I am just reading Professor Robert Darnton’s new book titled ‘The Case for Books’. Darnton is a well know book historian, especially of the French Enlightenment, and made the bold career move to become Harvard’s Librarian. Admittedly ‘the Case for Books’ is not that good, especially for those who have been involved in academic publishing debates for quite some time. In the quest to reach larger audiences, the book appears to have lost some rigour and Darnton’s first-person monologue is a little too personal at times (he should keep a blog). Still, there is a lot of information on the Google Book project, especially as it relates to the looming legal decision in which I am admittedly not on top of.
Here is a initiative from the UK’s JISC (The Joint Information Services Committee) who have attempted to create a ’social software’ solution for broader public consultation. Almost always these social software solutions do not work (as it the case here) as the sites lack of community feedback. Still there there is an excellent summary of the case and key issues (link to JISC’s site).
Bellamy C. The Google Book Settlement 18th February 2010. craigbellamy.net. 2010. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/09/the-google-book-settlement-18th-february-2010/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2010). The Google Book Settlement 18th February 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/09/the-google-book-settlement-18th-february-2010/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2010. The Google Book Settlement 18th February 2010. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/09/the-google-book-settlement-18th-february-2010/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2010, The Google Book Settlement 18th February 2010, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/09/the-google-book-settlement-18th-february-2010/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "The Google Book Settlement 18th February 2010." 9 Feb. 2010. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/09/the-google-book-settlement-18th-february-2010/>
The manuscript is one of a number published online to mark the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society, Britain’s national academy of science, and can be accessed at www.royalsociety.org/turning-the-pages (from the Age)
Bellamy C. Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public. craigbellamy.net. 2010. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/01/19/manuscript-account-of-newtons-apple-made-public/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2010). Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/01/19/manuscript-account-of-newtons-apple-made-public/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2010. Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/01/19/manuscript-account-of-newtons-apple-made-public/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2010, Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/01/19/manuscript-account-of-newtons-apple-made-public/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public." 19 Jan. 2010. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/01/19/manuscript-account-of-newtons-apple-made-public/>
(Posted to that wonderful Digital Humanities list, Humanist).
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:22:57 +0100
From: Jockers Matthew <mjockers@stanford.edu>
Subject: Possible Text Mining Opportunity at Stanford
Friends,
As I’m sure many of you already know, Stanford has been closely
involved with Google’s book scanning project, and we (Stanford) are
currently preparing a proposal for the creation of a text mining /
analysis Center on campus. The core assets of the proposed Center
would include all of the Google data (approx. 30 million books) plus
all of our Highwire data and all of our licensed content. We see a
wide range of research opportunities for this collection, and we are
envisioning a Center that would offer various levels of interaction
with scholars. In particular we envision a “tiered” service model
that would, on one hand, allow technically challenged researchers to
work with Center staff in formulating research questions and, on the
other, an opportunity for more technically advanced scholars to write
their own algorithms and run them on the corpus. We are imagining the
Center as both a resource and as a physical place, a place that will
offer support to both internal and external scholars and graduate
students. We are looking at creating fellowship opportunities and
post docs as well as other ways of encouraging and supporting
scholarship.
I am writing to you specifically because I think this will be
something you are interested in but also because at this stage of the
proposal we are looking for some external validation that this corpus
would be of value and that the research it would support would inspire
new questions and new knowledge. I have already polled our Stanford
faculty, and the response (especially in the humanities and social
sciences) has been very enthusiastic. My hope is that you might be
able to send a few words (at most a short paragraph) that I could add
to a section of our proposal that is titled “Scholarly Interest and
Research Potential”.
Hope you are all well and getting your abstracts polished for London
in 2010.
Bellamy C. What to do with 30 million books?. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/26/what-to-do-with-30-million-books/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). What to do with 30 million books?. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/26/what-to-do-with-30-million-books/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. What to do with 30 million books?. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/26/what-to-do-with-30-million-books/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, What to do with 30 million books?, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/26/what-to-do-with-30-million-books/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "What to do with 30 million books?." 26 Oct. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/26/what-to-do-with-30-million-books/>
This doco doesn’t really offer any solution to Google’s domination of online search. However, full marks for at least trying to be critical. I will see what else I can dig up and get back to you.
Bellamy C. Google Evil Agenda. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/02/google-evil-agenda/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). Google Evil Agenda. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/02/google-evil-agenda/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. Google Evil Agenda. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/02/google-evil-agenda/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, Google Evil Agenda, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/10/02/google-evil-agenda/>
(A wonderful new resource from the JISC Digitisation Programme)
Previously unpublished recordings of Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
talks from the 1980s online go online today at the JISC-funded Archival
Sound Recordings website of the British Library at <http://sounds.bl.uk>
Featuring talks and debates with top cultural, artistic and political
figures of the day, this latest addition the archive offers a chance to
explore in detail cultural directions in the UK from 1981 to 1994.
Alistair Dunning, JISC’s digitisation programme manager, said: “The rich
intellectual heritage embedded in the spoken word is an often neglected
source for research and learning. JISC is delighted to support the British
Library to release the vivid ideas, resonant discussions and crucial issues
that make the ICA Talks such a powerful library of ideas.” Read the rest of this entry »
Bellamy C. Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/30/explore-44500-selected-recordings-of-music-spoken-word-and-human-and-natural-environments/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/30/explore-44500-selected-recordings-of-music-spoken-word-and-human-and-natural-environments/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/30/explore-44500-selected-recordings-of-music-spoken-word-and-human-and-natural-environments/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/30/explore-44500-selected-recordings-of-music-spoken-word-and-human-and-natural-environments/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Explore 44,500 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments." 30 Sep. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/30/explore-44500-selected-recordings-of-music-spoken-word-and-human-and-natural-environments/>
(an excellent paper that challenges the British Library’s crappy page-turning software)
3 February 2009 – The text of Dot Porter’s talk, “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch,” including accompanying slideshow and example videos, are now available on the DHO website. Ms Porter, Metadata Manager at the DHO, presented this paper at the Royal Irish Academy on 26 January, and it was simultaneously webcast as part of the Culture and Technology European Seminar Series sponsored by the Humanities Advanced Technology And Information Institute (HATII) at the University of Glasgow. Her talk focused on the expression of physicality in digital projects, proposing a new model for editions of text-based objects.
(thanks to Dot P for the link)
Bellamy C. The Text of Dot Porter’s “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch” Now Available Online. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/29/the-text-of-dot-porters-reading-writing-building-the-old-english-illustrated-hexateuch-now-available-online/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). The Text of Dot Porter’s “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch” Now Available Online. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/29/the-text-of-dot-porters-reading-writing-building-the-old-english-illustrated-hexateuch-now-available-online/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. The Text of Dot Porter’s “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch” Now Available Online. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/29/the-text-of-dot-porters-reading-writing-building-the-old-english-illustrated-hexateuch-now-available-online/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, The Text of Dot Porter’s “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch” Now Available Online, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/29/the-text-of-dot-porters-reading-writing-building-the-old-english-illustrated-hexateuch-now-available-online/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "The Text of Dot Porter’s “Reading, Writing, Building: the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch” Now Available Online." 29 Sep. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/29/the-text-of-dot-porters-reading-writing-building-the-old-english-illustrated-hexateuch-now-available-online/>
This workshop will review and address the making of tools for collaborative scholarly editing over the web. The workshop leaders joins partners in the COST-ESF Interedition project (http://www.interedition.eu), which is focussing – as is the JISC-funded Virtual Manuscript Room project — on Europe-wide creation of infrastructure and tools for collaborative scholarly editing.The Australian Aust-e-Lit project will bring advanced experience of the making and working of collaborative tools with in for a national scholarly digital library. The workshop will allow key participants in Interedition, Aust-e-Lit, and in similar enterprises outside Europe to exchange information with UK scholars active in the area, and to explore common problems and possibilities for further collaboration (link).
Bellamy C. ‘Tools for Collaborative Scholarly Editing over the Web’. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/07/tools-for-collaborative-scholarly-editing-over-the-web/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). ‘Tools for Collaborative Scholarly Editing over the Web’. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/07/tools-for-collaborative-scholarly-editing-over-the-web/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. ‘Tools for Collaborative Scholarly Editing over the Web’. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/07/tools-for-collaborative-scholarly-editing-over-the-web/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, ‘Tools for Collaborative Scholarly Editing over the Web’, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/07/tools-for-collaborative-scholarly-editing-over-the-web/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "‘Tools for Collaborative Scholarly Editing over the Web’." 7 Sep. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/09/07/tools-for-collaborative-scholarly-editing-over-the-web/>
JISC has funded 14 Workshops and Seminars exploring some of the achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content. Covering a wide range of challenging and cutting-edge developments within digitisation these workshops address questions as diverse as visualising climate change data to digital performance, and issues around robot digitisation technology to Geographical Information Systems in history and heritage.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for the mass digitisation of textual materials: Improving Access to Text
Bellamy C. Achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/28/achievements-and-challenges-in-digitisation-and-e-content/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). Achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/28/achievements-and-challenges-in-digitisation-and-e-content/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. Achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/28/achievements-and-challenges-in-digitisation-and-e-content/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, Achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/28/achievements-and-challenges-in-digitisation-and-e-content/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Achievements and challenges in Digitisation and e-Content." 28 Aug. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/28/achievements-and-challenges-in-digitisation-and-e-content/>
Upcoming posts will include an invitation to participate in user testing, as well as announcements of software as it becomes available.
Visit often, or subscribe to the RSS feed for the latest news on TILE.
TILE is a collaborative project among the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), and Indiana University Bloomington, funded through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources program (research and development focus). Over two years TILE will develop a new web-based, modular, collaborative image markup tool for both manual and semi-automated linking between encoded text and image of text, and image annotation.
The project is unusual in digital humanities tools development in that it is being designed from the start to support a wide variety of use cases. Several projects from the University of Indiana Bloomington, The University of Oregon and Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies are initial testbeds. In the second year of the project, TILE will turn to the user community for testing. If you are interested in participating, or in learning more about the project, please contact us at TILEPROJECT@listserv.heanet.ie. (thanks to Dot P for the link)
Bellamy C. TILE project blog and website launched. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/04/tile-project-blog-and-website-launched/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). TILE project blog and website launched. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/04/tile-project-blog-and-website-launched/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. TILE project blog and website launched. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/04/tile-project-blog-and-website-launched/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, TILE project blog and website launched, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/04/tile-project-blog-and-website-launched/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "TILE project blog and website launched." 4 Aug. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/08/04/tile-project-blog-and-website-launched/>
“The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone,” by Joseph Wright, 1771
Dan Edelstein, a Stanford French professor, has been exploring an aspect of the Age of Enlightenment that is less familiar to most, the so-called “dark side” of the enlightenment. He described the differentiating factors. “The prevailing understanding of the enlightenment is one in which there was only scientific and rational thinking, but there was also a significant number of people contributing to the enlightenment who were absorbed in dubious scholarly pursuits like alchemy, mythology, astrology and secret societies.”(link)
These ‘dubious scholarly pursuits’ are still with us. ‘Web 2′ perhaps?
Bellamy C. The ‘Dark Side’ of the Enlightenment. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/23/the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99-of-the-enlightenment/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). The ‘Dark Side’ of the Enlightenment. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/23/the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99-of-the-enlightenment/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. The ‘Dark Side’ of the Enlightenment. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/23/the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99-of-the-enlightenment/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, The ‘Dark Side’ of the Enlightenment, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/23/the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99-of-the-enlightenment/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "The ‘Dark Side’ of the Enlightenment." 23 Jul. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/23/the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99-of-the-enlightenment/>
The JISC-funded A Vision of Britain Through Time website launches today,
giving access, often for the first time, to over two centuries’ worth of
facts, figures, surveys, maps, election results and travel writing showing
how 15,000 UK places have changed.
The changing story of Britain’s towns and villages can be explored in new
depth online, which unites more than 200 years worth of official documents,
maps and travel stories. http://vision.port.ac.uk/
Bellamy C. A vision of Britain through time. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/07/a-vision-of-britain-through-time/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). A vision of Britain through time. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/07/a-vision-of-britain-through-time/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. A vision of Britain through time. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/07/a-vision-of-britain-through-time/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, A vision of Britain through time, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/07/a-vision-of-britain-through-time/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "A vision of Britain through time." 7 Jul. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/07/a-vision-of-britain-through-time/>
There is a lively debate in the UK about the influence of Web 2.o on eReseach and new computing research infrastructures. The eScience institute in Edinburgh has a theme relating to this which is led by Professors Mark Baker and David De Roure.
The number of Web 2.0 services and applications, widely used by Internet users, academics, industry and enterprise, are growing rapidly, which demonstrates its solid foundations. These technologies and services are based on the open standards that underpin the Internet and Web, and are used in many forms, e.g. blogs, wikis, mashups, social websites, podcasting and content tagging. This field is having a significant impact on distributed infrastructure and applications, and on the way users and developers interact (link).
Bellamy C. The influence of Web 2 on eResearch and computing infrastructures. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). The influence of Web 2 on eResearch and computing infrastructures. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. The influence of Web 2 on eResearch and computing infrastructures. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, The influence of Web 2 on eResearch and computing infrastructures, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "The influence of Web 2 on eResearch and computing infrastructures." 16 Jun. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/>
One of my favourite projects within the broader Digital Humanities field; a masterpiece of Persian art and a damn fine piece of Digital Humanities scholarship as well.
Firdausi’s Shahnama (Book of Kings), completed in eastern Iran in around A.D. 1010, is a work of mythology, history, literature and propaganda: a living epic poem that pervades and expresses many aspects of Persian culture. Thousands of manuscript copies of the text, the earliest dating from 1217, exist in libraries throughout the world. Many hundreds of these are illustrated with miniature paintings, some of them among the most magnificent masterpieces of Persian art (link).
Bellamy C. The Shahnama Project (Iran). craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). The Shahnama Project (Iran). Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. The Shahnama Project (Iran). craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, The Shahnama Project (Iran), craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "The Shahnama Project (Iran)." 15 Jun. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/>
(This is indeed excellent news for the Open Repositories movement in terms of creating such a large player in the field and in terms of pooling the expertise of both organisation to help foster an open research commons online).
(Fedora hats…much more interesting than Press Releases!)
Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA— Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, have announced today that they will join their organizations to pursue a common mission. Jointly, they will provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.
The joined organization, named “DuraSpace,” will sustain and grow its flagship repository platforms – Fedora and DSpace.DuraSpace will also expand its portfolio by offering new technologies and services that respond to the dynamic environment of the Web and to new requirements from existing and future users.DuraSpace will focus on supporting existing communities and will also engage a larger and more diverse group of stakeholders in support of its not-for-profit mission.The organization will be led by an executive team consisting of Sandy Payette (Chief Executive Officer), Michele Kimpton (Chief Business Officer), and Brad McLean (Chief Technology Officer) and will operate out of offices in Ithaca, NY and Cambridge, MA.
Bellamy C. Press Release: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™ Organization. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/05/13/press-release-fedora-commons-and-dspace-foundation-join-together-to-create-duraspace%e2%84%a2-organization/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). Press Release: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™ Organization. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/05/13/press-release-fedora-commons-and-dspace-foundation-join-together-to-create-duraspace%e2%84%a2-organization/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2009. Press Release: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™ Organization. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/05/13/press-release-fedora-commons-and-dspace-foundation-join-together-to-create-duraspace%e2%84%a2-organization/ (accessed March 13, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2009, Press Release: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™ Organization, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/05/13/press-release-fedora-commons-and-dspace-foundation-join-together-to-create-duraspace%e2%84%a2-organization/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Press Release: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™ Organization." 13 May. 2009. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 13 Mar. 2010. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/05/13/press-release-fedora-commons-and-dspace-foundation-join-together-to-create-duraspace%e2%84%a2-organization/>
JISC (the Joint Information Services Committee) fund a number of digitisation projects with content that spans nearly five centuries of British history. Some notable examples include British Newspapers 1620-1900 and the 19th Century Pamphlets Online. The manifold importance of digitisation is that the records are made easily accessible to scholars and the general public, and two once the records are ‘data’ they can be used in new ways to gain fresh insights from the data (especially in a large-scale quantitative sense such as parsing 2 centuries of Legal or Parliamentary records). The UK is fortunate in that it has invested so heavily in digitising some of its immense human history so that now this ‘data’ can be imaginatively used in new ways. As new computational tools and methods are developed, more usages of this data will be found (as long as the data is structured and preserved in a useful way).
(this is just a crappy JPEG I have used as an example. Not the real deal).
Bellamy C. JISC Digitisation projects. craigbellamy.net. 2009. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/04/29/jisc-digitisation-projects-2/. Accessed March 13, 2010.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2009). JISC Digitisation projects. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/04/29/jisc-digitisation-projects-2/
Bellamy, C 2009, JISC Digitisation projects, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/04/29/jisc-digitisation-projects-2/>
...this blog is obsessively directed at profiling some of the digital humanities developments (in a cultural, political and social sense and in terms of books, technologies, and applications)...it is an aggregation or 'meta' style blog with the occasional commentary; the broad research fields are the Digital Humanities, Social Software, eResearch, and New Media...
Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am an eResearch Analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative (for the Arts and Humanities) based at the University of Melbourne ...and it is my goal to join every online social networking thingee in the whole damn world!...
