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A panel will discuss areas of cooperation and practical work between the various initiatives engaged in building e-infrastructure to support the next generation digital research in the Humanities.
Following from a panel session at DH2009, in October 2009 representatives of
numerous important associations, networks and projects met and resolved to
form CHAIN – the Coalition of Humanities and Arts Infrastructures and
Networks. The initial 'CHAIN Gang' comprised:
The representatives of these various initiatives identified the current
fragmented environment where researchers operate in separate areas with
often mutually incompatible technologies as a barrier to fully exploiting the
transformative role that these technologies can potentially play. CHAIN
recognised that their current and planned activities were interdependent and
complementary and resolved that they should be oriented towards working
together to overcome barriers, and to create a shared environment where
technology services can interoperate and be sustained, thus enabling new
forms of research in the Humanities.
CHAIN will act as a forum for areas of shared interest to its participants,
including:
CHAIN will promote an open culture where experiences, including successes
and failures, can be shared and discussed, in order to support and promote the
use of digital technologies in research in the Humanities.
This session will feature panellists from the CHAIN gang, who will introduce
the practical measures that they are engaged in to build a coherent,
interoperable and maximally effective services to support research in the
Humanities, and will address the following questions: