When the Text Studies Committee at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln began discussing the internet’s impact on education and research in 1995, they were not seeking to become leaders in the digital humanities arena. In fact, the term hadn’t even been coined. They were simply trying to stay with the times. But by creating the E-Text Center that served all University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries, the university was on track to become a leader in the Digital Humanities environment.
The E-Text Center became the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities in 2005. The university attracted a $384,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the early phases for the Omaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary, a site to explore the Omaha and Ponca languages. The Center has also launched projects on the Civil War, Cuban Battlefields, and a study of the Great Plains.
通过雇用数字人文学科的教授进行投资，数字人文节目继续蓬勃发展。大学的力量的强弱可以在数字人文2016会议在波兰，几位教授都作了发言，他们的同事来自世界各地可见。