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Scholarly use and social dimensions of Web resources

Exploring the intersection of scholarly and social aspects in web resources, focusing on open access, digital humanities, and research collaborations at Vilnius University Faculty of Communication.

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Scholarly use and social dimensions of Web resources

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  1. Scholarly use and social dimensions of Web resources Ingrida Vosyliūtė Vilnius University Faculty of Communication (VUFC) ingrida.vosyliute@kf.vu.lt RESAW seminar, Aarhus 2013 12 02

  2. Vilnius University • Established in 1579 • The oldest university in Baltic states and the largest Lithuanian higher education institution • 12 faculties • More than 3700 researchers • More than 21 000 students • Open Access Scholarly Communication and Information Center – the most modern library in the Baltic countries http://www.vu.lt/en A miniature of Vilnius University at the Mini-Europe park in Brussels

  3. Faculty of Communication • Established in 1991 • 7 departments • Research areas: information management, media, journalism, public communication, library and information science, museology, archival and book science • Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral studies • More than 1200 students • The staff of the Faculty embrace more than 70 researchers http://www.kf.vu.lt/en

  4. Ongoing activities • The Faculty is actively involved in various national and international projects in the field of digital humanities, digitization of cultural heritage, digital libraries and archives, museums, ego-documental heritage, information management, media, etc. • Collaboration with major national information system ARUODAI (http://www.aruodai.lt) – the digital archive for folklore, lituanistics, archaeology, ethnology, history and linguistics data (digitized and born digital material) • First cultural heritage orientated hackathon in Lithuania and first EUROPEANA & DARIAH hackathon

  5. International projects • Partner in NORSLIS (Nordic Research School in Information Studies), HIBOLIRE (The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading)networks • Partner in European research projectsCALIMERA, PubliCA, Pulman, Cultivate-CEE, DPE • Partner and content provider in EUROPEANA projects CARARE LoCloud, AMBROSIA • A member of DARIAH (Digital Research Infrustructure for the Arts and Humanities) • Associated partner in V-MusT (Virtual Museums Transnational) network and ARIADNE (Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking in Europe)

  6. VUFC interests in RESAW • Facilitating online access to local data and fostering regional and European cooperation, sharing knowledge, expertise and best practices • Usage of diverse web content in research (scholarly vs non-scholarly content, referencing sources, standartization, methodologies, etc.) • Enhancing research data and value (APIs for researchers, thesaurus, semantic linking, etc.) • Understanding social dimensions in the creation of web material and its use for research (user generated content, crowdsourcing, folksonomies, social networks)

  7. My interests in RESAW • Social media: heritage communication, content and users * Social networks as web archives * Professional social networking * User behaviour and engagement * Relations between professionals and amateurs * Social capital and additional values

  8. Thank you for attention! ingrida.vosyliute@kf.vu.lt

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