Librarians and Scholars: Partners in Digital Humanities

• Libraries have numerous capabilities and considerable expertise available to accelerate digital humanities initiatives.
• The University of Michigan Library developed a model for effective partnership between libraries and digital humanities scholars; this model contributes to both a definition and redefinition of this emergent field.
• As the U-M experience shows, using the digital humanities as a key innovation tool can help libraries and their host institutions transform the way research, teaching, and learning are conceptualized.
• Several real-world examples illustrate the power of collaboration in providing win-win scenarios for both librarians and scholars in the advancement of scholarship.

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