DLF Forum 2016

Presentation 1
There Is No Spoon: The DS Center as Abstraction
This presentation shares some achievements and challenges from the last three years in the Ohio Five libraries as they’ve built consortial digital scholarship. This will frame conversations about the utility of taxonomies of collaboration and the efficacy of the digital scholarship “center” that is merely an abstraction.
Presenter: Jacob Heil

Presentation 2
Changing the Shape of Liberal Arts Scholarship: A Library-Centered Approach
Bucknell University has generated interdisciplinary digital scholarship projects by adopting a research model from the sciences for faculty-student collaborations. Our success is due to centering research support in the library. This presentation will discuss the challenges and offer suggestions for library leadership in new modes of liberal arts scholarship.
Presenter: Carrie Johnston, Matthew Gardzina

Presentation 3
Expanding DH Capacity Through Strategic Partnerships in the Liberal Arts College Library
This presentation outlines how the Claremont Colleges Library has collaborated with Mellon-funded staff to provide multi-layered support for the Digital Humanities. This partnership enabled the library to establish a DH/digital scholarship center that is integrating new positions and spaces to advance the community’s knowledge, skills, and digital scholarly projects.
Presenters: Ashley Sanders