The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) is a central component within the Humanities Serving Irish Society (HSIS) initiative. The DHO was established under auspices of the Royal Irish Academy to manage and co-ordinate the increasingly complex e-resources created in the arts and humanities. It will enable research and researchers in Ireland to keep abreast of international developments in the creation, use, and preservation of digital resources. It will fulfill these objectives by:
- serving as a knowledge base in Ireland via consultations with project partners;
- setting national standards to ensure the interoperability, preservation, and long-term accessibility of digital resources;
- establishing a central repository which will provide access to a wide variety of interdisciplinary, multilingual, and mulimodal digital resources created on the island of Ireland.
The DHO co-ordinates and consolidates initiatives in humanities digitisation so that new lines of enquiry developing from the HSIS/DHO infrastructure and research programmes will benefit all researchers in Ireland.
The staff of the DHO comprises a Project Manager and IT Projects Manager.
Given the central role that the DHO occupies in the future development of digital humanities, as well as its liaison role across higher education institutions, consortium partners have an active part in its management. This management structure is comprised of a Management Board, and a Consultative Committee.
Find Us
Digital Humanities Observatory,
Pembroke House,
28-32 Upper Pembroke Street,
Dublin 2
phone: +353 1 234 2442
fax: +353 1 234 2400
email: info@dho.ie
The Digital Humanities Observatory is located at the Leeson Street end of Upper Pembroke Street, opposite the north west corner of Fitzwilliam Square.
Travel
By DART - Pearse Station is a ten minute walk from the DHO.
For further information see http://www.iarnrodeireann.ie/dart/home/
By Bus to Leeson Street or Baggott Street.
For further information see http://www.dublinbus.ie
By Luas to St Stephens Green or Harcourt Street - Ten minutes walk from to the DHO.
For further information see http://www.luas.ie
