dm-l February 2008

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Large Scale Digitisation
by Daniel O'Donnell 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi all, While this is a bit of a tangent, I have been having a number of discussions with people on this subject lately. The following link is to an interesting report on projects like Google Books: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub141/pub141.pdf -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Department Chair and Associate Professor of English Director, Digital Medievalist Project http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ Chair, Text Encoding Initiative http://www.tei-c.org/ Department of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Vox +1 403 329-2377 Fax +1 403 382-7191 Email: daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca WWW: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/

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Fwd: [EXLIBRIS-L] 49th Annual RBMS Preconference - Registration now open!
by Dot Porter 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

49th Annual RBMS Preconference Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the Digital Age June 24-27, 2008 | Los Angeles, California Hosted by UCLA and the Getty Research Institute Register and book your hotel room early, the last two RBMS Preconferences have sold out! Registration is now open for the 49th Annual RBMS Preconference. Digitization is a hot topic in all libraries, but has unique implications for special collections repositories. We face increasing pressure to provide digital objects for the classroom and for researchers, yet mass digitization is generally not an option. This preconference will explore a wide range of exciting and vexing issues pertaining to the digitization of special collections, including the selection of materials, improving access, copyright and licensing, and the use of digitized materials. Full-day workshops will be offered on Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) and the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books). For program, registration, and housing information, please visit: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/RBMS/index.htm Bookmark this page! A limited number of scholarships are available for first-time attendees. Late registration charges apply after May 21. We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles! Kris Kiesling, 2008 RBMS Preconference Program Chair Elmer L. Andersen Director of Archives and Special Collections Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections Advancement 305 Andersen Library University of Minnesota Libraries -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 ***************************************

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Fwd: DH Specialists and Metadata Manager positions for the Digital Humanities Observatory (Dublin)
by Dot Porter 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Forwarded from the TEI-L ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan Schreibman <sschreib(a)umd.edu> Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM Subject: DH Specialists and Metadata Manager positions for the Digital Humanities Observatory (Dublin) To: TEI-L(a)listserv.brown.edu *Digital Humanities Observatory* Funded under PRTLI 4, the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and its partners in the Humanities Serving Irish Society Consortium (HSIS) will build a joint national platform for the coordination and dissemination of humanities research, teaching and training at an all-island level. The key infrastructural element of the consortium will be the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO). The DHO will be an electronic access portal and research resource for the humanities, designed, hosted and operated by the RIA. RIA now invites applications for the following 3-year fixed term contract positions with the DHO: *Digital Humanities Specialists* (3-year fixed term contracts x 2) Reporting to the DHO Director, the Digital Humanities Specialists will bring specific skills to the DHO such as text encoding, database development, imaging or audio and moving image expertise. The Digital Humanities Specialists will be responsible for: • assisting in the development of a technical framework to support a shared repository for HSIS research • advanced consultations to HSIS partners both at the DHO offices and at partner institutions throughout Ireland • developing, coordinating, and teaching seminars, workshops, symposia, and a DHO summer school • adopting standards and disseminating information about their usage via documentation, templates, and training materials • serving as a primary point of contact with the Academy Digital Resource projects • assisting in development efforts such as writing funding applications as well as promoting the work of the DHO via professional activities such as conference presentations, articles and poster sessions. The successful candidates will have an MA or equivalent and a minimum of two years experience in a digital humanities or digital libraries environment. Applications from candidates with a PhD which focused on a digital humanities theme combined with relevant research/teaching experience are also welcome. Candidates should normally have experience in a key role in bringing digital projects to completion, be excellent communicators, and be committed to training and mentoring. Salary Scale: €44,914 - €48, 780 *Metadata Manager *(3-year fixed term contract) Reporting to the DHO Director, the Metadata Manager will be responsible for: • promoting and supporting the use of advanced computing techniques as applied to the humanities • researching, evaluating, and interpreting developments in metadata standards • designing appropriate metadata schema to facilitate the use of HSIS collections • cataloguing materials using a variety of metadata schema • assisting in the development of a technical framework to support a shared repository for HSIS research • assisting in development efforts such as drafting funding applications as well as promoting the work of the DHO via professional activities such as conference presentations, articles and poster sessions. The successful candidate will have an approved postgraduate library qualification, and at least two years experience working in a digital library or digital humanities environment. The successful candidate must demonstrate proficiency in OAI and XML DTDs or Schema (EAD and TEI), with two or more of the following: DC, MARC, MODS and METS. It is expected that the candidate will be self-directed, results orientated, adaptable to change, and a team player. Excellent communication skills are required, as well as a commitment to training and mentoring, and the ability to effectively articulate abstract ideas. Experience in understanding the principles of database structure and design is also highly desirable. Salary Scale: €48,780 - €52,800 Further information and details of the application process are available on www.ria.ie and www.dho.ie. The closing date for applications is Friday 7th March 2008 at 4pm. Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of the information provided in their application. These positions may remain open until suitable candidates are found. The Royal Irish Academy is an equal opportunities employer -- Susan Schreibman, PhD Assistant Dean Head of Digital Collections and Research McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301 314 0358 Fax: 301 314 9408 Email: sschreib(a)umd.edu http://lib.umd.edu/dcr http://irith.org http://macgreevy.org -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 ***************************************

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[Fwd: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] Second call for papers for a special issue of the ALT Journal]
by Daniel O'Donnell 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

FYI. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: OKELL E.R. <e.r.okell(a)DURHAM.AC.UK> Reply-To: The Digital Classicist List <DIGITALCLASSICIST(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> To: DIGITALCLASSICIST(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] Second call for papers for a special issue of the ALT Journal Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:02:36 -0000 Dear all, I'm forwarding this in case it is of interest... ALT is seeking paper submissions for a Special issue of our ALT Journal (ALT-J). Details are as follows: LEARNING AND TEACHING IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL WORLDS A special issue of ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology Immersive virtual worlds (IVWs), such as Second Life, Active Worlds, Croquet and Forterra and massive multi-player games (MMPGs), such as EverQuest and World of Warcraft represent a paradigm shift in learning technology, and an important challenge to the world of education. The aim of this special issue of ALT-J is to develop and publish a timely collection of papers representing current research, developments and ideas in educational applications of IVWs and MMPGs. Of particular interest are papers that go beyond descriptions of objects and activities to build links between practice and pedagogy, and offer conceptual, methodological and analytical rigour. Full details of how to submit can be found at: http://www.alt.ac.uk/callforpapers_altj_ivw.html. For queries and guidance relating to the call please contact: Robert Ward r.d.ward(a)hud.ac.uk or Maggi Savin-Baden m.savinbaden(a)coventry.ac.uk Important dates: - Until 22 February 2008: Submission of abstracts and formal/informal response from Special Issue Editors. - Submission of full papers: 31st March 2008. Original Email from: Nana Asante, Projects Administrator Association for Learning Technology Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 484405 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 484165 -- Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK Registered Charity Number 1063519 http://www.alt.ac.uk/ ALT Conference, 9-11 September 2008, http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/ -- Our Email response policy can be found at: http://www.alt.ac.uk/contact.html#Email -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Department Chair and Associate Professor of English Director, Digital Medievalist Project http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ Chair, Text Encoding Initiative http://www.tei-c.org/ Department of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Vox +1 403 329-2377 Fax +1 403 382-7191 Email: daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca WWW: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/

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[Fwd: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] New resource]
by Herdsman Caedmon 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I'm not sure that this was forwarded to this list: it looks like a very interesting project. -dan -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: R D Boyle <roger(a)COMP.LEEDS.AC.UK> Reply-To: The Digital Classicist List <DIGITALCLASSICIST(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> To: DIGITALCLASSICIST(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] New resource Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:17:37 +0000 We have created a resource at http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/arabictexts/PB/ This is a digitisation and backlit digitisation of an C18th set of prayers in Arabic held in the Leeds library. This is a prototype site. I'd be interest in feedback on oversights and/or its utility. Please feel free to publicise this resource widely. Roger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Professor Roger Boyle Mail: roger(a)comp.leeds.ac.uk * Head, School of Computing Phone: 0113 3435487 * University of Leeds Mobile: 0771 5049478 * Leeds, LS2 9JT Fax: 0113 3435468 * UK http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/roger -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Chair, Text Encoding Initiative <http://www.tei-c.org/> Director, Digital Medievalist Project <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/> Associate Professor and Chair of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Vox: +1 403 329 2378 Fax: +1 403 382-7191 Homepage: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/

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Fwd: Music in TEI SIG
by Dot Porter 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Forwarded from TEI-L ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raffaele Viglianti <raffaele.viglianti(a)kcl.ac.uk> Date: Feb 8, 2008 10:03 AM Subject: Music in TEI SIG To: TEI-L(a)listserv.brown.edu Dear all, a Special Interest Group for music encoding in TEI has been created. The goal of the SIG is to examine the current possibilities for encoding both the physical representation of music and the aural common elements between different notation systems, and to decide on a preliminary recommendation/agenda for music encoding in the TEI, whether directly via adoption of new elements or by importing a recommended namespace from an existing external schema. The discussion will deal with issues like: Encoding western music notation from all time periods, from ancient through modern. Encoding not only the music notation, but the aural aspects common to different notation systems. Encoding music and text together as well as music on its own. Everyone interested is welcome to participate to our mailing list: http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A0=TEI-MUSIC-SIG and to our wiki: http://www.tei-c.org/wiki/index.php/SIG:Music Best, Raffaele Viglianti -- Raffaele Viglianti Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 ***************************************

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[Fwd: CFP: TEI@galway symposium 2 Apr 2008]
by Arianna Ciula 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

******* Apologies for cross-posting ************* -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: TEI@galway symposium 2 Apr 2008 Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:51:03 -0500 From: Malte Rehbein <malte.rehbein(a)NUIGALWAY.IE> Reply-To: Malte Rehbein <malte.rehbein(a)NUIGALWAY.IE> To: TEI-L(a)listserv.brown.edu Dear all, The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at NUIG is hosting a TEI-symposium in Galway on 2nd of April. For that, we would particularly welcome contributions (ideas, projects, initiatives) relating to Ireland. Thanks in advance for considering the CFP (see below)! Best, Malte ----- Call for Papers: TEI@galway, Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 2 April 2008 The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at NUI Galway will host this year's annual meeting of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Council. This meeting will be accompanied by a oneday symposium allowing researchers to present and discuss TEI-related topics and projects particularly in (but not restricted to) Ireland. It is designed to create a communication forum among scholars and the TEI Council and to strengthen the TEI community by bringing together experts from the various initiatives and projects. Contributions from all disciplines using the TEI are encouraged, for example ● Scholarly editing ● Historical editing ● Dictionaries ● Linguistics ● Authoring ● Digital Archives ● Digital Libraries ● Manuscripts. Papers and presentations should not exceed 20 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. They may describe initiatives, planned projects, work in progress and best practices as well as highlight particular areas of interest or features of the TEI or encoding in general. Contributions to a poster session are also welcome. Publication of the proceedings of the symposium is planned. Submissions: Please email an abstract of about 250-500 words to malte.rehbein(a)nuigalway.ie. Deadlines: Submission of abstracts: 25 February 2008 Notification of acceptance: 3 March 2008 Submission of full paper for consideration for publication: 31 July 2008 Contact: Malte Rehbein c/o Moore Institute National University of Ireland, Galway University Road Galway, Ireland Phone: +353 91 49 3903 Fax: +353 91 49 5507 Email: malte.rehbein(a)nuigalway.ie -- Dr Arianna Ciula Research Associate Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London 2nd Floor 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL (UK) Tel: +44 (0)20 78481945 http://staff.cch.kcl.ac.uk/~aciula/

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Early 20th century facsimile photography
by Dot Porter 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hello DM list, I sent the following message to the MedText Listserv and have received some good suggestions, but maybe there's someone here who can help, too. I don't know how much overlap there is between this list and that one, so I apologize in advance if you've already seen this. Not really a digital question, so I hope you'll forgive me. **************** I've been looking at a manuscript facsimile published in 1901. The introduction doesn't appear to include any information about the practice that was followed during photography (I'm taking someone else's word on this - I don't have the book, just images of the manuscript pages from the facsimile). However, from the images it appears that the manuscript was disbound prior to photography. In some of the images it appears that the pages (which are somewhat cockled in real-life) have been somehow flattened. One of my colleagues has theorized that the disbound pages may have been placed between sheets of glass (or under a sheet of glass) during photography; they haven't been held down in any visible way (fingers, or weights). I'm not really sure how I feel about this theory. Some of the pages don't actually look that flat to me, but I don't suppose the glass need have been heavy enough to flatten the pages completely. Does anyone on the list know anything about the practice of photographing mss in the late 19th/early 20th centuries? Or is there a book you can point me to? I've skimmed through A. W. Sijthoff's _Enterprise of the Codices Graeci et Latini_ (a fascinating read, available through GoogleBooks), but didn't see anything helpful there. For the curious, the manuscript I'm talking about is the Marcianus Graecus Z. 454 (= 822), aka Venetus A. Several different images of the manuscript (including new regular-light images, and scans of the facsimile) are available here: http://chs75.harvard.edu/manuscripts/index.html Thanks for any help, Dot -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 ***************************************

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