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Research on the Digital Humanities Practices in Chinese Libraries: A Case Study of Shanghai Libraries

Shen, Wang; Chen, Jiuyu; Guo, Jia; Hong, Chuang; Deng, Jun

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Title
Research on the Digital Humanities Practices in Chinese Libraries: A Case Study of Shanghai Libraries
Author(s)
  • Shen, Wang
  • Chen, Jiuyu
  • Guo, Jia
  • Hong, Chuang
  • Deng, Jun
Issue Date
2020
Keyword(s)
  • digital humanists
  • digital technology
  • Chinese libraries
Geographic Coverage
China
Abstract
This paper examines the practices of digital humanists in Chinese libraries, with a particular focus on those that have good application results in digital humanities (DH). First, based on research into human databases created by Chinese libraries and analysis of information collected from 152 libraries, we selected three libraries for a case study whose research findings of DH projects have been put into practical application. Next, we collected relevant materials by means of interviews, literature research, network research, and other methods. Finally, the paper identifies some important issues, such as motivations, content, and cooperation, that need to be addressed when analyzing these programs by a case study. Some achievements have been made because of efforts by a number of Chinese libraries to develop DH, but accompanying these achievements are challenges. The paper puts forward the core problems for DH in Chinese public libraries and tries to give a numerical solution scheme that will help to promote the development of DH.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 69 (1). Summer 2020
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109276
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0027
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Library Trends 69 (1) Summer 2020: Digital Humanities and Libraries in China PRIMARY
Library Trends 69 (1) Summer 2020: Digital Humanities and Libraries in China. Edited by Lian Ruan and Xingye Du