Digitization vs digitalization of science/scholarship
Is there a semantic difference between "digitization" and "digitalization" when used in the context of the advent of digital science/scholarship?
E.g., is there a difference between saying "the digitization of scholarship affects scientific methods" and "the digitalization of scholarship affects scientific methods"?
Yes[1]. Digitization is the process of converting analog data to a digital medium[2][3], whereas digitalization is the a trend whereby systems are being migrated to the digital world[4][5].
Therefore,
"the digitization of scholarship affects scientific methods" would imply that you are transcribing printed papers into a digital medium.
"The digitalization of scholarship affects scientific methods" would mean scientific methods are being effected by new academics publishing papers online.
Note: with all things English, the meaning of a particular lexeme is subject to the usage within a language community, thus language users may use words like digitalization and digitization interchangeably.
References:
[1] Brennen, J. S., & Kreiss, D. (2016, October 23). Digitalization - Brennen - - Major Reference Works. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect111
[2] (n.d.). Digitize definition and meaning: Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/digitize
[3] (n.d.). What is digitization? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved from https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digitization
[4] (2015, June 23). Digitalization. Retrieved from https://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/digitalization/
[5] Bloomberg, J. (2018). Digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation: confuse them at your peril. Forbes (April 29, 2018).