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1. CENDARI and the Future of Research Borderlines Conference Trinity College Dublin 19th April 2013 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance CENDARI is funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme

2. 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

4. Incipit CENDARI! • Who is CENDARI? • What are the goals of the project? • Overarching goals • Network • Resource • Technical • Time scale and Sustainability This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

5. 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

6. 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

7. Overarching Goals: The CENDARI ‘enquiry environment’ - 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

8. Networking Goals: Broad Collaborations This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance • Historians • Archivists • Librarians • eScientists • Research Infrastructures and relevant IT/humanities projects All contributing communities to the wider vision of the CENDARI ‘enquiry environment’

9. Resource Goals: Showcasing Europe‘s Hidden Archives This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance 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

10. Technical Goals: New Paradigms 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. This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

11. Integrated, Interactive, Inclusive This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance 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

12. 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

13. 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 This is 40 point text Gill Sans or another sans-serif text is easiest to read from a distance

14. MIRABILE Gateway (RICABIM, BISLAM et al) http://www.mirabileweb.it/ • Kristeller On-Line http://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/