NACIRA Conference and AGM

Fri Mar 20 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm UTC+00:00

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) | London

NACIRA National Committee for Information Resources on Asia
Publisher/HostNACIRA National Committee for Information Resources on Asia
NACIRA Conference and AGM
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This conference explores how digital humanities are improving understanding and accessibility of Asian research collections at UK libraries
About this Event

NACIRA Conference and AGM

10.00 Registration and tea / coffee

10.30 Welcome. Dr Katherine Parker, Cartographic Collections Manager, Royal Geographical Society

10.35 Opening remarks. Dr Edward Weech, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society

10.45 From Collection to Digital Access: Digitisation Workflows and Practices at SOAS. Francesca Marchetti (Project Lead, Digitisation) and Sophie Salffner (Digital Archivist)

11.30 Digital Humanities in the Multimedia Yasna. Prof Peter Cornwell and Dr Myriadne Wang (SOAS)

12.15 Lunch break

13.00 NACIRA Annual General Meeting

13.45 Royal Geographical Society Tour and Collection Encounter

14.15 Tea / coffee

14.30 Entering the Third Dimension. Digitisation of Books and Chinese Oracle Bones at Cambridge University Library. Maciej Pawlikowski (Cambridge University Library)

15.15 SIDDHAM: The Asia Inscriptions Database. Dr Michael Willis (Royal Asiatic Society)

16.00 Conference ends


Tickets: £40 + booking fees (tea, coffee, sandwich lunch included)

Location

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

1 Kensington Gore

London

United Kingdom

SW7 2AR

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 44.04

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