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71% of the performing arts community believes an extensive range of digital resources are 'of extreme importance for research.'

This is one of a many key findings in a new report produced by AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Performing Arts

For some ten years now, the AHDS - jointly funded by JISC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) - has worked to support the higher education community's creation and use of digital resources for teaching and research purposes as well as the preservation of those resources.

This recently completed scoping study - Getting to know our audience - examines what the UK Higher Education community needs and expects from a Performing Arts data service covering music, dance, theatre, film, television, radio, and live art, and how opportunities for teaching and research can be created and enhanced by the use of digital collections.

The report identifies some fascinating conclusions about the nature of research and teaching in the Performing and Broadcast Arts. It demonstrates the huge potential for further collaborations at the individual, institutional, and funding levels in order to maximise the value of the high quality digital materials produced as evidence of performances, processes, and research.

Alastair Dunning, AHDS Communications Manager, noted that: 'Developments in the digital performing arts are rapid and originate from many different communities. This study performs a valuable mission in identifying these communities and how the AHDS can assist them.'

Professor Seamus Ross, Director of the Humanities Advanced Technology And Information Institute at the University of Glasgow, added that this report demonstrates 'the rich level of the collaboration [in digital resource creation and use] that is already happening in this community'.

The report is open to comments from interested parties. Comments received by August 15th will be integrated into the final printed document; however, comments after this date are also welcome. You can view and comment on this study online at: Getting to know our audience 

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