Abstract: “Flash Report” is a special part of the Digital Academic and Humanities Research Session of the 9th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2018). From the perspectives of “methods and tools”, “infrastructure construction” and “user experience”, 12 speakers from Harvard University, London College, Peking University, Sun YAT-SEN University, Nanjing University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China Normal University and Shanghai Library, shared their researches and practical achievements in the field of digital humanities regarding the topics of “Technology Transformation Paradigm”, “Data shaping the world” and “demand decisionoriented”, which provided valuable reference and foundation for future development.

Key words: Digital humanities, Shanghai International Library Forum, Overview, Humanities research