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Digital Archives, Avant-Garde Periodicals: An Introduction

Digital Archives, Avant-Garde Periodicals: An Introduction digital archives, avant-garde periodicals: an introduction Joshua Kotin The digitization of periodicals has changed periodical studies — perhaps even given “rise” to periodical studies. But how? By increasing access to periodicals. Over the last two decades, hundreds of periodicals have become available to anyone with an internet connection. Want to read the first issue of The Little Review (1914)? You no longer have to visit a major research library. You can visit a digital archive — the Modernist Journals Project. This increase in access has led to an increase in scholarship and to the transformation of a field — and to the periodical you are reading now. One could argue about the cause of this increase in access. Did the “cultural turn” in the humanities lead to a greater demand for periodicals, and thus to the proliferation of digital archives? Or did the preservation needs of libraries? Or the innovations of multinational corporations such as Adobe, Canon, Google? Or the interests of for-profit content providers such as ProQuest? (Access does not always mean accessibility: many peri- odicals are stored behind paywalls.) Whatever the cause (or causes), access is key to understanding the impact of digital archives on periodical studies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Modern Periodical Studies Penn State University Press

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digital archives, avant-garde periodicals: an introduction Joshua Kotin The digitization of periodicals has changed periodical studies — perhaps even given “rise” to periodical studies. But how? By increasing access to periodicals. Over the last two decades, hundreds of periodicals have become available to anyone with an internet connection. Want to read the first issue of The Little Review (1914)? You no longer have to visit a major research library. You can visit a digital archive — the Modernist Journals Project. This increase in access has led to an increase in scholarship and to the transformation of a field — and to the periodical you are reading now. One could argue about the cause of this increase in access. Did the “cultural turn” in the humanities lead to a greater demand for periodicals, and thus to the proliferation of digital archives? Or did the preservation needs of libraries? Or the innovations of multinational corporations such as Adobe, Canon, Google? Or the interests of for-profit content providers such as ProQuest? (Access does not always mean accessibility: many peri- odicals are stored behind paywalls.) Whatever the cause (or causes), access is key to understanding the impact of digital archives on periodical studies.

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The Journal of Modern Periodical Studies – Penn State University Press

Published: Dec 6, 2018

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