BOOKS
Collaborative Research in the Digital Humanities by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9781315572659Publication Date: 2016-05-23Collaboration within digital humanities is both a pertinent and a pressing topic as the traditional mode of the humanist, working alone in his or her study, is supplemented by explicitly co-operative, interdependent and collaborative research. This is particularly true where computational methods are employed in large-scale digital humanities projects. This book, which celebrates the contributions of Harold Short to this field, presents fourteen essays by leading authors in the digital humanities. It addresses several issues of collaboration, from the multiple perspectives of institutions, projects and individual researchers.
The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9780472900343Publication Date: 2010-12-29SEE CHAPTER 3:
"Challenging Gaps: Redesigning Collaboration in the Digital Humanities." / Amy E. Earhart,
The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age, which features a wide range of practitioner-scholars, is the first of its kind: a gathering of people who are expert in American literary studies and in digital technologies, scholars uniquely able to draw from experience with building digital resources and to provide theoretical commentary on how the transformation to new technologies alters the way we think about and articulate scholarship in American literature. The volume collects articles from those who are involved in tool development, usability testing, editing and textual scholarship, digital librarianship, and issues of race and ethnicity in digital humanities, while also situating digital humanities work within the larger literary discipline. In addition, the volume examines the traditional structures of the fields, including tenure and promotion criteria, modes of scholarly production, the skill sets required for scholarship, and the training of new scholars.
Collaboration and the Academic Library by Call Number: Available OnlieISBN: 0081022883Publication Date: 2018-02-01Collaboration and the Academic Library: Internal and External, Local and Regional, National and International explores the considerable change that has affected universities and academic libraries in recent years. Given this complex and important context, it is clear that the academic library increasingly needs to operate in partnership with its users and other professionals and organizations to be successful in meeting the needs of its clientele. Academic librarians need to work closely with client groups so that services are relevant, and close partnerships with other professionals need to be forged to provide seamless services for users.The book looks at all aspects of collaboration affecting academic libraries, both internally and externally, to help the reader understand future directions for collaborative activities in a complex and difficult working environment.- Considers collaboration issues affecting academic libraries- Covers both internal and external collaboration- Provides readers with direction for collaborative activities- Shows how academic librarians can work with client groups to keep services relevant
BUILDING A PROJECT TEAM
"Building a Project Team" by Stephanie Rodgers (June 3, 2016) includes information about how to build your team and develop protocols for working together. Includes Areas of Expertise; Project Roles; Others Stakeholders and Interested Parties; Managing Teams and Stakeholders.
"Project Teams and Partners" by DVH.org. "Strategies for constituting, recruiting, managing, and formalizing relationships with both project staff and internal and external partners." See:
Appleford, Simon, and Jennifer Guiliano. “Project Teams and Partners.” DevDH.org, 2013.
Appleford, Simon, and Jennifer Guiliano. “Building Your Project Team.” DevDH.org, 2013.
Appleford, Simon, and Jennifer Guiliano. “Recruiting Partners.” DevDH.org,2013.
Appleford, Simon, and Jennifer Guiliano. “Charters, Agreements, and Handshake Deals.” DevDH.org, 2013.
PROJECT CHARTER
Once a project proposal or business case has been accepted, team members and stakeholders are gathered to develop a project charter together. The charter represents an agreement among interested parties regarding the nature of the work to be done, the commitment of resources, the timeline, and expectations (and in general, all parties contributing resources to the project should be included in both approval of and changes to the charter). A detailed set of guidelines to consider is included in this document.
See also:
Charter-ring a Path, Bethany Nowviskie, 21 November 2014
SUGGESTED READINGS
Collaborators’ Bill of Rights, Media Commons Press, Off the Tracks, "Laying New Lines for Digital Humanities Scholars,."
Griffin, Gabrielle and Matt Steven Hayler (2028), “Collaboration in Digital Humanities Research – Persisting Silences,” Digital Humanities Quarterly 12(1) no pagination.
Kretzschmar, William A. and William Gray Potter (2010). “Library Collaboration with Large Humanities Projects,” Literary and Linguistic Computing 25(4): 439-445.
Pool Alex H. and Deborah A, Garwood (2018). “Natural Allies - Librarians, Archivists and Big Data in International Digital Humanities Project Work,” Journal of Documentation 74(4): 804-826.
COLLABORATION PROCESS
(A) Identify on-campus collaborators that may serve as project partners or team members. Our USC Librarians can help you identify potential partners on campus.
(B) Students as collaborators - See: "A Student Collaborators’ Bill of Rights," UCLA The HumTech Blog, June 8, 2015 By Haley Di Pressi, Stephanie Gorman, Miriam Posner, Raphael Sasayama, and Tori Schmitt, with contributions from Roderic Crooks, Megan Driscoll, Amy Earhart, Spencer Keralis, Tiffany Naiman, and Todd Presner.
UCLA’s Digital Humanities program emphasizes cross-disciplinary, cross-hierarchy collaboration among students, faculty, and staff. We’ve created this Student Collaborators’ Bill of Rights as a statement of our values and principles in the UCLA DH program.
(C) Identify external collaborators or team members.
How to Collaborate on Digital Humanities Projects (Discussion in Linked In)
- Clearly define your project's goals and objectives; determine the scope of work, desired outcomes, and the roles and responsibilities of each team member. Tools to use for this first step: project charters, logic models, or Gantt charts.
- Decide what tools and platforms you will use. Consider factors such as the type and size of your data, the level of technical expertise, the budget, and the accessibility of your tools and platforms. .Choose tools that are compatible, secure, and reliable, and that facilitate communication, project management, data sharing, and collaboration among team members. Use tools like Google Docs, Slack, GitHub, or Omeka to share and manage your data, code, and content. Ensure that the chosen tools and platforms are user-friendly, accessible to all team members, and support interoperability and integration with existing workflows.
- Develop clear workflows and standards to guide the execution of tasks and activities throughout the project lifecycle and agree on how you will organize, store, document, and update your data, code, and content.
- Define processes for data collection, analysis, visualization, and dissemination, ensuring consistency and reproducibility in methodologies and practices. Set your quality criteria, ethical guidelines, and citation practices.
- Establish standards for data formatting, metadata creation, documentation, and quality assurance to maintain data integrity and facilitate interoperability across different project components.
- Regularly review and refine workflows and standards based on feedback and lessons learned to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
- Use tools like style guides, data dictionaries, or codebooks to create and maintain your workflows and standards.
4. Communicate and coordinate regularly with your team members, stakeholders, and audiences. Update them on your progress, challenges, and feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts that may arise. Use tools like email, video conferencing, or social media to communicate and coordinate effectively.
5. Evaluate and Disseminate Your Results. Measure and report on your outcomes, impacts, and lessons learned, and share your results with your team members, stakeholders, and audiences. Consider the best formats, channels, and strategies to reach and engage your target groups. You can use tools like surveys, reports, blogs, or podcasts to evaluate and disseminate your results.