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====**Why and how should we promote the use of open-access resources in addition to or even instead of subscription-only resources in the digital humanities? How do open-access resources facilitate collaborative, cross-disciplinary work? (Bridget)**====

Scholarly Communication and Open Access Scholars benefit from open access to their work, since their own visibility increases: “In a world where we have instantaneous access to billions of documents online, why would you want the precious article or book you spent so much time on to exist only on paper, or behind a pay wall? This is a sure path to invisibility in the digital age.” Thus some scholars are embracing [|social scholarship], which promotes openness, collaboration, and sharing research.

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century A participatory culture is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices. A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. Access to this participatory culture functions as a new form of the hidden curriculum, shaping which youth will succeed and which will be left behind as they enter school and the workplace.

Examples of Collaborative Digital Humanities Projects Collaboration is established practice in life and physical sciences, reflecting the complexity of much contemporary scientific research. Yet, scholars of the humanities continue to work primarily as individuals. This blog post offers a number of concrete examples of collaboration in the humanities.

The Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities The Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities (RCH), a research unit of the University of Kentucky (UK), brings together faculty and students from engineering, computer science, and the humanities, arts, and social sciences for collaboration on research projects in the Digital Humanities. The RCH provides physical and computational infrastructure, technical support, and grant writing assistance to university faculty who wish to undertake humanities computing projects, and it encourages and supports interdisciplinary projects among individuals and groups from UK and around the world.


 * HASTAC Scholars Discussions:**

Mapping the Digital Humanities This HASTAC discussion seeks to aggregate and unpack how "mapping" (broadly understood) is mobilized in different learning and research spaces, across the disciplines, in the field of the digital humanities.

Democratizing Knowledge What does it mean to "democratize knowledge"? HASTAC Scholars consider the intersections of information technologies with fostering community partnerships and opening access to university resources and research.

Blogging & Tweeting Academia As the tools necessary for creating blogs have become more readily available, many academics have been quick to embrace these new forms of communication. However, academics blog for many different reasons, such as disseminating scholarship, demystifying the inner workings of the academy, or promoting themselves in an uncertain job market.

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