Digital Scholarship Initiatives Publications

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Digital scholarship is scholarship that is enhanced by the design of digital projects, incorporation of digital tools, collaboration among digital partners, and dissemination through digital platforms. Digital scholarship is changing the nature of how research is conducted, produced, and shared.

Digital Scholarship Initiatives, an extension of the mission of the Walker Library as an active partner in the scholarly communication process, supports the educational mission of the university by providing access to information. Walker Library has invested resources to establish the necessary and supportive infrastructure used in the creation and dissemination of digital resources.

To learn more, visit the DSI homepage at http://dsi.mtsu.edu

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    Accessibility Guide for Institutional Repository Deposits
    ( 2024) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
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    Criteria for Digital Scholarship
    (James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2015) Miller, A.
    To read the Criteria for Digital Scholarship, click the "View/Open" link below.
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    Digital Project Preservation Plan: A Guide for Preserving Digital Humanities / Scholarship Projects
    ( 2019-02) Miller, A. ; Molly Taylor-Poleskey, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University ; Amy Harris-Aber, Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University ; Susan W. Knowles, Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
    A Digital Project Preservation Plan is designed to help with organizing preservation efforts for digital projects. Initially drafted as a companion guide meant to fill the gap on best methods for preserving digital scholarship or digital humanities projects, it can also be applied to digital projects outside the humanities. This preservation plan is most beneficial to those digital humanities (DH) project creators who need guidance on how to start a digital project with preservation in mind. Although the DH community has shared resources and case studies, the examples available tend to focus on DH development, and less on DH preservation. These resources are also located in disparate locations. The Digital Project Preservation Plan is a singular guide, focusing on DH preservation, as a starting point with references to more resources and related DH practices. This is a working document, available to practitioners in whole or part; ideally, it will be used in the early stages of project planning and consulted and revised regularly. The preservation infrastructure should be designed and built as a collaborative effort from the beginning of the project. As priorities, methods and technologies change, the preservation plan will need to be updated and modified accordingly.
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    Digital Scholarship Initaitives Infographic
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2017) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Digital scholarship is scholarship enhanced by the design of digital projects, incorporation of digital tools, collaboration among digital partners, and dissemination through digital platforms. This infographic is an introduction to the Digital Scholarship Initiatives at Middle Tennessee State University's Walker Library. Read about our mission, collaboration with campus, and digital scholarship and digital humanities opportunities such as the digital seed, tools, and the seminar and workshop series.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2014-2015: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-06) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including JEWLScholar; Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2015-2016: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including JEWLScholar; Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2016-2017: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-06) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including JEWLScholar; Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2017-2018: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-06) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including JEWLScholar; Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools and methodologies learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2018-2019: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2019-06) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including JEWLScholar; Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools and methodologies learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2019-2020: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2020) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including library publishing through JEWLScholar and Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools and methodologies learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    Digital Scholarship Initiatives Highlights 2020-2021: A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment
    (Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2021) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    A Digital Scholarship Center Assessment. Digital Scholarship Initiatives began at Walker Library several years ago as a way to build out the library’s collections digitally. More recently, other initiatives have been added including library publishing through JEWLScholar and Journal Hosting services; the creation of a collaborative Digital Partners group; and a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) dedicated to faculty and advanced students who enhance research by using digital tools and methodologies learned in workshops, collaborating on digital projects, and disseminating research through digital platforms. What follows is an assessment of the past year's development.
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    DIGITAL SEED GRANT WINNERS AND FINAL PROJECTS 2017-2018
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-07) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital scholarship projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had an impressive amount of applications for its inaugural year, which launched in 2016 (award period of 2017-2018). Due to the quantity and quality of proposals, the Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Dean of Libraries decided to award three grants for the 2017 calendar year. The awardees were announced on the website at http://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant17-18. Below are brief summaries of the winning projects (in no particular order) and a link to their individual outcomes.
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    Digital Seed Grant Winners and Final Projects 2018-2019
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2019) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital scholarship projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had an impressive amount of applications for its second year (2018-2019 projects), which originally launched in 2016 (award period of 2017-2018). Due to the quantity and quality of proposals, the Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Dean of Libraries decided to award two grants for the 2018 academic year. The awardees were announced on the website at http://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant18-19. See the pdf for brief summaries of the winning projects (in no particular order) and a link to their individual outcomes.
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    Digital Seed Grant Winners and Final Projects 2019-2020
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2020) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital scholarship projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had impressive applications for its third year (2019-2020 projects), which originally launched in 2016 (award period of 2017-2018). The Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Dean of Libraries decided to award two grants for the 2019-20 academic year. The awardees were announced on the website at http://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant19-20. See the pdf a brief summary and examples of outcomes and use.
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    Digital Seed Grant Winners and Final Projects 2020-2021
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2022) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research, service, or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had impressive applications for its fourth year (award period 2020-2021), which initially launched in 2016 for the award period of 2017-2018. The Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Library Dean decided to award two grants for the 2020-2021 academic year and extended this into 2022 to help projects impacted by Covid. The AY 20-21 awardees were announced on the website at https://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant20-21. Below is a summary of the winning projects and resulting outcomes.
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    DIGITAL SEED GRANT WINNERS AND FINAL PROJECTS 2021-2022
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2022) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research, service, or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had impressive applications for its fifth year (award period 2021-2022), which initially launched in 2016 for the award period of 2017-2018. The Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Library Dean decided to award three grants for the 2021-2022 academic year. The AY 21-22 awardees were announced on the website at https://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant21-22. Below is a summary of the three winning projects and resulting outcomes.
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    DIGITAL SEED GRANT WINNERS AND FINAL PROJECTS 2022-2023
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2023) Digital Scholarship Initiatives
    Walker Library Digital Scholarship Initiatives supports individual and collaborative digital projects in research, teaching, and public outreach from any discipline on campus. The Digital Seed Grant is an annual award for start-up funds, developed to encourage and create opportunities for faculty, staff, and graduate students to use digital technologies in their research, service, or teaching. The Digital Seed Grant (dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant) had impressive applications for its sixth year. The Digital Seed Grant Review Committee and Library Dean decided to award four grants for the 2022-2023 academic year. The AY 22-23 awardees were announced on the website at https://dsi.mtsu.edu/dsgrant22-23. Below is a summary of the four winning projects and resulting outcomes.
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    FAQ: JEWLScholar@MTSU
    (James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-12) JEWLScholar
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    How to Submit Your Pressbook to JEWLScholar
    (Middle Tennessee State University, 2024) James E. Walker Library
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    Introducing the Digital Collection: Historic Clothing Collection
    (Digital Scholarship Initaitives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, 2018) Digital Scholarship Initaitives
    The Textiles, Merchandising and Design Historic Clothing Collection at MTSU was founded in 1988 at the encouragement of the curator of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, as inspiration to build a collection for students and the public in the state of Tennessee. Collection activities include donations, accession, documentation, study, research and exhibition of historic clothing and accessories. The entire 750 piece collection is maintained in an environmentally controlled laboratory for continued preservation. Since the inception of the Historic Clothing Collection, the primary method of locating or researching items has been a physical search utilizing hard copy descriptions of items, in three ring binders. The 2017-2018 Digital Seed Grant (and library expertise) enabled the collection’s digital development through photography, garment metadata, digital inventory and a permanent website for the collection’s continued growth. This effort allows visual identification and study of the collection by the current MTSU community, community partners, and the public at large.