Section: UNIT 1 | Introduction to Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities and Library Professionals

Section outline

- Select activity Unit Learning Outcomes
  
  📌 Unit Learning Outcomes
  
  •         Define Digital Humanities and distinguish it from Humanities Computing
  
  •         Identify key scholars, founding texts, and landmark DH projects
  
  •         Explain the 'big tent' debate and its implications for LIS
  
  •         Recognise the relevance of the digital turn for Indian LIS practice
  
  📚 Content Topics
  
  1.       The Humanities as a knowledge domain — scope, epistemology, methods
  
  2.       Defining Digital Humanities — competing definitions (Schreibman/Siemens/Unsworth 2004; Berry 2012; Burdick et al. 2012)
  
  3.       From Humanities Computing to DH — historical arc 1949–present
  
  4.       Key figures: Busa, McGann, Moretti, Drucker, Hayles, McPherson, Nyhan
  
  5.       Landmark projects: Index Thomisticus, Rossetti Archive, Stanford Literary Lab, Valley of the Shadow
  
  6.       DH organisations: ADHO, ACH, ALLC, DHd, centerNet, GO::DH
  
  7.       Digital Humanities Quarterly and key DH publication venues
  
  8.       DH in India: NDLI (IIT Kharagpur), NMM, IGNCA, IIT Madras Digital Heritage Centre
- Select activity Basics of Digital Humanities
  
  Basics of Digital Humanities Page
- Select activity 💬 DISCUSSION FORUM
  
  💬 DISCUSSION FORUM
  
  Due: Sunday, 17 May 2026, 12:55 PM
- Select activity HANDS ON ACTIVITY
  
  HANDS ON ACTIVITY Workshop
  
  ⚙ Activity 1: Hands-On Task
  
  Tool: Google Ngram Viewer — books.google.com/ngrams (free, no login required)
  
  Task: Search for 'digital humanities', 'humanities computing', 'digital library', 'information science' in the English corpus (1950–2019).
  
  Step 1 — Run the search; screenshot the resulting graph. ands-On Activity-On Activity
  
  Step 2 — Write 150–200 words: When does 'digital humanities' emerge? How does it track alongside 'digital library'? What does this suggest about the DH-LIS relationship?
  
  Step 3 — Share your screenshot and interpretation in the Unit 1 Forum discussion.
- Select activity 📝 Quiz 1 — Knowledge Check
  
  📝 Quiz 1 — Knowledge Check
  
  Opened: Sunday, 17 May 2026, 1:04 PM
  
  MCQ Quiz for knowledge testing
- Select activity Assignment 1: Mapping Your DH Awareness — Reflective Journal
  
  Assignment 1: Mapping Your DH Awareness — Reflective Journal
  
  Opened: Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 12:00 AM
- Select activity FEEDBACK & REFLECTION
  
  FEEDBACK & REFLECTION
  
  Opened: Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 8:24 AM