INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP, 2(2), 114 

ISSN:2474-3542 

 

2017 Shenzhen International Conference on Libraries and Digital Humanities  

The University Town Library of Shenzhen hosted the three-day International Conference on 

Libraries and Digital Humanities from December 6th to 8th, 2017. The University Town Library 

of Shenzhen (Shenzhen Science & Technology Library) is the first library in China functioning 

both as academic library and public library, serving faculty members, students, scientists, and the 

general public in Shenzhen.  

About three hundred world renowned digital humanities scholars, LIS experts and 

professionals from the British Library, Stanford University, UCLA, University of London, King’s 

College London, Australia National University, Beijing University, and Wuhan University 

attended this conference.  

This conference is focusing on discussing the following topics: the future development of 

digital humanities; the roles played by libraries in the development of digital humanities; and what 

exactly libraries can provide for the development of digital humanities. Furthermore, dialogues 

were also happening in various formats around these themes: the critical technology in digital 

humanities; data, resources, network, and platform construction for digital humanities; higher 

education and digital humanities; digital humanities and its research and application in multiple 

disciplines. The conference then concluded with the conversation on the role of libraries in the 

development of the digital humanities. Participants are looking forward to the future collaboration 

between China and Western Countries in the field of digital humanities. They also discussed the 

establishment of the possible collaboration mechanism during the conference.  

 

--- Liyang Wang, University Town Library of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2017.vol2.2.56  

https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2017.vol2.2.56