The database is a response to the call for peer-reviewed information on humanities computing projects that would focus as much on research, methodology and software as on “product.” That is, the database is not primarily a listing of all available resources for the humanist (as is, for example, the Humbul Humanities Hub of the UK’s Resource Discovery Network) but rather as a tool for working scholars and funders to track the work done in a given area and to find reusable resources.
The University of Michigan, Rice University Library and the University of Virginia have contributed personnel and resources; their professional library cataloguers ensure consistency and reliability of information. The database prototype, available in 2002, was seeded with data from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Getty Grant Program.
- Background on the Project (PDF)
- Guidelines & Help Documentation (PDF)
- NINCH Working Group Papers