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arts-humanities.net:Digital Arts & Humanities
"share and discuss ideas, promote your research and discover the digital arts and humanities”
Torsten Reimer, Centre for eResearch
Background:ICT Methods Network
Remit and Aims
To promote, support and develop the use of advanced ICT methods in the arts and humanities
To support, and provide a forum for, the cross-disciplinary network of practitioners frominstitutions around the UK
To develop a programme of activities and publications on advanced ICT tools and methods
To ensure the broadest participation of the community by means of an open call for proposals for Methods Network activities
Archaeology History
Archaeology History Language
Literature Music Performance
Religion
Media Visual ArtsInformation
LawPhilosophy
Activities
Workshops
Seminars
Expert Seminars
Workgroups
Publication and Dissemination
• Draft versions of presentations
• Audio versions of presentations
• Rapporteur reports
• Training materials
• Workgroup reports
• Case Studies
• Working Papers
• Newsletter
• Printed Publication Series
http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk
www.arts-humanities.net
Transforming theMethods Network
• Support communities beforeand after events
• Get more community input, connect people virtually
• Transform Methods Network legacy into a living community resource; continued support for communities of practice
Means: Web 2.0
Web 2.0 and social networks
• Uses technologies such as weblogs (blogs), social bookmarking and tagging, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds
• The idea of "Web 2.0" can also relateto a transition of websites from isolated information silos to interlinkedcomputing platforms
• Web 2.0 also includes a social element where users generate and distribute content, often with freedom to shareand re-use
• Popular examples: MySpace,YouTube, FlickR, Facebook
www.arts-humanities.net
Open source technology
www.arts-humanities.net
The bit about numbers
• Official launch at DRHA 2007
• Statistics:– ~500 registered users
– 1300+ nodes and comments
– 17 user groups
– ~ 150 visitors per day
Features
www.arts-humanities.net
Blogging
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Discussions
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Audio-visual content
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ICT Events Calendar
www.arts-humanities.net
Wiki
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Job search
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User tagging
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Tag cloud
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Match-making
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User profiles
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User groups
Into the community
Ecosystem of communities
RSS Output
ICT Guides
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Web 2.0 Interaction
Facebook App
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Why use it?
• It is there• Not a replacement, an
addition to your website• You control your content• Give something, gain something• Large and diverse audience• E-Science group
http://www.arts-humanities.net/escience/
What do you need?