Researchers and archivists have spent decades digitizing and cataloguing, but what does the future hold for book history? <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781802702682">Network Analysis for Book Historians: Digital Labour and Data Visualization Techniques</a> (ARC Humanities Press, 2025) explores the potential of network analysis as a method for medieval and early modern book history. Through case studies of the Cotton Library, the <a href="https://dwm27.net/dimev/">Digital Index of Middle English Verse</a>, and the Pforzheimer Collection, Liz Fischer offers a blueprint for drawing on extant scholarly resources to visualize relationships between people, text, and books. Such visualizations serve as a new form of reference work with the potential to offer new, broad insights into the history of book collecting, compilation, and use. This volume gives a realistic look at the decision-making involved in digital humanities work, and emphasizes the value of so-called "mechanical" labour in scholarship. 
<a href="https://lizmfischer.com/">Liz Fischer</a> is an independent scholar and full-time consultant working with GLAM institutions on data and AI. Fischer's current research focuses on applications of network analysis to book history. Liz's general interests include medieval & early modern English book history, craftsmanship, antiquarianism, and digital humanities, and areas of specialty in the DH world include network analysis, collections-as-data, workflow automation, and web development. Check out the <a href="https://atlasofamedievallife.org/">Atlas of a Medieval Life: The Itineraries of Roger de Breynton</a>, discussed in this episode!
<a href="https://jenhoyer.info/">Jen Hoyer</a> is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at<a href="http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/"> CUNY New York City College of Technology</a>. She is co-author of<a href="https://www.abc-clio.com/products/a6435p/"> What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom</a> (2022) and<a href="https://litwinbooks.com/books/6722/"> The Social Movement Archive</a> (2021), and co-editor of <a href="https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/armed-by-design">Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba’s Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America</a> (2025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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