Hi all,
Laurie Taylor and I have just been talking about the idea of setting
up a new working group at DH: a group focused on ways of
facilitating donations of equipment or sharing services. The impetus
for this comes from two projects we are thinking of at the U of L.
One is to collect and donate computers that are being decommissioned
this coming spring university wide (we got a grant to replace a
large number of computer lab and faculty workstations); the other is
some web mirroring that we are looking into doing for a university
that doesn't have a very robust infrastructure. Laurie also knew of
examples of donations of computing equipment in the past to Haiti,
for example.
This may be is a little bit more straight aid than is the norm for
GO::DH (which is primarily not about aid but about sharing
knowledge, research, and experience every which way). But it also
may be something we may be able to help each other in: there are
some logistics involved that people who've done this before
elsewhere might be able to help advice on for example; there also
may be a need to fundraise for certain opportunities.
What do others think? Any interest and/or experience?
-dan
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Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Professor of English
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4
Canada
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