OpenMethods: A Compass for a More Open Digital Humanities

Gimena del Rio Riande; Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra; Ulrike Wuttke; Yoann Moranville;

Open Access

doi: 10.20944/preprints202003.0016.v1

Published: 01 Mar 2020

Publisher: MDPI AG

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Abstract

The digital transformation has initiated a paradigm shift in research and scholarly communication practices towards a more open scholarly culture. Although this transformation is slowly happening in the Digital Humanities field, open is not yet default. The article introduces the OpenMethods metablog, a community platform that highlights open research methods, tools, and practices within the context of the Digital Humanities by republishing open access content around methods and tools in various formats and languages. It also describes the platform’s technical infrastructure based on its requirements and main functionalities, and especially the collaborative content sourcing and editorial workflows. The article concludes with a discussion of the potentials of the OpenMethods metablog to overcome barriers towards open practices by focusing on inclusive, community sourced information based around opening up research processes and the challenges that need to be overcome to achieve its goals.

Subjects by Vocabulary

Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Research methodology Library science Sociology Compass Digital humanities Publication Formats Scholarly communication

Subjects

arts_humanities_other

Related Organizations

Fachhochschule Potsdam
Germany

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