sustainability
event: Digital Arts and Humanities: Infrastructure & Sustainability (Network of Expert Centres Workshop)
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Sat, 13/09/2008 - 14:49.Hosted by the Centre for e-Research and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London, 22 September 2008
The Wellcome Collection Conference Centre
183 Euston Road, London
9:15-9:45 Registration and coffee
9:45-10:00 Lorna Hughes (King's College London) Introduction and overview of the Network of Centres
10.00-11:30 Session 1: Models [read more...]
event: ELPUB 2008 Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
Submitted by Marina on Mon, 17/03/2008 - 13:57.ELPUB has a reputation for providing a relaxed yet stimulating venue for
discussion on diverse aspects of scholarly communications and publishing.
In order to keep with past ELPUB tradition, conference enrollment is
limited to 200 individuals (including speakers). We encourage you to
register online as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. [read more...]
blog: Sustainable development and humanities
Submitted by lindsay on Tue, 04/12/2007 - 12:02.Last week I was invited to speak at a meeting in Birmingham organised by the Higher Education Academy on sustainable development and the humanities. The poster and abstract was on the Liverpool site of teh HEA for history, the classics and archaeology, but the last time I looked had disappeared. [read more...]
biblio: Issues, principles and policies for creating high-quality digital resources with low-cost methods
Submitted by Ariel Elkin on Mon, 26/11/2007 - 16:00.| Publication Type | Conference Paper | |
| Year of Publication | 2005 | |
| Authors / Editors | Dawson, Alan; Barton, Jane | |
| Conference Name | Digital Resources for the Humanities 2005 | |
| Conference Start Date | 04/09/2005 | |
| Editor | Andrew Hardie | |
| URL | http://www.drh.org.uk/drh2005.htm |
event: Future Histories of the Moving Image
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Fri, 28/09/2007 - 15:57.This three day conference is organised by the Future Histories of the Moving Image Research Network that has been set up to address the issues of sustainability and historiography arising from the growing number of moving image arts database and digitised collection projects in the UK. [read more...]
forum: After the AHDS: The End of National Support?
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Fri, 07/09/2007 - 10:17.With the planned end of the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the unplanned withdrawal of funding from the AHDS, the UK, from having an exceptionally strong system of national infrastructure support for ICT in Arts and Humanities research, will have almost none at all. [read more...]
event: The future of screen heritage in the UK: a symposium on strategy
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Thu, 23/08/2007 - 09:53.This symposium is to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss what needs to be done to ensure the long-term future of our moving image and screen heritage. The hope is to clarify understanding of issues facing us and to achieve consensus and common goals where possible. The debates about funding and about practical strategy can then take place. [read more...]
blog: data ticking time bomb
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Thu, 05/07/2007 - 12:40.Archivist, librarians and others concerned with the preservation of digital objects have been aware of problems such as proprietary file formats or accessing data on old data storage mediums for a long time. As a recent BBC News article shows, digital preservation is now a mainstream media issue. [read more...]
blog: Use is preservation
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Thu, 14/06/2007 - 14:56.Last Friday, Neel Smith gave a presentation about 'Digital infrastructure and the Homer Multitext' at the Digital Classicist seminar in London. Among other things, he told us about his experience digitising material at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice. This lead to a couple of more general comments on digitisation. [read more...]
