Refining our conceptions of "access" in digital scholarly editing: Reflections on a qualitative survey on inclusive design and dissemination

TY - JOUR

T1 - Refining our conceptions of "access" in digital scholarly editing

T2 - Reflections on a qualitative survey on inclusive design and dissemination

AU - Bleeker, Elli

AU - Kelly, Aodhán

AU - Martinez, Merisa

AU - Dillen, Wout

AU - Sichani, Anna-Maria

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - In this paper we explore layered conceptions of access and accessibility as they relate to the theory and praxis of digital scholarly editing. To do this, we designed and disseminated a qualitative survey on five key themes: dissemination; Open Access and licensing; access to code; web accessibility; and diversity. Throughout the article we engage in cultural criticism of the discipline by sharing results from the survey, identifying how the community talks about and performs access, and pinpointing where improvements in praxis could be made. In the final section of this paper we reflect on different ways to utilize the survey results when critically designing and disseminating digital scholarly editions, propose a call to action, and identify avenues of future research.

AB - In this paper we explore layered conceptions of access and accessibility as they relate to the theory and praxis of digital scholarly editing. To do this, we designed and disseminated a qualitative survey on five key themes: dissemination; Open Access and licensing; access to code; web accessibility; and diversity. Throughout the article we engage in cultural criticism of the discipline by sharing results from the survey, identifying how the community talks about and performs access, and pinpointing where improvements in praxis could be made. In the final section of this paper we reflect on different ways to utilize the survey results when critically designing and disseminating digital scholarly editions, propose a call to action, and identify avenues of future research.

KW - digital scholarly editing

KW - access

KW - pedagogy

KW - dissemination

U2 - 10.4000/variants.1070

DO - 10.4000/variants.1070

M3 - Article

SN - 1573-3084

VL - 14

SP - 41

EP - 74

JO - Variants. The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship

JF - Variants. The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship

ER -