Ray and Lynne Siemens were at the University of Maryland for DH 2009, where they gave a presentation titled “‘The Apex of Hipster XML GeekDOM: TEI-Encoded Dylan'” Understanding and Reaching a Community of Practice (A Case Study).” For more information, visit the DH 2009 website: http://www.mith2.umd.edu/dh09/?page_id=31.
Abstract: As the Digital Humanities/Humanities Computing community continues to develop more digital resources and accompanying tools, it is facing new challenges in regards to creating awareness and gaining acceptance of these among potential users. In particular, research projects must develop ways to disseminate information about the resources and tools to ensure that they are used and, at the same time, work to understand the community of practice which uses their resources. Viral techniques and other internet analytical tools present one option to achieve those objectives.