#BUDSC17 – Bucknell Digital Scholarship Conference
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-03-13
Summary:
"Bucknell University, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will host its fourth annual digital scholarship conference (#BUDSC17) from October 6th-8th. The theme of the conference is 'Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Evolution of Digital Scholarship.'
- What can different disciplines learn from each other when it comes to adopting or using digital tools?
- What is the role of innovation in digital scholarship? Who is being innovative?
- How is digital scholarship rewarded in, or beyond, academia?
- How can we foster communication across intellectual disciplines and administrative units?
- How is digital scholarship made? Who produces it? Who is excluded and who is included?
- Where is digital scholarship published, promoted, and publicized? Is the message reaching the audience it deserves?
- How is digital scholarship incorporated into the existing conversations of traditional scholarship?
- What are the resources for sustaining digital scholarship? How are those resources going to change in the future? Can digital scholarship be done inexpensively without sacrificing quality?
- Does digital scholarship have a responsibility to be open or engaged beyond the academy? How are these different responsibilities defined and grappled with?
- Should digital scholarship be defined? Where should a definition of digital scholarship begin? What ends should it be directed toward?"