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Digital Scholarship
By
Zach Williams
EDT 180:Technology Literacy: Problem Solving Using Digital Technology
Applications

Slide 2 As defined by Guilford College and the

University of Washington, digital
scholarship is “any scholarly activity
that makes extensive use of one or
Extensive use of one or more unique uses of digital media for
a scholarly purpose
more of the new possibilities for
teaching and research opened up by
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the unique affordances of digital
media.”
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Slide 3 This chart is based on a survey done

Internet Use Over Time
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by Pew Research Center. The original
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70 was published in 2015. This is

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important as Digital Scholarship began
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in an a more official and recognized
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way just prior to this data’s
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publication.
Slide 4 In 2015 the ARL identified two areas
Association of Research Libraries they wanted to shore up in the field of
• New forms of digital scholarship • Creating communities of practice
Digital scholarship which had emerged
as a formal academic method around
The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute
2011. This lead to the emergence of
the Digital Scholarship Institute. The
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purpose of the DSI is to train
professionals in tools. Skills, and
methodologies pertaining to digital
scholarship to accommodate for the
changes in how scholarship works in
this modern age.

Slide 5 What counts as ‘digital scholarship’?

What counts? A lot of things! These here are only a
small sampling of the many different
Research tools and methods incorporated into
Digital Scholarship.
And much,

Digital Transcription
much more!
Animations, Shapes
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Slide 6 I’ve thought of a few strengths digital

Strengths
Fairly accessible scholarship might have over standard
Variety of systems
scholarship. Can you think of a few
Broad spectrum of disciplines
others?

Table
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Slide 7 These are a few weaknesses I thought
Weaknesses
Not always peer reviewed digital scholarship might have, is there
Potentially easy to falsify data
anything I missed?
Almost requires Internet access to achieve

Table

Slide 8 This is a loose representation of the

Identify
topic process of the publication of research
papers, and research in general. Keep
Publication Research
in mind that the process of scholarship
and academic research is varied based
Peer Review
Experiment on discipline and many other factors.
Data analysis
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Slide 9 Schola Gladiatoria is an historical

Schola Gladitoria
European martial arts (HEMA) group,
o Schola • Matt
established in 2001 and led by Matt
Gladiatoria is a
historical
European
Easton on
the nature
Easton. This is a wholly unique form
martial arts of swords
(HEMA)
group,
established in
in combat. of digital scholarship that doesn’t
2001 and led by
Matt Easton. seem to be getting much attention.
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Thanks for listening!

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Works Cited
Bulgrien, Amy. “Digital Scholarship.” Association of Research Libraries®, www.arl.org/focus-areas/scholarly-
communication/digital-scholarship.
“How to Publish a Research Paper.” IJSRP February 2013 Publication, www.ijsrp.org/how-to- publish-research-
paper.php.
“Internet Use Over Time.” Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech, Pew Research Center: Internet, Science &
Tech, 10 June 2015, www.pewinternet.org/chart/internet-use-over-time/.
“LibGuides: Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship: What Is Digital Scholarship?” LibGuides at Guilford College,
library.guilford.edu/digscholarship.
“NEA Policy Statement on Digital Learning.” NEA, www.nea.org/home/55434.htm.
“Schola Gladiatoria - Sword Fighting Classes in London, Woking and Bradford.”, www.fioredeiliberi.org/.

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Image Credits
LaGarde, Jennifer. “Diving into Digital Books 2.” Flickr.com
http://tinyurl.com/y4sycaax
Stassen, Ben. “Computer harddisk.” Flicker.com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/benstassen/2850856299/in/photolist-5kVofP- 6ubSHB
Thorström, Tarmo. “Blue screen of death” Flicker.com
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tarmothorstrom/5111859941/in/photolist- 8MHBSe-
664xVW-7sqniy-6pjYvo-79KshE
Metcalf, Chris. “Fast Hands” Flickr.com http://tinyurl.com/yxdvew25
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