Digitized Scholarly Editions

Posted on January 2, 2013 by hdubnick

How might digitization enhance scholarly (or critical) editions of literary and historical texts? I’m thinking in terms of incorporation of multimedia, accessibility of bibliographic resources, and integration of reference and/or pedagogical material (such as glossaries for foreign language texts)? What would the “dream” scholarly edition look like (from the vantage points of students as well as more advance scholars), and what obstacles would need to be overcome to implement it?

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About hdubnick

My background is in Spanish and Latin American literature, and I also have a masters in library science. Besides working as an editor and indexer, I have a strong interest in the history of the book, printmaking, and book arts. My graduate work focused largely on the relationship between vision and language as well as interarts relations, and I am looking forward to learning about new digital art forms as well as innovative scholarly practices.