Challenges in Digital Humanities Librarianship Implementations: A systematic literature review

Nurbasyirah Raslin; Mad Khir Johari Abdullah Sani; Norshila Shaifuddin

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI18.5472

Authors

Nurbasyirah Raslin Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Campus Puncak Perdana, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Mad Khir Johari Abdullah Sani Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Campus Puncak Perdana, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Norshila Shaifuddin Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Campus Puncak Perdana, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI18.5472

Keywords:

Digital Humanities , Librarianship , Challenges, Digital Humanities Implementations, Librarian Role

Abstract

Digital Humanities (DH) librarianship involves supporting researchers, students, and faculty in using digital tools to engage cultural artifacts and digital resources. This specialized role within librarianship comes with some of the challenges. A systematic literature review has been done to recognize the challenges that come along the way, such as Collaboration and Evaluation of Digital Scholarship. 50 articles have been identified, as a result, only 28% out of 50 papers, or 14 publications, were ultimately chosen as being appropriate for the analysis step. This literature review's objective is to identify the challenges encountered by implementing Digital Humanities Librarianship.

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