{"id":3379,"date":"2011-10-03T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2011-10-03T17:35:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T09:35:41","slug":"how-do-we-share-the-shoeboxes-under-the-bed-and-what-skills-do-we-need-for-the-digital-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/03\/how-do-we-share-the-shoeboxes-under-the-bed-and-what-skills-do-we-need-for-the-digital-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"How do we share the shoeboxes under the bed and what skills do we need for the digital humanities?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am so, so lucky and happy. I found out this morning that I have been awarded a Mellon THATcamp fellowship<\/a>\u00a0to help toward my attendance at the Bootcamp part of THATCampCanberra<\/a> at the end of the week. Thank you to the folk at the \u00a0Center for History and New Media<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0George Mason University<\/a>\u00a0who administer the Fellowship (and gave the world\u00a0Zotero, too).<\/p>\n

I have put up a couple of proposals for sessions that I am happy to facilitate during the unconference. It is really me saying “this is what I want to learn from you clever folk, please share”, so if I end up going to other sessions, that is just fine. If you read this blog and will not be at THATcamp, but would like to throw some ideas in the mix, feel free to do so in the comments and I will bring them up if the session runs.<\/p>\n

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Session suggestion 1: Skills to practice and support the Digital Humanities<\/h3>\n

FORMAT: Facilitated talkfest producing agreed list of specific skills<\/h5>\n

This may be better as two topics, but many of the skills will be the same.<\/p>\n

PART ONE \u2013 Improving technological literacy for humanities researchers<\/h5>\n

What specific skills do humanities researchers need to be sufficiently technologically literate to take advantage of possibilities offered by the digital humanities?<\/p>\n

Whose responsibility is it to help them gain these skills?<\/p>\n

What model would work to help support researchers to gain these skills?\u00a0Is there a role for research institutions to provide:<\/p>\n