Objective
The general aim of the collaboration is to expand co-operation in the field of history and computing between west European countries and the NIS. The central objective of the research is to improve the information supply for historical research, working together on aspects of machine-readable data archiving and data documentation. The aim is to produce catalogues of historical databases, improve the infrastructure for electronic access to the data in an international context, and advance the information exchange between East and West. Access to the collected electronic information will stimulate historical research. Research will be carried out into the possibilities of preserving, and making accessible for research, computer files that have been created by the state organisations of the NIS. Moreover, the project aims at stimulating the creation of computer files in the NIS based on historical sources.
The project will improve the computer infrastructure of innovative research centres in history and computing in the NIS. Books and journals relevant to the field of history and computing will be supplied. The project will also support the organization of the international Moscow Autumn School on historical informatics, an initiative of the International Association for History and Computing.
In order to stimulate the transfer of knowledge and expertise in the field of historical informatics and data archiving, several workshops and expert meetings will be organized. The proceedings of the workshops will be published in a joint book. Russian postdoctors and postgraduates will be invited to attend computer conferences, special courses and expert meetings in the West.
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