Powerful new digital tool to transform how historians write history : Trinity News and Events

"A powerful new tool for digital historical research  developed over four years by digital humanities experts  across Europe was launched this week. It will transform how historians undertake research by giving unparalleled access to over 550,000 historical records relating to Medieval and World War I history across the globe. The €6.5 million CENDARI collaborative research project was launched at a special event in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities in Germany. It will allow researchers access to over 4,500 archive collections held in a total of 1,249 cultural heritage institutions across the globe. It will provide access to previously unavailable material and facilitate comparative research on a scale never possible before. The four-year CENDARI (Collaborative European Digital Archive Infrastructure) project, funded by European Commission Seventh Framework Programme, has been led by digital humanities experts in Trinity Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin, and includes 14 collaborative partners in archives, libraries and universities in  eight European countries including Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Serbia and the Netherlands ..."