Codex Ultor: Toward a Conceptual and Theoretical Foundation for New Research on Books and Knowledge Environments

2019

KULA

University-industry partnerships are common in the Sciences, but less so in the Humanities. As a result, there is little understanding of how they work in the Humanities. Using the Implementing New Knowledge Environments: Networked Open Social Scholarship (INKE:NOSS) initiative as a case study, this paper contributes to this discussion by examining the nature of the universityindustry partnership with libraries and academic-adjacent organizations, and associated benefits, challenges, measures of success, and outcomes. Interviews were conducted with the collaboration's industry partners. After several years of collaboration on the development of a grant application, industry partners have found the experience of working with academics to be a positive one overall. Industry partners are contributing primarily in-kind resources in the form of staff time, travel to meetings, and reading and commenting on documents. They have also been able to realize benefits while negotiating the challenges. Using qualitative standards, measures of success and desired outcomes are being articulated. This work developing the partnership should stand the larger INKE:NOSS team in good stead if they are successful with securing grant funding.

Section: Case Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Joining Voices: University – Industry Partnerships in the Humanities

2019

KULA

“…Building on a foundation of five years of discussion [54,55], the initial grant application envisioned an integrated program of research supported by an administrative structure, which included an executive committee, external advisory board, partners committee, sub-area administrative group, and four sub-area research groups, Textual Studies (TS), User Experience (UX), Interface Design (ID), and Information Management (IM). (For a fuller discussion of the project structure, see [44,56,57].) During the second year, the team divided into three areas including ID, TS and Modeling and Prototyping (M/P).…”

Section: Inke As Case Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“More Hands” Means “More Ideas”: Collaboration in the Humanities

2015

Humanities

Like those in the Sciences and Social Sciences, humanities researchers are turning to collaborations to explore increasingly complex questions and implement new forms of methodologies. Granting agencies are supporting this trend with specific programs focused on highly collaborative research. While researchers and other associated team members welcome these collaborations as a way to undertake projects that would not be otherwise possible, work needs to be done to prepare individuals for team research. This becomes especially important for those in the Humanities who have been trained in single author work patterns and rewarded for those. Given this, what does collaboration look like in Humanities research? This paper will explore the experience of a large scale Humanities collaboration to understand the nature of collaboration, benefits and challenges and conclude with best practices for individuals and teams considering collaborative research.

“…Kraut et al, 1987;Lowry et al, 2004;Siemens & INKE Research Group, 2012b Relationship Level (SSHRC, 2010), the INKE research project is a seven year, multidisciplinary project with 35 active researchers plus postdoctoral fellows, graduate research assistants, and partner organizations across four countries with a budget of approximately $13 million of cash and in-kind funding (INKE, 2012a). Spanning seven years, it is focused on studying "different elements of reading and texts, both digital and printed" and contributing "to the development of new digital information/knowledge environments" (Siemens, Warwick, Cunningham, Dobson, Galey, Ruecker, Schreibman, & INKE Research Group, 2009;SSHRC, 2009SSHRC, , 2010. Originally four sub-research areas, the team is now divided into two subresearch areas with a focus on Modelling and Prototyping (MP) and Interface Design (ID).…”

Section: Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Collaboration as “Layers of Engagement”: INKE in Year Four

2014

SRC

Many academic teams and granting agencies undergo a process of reflection at a project’s completion to understand lessons learned and develop best practice guidelines. These reviews focus on the actual research work accomplished with little discussion of the relationships and processes involved. As a result, some hard-earned lessons are forgotten or minimized. To address, the Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) project provides an opportunity to explore the changing nature of collaboration over a long-term project’s life. Now at the fourth year, team members reflect on the deepening and strengthening collaboration, with layers of engagement between the various individuals and sub-research areas, which has translated into productivity and external validation of the collaboration and its work. The article concludes with recommendations for other teams.