Libraries, DoIT to host May 2 symposium

Two national leaders in digital research in the humanities are key presenters this spring in a UW–Madison symposium jointly sponsored by the libraries and the Division of Information Technology.

The program will be held from 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, at the Pyle Center at no charge to participants.

The symposium focuses on projects that use digital technology in the arts and humanities or study its impact. It will address collaborative research initiatives for faculty and students as well as the public’s ability to search and access arts and humanities information.

The keynote address will be given by Wendy Pradt Lougee, university librarian and McKnight Professor at the University of Minnesota. She is also the head of the Digital Humanities Initiative for the National Endowment for the Humanities and was the principal investigator for the JSTOR pilot.

The symposium also features Peter Losin, a UW–Madison alumnus, of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), who will describe the Digital Humanities Initiative, a program aimed at supporting the creation or study of digital humanities projects.

A panel of UW–Madison arts and humanities faculty and graduate students will offer participants a chance to share ideas from the discussions.

For more information about the symposium and registration, visit http://www.cio.wisc.edu/events/researchconf/may08.