[dm-l] Re: Should Digital Humanities be more like Medieval Studies?

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 20:55, James Cummings James.Cummings@digitalmedievalist.org wrote:

I didn't know whether that actually reflected how most CMSes (and CMRSes, and similar centres and departments) were organised.  So I wondered if people might be willing to fill out a quick straw poll (open only until Wednesday evening) to describe their Centre for Medieval Studies (or similar).  Please do fill it out even if you aren't involved with the CMS, but know how it works:

http://www.doodle.com/krz8w8ykya6icp35

For 'Your Name' in the poll feel free just to put the name of the institution. It is just meant to be a quick straw poll, hardly a deeply scientific sample.

Dear all,

Thanks to those of you who filled in this quick straw poll. It came out just as I expected, with the clear majority of those answering saying that their CMS was something like "Some CMS staff, but mostly co-opted faculty from other humanities departments".

Does anyone know of any real surveys of this type of thing? Perhaps by the MAA?

Thanks again,

-James Cummings Director, Digital Medievalist