The Hub team will co-ordinate our support based on your project’s stage of development, so we have put together some guidelines for contacting us to make sure we can help you as promptly as possible and get you the right support. This page also includes contact details for other teams who might be able to help you with queries that relate to Digital Humanities, such as open access or depositing your research.
If you’re not sure who to contact from the list below, please email the Hub team at digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk.
General DH enquiries
If you:
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- wish to clarify the support the DH Hub offers, or whether your project/idea/query falls under the scope of what is supported;
- would like to know about DH training, whether this is for general professional development or an enquiry about the specific skills that would be required to achieve a project outcome;
- are interested in applying Digital Humanities to your work but don’t know where to start, or want to discuss ways your work might be enhanced by digital techniques;
- would like to know if there is anyone else in the university working on something relevant to your project; or
- have a specific enquiry about an existing project and don’t know who is the right contact for it;
Contact Olivia Thompson, Digital Humanities Project Officer
Developing a research project
If you:
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- are already developing a research project proposal;
- have an idea for which you are targeting a specific funding call;
- have an enquiry about any follow-up for a project which already has RETF funding;
- have confirmed or interested external collaborators;
- need help finding suitable funding calls; or
- need help determining the costs of potential elements of a project (including ‘hard’ digital costs such as data storage, digitisation, archiving, as well as staff salary or buyout costs, travel, and other research expenses);
Contact Rachel Lewis, Research Development Manager
Research Data Management, Open Research, and Open Access
If you:
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- need to prepare a data management plan for a grant application – this must be reviewed by the Research Data Manager before submission;
- have questions about the management, preservation and sharing of research data;
- wish to deposit data in the University’s Research Data Archive; or
- would like to find out more about Open Research;
Contact the Research Data Service
If you:
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- have produced work that can be counted to your REF output and need to know how to deposit it;
- need a research output urgently taken down from the repository; or
- need to know how to comply with the University’s Open Access policy
Contact the CentAUR team
If you:
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- are looking for funding specifically to make an output Open Access
Contact oarequests@reading.ac.uk
General library services
If you:
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- wish to know about provisions at the University of Reading Library
Contact library@reading.ac.uk
Tel. internal: 8770
Tel: +44(0)118 378 8770