Transnational Research Infrastructure

Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, vol. 6

Abstract

This paper discusses best practices in the development and operation of the network of Knowledge centres within the framework of the transnational and cross-disciplinary CLARIN Knowledge Infrastructure. A Knowledge centre is an institution or a collective of institutions which “have agreed to share their knowledge and expertise with others” (Branco et al. 2023), which has been certified by Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure CLARIN, and which has an established website providing the users with information on the offered services and contact forms. Currently, there are 28 Knowledge centres from different countries covering a wide range of topics, offering various research and training related services and organised as either a virtual centre of one or several institutional partners in one country or distributed across multiple countries. This paper aims to present this rich diversity of the research infrastructure and its state-of-the-art by reviewing existing Knowledge centres and their areas of expertise, describing the activities initiated by CLARIN to strengthen K-centre networking, showcasing different types of K-centres, and presenting the operation and collaboration practices shared by K-centres in their annual reports.

Authors 4

1. Jurgita Vaičenonienė

   Vytautas Magnus University

   Affiliation as printed

   Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas

2. Michal Křen

   Charles University

   Affiliation as printed

   Charles University, Prague

3. Vesna Lušicky

   University of Vienna

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   Universität Wien, Wien

4. Vincent Vandeghinste Aachen Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal

   Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal · KU Leuven

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   Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, Leiden & KU Leuven, Belgium