Development of a Digital Catalog Featuring English Literature Graduation Papers

 

Hugo Armando Novoa Losada

 

Abstract

Although graduation papers used to be highly estimated in the University context, the absence of a policy for conservation has negatively influenced their accessibility. To increase their consideration as a key instrument, a digital catalog for English literature graduation papers worth spreading is proposed in this paper. The purpose is to transcend the traditional repository, and thus, drive the consumption of this content in and beyond the classroom by featuring it in an online platform. The selection includes fourteen graduation papers written after the English Literature Seminars of the Philology and Languages Program in Universidad Nacional de Colombia. An exploration into the experimentation field of digital humanities underlies this project to motivate the academic community to undertake similar strategies to display their educational and research efforts. The digital catalog uses WordPress, as it is a prevalent tool in the digital humanities community, and a minimum of plugins to extend the functionality of this Content Management System. A Complete Guide for Installation, Management, & Migration is added to assist IT personnel and librarians in the implementation and administration of the catalog. These graduation papers should be considered pedagogical devices, so they may serve as guides for future papers, and academic devices that enable the possibility for further developments. In that sense, this digital catalog is intended to highlight scholarly production and lead into the consolidation of an Internet for academic purposes, that enriches and enhances scholarly experiences in the context of digital transformation.

 

Keywords

Digital humanities, digital catalog, digital transformation, institutional repository, English literature seminar, graduation papers, open-source CMS

 

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