In May this year, representatives from Antiquist, Digital Classicist,
Digital Medievalist, and the TEI wrote an open letter to the AHRC after
their decision to stop funding the AHDS. In this letter we requested
information about steps the AHRC would be taking to alleviate some of
the problems caused by this decision. (See
here
for a copy of the letter.)
We have followed this letter up with several emails and telephone calls.
During the telephone calls we were told that the AHRC would be sending
us a response but, after almost six months, we have yet to receive any.
We find this lack of transparency in a public body disturbing and felt
that we should at least inform the relevant organisations’ memberships
of the situation as it currently stands. We will of course pass on any
response that we receive in future.
Gabriel Bodard
Leif Isaksen
Daniel O’Donnell