Research on the Sustainability of Digital Humanities Project

Abstract

Abstract: Digital humanities projects are one of the most important ways to implement digital
humanities services. Digital humanities projects have become a crucial part of humanities research. With
the development of the information environment, the research data, tools and platforms of early digital
humanities projects are degrading or even disappearing. How to maintain the openness and availability of
digital humanities research data and tool platforms is very important. It is necessary to seriously consider
the sustainable development of digital humanities projects to provide researchers with a reliable and
sustainable foundation for digital humanities facility. Starting from the concept and connotation of the
sustainability of digital humanities projects, this paper analyzes the status quo of sustainability research
on digital humanities projects, and discusses the usefulness of digital humanities projects in terms of
funding and personnel, user availability, tools and platforms, data access and citation, etc. Continuous
impact analysis is carried out, a sustainable social construction approach for digital humanities projects is
proposed, and sustainable digital humanities projects are constructed through social data crowdsourcing,
software open source, data opening and other forms.

Ouyang Jian, , , Cai Yingchun, , Wang Jian, . Research on the Sustainability of Digital Humanities Project[J]. Libraly Journal, 2021, 40(11): 90-98.

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