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This book evaluates the results of two decades of research in ‘history and computing’. In spite of the fact that a lot has been accomplished, the report indicates critical places for improvement. Many historians and other humanities scholars seem satisfied with standard office tools, which do not al...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-348392022-04-26T12:22:45Z Past, present and future of historical information science Boonstra, Onno Breure, Leen Doorn, Peter history computing information science Database Humanities Metadata Software Time series bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library & information sciences::GLC Library, archive & information management bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UN Databases This book evaluates the results of two decades of research in ‘history and computing’. In spite of the fact that a lot has been accomplished, the report indicates critical places for improvement. Many historians and other humanities scholars seem satisfied with standard office tools, which do not always suit their complex sources and research questions. While more and more archival sources have become available in digital form, there has not been enough attention to the development of computational methods to process and analyse them. As a result, the level of technical sophistication in many historical studies has remained rather low. The authors propose a new research agenda and provide requirements for an adequate research infrastructure for future historical information science. 2010-12-31 23:55:55 2019-04-30 14:03:11 2020-04-01T15:27:47Z 2020-04-01T15:27:47Z 2006 book 353255 OCN: 1166481257 808384663 9069844133 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34839 eng application/pdf n/a 353255.pdf DANS 10.26530/OAPEN_353255 10.26530/OAPEN_353255 9fda0872-a9f5-4480-94e3-adb8e7b02300 9069844133 132 open access
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