Professor Lorna Hughes
School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan
Professor of Digital Humanities (Information Studies)
email: Lorna.Hughes@glasgow.ac.uk
I am Professor in Digital Humanities, based in the Information Studies Subject Area.
My research addresses the creation of digital cultural heritage, and the use and re-use of digital collections for research, teaching, and public engagement. I have a specific interest in the conceptualisation, development, implementation and categorisation of digital methods in the humanities, and the collaborations between the humanities and scientific disciplines that drive this agenda.
I have worked in digital humanities, and on the development of hybrid digital collections based on material culture held by memory institutions, at a number of organisations in the USA and UK.
I have had leading roles - as Primary Investigator, or co-Investigator – on over twenty funded research projects, including Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)- Irish Research Council (IRC) UK-Ireland Network on Digital Humanities IIIF for Research; The Welsh Experience of the First World War; the EPSRC-AHRC Scottish National Heritage Partnership; and the EU-funded DESIR project (DARIAH Digital Sustainability).
I am co-Lead for the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities Heritage KE Hub.
My publications include Digitizing Collections: Strategic Issues for the Information Manager (Facet, 2004), and the edited volumes Digital Collections: Use, Value and Impact (Facet, 2011), The Virtual Representation of the Past (Ashgate, 2008) and Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities (Routledge, 2018). My digital outputs include "Rhyfel Byd 1914-1918 a'r profiad Cymreig / Welsh experience of the First World War 1914-1918" (http://cymru1914.org).
Since 2006, I have been series editor of Routledge Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities, the largest monograph series in digital humanities internationally, with 40 volumes in the series. I am a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Arts and Humanities Computing.
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Gambell, S. et al. (2021) Communicating the Value and Impact of Digital Humanities in Teaching, Research, and Infrastructure Development. Project Report. Digital Humanities Research Network. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5643727).
Romanova, N. et al. (2021) Capacity Enhancement in Digital Humanities in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Training and Beyond. Discussion Paper. Digital Humanities Research Network. (doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.5105938).
Hughes, L. M. and Anderson, I. G. (2020) Centenary (Internet). In: Daniel, U., Gatrell, P., Janz, O., Jones, H., Keene, J., Kramer, A. and Nasson, B. (eds.) 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin. (doi: 10.15463/ie1418.11490)
Hughes, L. , Benardou, A. and Gow, A. (2020) English language and digital cultural heritage. In: Adolphs, S. and Knight, D. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138901766
Prescott, A. and Hughes, L. M. (2018) Why do we digitize? The case for slow digitization. Archive Journal,
Benardou, A., Champion, E., Dallas, C. and Hughes, L. (Eds.) (2018) Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781472447128
Benardou, A., Champion, E., Dallas, C. and Hughes, L. (2018) Introduction: a critique of digital practices and research infrastructures. In: Benardou, A., Champion, E., Dallas, C. and Hughes, L. (eds.) Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781472447128
Dallas, C. et al. (2017) European Survey on Scholarly Practices and Digital Needs in the Arts and Humanities. Project Report. DARIAH; DIMPO. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.260101).
Hughes, L. (2017) Infrastructures for digital research: new opportunities and challenges. In: Orlandi, S., Santucci, R., Mambrini, F. and Liuzzo, P. M. (eds.) Digital and Traditional Epigraphy in Context: Proceedings of the EAGLE 2016 International Conference. Sapienza Università Editrice: Rome, pp. 37-53. ISBN 9788893770217
Ell, P., Hughes, L. and Southall, H. (2016) Digitally exposing the place names of England and Wales. In: Berman, M. L., Mostern, R. and Southall, H. (eds.) Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253022448
Dee, H.M., Hughes, L.M. , Roderick, G.L. and Brown, A.D. (2016) Visual digital humanities: using image data to derive approximate metadata. In: Foster, A. and Rafferty, P. (eds.) Managing Digital Cultural Objects. facet publishing. ISBN 9781783301027
Hughes, L. , Constantopoulos, P. and Dallas, C. (2016) Digital methods in the humanities: understanding and describing their use across the disciplines. In: Schreibman, S., Siemens, R. and Unsworth, J. (eds.) A New Companion to Digital Humanities [2nd ed.]. Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture (93). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp. 150-170. ISBN 9781118680599 (doi: 10.1002/9781118680605.ch11)
Allan, R. et al. (2016) Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth. WIREs Climate Change, 7(2), pp. 164-174. (doi: 10.1002/wcc.379)
Hughes, L. (2016) Finding Belgian refugees in Cymru1914.org: using digital resources for uncovering the hidden histories of the first world war in Wales. Immigrants and Minorities, 34(2), pp. 210-231. (doi: 10.1080/02619288.2016.1171148)
Hughes, L. M. , Ell, P. S., Knight, G. A.G. and Dobreva, M. (2015) Assessing and measuring impact of a digital collection in the humanities: an analysis of the SPHERE (Stormont Parliamentary Hansards: Embedded in Research and Education) project. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 30(2), pp. 183-198. (doi: 10.1093/llc/fqt054)
Cusworth, A., Hughes, L. M. , James, R., Roberts, O. and Roderick, G. L. (2015) What makes the digital 'special'? The research program in digital collections at the National Library of Wales. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 21(2), pp. 241-248. (doi: 10.1080/13614533.2015.1034805)
Hughes, L. (2014) Digital collections as research infrastructure. EDUCAUSE Review,
Dafis, L., Hughes, L.M. and James, R. (2014) What's Welsh for 'Crowdsourcing'?: citizen science and community engagement at the National Library of Wales. In: Ridge, M. (ed.) Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Ashgate: Farnham, pp. 139-159. ISBN 9781472410221
Ell, P. S. and Hughes, L. M. (2013) E-Infrastructure in the humanities. International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, 7(1-2), pp. 24-40. (doi: 10.3366/ijhac.2013.0079)
Hughes, L. (2013) 'The Snows of Yesteryear: Narrating extreme weather'. [Performance]
Brown, A. D., Roderick, G. L., Dee, H. M. and Hughes, L. M. (2013) Can we date an artist's work from catalogue photographs? In: 8th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA), Trieste, Italy, 4-6 Sep 2013, pp. 558-563. (doi: 10.1109/ISPA.2013.6703803)
Gartner, R. and Hughes, L. (2013) Linking Parliamentary Records through Metatdata (LIPARM). [Website]
Hughes, L. (2013) Embedding Impact into the development of digital collections: Rhyfel Byd 1914-1918 a'r Profiad Cymreig / Welsh experience of the First World War 1914-1918. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8092, pp. 421-424. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_51)
Hughes, L. (2013) Rhyfel Byd 1914-1918 a'r profiad Cymreig = [Welsh experience of the First World War 1914-1918]. [Website]
Hughes, L. M. (2012) Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections. Facet Publishing: London. ISBN 9781856047203
Hughes, L. M. (2012) Introduction: the value, use and impact of digital collections. In: Hughes, L. M. (ed.) Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections. Facet Publishing: London, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9781856047203
Hughes, L. M. (2012) Live and kicking: the impact and sustainability of digital collections in the humanities. In: Mills, C., Pidd, M. and Ward, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012. HRI Online Publications: Sheffield.
Hughes, L. M. (2012) Using ICT Methods and tools in arts and humanites research. In: Hughes, L. M. (ed.) Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections. Facet Publishing: London, pp. 123-134. ISBN 9781856047203
Hughes, L. M. and Ell, P. S. (2009) The British lsles network of expert centres: a collaborative approach to the digital arts and humanities. International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, 3(1-2), pp. 193-201. (doi: 10.3366/ijhac.2009.0016)
Atkinson, M. et al. (2009) Century-of-information research (CIR): a strategy for research and innovation in the century of information. Prometheus, 27(1), pp. 27-45. (doi: 10.1080/08109020802657479)
Voss, A., Asgari-Targhi, M., Proctor, R., Halfpenny, P., Fragkouli, E., Anderson, S., Hughes, L.M. , Fergusson, D., Vander Meer, E. and Atkinson, M. (2009) Adoption of E-Infrastructure Services: Inhibitors, Enablers and Opportunities. In: 5th International Conference on e-Social Science, Cologne, Germany, 24-26 Jun 2009, pp. 1-10.
Hughes, L. (Ed.) (2008) The AHRC ICT Methods Network. Office for Humanities Communication: London.
Greengrass, M. and Hughes, L. (Eds.) (2008) The Virtual Representation of the Past. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Ashgate: Aldershot. ISBN 9780754672883
Dunn, S., Hughes, L.M. and Gold, N. (2008) CHIMERA: A Service-Oriented Approach to Archaeological Research. In: 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Berlin, Germany, 2-6 Aprl 2007, ISBN 9783774935563
Hughes, L. (2008) Conclusion: virtual representations of the past: new research methods, tools and communities of practice. In: Greengrass, M. and Hughes, L. (eds.) The Virtual Representation of the Past. Series: Digital research in the arts and humanities. Ashgate: Aldershot, pp. 191-201. ISBN 9780754672883
Voss, A., Asgari-Targhi, M., Procter, R., Halfpenny, P., Dunn, S., Fragkouli, E., Anderson, S., Hughes, L.M. , Fergusson, D. and Atkinson, M. (2008) Widening Uptake of E-Infrastructure Services. In: 4th International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, England, 18-20 Jun 2008,
Voss, A., Asgari-Targhi, M., Proctor, R., Halfpenny, P., Dunn, S., Fragkouli, E., Anderson, S., Hughes, L.M. , Fergusson, D. and Atkinson, M. (2008) Paths to Wider Adoption of E-Infrastructure Services. In: Oxford eResearch Conference 2008, Oxford, England, 11-13 Sep 2008, pp. 1-10.
Voss, A. et al. (2007) E-Research Infrastructure Development and Community Engagement. In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2007, Nottingham, England, 10-13 Sep 2007, pp. 477-484. ISBN 9780955398834
Anderson, S., Dunn, S. and Hughes, L.M. (2006) VREs in the Arts and Humanities. In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, Nottingham, England, 18-21 Sep 2006,
Hughes, L. , Shawver, G. and Zimmerman, M. (2005) Introduction to the special issue. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 20(Suppl), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1093/llc/fqi016)
Hughes, L. M. (2004) Digitizing Collections: Strategic Issues for the Information Manager. Series: Digital futures series. Facet Publishing: London. ISBN 9781856044660
Hughes, L. and Lavagnino, J. (2003) Introduction: ACH/ALLC 2001 proceedings. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 37(1), p. 3. (doi: 10.1023/A:1021811603951)
Hughes, L. (2003) The Price of Digitization: A Report on New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions. Project Report. National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage.
Hughes, L.M. (1996) Multimedia for contemporary history studies. In: Brivati, B., Buxton, J. and Seldon, A. (eds.) The Handbook of Contemporary History. Manchester University Press: Manchester, pp. 57-67. ISBN 9780719048357
Hughes, L.M. and Popham, M. (Eds.) (1995) Courseware in Action: The Proceedings of the 1994 CATH (Computers and Teaching in the Humanities) Conference. CTI Centre for Textual Studies: Oxford.
Beetham, M., Hughes, L. M. and Lee, S. (1994) Victorian Periodicals Hypertext Project. Series: Occasional series (CTI Centre for Textual Studies), 1. CTI Centre for Textual Studies: Oxford. ISBN 9780952330110
Hughes, L.M. (1994) Removing the Structures of Historical Data. In: Conference of the Association of History and Computing, Nijmegen, The Nertherlands, 1994, pp. 273-280.
Hughes, L.M. and Lee, S.D. (1994) CTI Centre for Textual Studies Resources Guide. CTI Centre for Textual Studies: Oxford.
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Research Reports or Papers
Benardou, A., Hughes, L. and Konstantelos, L. Saving the Centenary's digital heritage: recommendations for digital sustainability of First World War community commemoration activities. [Key Findings]
Konstantelos, L. and Hughes, L. Digital Sustainability Review of HLF-Funded Projects. [Key Findings]
Konstantelos, L. and Hughes, L. Sustainability of Digital Resources Framework (SDRF). [Key Findings]
Konstantelos, L., Hughes, L. and Kilbride, W. The bits liveth forever? Digital preservation and the first world war commemoration. [Key Findings]
Research project grants I have held since 2011 include the following:
PI: AHRC Towards a National Collection Discovery Award Our Heritage, Our Stories: Linking and searching community-generated digital content to develop the people's national collection, October 2021-November 2024, £3,624,530.
Co-I: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Arts and Humanities Research Grant The Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation (BOSLIT): Creating Digital Futures & Networks (Network). March 2021-March 2023, £19,926.
PI: AHRC-IRCHSS UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Research Network - IIIF for Research (IIIF4R) Network, August 2020-July 2021, £29,851.
PI: Royal Society of Edinburgh Arts and Humanities Research Grant - Exploring digital methods for interaction, exploration, and experiencing contested histories (Workshop). Feb 2020-April 2021, £9,719.43.
PI/Lead Researcher: Arcadia Digital aspects of Arcadia's giving in culture: a review 2019-20.
Co-I: AHRC-EPSRC Immersive Technologies: Scottish Heritage Partnership Immersive Experiences, 2018-19, total funding £60,000).
Co-I: AHRC Standard Research project, Reflections on the Legacy of the First World War, 2019-21. Total funding: £226,000.
PI: AHRC Living Legacies 1914-18 supplementary award, 2019, Using the past: a strategic approach to reconstructing fragmented digital records. £60,000.
Co-I: EU INFRADEV-03-2016-2017, 2017-9, DESIR: DARIAH ERIC Sustainability Refined, 2017-19, total funding: €2,717,320.
Partner: EU Europeana DSI2 and DSI3, 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Co-I: AHRC standard research grant, 2016-9, Listening and British Cultures: Listeners' responses to music in Britain, total funding: £788,772.
PI: HLF 'Our Heritage' Programme, Armed Forces Covenant Fund; Welsh Government Department of Education and Skills. 2014, Wales at War/Cymru yn y Rhyfel (total funding: £226,500).
Co-I: AHRC Connected Communities Programme: Centre for Research and Engagement around the Centenary of the First World War, Living Legacies Centre 2014-6 (total funding: £602,000) and 2016-19, follow-on funding (total funding: £618,000).
Partner: EU ICT PSP sixth call for proposals 2012: eCloud: Europeana Cloud: Unlocking Europe's Research via The Cloud (total funding: €3,500,000).
PI: 2012-15 JISC e-Content programme 2011-13, mass digitization: Rhyfel Byd 1914-1918 a'r profiad Cymreig / Welsh experience of World War One 1914-1918 (total funding: £987,916).
PI: 2012-13 AHRC research grant, landscape and environment programme: The Snows of Yesteryear: Narrating extreme weather (funding: £100,000).
Co-I: 2012-13: JISC e-Content Programme 2011-13, connecting content Linking Parliamentary Records Through Metadata (LIPARM) (funding: £183,000).
PI 2011-15 ESF Network grant: NEDIMAH: Network for Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities (09-RNP062) (funding: €494,865.00).
Alshanqiti, Ahmed
Digital Waqf libraries in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and their user services (2017-20)
Gambell, Sarah
The tactical value of digitisation for the preservation of cultural heritage in conflict
Matthews, Miriam
Digital Doctrines in Glasgow Museums: Digital interactive technologies and their influence on the relationships, networks and practices of Glasgow Museums, 1989-2019
Nam, Hye Lim
Mental Models of the Organisation of Scholarly Information Across the Academy: Disciplinary Similarities and Differences
Spence, Alison
Archivally-embedded textiles, digitisation and digital materiality: communicating materiality, object biography and aura for material-centred research
Convener, Introduction to Digital Arts and Humanities, INFOST4010
Convenor, Museum Studies Dissertation INFOST5003P
Convenor, Information Management and Preservation Dissertation INFOST5001P
Research datasets
Hughes, L. (2016) Finding the Belgian Refugees in Cymru1914.org. [Data Collection]
I am an elected member of the University Senate. I sit on the School of Humanities Research Committee, and am research convenor and REF champion for the Information Studies Subject Area. I was previously Head of Information Studies (from 2016-2019).
I jointly convene the University's Digital Humanities Network with Professor Marc Alexander.
I am Chair of the Europeana Research Advisory Board, and a member of the Governing Board and Vice Chair of EuroScience. From 2011-15, I was the Chair of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Network for Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities.
I am a member of the Software Sustainability Institute Board, the Glasgow Museums (Burrell Project): External Expert Reference Panel for Content, the Hunterian Museum Strategic Advisory Board, and the ATI (Alan Turing Institute) Arts, Humanities and Data Science Working Group.
In 2020, I was elected a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE).