October 28, 2019
On October 25, the Â鶹´«Ã½ conducted a round table on the topic: "How do we make available Central Asian research?" as part of the International Open Access Week. The round table was hosted by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology.
During the round table, the issues of collecting, supervising, and providing research data on Central Asia in the public domain were discussed. Several open-access databases, containing materials on Central Asia, and their possible uses were reviewed.
Nicolas WalmsleyÌýtalked about the open-access manuscript collections on the Internet, which he uses for his research on poetry in Central Asia.
Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technologies,ÌýAnguelina PopovaÌýhas been talking about open access databases and their use in researches.Ìý
Daniyar KarabaevÌýpresented the project on the creation of the digital initiative Sanzhyra. The goal of the project is to collect, preserve, and supervise oral stories from the regions of Kyrgyzstan.
James PlumtreeÌýpresented his research on the Manas epic and the AKYN project, which is an open-access database.