DARIAH aims to support digitally-enabled research in the arts and humanities by operating a sustainable digital infrastructure and facilitating access to digital research data. Established in phases since 2006, DARIAH has created an organizational structure for cooperation among various European member states and secured a financial model based on national contributions. The initiative also integrates national activities and collaborates with numerous affiliated and sibling projects to enhance research in the field.

1. DARIAH-EU: towards sustainable digital research
infrastructure in the Arts and Humanities
Ingrida Vosyliūtė
Vilnius University Faculty of Communication
ingrida.vosyliute@kf.vu.lt
www.dariah.eu

2. What is DARIAH?
“Aims to enhance and support digitally-enabled
research across the humanities and arts”
• To develop, maintain and operate an infrastructure in
Sally Chambers
support of ICT-based research practices
DARIAH-EU Coordination Office
• To help researchers in using ICT-enabled methods to
analyse and interpret digital resources
• To facilitate long-term access to, and use for, digital
research data

3. A quick history of DARIAH
• 2006: DARIAH included in the ESFRI
Roadmap
• 2008 – 2011: Preparatory Phase:
project Preparing DARIAH
• 2011 – 2013: Transition Phase:
establishing the DARIAH-ERIC
Cash
In-kind

4. Establishing European organization
DARIAH-EU
DARIAH submitted
European Research
Infrastructure Consortium
(ERIC) application
In-kind
This legal framework will
facilitate the long-term
sustainability of DARIAH
Cash
http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=eric

5. Potential Members of the DARIAH-ERIC
Founding Members
Founding Members
2014 +
Austria
Ireland
Belgium
Croatia
Italy
Lithuania
Denmark
Luxembourg
Poland
France
Netherlands
Portugal
Germany
Serbia
Switzerland
Greece
Slovenia
Signed Letters of Commitment received to date:
Austria
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Slovenia

6. DARIAH-ERIC organisation chart
General Assembly
(National Representatives)
Intergovernmental
Organisation
Member State B
DARIAH-EU Coordination Office
Scientific Board
Member State A
Board
of Directors
Chair +
Vice-Chair NCC
Chair +
Vice-Chair JRC
Senior Management Team
National Coordinators
(Full Members and Observers)
National Coordinator
Committee
VCC 1
Heads
VCC 2
Heads
VCC 3
Heads
Joint Research
Committee
VCC 4
Heads

7. DARIAH-ERIC financial model
• 4 million euro per year
• National contributions made by members (GDP-based)
• Contributions consist of two parts:
* Cash (10%)
* In-kind (90%)
In-kind
In-Kind
In-Kind
Cash
Cash

8. Scientific activities are implemented through VCCs by integrating national
activities
•To establish a shared technology platform for
Arts and Humanities research
•To expose and share researcher's knowledge,
methodologies and expertise
•To facilitate the exposure and sharing of
scholarly content
•To interface with key influencers in and for
the Arts and Humanities

9. Few examples
http://openedition.org
http://textgrid.de/en
https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/home http://oeaw.ac.at/icltt
http://dighumlab.dk
http://dh.tcd.ie/dhc/

10. Towards DARIAH collaboration strategy
Affiliated projects
• ARIADNE, CENDARI, DASISH, EHRI, NeDiMAH, (DiXit)
Sibling initiatives
• BAMBOO, CLARIN, TEI
Cultural heritage initiatives
• Europeana, DC-Net
Technological initiatives
• EGI, EUDAT
Larger circle initiatives
• APA, GRDI2020, OpenAIRE

11. Key elements for sustainable DARIAH
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Legal Status
Reliable partners
Efficient organisational structure In-kind
Established financial model
Wide range scientific activities, including national
projects
• Collaboration with other European projects and
infrastructures
Cash

12. Thank you!
www.dariah.eu
dariah-info@dariah.eu