Botany and the Humanities: Workshop at Dumbarton Oaks

The goal of this workshop, cohosted by JSTOR and Dumbarton Oaks and held at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. in December 2017, was to foster an exchange about extending the primary sources available online and increasing their usefulness to researchers and students, with a focus on the social and historical contexts of botany and horticulture. Informed by user research conducted prior to the meeting, we discussed how individuals currently discover and use botanical primary sources, brainstormed and sketched possible new approaches to meet their needs, and considered what current and future approaches and source materials held the greatest promise for enhancing the value of this content for a broader array of research communities. This video captures the structured brainstorming and describes a handful of the most promising ideas that emerged at the workshop.