Digital Humanities and Modern Libraries

Abstract

According to the Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0,
the first wave of digital humanities in the late nineties and early
21st century was primarily focused on large digitization projects and
the establishment of technological infrastructure, which resulted
in expecting the cooperation, interactivity, interdisciplinarity, multifunctionality,
multimediality, dynamism, speed, accessibility and
searchability from libraries as cultural and educational institutions.
They are, along with museums, archives, theaters, cinemas, nowadays,
as well as throughout the history, active agents of intercultural
and interethnic communication. Primarily due to their general
ethical and aesthetic values, characteristics of particular cultures
that they are profiling, and then due to the standardized professional
peculiarities that allow permeation of library science with
other disciplines, as well as horizontal connectivity within the profession
in the interest of the nation and its culture. Through forming
a digital collection of our humanities, we are returning debt that
we have towards its creators, previous generations, and commit the
following generations to continue to preserve our cultural, spiritual
and national identity.