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Workshop: uptake of e-Infrastructure services in the
arts and humanities
September 5th, 2010, 1-4.45 DRHA Conference, Brunel
University
Organizers:
Rob Procter, University of Manchester, Lorna Hughes, King’s College
London
Background
What do arts and
humanities researchers want from e-Infrastructure services? What services and
resources make up the e-Infrastructure for the arts and humanities? How are
these services accessed and used by researchers across the disciplines? How are
they transforming the research practice, and enabling new forms of scholarship?
What are the barriers to using these services in the arts and humanities, and
how might these be addressed? If academic research is to build on the
foundations of the emerging e-Infrastructure, it is essential to understand
potential barriers to wider adoption and uptake of these services, and to
develop strategies to address them.
The JISC recently funded
the project “Enabling uptake of e-Infrastructure services” (part of
its Community Engagement strand) to investigate barriers to uptake of
e-Infrastructure services in the UK. The project has now concluded, and a final
report and other materials are now available. This workshop will discuss the
findings of the project with a selected group of arts and humanities
researchers and practitioners to discuss the impact of these findings on
shaping future policy for research support. The workshop will specifically
focus on issues of adoption of e-Infrastructure, and use of related support services,
for research in the arts. It will be an opportunity to discuss strategies for
increasing engagement with, and adoption of, e-infrastructure services in the
UK, and to frame the findings of the project within the way that researchers
see their practice and the role that advanced information technologies play in
their work. At the same time, we wish to provide service providers, and
funders, with a sound grasp of the issues.
Who should attend?
Researchers, IT service
providers, and those planning and implementing computing for the arts and
humanities. We particularly welcome the participation of early career
researchers, and postgraduates. This event will discuss the broader impact of
the e-Uptake findings for the arts, and stimulate debate on what should happen
next.
Registration
There is no charge to
attend the workshop, but you must register. Please send e-mail to
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to register.
For updated information about the programme, see: http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/workshop_uptake_e_infrastructure_services_arts_humanities
Provisional Workshop programme:
13:00
arrival and sandwich lunch
13:30
Rob Procter: About the e-Uptake project and its findings
Lorna Hughes: enabling e-Uptake in the arts and humanities
Both: aims and objectives of the workshop
2:00
presentations and discussions: e-Research services for the arts and humanities
David deRoure, Oxford
e-Research Centre
Daisy Abbott, Glasgow
School of Art
Martin Turner, Manchester
e-Research
3:00:
Presentations and discussions:
Helen
Bailey, University of Buckingham
Vince Gaffney,
University of Birmingham
Paul Ell, Queen’s
University Belfast
3:45 tea
4:00 final discussion
4.45 close