Dear Colleagues,

For those who were unable to attend the symposium, The Future is Now, organized by the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative at the University of Toronto Mississauga and are interested in understanding some of the challenges researchers face in the digital humanities, from a global perspective, please see the links below to the six records by the guest speakers.

The Future is Now: A Symposium on Collaborating for Sustainability in Digital Research

Virtual Online Event on Friday, September 29, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (EST)

YouTube playlist (contains the links to all 6 presentations) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkbdJYeqvuHbt-x1u_q0dUgvK7I2NynsD

Hans Brandhorst, Editor in Chief at Iconclass, “DIY Sustainability: The Iconclass Consortium”

HB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hE1yMmJBQk

Arianna Ciula, King’s College, England, “Overview on King’s Digital Lab Approach to Archiving and Sustainability: Context, Practices and Challenges”

AC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMCFe6qZumk

Jörg Wettlaufer, Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, Germany, “Sustainability in the Digital Humanities: Some Insights from a German Research and Cultural Heritage Institution”

JW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNJsArZMBxo

Christian Steiner, University of Graz, Austria, “A Roadmap for Accessibility, Stability, and Preservation Using Linked Open Data and Institutional Repositories”

CS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7nxZ2L3xV8

Susan Brown, University of Guelph, “Standards and Interoperability for Sustainability: The CWRC and LINCS Infrastructure Projects”

SB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJ0F1S5FX0

James Cummings, Newcastle, England, “Building for Failure: Embracing Sustainability and Principles for Digital Longevity in Digital Humanities”

JC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mykkgh2eTfY

All links:

Please feel free to view and share these links with your networks!

All the best,

Harriet

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Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MISt., MA (Toronto), Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen), L.M.S.(PIMS, University of Toronto)

Visual Resources Librarian and Administrator of the Visual resource Library, UTM

Associated Scholar, Centre for Medieval Studies, U of T

Email preferred: harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca. Pronouns: she/her

Scholarship: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-9877 AND https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens

BSI Digital Humanities Project https://bsi.dhn.utoronto.ca/

and https://eadh.org/projects/baptisteria-sacra-index