The Neglected Majority: The Development Strategy of Basic Academic Libraries in Digital Humanistic Ecosystem

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Basic academic libraries play an important role in popularizing and promoting digital humanities (DH) in the whole ecosystem. The analysis of their development space is helpful to the construction and development of the digital humanistic ecosystem. [Method/Process] A semi-structured interview was conducted with 13 humanities scholars and 4 library managers to find out their awareness, understanding and demand of DH and their views on the position of basic academic libraries in the digital humanistic ecosystem. On this basis, this paper probes into the current situation and development strategies of DH in basic academic libraries. [Results/Conclusions] The development of DH in basic academic libraries has received less attention and does not match the huge demand for DH due to the shortage of funds, resources and technologies, the access of digital human resources is basically dependent on external open channels, and the digital and human foundations of digital human development are weak. In these cases, this paper puts forward three development strategies: strengthening the cooperation among basic academic libraries, strengthening the construction of quality cultivation systems of DH, and winning the support of the state and relevant institutions for DH services.

Keywords

• basic academic library|the ecosystem of dh|digital humanities|digital scholarship|development strategy