1. Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield
AHRC ICT Methods Network Expert Seminar: Sustainability of Digital Resources in the Arts and Humanities, 29 November 2006
A Centre Perspective
David Shepherd
Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield

2. HRI: record to date Established 1991
‘To use new technologies to formulate and investigate research questions in the humanities which cannot be easily answered by the use of conventional methodologies’
Over 30 major projects supported
Queen’s Anniversary Prize, 1998, ‘for ‘taking a lead in widening and transforming access to the humanities in the UK and internationally’
Sustainability addressed as much reactively as proactively
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3. hriOnline ‘brand’ formally launched 2003 on basis of Garfield-Weston Foundation funding
Some resources peer reviewed and ‘published’ (on contractual basis, and with ISBN), others simply ‘supported’ or ‘hosted’ by hriOnline (now used to denote HRI’s ICT activities as a whole)
Most resources available free of charge; Hartlib Papers CD a notable exception
More information:
You can crop a picture (trim slices from the side, top or bottom) by selecting on the slide the picture that you want to crop, going to the “format” menu, selecting “picture…” and in the “picture” dialog box clicking the “picture” button. This opens the crop options. The preview button allows you to see whether the crop achieves the effect you wanted. (If you have an old version of PowerPoint these controls may be located differently - refer to the PowerPoint Help menu.)
Before importing a picture into your presentation save it in a suitable format (eg jpeg) at a resolution of 72 dots per inch if possible. This resolution keeps the size of the picture file small but still displays fine on screen – particularly important if you’re using several pictures, because half a dozen taken on a five megapixel digital camera and imported at full resolution could mean that your presentation is over 20 megabytes in size. This means it will take up unnecessary disk space, will be slow to open and run on many less powerful computers – and will be too big to .
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4. hriOnline Publications
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5. Revised mission
To promote and champion, both within the University and to a wider audience, in the public, private, and voluntary sectors, the significance and excellence of arts and humanities research conducted at the University of Sheffield
To encourage and support the full range of research in arts and humanities at postdoctoral and postgraduate levels, with particular emphasis on innovative and interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research
To encourage and support, through hriOnline, leading-edge application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to humanities research, and critical exploration of and engagement with the growing range of available digital research resources
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6. New goals
To be a national and international leader in the reflexive critical analysis of electronic research resources
Boundaries between ICT-based and other research [should be] significantly reconceptualised
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7. Practicalities (1)
Digital resource creation an integral part of a varied portfolio of activities
Partnerships
users
libraries
publishers
other centres
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8. Practicalities (2)
Variety of funding streams to sustain full portfolio of activities, including digital
network of centres
TRAC charge-out rate
Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer
facilities hire
direct and indirect charges for access to digital resources
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