The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that researchers' interactions within a digital environment at the British Library are set to help it and similar organisations lead the future of research. The way that people interact with never-seen-before research tools, thought-provoking content and futuristic design in the new 'Growing Knowledge: the evolution of research' exhibition will provide clues to how research is changing. It will also reportedly point out what researchers want to experience from the library of the future.
Created to encourage engagement and debate, researchers will be able to physically interact with tools such as Sony's 360-degree Autostereoscopic Display, a Microsoft Surface Table and HP/Haworth interactive research pods. They can also expect to view all the content and tools online.
Working with JISC and the Ciber Research Group, part of UCL, library users and exhibition visitors will be invited to leave their feedback with discussion groups for postgraduate students to explore some of the issues in more depth. These include: How do physical spaces support digital research? Do any of the tools help with some of the research problems they encounter?
Growing Knowledge will explore some of these disciplines as well as others, allowing visitors to interrogate, both physically and online, these areas and listen to explanatory videos from experts. The experts will also reflect on how research is changing, and how it may in the future.
Growing Knowledge runs from October 12, 2010 to July 16, 2011. In partnership with BBC, one part of the exhibition will explore whether social media tools and online networking support researchers in their work.
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