libraries · Open Access

Game Change: Digital Technology and Performative Humanities

February 15th, 2012 · 10 Comments

“Game changing” is a term we hear a lot in digital humanities. I have used it myself. But try, as I was asked to do for a recent talk at Brown University’s Ancient Religion, Modern Technology workshop, to name a list of truly game-changing developments wrought by digital humanities. I come up short. Struggling with [...]

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Tags: Art · Digital Humanities