Developing the Read/Write Library

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/src.2016v7n2/3a255

Keywords:

Digital asset management systems, Digital humanities, Libraries, Digital preservation, Digital research environments, Hydra, Fedora

Abstract

Background: This article considers the use of Fedora-based library digital asset management systems (DAMS) as digital humanities (DH) research platforms.

Analysis: The features of DAMS are evaluated to identify the ways in which they can currently meet researcher needs, and to suggest areas where further development is necessary.

Conclusion and implications: Fedora-based DAMS hold great promise as the basis of digital humanities research platforms. Mature functionality is available for identity management, file and metadata management, versioning, publishing, social media sharing, discovery, interoperability, and long-term preservation. Further development is necessary in order to incorporate annotation, mark-up, and text analysis tools.

Author Biography

Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Lisa Goddard is the Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship and Strategy at University of Victoria Libraries. She holds degrees from Queen's, McGill, and Memorial University, and is currently completing an MA in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta. Lisa's research interests include open access publishing, semantic web technologies, digital publishing & preservation, and digital humanities.

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Published

2016-11-08

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Vol. 7 No. 2/3 (2016): Double Issue

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