The School of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS) organised a lecture titled ‘Digital Humanities and Libraries: The Experience of HKBU’ on 12 January 2021, which was part of the SHSS Digital Humanities Research activities. Ms Rebekah Wong, Head of Digital and Multimedia Services of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Library, was invited to be the speaker of the lecture to share with the audience regarding the concepts and benefits of Digital Humanities (DH) as well as the Digital Scholarship Services of the HKBU Library and its support to DH projects.
Ms Rebekah Wong showcased some DH project examples.
Participants discussed the construction of DH database with Ms Wong.
Group photo of Ms Rebekah Wong (5th from left); Professor Y V Hui, Vice-President (Academic and Research) (centre); Professor Kwok-kan Tam, Dean of the SHSS (4th from left); Ms Sarena Law, University Librarian (4th from right); Dr Catherine Wong, Assistant Professor of the Department of English (5th from right) and all participating staff.