Does the digital humanities need more digitisation?
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"So I would argue for more digitisation, but open digitisation in a way that allows for new methodologies. Create open content, re-useable content, sophisticated platforms. Expose raw data and allow it to be interpreted and re-interpreted. Allow content to be mashed-up and joined up and analysed with other content. Create content that can be used by those who want to use ‘traditional’ methodologies and also those who want to explore the new avenues that digitised content permits...."