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Apologies for Cross Posting ****************************** Workshop at King’s College, London, July 6th, 2010, 12:00 - 17:00 "Uptake of e-Infrastructure services in the arts and humanities" Organizers: Lorna Hughes, King’s College London; Rob Procter, University of Manchester 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 primary objectives of the workshop are to discuss strategies for increasing engagement with, and adoption of, e-infrastructure services in the UK. We wish to discuss these issues in greater depth with actual or potential users of e-infrastructure services, 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 technology developers with a sound grasp of problems as perceived by users from the arts and humanities. Who should attend? - Service providers who develop and implement e-Infrastructure services for the arts and humanities - Researchers and practitioners in the arts and humanities who may have used (or attempted to use) e-infrastructure services for research - Digital arts and humanities specialists, and University IT staff. Registration There is no charge to attend the workshop, but you must register. Please send e-mail to [email protected] to register. For updated information about the programme, see: http://www.arts-humanities.net/event/workshop_uptake_e_infrastructure_services_arts_humanities Professor Rob Procter Manchester eResearch Centre University of Manchester Room 2.005 Arthur Lewis Building Manchester M13 9PL Tel: 0161 275 1381 Fax: 0161 275 1390 Mob: 07974 248 493 Web: www.merc.ac.uk -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://blog.okfn.org http://twitter.com/jwyg http://identi.ca/jwyg _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
