Giving Credit
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An important part of closing off a project is giving credit tothe appropriate people. This really matters in digital humanitiesprojects because they are usually developed in teams where somehave less power than others. It is easy for students involved tofeel their work isn't properly credited by the project leadswho go off and publish.
General Advice
- Discuss credit early. It seems tacky, but it is a good idea totalk about credit at the beginning when people can then choose howthey participate in light of whether they will get credit.
- When in doubt be generous with credit. I will generally list as a co-author on papers on projects anyone who has been significantly involved in the development of the project even if they didn't help write the paper.
- Inform others when you are going to give a presentation or submit a paper and ask if they want to be involved.
- Tell people when a paper is published related to a project. This is useful for their records.
Links
- Bethany Nowviskie has put up the text of a talk she gave on giving credit in collaborative projects. See "where credit is due" [1].
- The Off the Tracks workshop at the University of Marylandproduced a Collaborators' Bill of Rights. The originalis at http://mith.umd.edu/offthetracks/recommendations/