Digital Humanities (2005)

All sessions will be held in the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library

Sunday, July 17, 2005

1:30 PM
Meet in lobby of Marriott Courtyard for travel to Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library

2:00 PM
Greetings, introductions, and overview for SCI3
Speakers: Nancy Davenport (Council on Library and Information Resorces), Karin Wittenborg (University of Virginia), Bill Walker (University of Miami)

2:30 PM
Session 1: What is humanities digital scholarship, why does it matter, and where is it going?
Speakers: Stan Katz (President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned) Societies, Don Waters (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)

3:30 PM
Break

3:45 PM
Session 2: Scholars from the teams discuss the major trends in their field and how digital scholarship relates to these trends
Facilitator: Jerry McGann ( Professor Department of English, University of Virginia)
Panel of one representative per team

6:00 PM
Reception and Dinner [The Ivy Inn, 2244 Old Ivy Road, Charlottesville]

Monday, July 18, 2005

8:00 AM
Breakfast

9:00 AM
Pivot Discussion: What we’ve heard. Where can we go from here?
Moderator: Bill Walker (University Librarian and Professor at the University of Miami)

9:45 AM
Session 3: Examples of progress in the transition from digital projects to digital programs
Institutional Commitment at the University of Nebraska
Speakers: Rick Edwards and Katherine Walter (Chair of Digital Initiatives & Special Collections in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries)

Sustaining Digital Scholarship at UVa
Speaker: Martha Sites (Associate University Librarian for Information Technology, University of Virginia)

Evolution of SCI
Results of SCI1: Richard Lucier (Director of the Laboratory for Applied Research in Academic Information, John Hopkins)

Progress since SCI2: Jim Childress (John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia)

11:00 AM
Break

11:15 AM
Session 4: Cyberinfrastructure and the Emerging Humanities
Speakers: Steve Wheatley ( Vice President of the American Council of Learned Societies) and Chuck Henry (Vice Provost and
University Librarian at Rice University)

12:15 PM
Lunch

1:30 PM
Session 5: Sustainability, learning from successes and failures
Facilitator: Kate Wittenberg (Director of the Electronic Publishing Initiative, Columbia University)
Panel: Maria Bonn, (Director, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan, University Library)
Dan Cohen (Director of Research Projects, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University)
Thomas Dublin (Professor of History, SUNY, Binghamton, and Co-Director, Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000)

Session 6: Conversation/Discussion among the attendees to identify common elements necessary to sustain digital scholarship
Facilitator: Bill Walker (University Librarian and Professor at the University of Miami) and Kate Wittenberg (Director of the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia University)
Team-based discussions: How can we advance digital programs on our own campuses? What is the potential for inter-institutional collaboration?

6:15 PM
Reception [Alderman Library, McGregor Room]

7:30 PM
Dinner [OXO, 215 West Water Street, Charlottesville]

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

8:00 AM
Breakfast

9:00 AM
Session 7: Teams report on the plans developed during Team discussions

10:00 AM
Session 8: The view from the starting gate: defining the ideal long-term future
Grad student and post-doctoral participants (Cesare Pastorino)

10:30 AM
Break

10:45 AM
Session 9: Where do we go from here?
Strategies for driving needed change: What can we accomplish in the near-term? What needs to change for the long-term? Who are our allies?
Facilitator: Bill Walker ( University Librarian and Professor at the University of Miami)

12:00 PM
Lunch
Closing Session: Scholarship in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker: James Hilton (University of Michigan)