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The "Digital Humanities and Library Labor: Resources, Workflows, and Project Management in a Collaborative Context” panel focused on library labor and project management issues that arise when librarians, archivists, museum professionals, students, and research faculty collaborate on digital humanities projects. The presenters will provide original research and case studies on project management for collaborative projects, with a focus on sustainability, managing the labor and resources necessary to have successful projects, and balancing the expectations of all parties involved. As part of this panel, Jessica Wagner Webster discussed her recent research addressing collaborations between information professionals and research faculty on digital humanities projects. Becky Thoms presented on her work with Utah State University Libraries' Digital Initiatives Unit, which supports the full range of the libraries’ digital efforts including digital history collections, digital exhibits, the IR, and myriad digital scholarship/digital humanities collaborations with faculty and students. Virginia Dressler discussed collaborative digital humanities projects initiated at Kent State over the last year. Michelle Dalmau focused on strategies for recognizing and elevating student-led or student-partnered digital arts and humanities projects. Becky Thoms presented on her work with Utah State University Libraries' Digital Initiatives Unit, which supports the full range of the libraries’ digital efforts including digital history collections, digital exhibits, the IR, and myriad digital scholarship/digital humanities collaborations with faculty and students. She focused on the challenges of managing a full portfolio of projects while balancing the expectations of both campus and community partners with a mission to provide work experiences that respect the time and effort of both full-time staff and part time student employees. The discussion included the inevitable tension between the goals to provide opportunities for meaningful work including skills development and engagement and meet the project and production benchmarks that are used to assess our work.
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