Niels Ole Finnemann

Short presentation

Recent publications:

Web Archives and Knowledge Organization

E-Text /First Draft

E-text - Oxford Research Encyclopedia Literature.

Full Text available in REX, The Royal Library. Search 'Oxford Research Encyclopedias, Literature,

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Hypertext Configurations: Genres in networked Digital Media. 

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Volume 68, Issue 4
April 2017 Pages 845–854

Preprint version   Publishers version

Digital Humanities and networked digital media

Video of Keynote DOCAM'13,

Tromsø University June 21, 2013:

Digital media defined.

My Research Perspective

In the early 21th century the processes of digitization of culture and society has entered a new phase. On the one hand, digital media is today used all over. We scan the world from outer space to the body's interior. On the other hand, a still growing number of people participate in the daily production of digital materials. In the years to come, we can expect that a rapidly growing part of society articulate itself and is reflected in the increasing number of digital genres of digital media platforms. We get more and more diverse digital materials spread over more and more diverse, more customized digital media. We will also have a growing variety of search and presentation tools. Digital born materials thus becomes an increasingly important, often unique historical source material. This development presents challenges for selection, curation, preservation, analysis and dissemination of knowledge in all disciplines. It challenges our concepts of computers and digital media since a growing part of digital materials are messy and non-parametric which does not fit with the dominating 20-century concepts of parametric data stored in well-ordered relational databases.  It also challenges our archive and library systems, which have historically been built up around the more stable and localized written and printed sources.

Thus fundamental questions are raised about how we can describe the swelling and heterogeneous data materials and how we should organize the 21st century knowledge resources and knowledge dissemination? The study of digital materials will develop into a field in its own right.

CV

Niels Ole Finnemann

Professor Emeritus
The Royal School of Library and Information Science
Njalsgade 76, 2300 Copenhagen S, Build. 4-02.26
Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +45 24 64 44 36

Academic positions

2018: Professor Emeritus. Department of Information Studies, University of Copenhagen.
2014: Professor (Nominated) IVA, 2017ff: Department of Information Studies, University of Copenhagen.
2012: Head of NetLab, Team Leader, DigHumLab Denmark (2012-2014).
2005: Professor (MSO), Internetforskning, Aarhus Universitet (2005-2013).
2000: Head of Center for Internet Studies (CFI) Aarhus University (2000-2010).
2000: Ass. Professor, Dept. of Information- & Media Studies, Aarhus University (2000-2005).
1996: Head of Center for Cultural Studies (CFK) Aarhus University (1996-2000).
1995: Ass. Professor, Dep. of Information- & Media Studies, Aarhus University (1995-1996).
1992: Guest Researcher, Center for Technology & Human Values, Oslo University, Norge.
1991: External Lecturer, Informations- & Media Studies, Aarhus University (1991-1995).
1987: Senior Reseracher, Center for Cultural Studies (CFK) Aarhus University (1987-1991).
1976: Senior Researcher, Scandinavian Studies, Aarhus University (1976-1979).
1972: Young Scholar, Scandinavian Studies, Aarhus University (1972-1975).

Major Research projects - 2000 Onwards

2012: Principal Author of Proposal for a Research Infrastrucure for the study of archived Web Materials. (RESAW) supported by British Library, Biblioteque Nationale Francaise and others, for EU Horizon 2020 IntegratIng initiatives.
2012-2014:Teamleder, DigHumLab Danmark and head of Netlab.
2011-2014:Participates in the National Research Infrastructure Project LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Ressources Research Infrastructure).
2011-2015:National representative in the Management Group EU COST-aktion "IS1004 “WEBDATANET: web-based data-collection - methodological challenges, solutions and implementations”.
2010-2013: Member of EU-COST Action "Transforming Audiences".
2009: Member of Steering group for Project on sensitive information in netarkivet.dk. Collaborative Project with CFI, The State and University Library Aarhus and The Royal Library Copenhagen.
2008-2011:Head of the Research Project " Changing Borderlines". Grant from the National Reserach Council.
2002-2006: National representative in EU COST a20 project on "The Impact of the Internet on Mass Media".
2001-2005: Member of Steeringt committee for 'Modinet' - "Media and Democracy in the Network Society" (2002-2005).Grant fromt he Natiojal Research Councils.
2001-2004: Member oif steering group for Pilot project  on webarchiving. Center for Internet Studies AU, The State and University Library, Aarhus and The Royal Library Copenhagen.

Member of Committes, Boards and cCouncils. 

2016 Medlem af program komiteen for ACM Websci Conference 2016.

2015 EU COST Evaluator 2015

2015- Member of Digital Humanities Cmmittee, Facultyr of the Humanities, University of Copenhagen

2012-2015: Medlem af Advisory Board for DASISH Coordinating organ for the 5 ESFRI Research Infrastructures. Grant from EU FP7.                                                                                             
2012: Chair of doctoral dissertation committee, Aarhus University.                                             
2010-2013: Member of the Norwegian Research Councils Expert Committee for the Social Sciences.
2009: Expert evaluator EU FP 7 Research Program.
2009: Expert evaluator For NWO, The Dutch Research Council  

2008-2009: Member of the national bibliometric committee for Media Studies. Appointed by the Ministry of Research.                                                    
2008: Member of Appointment Committee (Research Director) Journalism- & Media School, Aarhus
2005, 2009:Ekspert panel Member, The Norwegian Research Council
2005-2009: Member of the editorial board of netarkivet.dk. Appointed by the Ministry of Culture.
2004: Member of the research-board of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
2003-2009: Member of professoral appointment committees at Aalborg University, (2003) University of Southern Denmark (2001, 2002) Aarhus University (2008), National Norwegian Committee for Media studies, NTNU, 2007, 2008, 2009.

2002-2003: Member of ministerial Committe for Cultural Heritage (electronic materials) appointed by the Ministry of Culture.
2000: Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee, Aarhus University.

Peer reviews - Journals and Academis Publishing houses

• AI & Society; Telematics & Informatics; History and Philosophy of Logic; Human Communication Research; International Journal of Communication; Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism; Mediekultur; Norsk Medietidsskrift, Nordicom; Nordisk Tidsskrift for Informationsvidenskab og Kulturformidling; Norsk Medietidsskrift; Northern Light (KU); New Media & Society; Observatorio.
• Reviewer Conference papers: Nordic Media Scholars Conferences; Ecrea; aoir; RESAW.
• Editorial Board, Triple C.

Keynotes and Guest lectures.

Other

2010: Honorary Member Center for Internet Studies, Aarhus University.
2002-2004: Member PHD-committee, Faculty of Arts, AU.
1999-2000: Organizer of international conference series on 'The Humanirties at the Millenium', Aarhus University.
1989: Member, PEN Danmark.
1985-1986: Editor, Publishing House Kimære, Aarhus.
1971-1980: Cofounder and member of board, Publishing House MODTRYK, Aarhus.
1976-1979: Cofounder and member of editorial committe of the Journal Socialistisk Politik, Modtryk, Aarhus.

Member of: IAMCR, ECREA, SMID, NORDICOM, Association of Internet Researchers (a.o.i.r) m. fl.