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A group (TECHO) has been meeting recently about cultural heritage organizations  collaborating through technology, especially sharing content, and has also discussed other ways these organizations could collaborate including i.e. STL/MO participation in DPLA.  What are some of the ways organizations could or should collaborate?  Could there be savings from such collaboration, i.e. in shared infrastructure?  What else could be gained from this kind of collaboration?  What obstacles are there?

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I have heard a need expressed among subject librarians and subject specialists for a “Digital Humanities Boot Camp” that would give attendees enough of a background/overview of digital humanities technologies, projects, etc., to talk about the current state of the field with interested faculty.  There are lots of examples of 2-3 day hands-on, immersive workshops, but the specific need I’ve heard described is more like a series of 1-2 hour sessions on overview topics.  During this session, I’d like to brainstorm ideas for inclusion & organize them into a logical format that any participant could take back and use as a roadmap for creating a boot camp on their campus.

To be clear, this is not a workshop where attendees will go through a DH Boot Camp!  This is a session to outline what ideas, technologies, and learning objectives a DH Boot Camp for Subject Librarians would need to cover.