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From: Cliff Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
Subject: A wonderful new article by Don Waters
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Our colleague Don Waters has just published a fantastic new article titled =
"The Emerging Digital Infrastructure for Research in the Humanities" in the=
 International Journal of Digital Libraries. The article is available onlin=
e (open access) at

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-022-00332-3

Here's the abstract

This article advances the thesis that three decades of investments by natio=
nal and international funders, combined with those of scholars, technologis=
ts, librarians, archivists, and their institutions, have resulted in a digi=
tal infrastructure in the humanities that is now capable of supporting end-=
to-end research workflows. The article refers to key developments in the ep=
igraphy and paleography of the premodern period. It draws primarily on work=
 in classical studies but also highlights related work in the adjacent disc=
iplines of Egyptology, ancient Near East studies, and medieval studies. The=
 argument makes a case that much has been achieved but it does not declare =
=B4mission accomplished.=A1 The capabilities of the infrastructure remain u=
nevenly distributed within and across disciplines, institutions, and region=
s. Moreover, the components, including the links between steps in the workf=
low, are generally far from user-friendly and seamless in operation. Becaus=
e further refinements and additional capacities are still much needed, the =
article concludes with a discussion of key priorities for future work.

A must-read.=20

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI