"Introduction, New Knowledge Models: Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production"

On January 19th-20th 2016, researchers, students, librarians, and other participants came together for the third annual Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE)-hosted gathering in Whistler, BC, Canada, for “New Knowledge Models: Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production.” Thematically, discussions revolved around the many facets of digital scholarship: creativity, implementation, institutional interface, opportunities, challenges, audience, initiatives, sustainability, and more. We provide a conceptual overview of the gathering, and the papers presented there that are now included in these proceedings

Social Knowledge Creation: Three Annotated Bibliographies

In 2012-2013 a team led by Ray Siemens at the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL), University of Victoria, in collaboration with Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE), developed three annotated bibliographies under the rubric of social knowledge creation. The items for the bibliographies were gathered and annotated by members of the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL) to form this tripartite document as a resource for students and researchers involved in the iNKE team and well beyond, iincluding at digital humanities seminars in Bern (June 2013) and Leipzig (July 2013)

Open Social Scholarship Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography responds to and contextualizes the growing ‘Open’ movements and recent institutional reorientation towards social, public-facing scholarship. The aim of this document is to present a working definition of open social scholarship through the aggregation and summation of critical resources in the field. Our work surveys foundational publications, innovative research projects, and global organizations that enact the theories and practices of open social scholarship. The bibliography builds on the knowledge creation principles outlined in previous research by broadening the focus beyond conventional academic spaces and reinvigorating central, defining themes with recently published research

Chapter 10 The textual habitat: The development of new knowledge environments

In contemplating the design and implementation of new knowledge environments, what can we learn from book history and from the natural world about how environmental systems form, develop, and thrive? This essay uses the theory of ecodynamics to theorize the development of new knowledge environments for academic study, with illustrative examples from the history of the Christian Bible, and concludes by deriving some principles for those of us working to develop new digital scholarly resources.   En contemplant la conception et l’élaboration de nouveaux environnements de connaissances, que pouvons-nous apprendre de l’histoire du livre et du monde naturel sur la façon dont les systèmes environnementaux se forment, se développent et prospèrent? Cet article fait appel à la théorie de l’éco-dynamique afin d’élaborer une théorie d’élaboration de nouveaux environnements de connaissances pour les études universitaires, avec des exemples illustratifs de l’histoire de la bible chrétienne, et conclut en obtenant quelques principes pour ceux d’entre nous qui tentent d’élaborer de nouvelles ressources numériques érudites

Joining Voices: University – Industry Partnerships in the Humanities

University-industry partnerships are common in the Sciences, but less so in the Humanities. As a result, there is little understanding of how they work in the Humanities. Using the Implementing New Knowledge Environments: Networked Open Social Scholarship (INKE:NOSS) initiative as a case study, this paper contributes to this discussion by examining the nature of the university-industry partnership with libraries and academic-adjacent organizations, and associated benefits, challenges, measures of success, and outcomes. Interviews were conducted with the collaboration’s industry partners. After several years of collaboration on the development of a grant application, industry partners have found the experience of working with academics to be a positive one overall. Industry partners are contributing primarily in-kind resources in the form of staff time, travel to meetings, and reading and commenting on documents. They have also been able to realize benefits while negotiating the challenges. Using qualitative standards, measures of success and desired outcomes are being articulated. This work developing the partnership should stand the larger INKE:NOSS team in good stead if they are successful with securing grant funding

Chapter 11 Designed for the digital reader: The textual traditions in, of, and behind NewRadial, the dynamic table of contexts and Bubblelines

This chapter examines the various textual traditions that inform the design and affordances of three INKE digital tools, namely NewRadial, the Dynamic Table of Contexts, and Bubblelines. In turning to earlier textual exemplars, such as the sammelbände and foldout engravings, the chapter illustrates certain commonalities between past and present textual media. Similarly, by examining the material evidence of Renaissance readers, including manuscript tables of contents and supplements to print indexes, the chapter considers the long history of customization that lies behind many of our digital applications today. In short, the chapter invites readers to situate a series of INKE tools within a much earlier and seemingly unrelated textual tradition.   Ce chapitre examine les diverses traditions textuelles qui guident la conception et les affordances de trois outils numériques INKE, c'est-à-dire New Radial, the Dynamic Table of Contexts et Bubblelines. En examinant des exemplaires de référence textuels plus anciens, comme le sammelbände et les gravures reliées, le chapitre illustre certains points en commun entre les médias textuels anciens et actuels. De la même façon, en examinant les preuves substantielles des lecteurs de la Renaissance, y compris des tables des matières manuscrites et des suppléments à des index imprimés, le chapitre étudie la longue histoire de la personnalisation qui se cache derrière bon nombre de nos applications numériques de nos jours. Bref, le chapitre invite les lecteurs à situer une série d'outils INKE au sein d'une tradition textuelle beaucoup plus ancienne et apparemment sans lien

Developing an Open Social Scholarship Collaboration: Lessons from INKE

Many academic teams and granting agencies undergo a process of reflection at the completion of research projects to understand lessons learned and develop best practice guidelines. Generally completed at the project’s end, these reviews focus on the actual research work accomplished with little discussion of the work relationships and process involved. As a result, some hard-earned lessons are forgotten or minimized through the passage of time. Additional learning about the nature of collaboration may be gained if this type of reflection occurs during the project’s life. Building on earlier examinations of INKE, this paper contributes to that discussion with an exploration of seventh and final year of a large-scale research project.Implementing New Knowledge Environment (INKE) serves as a case study for this research. Members of the administrative team, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate research assistants, and others are asked about their experiences collaborating within INKE on an annual basis in order to understand the nature of collaboration and ways that it may change over the life of a long-term grant. Interviewees continue to outline benefits for collaboration within INKE while admitting that there continue to be challenges. They also outline several lessons learned which will be applied to the next project

Developing an Open Social Scholarship Collaboration: Lessons from INKE

Many academic teams and granting agencies undergo a process of reflection at the completion of research projects to understand lessons learned and develop best practice guidelines. Generally completed at the project’s end, these reviews focus on the actual research work accomplished with little discussion of the work relationships and process involved. As a result, some hard-earned lessons are forgotten or minimized through the passage of time. Additional learning about the nature of collaboration may be gained if this type of reflection occurs during the project’s life. Building on earlier examinations of INKE, this paper contributes to that discussion with an exploration of seventh and final year of a large-scale research project. Implementing New Knowledge Environment (INKE) serves as a case study for this research. Members of the administrative team, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate research assistants, and others are asked about their experiences collaborating within INKE on an annual basis in order to understand the nature of collaboration and ways that it may change over the life of a long-term grant. Interviewees continue to outline benefits for collaboration within INKE while admitting that there continue to be challenges. They also outline several lessons learned which will be applied to the next project