fyi... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tsakonas Giannis <john [ at ] lis [ dot ] upatras [ dot ] gr> Date: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:28 AM Subject: [ACADELIB] Κάλεσμα υποβολής εργασιών στο σεμινάριο "Research infrastructures in the Humanities: Key Policy Issues" To: Acadelib <acadelib [ at ] lists [ dot ] uth [ dot ] gr> ** *Research infrastructures in the Humanities: Key Policy Issues* a satellite event of the 17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries Valletta, Malta, 25 September 2013 Seminar convenors: Carla Basili, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy; Joseph Cannataci, University of Malta; Oleksandr Pastukhov, University of Malta *Call for Papers* Research Infrastructures constitute an effective response to the demands for globalisation and technological evolution that solicit today’s scientific research. Indeed, the needs for economies of scale combined with the new technological opportunities, and the globalisation of scientific research are now pushing towards maximizing the sharing of research data also through the development of Research Infrastructures. Humanities Research, which so far has reacted - albeit more slowly than other disciplinary domains - to technological innovation, is called today also to cope with the current economic and globalised environment. In this context, Digital Libraries - which have proved to be particularly effective as powerful technological tools for both individuals and research groups - need to show their power also as knowledge sharing resources among distributed communities of research. Digital Libraries, in fact, considered as the frame for Thematic Research Collections, are potential Research Infrastructures making accessible large bodies of diverse material and allowing multi-disciplinary access to and analysis of research material distributed through space and time. What is the current offering of Digital Libraries within this context, and how they can be enhanced to serve as Research Infrastructures? To what extent – and what sort of Information Policies – could stir this process? Who should be the initiators for work on such policies – researchers, funding bodies, the citizens? The Seminar, starting from analysing both the problematic aspects, and the enabling factors regarding Digital Libraries as Research Infrastructures, aims to address this range of issues and identify policy and research priorities that can facilitate the fruition of Digital Libraries as Research Infrastructures in the Humanities. Given the purpose of the Seminar, it would be desirable to discuss how specific cases of Digital Libraries could serve as Research Infrastructures, in terms of critical, enabling and driving factors. The Seminar is organised by the Ceris Institute of the Italian National Research Council in collaboration with the Information Policy as well as the Library, Information and Archive Sciences Department of the University of Malta, as a satellite event of the TPDL2013 Conference, to be held in Malta on 22-26 September 2013. The Seminar is part of the research activities of the Information Policies in Science - (IPS) project, coordinated by the Ceris Institute, and aimed at mapping and comparing scientific information policies in and for the European Research Area. Information habits, as well as the processes of knowledge sharing, transfer and use in the Humanities and in the digital Humanities are major areas of focus of the IPS project. *Submission details* Guided by the rationale of the “Information Policies in Science” project, the Seminar focuses on the theme of Digital Libraries as Research Infrastructures in the Humanities and on their various aspects of policy concern. Topics, therefore, include but are not restricted to: - Research Infrastructures in the Humanities: long-term access and preservation - Knowledge Sharing in the Humanities - Thematic Research Collections in the Humanities - Information Policies in the Humanities - Copyright and knowledge sharing - Policy agendas on Research Infrastructures in the Humanities - Digital Humanities: disciplinary issues - Community Legal Framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium: requirements, benefits, barriers and recommendations - Training and education in the domain of Research Infrastructure and the Humanities: needs and offering. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to c [ dot ] basili [ at ] ceris [ dot ] cnr [ dot ] itor joseph [ dot ] cannataci [ at ] um [ dot ] edu [ dot ] mt or oleksandr [ dot ] pastukhov [ at ] um [ dot ] edu [ dot ] mt by no later than 10 June 2013. _______________________________________________ acadelib mailing list acadelib [ at ] lists [ dot ] uth [ dot ] gr http://lists.uth.gr/mailman/listinfo/acadelib -- http://www.eellak.gr/, http://mycontent.ellak.gr/, http://www.creativecommons.gr/, http://mathe.ellak.gr/