Wikipedia (2017). Digital Scholarship. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_scholarship EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (2017). Building Capacity for Digital Humanities. Retrieved from https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/5/building-capacity-for-digital-humanities-a-framework-for-institutional-planning

Digital scholarship is the use of digital tools and resources to achieve scholarly and research goals.

“…digital scholarship marks a move away from the passive, one-way form of communication…

Sinclair, B. (2014). The University Library as Incubator for Digital Scholarship? EDUCAUSEreview. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/6/the-university-library-as-incubator-for-digital-scholarship

It is a new form of inquiry and practice that generates new questions, new evidence, new conclusions, and new audiences as it is used.”

“to democratize knowledge to reach out to ‘publics,’ share academic discoveries, and invite an array of audiences to participate in knowledge production” Bridget Draxler, et al.

Draxler, B, et al. (2009, September 21). Democratizing Knowledge. HASTAC. Retrieved from https://www.hastac.org/initiatives/hastac-scholars/scholars-forums/democratizing-knowledge

Sinclair, B. (2014). The University Library as Incubator for Digital Scholarship? EDUCAUSEreview. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/6/the-university-library-as-incubator-for-digital-scholarship

“In an age of visualization, analytics, big data, and new forms of online publishing, these central spaces [university libraries] can facilitate knowledge creation and transfer by connecting people, data, and technology in a shared collaborative space”

• Digital Project Development • E-publishing • Other

Digital Scholarship Grant ELIGIBILITY Research Assistant Professor or above

MAX FUNDING HKD 100,000 CURRENT ROUND Sep 1 – Nov 30

http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/digital/scholarship.php

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Digital Scholarship Grant 1

Project Development

TYPE 1 Enhance & visualize research datasets

Materialism Among Children & Youth http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/materialism/

Tribute Data Curation http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/history/tribute.php

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Digital Scholarship Grant 1

Project Development

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Develop GIS applications

Hong Kong Solar Map http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/solarmap/

Sun Yat-sen Parks in the World http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/sunyatsen/

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Digital Scholarship Grant 1

Project Development

TYPE 3 Assist in indexing & digitization of primary sources

Cinematic Realism - Documentary Film Website http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/documentary-film/

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Digital Scholarship Grant 1

Project Development

TYPE 4

Develop e-research tools

Corpus of Political Speeches http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/corpus/

The Aleksis Kivi Brothers Seven Translation Assessment Project

http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/translate/

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Launch Seminars

Press Coverage

Digital Scholarship Grant 1

Project Development 2

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Impact 4

Usage Statistics

Social Media Discussions

Compliments / Requests Received

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Digitize back issues 4

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Track Impact 6

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• Symposiums, conferences, workshops… • 1 to 1 data curation training for staff • Data curation training for classes • Data Analysis Room

Library Survey on Research Data Services http://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/event/2017survey.php

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