Centre for e-Research joins Digital Humanities

Two of the UK's leading international research centres studying the use of digital technologies in the arts and humanities are to merge. The Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London, Britain's first such academic department, will join with the Centre for e-Research (CeRch) to create one of Britain's largest academic units specialising in digital studies. The move heralds another major step forward in the mission of King's College London to use new technologies and methods to transform the study of long-standing academic subjects. The Department of Digital Humanities and CeRch already have strong links and were recognised as one of the leading British centres for research into Library and Information Science in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Their merger to form a single Department in the School of Arts & Humanities at King's College London will enable them to enhance their groundbreaking research and allow them to extend their teaching activities, which include an innovative Master's programme in Digital Asset Management and a doctoral programme based on pioneering collaborations with other academic disciplines. The Centre for e-Research (CeRch) was established at King's College London in 2008 and drew on the staff and expertise of the executive of the former Arts and Humanities Data Service and the Arts and Humanities Research Council ICT Methods Network. It specialises in the theory and practice of digital libraries and archives, research infrastructures, and in studying the impact of the digital domain on researchers and citizens.