This thesis will examine the current state of digital humanities projects in Europe and the underlying rationale and technologies behind their creation. It will also examine the engagement of digital humanities projects with library services to support either their creation, maintenance or preservation of their output and how academic libraries can preserve this scholarly output for future use. It will also examine how well librarians are equipped to support such projects, both in terms of resources and training. Library services are increasingly being called upon to take an active part in the long-term management of such collections and this will increase due to recent funder mandates for the preservation of digital outputs.  It will examine the extent to which it is the responsibility of a library service to support the functionality of such systems and the underlying data, as well as any unique or specific requirement compared to other digital media. Where does a digital library services responsibility engagement and responsibility lie, should it be at the moment of conception when a data management plan is being developed, or is a library’s place in the life-cycle of a digital collection at the maintenance and preservation stage. It will then look at how librarians training courses can equip them to handle the maintenance of digital humanities projects