Working with digital outputs in the humanities? Consider contributing to the ALLEA E-Humanities draft recommendations.
The ALLEA E-Humanities Working Group launched open consultations concerning draft recommendations on recognising digital scholarly outputs in the humanities. The goal is to gather broad feedback from active humanities researchers and institutions in order to tailor the recommendations to the community needs.
A link to the draft recommendations and instructions for contributing are available on the E-Humanities Working Group homepage, or can be accessed directly here: https://bit.ly/ALLEAehumanities
Open consultation
The consultation is open to all researchers and practitioners working in disciplines within the humanities, policymakers and representatives of all public and private organizations active in the field. We are particularly keen to hear from humanities researchers in ALLEA academies.
The consultation is open until 26 July 2023.
Practicalities
- Suggest changes or leave comments in the document.
- Types of feedback
- clarification – let us know whether any parts of text are unclear and need clarification or elaboration.
- omissions – highlight issues we might have overlooked.
- further reading – suggest resources worth recommending to the readers.
- Recognition. All contributors will be listed in the final report. Please ensure that your comments are properly signed with your name. If you wish to remain anonymous, use private browsing.
- Contact. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact the WG chair directly (maciej.maryl@ibl.waw.pl).
Please note that the final draft will be additionally proofread for language.
On the report
This report proposes recommendations regarding recognition, evaluation and assessment of innovative scholarly outputs in the humanities.
First, the report focuses on the cross-cutting issues pertinent to digital practices in the humanities, which are (1) linking studies with underlying data, (2) open-ended outputs, (3) collaboration and authorship, (4) training and competence building, and (5) reviewing and evaluating. Next, it discusses particular case studies of innovative outputs where those cross-cutting issues manifest themselves, i.e. (a) digital scholarly editions, (b) extended publications, (c) databases and datasets, infographics, (d) code, (e) blogs, and (f) podcasts. Finally, the conclusion provides some general remarks on recognising and evaluating digital practices in the humanities.
About the ALLEA E-Humanities Working Group
The E-Humanities working group, composed of experts from across European academies, is committed to identifying and raising awareness for priorities and concerns of the humanities, paying particular attention to current and emerging developments in digital practices. Currently, the Open Science agenda figures highly in research policy and research funder requirements, and is driving changes in research practice. To address this agenda, and facilitate the adoption of Open Science across the humanities, the working group has turned its attention to supporting humanities researchers in their research data management practices.
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