https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/author/dzorich/Recent content in Dzorich on Journal of Digital HumanitiesHugoen-USThu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-2/transitioning-to-a-digital-world-by-diane-zorich/Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-2/transitioning-to-a-digital-world-by-diane-zorich/<p><em>The following is excerpted from a report written for The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. The full report can be found at <a href="http://www.kressfoundation.org/uploadedFiles/Sponsored_Research/Research/Zorich_TransitioningDigitalWorld.pdf" title="Diane Zorich, 'Transitioning to a Digital World Art History, Its Research Centers, and Digital Scholarship' (PDF)">the Kress Foundation Website (PDF)</a>.</em></p> <h3 id="introduction">Introduction</h3> <p>The increasing use of digital technologies in research, publication and teaching has spurred change in many disciplines. In the field of art history, the transition from teaching with slides to teaching with digital images is often cited as the “tipping point” that moved the field into the digital world. Using digital images for research and teaching requires an understanding of digitization, online searching, and use of presentation software for displaying and manipulating digital images. These activities opened up new opportunities for the field. As art historians Hilary Ballon and Mariët Westermann note:</p>