He Li, Linlin Zhu, Wang Shen, Xingye Du, Shuhe Guan, J. Deng
Abstract:Historical events in the Republic of China era played an important role in the development of China. If digitized, connected, and analyzed within the scope of digital humanities, these historical events will provide a new perspective for the study of humanities. However, it is hard to construct a universal rule for description. This study aims to design an event-based ontology that models, organizes, and represents historical events in an explicit way. Procedures for the construction of the historical event-based ontology are as follows: identifying and selecting typical events based on trigger words, analyzing the constituent elements of historical events, reusing concepts and properties by referencing existing ontology vocabularies, establishing the historical event-based ontology model, and validating the model with actual historical data. The verification results of each type of event and each instance are displayed in visual forms. A representative historical figure associated with several types of events is selected, and the event relationship network is established. With great potential to be further developed, the model will help historical scholars deal with areas such as economic and micro-social history. Future research will input more complete data to enlarge the scale of the model.
{"title":"Research on Knowledge Organization and Visualization of Historical Events in the Republic of China Era","authors":"He Li, Linlin Zhu, Wang Shen, Xingye Du, Shuhe Guan, J. Deng","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Historical events in the Republic of China era played an important role in the development of China. If digitized, connected, and analyzed within the scope of digital humanities, these historical events will provide a new perspective for the study of humanities. However, it is hard to construct a universal rule for description. This study aims to design an event-based ontology that models, organizes, and represents historical events in an explicit way. Procedures for the construction of the historical event-based ontology are as follows: identifying and selecting typical events based on trigger words, analyzing the constituent elements of historical events, reusing concepts and properties by referencing existing ontology vocabularies, establishing the historical event-based ontology model, and validating the model with actual historical data. The verification results of each type of event and each instance are displayed in visual forms. A representative historical figure associated with several types of events is selected, and the event relationship network is established. With great potential to be further developed, the model will help historical scholars deal with areas such as economic and micro-social history. Future research will input more complete data to enlarge the scale of the model.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"138 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49469678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article explores the influence of economic, social, and geographic factors on the evolution of the Qingming Festival, considering both spatial and temporal dimensions. The primary purpose is to propose new strategies for the protection and inheritance of intangible folk culture, which is an important component of a region’s intangible cultural heritage (CH). The Qingming Festival has a rich folk cultural connotation. Exploring it through digital resources can be useful for accomplishing the protection and dissemination of intangible CH folk culture. On the basis of the vividness of folk culture, this study employs the method of intelligence analysis with the help of digital visualization technology. In the temporal dimension, this study explores the influence of significant events on the evolution of the Qingming Festival. In the spatial dimension, this study considers the regions as the nodes of a social network and the main custom of the regions as the connection. Showing the association between the Qingming customs in different regions in the form of a quantitative network map, the spatial dimensions of the Qingming Festival and its inheritance are visualized. The main data sources include the Erudition Database and the WiseNews Database. Through these studies, the evolution process of intangible CH can be vividly presented to the public, and the recognition and attention of the society on intangible CH inheritance and protection can be enhanced. Further, this research makes a significant contribution to the literature because it offers a more comprehensive framework for the analysis of projects concerning intangible CH and provides a method that can be extended to other case studies.
{"title":"The Evolution of Intangible CH Digital Resources: The Case of the Qingming Festival","authors":"Xin Xu, Shiyao Wang","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article explores the influence of economic, social, and geographic factors on the evolution of the Qingming Festival, considering both spatial and temporal dimensions. The primary purpose is to propose new strategies for the protection and inheritance of intangible folk culture, which is an important component of a region’s intangible cultural heritage (CH). The Qingming Festival has a rich folk cultural connotation. Exploring it through digital resources can be useful for accomplishing the protection and dissemination of intangible CH folk culture. On the basis of the vividness of folk culture, this study employs the method of intelligence analysis with the help of digital visualization technology. In the temporal dimension, this study explores the influence of significant events on the evolution of the Qingming Festival. In the spatial dimension, this study considers the regions as the nodes of a social network and the main custom of the regions as the connection. Showing the association between the Qingming customs in different regions in the form of a quantitative network map, the spatial dimensions of the Qingming Festival and its inheritance are visualized. The main data sources include the Erudition Database and the WiseNews Database. Through these studies, the evolution process of intangible CH can be vividly presented to the public, and the recognition and attention of the society on intangible CH inheritance and protection can be enhanced. Further, this research makes a significant contribution to the literature because it offers a more comprehensive framework for the analysis of projects concerning intangible CH and provides a method that can be extended to other case studies.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"201 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43931992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In the digital age, the amount of data is exploding. Taking “quantitative analysis” as the leading idea, many emerging methods and tools represented by quantity statistics, new database construction, and visual analysis as well as the network platforms are also emerging. Various tools are being built around computer data processing technology and applied to the study of premodern Chinese literature. The application of such new methods, tools, and platforms, combined with the traditional methods of close reading of texts and the professional knowledge of scholars, is forming a research method covering a wider range of texts with more traceable results. However, there is still no summary of the functions of these new methods, tools, and platforms, and a discussion on how they can be further integrated with the characteristics of the study of premodern Chinese literature. Based on this absence, this paper, by sorting out relevant concepts and analyzing existing research results, summarizes and examines the role of such new methods, tools, and platforms from the aspects of constructing basic research materials, interpreting literary phenomena and specific literary works, and judging research trends and emphases. Then, it analyzes the significance of the new paradigm in the study of premodern Chinese literature in the digital age.
{"title":"The Study of Premodern Chinese Literature in the Digital Era: New Methods of Quantitative Statistics, Databases, and Visualization Analyses","authors":"Shiwang Lin","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0032","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In the digital age, the amount of data is exploding. Taking “quantitative analysis” as the leading idea, many emerging methods and tools represented by quantity statistics, new database construction, and visual analysis as well as the network platforms are also emerging. Various tools are being built around computer data processing technology and applied to the study of premodern Chinese literature. The application of such new methods, tools, and platforms, combined with the traditional methods of close reading of texts and the professional knowledge of scholars, is forming a research method covering a wider range of texts with more traceable results. However, there is still no summary of the functions of these new methods, tools, and platforms, and a discussion on how they can be further integrated with the characteristics of the study of premodern Chinese literature. Based on this absence, this paper, by sorting out relevant concepts and analyzing existing research results, summarizes and examines the role of such new methods, tools, and platforms from the aspects of constructing basic research materials, interpreting literary phenomena and specific literary works, and judging research trends and emphases. Then, it analyzes the significance of the new paradigm in the study of premodern Chinese literature in the digital age.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"269 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44000132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This case study is a collection of poems that reflect the geographical distribution of Chinese poets in the Ming dynasty. This collection is titled Ming Shizong 明詩綜, written by Zhu Yizun 朱彝尊 of the Qing dynasty (1636–1911). Quantitative analysis and geographical visualization of digital humanities are applied in this study. The distribution of poets in the Ming dynasty is characterized by the southernization and localization of maps of provinces and cities (or counties). These phenomena have specific reasons that involve politics, economy, education, culture, and elite families.
{"title":"Distribution Maps of Chinese Poets in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644): A Geographical Visualization Experiment","authors":"Li Qian","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0033","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This case study is a collection of poems that reflect the geographical distribution of Chinese poets in the Ming dynasty. This collection is titled Ming Shizong 明詩綜, written by Zhu Yizun 朱彝尊 of the Qing dynasty (1636–1911). Quantitative analysis and geographical visualization of digital humanities are applied in this study. The distribution of poets in the Ming dynasty is characterized by the southernization and localization of maps of provinces and cities (or counties). These phenomena have specific reasons that involve politics, economy, education, culture, and elite families.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"289 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44444196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:During the last decade in China, digital humanities (DH) has rapidly developed as a research area, attracting widening circles of inquiry and gaining prominence as an internationally recognized emerging discipline. In order to review the history and current status of DH scholarship in China, the research team conducted historical analysis and bibliometrics to reveal the conception and development of DH in China. The research findings indicate that the history of the evolution of DH in China may best be divided into two stages. In the preliminary period, DH had just been introduced into China, and emphasis was placed on the exploration of its connotation. Once the concept had been explored and research about DH had been widely accepted, DH in China gradually entered into the phase of rapid development, in which China witnessed a wide variety of DH inquiries and applications in the field of library and information science, linguistics, history, literature, art, cultural heritage preservation, and so on. DH in China is facing opportunities as well as challenges with regard to digital practice, such as DH infrastructure, interdisciplinary research, and DH education. As an essential part of DH communities in China, libraries are playing an important role in resource construction, space sharing, and training services, which may provide strong support to deal with opportunities and challenges in the future.
{"title":"The Evolution of Digital Humanities in China","authors":"Xiaoguang Wang, Xu Tan, Huinan Li","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0029","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:During the last decade in China, digital humanities (DH) has rapidly developed as a research area, attracting widening circles of inquiry and gaining prominence as an internationally recognized emerging discipline. In order to review the history and current status of DH scholarship in China, the research team conducted historical analysis and bibliometrics to reveal the conception and development of DH in China. The research findings indicate that the history of the evolution of DH in China may best be divided into two stages. In the preliminary period, DH had just been introduced into China, and emphasis was placed on the exploration of its connotation. Once the concept had been explored and research about DH had been widely accepted, DH in China gradually entered into the phase of rapid development, in which China witnessed a wide variety of DH inquiries and applications in the field of library and information science, linguistics, history, literature, art, cultural heritage preservation, and so on. DH in China is facing opportunities as well as challenges with regard to digital practice, such as DH infrastructure, interdisciplinary research, and DH education. As an essential part of DH communities in China, libraries are playing an important role in resource construction, space sharing, and training services, which may provide strong support to deal with opportunities and challenges in the future.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"43 3","pages":"29 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41260088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoguang Wang, Hongyu Wang, Wanli Chang, Chen Zhang, Lei Xu
Abstract:Taking the Dunhuang Grottoes as an example, this paper summarizes and proposes the related research and engineering routes on the construction of smart data based on multimodal digital resources of cultural heritage, such as documents, research reports, academic papers, and images. Through the design of proper knowledge organization systems and the development of special processing tools, the collected digital resources were annotated and processed in depth, which semantically realized the association and integration of scattered digital resources in the area of Dunhuang. Then, the results on the construction of smart data about Dunhuang Grottoes were demonstrated by the constructed platform—the Visualization Interaction and Integration Presentation Platform. This paper productively provides a set of methodological systems and technical tools aimed at the transformation from digital resources to smart data in the field of cultural heritage, which effectively improves the efficiency of value mining and correlation analysis of digital resources and lays a sufficient data foundation for the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural heritage.
{"title":"Construction of Smart Data toward Dunhuang Grottoes","authors":"Xiaoguang Wang, Hongyu Wang, Wanli Chang, Chen Zhang, Lei Xu","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Taking the Dunhuang Grottoes as an example, this paper summarizes and proposes the related research and engineering routes on the construction of smart data based on multimodal digital resources of cultural heritage, such as documents, research reports, academic papers, and images. Through the design of proper knowledge organization systems and the development of special processing tools, the collected digital resources were annotated and processed in depth, which semantically realized the association and integration of scattered digital resources in the area of Dunhuang. Then, the results on the construction of smart data about Dunhuang Grottoes were demonstrated by the constructed platform—the Visualization Interaction and Integration Presentation Platform. This paper productively provides a set of methodological systems and technical tools aimed at the transformation from digital resources to smart data in the field of cultural heritage, which effectively improves the efficiency of value mining and correlation analysis of digital resources and lays a sufficient data foundation for the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural heritage.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"177 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41881558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article examines methods to develop database and text mining tools of local Chinese private documents at Shanghai Jiao Tong University under collaboration between historians and librarians and intends to contribute to discussions of digital humanities. Local private documents are crucial sources for studying the social and economic history of early modern China. In the database project, metadata creation and database development are under the direction of historical philology, and the metadata elements—type, guihu, administrative units—are defined by historical philology. The database structure successfully copes with the heterogeneous sources of local private documents. Text mining tools developed by librarians allow historians to explore social networks, trade types, and contract formats in socioeconomic history.
{"title":"Digital Projects of Chinese Historical Local Private Documents: Database Development and Exploring of Text Mining","authors":"Siyuan Zhao, Meng Tang, Yi Sun","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines methods to develop database and text mining tools of local Chinese private documents at Shanghai Jiao Tong University under collaboration between historians and librarians and intends to contribute to discussions of digital humanities. Local private documents are crucial sources for studying the social and economic history of early modern China. In the database project, metadata creation and database development are under the direction of historical philology, and the metadata elements—type, guihu, administrative units—are defined by historical philology. The database structure successfully copes with the heterogeneous sources of local private documents. Text mining tools developed by librarians allow historians to explore social networks, trade types, and contract formats in socioeconomic history.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"164 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49499431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Digital humanities (DH) is an interdisciplinary field that is improving humanities research supported by computer, network, and multimedia technologies. The development of DH requires strong technological systems, mostly related to patents. We apply patentometrics to probe into the related patent issues in DH and discusses the development of patent technologies such as virtual reality, ontology, 3D modeling, text mining, and GIS that affect the research of DH. We find that the international research on DH is not closely related to patent technology through citation analysis, though it shares disciplinary characteristics. The fluctuations of patent applications such as virtual reality, ontology, 3D modeling, text mining, and GIS are consistent with the trends of DH research. We reveal that the application of a related technical patent could promote the research of DH.
{"title":"A Probe into Patentometrics in Digital Humanities","authors":"Guirong Hao, F. Y. Ye","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0034","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Digital humanities (DH) is an interdisciplinary field that is improving humanities research supported by computer, network, and multimedia technologies. The development of DH requires strong technological systems, mostly related to patents. We apply patentometrics to probe into the related patent issues in DH and discusses the development of patent technologies such as virtual reality, ontology, 3D modeling, text mining, and GIS that affect the research of DH. We find that the international research on DH is not closely related to patent technology through citation analysis, though it shares disciplinary characteristics. The fluctuations of patent applications such as virtual reality, ontology, 3D modeling, text mining, and GIS are consistent with the trends of DH research. We reveal that the application of a related technical patent could promote the research of DH.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"308 - 318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43576614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhangping Lu, Jianghao Tang, Siyuan Zhu, Wencheng Su, Hui Li
Abstract:The entry of the humanities into the digital era characterizes the prominence of the two dimensions of technology and humanity, highlighting the trend of their mutual intersection and integration. The traditional research paradigm of humanists has been transformed. Based on literature research and semistructured interviews, this study adopts a grounded theory approach to identify the digital academic competence of humanists in China and finds it is composed of information acquisition competence, digital technology application competence, and digital sharing competence. On the basis of previous research, the paper uses a questionnaire and statistical method to locate the shortage of digital academic competence of humanists. Proposing the digital academic competence of humanists’ framework, the study involved a questionnaire related to the humanists’ digital academic competence and developing a competence evaluation indicator system. The findings of this study will help Chinese research institutions, especially university libraries, measure the digital academic competence of humanists and provide targeted guidance in the training of digital humanities.
{"title":"Research on the Evaluation of Digital Academic Competence of Chinese Humanists","authors":"Zhangping Lu, Jianghao Tang, Siyuan Zhu, Wencheng Su, Hui Li","doi":"10.1353/lib.2020.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0028","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The entry of the humanities into the digital era characterizes the prominence of the two dimensions of technology and humanity, highlighting the trend of their mutual intersection and integration. The traditional research paradigm of humanists has been transformed. Based on literature research and semistructured interviews, this study adopts a grounded theory approach to identify the digital academic competence of humanists in China and finds it is composed of information acquisition competence, digital technology application competence, and digital sharing competence. On the basis of previous research, the paper uses a questionnaire and statistical method to locate the shortage of digital academic competence of humanists. Proposing the digital academic competence of humanists’ framework, the study involved a questionnaire related to the humanists’ digital academic competence and developing a competence evaluation indicator system. The findings of this study will help Chinese research institutions, especially university libraries, measure the digital academic competence of humanists and provide targeted guidance in the training of digital humanities.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"69 1","pages":"30 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/lib.2020.0028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46192145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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