Katherine L. Walter

Katherine L. Walter, Chair of Digital Initiatives & Special Collections in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) Libraries, co-directs the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at UNL with Kenneth Price. A joint initiative of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries and the UNL College of Arts & Sciences, the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities is advancing collaborative, interdisciplinary research by creating unique digital content, developing text analysis and visualization tools, and encouraging the use and refinement of international standards. Walter has directed many federally-funded grant projects in the areas of history, folklore, and literature, including the U.S. Newspaper Program's Nebraska Newspaper Project and the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online funded by NEH. She is currently principal investigator of the NEH-funded National Digital Newspaper Program: Nebraska and co-principal investigator with Price for the IMLS-funded Interoperability of Metadata for Thematic Research Collections project. During her tenure, the UNL Libraries have acquired significant manuscript collections in the humanities, including 19th & 20th Century literature, history, and folklore/folk arts.

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