> > > > *Scottish Network on Digital Cultural Resources Evaluation* > > > > *CALL FOR PAPERS* > > *International Symposium on Evaluating Digital Cultural Resources (EDCR > 2016)* > > > > *Glasgow, Kelvin Hall, 12-13 December 2016* > > > > *Scope and Context* > > Digital technologies are affecting all aspects of our lives, reshaping the > way we communicate, learn, and approach the world around us. In the case of > cultural institutions, digital applications are used in all key areas of > operation, from documenting, interpreting and exhibiting the collections to > communicating with diverse audience groups. The communication of > collections information in digital form, whether an online catalogue, > mobile application, museum interactive or social media exchange, > increasingly affects our cultural encounters and shapes our perception of > cultural organisations. Although cultural and higher education institutions > around the world are heavily investing on digitisation and working to make > their collections available online, we still know very little about who > uses digital collections, how they interact with the associated data, and > what the impacts of these digital resources are. > > *Organisers* > > The symposium is organized by the Scottish Network on Digital Cultural > Resources Evaluation <https://scotdigich.wordpress.com/about/> > (ScotDigiCH), which is funded by The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ScotDigiCH > is co-ordinated by the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information > Institute (HATII > <http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/research/hatiiresearch/>), at > the University of Glasgow in collaboration with The Hunterian > <http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/> at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow > Life Museums <http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/>, the Moving Image > Archive of the National Library of Scotland <http://movingimage.nls.uk/> > and the Department of Computer and Information Science > <http://www.strath.ac.uk/science/computerinformationsciences/> at the > University of Strathclyde. > > *Aims and Questions* > > The symposium seeks to address this gap by bringing together interested > parties from a range of disciplines (e.g. computing science, digital > humanities, museology, social sciences), practices and sectors to set an > agenda for research and discuss the latest developments on evaluating the > use of cultural digital resources. The symposium will address: > > > > > > > > - Who uses digital cultural resources, where and how > > - Diverse users’ needs and expectations (i.e. from schoolchildren > and families to students and researchers) > > - Impact and value of digital cultural resources > > - Ways of recording and assessing impact and value > > - Implications for policy and future strategies > > > > The programme will include a public lecture on the afternoon of the 12th > December by Dr Mark O’Neill, Director for Policy and Research at Glasgow > Life. > > The symposium will also include an open evening dedicated to exploring the > digital collections at the new state-of-the-art collections research > facilities at Kelvin Hall > <http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/about/thehunterianatkelvinhall/>, one of > Glasgow’s iconic landmarks (pictured above). > > *Important Dates* > > * Submission deadline: Friday, *7 October 2016* > > * Notification of acceptance: Monday, 31 October 2016 > > * Symposium dates: Monday and Tuesday, 12 and 13 December 2016, Kelvin > Hall, Glasgow > > > > *Themes* > > The symposium will appeal to academics and practitioners working in a > range of disciplines: cultural heritage workers, arts professionals and > scholars interested in issues relating to digital resources and their > impact upon preservation, education, engagement and outreach. We invite > presentations and discussions of both theoretical and practical > approaches, efforts and trends in this emergent field. > > Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers that engage with the main > themes of the symposium (see also Aims and Questions above): > > · Models of access to digital collections > > · Crowdsourcing, co-creation, co-curation in digital cultural > heritage > > · Evaluating impact and use of digital cultural resources > (methodologies, approaches and issues) > > · Moving from impact to value when assessing digital resources > > Proposals might cover the following topics: > > · Curation of digital collections > > · Working with communities in digital cultural heritage > > · Participatory models of work > > · Methods of evaluating digital resources > > · User studies > > · Metrics, webmetrics, infometrics and usage statistics > > · Crowdsourcing and citizen science in cultural heritage > > · Assessing impact and value > > · Social media usage research > > Presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by time for questions > and discussion. > > A selection of accepted papers will be published as a special issue of a > peer reviewed journal. > > > > *How to Submit a Proposal* > > Proposals should consist of an extended abstract (approximately *500 to > 700* *words* excluding references) that explains how the paper relates to > the key themes of the symposium. Furthermore, each abstract should outline > the aims, research questions, methods, main findings and underlying work of > the proposed paper. > > Please use the document template available at the symposium web site > https://scotdigich.wordpress.com/events/symposium/call-for-papers/ and > follow the instructions for submitting your proposal by *Friday, October > 7, 2016*. > > > > *Registration* > > Registration to the symposium will be free of charge but participants will > need to register through Eventbrite > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-symposium-on-evaluating-digital-cultural-resources-tickets-27405433389>. > Please register separately for the public lecture and open evening. > > > > *Travel Bursaries for Early Career Researchers/Professionals and Students* > > A limited number of travel bursaries are available to postgraduate > students and early-career researchers to facilitate their participation at > the workshop. For more information please contact scotdig...@gmail.com. > > > > *Conference Website* > > https://scotdigich.wordpress.com/events/symposium/ > > > > Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested in these topics. > > > > We hope to see you in Glasgow soon! > > > > With best regards, > > > > From the EDCR2016 symposium organising committee > > Dr Maria Economou > > Joint Curator / Lecturer > > HATII & The Hunterian, University of Glasgow > > maria.econo...@glasgow.ac.uk > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Maribel Hidalgo-Urbaneja > > PhD Candidate > > Humanities Advanced Technologies and Information Institute -HATII- > University of Glasgow > > 11 University Gardens > > Glasgow G12 8QH > > > > Web: m-hidalgo.com > > Email: m.hidalgo-urbanej...@research.gla.ac.uk > > Twitter: @MaribelHU > > > >
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