Based on success of 2022 institute, 15 new participants from less-well-resourced institutions will receive specialized training, further expanding representation in born-digital scholarly publishing.
Providence, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University Library has received a $169,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host a second iteration of Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps. First offered in 2022 thanks to a generous grant from the NEH, this national training institute supports scholars who wish to pursue interpretive projects that require digital expression, but may lack the necessary resources and capacity at their home institutions.
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Born-digital publications create exciting new conditions for the production and sharing of knowledge by advancing scholarly arguments in ways not achievable in a conventional print format, whether through multimedia enhancements or interactive engagement with research materials. Combined with open access publishing models, these new scholarly forms are increasing the visibility and reach of humanities scholarship to global audiences both within and beyond the academy in unprecedented ways. Yet the majority of this innovative work is being generated at well-resourced, predominantly white institutions.
Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps helps to bridge this divide through the purposeful training and mentoring of scholars from institutions that may not have the resources necessary to produce publication-ready digital projects. According to Allison Levy, Director of Brown University Digital Publications, “By making the digital publication process more accessible and inclusive, the institute will foster the elevation of underrepresented voices and subject matter, thereby diversifying the output of teaching and learning resources as well as expanding the readership for digital humanities scholarship.”
The hybrid institute, scheduled to run in July 2024, will equip 15 humanities scholars from all career levels and across disciplines with in-depth knowledge of the digital publishing process, concrete and individualized plans for project advancement, and top-level publishing industry contacts. A dynamic, public-facing, resource-rich website will continue to serve as the virtual hub for the institute, containing participants’ biographies and project descriptions as well as all program content.
In recognition of its membership in the HBCU Library Alliance (the first non-HBCU addition to the organization), Brown University Library will prioritize some of the cohort slots for faculty from member institutions (the 2022 institute welcomed eight outstanding individuals, or 60% of the cohort, from HBCUs). “Brown University Library is extremely grateful to have another opportunity to learn from a cohort of excellent scholars and to help them realize their first-rate digital publication projects for the benefit of students, scholarship, and the wider public,” said Joseph Meisel, Joukowsky Family University Librarian.
Brown University Library is uniquely positioned to implement this program. Launched with generous support from the Mellon Foundation and with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP) — widely recognized as accessible, intentional, and inclusive — is helping to set the standards for the future of scholarship in the digital age via its novel, university-based approach to digital content development.
About Brown University Library
The Brown University Library is central to Brown’s academic mission to support teaching and learning at the highest level, and in a spirit of free and open inquiry. The Library is home to the Center for Digital Scholarship, a hub for the creation of new scholarly forms and other innovations in scholarly communication. A program of distinction for the Library and the University, Brown University Digital Publications is one of the ways in which the Library activates and guides intellectual exploration and creativity.
About the National Endowment for the Humanities
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
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