Comments on: Discussion topic — The Library and The Digital Scholar http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/03/06/discussion-topic-the-library-and-the-digital-scholar/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Thu, 24 May 2012 00:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: George Brett http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/03/06/discussion-topic-the-library-and-the-digital-scholar/#comment-433 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:38:15 +0000 http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/?p=904#comment-433 I have scanned the article and have posted the PDF at bit.ly/I16Qu3

Enjoy.

]]> By: George Brett http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/03/06/discussion-topic-the-library-and-the-digital-scholar/#comment-383 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:16:48 +0000 http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/?p=904#comment-383 I found the 28 year old photo copy of Pat Battin’s article. I’ll scan and PDF it for those interested. – George

ps bringing some 1989 books of interest to academic tech humanists.

]]> By: erwhite http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/03/06/discussion-topic-the-library-and-the-digital-scholar/#comment-345 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:19 +0000 http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/?p=904#comment-345 As a systems librarian I am deeply interested in this topic and very excited to hear others’ thoughts. If it’d be helpful I can provide an overview of current library technology, challenges, etc.

]]> By: Phil Edwards http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/03/06/discussion-topic-the-library-and-the-digital-scholar/#comment-180 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:35:49 +0000 http://virginia2012.thatcamp.org/?p=904#comment-180 It’d be cool to bring in some of the late Ross Atkinson’s ideas about the role of the library in scholarly communication activities, too:

Atkinson, R. (1996). Library functions, scholarly communication, and the foundation of the digital library: Laying claim to the control zone. Library Quarterly 66(3), 239-265. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/4309129

Abstract: As libraries prepare to convert an increasing proportion of their services to online form, it is essential that they pause to review and define the core qualities of those services; only in that way can the systematic and conscious transfer of such services to an online environment be assured. This definition of core services is especially important for academic libraries, which face special economic and political challenges. Some of the most fundamental aspects of library operations entail the existence of a border, across which objects of information are transferred and maintained. Such a parameter, demarcating a single, distributed digital library (the “control zone”), needs to be created and managed by the academic library community at the earliest opportunity. One basic objective of such a single digital research library should be to serve as an alternative publishing mechanism for specialized scholarly communication. In order to achieve that combination of the collection and the publication functions in the coming online environment, some responsibilities now performed by academic library collection development will probably need to be transferred to the faculty.

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