Digital Scholarship: Home
What is digital scholarship?
Digital scholarship is a broad term that refers to a constellation of methodologies and practices that utilize digital technologies. These include, but are not limited to, new forms of collaboration, new forms of publication, and new methods for visualizing and analyzing data.
Use this guide as a starting point for planning your digital scholarship project and learning more about services and tools available to you.
Local Spotlight
- Tacoma Japantown
Tacoma Japantown is a digital exhibit of place-based stories about Tacoma’s historic Japantown from 1880-1950. The exhibit is housed through the Digital Scholarship section at the UW Tacoma Library. It includes historical overviews, historic photographs, map archives, and interactive maps featuring different aspects of Tacoma’s Japantown, and resources for students, researchers, residents, and Tacoma Japanese American descendants.
This project was led by affiliate faculty, Tamiko Nimura, and uses WordPress web publishing and ESRI Storymaps.
