The master builders: LAIRAH research on good practice in the construction of digital humanities projects

Warwick, C.; Galina, I.; Terras, M.; Huntington, P.; Pappa, N.

doi:10.1093/llc/fqn017

The master builders: LAIRAH research on good practice in the construction of digital humanities projects

Warwick, C.; Galina, I.; Terras, M.; Huntington, P.; Pappa, N.

Authors

Professor Claire Warwick c.l.h.warwick@durham.ac.uk
Professor

I. Galina

M. Terras

P. Huntington

N. Pappa

Abstract

Although many digital humanities resources are being developed for online use, there is little understanding of why some become popular, whilst others are neglected. Through log analysis techniques, the LAIRAH project identified twenty-one popular and well-used digital humanities projects, and in order to ascertain the factors they had in common, which predisposed them to be well used, conducted in-depth interviews with the creators of these resources. This article presents the findings of the study, highlighting areas that developers should be aware of, and providing a set of recommendations for both funders and creators, which should ensure that a digital humanities resource will have the best possible chance of being used in the long term.

Citation

Warwick, C., Galina, I., Terras, M., Huntington, P., & Pappa, N. (2008). The master builders: LAIRAH research on good practice in the construction of digital humanities projects. Literary and linguistic computing, 23(3), 383-396. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqn017

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2008
Deposit Date	Sep 5, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Sep 23, 2014
Journal	Literary and Linguistic Computing
Print ISSN	0268-1145
Electronic ISSN	1477-4615
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	23
Issue	3
Pages	383-396
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqn017
Related Public URLs	http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/13810/

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Literary and Linguistic Computing following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Claire Warwick, Isabel Galina, Melissa Terras, Paul Huntington, and Nikoleta Pappa (2008) 'The master builders: LAIRAH research on good practice in the construction of digital humanities projects.', Literary and Linguistic Computing, 23 (3): 383-396 is available online at:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqn017.