Comments on: Digital Scholarship and Strengthening Regional Connectivity

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:26:31 +0000

Me too!

By: pbaudoin2011

pbaudoin2011 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:33:59 +0000

I’m in, too.

By: Robin Wheelwright Ness

Robin Wheelwright Ness — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:23:15 +0000

Thank you, Shane, for your comments and link to your blog. I’ve attended two Museum Computer Network conferences and the inaugural MCN NE SIG meeting, which was held at the MFA in Boston this past July. Although, museums play the strongest role, the MCN conference/SIG programming is also geared to those working in libraries and archives. NERDS is a regional initiative currently underway. The steering committee meet at Yale in the spring, but we are still in the organizational stages.
I agree that humanities grad student outreach is something that all of the groups should consider. A fellow brown public humanities grad student is attending on Saturday, and I will ask for her feedback on this topic.

By: Shane Landrum

Shane Landrum — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:48:48 +0000

I do agree that there needs to be more ongoing regional connection in New England. Regrettably, I'm not going to be able to attend THATCamp New England because of the American Studies Association's conference in Baltimore this weekend, so I'll add my 2 cents here. In 8 years of Ph.D. school in New England, all three of the standing organizations mentioned here have been completely opaque to me. I'm not a museum professional, so MCN NE SIG hasn't been something I've looked into; I know NERCOMP exists, but not much more than that; and all the material I can find about NERDS is behind the Facebook wall. I'm guessing that part of what's going on here is that the line between staff and grad-students/faculty is very solid in New England, alt-ac notwithstanding. None of my faculty mentors has ever suggested to me that I might want to know more about any of these groups. Is that a problem? I'm not sure, but I suspect that more outreach from those organizations to humanities grad students might be in order. I'd happily volunteer Digital Humanities in Boston and Beyond blog as a venue for some of this organizing if that would help; I've recently put out a call for editors and would love to hear from people who attend this session.

By: Lincoln Mullen

Lincoln Mullen — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:43:45 +0000

I’m in!