Comment: Although the group has not been formally established yet, DARIAH-EU management was contacted (Francesca Morselli) - through Maciej Maryl, one of the future members -, and gave the green light to the initiative, and included a mission statement of the proposed Group in the official newsletter.

We would love to take advantage of the DARIAH event to meet with potential members, and VCC3 co-chair, and discuss the current state of affairs. The fact that the meeting is in Warsaw is also an important factor, as current coordinators are from Poland and Czech Republic, and some other future members will attend the event.

In recent weeks we have been working on soliciting interest in the WG, and are nearing the end of a series of talks with interested members (list below). In April we will focus on working on the documentation, and after that send it to the DARIAH-EU management.

Note: also an informal meeting of the members can be considered during these days, if this application is rejected, but we decided to apply for the inclusion of the meeting in the programme, as it might serve as an additional opportunity to garner further interest in the WG.

Main Organizers:

Vojtěch Malínek, Tomasz Umerle

Main topic of the meeting:

Current state of the works toward establishing a WG: final version of mission statement, confirmed members, and main goals for the first year of WG activity, especially in the context of VCC3.

Preliminary agenda:

• presentation of the final version of the mission statement consulted with all the members;

• short presentations of the members and their research interests/projects;

• meet-up with Tomasz Parkoła, co-chair of VCC3;

• main goals for the first year of WG's activity.

Envisioned Participants (some will be present online, for example via Skype, but at least 8 declared to be present in person):

• Tomasz Parkoła, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Centre, Co-Chair of DARIAH´s VCC3, Poland

• Vojtěch Malínek, Czech Literary Bibliography, Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

• Tomasz Umerle, Polish Literary Bibliography, Institute for Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• Alexandre Guilarte, Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland

• Václava Horčáková, Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands, Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

• Peter Kiraly, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung, University of Göttingen and Max Planck Society, Germany

• Leo Lahti, Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Turku, Finland

• Maciej Maryl, Digital Humanities Centre, Institute for Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• Volker Michel, Bibliography of German Language and Literature, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• Alicia Montoya, Radboud University, Netherlands

• Róbert Péter, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary

• Allejandra Ulla Lorenzo, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain

• Adam Pawłowski, University of Wrocław, Poland

• Mikko Tolonen, Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki, Finland

• Piotr Wciślik, Digital Humanities Centre, Institute for Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Poster for the Marketplace:

• Yes. Poster will briefly describe main goals and expected activities of the proposed working group. It shall mainly introduce WG and its plans for the future to the interested audience.