VALA2018 Plenary 6 Verhoeven

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Deb Verhoeven

The Library is Open. Or is it?

VALA2018 PLENARY SESSION 6
Thursday 15 February 2018, 16:20 – 17:30

Deb Verhoeven

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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Abstract

This presentation will explore the imperative for open data in a closing down world.

Looking to the “collections as data” movement it will evaluate different approaches to delivering and using library collections to build humanities-oriented information platforms that demonstrate the various ways making connections and following trails of information relationships can be materialised in digital environments.

Through the prism of these practical examples larger questions will be considered: What does it mean to give shape to relationships? Can we recognize the quality of relationships by their shape? And if the answer is yes (or even maybe) then what are the implications of this? For how we understand ourselves? And for how we might redress the uneven patterns of interaction and co-existence that shape our day-to-day lives?

How might data visualisations for example, uncover and bring into sight the structures of domination that underlie the worlds encapsulated by our collections? Could this approach lead us to reconsider seemingly intractable inequities as both systemic and individual; political and personal? How might library collections as data go beyond describing, or even analysing or “figuring” things out, and become instead the basis for a new type of library engagement that grapples with the urgent need for intervention?

 

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VALA2016 Session 9 Burrows

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Libraries and the digital humanities: partnership, collaboration and shared agendas

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Pathways
Wednesday 10 February 2016, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-9-burrows

Toby Burrows

King’s College London, UK

Deb Verhoeven

Deakin University, Vic

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Abstract

Digital humanities is a rapidly growing global interdisciplinary field, reflected in a proliferation of conferences, events, journals, associations, research centres, grants, and courses. Digital humanities has a high profile because of its collaborative activity in building tools, developing services, carrying out projects, and producing ground-breaking research findings. There is a high level of interest from the library community in the digital humanities. This paper looks at the relationship between libraries and the digital humanities from an Australian perspective. The paper draws on the authors’ involvement within the digital humanities community, and especially their experience with developing HuNI: the Humanities Networked Infrastructure, a major digital infrastructure service for the humanities.

 

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VALA2014 Session 10 Burrows

Linking and sharing data in the humanities and creative arts: building the HuNI Virtual Laboratory

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-10-burrows

Toby Burrows

University of Western Australia

Deb Verhoeven

Deakin University, Vic

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Abstract

The Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) is one of the national Virtual Laboratories that are being developed as part of the Australian government’s National e-Research Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) programme. This paper examines the methodologies and technical architecture being deployed by HuNI to link and share Australian data in the humanities and creative arts.

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