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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

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Background:ICT Methods Network

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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

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Archaeology History

Archaeology History Language

Literature Music Performance

Religion

Media Visual ArtsInformation

LawPhilosophy

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Activities

Workshops

Seminars

Expert Seminars

Workgroups

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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

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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

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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

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Open source technology

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The bit about numbers

• Official launch at DRHA 2007

• Statistics:– ~500 registered users

– 1300+ nodes and comments

– 17 user groups

– ~ 150 visitors per day

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Features

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Blogging

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Discussions

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Audio-visual content

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ICT Events Calendar

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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

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Into the community

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Ecosystem of communities

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RSS Output

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ICT Guides

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Web 2.0 Interaction

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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?


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