Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
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The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) is a research and teaching institute at the University of Glasgow
in Scotland
. HATII undertakes innovative research in Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) in the cultural heritage and arts and humanities sectors. HATII focuses on research in archival and library science and in information/knowledge management with emphasis on their impact on the growth of the creative industries. Recognised research strengths are in the areas of humanities computing, digitisation, digital curation and preservation, and archives and records management. Members of HATII, most of whom have day-to-day experience of mediating information in a variety of formats, are currently addressing issues under the broad headings of access and re-usability, content analysis and appraisal, evaluation and impact technologies, and preservation/curation.
HATII offers an undergraduate programme of study in Arts and Media Informatics, postgraduate programmes in Information Management and Preservation (IMP) and eDiscovery and Computer Forensics (CFED), and it runs a doctoral programme.
HATII was established in 1997 to enhance Glasgow’s reputation as a centre of excellence in Humanities Computing and Information Studies, with Professor Seamus Ross
as its Founding Director. HATII has, also, continued to promote discipline-based humanities computing by building on nearly two decades of pioneering initiatives and experience in the Faculty of Arts at Glasgow. More recently HATII is home to or partner in range of internationally recognised research activities, including AHDS Performing Arts
, CASPAR digital preservation project, DigiCULT, Digital Curation Centre
(DCC), DigitalPreservationEurope
(DPE), DELOS
Digital Preservation Cluster, ERPANET, Planets Project, Primarily History, and TheGlasgowStory.
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. HATII undertakes innovative research in Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) in the cultural heritage and arts and humanities sectors. HATII focuses on research in archival and library science and in information/knowledge management with emphasis on their impact on the growth of the creative industries. Recognised research strengths are in the areas of humanities computing, digitisation, digital curation and preservation, and archives and records management. Members of HATII, most of whom have day-to-day experience of mediating information in a variety of formats, are currently addressing issues under the broad headings of access and re-usability, content analysis and appraisal, evaluation and impact technologies, and preservation/curation.
HATII offers an undergraduate programme of study in Arts and Media Informatics, postgraduate programmes in Information Management and Preservation (IMP) and eDiscovery and Computer Forensics (CFED), and it runs a doctoral programme.
HATII was established in 1997 to enhance Glasgow’s reputation as a centre of excellence in Humanities Computing and Information Studies, with Professor Seamus Ross
Seamus Ross
-Biography:Seamus Ross was born 12 November 1957, the son of James Francis Ross, a philosopher, and Kathleen Fallon Ross, a nurse. After graduating from the William Penn Charter School, he earned his A.B. from Vassar College, his M.A...
as its Founding Director. HATII has, also, continued to promote discipline-based humanities computing by building on nearly two decades of pioneering initiatives and experience in the Faculty of Arts at Glasgow. More recently HATII is home to or partner in range of internationally recognised research activities, including AHDS Performing Arts
AHDS Performing Arts
AHDS Performing Arts was a part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service providing digital resources to the performing arts in the United Kingdom, and it was based in Glasgow. It supported research, learning and teaching in the areas of music, dance, theatre, radio, film, and television with high...
, CASPAR digital preservation project, DigiCULT, Digital Curation Centre
Digital Curation Centre
- Purpose :The Digital Curation Centre was established to help solve the extensive challenges of digital preservation and digital curation and to lead research, development, advice, and support services for higher education institutions in the United Kingdom...
(DCC), DigitalPreservationEurope
Digital Preservation Europe
DigitalPreservationEurope is a European Union research project aimed at digital preservation coordination and dissemination activities within Europe. It was founded by the Sixth Framework Programme . DPE ranks among EU "Digital Libraries" priority called "i2010".DPE together with CASPAR and...
(DPE), DELOS
Delos
The island of Delos , isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece...
Digital Preservation Cluster, ERPANET, Planets Project, Primarily History, and TheGlasgowStory.