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Introduction on Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland
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Fowley, Cathy; English, Claire; Thouësny, Sylvie – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In September 2000, the newly-formed Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) held its first international conference, entitled "the State of the Interdiscipline", highlighting a new locus of research, and a "focus on the Internet as a distinct interdisciplinary field for research" (http://aoir.org/…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Research, Access to Information
Derrida's Right to Philosophy, Then and Now
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Willinsky, John – Educational Theory, 2009
In this essay, a tribute to Jacques Derrida's educational efforts at expanding access to current work in philosophy, John Willinsky examines his efforts as both a public right and an element of academic freedom that bear on the open access movement today. Willinsky covers Derrida's extension and outreach work with the Groupe de Recherches pour…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Scholarship, Access to Education, Humanities
The Perseus Project and Beyond: How Building a Digital Library Challenges the Humanities and Technology.
Crane, Gregory – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
The Perseus Project, a digital library in the humanities concentrating on ancient Greek culture, is expanding to cover Roman, Renaissance and various other areas of the humanities. Goals include helping traditional scholars research effectively and help humanists use technology to redefine the relationship between their work and the broader…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Greek Civilization, Humanities
The Humanistic Scholars Project: A Study of Attitudes and Behavior Concerning Collection Storage and Technology.
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Lougee, Wendy P.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Describes a project that attempted to attenuate negative attitudes of humanities faculty toward remote shelving by providing faculty with direct access to online systems containing records for stored titles. Survey results indicate that faculty attitudes toward the library improved and the use of the remote shelving facility increased. (Eight…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Adoption (Ideas), College Faculty
Information Systems, Services, and Technology for the Humanities.
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Tibbo, Helen R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1991
Examines the literature from 1981-90 concerning information technologies for the humanities. Topics discussed include the humanist's relationship to technology; information seeking behavior; information use; preservation of materials; collection management; access to information; and examples of computing applications in archaeology, Biblical and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archaeology, Biblical Literature, Higher Education
Literary Texts in an Electronic Age: Scholarly Implications and Library Services. Papers presented at the Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 10-12, 1994).
Sutton, Brett, Ed. – 1994
The 12 papers in this volume explore the development of electronic texts in the humanities and describe the possible roles for libraries as electronic books take the place of printed ones. The diverse perspectives of librarians, publishers, system administrators, scholars, readers, and writers are brought into conjunction, and a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), College Faculty