DARIAH-EU: towards sustainable digital research infrastructure in the Arts and Humanities

Ingrida Vosyliūtė

Vilnius University Faculty of Communication

ingrida.vosyliute@kf.vu.lt

www.dariah.eu

Sally Chambers

DARIAH-EU Coordination Office

What is DARIAH?

“Aims to enhance and support digitally-enabled research across the humanities and arts”

• To develop, maintain and operate an infrastructure in support of ICT-based research practices

• To help researchers in using ICT-enabled methods to analyse and interpret digital resources

• To facilitate long-term access to, and use for, digital research data

A quick history of DARIAH

In-kind

Cash

• 2006: DARIAH included in the ESFRI Roadmap

• 2008 – 2011: Preparatory Phase: project Preparing DARIAH

• 2011 – 2013: Transition Phase: establishing the DARIAH-ERIC

Establishing European organization DARIAH-EU

In-kind

DARIAH submitted European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) application This legal framework will facilitate the long-term sustainability of DARIAH

Cash http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=eric

Potential Members of the DARIAH-ERIC

Founding Members

Austria

Croatia

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

2014 +

Belgium

Lithuania

Poland

Portugal

Switzerland

Founding Members

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Serbia

Slovenia

Signed Letters of Commitment received to date:

Austria Netherlands

Luxembourg Slovenia

DARIAH-ERIC organisation chart General Assembly

(National Representatives)

Member State A Intergovernmental

Organisation Member State B

Senior Management Team

Chair + Vice-Chair NCC

Chair + Vice-Chair JRC

Board of Directors

National Coordinators (Full Members and Observers)

National Coordinator Committee

Joint Research Committee

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VCC 2 Heads

VCC 3 Heads

VCC 4 Heads

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DARIAH-ERIC financial model • 4 million euro per year

• National contributions made by members (GDP-based)

• Contributions consist of two parts: * Cash (10%) * In-kind (90%)

In-kind

Cash

In-Kind

Cash

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•To establish a shared technology platform for Arts and Humanities research

•To expose and share researcher's knowledge, methodologies and expertise •To facilitate the exposure and sharing of scholarly content

•To interface with key influencers in and for the Arts and Humanities

Scientific activities are implemented through VCCs by integrating national activities

Few examples

http://textgrid.de/en http://dighumlab.dk http://dh.tcd.ie/dhc/

http://oeaw.ac.at/icltt https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/home

http://openedition.org

Towards DARIAH collaboration strategy

Affiliated projects • ARIADNE, CENDARI, DASISH, EHRI, NeDiMAH, (DiXit) Sibling initiatives • BAMBOO, CLARIN, TEI Cultural heritage initiatives • Europeana, DC-Net Technological initiatives • EGI, EUDAT

Larger circle initiatives • APA, GRDI2020, OpenAIRE

Key elements for sustainable DARIAH

In-kind

Cash

• Legal Status

• Reliable partners

• Efficient organisational structure

• Established financial model

• Wide range scientific activities, including national projects

• Collaboration with other European projects and infrastructures

www.dariah.eu dariah-info@dariah.eu

Thank you!