Dr Lesly Huxley and Christine Mullings Gathering Evidence Current ICT Use and Future Needs for Arts & Humanities Research AHRC ICT Strategy Projects meeting, 14/12/05

2 Project overview August 2005December 2005April 2006 July 2006 Find comms. channels Review other work Develop and pilot online survey Launch survey (Dec05) Reminders Data analysis Case studies/groups Preliminary findings Further analysis Final report July 06 Lesly Huxley Christine Mullings Di Jones Tamar Hodos

3 Project Steering Group Dr Angela Piccini, PARIP Project, Department of Drama, University of Bristol Dr Jonathan Gibson, English Department, Royal Holloway University of London Dr John Irving, Head of Music Department, University of Bristol Dr Shelley Hales, Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol Jayne Everard, Service Manager, Artifact, Manchester Metropolitan University Professor David Cowling, Professor of French, University of Durham Sheila Anderson, Director, Arts and Humanities Data Service, King’s College London

4 What does the survey cover? Current research and how it is carried out The importance of e- and non-e resources Creating eResources Dissemination of research results Formal and informal support available Effect and impact of ICT use in research Difficulties and gaps in provision Future intentions/needs around ICT use

6 Distribution and follow-up Dec: JISCmail and other e-lists via HUMBUL, Artifact, AHDS and the AHRC and members of our steering group [difficulty of reaching individual researchers by or post] Dec: Links on AHRC, AHDS, HUMBUL and Artifact Jan: Approaches to heads of department to remind and encourage [No e- or other lists available] Feb/Mar: Identification and follow-up of 6 case studies via interview

7 Potential issues, possible solutions 1.Overlap with other ICT programme surveys [Meeting with other major survey projects and Methods Network - no discernible overlaps, agree to share data, only ours going out to individuals] 2. Survey fatigue and confusion for users [Try to make our survey distinguishable and work with Methods Network re: dissemination] 3. Difficulty of reaching non-users and cases [Other project focussing on non-users]