The Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) project contributes to the development of digital information environments that build on past textual practices – work that is sometimes described as exploring the future of the book from the perspective of its history.
INKE is directed by Ray Siemens (U Victoria) and is led in 2012-13 by Siemens, Richard Cunningham (Acadia U), Stan Ruecker (Illinois Institute of Design), Lynne Siemens (U Victoria), Jon Bath (U Saskatchewan), and Jon Saklofskie (Acadia U); past leaders have included Teresa Dobson (U British Columbia), Alan Galey (U Toronto), and Claire Warwick (University College, London). INKE is funded via a $2.5 million, 7-year Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), plus an additional $10.4 million in contributions from institutional and research partners. The international INKE Research Group consists of 35 researchers across 20 institutions and 21 partner agencies, with workinvolving some 19 postdoctoral research fellows and 53 graduate research assistants. INKE began in 2004-5 as HCI-Book: Human-Computer Interface and the Electronic Book, a Strategic Research Cluster supported by SSHRC.
For a full description of the INKE’s activities please download the following pdf.