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The transformation of historical research in the digital age / Ian Milligan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Elements in historical theory and practicePublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781009012522
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Transformation of historical research in the digital ageDDC classification:
  • 907.2 MIL.T 23
Other classification:
Contents:
Libraries and databases -- Archives and access -- Publishing in the digital age -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Historians make research queries on Google, ProQuest, and the HathiTrust. They garner information from keyword searches, carried out across millions of documents, their research shaped by algorithms they rarely understand. Historians often then visit archives in whirlwind trips marked by thousands of digital photographs, subsequently explored on computer monitors from the comfort of their offices. They may then take to social media or other digital platforms, their work shaped through these new forms of pre- and post-publication review. Almost all aspects of the historian's research workflow have been transformed by digital technology. In other words, all historians-- not just Digital Historians-- are implicated in this shift. The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age equips historians to be self-conscious practitioners by making these shifts explicit and exploring their long-term impact. Rather than being a "how-to" guide, this Element grapples with the implications of these transformations."-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Dept. of History Dept. of History 907.2 MIL.T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HIS14673

Includes bibliographical references.

Libraries and databases -- Archives and access -- Publishing in the digital age -- Conclusion.

"Historians make research queries on Google, ProQuest, and the HathiTrust. They garner information from keyword searches, carried out across millions of documents, their research shaped by algorithms they rarely understand. Historians often then visit archives in whirlwind trips marked by thousands of digital photographs, subsequently explored on computer monitors from the comfort of their offices. They may then take to social media or other digital platforms, their work shaped through these new forms of pre- and post-publication review. Almost all aspects of the historian's research workflow have been transformed by digital technology. In other words, all historians-- not just Digital Historians-- are implicated in this shift. The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age equips historians to be self-conscious practitioners by making these shifts explicit and exploring their long-term impact. Rather than being a "how-to" guide, this Element grapples with the implications of these transformations."-- Provided by publisher.

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