How the notion of ACCESS guides the organization of a European research infrastructure: the example of DARIAH

Abstract : This contribution will show how Access play a strong role in the creation and structuring of DARIAH, a European Digital Research Infrastructure in Arts and Humanities. To achieve this goal, this contribution will develop the concept of Access from five examples: _ Interdisciplinarity point of view _ Manage contradiction between national and international perspectives _ Involve different communities (not only researchers stakeholders) _ Manage tools and services _ Develop and use new collaboration tools We would like to demonstrate that speaking about Access always implies a selection, a choice, even in the perspective of "Open Access".