How do we make available Central Asian research?

October 28, 2019

On October 25, the American University of Central Asia 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 Walmsley talked 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, Anguelina Popova has been talking about open access databases and their use in researches.

Daniyar Karabaev presented 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.