Academic Commons Special Issue on Cyberinfrastructure and the Liberal Arts
With its revolutionary computing capabilities, massive data resources, and distributed human expertise, cyberinfrastructure offers the liberal arts new resources and new ways of working. Academic Commons has published a special issue on this subject, featuring essays, interviews, and reviews by scholars, scientists, information technologists, and administrators. The contents examine the challenges and opportunities cyberinfrastructure presents for the liberal arts and liberal arts colleges and suggest how academics can connect, use, and contribute to these new capabilities.