Research infrastructure
LIBIS has been actively involved in the research and development of innovative environments where researchers can manage their scientific datasets and query them appropriately, collaborate with fellow researchers, and share the results with different environments. These bespoke research infrastructures are created from a KU Leuven context to serve researchers university wide, or created within the framework of publicly funded projects to serve specific purposes. Find out more about these research infrastructures and the projects in which they are developed.
LIBIS specializes in:
- Data handling and storing such as data aggregation, standardization, database development etc.
- Data enrichment processes such as Named Entity Recognition (NER) and data linkage (Linked Data) for data analysis
- User friendly and machine interoperable (API’s) data access through dedicated search and data visualisation interfaces
As an experienced partner in projects at the institutional, national and international level, LIBIS has contributed both to the development of specialised platforms and to the project management activities involved in starting, expanding and maintaining research infrastructures. Researchers can consult us for expertise on data and technology aspects as early as the ideation and proposal writing phase. We have standard and custom developed solutions and often collaborate in the writing of the technical chapters of research proposals and take up an active role as development partner.
iCANDID
iCANDID is a platform for accessing big news and social media data developed by LIBIS in an FWO – Medium-scale research infrastructure funded project (2018-2022) led by the Institute for Media Studies in cooperation with several other research units. The early success of this platform led to the approval of financing for the iCANDID 3.0 project submitted by an extended consortium of partners.
RESILIENCE
RESILIENCE is a Horizon 2020 funded initiative that is on the ESFRI roadmap to build a research infrastructure to serve the broad community of religious studies. After a successful Design Phase (2019-2021), the consortium has received funding for its Preparatory Phase (2022-2026). Within RESILIENCE, LIBIS is an active participant in the Services work package wherein it leads tasks related to data management services. Participation in RESILIENCE also ensures that the platform ReIReSearch, designed by LIBIS, will continue to grow and be maintained.
ODIS
ODIS is an authority database for research on the history of civil society initially designed in-house at KADOC. An FWO financed project for the complete renewal of its platform and database with LIBIS as its technical partner was approved in 2022.
Idemdatabase.org
Idemdatabase.org is an interdisciplinary, multifaceted database of manuscripts and printed books developed by LIBIS in close collaboration with the Alamire Foundation and KU Leuven department of Musicology that received funding through the FWO medium and large-scale infrastructure programme.
Past projects
ReIReS
ReIReS was a starting community of twelve European institutions that were building a unique and highly qualified research infrastructure on religious studies. As a technical partner in this consortium, LIBIS developed ReIReSearch, a datahub and discovery platform for access to relevant resources in the domain of religious studies.
