Monthly Archives: September 2007

Report: The future of scholarly communication: building the infastructure for cyberscholarship

By Craig | Published: September 28, 2007

A report has just been released from an April meeting between JISC in the UK and the NSF in the US. (link)

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LONDON SEMINAR IN DIGITAL TEXT AND SCHOLARSHIP

By Craig | Published: September 28, 2007

The London Seminar in Digital Text & Scholarship focuses on the ways in which the digital medium remakes the relationship of readers, writers, scholars, technical practitioners and designers to the manuscript and printed book. Its discussions are intended to inform public debate and policy as well as to stimulate research and provide a broad forum [...]

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E-Research: Strengthening institutional partnerships

By Craig | Published: September 26, 2007

Whether it’s e-research in Australia, cyberinfrastructure in the USA, the grid in Europe, or e-science in the UK, a transformation is occurring in research practice, a transformation that will have a profound impact on the roles of researchers and information professionals working in higher education, according to University of Melbourne Vice-Principal (Information) Linda O’Brien. “Research [...]

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THE HENRY III FINE ROLLS PROJECT

By Craig | Published: September 25, 2007

There is a fine roll for each of the fifty-six years of Henry III’s reign and the current project aims to publish those from 1216 to 1248. (further funding will be sought to publish the rolls to the end of Henry’s reign) The fine rolls contain offers of money to the king for a multiplicity [...]

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Peer review and evaluation of digital resources for the arts and humanities

By Craig | Published: September 25, 2007

The mechanisms for the evaluation and peer review of the traditional print outputs of scholarly research in the arts and humanities are well established, but no equivalent exists for assessing the value of digital resources and of the scholarly work which leads to their creation. This project proposes to establish a framework for evaluating the [...]

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The World Universities Forum

By Craig | Published: September 24, 2007

13 October 2007 is the proposal deadline in the call for papers for the: The World Universities Forum Davos, Switzerland, 31 January to 2 February 2008 http://universitiesforum.com The World Universities Forum was created in the belief that academe must better engage today’s most crucial questions, and that higher education itself must be included as part [...]

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Sustainability of Digital Resources in the Arts and Humanities

By Craig | Published: September 22, 2007

On 29 November 2006, the Methods Network convened an Expert Seminar to address a range of issues concerning the long-term sustainability of digital resources, approaching these from a variety of perspectives. Representatives from the AHRC ICT Programme; the Research Information Network; the Andrew W Mellon Foundation; the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield; an AHRC [...]

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    Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am a digital humanities analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, a consortium based at the University of Melbourne, however, the views expressed in this blog are the responsibility of the author alone.

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