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CENDARI and the Future of Research

Borderlines ConferenceTrinity College Dublin

19th April 2013

CENDARI is funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme

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Digital Resources for Medieval Studies

•Institutional lists - RICABIM•Catalogues – eg Kristeller•Meta-search engines – eg Trame•Databases, Authority lists, Dictionaries – eg BISLAM, •Digital Collections – Manuscriptorium, Mandragore, BL Catalogue, e-Codices, ISOS•Tools – Virtual Vellum, Juxta, V-Machine, Collex but also generic ones like Zotero•Projects and Networks – Europeana, MESA, Medioevo Europe

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Incipit CENDARI!

•Who is CENDARI?•What are the goals of the project?

• Overarching goals• Network• Resource• Technical

•Time scale and Sustainability

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14 Consortium Partners, 8 Countries

2012-2016, total budget €6.5M

•Freie Universität Berlin •University of Birmingham •Trinity College Dublin •Czech National Library•Università di Cassino •The European Library •Consortium of European Research Libraries•King’s College, London•INRIA•University of Stuttgart•Goettingen State and University Library•Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts•Fondazione Ezio Franceschini •Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino

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Primary Aims of CENDARI

Pilot an research infrastructure leveraging analogue networks to integrate digital resources for historical researchers that is easy to use/access and essential to their research goals

Two Pilot Areas

•World War I•Medieval European Culture

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- A technical and community development with enhanced networks, methodologies and technical processes.

- Bringing together disparate sources, and various formats: but ‘not YASABE’ (Yet Another Search and Browse Environment)

-Uniting Library and archival holdings within existing metadata frameworks.

-Creating seamless modes for intake and comparison of data.

-Supporting transnational and comparative approaches across disciplines, locations and modalities

Overarching Goals: The CENDARI ‘enquiry environment’

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• Historians• Archivists• Librarians• eScientists• Research Infrastructures and relevant

IT/humanities projects

All contributing communities to the wider vision of the CENDARI ‘enquiry environment’

Networking Goals: Broad Collaborations

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Overcome the tendency to focus on well-developed, well-financed archives and create a more balanced view of historic collections

CENDARI will:

•Transcend national and institutional data silos •Describe (often for the first time) important assets in lesser-known archives

Resource Goals: Showcasing Europe‘s Hidden Archives

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Powerful tools and services to underpin interactive search environment

•Multilingual search functions•Indexes of named entities•Personalisation features•Shared research and teaching spaces•Data visualisation•Annotation trails•etc.

Technical Goals: New Paradigms

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Designing technologies to meet researcher and resource provider needs

•Creating a feedback loop with users (historians /collections experts) •Development workshops•Training programmes•Expert seminars•Summer schools•Visiting Researcher Fellowships

Integrated, Interactive, Inclusive

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Timescales and Sustainability

•Project duration 2012-2016•Ongoing cooperation with other e-humanities infrastructures and projects to avoid duplication of activities•Investment not only in the resources and technologies, but in the methodologies required to maximise their value•End results to be integrated into the DARIAH Research Infrastructure

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Getting Involved

You don‘t have to be technical to contribute!!

•Summer School 2014 or 2015•Transnational Access Fellowships 2014, 2015•Trusted Users Group (late 2013)•Meetings and workshops:

http://www.aviz.fr/Cendari/Participatory

• MIRABILE Gateway (RICABIM, BISLAM et al)http://www.mirabileweb.it/

• Kristeller On-Linehttp://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/kristeller/

• Trame: http://trame.fefonlus.it/trame/index.html• Manuscriptorium: http://www.manuscriptorium.com/• Virtual Vellum:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/hri/projects/projectpages/vv• Juxta: http://www.juxtasoftware.org/screenshots/• MESA: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/mesa/• Medioevo Europeo: http://www.medioevoeuropeo.org/