Category: web2.0
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Grand delusions…
(the Round Reading Room) Today I am working from King’s fabulous Maughan Library. I like it here, it not only expands my ever decreasing perspective on the world, but humbles me before all the great European mistakes. I am writing a series of case studies for the project I am working on called Arts-humanities.net The…
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The tyranny of the practical mind…
“For these people, the concrete has become an asylum, a hideout, salvation. Cedar- well, that’s something concrete; so is asphalt. You can speak out about the concrete and express yourself as freely as you like. The great thing about the concrete is that it has restricted armed frontiers with warning bells. When a mind immersed…
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Institutional repositories and data re-use for the humanities
(originally written for Arts-humanities.net) Institutional repositories have become increasing important systems to store the rising amount of data produced by researchers. An institutional repository may be university wide or subject specific. They may serve the needs of a particular institution, a group of institutions, a nation, or an entire region. Examples include the UK’s Archaeological…