[okfn-discuss] Fwd: Workshop cfp: Uptake of e-Infrastructure services in the arts and humanities

Fri Jun 25 15:42:44 UTC 2010

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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 anna.ashton at kcl.ac.uk 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

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