University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Durkheim's imperative: The role of Humanities faculty in the information technologies revolution

Jones, Robert Alun

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Title
Durkheim's imperative: The role of Humanities faculty in the information technologies revolution
Author(s)
Jones, Robert Alun
Issue Date
1994
Keyword(s)
  • Humanities research
  • Information technology
Abstract
"The arrival of powerful information technologies in the traditional humanistic disciplines has done far more than simply add to the tools available for research and instruction. Those who have embraced these technologies have also experienced a significant disruption of their traditional roles within the academy, producing confusion and disorientation as well as excitement and innovation. Some of the reasons for this confusion are discussed, and one example of two ""restabilized"" roles for humanities faculty the work of the Advanced Information Technologies Group at the University of Illinois is described. The conclusion explores some of the advantages of this new kind of division of intellectual labor."
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Literary texts in an electronic age: Scholarly implications and library services [papers presented at the 1994 Clinic on Library applications of Data Processing, April 10-12, 1994]
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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1994: Literary texts in an electronic age: scholarly implications and library services PRIMARY
31st Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1994). Edited by Brett Sutton.