Beyond the Valley of the Shadow: Taking Stock of the Virginia Center for Digital History

Abstract

The Virginia Center for Digital History is one of the leading programs for online scholarship in America. In an interview with Will Thomas, the center's director, the authors of this article investigate the many opportunities and challenges of creating electronic scholarship in a university setting. Topics include a discussion of the innovations currently under development at the VCDH, the curriculum in digital history at the University of Virginia, and the place of online scholarship in the academy's tenure and promotion process.

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