Research Transformations

  • Scholarly Networks (H-Net)
  • Allow for easier collaboration--specialized, national, and international.
  • Breaks down barriers of ranks
  • Breaks down barriers of access (first world, developing nations; research institutions, teaching colleges).
  • Gives access to rich variety of resources
  • Links Archives (Crossroads)
  • Archives (Thomas; CBMR)
  • Museums (Daguerreian; Chicago Art)
  • Culture (New York City)
  • Gives researchers more ways to access and manipulate information
  • Texts (Gutenberg)
  • Searches (Movie Database)
  • Sound (OYEZ)
  • Video (American Memory)
  • Transforms scholarly publication
  • Online publication is faster, easier, cheaper, and allows for the production of multimedia (Cultronix)
  • Allows for the creation of content rich sites (Valley of the Shadow)
  • Interdisciplinary --crosses boundaries of scholarship and media
  • Collaborative -- large multimedia sites often call on a variety of scholars (writers, artists,designers, researchers, archivists, students, Victorian Web)
  • Opens research possibilities (variety of sources)
  • Allows us to make our work public and accessible to multiple audiences from k-12, to college groups, to researchers, to public groups, and interested individuals. Helps us to find specialized constituencies.