Applying Technology to Humanities Resources and Communication:
The Cases of IATH and STG
Elli Mylonas
Associate Director, STG, Computing and Information Services
Brown University
Daniel Pitti
Interim Co-Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
University of Virginia
The Scholarly Technology Group (STG) is part of Computing and Information
Services at Brown University founded in 1994. In the last two years
STG has developed a greater emphasis on advanced consulting within Brown
University, working with faculty who want to learn about and use technology
in their research and publication. STG relies on an annual grants program
to determine how it will apportion the majority of its time and efforts
among the faculty. Successful applicants receive project management,
consulting and implementation from STG staff. One of our chief challenges
is designing projects that are portable and can be maintained over the
long term. Our other significant challenge as STG's structure evolves
is the question of how to sustain our own research into humanities computing
methodologies so that we can provide cutting-edge consulting to faculty
for whom this is not their area of specialization.
The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
at the University of Virginia (IATH) has become an international leader
in the innovative application of advanced technologies to humanities
research and publication. Annually, the Institute awards a two-year
fellowship to a humanities scholar at the University of Virginia to
work collaboratively with Institute faculty and staff in designing and
developing projects that facilitate computer-assisted research and analysis
of the human record, and the publication and dissemination of findings
and results. In its second decade, IATH looks forward to expanding its
mission to include national and perhaps international fellowships in
arts and humanities research and scholarly communication.
This briefing will explain how IATH and STG are structured,
what we have learned about supporting successful humanities research
projects, and what directions we see for groups like these in the future.
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