DARIAH A NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUMFOR RESEARCHERS IN THE HUMANITIES

Costis Dallas Chair, Digital Mehods and Practices Observatory WG, DARIAH VCC2

Arts and Humanities research in the digital era

A scattered and heterogeneous landscape Enormous digitization efforts in the public and private sectors A long-standing tradition in humanities computing (digital

humanities) Some success stories: Text Encoding Initiative, strong

communities (Epigraphy, Medieval studies) Still, a majority of researchers with no real insights about

digital sources, methods and publications General issue of preserving digital results from one research

project to another

Challenges

Localization and hosting of digital sources Documenting and connecting to analog sources Environments for managing, exploring and enriching

digital material Communication of ones own results in the digital

world Multidisciplinary collaboration with computer science

research Community acceptance of paradigm changes in a

transition period

What is DARIAH?

An integrating activity bringing together digitally-enabled research in the arts and humanities in Europe and beyond

A platform enabling trans-national arts and humanities research

A research infrastructure for sharing and sustaining digital arts and humanities knowledge

By researchers, for researchers

DARIAH mission

to enhance and support

digitally-enabled research across the arts and humanities by offering a portfolio of services and activities centred around research communities

An integrative approach

Enhance and support digitally-enabled research and teaching across the Arts and Humanities Providing technological components to work with

digital objects Training researchers and working with communities Providing guidance about standards and best

practicesA connected network of tools, information, people

and methodologies Pulling together national initiatives Helping communities to integrate the digital shift

A quick history of DARIAH

2006: DARIAH included in the ESFRI Roadmap

2008 2011: Preparatory Phase project, Preparing DARIAH

2011 2013: Transition Phase, establishing the DARIAH-ERIC, integrating national activities

2014+: DARIAH-ERIC

15 August 2014: A day in DARIAH history

15 Committed Founding Members

Founding Members

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Founding Members

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Serbia

Slovenia

Candidate countries

Lithuania

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Switzerland

DARIAH-EU National Coordinator Committee

Paris, 18 November 2014

Establishing DARIAH as a European organisation 5 Sep 2014

17 Nov 2014

Jan 2015

Rome & Paris

17 Nov 2014

5 Sep 2014 +

Who is DARIAH for?

Literary Studies Medieval StudiesArchaeology

A wide variety of research communitiesacross the arts and humanities, e.g.

Network of Services

Scholarly events

Open access archiveAcademic blogging

Network of Services

Multilingualtraining materials

Digital Research Taxonomy

Summer Schools

Network of Services

Persistent Identification

AAI Infrastructure

Collaboration Tools

DARIAH workshops and summer schools

DARIAH InternationalSummer School 2014

UNDERSTANDING AND EXPANDING SCHOLARLY PRACTICE

VCC2 Task 2

Costis Dallas & Manfred Thaller (co-chairs) with Panos Constantopoulos, Lorna Hughes, Jurij Hadalin, Ingrida Vosyliute, Agiatis Benardou, Walter Schoelger, Toma Tasovac, Bente Larsen, John Cunningham, Jane Ohlmeyer, Stef Scagliola et al.

Established 2012

Research on scholarly information practice, digital needs and methods

Mixed methodsQuestionnaire surveyScholarly methods ontologyCase studies / project profiles

MultilingualComparative, trans-European

Participants

AustriaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandLithuaniaNetherlandsSerbiaSloveniaUK

DH survey: http://bit.ly/dh-surveyMore than 1200 responses so farQuestions to researchers on:Scholarly data and collectionsScholarly practices and needs

Information seekingOrganisingStudying and annotatingSharing and publishingTools and services usedInfrastructure and standardsDevices and environmentRequirements and foresight

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PC Mobile device Analogue

Articles

Books

Archival Holdings

Images

Maps

Video

Audio

How important do you consider the following for your research?

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Improvedfindability / accessto existing digital

research resourcesor data

Digitization ofresearch resourcesor data currently

not in digital form

Improvedfindability / accessto digital tools or

software

Networking withother researchers,

research groupsand institutionsrelevant to my

research

Technical supporton digital

infrastructure,tools or software

Online advice andinformation on

using digitalmethods and tools

for research

Courses orworkshops on howdigital humanitiesmethods and toolsmight help me in

my research

Online supportfrom archivists,curators and/or

librarians onfinding materialsrelevant to my

research

NeDiMAH Methods Ontology (NeMO)

A collaborative projectLeveraging earlier work

AHDS methods taxonomyTADIRAH taxonomyDARIAH-GR SRAM

Due April 2015To be curated by DARIAHExpressed in RDF/S, SKOS

Based on DCU Scholarly Research Activity Model

Activity

ConceptsInformation resources

ToolsServices

agency process

resources

WHO?

WHY? HOW?

MethodsGoals

Actors

WHAT?

Methods ontology: top level elements

Methods ontology: object kinds

Methods ontology: method view

Case studies / project profiles

Selection of a

scholarly work case

Use of a common template

Creation of a case

study dossier

Synthesis

informed predefined standard interpretiveIntegrated with digital methods ontology portal

VCC2 Task 3 (Working Group) Stef Scagliola, Walter Scholger, Zoe Schubert, Manfred Thaller,

Live Version at: https://dariah.uni-koeln.deBased on DE database (Gttingen, Cologne)Showcase compiled in NL, implemented in DETaDiRAH taxonomy implementedDARIAH Geobrowser implementation and Online Guide under constructionSustainability and accuracy of the course dataNational Moderators to edit/curate national data> nomination by National CoordinatorsData curation as national In-Kind contribution?

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Affiliated project: CENDARI Create a research infrastructure for scholars that is easy to use and

essential to research goals in 2 Pilot Areas World War I Medieval European Culture

integrate digital resources for medieval and contemporary history, leveraging extant networks and projects

enhance the discoverability and usability of the resources (both analog and digital)

provide effective tools for knowledge extraction, management and annotation in order to allow users address complex research questions

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CENDARI: Connecting the Research Community with DARIAH-EU

DARIAH-EU provides wide support and some components, yet the CENDARI infrastructure is community driven

A newly established DARIAH WG will be created (Medievalists Sources) to carry on community networking activities

More information in specialized presentations by Emiliano deglInnocenti (SISMEL-FEF, DARIAH-IT)

Connecting the Research Community with DARIAH-EU

ArchaeologistsMedieval and modern historians

Holocaust researchers

Digital methods

Digital textual scholarship

Network of affiliated projects

Integrating Digital Resources

Overcome institutional and national data silos Not duplicating effort at a macro level Using standards without being hindered by them Integrating across levels of digital preparedness Understand project-level and data-level

sustainability issues

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Identification and description of 1000 Institutions and 800 collections desk and on-site research (MS2; D5.1)

Members of WP5 contact Memory Institutions, propose collaboration both by mail, Skype or in person when necessary

Ingestion of collections in the CENDARI technical environment

WP6, WP7

WP1, WP2

WP7

Three levels of action

Key themes

Fostering national capacities

15+ countries with heterogeneous developments in digital methods in the Arts and Humanities

Contributing to the development of national roadmaps for digitally-enabled research in the humanities Digitization programs National technical infrastructures Multidisciplinary initiatives National funding schemes Fostering specific support with EU structural funds

Humanities lets go open

Open humanities: a DARIAH priority for 2015 Combining efforts to improve awareness on

the need to make primary and secondary sources (publications)

the means to openly communicate research results; from blogs to repositories

the good scholarly practices comprising licenses related to the delivery and re-use of open content

Questions?c.dallas@dcu.gr

dariah-info@dariah.eu

DARIAH A NEW EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUMFOR RESEARCHERS IN THE HUMANITIESArts and Humanities research in the digital eraChallengesWhat is DARIAH?DARIAH missionAn integrative approachA quick history of DARIAH15 August 2014: A day in DARIAH history15 Committed Founding MembersDARIAH-EU National Coordinator CommitteeEstablishing DARIAH as a European organisationWho is DARIAH for?Network of ServicesNetwork of ServicesNetwork of ServicesDARIAH workshops and summer schoolsUnderstanding and expanding scholarly practiceResearch on scholarly information practice, digital needs and methodsDH survey: http://bit.ly/dh-surveyWhere do you consult the following materials?How important do you consider the following for your research?NeDiMAH Methods Ontology (NeMO)Based on DCU Scholarly Research Activity ModelMethods ontology: top level elementsMethods ontology: object kindsMethods ontology: method viewCase studies / project profilesSlide Number 28Welcome slideWelcome slide Slide Number 32Integrating Digital ResourcesSlide Number 34Key themesFostering national capacitiesHumanities lets go openSlide Number 38