Heidi Dowding: Developing a Sustainable Model for Digital Scholarly Edition Publication and Dissemination

Hi there, my name is Heidi Dowding and I’m currently working as a DiXiT fellow at Huygens ING in the Hague under the advisory of Karina van Dalen-Oskam.
I hold a bachelor’s degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. I most recently worked for the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Program.
My project with DiXiT will involve developing a dynamic business model framework through which a digital scholarly edition can be sustained into the very long-term. Current models generally support only the genesis of such projects, often through a grant or one-time fund allocation, but do not consider the costs of continuing to preserve and provide access to a digital edition. This is where my research comes in.
While I’m still in the initial stages of my project, here’s a short presentation of what’s currently in the works:
Note that the slides go left to right and down – follow each section by going down, and then navigate to the right. These slides can also be found here.
If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact me at @theglobal_lib.
OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Heidi Elaine Dowding (May 8, 2014). Heidi Dowding: Developing a Sustainable Model for Digital Scholarly Edition Publication and Dissemination. DiXiT. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/ns2l