| John Unsworth Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Mark Lawrence Kornbluh Director of MATRIX Michigan State University |
| Neil Fraistat Director of the Maryland Institute of Technology (MITH) & Professor University of Maryland at College Park |
Katherine L. Walter Professor and Chair of Digital Initiatives and Special Collections Director, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH) University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
The American Council of Learned Societies’ (ACLS) report on Cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences is focused on the technologies needed to advance the study and interpretation of the “messy and idiosyncratic realm of human experience.” In doing so, the ACLS report outlines eight recommendations. In this session, moderator John Unsworth will consider each of the recommendations and will highlight the critical contributions of digital humanities centers in fulfilling them.
A roundtable discussion by digital humanities center directors will follow Unsworth’s presentation. The range of activities, services, and missions of these centers will be discussed.
http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/index.htm