History and the Digital World

Portrait of an Historian: 1881

Portrait of the Historian Theodor Mommsen [Bildnis des Historikers Theodor Mommsen] , 1881, Berlin State Museums (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Historians: 1954

Australian Military Historians, Canberra, 1954

Changing Research Practices: 21st Century

What’s new?

• Digital technologies don’t change the past.• They do change• How we look at it

What’s changed?

• Accessibility: what resources historians can access

• Authority (democratization): who writes history

• Presentation: how we present or publish history

What we’re working with

http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/#trend

What are some evaluation criteria?

• Accuracy• Authority• Balance• Currency