Thursday: Sept. 12th

Thematic Research Collections:

       We focus in this article on thematic research collections, or as Palmer later abbreviates it, thematic collections. These are a collection of primary and related sources that all focus on a theme, collected into one archive for the convenience of scholars. Palmer gives examples of these thematic collections through referencing The Dickinson Electronic Archives and The Walt Whitman Archive. In a simpler sense, all the works that are brought together into these electronic archives come from either print or manuscript sources, bridging the divide between standard text and electronic sources.

Print Scholarship and Digital Resources:

      Warwick's article, similar to Palmer's, is concerned with the mixing of solid books and electronic works. Warwick discusses the complex matters that go into the work processes for creating a solid anthology or collection of texts and information as opposed to building such a thing on a website or some other manner of electronic archive. Warwick also discusses the importance of how we read, citing the importance of interpretive reading strategies despite the appeal of computational methods.

Comments:

       We can easily see how these two articles relate to one another as both concern themselves with print and electronic sources. Warwick seems to be more interested in the "how" while Palmer invests themselves in the "what," but both scholars demonstrate a concentration on better ways to collect information. For Palmer, it is the gathering of the data, putting it all in one place like an archive, that takes precedent. For Warwick, it is the very interpretation of that data, as well as examining the relationship between physical texts and virtual ones, that are most important. However, when looking at both together, one considers that it is the relationship that these two articles share, that being the collection and interpretation of data, that should be considered paramount.

Question:

In her article, Warwick brings up the issue of long editing times, but also an inability to speed these up electronically through staggered information release due to the human element of people wanting their names on separate publications. Is there any way to assuage this issue, or is it merely a human problem that cannot be resolved without extra time and effort?

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