I wanted to share the recent announcement of this valuable
international resource with the CNI community.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
International Knowledge Base on Virtual Research Environments now released
A knowledge base has now been launched
providing information on international projects on Virtual Research
Environments (VREs). Virtual Research Environments aim to help
researchers from all disciplines to work collaboratively by managing
the increasingly complex range of tasks involved in carrying out
research on both small and large scales. The knowledge base also
presents lessons learned, by showing relevant studies in this field.
Through this website we aim to support funding bodies, institutions
and researchers who are interested in developing and improving VREs.
The VRE Knowledge Base is managed by the JISC,
the UK's expert on information and digital technologies for education
and research and was developed in partnership with the
Knowledge Exchange.
Sharing a wealth of projects
The directory of VREs includes projects funded by partners of the
Knowledge Exchange initiative, i.e. the German
Research Foundation, JISC in the UK,
SURF in the Netherlands and
DEFF in Denmark. It shows projects listed in VRE
reports and several international projects that we identified during
a short period of desk research. The list can be searched by funding
body and subject area, with additional browsing features on software
platform and country.
Overview of VRE literature
Under literature reports and scholarly publications on Virtual
Research Environments are listed. The focus is on reports
commissioned by members of the Knowledge Exchange initiative, but we
have also included other publications referenced in those reports.
Synthesizing lessons learned
In 2010, an
international
workshop on Virtual Research Environments was held by the
Knowledge Exchange in Rotterdam.
One of the key recommendations was to synthesise "lessons learned
through past and existing VRE projects and studies" into a publicly
accessible VRE Knowledge Base. This website is a first step to what
may become a more comprehensive undertaking in the future.
Who is involved?
The website is hosted and developed by JISC, in partnerships with
members of the Knowledge Exchange. It was developed by Angela
Wraight, Xiaojing Wang and Torsten Reimer (JISC), with input from
members of the
Knowledge
Exchange VRE working group. For all questions regarding the website,
please contact Torsten.
The Knowledge Base can be found at:
http://misc.jisc.ac.uk/vre
Kind regards,
Keith
Keith Russell
Knowledge Exchange Coordinator |
www.knowledge-exchange.info |
kru@knowledge-exchange.infokru@knowledge-exchange.info |
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