At the present time, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) publishes “Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject Specialists,” edited by Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Laura Braunstein and Liorah Golomb. Digital Humanities in the Library is a new publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015). The journal focuses on topics to assist the librarian in support of digital projects. http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11391
American Philosophical Association supports scholars and research in philosophy. The APA promotes the scholarly pursuits of academic philosophy. It also supports the continued development of the profession in the academy and in the public arena.. It also works to develop a better understanding and appreciation of philosophical inquiry (APA American Philosophical Association). www.apaonline.org
Miriam Posner has an interesting blog on digital humanities. It includes a bibliography of titles and sites to help the professional scholar working in the humanities (Posner). http://miriamposner.com/blog/digital-humanities-and-the-library/
The Museum Arts and Humanities Division of ALA’s Special Libraries serves to promote and support librarian specialist in the arts and humanities (MAHD Museums Arts & Humanities Division). http://mah.sla.org/
As the 2009 chair, Lisl Zac, explained in her address in the MAHD bulletin, these scholars serve as a “bridge between our past and our future. Libraries in museums, arts, and humanities play a particular role in preserving the past for future generations, but they are also in the forefront of implementing innovative technologies to meet the needs of users everywhere.” (Zach, 2009) http://mah.sla.org/
The Community College Humanities Association provides a forum for scholarly work in the areas of humanities research. The Review journal addresses, “issues of research, curriculum change, and developments within the humanities disciplines. By this means, the Review contributes to the growth and development of the community of humanities scholars nationally.” (CCHA Community College Humanities Association).
Marc Meola created a very nice blog for articles reporting on trends in humanities librarianship. Unfortunately, he either changed positions or like myself writes sporadically. His last post entry was dated 2006. Even so, there are about two years of interesting articles and links to peruse. http://humanitieslibrarian.blogspot.com/ (Meola, 2006 (last entry))
R. Bivens is a Philosophy & Religion Librarian at Princeton University as of 2008. This is a blog that had a great deal of activity since 2013. Article topics span from metadata to ethics in librarianship (Bivens, 2008). I also teach a course on arts and humanities librarianship for the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and am a regular contributor to the Library Journal’s Peer to Peer Review column. https://blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/2008/09/humanities_and_the_research_li/
The association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) fosters “excellence in literary criticism and scholarship, and works to ensure that literature thrives in both scholarly and creative environments” (ALSCW Association of Literary Scholars, 2011 (last issue)). http://www.alscw.org/ Though some of the information is not updated on the web to be completely current, it appears to be an active association with a conference held in April, 2015.
Not only is the Modern Language Association (MLA) the preferred citation style for scholarly writing in the humanities, the organization, “provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy (MLA Modern Language Association, 2015). www.mla.org
The Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) is an organization of liberal arts colleges. Their charter includes the mission to promote the use of technology for humanities scholars (CLAC Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges, 2015). http://www.alscw.org/
The Association of Research libraries was founded in 1932 for promotion of “literary, educational and scientific purposes by strengthening research libraries” (ARL Association of Research Libraries, 2015). http://www.arl.org/index.php
Finally, each school within a university publishes a news journal. If you are the humanities librarian, getting familiar and reading the issues of the local journal is advantageous. This keeps the librarian apprised of local work and scholarly projects. At Indiana University at IUPUI, the School of Liberal Arts publishes Advances, formally known as the Liberal Arts Journal (Indiana University (IUPUI)). http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/
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