1. DIGITAL LIBRARIES,
DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Current and emerging roles for librarians
Kent Gerber
Digital Library Manager
Bethel University
April 2011

2. Digital Libraries - Varied definitions
Computer Science -- only a collection of items

3. Digital Libraries - Varied definitions
Library Science -- organization of services AND collections

4. Digital Library Types
Focal Point:
Discipline
Audience
Institution
Geographic
Broad Interdisciplinary

5. Digital Library Types
Classics (Discipline)

6. Digital Library Types
Children (Audience)

7. Digital Library Types
Bethel
University
(Institution)

8. Digital Library Types
Minnesota Digital Library (Geographic)

9. Digital Library Types
American Memory Library of Congress (Geographic)

10. Digital Library Types
Hathi Trust (Broad Interdisciplinary)

11. Digital Humanities
Digital History - Center for History and New Media

12. Digital Humanities

13. Digital Humanities
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

14. Digital Humanities
University of Virginia Scholars Lab

15. Digital Libraries + Digital Humanities
From Bruce Cole in First Monday article, "The Humanities in
the Digital Age" on the launch of the Digital Humanities
Initiative in 2006:
“The National Endowment for the Humanities and IMLS are
currently partners on two of our key digital humanities grant
programs, Digital Humanities Start–up Grants and
Advancing Knowledge. These would not have been possible
without the help of the IMLS. Both of these programs
encourage collaboration among librarians, museum officials,
archivists, and scholars. And both the NEH and IMLS
benefit, because we are able to reach new constituents and
inspire important projects.”

16. Digital Libraries + Digital Humanities
http://miriamposner.com/blog/?page_id=1033#guides

17. Digital Libraries + Digital Humanities
http://dhlib2012.thatcamp.org/

18. Job Market
Recent Postings
1. Digital Collections Initiative Mgr, The Henry Ford Museum
2. Archivist for Digital Dvt & Uni Records, Ball State University
3. Assistant Director, Visual Resources Collection, University of
Virginia
4. Digital Repository Manager: The Brown University Library
5. Web and Digital Projects Developer (Analyst, IT) at Duke
University Libraries April 13th, 2011

19. Job Market - Sources
Listservs
Code4Lib, LITA-L, Web4Lib, Madslisjobs, MCN-L
Digital-Scholarship
Digital Library jobs archive: http://bit.ly/RKaHc
Library IT jobs archive: http://bit.ly/8N9H3v

20. Grant (Great) Environment
NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Grants Available
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The National Endowment for the Humanities has
announced the availability of Humanities Collections and
Reference Resources grants. The maximum award is
$350,000 (up to three years). The deadline is July 20, 2011.
Here's an excerpt from the announcement: The Humanities
Collections and Reference Resources program supports
projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship,
education, [...]
http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2011/04/12/neh-humanities-collections-and-reference-resources-grants-available/

21. Demos
Bethel
http://content.clic.edu/cdm/betheluniversity
War and Peace in Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm
Example of a search for a name in Perseus:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/nebrowser?id=franklin,
benjamin&query=Perseus:text:2001.05.0158

22. Choose a Library to Evaluate
http://www.diigo.com/list/kgerber/digital-humanities-
presentation

23. Necessary Skills and Experience
Two studies of large sets of job postings
1. College and Research Libraries News job postings1999-
2007
2. Listservs - boai forum, dcc-associates, digital-
preservation-JISC, American Scientist Forum

24. Necessary Skills and Experience
Required skills: Personal Traits:
1. Imaging technologies 1. Quick and Constant learner
2. Optical Character 2. Flexible
Recognition 3. Innately skeptical
3. Mark-up languages 4. Risk-taker
4. Cataloging and Metadata 5. Public service perspective
5. Indexing and Databases 6. Good interpersonal skills
6. User interface design 7. Change management skills
7. Programming 8. Can work independently and
8. Web technology likes it
9. Project Management

25. Necessary Skills and Experience
Good knowledge of Cultural and
Heritage Informatics and Digital
Humanities

26. Digital Librarian's Toolkit
Metadata and Cataloging

27. Digital Librarian's Toolkit
XML

28. Digital Librarian's Toolkit
Digital Imaging and Photography
Scanners
Digital Cameras
Color Management
Lighting
Standard Formats

29. Digital Librarian's Toolkit
Web Programming Languages
PHP
Python
Ruby
Perl
Javascript

30. Digital Librarian’s Toolkit
Repository Collections Software
Libraries Archives Musuems
CONTENTdm Archon PastPerfect
Dspace Archivists Toolkit CONTENTdm
Fedora/Islandora CONTENTdm Collective Access
Digital Commons CollectiveAccess Omeka
Omeka Omeka

31. Thank you!
Any Questions?
Kent Gerber
Digital Library Manager
Bethel University
kent-gerber@bethel.edu