ADHO Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are encouraged by the ADHO Executive Board (EB) and Constituent Organization Board (COB) as a locus for members of ADHO Constituent Organisations (COs) with similar professional specialties, interests, and aptitudes to exchange ideas, to keep themselves current on pertinent developments, and to mobilize in pursuit of related activities and goals. In this way, SIGs represent key elements in the breadth and depth of the ADHO community, though they do not speak directly for ADHO, its committees, or its Constituent Organisations.
In support of SIGs, ADHO offers a platform for connection with and visibility within the international Digital Humanities community. SIGs are eligible to receive modest financial support from ADHO for their activities, up to a limit subject to the annual AHDO budget. This funding is allocated upon request to the ADHO EB by the SIG liaison, who will collect individual requests by SIG conveners twice a year. Each SIG benefits from preferential acceptance of a proposal for a pre-conference event at the annual ADHO DH conference, in coordination with that conference’s Program Committee and the Conference Coordinating Committee. The ADHO EB is also able to offer dedicated server space for the SIG’s website, a dedicated listserv, and in-name sponsorship of related gatherings, workshops, and conferences, as well as in-name support when pursuing external funding.
Formation, Duration
- SIGs may be proposed by any group of members of ADHO COs.
- To propose a SIG, members should elect or appoint a convener(s) who will act as intermediary with the EB/COB, and that person should be in touch with the ADHO EB Chair with a proposal to establish the SIG — including its mission, anticipated activities and rationale, and list of its membership. The EB Chair will forward this proposal to the EB, the COB, and the SIG liaison for evaluation.
- SIGs may be dissolved if the EB determines their activities no longer pursue their mission in areas of ADHO’s mandate or no signs of activity are shown via their annual reporting for more than two years.
Reporting
- Each year in advance of the annual ADHO Board meetings, the contact person for each SIG will report on its activities to the SIG liaison who will gather the reports, compile a summary and forward all reports and the summary (“SIG liaison report”) to the ADHO EB/COB.
- This report will be entered into the minutes of the following ADHO COBwEB meetings before the annual conference, and given presence on the section of the ADHO website dedicated to SIGs.
- The COB SIG liaison archives the SIG documents, such as proposals for application and reapplication of SIGs, as well as annual SIG reports and application for partial annual ADHO SIG budget.
Sample Proposals
For sample proposals, see the Libraries and Digital Humanities proposal and the SIG-DLS proposal.
19 June 2013; updated 06 August 2024