For those who were unable to attend the online symposium, The Future is Now: A Symposium on Collaborating for Sustainability in Digital Research on Friday, September 29, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (EST), organized by the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative at the University of Toronto Mississauga and are interested in understanding some of the challenges researchers face in the digital humanities, from a global perspective, please see the links below to the six records by the guest speakers.
YouTube playlist (contains the links to all 6 presentations): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkbdJYeqvuHbt-x1u_q0dUgvK7I2NynsD
YouTube individual presentations:
Hans Brandhorst, Editor in Chief at Iconclass, “DIY Sustainability: The Iconclass Consortium”
Arianna Ciula, King’s College, England, “Overview on King’s Digital Lab Approach to Archiving and Sustainability: Context, Practices and Challenges”
Jörg Wettlaufer, Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Germany, “Sustainability in the Digital Humanities: Some Insights from a German Research and Cultural Heritage Institution”
Christian Steiner, University of Graz, Austria, “A Roadmap for Accessibility, Stability, and Preservation Using Linked Open Data and Institutional Repositories”
Susan Brown, University of Guelph, “Standards and Interoperability for Sustainability: The CWRC and LINCS Infrastructure Projects”
James Cummings, Newcastle, England, “Building for Failure: Embracing Sustainability and Principles for Digital Longevity in Digital Humanities”