The influence of digital content on research : JISC

The influence of digital content on research

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Session presentation Structural analysis of large amounts of musical information Kevin Page, University of Southampton

Session presentation Sailors, salty sea-dogs and science: how archived logbooks provide a fresh insight into past climates and provide a public resource Dennis Wheeler, University of Sunderland

Session presentation Digital content in biodiversity research Colin Osborne, University of Sheffield
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Session abstract
Digital content is now taken for granted by many academics, but the precise extent to which it is changing research is often not fully appreciated. This session will explore the fundamental impact digital resources are having on different topics of academic study, including environmental history, biology and music. It will show how the trawling archived recordings permits the radically new analyses of music; how harvesting digital data on plants is helping protect endangered species; and how transcribing historical weather reports are playing a crucial role in evaluating climate change.
Session Chair Alastair Dunning, Programme Manager, JISC Speakers Dr Kevin Page, University of Southampton Dr Dennis Wheeler, University of Sunderland Dr Colin Osbourne, University of Sheffield
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? Delegates will have clear illustrations of how JISC-funded resources do more than make research easier – they are a fundamental part of taking research in innovative directions, leading to new research areas of enquiry at results that have an influence both inside and outwith academia.
Who should attend? Academic researchers, librarians
Room Henry Moore, 4th floor

Session abstract

Digital content is now taken for granted by many academics, but the precise extent to which it is changing research is often not fully appreciated. This session will explore the fundamental impact digital resources are having on different topics of academic study, including environmental history, biology and music. It will show how the trawling archived recordings permits the radically new analyses of music; how harvesting digital data on plants is helping protect endangered species; and how transcribing historical weather reports are playing a crucial role in evaluating climate change.

Session Chair

Alastair Dunning, Programme Manager, JISC

Speakers

Dr Kevin Page, University of Southampton
Dr Dennis Wheeler, University of Sunderland
Dr Colin Osbourne, University of Sheffield

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

Delegates will have clear illustrations of how JISC-funded resources do more than make research easier – they are a fundamental part of taking research in innovative directions, leading to new research areas of enquiry at results that have an influence both inside and outwith academia.

Who should attend?

Academic researchers, librarians

Room

Henry Moore, 4th floor

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