The Prior eArchive as Virtual Research Environment: Towards Serendipity and Explorability

Fatima Sabir; Volkmar Paul Engerer

The Prior eArchive as Virtual Research Environment: Towards Serendipity and Explorability

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Abstract

The Prior Virtual Lab is an online research collaboration which aims to
transcribe and make public manuscripts, notes and letters by (or sent to)
the logician and philosopher Arthur N. Prior (1914-1969). This article
explores and discusses the Danish Prior Internet Resources (PIR), which
the Prior Virtual Lab is part of, and argues that it constitutes a Virtual
Research Environment (VRE). The article also argues that a significant
challenge for future work with the PIR is applying the knowledge of the
iHumanist. In particular, we shall argue that part of what is required
when moving into the digital humanities is a shift from a needy-user
paradigm (emphasizing search for missing information) to an explorability
paradigm (which emphasizes serendipity).

Translated title of the contribution	Priors eArkiv som en virtuel forskningsplatform: Serendipitet og eksplorabilitet
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Logic and Philosophy of Time : Further Themes from Prior
Editors	Patrick Blackburn, Per Hasle, Peter Øhrstrøm
Number of pages	30
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Aalborg
Publisher	Aalborg Universitetsforlag
Publication date	2019
Pages	201-230
ISBN (Print)	978-87-7210-265-8
Publication status	Published - 2019

Series	Logic and Philosophy of Time
Number	2596-4372
Volume	2

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The Prior eArchive as Virtual Research Environment: Towards Serendipity and Explorability. / Sabir, Fatima; Engerer, Volkmar Paul.
Logic and Philosophy of Time: Further Themes from Prior. ed. / Patrick Blackburn; Per Hasle; Peter Øhrstrøm. Vol. 2 Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2019. p. 201-230 (Logic and Philosophy of Time; No. 2596-4372, Vol. 2).

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