From: Elaine M Brennan Subject: Humanist's Birthday Date: Sun, 10 May 92 23:00:50 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1 (1) Humanist had a very quiet birthday earlier this week. It's become somewhat of a tradition for us to note each year's passing, and I have spent much of the last week wondering exactly what it was I wanted to say about Humanist (the list) and Humanists (readers and writers both) this year. (Allen gets to make his own statement, if he likes.) Electronic lists have come a long way since 7 May 1987, and the number of different lists seems to have expanded close to exponentially every time I pause to review them. And I wonder, sometimes, exactly what Humanist's role ought to be becoming now, as the roster of more specialized discussion groups grows longer and longer, and as cross- posting notices becomes something more than epidemic on those various lists. Humanist has never been "just another list," but it seems to have lost some of the spirit and vitality that it once had. We're all busy, we all have more electronic mail and information to process, and how we're dealing with issues surrounding humanities computing has changed. And at the same time, I'm still hungry to know what it is others who "do" humanities computing are doing, I'm curious as to what sorts of things those who ask for e-texts of various genres want to be able to do with them, what conclusions those who attend various conferences dealing with electronic tools and humanities issues are coming to, what Humanist readers want to be doing with the gigabytes of information that pass through their terminals. I'm curious about how people are (or are they?) trying to work out the kinks in collaborative work that computers and networks can make possible, and what new tools people wish they had. Those are all topics I'd like to see discussed more on Humanist. As an editor of Humanist, I'll admit that I wish I had the time to compile a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) list that gave definitive answers on fonts, for example, so that when the questions get asked every month or so, we wouldn't have the same discussion over and over again. This, then, is my request to those of you who have read this far: that you focus on the questions of what humanities computing is and isn't, that you share the information and the queries various conferences raise about using computers in humanities disciplines, that where you have the time and the will, you talk about the hows and whys and wherefores, for example, of electronic texts, rather than simply searching for their existence. I feel honored to have met as many Humanist readers as I have, and I treasure many memories of conversations both live and electronic; I wish that it were possible to bring some of the vitality and intensity of those conversations with you back to the net as well. Elaine From: Matthew Wall Subject: Q: E-Lists for Medieval history, Legal history, Date: Fri, 8 May 1992 15:49:22 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1 (2) Renaissance poetry Hello hello... I'm looking for mailing lists, listservs, Usenet groups, or other electronic discussion groups concerning Medieval history (I know about MEDTEXTL for texts) Legal history Renaissance poetry (languages not important) Subscription information, of course, would be welcome. If response warrants, I'll re-post a summary here. Speaking of which, do we have a FAQ sheet for humanist lists floating around anywhere? Thanks, Matt --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Matthew Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu | "It's time for reform NOW." Swarthmore College Academic Computing | --G. Bush at a $9 million Swarthmore, PA 19081 <-> 215-328-8506 | campaign dinner, 4/28/92 From: Matthew Wall Subject: Q: Legal question on etext Date: Fri, 8 May 1992 15:56:58 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 2 (3) I know this has been discussed before, but as usual, one doesn't remember these discussions at the time...8-) are there expert (or other) opinions on the legality/ethicality of scanning a text which is apparently in copyright, but which is out of print, and for which a good faith effort to contact the current holder of the copyright has been unsuccessfully made, for the purposes of searching and reference on-line for a single small undergraduate class? ??? thanks matt --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Matthew Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu | "It's time for reform NOW." Swarthmore College Academic Computing | --G. Bush at a $9 million Swarthmore, PA 19081 <-> 215-328-8506 | campaign dinner, 4/28/92 From: Brian W. Ogilvie Subject: Text Retrieval Software on the Mac Date: Sun, 10 May 92 18:45:11 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3 (4) Greetings, fellow Humanists. I am looking for freeform text retrieval software for the Mac. I would like to be able to search through a set of Microsoft Word files (or some other format; if absolutely necessary, text-only files) and retrieve either all documents or all paragraphs containing a specified search pattern. The search instructions would need to include Boolean operators. The purpose of this system would be to give me access to notes on sources without much thought about organization and keywords at the notetaking stage. If anyone has suggestions for another way to approach the problem, please let me know. I would like to keep all my notes on one source together but access notes by subject while writing papers or trying to remember where I read something (which occurs more and more frequently, unfortunately). The only product I've heard of which does this kind of search is Sonar; I'd appreciate it if Sonar users could let me know how well it works. advaTHANKSnce! From: Oxford Text Archive Subject: Oxford's Faerie Queen Date: Wed, 6 May 92 17:01 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 4 (5) A quick note in reply to Ray Simons earlier mention of the incomplete nature of the electronic version of the Faeire Queen held by the Oxford Text Archive. Like Ray we went back to the orginal depositor and received a new version of the text, greatly improved and marked-up. We have also recently received an SGML styled tagged version of it! If anyone else who has used our texts and has found errors which they have since corrected can they let us know, or send us the improved version? Thanks Alan Morrison Oxford Text Archive From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" Subject: MLA Bibliography on OCLC Date: Fri, 8 May 92 11:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 5 (6) I am pleased to announce that the Modern Language Association has recently signed a contract with OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., to make the MLA Bibliography database available to scholars through OCLC's Epic and FirstSearch online systems. The MLA Bibliography on OCLC will include all data from 1963 to the present. Retrospective data (1963-1980) is currently undergoing reprocessing and restructuring so that index terms from earlier years will more closely match current indexing terminology. We hope to have the database available by mid-June. As of March 31 1992, the MLA Bibliography will no longer be available from Dialog Information Services. Please feel free to contact me if you would like additional information. For information on OCLC, please call 614/764-6000. Daniel Uchitelle Director, Center for Information Services Modern Language Association mlaod@cuvmb.bitnet 212/614-6350 From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" Subject: E-course in programming for the humanities Date: Thu, 07 May 92 06:44:11 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 6 (7) The graduate course in programming for the humanities that I will teach this summer via electronic networks is about to start. Those who are interested but who have not registered, should contact me as soon as possible as ERIC@SDNET.BITNET. A short description and outline of the course follow. CHUM 650, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR THE HUMANITIES, is an introduction to programming using SNOBOL4 for applications in the humanities such as analysis of texts, arranging data from research, and formatting for printing and desktop publishing. The primary emphasis in the course will be on computer applications with texts. COURSE OUTLINE 1. Introduction: What is Programming? 2. Creating a SNOBOL4 Program. 3. Doing Interesting Things with Texts. 4. Holding Information in Tables and Arrays. 5. Searching, Sorting, and Functions. 6. Input, Output, and Additional Features. 7. Microcomputer Implementations of SNOBOL4 and SPITBOL. 8. Applications for SNOBOL4 and SPITBOL. 9. Student Projects. Questions about the course and requests for registration forms should be sent to Eric Johnson ERIC@SDNET.BITNET From: J_CERNY@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: where "string" origin is NOT explained Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 8:35:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 7 (8) Here is another place to eliminate in the search for the origin of "string" in computing languages and applications: I had high hopes it would be discussed in the marvelous Hacker's Jargon Dictionary edited by Eric Raymond et al., but it is not in version 2.9.9. -- Jim Cerny, Computing and Information Services, Univ. N.H. j_cerny@unhh.unh.edu From: "J.J.Higgins - Education" Subject: Wordcruncher Date: Wed, 6 May 92 12:54:35 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 8 (9) Since HUMANIST periodically carries requests for information about the availability of Wordcruncher, I am passing on the address of the current distributors which was mailed to me last month: Johnston and Company P O Box 446 American Fork Utah 84003 (801) 756-1111 (voice) (801) 756-0242 (fax) I was sent a very complicated price list, showing among other things $395 normal price for the whole package or $299 special educational price, and various prices for the text collections. John Higgins, University of Bristol. From: Michael Metzger Subject: E-TEXTS ON CD-ROM Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 15:29 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 9 (10) In response to the query on literary texts on CD-Rom: the catalog of DAK Industries, a mail order house, 8200 Remmet Ave., Canoga Park CA 91304 1-800-888-6703 (for info) offers something called "The Library of the Future" as part of a big bundle of CDs they're marketing with a CD-ROM deck. It includes, Heaven help us, the "entire collection of Monarch Notes on CD-ROM" 2,401 articles on more than 200 authors -- hot times on the plagiarism front! The Library of the Future offers "the complete unabridged text of 453 novels, stories, plays & historical documents ... from the world's greatest writers and thinkers." Good luck! Michael Metzger - Univ at Buffalo (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU) From: MILLARD@zodiac.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: 5.0884 Rs: Conversion S/W Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 21:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 10 (11) Had occasion to use Word for Word last week to move something from Word- Perfect 5.1 to Xywrite III+ in a hurry, under a scary legal deadline. It worked, but it has some curious ideas about how to convert special functions like re-zeroing the page numbers in mid-document, and it made total hash of margins and tabs. I had to adjust a lot of things manually within Xywrite before I had anything printable. For whatever this is worth, I'd recommend WfW but advise against expecting smooth sailing. Bill Millard millard@zodiac.rutgers.edu From: Bill Jarrold Subject: Re: Hist and Phil of Science grad programs Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 21:38-0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 11 (12) History of science? If you'd like to be studying where Newton used to, try: Dr Peter Lipton Department of History and Philosophy of Science Free School Lane Cambridge CB2 3RH England Also I believe Univ of Pennsylvania has a History and Philosophy of Science dept. Harvard does as well. And Thomas Kuhn lives just down the road at MIT. Yours, Bill Jarrold CYC Project From: Larry W. Hurtado Subject: e-journal conf Date: Wed, 6 May 92 14:22:16 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 5 (13) A CONSORTIUM FOR NETWORK PUBLICATION OF REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNALS First Advance Notice~May 1992 The University of Manitoba has received funding commitments to organize and ho conference to promote the establishment of a consortium of universities and lear computer network publication of refereed journals. The consortium would be a non cooperative intended to make use of the Internet as an important medium for the research in any discipline. Since the summer of 1991, an ad hoc group at the Uni been developing the idea of the conference and the proposed consortium, and has funding proposals since the Autumn of 1991. The conference is now tentatively sl of 1993 and will be held at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. We hop and cooperation of major research universities and learned societies across Nort Over the next year or so, we will be communicating the vision behind the confere the academic community. This is the first advance notice, and we plan to provide specific information on the conference details as plans for it develop. As an analogy of sorts for the proposed consortium, in the traditional publish journals, Scholars Press (Atlanta, Georgia) is a unique example of such a cooper several major U.S. learned societies (e.g., American Academy of Religion, Societ American Philological Society), with a number of universities in the U.S. and Ca particular publication projects such as major monograph series. It is an example community taking collective responsibility to see that worthy scholarship gets p commercial considerations determining the question. The Internet is the major ne dissemination of research, and it is vital that the scholarly community, through universities and learned societies, become acquainted with the enormous potentia scholarship. Commercial companies are already devoting attention to developing c publication projects. It is imperative that the scholarly community not leave th developed solely by commercial interests. The basic aims are (1) to make academic merit the sole consideration in the pu type research, (2) to advance the idea that the academic community should have a what gets published and how it is disseminated, (3) to provide a major outlet of is not subject to the severe economic constraints of traditional paper-journal p some commercially attractive fields, very limited journal outlets for less comme (4) to make collective and considered use of the scholarly advantages of network savings in production costs, speedup in publication and dissemination process), and low-cost means for universities and learned societies to play a greater role research information and not only as producers and consumers of research informa Our initial objective at this point is to inform as many in the scholarly comm conference and the consortium proposal, and to solicit interest in these plans. information, and to be kept informed on the progress in our planning. We also si offer your ideas on things to be included in the conference, key people to infor the conference, and any other matters relevant to the conference and consortium For more information, and to express your interests in the conference and cons convenor of the University of Manitoba ad hoc Committee on Electronic Journals, Hurtado, Institute for the Humanities, 108 Isbister Bldg., University of Manitob R3T 2N2. Phone: (204) 474-9114. FAX (204) 275-5781. E-mail: hurtado@ccu.umanitob From: Charles Ess Subject: "stewardship" and environment Date: Thu, 07 May 92 08:46:33 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 12 (14) In a recent debate over a proposed environmental policy for our institution, the words "steward" and "stewardship" -- as in "stewards of the environment" -- raised several points of contention. As I see it, the objection to such language rests on two points: (a) "stewardship" can -- and for most of modern Western history, has -- served as justification for humanity's exploitation of, rather than consideration for, the larger environment. Since the term can be used so ambiguously, and in ways contrary to the intentions of the policy, another term should be found; (b) "stewardship" derives from the Biblical notion of "dominion" over the natural order. While it is a point of debate in environmental ethics whether such dominion _must_ mean, as it has in modern history, exploitation -- a larger question is whether the notion involved here of the relationship between the human and the created order is overly Judeo-Christian in origin. It would appear that Taoists, Buddhists, Shinto followers, Jains, and others would reject such a notion as placing too great a distance between humanity and a "disposable" nature. Still more broadly, in an era of multiculturalism, do we want to use a notion (i.e., stewardship) which may "speak" only for people out of Jewish and Christian traditions (I've never met a "Judeo-Christian"?). I would appreciate the wisdom of HUMANIST readers on this issue: medievalists may be able to point to a different understanding of the natural order prior to modernity (i.e., Descartes and his "mastery and possession of nature" motif); ethicists, theologians, religious studies folk, and anyone else with something to contribute to this discussion are encouraged to do so. It may be that this is a topic of sufficiently general interest to warrant that replies be sent to HUMANIST -- but I will happily collect replies sent directly to me and post them at a later date. In continual befuddlement, Charles Ess Drury College Springfield, MO 65802 USA From: Michael Feld Subject: Reading list for Social Ethics Date: Mon, 4 May 92 17:08:34 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 13 (15) I'd welcome help in compiling a list of articles to be included in a collection of readings in comtemporary social ethics. Emphasis would be on *practical* issues. Recent classics like J.J. Thomson's "A Defence of Abortion" should be the norm. Topics would include, but need not be limited to: abortion, punishment, family law, reverse discrimination, animal rights, business ethics (whistle-blowing, etc.), censorship, etc. From: JSCHWAR@BGSUOPIE.BITNET Subject: Surfaces Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 00:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 14 (16) I need the address for the E-Journal Surfaces. They sent out a very impressive pamphlet mentioning some really exciting articles. When I recieved it, I attempted to retrieve the material by FTP, according to their instructions. The Surfaces directories were empty. I have since lost the electronic address. Does this publication exist? Could someone post their address? Has anyone sucessfully gotten anything from them? Thanks. Jeff Schwartz jschwar@opie.bgsu.edu Dept. Of Popular Culture Bowling Green State University Bowing Green OH 43403 From: CHUCK TAYLOR Subject: Grad Program Suggestions Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 15:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 15 (17) A graduate student here at Wright State is currently finishing a thesis on "Angst" in Kierkegaard and Heidegger. He would like to pursue studies in a Ph.D. program where he would be able to continue work om Heidegger and Kierkegaard. Does anyone have suggestions about programs suited to these interests? Please post answers to HUMANIST or send e-mail to ctaylor@wsu[BITNET] or ctaylor@desire.wright[INTERNET] From: James O'Donnell Subject: Scholarly e-publishing symposium Date: 11 May 92 17:41:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 16 (18) The themes and concerns of the editorial birthday message for HUMANIST remind me that I had meant to submit a few, purely personal, lines about a recent meeting of interest. On 25-28 April, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Mathematical Society, the American Association of University Presses, and the National Science Foundation sponsored a symposium in Washington, DC, for presses, learned societies, librarians, and others interested in the future of scholarly electronic publication. Presenters from a variety of e-zealot backgrounds sketched the recent past, the present, and likely future developments. To my eye, of greatest interest were the presentations from Dennis Egan of Bellcore, showing how hypertext searching systems will make possible a better, faster, and more powerful access to existing scholarly information systems; and from Dave Rodgers of the American Math Society, showing the very advanced systems they are developing for putting math journals on-line. The most interesting discovery of the seminar was the gap that opened between the e-zealot presenters (I was one of them) and the working publishers, particularly the university presses. Both sides were surprised by the gap, anxious about it, and frustrated. E-publication enterprises have been by and large heuristic, subsidized, and university-centered, while the presses still have to pay as they go, have little or not venture capital, and have a large established base of commitments to traditional publishing. No global resolution of the tension was possible at a symposium of this sort, but a suggestion late in the symposium to work collaboratively to find ways to make information about university press publications widely available on the networks was regarded as a good first step. And I think in the long run that the awareness reached on all sides of the nature and dimensions of the problems that face us as we move from the frontier phase of e-world to a more settled kind of community life (rather like the stage when the marshals and the schoolmarms came to town) will be the most valuable product of such discussions. Nevertheless, it remains impossible not to be excited about the speed and scope of the coming transformations of scholarly communication. I have the odd feeling that the real question is whether the changes will happen fast enough to make a difference: in a world in which research libraries are already buying 16% fewer scholarly monographs than they were just five years ago, the pressures on traditional publication are intense and growing, and whether a new system of communication satisfactory to producers, distributors, and consumers of scholarly disocurse will be on-line soon enough seems to me a real question. Here is where I come back to the themes of the HUMANIST birthday message. Neither humanities computing nor HUMANIST can imagine remaining unchanged forever. We've all enjoyed the last five years of experiments, wild ideas, dud ideas, and revolutions. What next? To judge by the speed with which I sign off lists nowadays, which is equal to the speed with which new lists are invaded by low quality discourse, we are already reaching for many of us a saturation point in e-intake. The medium-term future belongs to those who can help us manage our intake (the librarians of the future?), distinguishing useful from less useful. But even in the short term, the interesting challenge is to see how we can organize our electronic communication to emphasize a higher quality of discourse, without losing the free and democratic spirit that has distinguished e-world. How can we challenge each other to say fewer fatuous things? How can we make e-world the locus of the highest quality scholarly discourse, and in so doing make that discourse open to wider, deeper, and richer audiences than ever? Five good years of HUMANIST are the occasion for thanks, congratulations, and warm fellow feeling all around; but you can't step in the same river twice. What next? Jim O'Donnell Dept. of Classics and Center for Computer Analysis of Texts University of Pennsylvania From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: now we are 6 Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 07:39:17 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 17 (19) Elaine Brennan's birthday musings have come at a time when I could actually reply, when one project has just been put into the folder and the next is still impatiently awaiting attention. Her reflections stir up old existential questions -- what is Humanist about? where is it going? -- to which I don't think anyone has ever known the answer, at least not precisely. Each time these questions have been asked in public the answers have had to be somewhat different, and she has done us all the favour of underscoring at least one of the significant differences. With the delightfully wild growth of specialised discussion groups, what is left for Humanist to do? Let me offer my answer in the form of a question: even though we all have sitting rooms of our own, and cafes in which to congregate, do we therefore say that the piazza no longer serves a useful function? For me the genius of Humanist has always been a genius of the piazza, roaming around in its unstructured space in the evening, saying hello to whomever happens to be there, engaging in conversations one did not expect, picking up unusual gossip, discovering common interests -- in other words, renewing the bonds that make a community function as such. A serendipitous forum, occasionally a rough-and-tumble agora of argument. Allow me to suggest again that my colleagues read Jaroslav Pelikan's book, The Idea of the University, and in this context pay close attention to what he says about the value of interdisciplinary studies. It's also good to be reminded that the university is based on, or could be based on, an idea. With Elaine I think that we are all much busier than we used to be. Perhaps it's time again for a refocussing of Humanist to make it seem less like a clearing-house of information (how I hate that term for what it suggests! -- you know, a vast, high-roofed old building with countless tables set up on which are indiscriminately piled heaps of miscellaneous stuff that beragged people are anxiously sorting through) more like a piazza, a defined space. Which is not to say that we are all rag-pickers, or that the contents of Humanist could be compared to old clothing. I'm just trying to provoke us into getting an idea of what we don't want. A heated argument, yes, please. Willard McCarty From: "Saul Traiger" Subject: APA Bulletin Board Date: Wed, 13 May 92 07:08:00 JST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 8 (20) The American Philosophical Association (APA) invites you to use its Internet-accessible bulletin board system. To access it, initiate a telnet session and connect to atl.calstate.edu or 130.150.102.33 Once connected, type "apa" (without the quotes, of course) at the login prompt. Follow the menus from there. Note: Your system must support telnet. If you are unsure about the capabilities of your host computer, please contact your campus systems administrator. [Below "" means hit the enter or return key.] --------------------------sample session----------------------- you type> telnet atl.calstate.edu response> Trying... response> Connected to atl.calstate.edu. response> Escape character is '^]'. response> UNIX System V R.3 (WINS) (atl.calstate.edu) reponse> login: you type>: apa Bulletin board appears as below> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bulletin Board of the American Philosophical Association ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Introduction [2] News: To and from the National Office [3] Philosophical Societies [4] Grants, Fellowships, and Academic Positions [5] Philosophical Calendar [6] E-mail Addresses of the Membership [7] Directories and Computer Resources [8] Committee on Computer Use in Philosophy [9] News from the Divisions Electronic Bulletin Board for Members of the APA System Administrator - Saul Traiger, Occidental College *** For submissions and suggestions, send mail to traiger@oxy.edu *** Last Update: 5/7/92 Please Enter a number, (q)uit, (m)ail, or (h)elp: -------------------------end sample session------------------- The board contains a list of e-mail addresses of APA members, a Philosophical Calendar, news from the National Office, information on joining the APA, and other items of interest to the philosophical community. A simple unix mail system allows the user to send mail to the bulletin board administrator. It is usually easier, however, to send regular e-mail to me after you disconnect from the board. Please contact me at either address below if you have questions or if you experience difficulties using the board. I welcome suggestions, including ideas about other places to post this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saul Traiger Dept. of Philosophy/ International Division Cognitive Science Program Waseda University Occidental College Tokyo, Japan Los Angeles, California traiger@cfi.waseda.ac.jp traiger@oxy.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: J.M.Reeves@vme.glasgow.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0002 EQs: E-Lists; E-Text Legalities; Text Retrieval (3/78) Date: Mon,11 May 92 11:10:05 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 18 (21) I think GOPHER (a desk accessory) will do what you want. It finds every occurence of a specified string in any number of files. It's names comes from the phrase "go fer this, go fer that". JOHN From: Brian WHittaker Subject: Text Retrieval Software on the Mac Date: Mon, 11 May 92 23:26:18 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 19 (22) I'm inclined to agree with Brian Ogilvie's strategy of finding powerful search tools so that a database can be kept in the form of an ASCII text file for several reasons. First, the ASCII file can be transfered to any computer environment, including your university's UNIX or IBM mainframe, where some really powerful search tools reside; the ASCII file is not tied to a specific data base programme or even operating system (My one experence with a powerful data base programme was Borland's REFLEX, part of Borland's total failure to penetrate the Mac market). Second, a powerful search tool effectively creates a new database with each search query, so you're not bound to the conceptual framework you brought to your subject the year you set up database. GOPHER is significantly cheaper than SONAR (well under a hundred dollars) and does most of what Brian suggests in his message. It's a DA and searches closed files, including EXCELL as well as the standard word processor and text files. GOPHER can only search files that are actually on disks currently in the computer. Boolean searches are possible (more or less) with proximity factors added, an important addition. I use GOPHER for chores ranging from finding a student from half a dozen years ago in several diskas full of Excell grade- sheets, to simple collocationnalanalysis for stylistics. ON LOCATION is the immediate competition for GOPHER. It costs about twice as much, is faster, and can search at least some data in files which are not currently in the computer but have passed through at some time in the past. I have not used ON LOCATION, so I cannot comments on the power of its search commands. NISUS, the word processor, is worth looking into. It stores the text as an ASCII file in the data fork of the Macintosh file, and the word processor formatting in the resource fork, so its files can be treated either as ASCII text files or as formatted files. Most important, its FIND facility includes a full implementation of GREP (THE Unix Boolean tool), and a user-friendly interface that lets you choose between GREP code or selecting your Boolean criteria from menus. (Most word processors are primarily office memo and business letter generators; NISUS is the closest thing for Mac users to a true text manipulation tool for writers and researchers.) There is an ancient shareware DA called GREP WC, which was one of the first word counters for the Macintosh. It *also* included real GREP, for those who do their Boolean searches with punctuation marks and alphabet soup. There is a recent shareware version of AWK (a UNIX search tool) for the Mac called GAWK. I haven't tried it yet. I have read interesting things about SGML, a powerful data base programmme which actually does operate by providing an extemely flexible search tool that operates on data stored in text files. I believe SGML is native to the IBM mainframe world. I do not know if a MAC version is available. I suspect this may be the ideal programme... probably because I don't have it :>) Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Whittaker BRIANW@VM2.YorkU.CA Atkinson College, York University (Please do not omit the W) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: garof@sixcom.sixcom.it (Joe Giampapa) Subject: Help needed with X11 Cyrillic Fonts Date: Wed, 13 May 92 10:29:19 +0100 (MET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 10 (23) Perhaps some HUMANISTs on the list have had this problem, or know someone who might help. Goal: To use cyrillic fonts, 10 to 14 pts. I only have cyrillic 25, 30, and 35 pt. fonts in SNF (server normal format). I Seek: 1. Best case: the cyrillic fonts in 10 to 14 pt. sizes; or 2. Worst case: information and possible assistance in creating the fonts that I need. System configuration: I am using an Olivetti M380/XP4 PC running Interactive Unix System V 3.2, Interactive X11R3, Motif 3.0, BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format) fonts version 2.1, "xfed" (X font editor), "bdftosnf". Existing cyrillic fonts are in 25, 30, and 35 pts. Interactive Unix BDF manual (6 pages, very terse). Description: The "xfed" manual claims that it is possible to edit BDF fonts. I assume that this would include scaling as well. However, I only have the fonts in SNF form. 1. Is there a font decompiler, of the type "snftobdf"? If so, has anyone successfully created a new font by using "snftobdf" --> "xfed" --> "bdftosnf"? 2. I found BDF 2.1 fonts in the MIT X11R5 distribution, copied one to my machine, and attempted to edit it using "xfed". Although the "xfed" should be of version 2.1, it gives me a parse error. I have been unable to find "xfed" on SCO X11R3 Motif 3.0 and with Sun X11R4. Has anyone ever successfully used "xfed"? 3. Using "bdftosnf" on the above X11R5 version 2.1 fonts compiled without any errors. Attempting to load the font does not produce any error messages, but wipes-out all strings on my display. 4. Presently I am attempting to write a font from scratch, hoping to get it in "xfed" compilable form. Has anyone done this? As usual, the need for these fonts was expressed yesterday, with the deadline for last week. To avoid delays, please e-mail responses, and I shall summarize at problem completion. Thank you. Joe Giampapa Olivetti SixTel Milano (Italia) garof@sixcom.it garof%sixcom.it@uunet.uu.net From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" Subject: Ethics Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 15:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 20 (24) I have to ask why is 'reverse discrimination' on the list, but not 'discrimination'? Is the former more heinous than the latter? Or have we settled the issue of the ethics and morality of 'discrimination'? Mary Dee Harris From: "Steven C. Perkins" Subject: Re: 6.0002 EQs: E-Lists Date: Mon, 11 May 92 06:45:47 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 21 (25) The Legal History list is HISLAW-L@ULKYVM.BITNET. Send the usual subscription request to LISTSERV. Steven C. Perkins pl0124@mail.psi.net John Marshall Law School From: Subject: Re: 6.0006 Qs: "Steward" Date: Mon, 11 May 92 10:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 22 (26) Stewardship does not necessarily suggest dominion. Indeed, the notion of stewardship suggests that what humans "possess" -- their abilities (or talents), their material possessions, their earthly power -- is given or loaned in trust. Talents must be developed, used properly, and not considered as absolute property -- which some 17th-century English divines called embezzlement. I have no texts at hand, but could find something if requested... Kevin Berland, Penn State From: Brian WHittaker Subject: string Date: Mon, 11 May 92 23:20:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 23 (27) I don't know if this usage antedates the programmer's "string," but the phrase "word string" was used in linguistics in the '50s and '60s to refer to a sequence of words without imposing a grammatical structure. Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Whittaker BRIANW@VM2.YorkU.CA Atkinson College, York University (Please do not omit the W) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michel Pierssens Subject: Surfaces Date: Tue, 12 May 92 07:27:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 24 (28) Jeff Schwartz enquired about the existence of Surfaces, the electronic journal: yes, it does exist and the articles announced are indeed available on the U of Montreal server -- but in Mac format only. The MS-DOS versions are being readied (the process is very complex as all texts are formatted so that they can be downloaded then printed with standard characteristics across the various sytems used for retrieval). For detailed information, mail to GUEDON@ere.umontreal.ca or SURFACES@ere.umontreal.ca From: Harold Sjursen Subject: East-West comparative philosophy list Date: Mon, 11 May 92 13:57:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 25 (29) I am trying to find an East-West comparative philosophy network list. Does anyone know of such a list? I think there is a group organized in Kyoto, but I have failed in my efforts to contact them via e-mail. Harold Sjursen, Dept. of Philosophy, Pace University, New York From: maurizio lana Subject: e-mail address for Andre' Salem Date: Tue, 12 May 92 15:26:52 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 26 (30) The HCY 1989-90 at page 499 has the following e-mail address for Andre' Salem ( at E'cole Normale de Saint Cloud, Se`vres): gauthier at frcict81 Does anyone know if his address has changed? If so, could you write directly to me to make me know his new address? Thank you. Maurizio. ----------------------------------------------------------- MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET CISI - Universita' di Torino | phone & fax: 39-11-837262 Via Sant'Ottavio 20 | I-10124 Torino | ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "John J Hughes" Subject: Date: Tue, 12 May 92 13:46:46 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 27 (31) SUBJECT: Word-Frequency Programs Dear HUMANISTS, I am looking for a DOS-based word-frequency utility. I need a program that will take an ASCII input file and produce complete word-frequency lists that look something like this: 248 grain 249 died 251 written 255 burnt 255 hundred 256 anger 256 peace I do not care if the word-frequency utility is a shareware or commercial product or if it is a stand-alone utility or part of a larger program. The program must be able to process input files that are several megabytes in size and to produce output files as long as 16,000 lines. If possible, please include addresses and phone numbers for products you recommend. Thanks in advance to any HUMANISTS who can help with this request. John J. Hughes From: Ed Battistella Subject: Query about Academe in USSR Date: Tue, 12 May 92 23:07:36 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 28 (32) I'm preparing a course on the organization of the university in different countries and I'd be interested in knowing of any references on the university in the (former) USSR. If people would like to respond to me, I'll be happy to post a summary. Ed Battistella From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Scanning microfilms Date: Tue, 12 May 92 23:15:53 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 29 (33) This subject came up a couple of years ago, but I would be grateful for information from anyone who has current information about machines or service bureaus which digitize microfilm into bitmapped images. That's the easy part. I would also like to find out if anyone has had any success with text recognition directly from microfilm. Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: FLANNAGA at OUACCVMB Subject: Piazzas and stewardship Date: 14 May 1992, 09:07:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 30 (34) It is day-time, and I, like most listeners and users of Humanist, am stressed with extra work to do, in my case mailing out twenty personalized postcards to advisees so they can come in next week, then reading galley proofs on the journal I edit (and the first article is not at all in MLA style!). But I do like Willard's image of our talking with each other in the piazza, about anything important that comes up, and I do like Jim O'Donnell's idea that we need to say more in a shorter space, in this horrible age so full of information. My training in technical writing and business corresponence comes up: "Keep It Simple, Stupid," and "Don't waste the reader's time." Readers of Humanist no longer have any time to relax, much less waste, but we still need the community of intelligent commentators, and we still need the accidental touching this list may provide. In my mind's eye I see friends in Florence, on the Via Calzaioli (the Piazza Signoria was torn up for excavation), just talking vehemently, not idly, not stupidly, and not wasting anybody's time, about important things. Which brings up stewardship, which to me is a word with religious and ecological and educational overtones: we are stewards of our body according to one church or another, and thus we should not hurt it with drugs or overeating; we are stewards of the earth, because we do not in any sense *own* it, yet we are obligated to take care of it, lest it die; and we academics are stewards of knowledge, because again we do not own it, we merely pass it on, and we encourage ourselves to think of the transmission of knowledge as *free*--as in a piazza. Roy Flannagan From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" Subject: Birthdays and Jobs for Humanists Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 16:40 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 31 (35) After reading the musings about Humanist's birthday, I am prompted to share a bit of information that I found interesting. I am currently involved in a project for the US Army called the Data Standardization project, which includes attempts to standardize the names for data elements in all the various databases used by the Army. The problem of course comes from the fact that many of these databases were written by ADP folks with little contact with the 'functional' types (they're the ones who know how to do things). The current effort includes the creation of a list of standard data elements with reasonable names that can be used by everyone. (One amazing example of an existing data element name referring to 'military personnel' was 'column 8', and that's just the start of the problems. A part of this work was contracted out to IBM. Guess who they are hiring to do the work of developing names for the standardized lists? English majors! They won't hire computer types because they have the wrong attitude so they hire people who know language and can see parallels in meaning, even though (or because) they don't know the functional side. So folks, humanists can make a difference in the 'real' world. Mary Dee Harris From: HORN_A@usp.ac.nz Subject: Birthday Message Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 08:37 +1200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 32 (36) Felicitations on _Humanist's_ birthday. Please do excuse my loyal dissent on the Birthday Message. This University serves 12 small and scattered island states here in the wide Pacific sea. Because we're so far from the generators of most bulletin boards, lists and e-journals, our monthly email telephone bill is titanic. The hard-pressed Bursar has, therefore, permitted my Departmentr only two subscriptions--to _Humanist_ and to _Postmodern Culture_. In edited form, these get distributed by both internal email and photocopy. We chose _Humanist_ because it has the broadest range. From you we get not only superbly useful debates and information on software, hardware and resources, but cultural, literary, linguistic, historical, philosophical queries and discussions. It is the only such edited list available. We, at least, would be most saddened if _Humanist_ were to restrict itself, as proposed by the editors, only to matters of computing. Bula vinaka, Andrew Horn The Department of Literature & Language The University of the South Pacific G.P.O. Box 1168 email: horn_a.usp.ac.nz Suva fax: (679) 305-053 Republic of FIJI office tel: (679) 212-565 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -- From: John T. Harwood Subject: Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition Date: Friday, 15 May 1992 12:24:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 14 (37) The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition July 8-11, 1992 The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, now entering its second decade, is a four-day gathering of teachers and scholars. It offers a generous mixture of plenary and special-interest sessions in a relaxed atmosphere; a chance for learning, leisure, and reflection on composition and rhetoric; and an extended opportunity to discuss professional concerns with nationally known speakers and interested colleagues. Each year the conference features plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, workshops, and roundtable discussions on topics of current interest. This year, the conference will run concurrently with the Association of Departments of English (ADE) regional summer meeting of department heads; several joint activities are planned. Panel Sessions and Workshops Papers this year will concern a wide variety of subjects involving rhetoric and composition, such as rhetorical theory; the composing process; technical or business writing; advanced composition; ESL; writing across the curriculum; the history of rhetoric; teaching methods; collaborative learning; tutoring and writing labs; connections among reading, writing, and speaking; computers and writing; legal, political, or religious rhetoric; literacy; language and stylistics; basic writing; social implications of writing; writing in the workplace; rhetorical criticism; rhetoric and literature; testing and assessment; and the administration of writing programs. Workshops will be offered on multimedia resources for the writing classroom, portfolio assessment, and teacher development. Saturday Morning Sessions On Saturday morning, participants will have a special opportunity to concentrate for an extended period on one of three important areas: New Ideas for Integrating Critical Writing and Critical Reading, Peer Tutoring and Reviewing, and Program Assessment in English. New Ideas for Integrating Critical Writing and Critical Reading Recognizing the intrinsic connections between reading and writing-- not only as socially constructive/interpretive acts but also as cognitive skills--this session will examine productive ways to integrate critical reading and writing in the classroom. The session will include presentations from featured speakers and participants, as well as opportunities for extended critique and discussion of both theoretical and pedagogical issues. Designing Effective Programs with Peer Tutoring and Peer Review One of the most important advances in writing pedagogy of the last decade has undoubtedly been the use of student peers to help other students improve their writing. This session will include both presentations and interactive workshops that examine the practice of peer support from a variety of perspectives, from practical concerns such as effective peer training and supervision to studies of the effects (positive and negative) of various peer activities. Program Assessment in English Like other academic disciplines, English departments are under increasing pressure to account for the effectiveness of their programs. This panel will explore how English departments can work to satisfy administrative needs for evaluation without compromising academic integrity. Conference participants are invited to attend this session, sponsored by the Association of Departments of English, which will feature talks from university administrators, experts in educational assessment, and leaders of English departments. Plenary Session Speakers Donald McCloskey, our keynote speaker, is professor of history and of economics at the University of Iowa, where he directs the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI). POROI grew out of the Iowa Rhetoric Seminar, which he co-founded in 1980 to promote scholarly study of rhetoric and collaborative approaches to writing among faculty in diverse disciplines. His work on the rhetoric of inquiry has appeared in numerous articles and books. He coedited The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences (1987) and authored Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics (forthcoming), If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise (1990), The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric (1988), and The Rhetoric of Economics (1986), which has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. Anne Ruggles Gere, professor of English and of education at the University of Michigan, is well known for fostering substantive work in composition at the national level, as a series editor of the MLA Series on Research and Scholarship in Composition, as Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the NCTE Research Foundation, and most recently, as the 1992 Program Chair for CCCC. Her own research encompasses both the theory and pragmatics of composition, as demonstrated by her articles and books on collaborative writing, such asWriting Groups (1987), and by her textbook, The Active Reader (1990). Her latest volume, Into the Field: the Site of Composition Studies, a collection of essays describing the interaction of disciplines within composition studies, is forthcoming from MLA. Steven Mailloux is professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine. His work examines the relationships among rhetoric, literary theory, cultural studies, and hermeneutics. His book, Rhetorical Power (1989), defines and demonstrates the productivity of rhetorical histories of specific interpretive acts. It builds upon his earlier works, Interpreting Law and Literature (1988) and Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction (1982). Recent essays include 'The Turns of Reader-Response Criticism' (1990), 'The Rhetorical Politics of Editing' (1991), and the forthcoming "Misreading as an Historical Act: Cultural Rhetoric, Bible Politics and Fuller's 1845 Review of Douglass' Narrative." Featured Speakers Jeanne Fahnestock is associate professor at the University of Maryland, where she has served with distinction as director of the Professional Writing Program. Author of many essays on coherence, argument, and scientific rhetoric, she is also co-author of A Rhetoric of Argument and Readings in Argument. She and Marie Secor of Penn State are currently at work on A Rhetoric of Style. Gerard A. Hauser is professor of Speech Communications at Penn State, director of the University Scholars Program, and co-editor of Philosophy and Rhetoric. He has published numerous articles and reviews on rhetorical theory and criticism and is the author of Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (1986). His present research focuses on political rhetoric. Richard Larson, professor of English at the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, served as editor of College Composition and Communication from 1980 to 1986. His early work analyzed discourse structure at the sentence and paragraph levels. His most recent work (sponsored in part by the Ford Foundation) has focused on writing curricula and assessment. Carolyn Miller, professor of English at North Carolina State University, is well-known for her work on the rhetoric of science and technology. Her essay "A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing" (1981) and her edited collection, New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication (1984) both received awards from NCTE as outstanding contributions to scientific and technical communication. Her most recent work focuses on rhetoric and community. Christine Neuwirth, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, develops computer aids for writing and researches the effects of such tools on individual writers, on collaborative learning, and on classroom interaction. Her article, "The Role of External Representation in the Writing Process: Implications for the Design of Hypertext-Based Writing Tools' (1989), won the Ellen Nold Award for best article on computers and composition. Sondra Perl is associate professor of English at the City University of New York. Her long-standing interest in the writing process led her from case studies of unskilled writers to ethnographic studies of the writing classroom. This work has appeared in numerous essays and a coauthored book, Through Teachers' Eyes: Portraits of Writing Teachers at Work (1986). Her current work focuses on feminist pedagogy and the discovery of voice in student writing. Gary Schumacher, professor of psychology at Ohio University, has researched both reading and writing processes. In recent articles in Written Communication and Research in the Teaching of English, he has explored how justified we are to proclaim that "writing is learning." Other recent articles include "Writing in Constrained Genres" (1987) and "The Relationship Between Content Knowledge and Topic Choice in Writing" (1989). William L. Smith, professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, likes to test current practices in basic writing, writing assessment, and sentence-combining. Recent publications include "Editing Strategies and Error Correction in Basic Writing" (1987), 'Computers in the Basic Writing Classroom' (1990) and the forthcoming "Assessing the Adequacy of Holistic Scoring as A Writing Placement Technique." Social Events In addition to good papers and good talk, the Penn State Conference offers various occasions for participants to relax, eat, and get to know each other. On Wednesday evening, July 8, you are invited to a reception at an art gallery on campus. An outdoor barbecue dinner is planned for Thursday, July 9, at Mountain Acres, a rustic retreat not far from State College, where you can hike, pitch horseshoes, play volleyball, and enjoy the music of the Allegheny Mountain String Band (square dancing is encouraged). A wine and cheese party will be held after the concluding plenary session on Friday and an open- air breakfast will be served before the Saturday morning sessions. The conference is held concurrently with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, one of the largest events of its kind in the country. More than four hundred jury-selected exhibitions-- paintings, ceramics, etchings, leather work, textiles, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, and more--line the streets of State College and the sidewalks of campus. Jazz bands, rock groups, mime troupes, fiddlers, and string quartets perform on outdoor stages; indoors are films, plays, and special art exhibits. Leisure Activities The Penn State campus and surrounding Nittany Valley offer facilities for camping, swimming, fishing, hiking, tennis, and golf. Within an hour's drive of State College are boating at Stone Valley, swimming at Whipple Dam State Park, fishing at Black Moshannon State Park, and hiking at Alan Seeger State Forest. History buffs will enjoy nearby Bellefonte, a town of fine nineteenth- century houses, and Curtin Village, a reconstruction of an iron foundry, master's mansion, and workers' cottages. Additional information about these and other local activities is included in the conference registration packet, or is available upon request. Time and Location This conference will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8 and will end at noon on Saturday, July 11. It will be held on Penn State's University Park Campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The campus is located in the center of Pennsylvania on Routes 26 and 322, south of Interstate 80. It is on the main east-west route of both the Greyhound and Fullington Trailways bus lines. USAir Express and United Express serve the University Park Airport, located five miles from campus; rental cars, limousines, and taxi service between the campus and the airport are available. You may qualify for special airfares by staying in town Saturday night. Accommodations You may arrange for housing in one of three ways: 1. You may stay in a University residence hall Wednesday through Friday nights or Tuesday through Saturday nights. If you stay Wednesday through Friday nights (three nights), the cost is $36 (double occupancy). Family members are welcome to stay in the residence hall for the same $36 cost. No charge is made for infants if the participant provides bedding. You may list a preferred roommate on the registration form; otherwise, roommates will be assigned. A limited number of single rooms are available at $51 (three nights). If you request a single but one is not available when your application arrives, you will be assigned a double room. If you stay Tuesday through Saturday nights (five nights), the cost is $64 (double occupancy) or $89 (single occupancy). The rules and procedures listed above also apply to those staying for five nights. Please note: We regret that we cannot offer daily rates for University housing. Fees remain the same for all or any part of the conference. To register for housing in a University residence hall, complete and return the attached registration form by June 22. Space may not be available after the June 22 deadline, so please register early. But do not send payment: you can pay for oncampus housing by check or with cash when you arrive. You may purchase meals at the residence hall cafeteria or at local restaurants both on and off campus. 2. You may stay at one of the following State College hotels/motels at special conference rates. To reserve a room, call the hotel/motel directly and identify yourself as a Rhetoric and Composition Conference participant. The rates below do not include the 6% sales tax. Where ranges are indicated, rates vary by date--the higher rates apply to "peak days" (usually Thursday-Saturday nights). Reserve early--a limited number of rooms has been set aside and conference rates may not be available after June 1. (Note: only the Nittany Lion Inn is within easy walking distance of conference sessions.) Nittany Lion Inn. North Atherton at Park Avenue. (800) 233-7505 or (814) 231-7500. Rates: single $65-95; double $70-130. Days Inn Penn State. 240 S. Pugh Street. (800) 258-3297 or (814) 238-8454. Rates: single $57-125; double $67-135. Holiday Inn Penn State. 1450 S. Atherton Street. (814) 238-3001. Rates: $55 per room per night for one to four persons. Hampton Inn. 1101 East College Ave. (814) 231-1590. Rates: $60 per room per night for one to four persons. Best Western State College. S. Atherton Street and Branch Road. (800) 635-1177 or (814) 237-8005. Rates: $75 per room per night for one to four persons. 3. You may arrange your own housing. A list of local hotels and motels will be sent along with your registration acknowledgment. Call early; the number of rooms is limited and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts brings many visitors. Rates for the festival weekend may be higher than usual. Fee and Registration The $100 fee ($75 for graduate students, lecturers, and retired faculty) covers registration, materials, and three social events. It may be paid by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, or request to bill employer (accompanied by a letter of authorization). We regret that we cannot offer daily rates for conference registration. Fees remain the same for all or any part of the conference. To register, complete the attached form and return it to Penn State by June 22. Those who register in advance will be notified of program changes. Registrations will be acknowledged by mail. Vehicles parked on campus must exhibit valid parking permits. To receive a parking permit, check the appropriate space on the registration form and add the amount shown to your fee payment. Refunds will be made for cancellations received by June 22. After that, the individual or organization will be held responsible for the fee. Anyone who is registered but cannot attend may send a substitute. University Policies Cancellation. The University may cancel or postpone any course or activity because of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a program is canceled or postponed, the University will refund registration fees but cannot be held responsible for other costs, charges, or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines or travel agencies. Smoking. Penn State has adopted a policy of no smoking in its buildings, offices, classrooms, and conference facilities (including Keller Conference Center). For More Information About program content Davida Charney 117 Burrowes Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 phone (814) 865-9703 secretary (814) 863-3066 FAX (814) 863-7285 E-mail to IRJ at PSUVM.PSU.EDU About registration and housing Chuck Herd 409 Keller Conference Center The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 phone (814) 863-3550 FAX (814) 865-3749 From: cfwol@conncoll.bitnet Subject: Arts and Technology Symposium Date: Fri, 15 May 92 15:26:29 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 15 (38) CALL FOR COMPOSITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS AND ARTWORK The Connecticut College Center for Arts and Technology, in conjunction with the departments of Music, Art, Art History, Dance, Theater, English, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics, Physical Education, Psychology and Linguistics is pleased to announce the fourth Symposium on The Arts and Technology, 4-6 March 1993. The Symposium will consist of paper sessions, panel discussions, an art exhibition, and concerts of music, mixed media works, video, dance, experimental theatre and interactive performance. Selected papers will be published as Proceedings, and will be available at the Symposium. Papers: A detailed two page abstract including audio-visual requirements should be sent to the address below no later than 15 September, 1992. Approved abstracts will be notified by 15 November 1992. Finished papers must be submitted in camera-ready form by 15 January, 1993. The Symposium encourages research presentations and demonstrations in all areas of the arts and technology but is particularly interested in receiving work concerned with Interactivity, Virtual Reality, Cognition in the Arts, Applications in Video and Film, Experimental Theater, The Compositional Process, Speculative Uses of Technology in Education and examples of scientific visualization. Other topics include but are not limited to acoustics, artificial intelligence, psyhco-acoustics, vision, and imaging. Artworks: Works of computer-generated or computer-aided art, or computer- controlled interactive art are encouraged. Animation or other works of computer art on tape will be shown throughout the Symposium. Slides or Video Tapes (VHS), and complete descriptions of works should be submitted no later than 15 September 1993. Accepted artists will be notified by November 15, 1993. Black-and-white photographs of accepted works should be sent by 15 January, 1993. Selected works will be published as an insert in the Proceedings. Funds available for the shipping of work are extremely limited. Call or write the address below for more information on the transport of artwork. Compostions: Works for instruments and tape or tape alone are being solicited at this time. Available instruments are: flute (doubling on piccolo), oboe, clarinet (doubling on bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion (two players), piano, and strings (2,1,1,1). Works should not exceed 15 minutes in length and should be submitted with accompanying score, where appropriate, before 15 September 1992. We are especially interested in receiving a number of interactive performance compositions and video works. Dance compositions are also encouraged, as are experimental theater works using "new technology." Tapes for selection purposes should be on cassette or 1/2 inch VHS. Tapes for performance should be 15 i.p.s. stereo or quadraphonic, or DAT. Video works should be 3/4 inch Umatic or 1/2 inch VHS. A self-addressed, preposted envelope should be provided for the return of materials within the U.S.A. Foreign materials will be returned at our expense. Send art and science related materials before 15 September 1992 to: David Smalley, Co-director Center for Arts and Technology Box 5637 Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320-4196 Internet: dasma@mvax.cc.conncoll.edu Bitnet: dasma@conncoll.bitnet Send music and AI related materials before 15 September 1992 to: Dr. Noel Zahler, Co-director Center for the Arts and Technology Connecticut College Box 5632 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320-4196 Internet: nbzah@mvax.cc.conncoll.edu Bitnet: nbzah@conncoll.bitnet From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0011 Rs: String Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 07:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 33 (39) Re string: I spoke with a programming professional who has been working with mainframes for many years. He suggested PL/I as the first mainframe language using "string functions" (which are now incorporated into COBOL 2, etc.) Where did PL/I get it from? This may a track to follow... Leslie Morgan MORGAN@LOYVAX From: Tom Maddox Subject: Re: 6.0009 Text Retrieval (2/78) Date: Wed, 13 May 92 23:27:50 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 34 (40) Concerning text retrieval: Gofer is inferior to On Location, at least in my opinion--I've used both. OL maintains indices of every text file on selected disks, updates them in the background, and finds hits on Boolean searches with amazing speed. It also has viewers for most word processing programs. Thanks, Tom Maddox From: "J.J.Higgins - Education" Subject: Re: 6.0012 Qs: E-List/Address; Frequency Prog; USSR; Microfilm Date: Thu, 14 May 92 11:21:53 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 35 (41) John Hughes asks about frequency list programs. Any concordancing program should be able to do this. Wordcruncher certainly can and so can the Longman Mini-Concordancer. There is also a freeware program called Word Count Extra which was distributed on the cover disk of the What Micro Journal in 1988 and again in 1990, I think. The authors were Strange Software, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0NE. They described it as "unsupported software" so I cannot be sure that they would answer enquiries. Wordcruncher can handle huge files, but the others are limited to about 30,000 words per pass. J.Higgins@UK.AC.Bristol From: colvert@epas.utoronto.ca (Gavin T. Colvert) Subject: RE: frequency lists Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 18:34:29 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 36 (42) John Hughes writes: [deleted quotation]... [deleted quotation] I believe you will find what you are looking for (and much more) in a shareware product called TACT, developed and distributed by the University of Toronto. This program builds textual databases and has a variety of text retrieval and concording abilities. TACT can generate word lists as part of a database search or separately, with a stand-alone frequency list generating utility. I have used TACT on files of 4+ megabytes with success. The TACT software is distributed free of charge and can be acquired via anonymous ftp from 'epas.utoronto.ca' (see the directory pub/cch/tact). Unfortunately, the manual for the software must be acquired directly from the University of Toronto (cost $30.00). In order to acquire the manual, write to: Centre for Computing in the Humanities Robarts Library, 14th Floor 130 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S 1A5 Phone: 416-978-4238 fax: 416-978-6519 internet: cch@epas.utoronto.ca Gavin T. Colvert ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Department of Philosophy internet: colvert@epas.utoronto.ca University of Toronto 0003323164@mcimail.com 215 Huron St., 9th floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1 Canada From: BFGV000 Subject: DIACRITICS FOR WP AND LASER Date: Sun, 17 May 92 15:44:49 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 37 (43) FROM: Mathieu Boisvet BFGV@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA DIACRITICS FOR WORDPERFECT 5.1 AND LASER PRINTER I am a new comer to your discussion group and might have missed previous discussion on the subject. Yet, I would like to ask if anyone of you has information on existing programs for printing Sanskrit diacritics on laser printers from Word Perfect. This information would be extremely useful for I am about to submit my PhD. dissertation on Theravaada Psychology (the five aggregates). The whole work has been entered on Word Perfect and I was able to work out certain methods for printing some of the diacritics, but since some of you might have a program taking care of the complete set, I thought it was worth to ask. Thank you, Mathieu Boisvert 125 rue Helene Otterburn Park, Quebec CANADA J3H 1R2 Phone: (514) 464-2019 E-Mail: BFGV@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA FAX: (514) 849-8383 From: Tom Maddox Subject: Q: French for MS/DOS Date: Wed, 13 May 92 23:27:50 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 38 (44) Another query, for a friend of mine. He is looking for a memory resident French-English dictionary for MSDOS. He does lots of translating (including French film dialogue to English sub-tites) and would find such a program extremely useful. Thanks, Tom Maddox From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" Subject: Re: 6.0009 Text Retrieval Date: Mon, 18 May 92 11:25:05 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 18 (45) On Wed, 13 May 1992 22:02:40 EDT Brian Whittaker said: [deleted quotation] Actually, SGML is not a program but a language (the Standard Generalized Markup Language), by means of which one can define markup languages. But that doesn't mean it's irrelevant to Brian Whittaker's discussion of information retrieval. In general, SGML-based markup languages are designed to exhibit the logical structure of texts (rather than the details of their presentation on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet, or an A4 sheet, or a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet, or ...), which means a search engine working on well marked up SGML documents can understand the structure of the text and in general beat the pants off search software limited to imagining the text as an unstructured stream of characters. Equally important is that SGML is not a proprietary language, but a language with a publicly accessible definition, which means SGML documents are much less likely than documents in other forms to be stranded in electronic islands: everyone is writing to the same file format. Brian Whittaker points out how useful it is to avoid proprietary formats, and the point should be taken very seriously indeed. SGML parsers exist for almost all the computing platforms I know of: for Macs, and IBM PCs running DOS, and IBM PCs running Windows, and Unix workstations with slick graphic interfaces, and Unix systems with glass teletype interfaces, and, yes, IBM mainframes. There is public domain code for an SGML parser available from the SGML Users Group, from which several application programs have been written, which are available on a number of servers around the world, including these: ftp.ifi.uio.no (128.240.88.1) in directory /SIGhyper/SGMLUG/distrib mailer.cc.fsu.edu (128.186.6.103) in directory /pub/sgml ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) in directory pub/text-processing/sgml (For information on using ftp, consult a local guru or the archives of this list.) Fully developed SGML browsing tools and search engines are somewhat less widely available and the ones I know of are all commercial products and not free. As time goes on, I believe more such programs will be released, and some at least will become cheap, and some may be released as public domain programs. And of course SGML forms the syntactic basis for the Text Encoding Initiative's Guidelines for Text Encoding and Interchange (second draft in progress even as I write, or as soon as I finish this note). The main reason for this is its ability to express all sorts of information about a text which other markup languages simply do not provide mechanisms to express. For really serious work with texts, SGML is the only serious contender for one's markup language. -C. M. Sperberg-McQueen ACH / ACL / ALLC Text Encoding Initiative University of Illinois at Chicago From: ebt-inc!sjd@uunet.UU.NET (Steve DeRose) Subject: International list subscriptions Date: Mon, 18 May 92 12:05:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 19 (46) A thought for Andrew Horn and other colleagues in locales hampered by huge e-mail phone bills, in response to his recent posting. What would it take for a site with free Internet access to collect e-lists of interest, and mail a floppy/tape/something across the water, to be re-posted there? I imagine a handful of 1.4M floppies per week could cover the most wanted lists, or perhaps 2 of the 'exabyte' cassette-sized wonders could criss-cross the water, carrying 2000 Mb each. Granted that a 1-week delay in postings is obnoxious, it may still be better than no postings, and far cheaper than any other method (perhaps about $1000 to $2000 per year in postage?). I and some other Humanists will shortly be attending a workshop on the design of a high-speed, wide-area networking environment which will affect these issues of information access. Do Humanists have especial areas of concern or issues that we should present or discuss at such a workshop? Steve DeRose From: "Jacqueline Brown" Subject: Educational Uses of Information Technology Date: Mon, 18 May 92 08:10:13 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 20 (47) EDUCOM's Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT) Program Join your peers at EUIT's Seventh Annual Snowmass Working Session, August 5-7, 1992 - an opportunity to exchange ideas, get involved in EUIT's active project working groups, and develop new ones. This year's theme is "Transforming Information Technologies into Educational Realities: You and I and EUIT." Program Highlights: Steve Ehrmann of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Carrie Regenstein of Cornell, will examine the potential of technology to transform and extend educational opportunities, and discuss how organizations can and are changing their structure and activities to exploit the benefits of information technology. Ehrmann's work with The Annenberg/CPB Project provides a broad perspective on innovative uses of technology; Regenstein's work at Cornell with regional faculty workshops gives her a practical perspective on implementation. James Noblitt (Modern Languages) and John Risley (Physics) will focus on applying technology to the logic of specific disciplines, and technology's role in catalyzing changes in teaching and learning in their fields. Risley has been instrumental in identifying quality physics software and making it available through experimental distribution programs; Noblitt has developed one of the most successful foreign language software packages, and has toured and consulted widely as an IBM consulting scholar. Professional development sessions will focus on publication, dissemination, and fundraising strategies. REGISTRATION FORM - EUIT's 7th Annual Snowmass Working Sessions: Please return this information with your payment to EDUCOM/EUIT, 1112 16th St. NW #600, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail to EUIT@EDUCOM (BITNET) or EUIT@EDUCOM.EDU (Internet); or fax to 202/872-4318. Visa, MasterCard, or American Express accepted. Name: Nickname for badge: Title: Institution: Address: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Is this your first EUIT Snowmass Working Session? yes___ no____ (If yes, please join us for the newcomer's breakfast on August 5.) Do you have a disability? If yes, please let us know how we may accommodate your needs. Registration fee: By July 15, 1992 - $175.00 After July 15, 1992 - $215.00 Conference payment - include check, P.O., or credit card type, number, expiration date, and signature. Hotel accommodations - conference rates at the Silvertree Hotel: Standard - $86 / Premiere - $94 (both rates are single or double occupancy). A limited number of condominiums are also available. For reservations, call 800-525-9402 and mention EDUCOM/EUIT to obtain the conference rate. The Silvertree Hotel has a complimentary shuttle from the Aspen airport. Discounted air fares - in cooperation with the Seminars on Academic Computing, discounted air fares to Denver and Aspen are available on United Airlines. Save 40% off unrestricted coach fares or 5% off lowest applicable fares. (Canadian travelers, please ask for special published Canadian fares.) Call 800-521-4041 and refer to 522KD. Discounts are also available on Hertz rental cars. From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" Subject: Strings in PL/I Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 09:57 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 39 (48) Leslie Morgan mentioned PL/I as the first high-level language in which strings appeared as a data type and wondered how they came to be part of PL/I. I can't say with accuracy, but I was around at the time and working as a programmer for IBM. I wrote programs in assembly language on the IBM7094 and 7040 and 7044 series computers. One of the main differences between the 7090/94 and the 7040/44 was that the latter had character processing as part of the architecture. The 7090/94 was a word-oriented machine intended mostly for mathematical problems, and the 7040/44s were attached at the front-end as input/output processors. (Here read 'word' to mean a computer word, which was primarily regarded as a signed or unsigned integer or a floating point number. A word on the 7090/94 was 36 bit which could under some circumstances be viewed as 6 6-bit characters. [The term ' byte' did not come on the scene until the development of the System 360, which combined the word and character oriented modes.]) The 7040/44s could address an individual character as well as a word without a lot of bit shifting, so they were better for text-oriented processing. The System/360 was designed to be a 'well-rounded' machine, hence the name, and PL/I was the high-level language designed for it. It was not only suited for math and text applications but also for systems programming, in much the same sense that C is the choice now. The history of PL/I itself is long and involved (and interesting), but that's enough for now. Mary Dee Harris (considering herself an 'old timer' today since I could answer this question from personal experience) From: STOLARZ@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 13:45 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 40 (49) In regard to the origin of the term "string" in computing: Jean Sammet in _Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals_ says that the first string manipulation language was COMIT, the details of whivh were first published in 1960. From what she says, it is uncertain that within the context of the language strings were called "strings". Certainly, by 1962, with the development of SNOBOL (the SN comes from StriNg), the term is documentable. Louis Smogor STOLARZ@DEPAUW.BITNET From: "NAME MICHEL (MGRIMAUD@LUCY.WELLESLEY.EDU) GRIMAUD" Subject: French-English MS-DOS dictionary Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 10:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 41 (50) French-English and English-French Dictionaries: The COLLINS On-Line dictionary from HarperCollins is the only one I know... It isn't bad but it isn't that good and it is not particularly easy to use from one's word processor. I'm afraid I would recommend waiting for a new version or for a better product. Michel Grimaud French Dept Wellesley College From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Steward Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 23:22:49 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 42 (51) I agree with Kevin Berland. I was utterly astonished at the definition of "steward" given by the person who originally posted the query. I teach at a college with a Methodist tradition going back to 1836. The word stewardship is used constantly by members of the college and the community which shares in its work (the United Church of Canada) to indicate that those who hold positions of responsibility do so "in trust," as it were. When they act, they act _on behalf_ of others and they can be called to render account at any moment. "Dominion" is simply not in it! I'll be watching further responses with interest. Germaine. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: Stephen Clausing Subject: e-texts needed Date: Mon, 18 May 92 10:48:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 43 (52) I put in a similar plea for e-texts before but let me try a different tack this time. I need large-scale e-texts from as many languages as possible without any regard to content, since this is a linguistic study, not literary. I have no funding and cannot afford to pay for any of the commercial sources. My plea is this: If you have e-texts that you are free to distribute, would you please send them to my e-mail address? Even English texts would be helpful, but only if they are over 200K in size, since otherwise I am already covered. Any contribution would be gratefully acknowledged in resulting publications, and I would not redistribute your text unless you specificaly gave me permission to do so. From: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 213-458-9811 Subject: Diacritics for Polish Date: Mon, 18 May 92 09:54 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 44 (53) Does anyone know how to get diacritics for Polish within WordPerfect (if possible)? Thank you. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett enq8bkg@mvs.oac.ucla.edu From: prof17@naiut.dnet.circe.fr Subject: WORKSHOP ON COMPOUND NOUNS Date: Thu, 21 May 92 09:44 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 23 (54) **************************************************************************** * WORKSHOP ON COMPOUND NOUNS * * Linguistic and Computational Approaches * * * * Friday the 26th of JUNE 1992 * * in Fontenay aux Roses FRANCE (1/2 hour from PARIS by Metro) * **************************************************************************** THEMES : 1 Linguistic study of Compound Nouns (CN) : Description - CN with a particular structure - Lexicography and CN - CN : morphology and morpho-syntax Variations - syntax : between frozen expressions and free structures - semantics : between metaphors and compositionality - semiotics : between description and naming - categorisation, taxonomy and cognitive relevance - CN ind sublanguages or in semantic domains 2 Processing CN Retrieval - electronic dictionaries for CN - lexical analysis for CN : spelling variations, inflected forms Parsing - CN and syntactic formalisms - CN and parsing tools Variations - NP analysis and CN transformations - contribution of CN study to NLP (translation, thesaurus design, automatic indexing, spelling checkers, NL interfaces ...) ORGANISATION The workshop will be composed of 14 talks of 1/2 hour (13 in French and 1 in English) and two Panels (one for each theme). FUTURE PROSPECTS One aim of this workshop is also to delimit the group of researchers working on CN. This workshop could lead to : - publishing a news letter - having a common mailing address - organising regular workshops - publishing a bibliography - editing an issue of a linguistic journal on this theme. and creating a more formal structure so that exchange of ideas and viewpoints is made easier. ***************************************************************************** * PROGRAMME * ***************************************************************************** LINGUISTIC APPROACHES : Les frontieres derivationnelles de la composition en francais D. Corbin (Univ Lille 3, France) Un panorama des etudes sur les noms composes a l'UQAM A. Dugas (UQAM, Quebec, Canada) La composition nominale G. Gross (Univ Paris 8, France) Le jeu du figement et de la creativite dans les suites N1 N2 (ex roman fleuve) M. Noailly (Univ Brest, France) Hyponymie et synapsies N1 a N2 P. Cadiot (Univ Paris 8, France) N1 a N2, stereotypes et prepositions J-Cl Anscombre (EHESS, Paris, France) Preposition et denomination complexe motivee B. Bosredon (Univ Paris 3, France) Panel : linguistic definitions for compound nouns COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES : Dictionnaires electroniques et mots composes D. Maurel (IRIN, Nantes, France) Structure logico-semantique des syntagmes nominaux I. Vidalenc-Sabourin, J-P Metzger (ERSICO, Univ Lyon 3, France) Representation et reconnaissance de termes pour une application d'indexation automatique de textes pleins G. Clemencin (ERLI, Charenton, France), M-G Monteil (DER-EDF,Clamart,France) Reconnaissance et detection syntaxique des noms composes dans un formalisme d'unification B. Habert (ELI, ENS Fontenay, France), C. Jacquemin (IRIN, Nantes, France) Systeme d'anlyse de noms composes en N de N J. Klein, L. Romary (CRIN, Nancy, France with C.A.S., Metz, France) Les noms composes dans EUROLANG A. Poncet-Montange (SITE, Maisons-Alfort, France) Structure terminologique des definitions de langues de specialite et noms composes B. Nkwenti-Azeh (CCL-UMIST, Manchester, Great Britain) Panel : Convergences and divergences in linguistic and computational study of compound nouns. ***************************************************************************** * LOCATION, DATE and PRICE * ***************************************************************************** Location : Ecole Normale Superieure de Fontenay St Cloud 31, rue Lombart F-92266 Fontenay FRANCE (5 kms South PARIS) Access : Metro Fontenay-aux-Roses (direction Robinson in Paris) Date : Friday the 26th of June from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. Registration Fees : 100 FF (about 20 US$) ***************************************************************************** * REGISTRATION * ***************************************************************************** Address : Christian JACQUEMIN Journee des Noms Composes IRIN / LIANA 3, rue du Marechal Joffre 44041 NANTES Cedex 01 FRANCE E-mail: JACMIN@NAIUT.DNET.CIRCE.FR Phone : (33) 40 30 60 52 Fax : (33) 40 30 60 53 From: cgs@mack.uit.no Subject: 8th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax Date: Thu, 21 May 92 09:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 24 (55) Second announcement PLEASE POST 8th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax ------------------------------------------- with a parasession on Comparative Germanic Phonology University of Tromso November 20-22, 1992 The 8th Workshop on Comparative Germanic Syntax, with a parasession on phonology, will be held at the University of Tromso, Norway, November 20-22. (This coincides with the arrival of the murkytide.) Invited speakers: Noam Chomsky Guglielmo Cinque Elisabet Engdahl Those who wish to present a paper (30 min. + discussion) are hereby invited to submit an abstract no longer than 2 pages before August 1, 1992. Preference will be given to presentations on parametric (and other) variation concerning / involving the Germanic languages. We expect to be able to meet travel expenses of the speakers. Abstracts should be sent anonymously in tenfold, accompanied by a camera-ready original with name and address of the author(s), to Tarald Taraldsen and Ove Lorentz ISL, University of Tromso N-9037 Tromso, Norway E-mail: Please send us a message if you want further information. From: Dominik Wujastyk Subject: SOAS ceases all publications and cancels Linguistics! Date: Thu, 21 May 92 12:28 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 25 (56) X-To: indology@uk.ac.liverpool On Monday this week the management committee of SOAS decided to close the SOAS Publications' department, and also the Department of Linguistics. Later the same day, all staff members connected with these departments were given notice that their contracts would terminate in September 1992. This means that the Bulletin of SOAS, a pillar of Indological publication, will disappear, along with all other book series etc. Discussions will be initiated with publishers like Blackwells and OUP to see if they want to take over BSOAS, China Forum, etc. But it is hard to see how any publishing company will be able to provide the specialized editorial functions which have until now been supported by SOAS. The loss of the complete Linguistics department is equally horrific. The background to this -- as far as I can gather -- is further cause for alarm. Apparently SOAS has always received an annual special funding supplement because the Department of Education recognised that Oriental and African languages are needed by the nation, but will never get the student numbers of other mainstream subjects. This enabled SOAS to have a higher staff:student ratio than other colleges of London University. This year, the University Funding Council (UFC) forgot to pay the special funding supplement, leaving SOAS with a financial shortfall of 650,000 pounds this year. But when the clerical error was discovered, the UFC refused to make good the amount, and furthermore decided that it would not reinstate the special funding in the future. SOAS's response to this is to save money on the most expensive part of their budget, namely staff salaries. I think INDOLOGY members will agree that the whole story is incredible for many reasons, but nevertheless it is true. It is hard to avoid the impression of farcical mismanagement by the UFC and a devastatingly inadequate response from SOAS itself. Perhaps there are mitigating facts that have not yet come to light, but if so, they are not known to the staff members at SOAS who have been sacked, nor to other staff members. Letters of protest should be addressed to Mr. Michael McWilliam, Director, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG England Dominik Wujastyk, Wellcome Institute From: Gregory Bloomquist Subject: Summer Biblical and Related Language Studies Date: Wed, 20 May 92 11:27:03 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 26 (57) Saint Paul University / l'Universite Saint-Paul (in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is considering a program to teach biblical and related languages during the summer. In order to do so, however, we wish to build on what is being done without competing with existing programs. Accordingly, we would ask for your help in identifying existing courses for the teaching of biblical and related languages during the summer. EXISTING PROGRAMS: The recent Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion listed the following courses in biblical languages to be offered during the summer of 1992: HEBREW (biblical) LEVEL PLACE DATES(92) CREDITS COST ? Jewish Theo. Sem May25-June25 ? ? NYC June30-July30 ? Princeton Theo. Sem. June 8-July31 6 1380 Princeton, NJ Basic Wesley Theo. Sem. June 22-July31 6 ? Washington, DC ----------------------------------------------------------------- GREEK (biblical): LEVEL PLACE DATES(92) CREDITS COST Basic Cen.Bapt.Theo.Sem. June 1-25 3 390 Kansas City ? Princeton Theo. Sem. June8-July31 6 1380 Princeton, NJ Basic Wesley Theo. Sem. June22-July31 6 ? Washington, DC Basic Providence College June22-July31 ? ? Providence, RI (No non-US institutions are represented in the Bulletin's list.) QUESTIONS: If you are able to do so, would you please respond briefly to any or all of the following questions to the best of your ability? (1) In addition to the schools listed above, what other schools offer biblical and related language courses during the summer? Are there any in Canada? (2) What language courses can or should be offered during the summer months? - biblical (e.g., Greek, Hebrew) - related, ancient (e.g., Latin, Aramaic, Coptic, Ugaritic) - modern, auxiliary languages (e.g., English, French, German) (3) What is the best method for teaching these languages in the summer (e.g., intensive, accelerated, inductive, etc.)? (4) Who are the students who would likely come to such a program? (5) What levels of languages should be taught (basic, advanced, BA level, MA level, PhD level, etc.)? (6) How many credits should one aim for (3 = 135 work hours incl. max. 45 class hours; 6 = 270 work hours, incl. max. 90 class hours; 9 = 405 work hours, incl. max. 135 class hours; or some other configuration)? (7) What would be the best part of the summer to offer such courses (May, June, July, August) and why? (8) What should the duration of the course be (three week, six week, etc.)? (9) What kind of tuition costs would students be willing to pay? (10) Would there be a problem in offering the courses in an institution that was not the student's home institution and having them accredited at the student's home institution? (11) Are there compelling reasons that can be suggested why one should offer such summer courses? Are there compeeling reasons why one should *not* offer such summer courses? Please send all responses to me personally, rather than to the list where you read this. If there is interest, I shall keep those individuals who contact me informed about the progress of my findings. Thanks very much for your time and for any and all help. Greetings. L. Gregory Bloomquist Saint Paul University / University of Ottawa BITNET: GBLOOMQ@UOTTAWA Internet: GBLOOMQ@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA S-Mail: 223 Main St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1C4 CANADA Voice: (613) 782-3027 / 236-1393 FAX: (613) 567-2959 / 782-3005 From: Tom Maddox Subject: Re: 6.0021 Rs: Strings; French-English; Steward (4/82) Date: Mon, 18 May 92 19:05:30 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 45 (58) Michel Grimaud allows that the Collins French-English Dictionary "isn't bad." How might I go about locating it? Thanks again, Tom Maddox From: "C. David Frankel" Subject: Bitnet or Internet Date: Tue, 19 May 92 00:25:33 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 46 (59) I'm working on getting my college networked to the outside world. Although I know some of the technical differences (and financial ones) between BITNET and Internet, I have yet to discover what one loses by not becoming a BITNET node. Other than interactive messaging, is there something that can be done on BITNET but not on Internet? I know this question is more computing than humanities, but in order to use computers in the humanities we have to get there first. | C. David Frankel_________Phone: 904-588-8395 Asst. Prof. of Theatre BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: Alfred Suhl Subject: Discussion Groups for Theology Date: Tue, 19 May 92 20:55:01 MES X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 47 (60) Ladies and Gentlemen| May I ask you a question? Next week I have to give a lect ure on Computers in Theology. I want to inform about discussion groups in Theol ogy. As I do not have to read all those news in the Humanist discussion group I had to send the command set mail off to the server. It would help me very much if anyone would be so kind as to send me the information I need to my address A NT01@DMSWWU1A. Thanks for your help. Alfred Suhl From: Subject: macintosh keyboard Date: Thu, 21 May 92 14:07:50 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 48 (61) Dear humanists, URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT Please does anybody know how it is possible on a MACINTOSH to switch from french to spanish, to german or another keyboard ? With my french operating system I only can switch from french to USA keyboard. With my german operating system I only can switch from german to usa. I would like to switch in the different keyboards from my french keyboard. Thank you very much for a quick and competent answer. The APPLE representatives are hopeless here. URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT Email : Dbphilos@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de Monique Jucquois-Delpierre Dept of Information Science, Phil.Inst. Heinrich-Heine-Uni. D}sseldorf Otto-Hahn-Str. 131 4000 D}sseldorf 13 Germany Fax : ++49/211/342229 Meilleures amities Monique Jucquois From: Brian Whittaker Subject: Re: 6.0018 Correction on SGML (1/63) Date: Wed, 20 May 92 00:46:19 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 49 (62) C. M. Sperberg-McQueen is of course right in correcting my erroneous description of SGML as a data base programme and retrieval language native to the IBM environment. Actually my error lay not in misunderstanding SGML, but rather in typing SGML when I meant SQL, Structured Query Language. I can take some consolation for my ineptitude in the knowledge that my confusion elicited a most useful explanation of SGML. (I suppose the alphabet soup of abbreviations is too non-lexical for me to claim a Freudian slip.) Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Whittaker BRIANW@VM2.YorkU.CA Atkinson College, York University (Please do not omit the W) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: (James Marchand) Subject: string Date: Mon, 18 May 92 20:49:09 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 50 (63) The term "string" for sequence of letters of the alphabet in computing definitely antedates PL/1; in fact it antedates programs. We used it that way, probably borrowing it from logic, at Michigan in 1952. The OED cites the first volume of the Journal of the Association of Computing Machinery (1954), 120/2: "A finite, possibly null, sequence of members of the alpha- bet is called a string." Hood Roberts used to run a journal in the early 60s called "The Finite String." It is a natural metaphor, cf. our "thread of discourse," German "der rote Faden," Icelandic thattr (for chapter, part of a plot), etc. Metaphors from weaving, etc. are common in all the Indo-European (and sometimes other) languages in connection with composing poems, etc., cf. English text, Latin integumentum, Russian pisat, (connect- ed with Gk. poikillein 'to embroider'), English book probably goes back to a root meaning 'to embroider' (cf. Old Saxon bokon), etc. etc. What all this means is that I do not think you are going to find an origin for "string", nor for "bug", in spite of all those romantic etymologies going around. Of the telling of anecdotes there is no end. Jim Marchand From: "C. David Frankel" Subject: Strings Date: Tue, 19 May 92 00:18:08 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 51 (64) Back near the start of this message string about the use of string as a computing term, someone tied the derivation to printing. Just for fun, here's a reference from the OED: 1891, _Century Dictionary_, " String. . . A piece-compositor's aggregate of the proofs of types set by him, pasted on a long strip of paper. The amount of work done is determined by the measurement of this string." Although I cannot offer documentation, it does not seem unlikely that the use of string to mean a group of characters insinuated itself with great ease into the language of computing; a long history exists of the metaphorical use of "string" as applied to many different kinds of aggregates. | C. David Frankel_________Phone: 904-588-8395 Asst. Prof. of Theatre BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: DACOLEMAN@FAIR1.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0013 Rs: Birthdays & Stewards Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 09:29 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 52 (65) Three Micro-meditations I'd like to add my birthday greetings to the host that I'm sure have reached Humanist. I'd also like to say that a steward is, beyond all else, one occupyin g a position of *trust*, whether one feels that the Deity can trust us or not. And it would be a das day indeed if Humanist were to restrict its compass to matters of computing, however such matters surely are. Don Coleman From: Michael Metzger Subject: WP diacritics Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 09:44 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 53 (66) In response to B. Kirshenblatt Gimblett's Q about Polish diacritics and similar concerns, Word Perfect's Character Set 1, contained in Appendix P of the 5.1 manual, offers some 233 diacritic characters that can be added to your keyboard and printed on a Laserjet, though not necessarily displayed on your screen, unless you get a WP Screen Font Editor. I think that CS 1 covers all or most of what's needed for Polish, at least it's given me what I"ve needed so far. Michael Metzger - Univ at Buffalo - MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU From: Dorothy Day Subject: RE: 6.0012 Qs: E-List/Address; Frequency Prog; USSR; Date: Mon, 18 May 92 15:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 54 (67) In reply to a question by John J Hughes: The built-in TextBase in Nota Bene produces such a list as a by-product when it indexes free-form text. While TextBase is designed to index "entries" for instant retrieval, these can be paragraphs (or any other unit you choose--in other words, you don't have to go to a lot of effort to prepare your text for indexing) of up to 1000 words, with no particular limit on size of file. Up to 100 files per subdirectory (up to 18 subdirectories) can be indexed in one TextBase. Output file size is similarly unlimited. "Vocabulary Output" can be produced for all words, for just a specified alphabetical range, or for words containing specified characters. Frequency figures can be turned on or off before output. Location and filename for the data may be speicified, or output directed to screen or printer. Running an index to get word frequency is extremely easy. A bit of history: TextBase is adapted from FYI 3000 (Superfile users will remember its earlier incarnation), and will soon (later this summer) be updated under the name Orbis. Orbis will still be integrated into Nota Bene 4.0, but will also be marketed as an add-on product for Signature (XyQuest), and possibly even for Word Perfect. While the current TextBase produces static indices of files, the new Orbis will be dynamically updated as you work, and thus better suited to files that undergo frequent changes. Nota Bene, TextBase, N.B. Orbis, N.B. Ibid (integrated add-on bibliographic database manager), and N.B Lingua (add-on for handling text in Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew scripts, plus hundreds of European and Asian special diacritics--all usable and searchable within Orbis and Ibid) are products of N.B. Infomatics (aka Dragonfly Software) 285 West Broadway Suite 600 New York NY 10013-2204 (212) 334-0445 fax 212-334-0845 Dorothy Day, Indiana University Bitnet: DAY@IUBACS Internet: day@ucs.indiana.edu From: mlbizer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Subject: Source of quotation Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 09:59:02 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 55 (68) Dear Humanist / Ficino participants, Could you please help me identify the source of the following dictum? It is: bene vixit, bene qui latuit. Many thanks. Sincerely, Marc Bizer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures I mlbizer@phoenix.princeton.edu 201 East Pyne I Marc Bizer Princeton University I 244 Nassau St. Apt.7 Princeton, NJ 08544 I Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 258-4500 I (609) 252-0779 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: HIGAB@EGFRCUVX Subject: Vocational Education Research Date: Thu, 21 May 92 13:50 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 56 (69) Dear Researchers, My research center is going to establish a new division for 'vocational education research'. I appreciate any hints about the way that division should be (e.g., goals, personnel, equipments, projects...etc.) Your comments would be greatly appreciated. Dr. Ahmed K. Higab The National Center for Educational Research Cairo, Egypt Bitnet: HIGAB@EGFRCUVX From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: abstract Date: Fri, 22 May 92 11:37:50 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 30 (70) The following abstract of my recent article ("Textual Criticism in the 21st Century" Romance Philology 45 (1991): 123-48) is intended for Bob Kraft, but I must have an old address, since I haven't been able to get through to him. I'm sure that he will receive this, however, and as an unintended side effect, it may prove useful to other HUMANISTS as well. Since the Middle Ages scholars have attempted to devise ways to study texts paradigmatically (i.e., all examples of a given element) through the use of concordances. The computer facilitated enormously the creation of concordan- ces while at the same time creating, initially only as a byproduct, a machine- readable texts. In turn these have been used for some years as the basis of printed critical editions; and special software has been developed to facilitate this process. Electronic texts can also form the basis for machine-readable critical editions. The most adequate mechanism for such critical editions is hypertext, or "non-sequential writing," which establishes links between related sections of a text, between a text and its sources, or between a text and the commentaries on it. Hypertext editions (= hypereditions) will require the use of the Standardized General Markup Language (SGML), as modified for literary and linguistic purposes by the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), in order to be usable on many different computer systems. While a hyperedition will contain many of the same materials as a printed critical edition, their realization will be quite different. Thus instead of an apparatus of variants, a hyperedition would link the critical text to the paleographical transcription of a given witness and, via that transcription, to a digitized facsimile of the witness. Along with the texts themselves, the hyperedition will also include software tools to manipulate and analyze the text. Creation and use of a hyperedition will require a sophisticated hypertext or hypermedia system as well as a set of utilities (e.g., image and text scanners, an image processing program, SGML parser/encoder, text analysis program, collation program, stemma generator). Existing hypertext systems (Apple Hypercard, OWL Guide, ToolBook) do not as yet have the capabilities needed for hypereditions such as those here posited. Nevertheless, the scholarly community should begin to make ready for the advent of true hypereditions by preparing machine-readable ASCII transcriptions of primary source materials in conformance with the forthcoming TEI guidelines. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Richard Giordano Subject: SQL Date: Fri, 22 May 92 12:27:36 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 57 (71) Just a point of clarification to Brian Whittaker's explanation of the Structured Query Language. SQL is *not* a database program, as Brian indicates and which I take to mean a database management system (DBMS), but a high-level application provided by the DBMS that allows users to access physical records stored on hardware. Brian Whittaker is correct when he says that SQL retrieves records, but it does far more than this. Not to put too fine a point on things, though we use the verb 'query' (which to many imply 'retrieve' only), query languages typically provide UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, JOIN and other database operations, as well. I wouldn't say that SQL is native to the IBM environment, though at one time this was true. SQL (which I think was first called SEQUEL) was defined at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose in the late 1970s (I think the first paper was published by Chamberlain in 1976, but I might be wrong), prototyped under the name System R, and then incorporated in a number of IBM products, includung DB2, SQL/DS and QMF. Today, the majority of database systems are relational. In fact, a significant number of those systems are not only relational, they are SQL systems specifically; that is, they support some dialect of the relational language. Thus, you'll find SQL dialects on a range of products, including INGRES and Oracle, operating on a variety of hardware, and under different operating systems. The American National Standards Database Committee has proposed a standard relational database language that is closely based on IBM SQL, so you should be able to find a standard SQL variant as part of any DBMS. Despite all this, there is some debate over the future of SQL, particularly as more applications are developed for truly distributed and object-oriented databases. I'm not sure if it matters to humanists what kind of query langauge is used. What is most importnt, in my view, is how text (or data) is marked up. In this regard, SGML (particularly the TEI recommendations) really should be the paramount concern of humanists, rather than this or that DBMS or query language. Rich Giordano Computer Science University of Manchester From: W Schipper Subject: Theology E-lists Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 19:46:30 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 58 (72) Here follow some lists dedicated to Theology and Religion. There are likely others. Bill Schipper, English, Memorial University schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca ------------------------------------------ THEOLOGY@UICVM.BITNET Mailing list dedicated to the intellectual discussion of religion. Intellectual is stressed as opposed to the "personal", the inspirational, or evangelistic. This does not mean one cannot evangelize, but rather that participants should persuade rather than brow-beat or attack those they disagree with. Arguments are inevitable, but they ultimately should resolve into mutual understanding or at least a truce. What are the fit subjects? - the Cosmos is the limit; some might be: World Religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism especially inter-religious dialogue. Apologetics - How should a religious perspective operate in relation to critical questioning? For example, can you prove God exists if evil also does? Conversion - By what means or methods should one faith seek to increase its members? Or is this out-of-bounds in a pluralistic society? Dogma - What are the basic tenets of a world religion? Are they coherent? Should they be? What do they derive from, revelation or something else? Ethics - Should religious beliefs and values seek to get involved in politics? Should an individual religious person seek to promote their morals apart from their own religious communities? Coordinator: Charley Earp (BitNet) ---------------------------------- TACPAAR TACPAAR@UKCC Discussion list for Theology and Continental ---------------------------------- 0411. PAGAN@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Pagan Religeon and Philosophy E-conference createdto discuss the religions, philosophy, etc., of Paganism. All requests to be added to or deleted from this e-conference, problems, questions, etc., should be sent to: PAGAN-REQUEST@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Coordinator: Stacey Greenstein (Internet) UTHER@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0412. PHILRELSOC@HAMPVMS Philosophy and Religon A Philosophy, Religion, and Society magazine for intense debate. So far, it has been an Analytic Philosophy debate forum, but philosophically informed articles dealing with society and religion are more than welcome. All requests to be added to or dropped from the e-conference, as well as all contributions, should be sent to PHILRELSOC%HAMPVMS.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Internet) PHILRELSOC@HAMPVMS. (Bitnet) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0413. RELIGCOM@UKCC A Discussion forum for Religious Communications Bitnet: LISTSERV@UKCC Internet: LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0414. RELIGION@HARVARDA Religions Discussion Group Bitnet: LISTSERV@HARVARDA Internet: LISTSERV@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0415. SHAKER@UKCC Shaker - A forum on the United Society of Believers E-conference for those interested in the history, culture, artifacts, and beliefs of the Shakers (The United Society of Believers). Discussions will cover a broad range of subject matter including, but not limited to: social analysis, history, shaker women's studies, antiques and furniture, and organization. Discussions of other utopian communities are also welcome. Bitnet: LISTSERV@UKCC Internet: LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don Fowler Subject: RE: 6.0029 Non-E-Qs: Quote Source; Vocational Ed Research (2/40) Date: Fri, 22 May 92 11:34 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 59 (73) Marc Bizer's quotation is a version of Ovid Tristia 3.4.25 "crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit", which is a free translation of the Epicurean Greek maxim "lathe biosas", "live unknown". Further testimonia can be found in H. Usener Epicurea (Stuttgart 1887) fr. 551 p. 327. Don Fowler From: Otmar.K.E.Foelsche@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0027 E-Qs: Dictionary; Lists and Nets; Keyboard (4/68) Date: 22 May 92 08:30:03 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 60 (74) Re: macintosh keyboard Your standard Macinstosh keyboard can be changed easily to many other languages by using the keyboard resources and, for systems below 6.08, Dartmouth's Alternate Keyboards, and, for systems 7.0 and up, by using the keyboard resources and the system extension"keyboard menu" With keyboard menu you can switch from a transliteratered Cyrillic keyboard to a German or any other keyboard by simply selecting from a menu on the upper right part of the menubar. Alternate Keyboards is available from Dartmouth. Contact Nancy.Davies@dartmouth.edu. Keyboard Menu is available through teh usual public domain sources. Keyboard resources are on the developer disks. Otmar Foelsche, Dartmouth College From: Harry Gaylord Subject: Veni Sancte Spiritus Date: Fri, 22 May 92 9:04:50 METDST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 61 (75) We have a slightly unusual request for humanist, though heaven knows it shouldn't be. Pentecost is coming soon. At our Cathedral which serves as the church for people from many lands and cultures, we are trying to show recognition of that fact at the Pentecost service. To do this we want to sing verses of Veni Sancte Spiritus in a number of different languages. We gathered up the old missals of people to write the new version, but found that most had pre Vatican II prose translations which didn't fit the music. Could people send us versions of the odd verses in German, Spanish, French, and Italian? It must be the version which is sung and not a paraphrase which can't be. We will be singing the even verses in Dutch. We will be including one verse in English and one in Latin. Of course, once this pentecostal version is assembled, we will submit it to humanist for literary and linguistic analysis. Anyone who wants will be able to sing it ad gloriam Dei. Alexandra Gaylord (gaylora@let.rug.nl) Harry Gaylord (galiard@let.rug.nl From: RANDALL N - ENGLISH Subject: Mythology lists? Date: Fri, 22 May 92 11:27:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 62 (76) Does anyone know of a good, active list/group that deals with mythology? Thanks Neil Randall University of Waterloo nrandall@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca From: Brian W. Ogilvie Subject: SUMMARY on Mac text retrieval/freeform database Date: Sat, 23 May 92 16:54:52 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 33 (77) Here is a summary of the information I received through various channels (including email, Usenet, and the HUMANIST mailing list) regarding freeform database and text retrieval software for the Mac. The product which received the most frequent mention was ThoughtPattern, from Bananafish Software (bananafish@applelink.apple.com), a Personal Information Manager (PIM) which allows freeform data entry and retrieval as well as more structured alternatives with index "tags." On Location and Gofer, text location utilities, both received a few mentions. On Location suffers from not being able to do complex Boolean searches, and Gofer is slow because it does not use index files. Neither, to my knowledge, supports synonyms. These look useful if you need to find a file where you mention a particular thing, but not for subject-based text retrieval. One respondent mentioned the PowerSearch (grep) feature of Nisus, the Mac word processor which grew out of the QUED/M text editor. Those interested in pursuing this route should examine the TidBITS review of Nisus, available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the file /info- mac/digest/tb/tidbits-nisus.etx (I think). Another respondent thought that FoxPro would meet my needs. If you have some structure to your data it may be worth a shot. I'm not sure that I can be that organized when I'm hunched over my PowerBook jotting down notes from dusty tomes and manuscripts. Also in the more traditional DBMS department is SQL*Oracle. The person who mentioned this thought that it was rather slow on the Mac, however. I received one message from Personal Language Software, the developer of a "natural-language" text retrieval application. Though too expensive for me, those with research funds or rich relatives might want to consider it. It includes many powerful features, including thesauruses for related terms and natural-language queries. At present it works only on text files, but the developer is working on popular word processor file formats. No one responded concerning Sonar, a text retrieval program from Virginia Systems. I received a demo version of Sonar from them and played around with it a bit; it looks like one could do very nice things with it. If you already have lots of text/word processor files with information you'd like to retrieve quickly, Sonar might be worth a look. Price may be a problem; the basic version costs $295 and the "Professional" version, which features faster retrieval among other improvements, is about $800. If anyone would like my impressions of the demo, drop me a note. I think that I'm going to try ThoughtPattern; it looks like the best option for what I want to do. Thanks to everyone who responded to my queries! If any Humanists would like a copy of excerpts from the responses I received, please drop me a note (b-ogilvie@uchicago.edu). The complete file, including the above remarks, is about 550 lines. I have also posted it to the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.apps. From: Council for International Exchange of Scholars Subject: Fulbright Awards for 1993-94 Date: Mon, 04 May 92 15:22:28 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 34 (78) ALERT: APPLICATION DEADLINES APPROACHING FOR FACULTY AND PROFESSIONALS 1993-94 RESEARCH AND LECTURING AWARDS: JUNE 15 OR AUGUST 1 SUMMARY: Fulbright awards for research and/or university lecturing abroad are availablr for periods ranging from three months to a full academic year. There are openings in over 135 countries and, in many regions, the opportunity exists for multicountry research. DESCRIPTION: Each year over 1000 faculty and professionals travel abroad to conduct research and lecture under the Fulbright scholar program. One of the prominent characteristics of the worldwide program is its diversity: in the type of participants, the activities they pursue, and the institutions and countries to which they are assigned. Approximately two-thirds of the grantees hold lecturing or combined lecturing/ research grants and the remainder conduct research. Over 50% receive Fulbright awards for six months or less. Grantees come from over 480 U.S. colleges and universities and from public and private agencies in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. All types of academics participate, from recent Ph.D's and junior faculty to professor emeriti; a number of independent scholars and non-academic professionals are also represented. ACTIVITIES: Fulbright grantees are involved in a variety of activities. They: teach undergraduate courses and conduct graduate seminars; engage in scholarly research and collaborate with colleagues; offer colloquia for fellow faculty & doctoral students; concult with government ministries, universities, and the private sector; guest-lecture at other universities and in other countries. DISCIPLINE REPRESENTATION: Opportunities exist in all disciplines and sub- fields. 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From: ruslan@cs.usm.MY (Ruslan Mitkov) Subject: Seminar on CL, Bulgaria Date: Sun, 24 May 92 11:47 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 35 (79) SEMINAR "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS" Tzigov Chark (Batak Lake), Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria 24 September - 29 September '92 Second Announcement ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The seminar "Contemporary topics in computational linguistics" will take place from 24th to 29th September 1992 in Tzigov Chark, Batak Lake, Bulgaria. It is intended (but not limited to) university students and will consist mainly of introductory courses. Considering the nature of most of the courses, undergraduate students are especially welcome. Furthermore a student session is envisaged within the tutorial, and students who would like to report on their research activities or final year projects will be given this opportunity (if volunteers are available, the student session programme will be compiled on site, each talk lasting approximately15 minutes). Those who would like to extend their stay in Bulgaria can join the Bulgarian National seminar on mathematical and computational linguistics which will take place from 27th September to 4th October '92 at the same place. The seminar is organized by Incoma-TD Co, Ltd, Shumen, Bulgaria. The preliminary programme of the tutorial will include the following courses (two or three more lectures will probably be added): P. Seuren (University of Nijmegen, Holland) - Language and logic; Introduction to the study of language M. Zock (LIMSI, Orsay, France) - The problem of language and thought; A crash course in linguistics D. Estival (ISSCO, Geneva, Switzerland) - Unification formalisms in NLP; Reversible grammars M. Kudlek (Hamburg University, Germany) - Formal grammars and languages J. Haller (University of Saarbruecken, Germany) - Introduction to Machine Translation; Student training in Machine Translation J.P. Descles (University of Paris Sorbonne, France) - Categorial and applicative grammars H. Horacek (University of Bielefeld, Germany) - Pragmatic issues in natural language generation H.Somers (UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom).- Corpus-based approaches to MT: challenging the ortodoxy Costs: The special participation fee at the seminar is 100 USA dollars for full-time students, 140 USA dollars for academic employees and 200 USA dollars for other participants. The fee includes attendance at the seminar, abstracts of the lectures, refreshments and a reception party as well as meals and accommodation in a 2-star hotel (two-bed rooms). Participants will be requested to pay in cash on site (any currency accepted). Seminar venue and Accommodation: The participants will be accommodated in Hotel "Orbita", Tzigov Chark. The courses will be given in the lecture hall of the hotel. Deadlines: The registration forms should arrive not later than 09.09.1992 at the address given below. On site registration is also possible. Further information: Participants who have sent their registration form, will receive supplementary materials incl. information on how to get to the conference place. For further information you can also contact until10.07.92: Ruslan Mitkov at ruslan@cs.usm.my after 10.07.92 Dominique Estival at estival@divsun.unige.ch or Nikolai Nikolov at Tel. (359-54)56948, Fax (359-54)56881. -------------------------------------------------------------- SEMINAR "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS" Registration Form Name University (Organization) Address Telephone, Fax, Email -------------------------------------------------------------- Please send this registration form to: Mr. N. Nikolov Incoma P.O. Box 20 9700 Shumen Bulgaria From: "Rachael Robins, MIS Coordinator" Subject: ACM Hypertext Conference Date: Tue, 26 May 92 16:12:45 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 36 (80) Below is the ACM call for papers for our Hypertext conferece. ECHT' 92 Fourth ACM conference on Hypertext November 30 / December 4, 1992 - Milano (Italy) Sponsored by: SIGLINK, SIGIR, SIGOIS In cooperation with: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, AICA, COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, GMD, INRIA, NEC, NTT, LINK-IT!, SIGCHI Scope ECHT'92 is the second in a series of European conferences on Hypertext and Hypermedia in alternation with the U.S. based Hypertext conferences coordinated and sponsored by ACM SIGLINK. ECHT'92 is a major event where researchers, developers and users can meet around the theme of Hypertext and Hypermedia. The broad applicability of Hypertext and Hypermedia as a primary technology in many domains and its efficiency as an information integrator has led to increased interest from industry as well as recognition from academia. By their very nature, Hypertext and Hypermedia are at the intersection of many fields, including computer science, cognitive science, education, and communication. They are also relevant for many application domains. ECHT'92 will be of interest to a broad spectrum of professionals ranging from theoreticians to system and application developers, from researchers to authors and end-users. The conference will include prominent guest speakers, presentations of refereed papers, panel sessions, technical briefing sessions, poster and video presentations, as well as demonstrations of experimental research prototypes and commercial products. The conference will also feature two days of introductory and advanced tutorials on a variety of topics. There will be opportunities for informal meetings of special interest groups. Topics You are invited to participate in ECHT'92 and to submit original papers, proposals for panels, tutorials, technical briefings, demonstrations, videos, and poster sessions. All submissions will be stringently reviewed to ensure the highesr levels of originality and merit. We encourage innovative submissions in any area concerned with Hypertext and Hypermedia research development and practice. A non exhaustive list of suggested topics includes: Hypertext and Hypermedia: Applications; Modelling and design; Development methodologies and tools; Responsive interfaces; Evaluation; Systems software technologies; Authoring Hypertext-Hypermedia in connection with: Database management systems; Object-oriented systems and languages; Operating systems; Knowledge-based systems; Information retrieval; Cooperative work; Computer-aided design; Software engineering; Electronic publishing; Technical documentation; Presentation, museum and kiosk systems; Fiction; Interactive learning and teaching For more information or to be added to ECHT'92 conference mailing list, please contact: Paolo Paolini- General Conference Chair Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 -20133 Milano (I) Phone:(39) 2-23993520; Fax: (39) 2-23993411 E-mail: paolini@ipmel1.polimi.it Polle Zellweger- U.S. Coordinator Xerox Parc - 3333 Coyote Hill Rd.-Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A. Phone: 415-812 4426; Fax: 415- 812 4241 E-mail: zellweger.parc@xerox.com Jocelyne & Marc Nanard -Program Committee Co-chairs Lirmm, Universite' Montpellier II, 860 Rue de St. Priest 34090 Montpellier,(F) Phone: (33)- 67148517; Fax: (33)- 67148500 E-mail: nanard@crim.fr Enza Caputo - Conference Secretariat Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 -20133 Milano (I) Phone: (39) 2-23993405; Fax: (39) 2-23993411 E-mail: caputo@ipmel.1POLIMI.IT Conference Committee Conference Chair: Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano (I) Honorary chair: Luigi Dadda, Politecnico di Milano (I) Program Committee Co-Chairs:Jocelyne & Marc Nanard, Univ. Montpellier II (F) U.S. Coordination: Polle Zellweger, Xerox Parc (U.S.A.) Proceeding Chair: Dario Lucarella, Cra-Enel (I) Publication Chair: Guido Bucciotti, De Agostini (I) Publicity Chair: Walter Vannini, Datamont and Link-IT! (I) Promotion/Press Chair: Gualtiero Rudella, Mondadori Informatica (I) Audio-Visual Chair: Marco Cecchet, Politecnico di Milano(I) Student Volunteers Chair: Luca Mainetti, Politecnico di Milano (I) Registration Chair: Filippo Crespi, Systems and Management (I) Industry Laison Chair: Roberto Polillo, University of Milano and Etnoteam (I) CEC Representative: Attilio Stajano, CEC (I) CEC Liason Chair: Jack Schiff, Siemens (D) Technical Program Committee Program Committee Co- chairs: Jocelyne & Marc Nanard, LIRMM - Univ. Montpellier II (F) Tutorials chair: Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano (I) Panels chair: Norbert Streitz, GMD-IPSI (D) Demostrations, posters, videos chair: Paul Kahn, IRIS Brown University and Dynamic Diagrams Inc. (U.S.A.) European Demostrations chair: Antoine Rizk, EUROCLID (F) Technical Briefings chair: Norman Meyrowitz, GO Corporation (U.S.A.) Robert Akscyn, Knowledge Systems ( U.S.A.) Patricia Baird, Scottish Daily Record (UK) Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems Inc. (U.S.A.) Peter Brown, University of Kent (UK) Stavros Christodoulakis, Multimedia Systems Institute (GR) Tat- Seng Chua, Ntl. University of Singapore (Singapore) Ralf Cordes, Telenorma Bosch Telecom (D) Richard Furuta, University of Maryland (U.S.A.) Nuno Guimaraes, INESC (P) Frank Halasz, Xerox Parc (U.S.A.) Yoshinori Hara, NEC (Japan) Connie Heitmeyer, Naval Research Lab (U.S.A.) Hiroshi Ishii, NTT (Japan) Bob Jansen, CSIRO (Australia) John Leggett, Texas A&M University (U.S.A.) Dario Lucarella, CRA-ENEL (I) John MacDermott, DEC (U.S.A.) John Mylopoulos, University Toronto (Can) Jakob Nielsen, Bellcore (U.S.A.)) Tim Oren, Apple (U.S.A.) Roberto Polillo, University of Milano and Etnoteam SpA (I) Colin Potts, MCC (U.S.A.) Daniel Schwabe, PUC (Brazil) David Stotts, University of Florida (U.S.A.) Frank Tompa, University of Waterloo (Can) Randall Trigg, Aarhus University (DK) AnneMarie Vercoustre, INRIA (F) Janet Walker, DEC (U.S.A.) Nicole Yankelovich, SUN (U.S.A.) Polle Zellweger, Xerox PARC (U.S.A.) Summary of Deadlines July 13rd, 1992: papers,technical briefings,tutorials,panels,demonstrations, videos, and posters. September 20th, 1992: acceptance notification for papers, panels, technical briefings, tutorials. September 30th, 1992: acceptance notification for demonstrations, videos, posters. October 15th, 1992: final copy of papers imperatively received. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines Deadline for submissions:July 13rd, 1992 (papers, technical briefings, tutorials, panels, demonstrations, videos, and posters) All submissions should be received by the Conference Secretariat: Enza Caputo, Politecnico di Milano. Dipartimento di Elettronica. Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (I) Phone: (39) 2-23993405; Fax: (39) 2-23993411; E- mail: caputo@ ipmel1 polimi.it Note: ACM will hold copyright on all material appearing in the proceedings Papers Technical papers relate original work or integrative review (theoretical, empirical, systems). We discourage simple presentations of projects or commercial products. We encourage emphasizing "experiences", "lessons learned" or "integrative reviews". Papers should provide a clear scientific message to the audience, place the presented work in context within the field, cite related works and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work. Submissions: Full papers (<6000 words) should be submitted in five paper copies. A separate cover page must contain the title of the paper, name(s), affiliation(s), and complete mailing address(es) (incl. phone, telefax, e-mail) of the author(s) together with an abstract (about 200 words) and 3-5 keywords. Please send an e-mail version of the abstract with title, name(s), address(es) a nd affiliation(s) to the conference secretariat as soon as possible. For more information, please contact: Jocelyne & Marc Nanard- Program Committee Co-chairs LIRMM, Universit Montpellier II 860 Rue de St. Priest,Montpellier France Phone: (33)- 67148517 or (33)- 67148523; Fax: (33)- 67148500; E-mail: nanard@crim.fr Tutorials Courses enhance the skills and broaden the perspective of their attendees. Courses should be designed to provide advanced technical training in an area, or to introduce a rigorous framework for learning a new area. Courses can be proposed for half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours) length. Courses that focus narrowly on a particular product or research agenda, are not appropriate. A non exhaustive list of appealing areas is: hypertext in education; hypertext for cultural applications; technical hyperdocumentation; hypertext system implementation; multimedia technology; evaluation and criticism; methodologies and approaches to hypertext authoring; interface design; film, video, and visual rhetorics; artificial reality. Courses will be selected on the basis of the instructors's qualification for teaching the proposed course and the contribution to the overall conference program. Submission: proposals should describe the content of the course and its format (1000-2000 words), should identify the target audience, the level of expertise required, and the length (1 or 2 half days). Qualification and profile of the instructor(s) should also be included. A separate page containing title, name(s), affiliation(s) and complete mailing address(es) (incl. phone, telefax, e-mail) of the instructor(s) must be provided. For more information, please contact: Franca Garzotto- Tutorials Chair Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 -20133 Milano, (I) Phone: (39) 2-23993520 -Fax: (39) 2-23993411; E-mail: garzotto@ipmel 1.polimi.it Panels Panels are meant to provide an interactive forum for involving both panelists and audience in lively discussions and exchanges of different points of view. Panels for ECHT T92 will not take the almost "traditional" format of symposia or mini paper sessions in disguise. Instead ECHTU92 panels will focus on lively discussions by panelists who bring different perspectives to an important and controversial topic. Panelists should not present lengthy position statements. Panels should be moderated by someone who is comfortable interviewing panel members, interrupting panelists at appropriate times, keeping the discussion on track and being able to weave together the thoughts of the panel members. The panel should address fundamental issues,questions and approaches which are of current interest focusing on specific topics rather than dealing with broad and general areas. Submissions: moderators are invited to provide a description of the proposed panel by submitting 3-5 pages listing the topic (e.g., by providing leading questions to be raised by the moderator), the specific format intended, the names and affiliations of the panelists with their specific backgrounds and their positions on the (hopefully controversial) issues of the panel. Panel statements will appear in the proceedings. A separate cover page must contain the title of the panel, names, affiliations and complete mailing addresses (incl. phone, telefax, e-mail) of the panelists. For more information please contact: Norbert Streitz - Panels Chair GMD- IPSI, Dolivostr.15, D-6100 Darmstadt, Germany Phone: (49) 6151-869919; Fax: (49) 6151-869966; E-mail: streitz@darmstadt.gmd.de Demonstrations, posters, and videos Demonstrations provide the attendees with the opportunity to experience hypertext systems and question the developers of the systems. Poster presentations give researchers the opportunity to present significant work in progress or late-breaking results and to discuss their work with those attendees most deeply interested in the topic. Videos are appropriate for illustrating concepts that are best captured visually. Submissions: demonstrations and posters should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (approx.1000 words), describing the content, the relevance for the conference and what is noteworthy about the presented work. Demonstrators are informed that they must provide their own hardware. Videos should be submitted in the form of a 5 to 10 minutes VHS, PAL or NTSC tape, with a 500 words abstract, describing the content, relevance and noteworthiness as above. A separate page must contain the title of the demo, poster or video, name(s), affiliation(s) and complete mailing address(es) (incl. phone, telefax, e-mail) of the author(s). For more information, please contact: Paul Kahn- Demonstrations, Posters and Videos Chair Iris- Brown University P.O. Box 1946, Providence RD 02912,USA Phone: 401-863 2402 ; Fax: 401- 863 1758 E-mail: pdk@iris.brown.edu Antoine Rizk- European Demostrations Chair Euroclid, Promopole 12 Av.des Pres 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux (F) Phone: 1- 30441456; Fax: 1- 30571863; E-mail: antoine.rizk@inria.fr Technical Briefings Technical briefings aim at providing a presentation medium for presenting details of a concrete design rather than an empirical or theoretical contribution. Presentations should emphasize experience in the design and implementation of hypertext systems or applications, and discuss decision points and trade-offs. Briefings are intended to deliver valuable technical messages to the audience. Briefings are encouraged to be accompanied by a live interaction with the system. Submissions: Proposals (approx. 1500 words) should be submitted in five paper copies and outline the points to be made in the briefing. A separate page must contain the title of the briefing. name(s), affiliation(s) and complete mailing address(es) (incl. phone, telefax, e-mail) of the author(s) For more information, please contact: Norman Meyrowitz- Technical Briefings Chair Go Corporation, 950 Tower Lane-Suite 140 Foster City CA 94404, USA Phone: 415-3459833; Fax: 415-3457400; E-mail: nkm@go.com Milan: beyond industry For many peoples Milan, the economic capital of Italy, is represented by its industriousness, its industries, and advanced services sector. It is usually considered a rather drab city with hardly an history that is totally concentrated on production. As a matter of fact, the origins of Milan are extremely ancient. The city first developed under the Romans who named it Mediolanum (which mean "the land in the middle") because its ideal geographical position made it an important hub for trade. The vestiges of this period can still be seen throughout the city center. During the Medioeval Era Milan was a free municipality. Later on it became a part of the seigniory of Visconti and Sforza dynasties, and subsequently fell under Spanish and Austrian rule. The city urban layout continued to systematically expand in successive concentric circles. Different customs, the arts, and culture flourished in each of these periods. The Cathedral, "il Duomo", for years considered the tallest building in Italy, was built between the 13th and 15th centuries. The "Navigli" - artificial waterways- which permitted trade as well as the transportation of large blocks of marble for the construction of the Cathedral were also built during that period. Many artists lived in Milan when the city was a part of the Sforza seigniory. Leonardo da Vinci sojourned in Milan various times between 1482 and 1513. Here he created masterpieces such as the frescoes in the hall of the Rafters in the Sforza Castle and the "Last Supper" fresco in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Convent. Although the period under Spanish rule (1535-1706) was marked by the plague and a decrease in population, the years under Austrian rule on the contrary, were characterized by flourishing cultural and economic activities. The La Scala Theatre, which the sovereign had called the "Most beautiful Theater in the world", was also created in this period. Designed by Piermarini and inaugurated in 1778, la Scala inmmediately became the point of encounter between high society and culture, and decreed the success of operas by Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. Therefore, Milan, a city where culture, art, reformist ideals and industriousness have always been indissolubly linked, is considered by many as the second capital of Italy. Today the connection between entrepreneurial activities and creativity has made Milan the capital of fashion, design, publishing, and advertising. Almost all of the most famous desi gners and advertising executives live and work in Milan. Milan is also host to the Modit and Milanovendemoda exhibitions, events that have established Italian ready-to-wear fashion in the world; the Furniture Show, a biennial exhibit of the best italian furniture production and design; and many other commercial and cultural events. Moreover most of the publishing houses and the headquarters of fashion and design magazines are located in Milan. However those persons who are not a part of the creative world can always find an interesting exhibit or trade fair to visit in Milan such as SMAU, one of the most important exhibitions of innovations in information technology, telecommunications, and office furniture. Having cast off the drab mantle of the industrial city, for some years now in Milan has been pointing towards the advanced services sector and the post-industrial era. The shopping opportunities are extremely vast, from the most sophisticated boutiques to skillfully made artisan objects, from shopping centers to specialized stores. Milan's excellent connections with the most important tourist spots in Italy should also be emphasized: one can reach the picturesque lakes area in about an hour or take a short trip to go skiing on the Alpes or swimming in the sea near Portofino. Venice, Florence, and Rome can be easily reached by fast trains: the "Pendolino", the new super fast commuter train, arrives in Rome in just three hours and 50 minutes. Surrounded by sea, mountains, and lakes the city of Milan in equilibrium between past, present and future, has much to offer to the visitor wanting to discover it. ---------------------------------------------------- ACM - Association for Computing Machinery 1515 Broadway New York, New York 100036 USA From: pim@let.ruu.nl (Pim van der Eyk) Subject: 6th European Chapter ACL Conf. Date: Sun, 24 May 92 11:45 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 37 (81) FIRST NOTIFICATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics 21-23 April 1993 Onderzoeksinstituut voor Taal en Spraak (OTS) Research Institute for Language and Speech University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Purpose: This conference is the sixth in a series of biennial conferences on computational linguistics sponsored by the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Previous conferences were held in Pisa (September 1983), Geneva (March 1985), Copenhagen (April 1987), Manchester (April 1989) and Berlin (April 1991). Although hosted by a regional chapter, these conferences are global in scope and participation. The European Chapter represents a major subset of the ACL. The conference is open to both members and nonmembers of the Association. Scope: Papers are invited on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to: morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, grammar formalisms, formal languages, software tools, knowledge representation, AI-methods in computational linguistics, analysis and generation of language, computational lexicography and lexicology, lexical databases, machine translation, computational aids to translation, speech analysis and synthesis, natural language interfaces, dialogue, computer-assisted language learning, corpus analysis and corpus-based language modelling, and information retrieval and message understanding. Special Sessions/Tutorials: The Programme Committee plans special sessions around the following themes: - logic and computational linguistics - data-oriented methods in computational linguistics This thematic orientation will be further developed in a tutorial programme to be held the day preceding the conference (20 April 1993). Details will be provided in the circular of October 1992. Submission: Authors should submit an extended abstract of their papers, or in case of hardcopy 6 copies, to the Programme Committee at the following address: EACL-93 Programme Committee OTS Trans 10 NL-3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: (+31) 30-392531 Fax: (+31) 30-333380 Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl The first page should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses (including e-mail), a specification of the topic area (one or two keywords, preferably from the list above), and an indication of whether the paper addresses one of the themes of the Special Sessions. The extended abstract should not exceed 5 pages A4. It should contain sufficient information to allow the referees and the Programme Committee to determine the scope of the work and its relation to relevant literature. Contributions should report on original research that has not been presented elsewhere. Electronic submission is preferred, using standard LaTeX or plain ASCII. In case of problems with this, contact the organizers at the above address. For future final versions, hardcopy or LaTeX files will be accepted. Schedule: The deadline for submission is 1 December 1992. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 1 February 1993. Camera-ready copies of the final papers must be postmarked before 5 March 1993, and received by 12 March 1993, along with a signed copyright release statement. Papers not received by the due date will not be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in time for distribution to everyone attending the conference. Programme Committee: The Programme Committee will be co-chaired by Louis des Tombe, Steven Krauwer and Michael Moortgat (OTS, Utrecht). Local Arrangements: Contact Nadine Buenen or Joke Dorrepaal at the above address. More information on local arrangements will be provided in the next circular. Other Activities: A programme of demonstrations and exhibits is planned. For information, contact the EACL address above. - - Pim van der Eijk | Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, Netherlands. Research Institute for Language and Speech | Email: vandereijk@let.ruu.nl Foundation for Language Technology. | Tel: *31-30-392369 From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" Subject: New editor and location for the ACH Newsletter Date: Sun, 24 May 92 13:25 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 38 (82) Dear HUMANIST readers, The Spring, 1992 issue of the ACH Newsletter is the last to be edited by Vicky Walsh, who has served as editor for 10 years. ACH would like to express its emphatic thanks to Vicky for her work over the years in building the Newsletter. In appreciation, Vicky has been made a life member of ACH. Starting with the Summer issue, the ACH Newsletter will move to the University of California at Santa Barbara under the editorship of Eric Dahlin. As many of you know, UCSB publishes the REACH Newsletter, which is distributed both in printed form and electronically, free of charge. REACH will continue, focussing more on news local to UCSB. The ACH Newsletter will continue to contain news and information of general interest to the humanities computing community, and as before, will be available through membership in ACH. The quarterly publication schedule will continue as well. We welcome any suggestions any of you may have concerning the content of the Newsletter. And above all, we urge you to send items for inclusion in the Newsletter, such as conference announcements, project reports, software announcements and descriptions, items of interest, even short articles. Electronic copy can be sent to Eric Dahlin at HCF1DAHL@UCSBUXA.BITNET. Nancy Ide President, ACH From: John Sandys-Wunsch Subject: E-Plato Date: Sat, 23 May 92 20:29:13 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 63 (83) I would like to ask help in locating an E-text of a translation of the earlier Platonic dialogues. I am composing a correspondence course and I would like to include large parts of the early dialogues which are hard to find in inexpensive editions for students. For the same reason I would prefer to have the E-texts in Jowett's translation or some other version that is out of copyright. I have already tried the sources found in the Humanist Listserv (Intelex; Oxford Text Archive) without success. John Sandys-Wunsch E-mail JWUNSCH@UVVM.UVIC.CA or snail mail 825 Alget Road, R.R. #1, MIll Bay B.C., V0R 2P0, Canada. From: raskin@j.cc.purdue.edu (Victor Raskin) Subject: Brief E-Dictionaries Date: Mon, 25 May 92 21:26:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 64 (84) I am posting it for a friend in Russia. She has a limited e-mail connection, so please direct your responses to me. I will summarize them for her and, if appropriate, for the list. This is just a query, not at all a commercial. This is her unedited message: "My firm produces electronic dictionaries - two of them, Engish-Russian and Russian-English general dictionaries, are in the process of development now, and one terminoligical dictionary (business and commerce, 6.700 entries) is already in sale. We intend to develope several series of terminological dictionaries of small volume - from 1000 to 5000 entries each. I'd like to know, are there any electronic terminological dictionaries into US software market? I saw in price-lists only thesauruses, synonim dictionaries and two (and more)-language general lexics dictionaries. May be Americans use modem-link with big terminological databases instead of standalone programes? I'll be very grateful to you for any information on US electronic terminological dictionaries and their sales prices." -- Victor Raskin raskin@j.cc.purdue.edu Professor of English and Linguistics (317) 494-3782 Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics 494-3780 fax Coordinator, Natural Language Processing Laboratory Purdue University W. Lafayette, IN 47907 U.S.A. From: vsf@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Child) Subject: Re: 6.0032 Qs: Veni Sancte Spiritus; Mythology Lists (2/32) Date: Sat, 23 May 92 2:17:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 65 (85) [deleted quotation] If you've got access to USENET, alt.mythology is an active and useful newsgroup. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bob Child, Instructional Lab Coordinator (Heav 227 & SC 30) | | Purdue University Computing Center / Department of English | | Internet: vsf@mace.cc.purdue.edu / BITNET: VSF@PURCCVM | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ From: South Asia Regional Studies Subject: 6.0030 Abstract: Textual Criticism in the 21st C. (1/40) Date: 22 May 92 21:55:02 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 66 (86) Charles Faulhaber can reach Bob Kraft at Internet: rkraft@pennsas.upenn.edu Sent by Richard J. Cohen, Internet: sasia@pennsas.upenn.edu From: Robin Smith Subject: quotation source Date: Fri, 22 May 92 16:16 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 67 (87) In response to Marc Bizer's request, the quotation in question is from Ovid, *Tristia* III.4a, l. 25 (in slightly different form). Lines 25-26 are: crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit, et intra fortunam debet quisque manere suam. But in the form Bizer cites (bene vixit bene qui latuit), the quote is more familiar to me as the motto Descartes adopted for himself. From: David Bantz Subject: Positions open in Academic & Public Computing Date: Thu, 28 May 1992 14:31:09 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 68 (88) Three positions at the University of Chicago are currently open in Academic & Public Computing - the campus-level organization providing computing services in support of research and instruction in all areas of the University. These three positions are currently posted internally at the U of C. Applications will be accepted from external applicants after 1 June. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the postions are filled. The three positions are (briefly): 1. Information Management Specialist: assist APC in developing plans and policies for campus-level support of academic computing, will carry out various information-gathering and writing tasks, and prepare finished proposals and presentations. The person will be actively involved in the process of applying information technology to support research and instruction in the university and will need to work with individuals from many parts of the institution. 2. Senior Systems Programmer - Network Services: provide technical leadership for the development of new campus-wide network services based on client server architectures. Responsibility for designing and implementing server software for indexing, document search and retrieval, and network communications, and for design and implementation of necessary enabling services such as network-based user authentication, authorization of access to network services, and resource accounting. 3. Visualization Specialist (Senior Programmer/Analyst): provide campus-level expertise and support for the application of computer-based visualization to research and instruction. The position will have primary operating responsibility for the Visualization Studio operated by Academic & Public Computing and the Physical Sciences Numerical Calculation Laboratory for use by the entire campus. Complete job posting text available by anonymous FTP from midway.uchicago.edu (subdirectory pub/jobs). Alternatively, e-mail me: David Bantz Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 USA 312-702-0822 (voice) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" Subject: NEW COMPUTER RELATED BULLETIN FOR HUMANITIES SCHOLARS Date: Thu, 28 May 92 00:32:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 69 (89) INTRODUCING __T H E C O M P U T E R - A S S I S T E D R E S E A R C H F O R U M__ ********************************************************************* A BULLETIN FOR ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING IN THE HUMANITIES ********************************************************************* The _Computer-Assisted Research Forum_ is a new "reader-friendly" (i.e., non-technical) tri-annual bulletin (published at McGill University) which presents articles, news, and reviews of software and resources for post-secondary educators, researchers, and students in the humanities. Both PC and Macintosh platforms are supported. To obtain a COMPLIMENTARY COPY of the first volume (due out in late summer 1992) simply complete the following "e-form" and return to the editors at bfw6@musicb.mcgill.ca. _____________________________________________________________________ YES. I would like a complimentary copy of the _Computer- Assisted Research Forum_. NAME: INSTITUTION: TITLE: STREET ADDRESS: E-MAIL ADDRESS: 1. TYPE OF COMPUTER USED (e.g., 386 PC, Mac Classic): 2. OPERATING SYSTEM/ENVIRONMENT USED (e.g., DOS, Windows, OS/2): 3. I HAVE BEEN COMPUTING FOR ___ YEARS. 4. I AM A REGISTERED USER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION SOFTWARE PACKAGES: 5. I READ THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER JOURNALS/MAGAZINES REGULARLY: 6. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER RELATED ITEMS... **** SEND TO: BFW6@MUSICB.McGill.CA **** _____________________________________________________________________ From: mlbizer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Subject: La corneille Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 12:42:51 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 70 (90) Chers Participants, Pour une etude sur Baif, je cherche des allusions a la fable de la corneille dans les traites et prefaces francais de l'epoque. Dans sa Deffence Du Bellay fait allusion a la metaphore en declarant que la langue francaise "a besoing des ornementz & (s'il faut ainsi parler) des plumes d'autruy." Cette occurrence constitue un rare exemple de l'emploi positif de l'image - mais je pense plutot aux humanistes qui tenteraient de decourager des imitateurs serviles en les traitant de corneilles. J'ai cherche chez Peletier du Mans, mais je n'ai rien trouve. Est-ce que quelqu'un a des idees? Cordialement, Marc Bizer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures I mlbizer@phoenix.princeton.edu 201 East Pyne I Marc Bizer Princeton University I 244 Nassau St. Apt.7 Princeton, NJ 08544 I Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 258-4500 I (609) 252-0779 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mlbizer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Subject: Mac fonts for unusual French Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 13:39:49 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 71 (91) Dear Humanist participants, I would like to faithfully quote a few passages from Jacques Peletier du Mans' Art Poetique written using a spelling system invented by the author. The problems in typing them on the Mac mainly involve the letter "e": in additional to the regular French accents, I need to be able to type an "e" with a slash through it, an "e" with a cedilla underneath, and an "e" with both a cedilla underneath and a comma directly above it. Can anyone suggest appropriate (and hopefully public-domain) screen and printer fonts which would do the job? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Marc Bizer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures I mlbizer@phoenix.princeton.edu 201 East Pyne I Marc Bizer Princeton University I 244 Nassau St. Apt.7 Princeton, NJ 08544 I Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 258-4500 I (609) 252-0779 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STRNGLNTZ@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: backissues of PMLA Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 16:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 72 (92) My supervisor has a set of back issues of PMLA, virtually complete for the years 1932-1990 (including bibliographies). He would like to donate these volumes to some institution or organization. Any interested parties should respond privately to me at IN%"strnglntz@acfcluster.nyu.edu" BITNET%"strnglntz@nyuacf" I apologize to all who receive multiple copies of this posting, as it is being cross-posted on several lists. Ruth Sternglantz New York University Department of English From: (Dennis Baron) Subject: comma-tose Date: Wed, 27 May 92 15:44:12 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 43 (93) As the sole linguist in our English department, I get to answer the language questions that come in from the outside. One Dr. J. Holler of Paris, IL, writes to ask "What, is the word, that means, the over- use, of commas?" On the off-chance he means something other than commatose, perhaps one of you could help me compose a reply. I've already considered virgulitis, which in its more virulent form, becomes virgulosis. I find nothing in Fowler (sv _stops_). Should I send Dr. Holler a bill? I'm sure he'd send me one if I asked him a medical question. I doubt very much that he has any language insurance, so I may have to consider this pro bono. I am, after all, a state employee. Dennis Baron debaron@uiuc.edu Dept. of English office: 217-244-0568 University of Illinois messages: 217-333-2392 608 S. Wright St fax: 217-333-4321 Urbana IL 61801 From: jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu (michael jensen) Subject: Short questionnaire (see explanation) Date: Wed, 27 May 92 22:18:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 44 (94) Michael Jensen of the University of Nebraska Press and of the AAUP, has asked me to post this survey to a few key discussion arenas. The idea of a pan-union catalog was surfaced at last year's annual AAUP meeting and discussed again (with enthusiasm and the will to do it) at the recent ARL/AAUP/AMS/NSF Symposium on electronic scholarly publishing on the academic networks. Your response will be helpful in proceeding with this vital project. Please reply to Michael directly. Thanks, Ann Okerson Association of Research Libraries ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Internetter-- The Association of American University Presses is considering putting up a centralized electronic resource--a full-text searchable catalog of titles with CIP and descriptive information included. It would be telnet-accessible, and would probably use a WAIS (Wide Area Informa- tion Server) engine for search and retrieval. This free online catalog could be included in university CWIS active-resource systems, or could be accessed by students, librarians, scholars, and citizens with telnet capabilities. The AAUP is composed of nearly every university press in the country, which represents a collective list in print of over 100,000 titles, each of whose descriptions would be searchable, making it a database of considerable significance. Most people I've talked with in the library, scholarly, and computer communities are very enthusiastic about the idea of having up to 100,000 titles and descriptive text (catalog copy, tables of content, introductions, abstracts...) available for electronic searching, especially since it would be free. But beauty is in the eye (or imagination) of the beholder; we need to know what your needs really are, and what your expectations would be. To do that, I'd like to ask a few questions, and request that you reply electronically to this query. By doing so, your actions will serve two main functions: first, to tell us what you'd want such a system to do, and second, to tell us the level of electronic interest there is in such a resource, at this point in the electronic web's development. The AAUP Online Catalog won't happen tomorrow, but it will happen. There's a lot of labor involved at the individual presses, however, so we need to be sure that it's worth it. The sooner we can have solid data about the needs of the community and the degree of interest, the sooner we can make it happen, and the better the resource will be. Please reply electronically to Michael Jensen, jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu. Please put "AAUP Online" in the description line. Or reply to the University of Nebraska Press, 327 NH, Box 880520, Lincoln, NE 68588-0520) The questions are designed to be numerically tabulatable, but feel free to include any comments you feel are necessary. --------------------- 1) What is the "critical mass"--the size at which an easy-to-use online pan-university press catalog (as described above) becomes interesting and useful? A) 5000 titles and descriptions B) 10,000 titles and descriptions C) 50,000 titles and descriptions D) 100,000 titles and descriptions 2) If your "critical mass" were available, how often might you check such a resource? A) whenever I researched anything B) twice a month C) once a month D) twice a year E) once a year 3) If you are familiar with the term WAIS (Wide Area Information Server), is your university likely (in a year) to be using WAIS in some capacity? A) Yes B) No 4) List the following in descending order of importance, in terms of text forms for data searching and information retrieval (first is most important, as in e, c, a.... etc.): a) text table of contents b) text introduction c) descriptive copy d) CIP data e) author/title f) publisher's name g) author bio h) price 6) What sort of telnet/internet-capable machines are you most likely to use? A) Mac direct connection B) Mac with modem C) DOS direction connection D) DOS with modem E) Windows direct connection F) Windows modem G) EMACS H) X-WINDOWS I) Gnu J) Other (please name) 7) What would you be using this resource for? (Check all that apply) A) Browsing/searching for something to find at my local library B) Browsing/searching to acquire for my local library C) Browsing/searching to acquire for my own personal library D) Browsing to see what's new E) Trying to find something I think might be out of print 8) If you are an information provider (librarian, information specialist, computing resource developer), would you want to make this sort of resource available to your users? A) Yes B) No 9) Please list in descending order of importance (most to least): a) easy keyword searching b) graphical attractiveness c) sheer numbers of titles (assuming searching was tolerably easy) d) wais client-server connectivity e) "copyability" of selected data into our own database f) easy printing of data ("hits," descriptions, CIP data, etc.) g) telephone ordering information h) online ordering system 10) Would you mind getting mail about these sorts of questions again? 11) Voluntary: please put your name, affiliation, and address below. Thanks for your time, that most valuable of resources. Michael Jensen Electronic Media Manager University of Nebraska Press From: "Shef Rogers" Subject: job openings Date: 29 May 1992 12:24:54 GMT+1200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 73 (95) JOB 1: Applications are invited for a Lectureship / Senior Lectureship in the field of Rhetoric / Composition, or a related field. Applicants should also have expertise in a second field relating to English language or literature in English, such as literary stylistics, the history of the language, or American literature. The successful applicant will be expected to teach at first-year level in an applied fashion, and also to contribute to courses in his or her speciality at advanced levels. Candidates should have a completed PhD and teaching experience, and in addition to their teaching duties will be expected to pursue, stimulate, and supervise research in their field(s) of expertise. The current salary range is NZ$37,440-$49,088 per annum with a bar at NZ$45,448 (Lecturers), and NZ$52,000-$67,080 p.a. with a bar at NZ$60,944 (Senior Lecturers). The position is available from 1 September 1992, and it is hoped that the successful applicant can assume duties as close as possible to that date. Applications quoting reference number A92/24 close with the Registrar, University of Otago, P. O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand on 30 June 1992. Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. JOB 2: Applications are invited for a linguist of broad general competence with a particular interest in one or more of the following fields: (a) sociolinguistics, (b) semantics, (c) pragmatics. The successful applicant will be expected to teach at first-year level in an applied fashion, and to contribute to courses in his or her speciality at advanced levels. Candidates should have a completed PhD and teaching experience, and in addition to their teaching duties will be expected to pursue, stimulate, and supervise research in their field(s) of expertise. The current salary range is NZ$37,440-$49,088 per annum with a bar at NZ$45,448 (Lecturers), and NZ$52,000-$67,080 p.a. with a bar at NZ$60,944 (Senior Lecturers). The position is available from 1 September 1992, and it is hoped that the successful applicant can assume duties as close as possible to that date. Further information and method of application are available from the Registrar, University of Otago, P. O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand (Fax (64) (3) (474-1607) with whom applications quoting reference number A92/23 close on 30 June 1992. Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. From: Subject: Job in Hebrew Language, Civilization, Literature Date: Sat, 30 May 92 23:58 +0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 74 (96) The Department of Comparative Literature at Penn State University (in central Pennsylvania) seeks a one-year replacement instructor to teach Hebrew language and civilization, possibly also literature (degree in literature is an advantage). This is a full-time but fixed-term (temporary) position for one year, starting August 1992. We will consider advance graduate students as well as faculty with Ph.D. Given the shortness of time we hope to make the appointment as soon as an appropriate candidate is identified. If interested, send a letter and C.V. to Caroline D. Eckhardt by FAX (814 865-36-41), or e-mail (E82@psuvm.psu.edu.), or else phone 814 863-0589. From: gary forsythe Subject: mathematics discussion group Date: Sat, 30 May 92 3:21:18 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 75 (97) A few months ago I received a letter from a friend in Central America who is a math teacher and who wanted to know if I had any materials of mathematical interest that I could send him. I used to be involved in physics but over the past several years have slowly gotten rid of this material due to considerations of space. I would like to know if anyone on the Humanist network knows of a discussion group that is concerned with mathematics and its teaching. Any suggestions for my friend may be of value to him. If you wish, you can send your replies directly to me. Gary Forsythe gfgf@midway.uchicago.edu From: "C. David Frankel" Subject: Network Building Date: Thu, 28 May 92 20:39:56 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 76 (98) I'm actively involved in pushing my college into the computer age. Part of that push involves building a campus lan, which everyone now agrees is necessary. One possible direction leads to AT&T Starlan/SmartHub hardware. Does anyone have any experience with this equipment, and if so, would you share it with me? Feel free to respond directly to me rather than the list; I'll be happy to post a summary of responses if there appears to be interest. Thanks. | C. David Frankel_________Phone: 904-588-8395 Asst. Prof. of Theatre___BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: "Joel Elliott (jeliot@unc)" Subject: Need Contact in Zambia Date: Sun, 31 May 92 12:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 77 (99) Fellow Humanists, Does anyone have a contact at the University of Zambia? I'm trying to establish a link with a friend doing fieldwork there. *Any* info on facilitating communication in and out of Zambia would be most appreciated. Joel Elliott jeliot@unc.bitnet UNC-Chapel Hill From: GAUTHIER@FRCICT81.BITNET Subject: maya Date: Sat, 30 May 92 15:39:44 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 78 (100) To: ln@FRMOP11.BITNET Would somebody know where I could get hold of the algorythm for the conversion of maya dates? Would somebody know the whereabouts of Professor Monroe Edmonson the maya specialist? Thanks for any clue. R. Gauthier Univ. Toulouse-le Mirail From: Marco Simionato Subject: recommeded bookshops in Muenchen, Germany Date: Mon, 01 Jun 92 09:31:23 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 79 (101) I'll be visiting Muenchen (Germany) next week and I would like to know the name of a couple - I didn't want to say "the best" - of bookstores specialized for German literature. I would also like to visit a bookstore selling Mac related books. Any pointers greatly appreciated. Please reply directly to me. From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Re: 6.0042 Qs: La Corneille; Mac Fonts; PMLA Available (3/68) Date: Fri, 29 May 1992 09:47:23 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 80 (102) Macintosh Quickdraw fonts (both screen and printer) are *very* easy to modify. The kind of font Marc Bizer needs can be created in about 10 minutes using ResEdit or (preferably) Fontastic. Check with your local Mac guru. -- Christopher Bader From: gxs11@po.CWRU.Edu (Gary Stonum) Subject: Re: 6.0043 Commatose (1/19) Date: Thu, 28 May 92 20:35:48 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 81 (103) Perhaps Dennis Baron might ask the inquisitive Dr. Holler to take two asterisks and, in the morning, address him in the vocative. Gary Stonum Case Western Reserve Univ. (not a linguist, but the one to whom a mean secretary used to forward the same kinds of inquiries From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.DBP.DE Subject: Re: Commatose Date: Fri, 29 May 92 07:24+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 82 (104) Surely -osis and -itis aren't appropriate endings, implying as they do inflammation and infection? What about commatorrhoea? Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0043 Commatose (1/19) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 13:02:41 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 83 (105) I'm not sure what your interlocutor wants, but in rhetoric the absence of conjunctions which implies their replacement by commas, is asyndeton. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Gavin Burnage Subject: Job with British National Corpus Date: Fri, 29 May 1992 09:35:54 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 48 (106) OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMPUTING SERVICES BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS Editorial Assistant - RS1A Applications are invited for this one-year post within OUCS to assist with the encoding, storage and distribution of the British National Corpus. This is a major DTI/SERC funded collaborative venture, the goal of which is the creation and distribution of a 100 million word on-line corpus of English text, for use in linguistics research. Incorporating both written and spoken material, the corpus breaks new ground in terms of its size, variety of sources, consistency of format, and availability to users. An Editorial Assistant is required to take responsibility for quality control of texts going into the Corpus. This will involve automatic validation of SGML markup, some proof-reading and some correction of texts. You should have significant experience of computer-based text manipulation systems, preferably in a Unix environment. You should be able to undertake repetitious and routine work without much supervision, and to a high level of accuracy. Knowledge of UNIX tools and some experience of SGML is desirable. An interest in linguistics, text processing, proof-reading or editorial skills would be a great advantage. The salary will be on grade RS1A in the salary range #12,129-#19,328. Further details and application forms may be obtained from Judith Thompson, OUCS, 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 6NN (tel: 0865-273230; e-mail JUDITH@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX) The closing date for applications is 24 June Interviews will be held during week beginning 13 July From: DELAHUNT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: e-compensation Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1992 09:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 49 (107) I was inspired today to put down some thoughts about e-publishing and remuneration. However, I am a relative e-neophyte and would appreciate responses from those of you who have already passed over this ground. E-PUBLISHING AND REMUNERATION: Recently, I saw a posted notice from a publisher of a scholarly journal in which she stated her willingness to provide e-texts from the journal. Her biggest concern was that the journal has no institutional support and must survive off of subscriptions and archive sales. No news here, this has to be one of the primary problems with e-publishing. This started me thinking - why would it be so difficult for me to purchase, via e-mail, chapters or articles from e-journals? The aforementioned publisher suggested that she could easily provide a table of contents and excerpts, but again, the question was, how to be compensated. Her question was whether or not providing this information would inspire subscriptions. My feeling is that, for most of my academic work, there is no way that I could afford to subscribe to all of the journals I have used for my research. What I do is what most students do, I hunt down pertinent articles in the library and xerox them. If I xerox a 15 page article at 10 cents per page, that's $1.50. I would be more than willing to pay almost 2 times that much for a soft e-copy of that same article. For most scholarly journals, that $3.00 would amount to almost half or a third of the cost of the entire issue. Let's imagine for a moment that the publisher begins to post an e-copy of the table of contents and excerpts from each new issue (as well as keep an archive of the same from past issues) and is able to supply e-copies of requested articles. It seems logical to me that the journal could realize a profit from this venture. What I would propose is a system of voucher purchasing which could take place at the researcher's university. The Academic Computing Facilities here at New York University could sell me a $20 dollar voucher and assign me an account number. The e-journal publisher would have to set up some kind of secure e- mail account to which I could send my request for a specific article. In my request, I would include my account number which they would use to collect payment from the account I have set up at my univeristy. At this point, I am stuck - it seems like e-transference of funds between universities might be problematic. I might suggest that the e-journal publisher come up with some sort of system whereby payments could be collected once every few months from the countless requests from various universities. However, if the part of the issue if to avoid the exchange of paper, maybe someone could work out a scheme for taking care of this electronically. I am undoubtedly ignorant of the countless technological snafus and opportunities for fraud in a setup like this. At any rate - this would clearly have to be a large scale academic collaboration. It would be geared towards scholarly journals published in connection with a university and all requests for articles, etc. would come from other scholars and academics connected with universities which would be able to support the voucher system. Undoubtedly, such a consortium would be possible given the current proliferation of the CWIS's (Campus-Wide Information Systems) which are providing highly sophisticated yet simple access to information for university communities, both on and off campus. I welcome all responses. ****************************************** R. Scott deLahunta Graduate Student Gallatin Division New York University Internet: in%"delahunt@acfcluster.nyu.edu" Bitnet: bitnet%"delahunt@nyuacf" ****************************************** From: mitchelr@ucs.orst.edu (mitchell richard sociology ) Subject: Computer-based psychology diagnostics? Date: Tue, 2 Jun 92 03:29:48 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 84 (108) A psychologist-colleague without E-mail access asks for sugges- tions. Her clinical specialization is with emotionally disturbed children. She inquires if any self-administered, computer-based diagnostic tests have been developed. Graphic projective techniques like the "draw a person" and "draw a house" seem like they might be amenable to computer usage. The idea is to locate (or if necessary develop) tests free from administrator bias. Any suggestions as to specific applications or relevant litera- ture will be much appreciated. Is anyone familiar with computer based therapy / problem solving software since ELIZA? Thanks. Richard G. Mitchell Oregon State University Department of Sociology Corvallis, OR 97331 (503) 737-5377 MITCHELR@UCS.ORST.EDU From: mlbizer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Marc L. Bizer) Subject: Latin source of Baif poem Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1992 11:11:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 85 (109) Dear Participants, Mathieu Auge-Chiquet, Jean-Antoine de Baif's only biographer, has pointed out that the following Latin poem by Baif has as its source an epigram in the Greek Anthology (Epig. Sat. 167 - in vol.4 of the Loeb edition): Omnibus es dives, mihi pauper. Sic probat usus Ipse rei, verus testis Apollophanes. Si quod habes, utare, tuum est. Sin tu bona servas Haeredi, alterius iam bona, non tua sunt. Although it is clear that this Latin poem imitates the Greek epigram cited by Auge-Chiquet, for some reason I remember a French poem (epigram?) by Marot which imitated an epigram by Martial. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a similar poem by Marot, and searches on Ibycus through all of Latin literature have revealed nothing. Does a possible Latin source come to mind to any of you? Why do I seem to remember a poem by Marot on a similar subject? Many thanks for past help in identifying the sources of Latin quotations. Please respond directly to mlbizer@phoenix.princeton.edu. Sincerely, Marc Bizer From: (James Marchand) Subject: Electronic Plato Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 17:47:27 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 86 (110) The Library of the Future, by World Library, Inc., has Plato on a CD-ROM. It is available for various prices. I would look in the index to Computer Shopper, under "CD-ROM Software." Jim Marchand From: (James Marchand) Subject: Plato Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 17:51:14 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 87 (111) If you are looking for Plato in the original Greek, it is available from the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae project, for rent, from the Packard Humanities Institute. This is a splendid work, containing most of Greek literature up to 600 A.D. Jim Marchand From: Editors of PMC Subject: PMC 2.3 available Date: Mon, 01 Jun 92 16:11:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 52 (112) The May, 1992 issue of PMC is now available; contents are listed below. If you'd like to subscribe, please send a request to PMC@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU (internet) or PMC@NCSUVM (Bitnet) with your first and last name. Subscription to the e-mail version of PMC is free (subscription is also available on disk and microfiche, for a fee). --John Unsworth POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE P RNCU REPO ODER E P O S T M O D E R N P TMOD RNCU U EP S ODER ULTU E C U L T U R E P RNCU UR OS ODER ULTURE P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER ULTU E an electronic journal P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER E of interdisciplinary POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE criticism ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 2, Number 3 (May, 1992) ISSN: 1053-1920 ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Masthead information on editorial board omitted] ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS AUTHOR & TITLE FN FT Masthead, Contents, Abstracts, CONTENTS 592 Instructions for retrieving files Russell A. Potter, "Edward Schizohands: POTTER 592 The Postmodern Gothic Body" Fred Pfeil, "Revolting Yet Conserved: Family PFEIL 592 %Noir% in _Blue Velvet_ and _Terminator 2_" Tessa Dora Addison and Audrey Extavasia, ADD-EXT 592 "Fucking (With Theory) for Money: Toward an Interrogation of Escort Prostitution" Rochelle Owens, "Drum and Whistle" and OWENS 592 "Black Stems," Two Poems from _LUCA: Discourse on Life & Death_ Donald F. Theall, "Beyond the Orality/Literacy THEALL 592 Dichotomy: James Joyce and the Pre-History of Cyberspace" Walter Kalaidjian, "Mainlining Postmodernism: KALAIDJI 592 Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and the Art of Intervention" Paul McCarthy, "Postmodern Pleasure and MCCARTHY 592 Perversity: Scientism and Sadism" POPULAR CULTURE COLUMN: Cathy Griggers, "Lesbian Bodies in the Age of POP-CULT 592 (Post)Mechanical Reproduction" REVIEWS: Terry Collins, "The Vietnam War, Reascendant REVIEW-1 592 Conservatism, White Victims," review of _The Vietnam War and American Culture_, ed. John Carlos and Rick Berg, and _Fourteen Landing Zones: Approaches to Vietnam War Literature_, ed. Philip K. Jason. Michael W. Foley, review of _Post-Modernism REVIEW-2 592 and the Social Sciences: Insights, Inroads, and Intrusions_, by Pauline Marie Rosenau. Ursula K. Heise, "Becoming Postmodern?" REVIEW-3 592 review of _Sequel to History: Postmodernism and the Crisis of Representational Time_, by Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth. Edward M. Jennings, "The Text is Dead; Long REVIEW-4 592 Live The Techst," review of _Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Literary Theory and Technology_, by George P. Landow. Matthew Mancini, review of _Thinking Across REVIEW-5 592 the American Grain: Ideology, Intellect, and the New Pragmatism_, by Giles Gunn. Meryl Altman and Keith Nightenhelser, review of REVIEW-6 592 _Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud_, by Thomas Laqueur. Mark Poster, review of _Michel Foucault_, by REVIEW-7 592 Didier Eribon. Linda Ray Pratt, "Speaking in Tongues: Dead REVIEW-8 592 Elvis and the Greil Quest," review of _Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession_, by Greil Marcus. Rei Terada, "The Pressures of Merely REVIEW-9 592 Sublimating," review of _American Sublime: The Genealogy of a Poetic Genre_, by Rob Wilson. Announcements and Advertizements NOTICES 592 ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Abstracts for essays, information on submission, copyright, etc. omitted] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Postal Address: Postmodern Culture Box 8105 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-8105 From: (James Marchand) Subject: commatose Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 17:43:41 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 53 (113) Back when I taught Freshman Comp from the good ole Harbrace Handbook, and learned to use awk and anac, we cause replacing conjunctions by commas "comma splice." I no longer own a Harbrace Handbook, but I do remember that there was a section simply called "Superfluous Use of Commas." Charles Faulhaber mentions asyndeton, may we could call the use of too many commas (commata) "polycommaton." Jim Marchand From: Philip Harriman Subject: Electronic Vernacular panel announcement Date: Thu, 04 Jun 92 08:43 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 54 (114) The Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities presents: ELECTRONIC VERNACULAR a panel discussion with John Perry Barlow -=*=- Philip Harriman -=*=- Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -=*=- Eric Raymond 7:30 pm, Monday, June 8, 1992 Free Admission 1210 4th St. (at Wilshire) Santa Monica, California Metered parking is available next door in Public Parking Structure 1 (310) 458-9811 ext 7085 for more information Computers and networks are more than fancy tools. Those who use them--not only computer professionals and hackers, but also ordinary users--are creating new ways of communicating, new languages and culture, as they work and play with email, sign on to electronic lists and bulletin boards, and meet on interactive chat programs. The panelists will explore the language and culture of the emerging network nations, voluntary electronic communities in which participants constantly reinvent language, each other, and themselves. John Perry Barlow is co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a writer, and a lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Philip Harriman is Manager of Program Information Systems at the Getty Center. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is President of the American Folklore Society (est 1888), Professor of Performance Studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and a Getty Center Scholar (1991-1992). Eric Raymond is a hacker and editor of The New Hacker's Dictionary. This panel is part of the series Shifting Boundaries/Constricted Spaces presented by the Center's Department of Visiting Scholars and Conferences. From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" Subject: Conference: ICEBOL6 Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 14:27:29 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 55 (115) Sixth International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing October 15-16, 1992 Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota Computer programming for all kinds of non-numeric applications will be the focus of presentations at the Sixth International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing: ICEBOL6. The Conference will be held on the campus of Dakota State University in rural Madison, South Dakota, on October 15 and 16 -- often the most pleasant time of year in South Dakota. Ralph Griswold, creator of the Icon programming language and SNOBOL4, will be a featured speaker at ICEBOL6. He will discuss visualizing program execution in Icon, and he will present a clinic on programming in Icon. The Banquet Speaker is Robert B. K. Dewar -- the creator of SPITBOL and Realia COBOL; he is currently working on a GNU/Ada compiler. Mark Olsen is the Keynote Speaker for the Conference. He is the author of many articles, reviews, and papers on computing and literary study. He is the Technical Review Editor of Computers and the Humanities and the Assistant Director of the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago. Among the Conference topics are parsing, conversion of text to hypertext, parallel algorithms for text processing, machine translation, natural-language query processing, artificial intelligence and backtracking, and analysis of the language of Victor Borge. Proposals for presentations at ICEBOL6 have been accepted from Australia, Bulgaria, England, Finland, France, India, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and throughout the United States. For registration forms and additional information about ICEBOL6, contract Eric Johnson, 114 Beadle Hall, Dakota State University, Madison, SD 57042 U.S.A., (605) 256-5270, ERIC@SDNET.BITNET. From: "George Fowler h(317)571-9471 o(812)855-2829" Subject: RE: 6.0049 E-Publishing and Remuneration (1/68) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 92 14:43 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 88 (116) Responding to R. Scott deLahunta's 6/2/92 posting about E-distribution of scholarly literature via a voucher system. It seems to me that the major problem with such a distribution system (and some similar system will surely be the norm within 20 years, displacing our current system of paper publication and distribution) involves system compatibility. I use a Mcintosh SE/30, Word 4.0, MacDraw II, and so forth. Will files from Linguistic Inquiry view right on my screen? What about my colleague who uses some kind of PC, I don't know what graphics support, with Nota Bene--can he view the same file? The problem cuts multiple ways. A publisher can't reasonably provide files in all imaginable formats, but until he can be reasonably sure of universal distribution, why would he commit to E-distribution instead of paper, which at least nearly everybody can read? And there are very good reasons for various different and non-compatible computer systems, and I for one am not willing to switch to the PC type, Windows or no Windows. The suggestion is reminiscent of the way ISI used to provide photocopies via Current Contents (and presumably still does). Current Contents, at the time I was using it (more than 15 years ago!) came out in various fields (physical sciences, biological sciences, medicine, I don't remember exactly), publishing the contents pages of current journals. Each article had an ordering number, and scholars were encouraged to mark up the issue, send it back, and receive in short order photocopies of the marked articles. ISI had a licensing arrangement with the various publishers, paying royalties per the number of copies provided. As I recall, it was quite pricey, but since the offprints were intended to be covered by grant funds, that probably wasn't a big issue to most customers. One could imagine an on-line E-Current Contents (maybe this exists today?), wherein one could search for keywords, author's name, and the like, and request via E-mail desired articles. E-Current Contents could index both paper and E-versions of papers, specifying further the available E-formats (e.g., Postscript file for direct printing, word processor and/or layout formats, ASCII for certain simple documents, graphics formats for diagrams and illustrations, and so forth), enabling the user to request material in the most appropriate format. It could of course also be used as an index to library materials at the user's home university for those who couldn't afford the page costs of ordering copies or E-versions. Other payment alternatives also suggest themselves. People with grant money already have local university account numbers that could be provided through a kind of E-purchase order. Others (most of us Humanities types) could establish university accounts with our own money. In fact, these accounts could run a deficit and be deducted from the next paycheck! Which could lead to some unpleasant surprises when we all get carried away the first month or two! :-) George Fowler GFowler@IUBACS.Bitnet Dept. of Slavic Languages GFowler@UCS.Indiana.EDU Indiana University (812) 855-2829 [office] Ballantine 502 (812) 855-2624 [dept.] Bloomington, IN 47405 USA (317) 571-9471 [home] From: CETH@zodiac.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: 6.0049 E-Publishing and Remuneration (1/68) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1992 16:17 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 89 (117) If I understand Scott deLahunta's proposal (to enable interested individuals to order articles from electronic journals online, rather than subscribing to the whole journal) correctly, a system of payment for electronic (or fax, or mail) delivery has already been devised. It has been possible to order articles from major database holders (e.g. DIALOG, RLG, and CARL Uncover) for some time now, simply by providing credit card information, electronically. I am sure the same could be done for journal articles provided in electronic format rather than by fax or regular mail. This excludes people who are not credit card holders, however. A voucher system as Scott deLahunta describes seems a good idea. Annelies Hoogcarspel Center for Electronic Texts phone: (908) 932-1384 in the Humanities fax: (908) 932-1386 169 College Avenue bitnet: ceth@zodiac New Brunswick, NJ 08903 internet: ceth@zodiac.rutgers.edu From: HORN_A@usp.ac.nz Subject: Arnold Toynbee 5:0823 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1992 14:17 +1200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 90 (118) As we circulate an edited hard copy of _Humanist_ each fortnight, the text makes a slow progress through our Department. Thus, one of my colleagues who is not on email has only just come across Phyllis Wright's query (vol. 5. no. 0823) about Arnold Toynbee. Perhaps someone has already contacted her directly about it, but no reply yet seems to have been posted through _Humanist_. Ms. Wright writes: [deleted quotation]Toynbee made the following statement: 'The >human race made a big mistake in moving to monotheism'. >Is there a Toynbee scholar out there who can offer some >help. Pio Manoa replies: I can't find a reference for these exact words, but the idea is definitely voiced in _The Toynbee-Ikeda Dialogue: Man Himself Must Choose_ (1976), at about p. 300. Andrew Horn The Department of Literature & Language The University of the South Pacific G.P.O. Box 1168 email: horn_a.usp.ac.nz Suva fax: (679) 305-053 FIJI office tel: (679) 212-565 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -- From: Martin Raish Subject: Maya calendric computations Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 11:37:21 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 91 (119) I have a nifty little software program that can convert Maya Long Count dates to modern dates in a flash. It is called THE MAYANIST'S COMPANION, and was written by Jason Yeager. His address is (was? my copy is several years old) 93356 36th Street, Lawton MI 49065. The program also has other fun/useful features, and for the few dates I tried it provided accurate conversions. -- Martin Martin Raish Main Library, Box 6012 State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton NY 13902-6012 From: "Malcolm Hayward, English, IUP, Indiana PA 15705" Subject: Query: E-Texts of Gulf War Materials Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1992 09:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 92 (120) For a project analyzing media and political responses to the Gulf War I am seeking e-text materials such as newspaper and magazine articles, speeches, etc. I can have these scanned/keyed in, but don't want to re-do this work if someone has done so and would be willing to share. Any suggestions? (I'll reciprocate with whatever we create here.) Responses can come to me at MHayward@iup.bitnet or MHayward@grove.iup.edu. Thanks. Malcolm Hayward From: VASCO@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK Subject: Re-launch of VASCO list Date: Wed, 3 Jun 92 12:22 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 93 (121) VASCO, the list for discussion of the Portuguese Discoveries, which was announced last year, has now been established on the United Kingdom's MAILBASE system.To subscribe to VASCO, send a message to mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase consisting of join history-vasco stop If you want to declare more than one first or last name, you must use hyphens, e.g. join history-vascorichard maxwell-davies join history-vasco Jose-Maria Fernandes-Alonso For further information on VASCO, contact history-vasco- request@uk.ac.mailbase. For information on the mailbase system and other mailbase lists, send the command send mailbase user-guide to mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase. Stephen Parkinson, Centre for the Study of the Portuguese Discoveries, Linacre College Oxford vasco@uk.ac.ox.vax From: Ben Salemans Subject: New list: NEDER-L for Dutch language and literature Date: Sun, 07 Jun 92 23:29:08 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 59 (122) NEDER-L --------- Elektronische distributielijst voor de neerlandistiek Distribution list for the Study of Dutch ('Nederlandse') Language and Literature INFORMATION ON NEDER-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL ------------------------------------- 0. Abstract in English: ----------------------- The study of the Dutch language and literature is called 'neerlandistiek', derived from the country name 'Ne(d)erland'; the scholars in the neerlandistiek are called 'neerlandici'. The list NEDER-L offers to neerlandici with connection to SURFnet (the Dutch national academic computer network) or world wide computer networks like EARN/Bitnet and Internet the facility to communicate quickly and efficiently about many subjects in the neerlandistiek. Because NEDER-L can be accessed internationally, this electronic forum will be used not only by neerlandici of the Dutch speaking countries Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands, but also by neerlandici out of the rest of the world. The main personal reason to start the list was to try to break the relative isolation of neerlandici outside of Belgium and the Netherlands. To subscribe to NEDER-L, send a mail message to: LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL with the text: SUB NEDER-L <(Title) First name/initials> e.g.: SUB NEDER-L Prof.dr. Jan.H. Jansen or: SUB NEDER-L Jan Jansen Once you have subscribed to the list, you may send e-mail to other subscribers of NEDER-L by addressing your e-mail to: NEDER-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL To unsubscribe, send to LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL a mail message with the text: SIGNOFF NEDER-L or with the text: UNSUB NEDER-L Ben Salemans, Editor of NEDER-L. Private address: Weezenhof 6514, NL-6536 BA Nijmegen, The Netherlands E-mail address: U216013@HNYKUN11.BITNET May 1992. 1. Computernetwerken voor snelle communicatie --------------------------------------------- Veel neerlandici werken met computers (MSDOS, Apple MacIntosh, VAX/VMS, VM/CMS, etc.). Maar ze weten vaak niet dat hun computers via lokale, nationale en internationale computernetwerken aan elkaar zijn gekoppeld. Door die netwerken kunnen ze razendsnel met elkaar communiceren: een elektronisch postbericht ('electronic mail' of 'e-mail' of 'e-post') of een computerbestand is binnen een paar minuten op de plaats van bestemming. Zo snel is Tante Pos - in computerjargon ook wel ironisch aangeduid als 'snail-mail', 'slakkepost' - natuurlijk niet. Geen wonder dat de computer dankzij de netwerken de laatste jaren is uitgegroeid tot een belangrijk communicatiemiddel. 2. Distributielijst NEDER-L --------------------------- Wie is aangesloten op (inter)nationale computernetwerken, kan zich onder meer abonneren op zogenaamde 'distributielijsten', waarvan er inmiddels duizenden bestaan. Een distributielijst is een centrale postbus in een computernetwerk. Op zo'n lijst staan de namen en computeradressen van mensen die elektronische berichten rondom een bepaald thema - bijvoorbeeld kunsthistorie of archeologie of neerlandistiek - willen verzenden en ontvangen. Elke abonnee kan een bericht naar de distributielijst sturen. Dit bericht wordt doorgesluisd naar alle overige abonnees op de lijst. Vanaf 1 juni 1992 bestaat er ook een distributielijst voor de neerlandistiek, NEDER-L geheten. Wat moet u zich daar als neerlandicus nu bij voorstellen? U kunt bijvoorbeeld met dringende vragen zitten als: 'wie is er in bezit van bepaalde Middelneder- landse teksten in computerformaat?'; 'is er een recente studie over het gebruik van het voornaamwoord "hullie"?'; etc. Ook zult u wel eens neerlandici willen attenderen op een interessant congres of symposium, een bundel voor een scheidend hoogleraar, een vacature voor een neerlandicus, etc. Vroeger zou u wellicht dit soort vragen en opmerkingen via een rondzendbrief of een tijdschrift bij de neerlandistiek-gemeente aankaarten. Een arbeidsintensieve werkwijze. En traag: vaak moet u maandenlang wachten op repliek. Voortaan kunt u die berichten ook naar de distributielijst NEDER-L sturen. De abonnees van NEDER-L ontvangen die berichten dan razendsnel. Hun eventuele reacties ('replies') op bepaalde berichten kunnen ze ook weer sturen naar NEDER-L, waardoor alle abonnees op NEDER-L die reacties onder ogen krijgen. Het moge duidelijk zijn dat de distributielijst NEDER-L staat of valt met de bijdragen van de abonnees. Immers, als er geen bijdragen of vragen naar NEDER-L worden gestuurd, valt er simpelweg niets te distribueren. De berichten die naar NEDER-L worden gestuurd, zouden direct kunnen worden doorgestuurd naar alle abonnees. Om de kwaliteit van de lijst enigszins te waarborgen, heb ik als 'editor/moderator' van de distributielijst ervoor gekozen de berichten voor distributie eerst licht-kritisch te beoordelen. Berichten van discriminerende aard, pure reclame-boodschappen, foutboodschappen van listserv-programmatuur, e.d. zullen niet naar NEDER-L-abonnees worden doorgestuurd. 3. Hoe kunt u zich abonneren op NEDER-L en er berichten naar sturen? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Iedereen met een computer die is aangesloten op de internationale computernetwerken EARN/Bitnet en Internet kan zich gratis abonneren op NEDER-L. Veel 'buitengaatse' neerlandici in de USA, Australie etc. hebben toegang tot die netwerken, zodat ook zij zich op NEDER-L kunnen abonneren. Hun relatieve isolement wordt hierdoor in belangrijke mate opgeheven! Voor mij was met name de doorbreking van dat isolement een van de belangrijkste redenen om te starten met NEDER-L. In Nederland zijn lokale netwerken van universiteiten, veel hogescholen en andere instellingen verbonden aan het nationale computernetwerk SURFnet. SURFnet is op zijn beurt weer gekoppeld aan de genoemde internationale netwerken. Medewerkers en studenten van Nederlandse universiteiten en hogescholen hebben hierdoor toegang tot die internationale netwerken en de distributielijsten daarop. Wie een abonnement ('subscription') op NEDER-L wil, moet een e-postbericht naar LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL sturen. De inhoud van het e-postbericht moet slechts de volgende regel bevatten: SUB NEDER-L Jan Jansen Uiteraard verandert u 'Jan Jansen' dan wel even in uw eigen naam. Wanneer uw abonnementsaanvraag is verwerkt, kunt u uw e-postberichten voor de NEDER-L-abonee naar het volgende computeradres sturen: NEDER-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL Ik zal er als editor van de lijst dan voor zorgen dat uw bericht zo vlug mogelijk wordt verspreid onder de NEDER-L-abonnees. Wie niet langer een gratis NEDER-L-abonnement op prijs stelt en geen berichten via NEDER-L meer wil ontvangen, kan dat abonnement gemakkelijk opzeggen. Een e-postbericht naar LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL met de volgende tekst is afdoende: UNSUB NEDER-L 4. Hulp bij e-mail, abonnementen op distributielijsten, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ Natuurlijk besef ik dat veel neerlandici nog nooit een e-postbericht hebben verzonden. Voor hen is het intekenen op de NEDER-L-lijst, zoals zoeven omschreven, wellicht problematisch. Geen nood, er is altijd wel een collega of een automatiseerder op uw instelling te vinden die u op pad kan helpen. Daarnaast wil ik neerlandici uit Nederland en Belgie wijzen op de gratis 'Gids door SURFnet'. Bij problemen op het gebied van computer- netwerken biedt deze Gids vaak uitkomst. Dit prettig leesbare, uiterst informatieve boekwerkje over het algemene gebruik van (inter)nationale van computernetwerken (niet alleen distributie- lijsten) is waarschijnlijk wel verkrijgbaar bij de automatiserings- afdeling of het computercentrum van de instelling waaraan u bent verbonden. Anders kunt u het bestellen bij SURFnet BV, postbus 19035, 3501 DA Utrecht (tel. 030-3102290). Mocht u er dan nog niet uitkomen, of heeft u andere vragen over NEDER-L, dan kunt u zich tot mij wenden. Ben Salemans, Editor van NEDER-L. Prive-adres: Weezenhof 6514, 6536 BA Nijmegen E-postadres: U216013@HNYKUN11.BITNET Mei 1992. From: Lynn Nelson Subject: New List: MEDIEV-L Date: Fri, 05 Jun 92 19:15:10 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 94 (123) For distribution if you deem it appropriate. Lynn MEDIEVAL HISTORY DISCUSSION LIST We are pleased to announce the establishment of MEDIEV-L@UKANVM an unmoderated discussion list for scholars and students of the Middle Ages, which, for our present purposes, comprise the period A.D 283 - 1500. Although announcements are in English, subscribers are encouraged to use the language in which they feel most comfortable. Subscribers are reminded that discussion lists are intended to facilitate discussion rather than provide services. The benefits that participants derive from a list depends entirely upon what they are willing to contribute. To subscribe: e-mail LISTSERV AT UKANVM with a blank subject line and the text: SUB MEDIEV-L YOURUSERID@YOURNODE Your Name e.g., SUB MEDIEV-L JOHND@ANYWHERE John Doe command TELL LISTSERV AT UKANVM SUB MEDIEV-L YOURUSERID@YOURNODE Your Name MEDIEV-L discussions are not archived, but UKANVM History Lists maintains an anonymous/guest FTP site named MALIN. To reach MALIN: FTP KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU Userid: ANONYMOUS Password YOURUSERID CD DUA9:[MALIN] DIR Updated catalogues named MALIN.CAT are periodically posted. MALIN invites the submission of materials that UKANVM History List subscribers consider appropriate for MALIN to maintain, and is happy, within the limits of its capacity, to serve as a repository for newsletters and similar materials. MALIN works cooperatively with FTP ra.msstate.edu. MEDIEV-L@UKANVM is affiliated with the international HISTORY network and cooperates actively with all other lists similarly affiliated. If you encounter any difficulties, contact: JGARDNER@UKANVM Jeff Gardner, or LHNELSON@UKANVM Lynn Nelson From: melancon@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Melancon Benoit) Subject: City and Literature (in French) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 92 8:34:33 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 95 (124) La revue ETUDES FRANCAISES des Presses de l'Universite de Montreal vient de faire paraitre un numero intitule "Ville, texte, pensee : le XIXe siecle, de Montreal a Paris" (vol. 27, no 3). Ce sont les premiers essais, les premieres paroles de la ville moderne, la, a Paris, chargee des inquietudes et des espoirs les plus fous de la modernite, ici, au Canada, lestee d'un sens plus secret, comme indecis, qu'evoquent les textes rassembles dans ce numero. Ces textes ont d'abord ete presentes au troisieme colloque du groupe de recherche "Montreal imaginaire" de l'Universite de Montreal le 15 mars 1991. ETUDES FRANCAISES, 27 : 3, hiver 1992, 127 p. VILLE, TEXTE, PENSEE : LE XIXe SIECLE, DE MONTREAL A PARIS Table des matieres : "Presentation" (Gilles Marcotte, Universite de Montreal) "Travail et melancolie" (sur Walter Benjamin, Baudelaire et Balzac) (Jean Larose, Universite de Montreal) "Un flaneur, rue Notre-Dame" (sur Hector Fabre) (Gilles Marcotte, Universite de Montreal) "Les villes de Tristan Corbiere" (Pierre Popovic, Universite de Montreal) "Nelligan : la fete urbaine" (Michel Biron, Universite de Liege et Universite d'Ottawa) "Indiscretions montrealaises : Maria Monk, Charlotte Fuhrer" (Ronald Sutherland, Universite de Sherbrooke) "Sur une idee de Leon Gerin ou de la litterature comme frivolite" (Francois Ricard, Universite McGill) "L'impossible projet parisien de Walter Benjamin. Une relecture des exposes des _Passages_" (Georges Leroux, Universite du Quebec a Montreal) CNRONIQUES "La fonction parodique des _Cent Nouvelles nouvelles_ de Philippe de Vigneulles" (Marie-Therese Noiset, University of North Carolina at Charlotte) "Du bon usage des colloques" (Robert Melancon, Universite de Montreal) Ce numero d'ETUDES FRANCAISES coute 9,50$ CDN et peut etre commande aupres de : PERIODICA C.P. 444 Outremont (Quebec) Canada H2V 4R6 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||| Au meme moment, la revue PARAGRAPHES du Departement d'etudes francaises de l'Universite de Montreal lance son numero 7 : VILLE ET LITTERATURE : BIBLIOGRAPHIE COMMENTEE. Preparee par Yves Jubinville et Fabien Menard du groupe de recherche Montreal imagnaire, cette bibliographie de 136 p. est divisee en deux parties (<> et <>) et comporte trois index (auteurs recenses, ecrivains de la ville, themes). Plus de 275 livres, articles et brochures, en anglais et en francais, y sont commentes. Ce numero de PARAGRAPHES coute 8,00 $ CDN et peut etre commande aupres de : Madame Lucie Rondeau Departement d'etudes francaises Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, succursale A Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3C 3J7 (Reglements bancaires a l'ordre de PARAGRAPHES) From: DELAHUNT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Rs: E-PUBLISHING AND REMUNERATION Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1992 07:38 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 96 (125) Many thanks to George Fowler and Annelies Hoogcarspel for their responses, outlining both problems and possibilities, to my posting on E-PUBLISHING AND REMUNERATION. Coincidently, the day after I posted the piece, *The Chronicle of Higher Education* the June 3, 1992 issue arrived with a feature article entitled "Major Scholarly Publisher to Test Electronic Transmission of Journals." It's an interesting article in which the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers, details its intention to transmit "pictures" of pages which will be able to incorporate graphics - of prime necessity for a scientific journal. However, the stumbling block here is that one cannot treat the information as text, e.g. making it impossible to search on keywords. Anyway, there is other interesting information in the article on this issue. ****************************************** R. Scott deLahunta Graduate Student Gallatin Division New York University Internet: in%"delahunt@acfcluster.nyu.edu" Bitnet: bitnet%"delahunt@nyuacf" ****************************************** From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Re: 6.0056 Rs: E-Publishing and Remuneration (2/79) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 92 13:55:12 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 97 (126) Some of this discussion overlaps what Ted Nelson and Autodesk/Autocad have been proposing for several years, an e-text "bartering" system (my term from the 1990 MLA panel/audience discussion). If MIME or some future, ISDN-compatible INTERNET incarnation allows for a near-universal data interchange, the system which Annelies Hoogcarspel describes and which many of us currently use will be outmoded. We will have nearly instantaneous transmission of textual, audio, video and graphics information, all for some sort of fee, we can be fairly sure! We're seeing precursors of the building blocks and infrastructure for this instant information ("instinformation"?) in WAIS, MIME, TEI, UNICODE and other sometimes cryptic names and acronyms. Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College/Univ. System of NH; Inst. for Academic Technology/UNC-Chapel Hill; Assistant Editor, _Computers and the Humanities_ Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: Irena Sumi Subject: A request Date: Sat, 6 Jun 92 18:37+0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 62 (127) This may not be in direct connection to the themes currently discussed on the list, but does perhaps any of the listers deal with the history of the "discovery" of the Americas? I would be much obliged for a bibliography of earliest "discovery" reports (natural history, geography, maps...); or else, could anyone direct me somewhere? Thanks in advance, Irena Sumi Institute of ethnic studies Ljubljana - Slovenia From: Louis des Tombe Subject: Call for Papers (European ACL) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 16:57:47 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 63 (128) FIRST NOTIFICATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics 21-23 April 1993 Onderzoeksinstituut voor Taal en Spraak (OTS) Research Institute for Language and Speech University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Purpose: This conference is the sixth in a series of biennial conferences on computational linguistics sponsored by the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Previous conferences were held in Pisa (September 1983), Geneva (March 1985), Copenhagen (April 1987), Manchester (April 1989) and Berlin (April 1991). Although hosted by a regional chapter, these conferences are global in scope and participation. The European Chapter represents a major subset of the ACL. The conference is open to both members and nonmembers of the Association. Scope: Papers are invited on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to: morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, grammar formalisms, formal languages, software tools, knowledge representation, AI-methods in computational linguistics, analysis and generation of language, computational lexicography and lexicology, lexical databases, machine translation, computational aids to translation, speech analysis and synthesis, natural language interfaces, dialogue, computer-assisted language learning, corpus analysis and corpus-based language modelling, and information retrieval and message understanding. Special Sessions/Tutorials: The Programme Committee plans special sessions around the following themes: - logic and computational linguistics - data-oriented methods in computational linguistics This thematic orientation will be further developed in a tutorial programme to be held the day preceding the conference (20 April 1993). Details will be provided in the circular of October 1992. Submission: Authors should submit an extended abstract of their papers, or in case of hardcopy 6 copies, to the Programme Committee at the following address: EACL-93 Programme Committee OTS Trans 10 NL-3512 JK Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: (+31) 30-392531 Fax: (+31) 30-333380 Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl The first page should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses (including e-mail), a specification of the topic area (one or two keywords, preferably from the list above), and an indication of whether the paper addresses one of the themes of the Special Sessions. The extended abstract should not exceed 5 pages A4. It should contain sufficient information to allow the referees and the Programme Committee to determine the scope of the work and its relation to relevant literature. Contributions should report on original research that has not been presented elsewhere. Electronic submission is preferred, using standard LaTeX or plain ASCII. In case of problems with this, contact the organizers at the above address. For future final versions, hardcopy or LaTeX files will be accepted. Schedule: The deadline for submission is 1 December 1992. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 1 February 1993. Camera-ready copies of the final papers must be postmarked before 5 March 1993, and received by 12 March 1993, along with a signed copyright release statement. Papers not received by the due date will not be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in time for distribution to everyone attending the conference. Programme Committee: The Programme Committee will be co-chaired by Louis des Tombe, Steven Krauwer and Michael Moortgat (OTS, Utrecht). Local Arrangements: Contact Nadine Buenen or Joke Dorrepaal at the above address. More information on local arrangements will be provided in the next circular. Other Activities: A programme of demonstrations and exhibits is planned. For information, contact the EACL address above. %%% overflow headers %%% To: aimag@sumex-aim.stanford.edu, arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu, bobrow@xerox.com, colinb@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl, comp-ai@ucbvax.berkeley.edu, comp-phon@cogsci.ed.ac.uk, fj-ai@etl.go.jp, g.dixon@manchester.ac.uk, humanist@brownvm.brown.edu, ian@epas.utoronto.ca, ikbsbb@inf.rl.ac.uk, imd7vaw@uclamvs.bitnet, ir-l@uccmvsa.bitnet, jqrqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu, judithd@cogs.sussex.ac.uk, linguist%linguist@tamvm1.tamu.edu, llsfonet@cms.am.rdg.ac.uk, ln@frmop11.bitnet, masrani@arcsun.arc.ab.ca, mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de, nesca@frlim51.bitnet, nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu, nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net, otten@swi.psy.uva.nl, ringle@reed.edu, sergei@nl.cs.cmu.edu, sigart@vaxa.isi.edu, steve5@cluster.mx.ac.uk, stuart@vax.ox.ac.uk, weischedel@bbn.com, wielinga@swi.psy.uva.nl %%% end overflow headers %%% From: bonnie@umiacs.UMD.EDU (Bonnie Dorr) Subject: Survey of Computational Linguistics Courses Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 14:27:27 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 64 (129) SURVEY OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS COURSES URGENT NEED FOR INFORMATION As a follow-on to the Directory of Computational Linguistics Courses recently compiled by Martha Evens, the Association for Computational Linguistics will publish a new edition of the Survey of Computational Linguistics Courses. (See Computational Linguistics, volume 12 (1986) for the previous version compiled by Robin Cohen.) We are eager to include two types of courses: those that teach computational linguistics as the sole topic and those that teach computational linguistics as one of many topics. The survey will allow us to share with colleagues ideas on how to teach computational linguistics. It will also provide an idea of how the field of computational linguistics is being portrayed to potential new researchers. Our listing will include the name and address of the University and Department(s) offering the course, the name and number of the course, the type of course, and information about the syllabus (e.g., topics, texts used, format, workload, enrollment, duration, and assistance). In addition we will include some statistics on the responses (i.e., total number of courses having particular characteristics) and a bibliography of the most of frequently cited references. Please request guidelines as to content and format and send information to: Ms. Sandy Tsue UMIACS A.V. Williams Building University of Maryland E-mail: cl-survey@umiacs.umd.edu College Park, MD 20742 Tel: (+1-301)405-6722 Re: CL-SURVEY Fax: (+1-301)314-9658 Note: e-mail is preferred. If your institution was listed in the 1986 compilation, you may request a copy of your previous entry. Thank you for your participation in this endeavor. Professor Bonnie Dorr Department of Computer Science and UMIACS University of Maryland From: Martin Raish Subject: Re: 6.0062 Qs: History of the Discovery of Americas? Date: Tue, 09 Jun 92 09:14:37 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 98 (130) I was co-editor of a volume that might be of interest to you. It is _Pre-Columbian Contact with the Americas Across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography_, Research Press, 1991. It contains about 5600 citations to articles, books, reports, etc. that deal with trans-oceanic contacts between the Old and New Worlds prior to Columbus' first voyage. Just about anyone you can think of reached the western hemisphere -- Africans, Vietnamese, Koreans, Norsemen, etc. etc. etc. If your library does not have it, let me know and I will send you the address of the publisher. The cost is about $89 (I think). -- Martin Martin Raish Main Library, Box 6012 State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton NY 13902-6012 From: pwright@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Phyllis Wright) Subject: Re: 6.0057 Rs: Arnold Toynbee (5.0823) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 10:16:47 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 99 (131) Many thanks to Andrew Horn and Pio Manoa for answering my question concerning A. Toynbee. The reference provided was exactly what I needed. From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Portuguese frequency word list Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1992 14:13:43 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 66 (132) I'm looking for a Portuguese frequency word list. Any ideas? -- Christopher Bader From: "Grace Logan - ACO Office PAS 2031 x.2597" Subject: Calling COCHCOSH Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 16:19:00 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 67 (133) I have been asked by the president of the Canadian Consortium for Computing in the Humanities to try to track down current and correct e-mail addresses for our members. For the past little while I have been testing addresses and managed to confirm a great many. However, as you will have guessed, there is a stubborn residue of names for which every variation of the known address has bounced. If any of the folks listed below are out there in HUMANIST land and if you still want to be listed in the COCH/COSH directory, please send me a valid e-mail address and I will update you. Also, if anyone out there recognizes a name, would you be kind enough to pass on this request to the person in question? Thank you all for any help you can give. cheers, grace MISSING PERSONS: CASLER, Fred. BROCK MACRAE, Donald BROCK SIVELL, John BROCK SOADY, Ana V. BROCK SOMERVILLE, A. BROCK KIRSCHBAUM, S. GLENDON COLLEGE, YORK U. CLOUTIER, Andr. LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY CECCHETTO, V. MCMASTER GAGAN, David P. MCMASTER GALLIER-MORGAN MCMASTER GEAGAN, Danier MCMASTER HAMMOND, Antony MCMASTER RENWICK, William MCMASTER SCHULTE, Hans MCMASTER SLATER, William MCMASTER STROINSKA, Maria MCMASTER WEAVER, John MCMASTER CHURCHILL, Stacy OISE BASTIANUTTI, D. QUEEN'S COOK, John D. QUEEN'S MCDONALD, James K. QUEEN'S MUNBY, Hugh QUEEN'S SANDYS-WUNSCH, John THORNLOE COLLEGE, LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY HEINEMANN, Ed. TORONTO JAMES, Eric F. TORONTO SCHLEPP, Wayne TORONTO STAIRS, Michael TORONTO WINDER, William TORONTO SINKEWICZ, R.E. TORONTO, PONTIFICAL INST. POLLOCK, Zalig TRENT OUELLON, C. UNIVERSIT'\E DE LAVAL BOND, Ronald UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY ROBINSON, Helier UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH NAKAJIMA, Kazuko UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ROGERS, Henry Edwin UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SNELGROVE, Teresa UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SHROYER, Richard UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO BAGULEY, David UWO DEAKIN, Annick UWO KIDD, Marilyn UWO, HURON COLLEGE DAVIAU, Mich<`e>le P. WILFRID LARIER UNIVERSITY ERB, Peter C. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY GRIMES, Ronald L. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY REIMER, David J. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY SCULLY, Terence P. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY BROWN, Jerome WINDSOR QUERBACH, Carl WINDSOR CRAVEN, Mary-L. YORK SINYOR, Roberta YORK UNIVERSITY From: "Stevan Harnad" Subject: Reproductive Success: BBS Call for Commentators Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 22:47:47 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 68 (134) Below is the abstract of a forthcoming target article on reproductive success and culture by Daniel Perusse. It has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal that provides Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be current BBS Associates or nominated by a current BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator on this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please send email to: harnad@clarity.princeton.edu or harnad@pucc.bitnet or write to: BBS, 20 Nassau Street, #240, Princeton NJ 08542 [tel: 609-921-7771] To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator. An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection by anonymous ftp according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. ____________________________________________________________________ CULTURAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES: Testing the relationship at the proximate and ultimate levels Daniel Perusse Department of Anthropology Universite de Montreal C. P. 6128, succursale A, Montreal Canada, H3C 3J7 Present address: Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 23298-0003 Electronic mail: dperusse@gems.vcu.edu KEYWORDS: status striving; novel environment; potential conceptions; human psyche; achievement motivation; female choice; teaching biases; sociobiology; French-Canadians ABSTRACT: In most social species, position in the male social hierarchy and reproductive success are positively correlated. This relationship is less clear in humans where studies of traditional societies have produced mixed results. In the most economically advanced human populations, the adaptiveness of status attainment vanishes altogether as social status and fertility are uncorrelated. These findings have been interpreted by many as suggesting that evolutionary principles may not be appropriate for the explanation of human behavior, especially in modern environments. The present study tests the adaptiveness of social status with actual mating and reproductive data in a representative sample of males from an industrial society. Results show that reproductive success, even when assessed by a more reliable measure of male fertility than the one commonly used, fails to correlate with social status. In striking contrast, however, status is found to be highly correlated with proximate components of fitness, accounting for as much as 62% of the variance in male mating success. This effect is remarkably similar to the one found in many traditional societies and would result in a substantial relationship between cultural and reproductive success in industrial populations were it not for the novel conditions imposed by contraception and monogamy. Various underlying mechanisms are suggested for these findings, and the value of current behavioral and reproductive data is stressed for the study of adaptation. It is concluded that evolutionary explanations of human behavior remain entirely relevant in modern societies. -------------------------------------------------------------- To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable by anonymous ftp from princeton.edu according to the instructions below (the filename is bbs.perusse). Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. 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[Thanks to Brian Josephson for the above detailed UK/JANET instructions; similar special instructions for file retrieval from other networks or countries would be appreciated and will be included in updates of these instructions.] --- Where the above procedures are not available (e.g. from Bitnet or other networks), there are two fileservers -- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com and bitftp@pucc.bitnet -- that will do the transfer for you. Send either one the one line message: help for instructions (which will be similar to the above, but will be in the form of a series of lines in an email message that ftpmail or bitftp will then execute for you). ------------------------------------------------------------- From: rsiemens@epas.utoronto.ca (Ray Siemens) Subject: E-Text Query Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1992 16:51:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 100 (135) I am writing on behalf of a classmate of mine (I'm a PhD student at the University of Toronto) who is trying to locate an electronic copy of Milton's Divorce Tracts. We did not find it listed in the Oxford Text Archive file of texts, though ours might be an older copy of the list, nor in other "usual" places. If anyone has any ideas about how we might obtain a copy, or has a copy they would be willing to share (with whatever restrictions deemed appropriate), it would be much appreciated. From: dietzel@eola.cs.ucf.edu (Richard Dietzel) Subject: E-Texts in Hungary? Date: Wed, 27 May 92 22:11:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 101 (136) I am a doctoral student in Instructional Technology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. I'll be leaving for Budapest, Hungary in early August to do some preliminary research for my upcoming dissertation. Information as it relates to the use and concerns about electronic books is severely lacking for Hungary. I'll be there for six weeks, so I hope to make some good contacts. I am currently researching the realm of e-text literature in the hopes of finding a narrow, researchable topic before I leave. It will probably take two trips - as I am still finishing my comps (and I therefore cannot submit any proposal with the hopes of it being accepted BEFORE comps are passed). But I will be in Hungary nonetheless. I already have tickets and accomodations in Budapest. I need to some fast scrambling before I leave. Perhaps you can be of assistance. Are you currently aware of any on-going projects inside Hungary dealing with e-text or e-books? These might be good sources for piggybacking on projects to wing an acceptable topic for my committee! Please pass this request on to ANYONE interested in helping. If you are unaware of anyone, please let me know that as well. I understand you have a list available of all the known e-text projects. Can you mail me a copy at my e-mail address? This message is brief and I can answer other questions or inquiries as they come my way. Thanks for your assistance. Richard A. Dietzel dietzel@eola.cs.ucf.edu From: Michael Ossar Subject: Kaplan Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 21:40 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 102 (137) Can someone in German or religous history tell me where to find information on what the responsibilites of a "Kaplan" would have been in Bodenheim in 1792? From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Computer-controllable VCR's Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 11:49:31 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 103 (138) My department is interested in developing some simple, comuter-interactive programs using faculty members' "home-grown" videotapes. Does anyone on this list have experience with computer-controllable VCR's such as the Panasonic AG-5700, AG-7350R, AG-7355R or the NEC PC-VCR? Is the last one being discontinued? Are there MS-DOS, Windows or Mac drivers available for the Panasonic units? Thanks in advance, Joel Goldfield Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College, Univ. Sys. of NH Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Re: 6.0066 Qs: Portuguese word frequency list (1/4) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 23:05:57 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 71 (139) Back in the 70's, there was a a word frequency dictionary series headed by A. Juilland of Stanford. If I remember correctly, one of the 4 WF dictionaries was for Portuguese. The French version was called: _Frequency Dictionary of French Words_, La Haye et Paris, Mouton, 1970. Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College/Univ. System of NH; Inst. for Academic Technology/UNC-Chapel Hill; Assistant Editor, _Computers and the Humanities_ Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: James P Love Subject: GOREs GATEWAY TO GOVERNMENT - the bill - S2813 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 16:51:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 72 (140) 102ND CONGRESS; 2ND SESSION IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE S. 2813 1992 SYNOPSIS: A BILL To establish in the Government Printing Office an electronic gateway to provide public access to a wide range of Federal databases containing public information stored electronically. DATE OF INTRODUCTION: JUNE 4, 1992 DATE OF VERSION: JUNE 6, 1992 -- VERSION: 1 SPONSOR(S): Mr. GORE (for himself, Mr. FORD, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. SIMON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration TEXT: A BILL To establish in the Government Printing Office an electronic gateway to provide public access to a wide range of Federal databases containing public information stored electronically. * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United* *States of America in Congress assembled, * SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "GPO Gateway to Government Act of 1992". FINDINGS SEC. 2. The Congress finds that- (1) Federal agencies increasingly receive, generate, and handle public information in electronic form; (2) agency possession of public information in electronic form has stimulated interest in public accessibility of that information through electronic networks; (3) for substantial numbers of Federal electronic databases, public access is limited by the difficulty and high cost of locating and accessing the data; (4) public access to public electronic information will be greatly enhanced by creating electronic gateways that can provide access to many different databases; (5) public access to government electronic information would be enhanced by increased coordination between the Government Printing Office and other Federal agencies in setting standards and formats for databases, in selecting database software, and in networking different databases; (6) the Office of the Superintendent of Documents at the Government Printing Office is the appropriate Federal organization to establish and maintain an electronic gateway to provide online access to electronic public information of the Federal Government; and (7) information available through the Government Printing Office's online access program should be provided without charge to depository libraries, as designated under chapter 19 of title 44, United States Code, and priced at the incremental cost of dissemination for other subscribers. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE SEC. 3. (a) Title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 40-GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: ONLINE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC INFORMATION "Sec. "4001. Establishment of program for access to electronic information. "4002. Duties of Superintendent of Documents. "4003. Fees. "4004. Request for public comment; annual report. "4005. Authorization of appropriations. "4001. Establishment of program for access to electronic information "The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, shall establish a program for providing to the public access to public electronic information. The program (in this chapter referred to as the 'GPO Gateway') shall provide the public access to a wide range of government electronic databases in accordance with section 4002 of this title and shall be established and maintained after consultation with and consideration of comments from Federal agencies, potential users, and others likely to be affected by the program. "4002. Duties of Superintendent of Documents "In establishing and maintaining the GPO Gateway, the Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, shall- "(1) within one year after the date of enactment of this chapter, provide electronic access to the Congressional Record and the Federal Register; "(2) provide access to such agency databases as are reasonably appropriate, based upon input from Federal agencies, database users, libraries, and others likely to be affected; "(3) rely, to the maximum extent feasible, upon agency computer and data storage systems and retrieval software for accessing agency databases; "(4) enable agencies to utilize Government Printing Office computer systems, retrieval software, and data storage or contract for such facilities and services through the Government Printing Office; "(5) provide for access to the GPO Gateway through a wide range of electronic networks, including the Internet and the National Research and Education Network, to allow broad, reasonable access to the data; "(6) permit depository libraries to connect to, access, and search and retrieve information through the GPO Gateway without charge; and "(7) facilitate the adoption of compatible standards for electronic publishing and dissemination throughout the Federal Government. "4003. Fees "(a) Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, may (except as provided in section 4002(e) of this title) charge reasonable fees for providing access to databases through the GPO Gateway. The Superintendent shall set such fees on the basis of subsection (b) of this section. "(b)(1) The fee charged under this section for databases maintained by the Government Printing Office should approximate the Government Printing Office's incremental cost of dissemination of the data, without regard to section 1708 of title 44, United States Code. "(2) The fee charged under this section for databases maintained by agencies and accessed through the GPO Gateway should approximate the incremental cost of dissemination of the data, which shall include the incremental costs incurred by the agencies to provide access through the GPO Gateway. Such costs shall be reviewed and approved by the Superintendent and the Superintendent shall reimburse the agency from the sales revenue received. "4004. Request for public comment; annual report "The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, shall each year publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on the services, prices, and policies relating to the GPO Gateway and on such other issues as the Public Printer shall determine. On or before March 1 of each calendar year the Public Printer shall publish an annual report on the GPO Gateway describing the program; specifying the number of users, total revenues collected, and expenses reimbursed to each Federal agency; summarizing public comment on the GPO Gateway; and stating the steps the Public Printer has taken to address the comments received. Such report shall be submitted to the Committee on Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Joint Committee on Printing. "4005. Authorization of appropriations "There is authorized to be appropriated to the Government Printing Office for the purposes of this chapter only, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, to be expended by the Superintendent of Documents.". (b) The table of chapters for title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "40. Government Printing Office: Online Access to Government Electronic Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Love, Director VOICE: 609-683-0534 Taxpayer Assets Project FAX: 202-234-5176 7-Z Magie, Faculty Road bitnet: Love@pucc.bitnet Princeton, NJ 08540 internet: Love@pucc.princeton.edu From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Frequency dictionaries Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 22:28:18 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 104 (141) Careful checking of various library holdings by anonymous FTP or INTERNET has revealed that, unfortunately, there is no Portuguese frequency dictionary published by the Alphonse Juilland team. I have, however, located ones for French, Spanish, Rumanian & Italian. Some or all of these can be found at U. of California/Berkeley, Dartmouth and several other locations I checked. Regards, Joel Goldfield From: (James Marchand) Subject: portuguese word count Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 07:47:08 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 105 (142) Milton Shane did such a word count in the 40s; I know, because I worked on it. It has been published, I know, since I had a copy of it somewhere. Look under Milton Shane in NUC. Jim Marchand From: "P.Maligo" Subject: 60066 Portuguese word list Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 10:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 106 (143) Alan Fisher, MSU, forwarded your inquiry to me. I am sorry I cannot be of much help regarding refs to literature. If you would like to try a direct inquiry to Brazil, try my colleague Stella Tagnin in the dept of modern languages of the U. of Sao Paulo. Good luck! Pedro Maligo Assistant Professor of Portuguese From: PARKINSON@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: RE: 6.0066 Qs: Portuguese word frequency list (1/4) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 9:13 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 107 (144) I am not aware of the Portuguese frequency dictionary promised by Juilland ever making an appearance. There is an unpublished frequency dictionary J.C. Duncan, *A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese Words*, PhD dissertation Stanford, 1972 and an article J.R. Kelly, 'A computational frequency and range list of five hundred Brazilian Portuguese words', Luso-Brazilian Review, 7.2, 1970, pp. 104-13 which should be of use. In addition, the published materials of the Portugues Fundamental project, Maria Fernanda Bacelar do Nascimento et al. *Portugues Fundamental. Metodos e Documentos*, Lisbon, INIC, 1987, give a great deal of data about the freuqnecy counts on the basis of which the select Basic Portuguese Vocabulary was based. The main alphabetical and frequency lists, however, only include the final vocabulary (exluding words of lower frequency). Stephen Parkinson Taylor Institution Oxford University From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 Subject: Discovery of the Americas Date: 11 June 92, 10:32:39 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 74 (145) Martin Raish writes : [deleted quotation] Once again the same song. My point is : - There is NO proof whatsoever that any European/African/Asiatic people came to the Americas before Columbus in historic times. - If any did, there's no trace. So who cares if it happened or not ? Marc From: evan@sil.org (Evan Antworth) Subject: Interlinear Text program for DOS upgrade Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 9:06:26 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 75 (146) Version 1.2 of _IT_, SIL's Interlinear Text program for MS-DOS, is now available. This new version fixes all known bugs and offers several enhancements. Registered users of _IT_ are entitled to receive a free upgrade package and have already been notified by mail. If you own _IT_ (i.e. you bought the printed manual) but have not heard from us about the upgrade, contact us at this address: Academic Computing Department | phone: 214/709-2418 Summer Institute of Linguistics | fax: 214/709-3387 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road | Internet: evan@sil.org (Evan Antworth) Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. | Those who wish to obtain the new _IT_ 1.2 manual and software (full release, not the upgrade) should contact: International Academic Bookstore Summer Institute of Linguistics 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. phone: 214/709-2404 fax: 214/709-2433 From: Oliver Philliips Subject: Psylli Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:05:54 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 108 (147) Anne-Marie Tupet in her book _La magie dans la poe'sie latine_ (Paris, 1976) is talking about an ancient Libyan people who were "les charmeurs et les chasseurs de serpents," the Psylli. I'm working on them for a presentation I'll give in a conference on ancient magic our Department of Religious Studies will hold in August. Tupet (p. 190) says: "On appelle encore "Psylles", en E'gypte, des charmeurs de serpents successeurs des Psylles et des Ophioge`nes, ce nom de'signant maintenant une sorte de confre'rie ou de caste." She offers no annotation in an otherwise thoroughly annotated book. Our expert in Egyptian Arabic here knows of no such word derived from "Psylli." Can any Arabist out there supply a modern Arabic derivative? Oliver Phillips Classics, U. of Kansas PHILLIPS@UKANVM.BITNET From: Paul Brians Subject: Email to Moscow? Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 08:19:03 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 109 (148) A friend of mine was recently the target of a scurrilous attack in the Literary Gazette in Russia. I've written a reply that I need to get to him as quickly as possible. Is there anyone with an email connection who could get hard copy delivered to him in Moscow? Or is anyone on the list headed for Moscow in the next week or so who would be willing to carry the message and put it in the local mail there? Please reply directly to me. From: A BROOK Subject: 'Discovery' of the Americas Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1992 16:15:00 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 110 (149) 'There is no proof ... that any ... people came to the Americas before Columbus ...', says Marc Eisinger. He forgets Canada. On the northern tip of Newfoundland, at Aise aux Meadows (I think that's the spelling, but I am working from memory), remains of Norse buildings have been found, as well as many other artefacts, if memory serves. A_Brook@Carleton.CA (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 From: David E. Latane Subject: Re: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Sat, 13 Jun 92 17:02:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 111 (150) [deleted quotation]honor (as well as historicity) of the Vikings who voyaged to wineland, who left written chronicles, and (if I remember correctly) indisputable, though not particularly impressive, archaeological evidence as well. I'm eagerly awaiting the learned rebuttals of this first statement. The second statement centers on the word "trace"--if these peoples did come to America , and if "proof" is convincing enough, then the change in the perception of the people (and their history) who made the audacious voyage to North America leaves a mark in the present. In the past, we might remember that it was the supposed discovery of America by Prince Madoc of Wales that gave Queen Elizabeth a legal basis for disputing Spanish claims to North America and settling colonies here. Even things for which there is NO PROOF can leave important historical legacies. David Latane dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu From: Christopher Currie Subject: Re: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Sun, 14 Jun 92 23:33:06 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 74 (151) [deleted quotation]How about the excavated Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (Newf.)? Christopher Currie From: TETRO@AC.DAL.CA Subject: Re: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 10:00 -0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 112 (152) Marc Eisinger, commenting on The Discovery of the Americas, says that putative pre-columbian voyagers to the new world "left no trace". Were he to visit the Canadian province of Newfoundland, he could see for himself the remains of an elaborate Viking settlement (dating back to 1000 AD) at L'Anse aux Meadows. It has been declared a World Historic Site, and so is no secret. Nor were Norsemen the only pre-columbians. Fishermen from the West of England, probably sailing out of Bristol, braved the North Atlantic to fish off the Grand Banks, and knew of the existence of a land-mass to the West. They kept their knowledge to themselves to protect their commercial interests, but John Cabot, sailing about 5 years after Columbus, used their information to reach our shores. Columbus didn't exist in a vacuum; his voyage was the culmiantion of a historical process.. Ronald Tetreault, Dept. of English, Dalhousie Univ. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. From: Glenn Everett Subject: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 09:46:46 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 113 (153) I thought I remembered it being pretty well established that Norsemen under Leif the Lucky reached Vinland. Wasn't there some archeological finding in the last 25 years that verified this long-held tradition, passed down in saga and story for centuries? I can't remember where the settlement was thought to be--so many sites have been discredited --but I think I saw something on PBS in the last few years. Can anyone else shed more light? Glenn Everett University of Tennessee at Martin IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET From: koontz@alpha (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 07:56:40 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 114 (154) Marc Eisinger, re. Martin Raish, says: [deleted quotation] There is archaeological evidence of Norse activity along the Canadian Atlantic coast. It has even been reported in National Geographic, as I recall. Not that this activity was on the same scale as post-Columbian activity later. From: PARKINSON@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: RE: 6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 18:40 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 115 (155) Marc Eisinger's song seems very familiar too, and was sung by those wishing to pour scorn on the idea that the Portuguese discovered Australia a few centuries before Captain Cook... Even if there is no conclusive documentary evidence, the issue of who manages to travel where would seem to be one about which we are entitled to care a lot! Stephen Parkinson, Centre for the Study of the Portuguese Discoveries Linacre College, Oxford From: "Robert C. Schweik Dr" Subject: Who 'Discovered' the Americas Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 8:46 pm EDT (Tue, 16 Jun 92 00:46:33 UT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 116 (156) [deleted quotation] Questions about who discovered America depend on the user's definition of the word DISCOVER. But, whether the word is taken to mean "to obtain knowledge of" or "to be the first to find," what is common to the meaning of this word both in English and in related Indo-European languages is that the "finding" (whether first or later) is related to the social group whose representative the "finder" is. Hence, objections that, say, Columbus didn't discover the new world because some other peoples were already living there may have some political purpose--e.g., to emphasize were people and important--or even to an individual--as when we say that a child "discovers" something adults all know. Hence, arguments about whether or not Columbus [Cdiscovered" America really have nothing to do with what happened. Everyone agrees he did indeed come and that indeed there were indigenous peoples already here. The quibble, instead, is intended, for political reasons, to change the common meaning of the word "discover" to mean "absolutely first finder" rather than what is now the case "first finder relative to the social group that the finder belongs to." The purpose in doing this is, of course, to enhance the pride of indigenous people for having been the first to "discover" the continent. How the word DISCOVER is used may, possibly, enhance the self- esteem of American aborigines--and, if it indeed does that, I heartily encourage that the word be be used in the sense which is for their self esteem enhancing. But far more important, I think, is not the VERBAL but the REAL status of indigenous peoples. The lesson of "BLACKS"--[D e.g. NEGROES, AFRO-AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, etc.--should testify to the fact that changes in name do not necessarily (or even probably) result in changes in status. I don't mean to impy that there have not been some very real changes in the social condition of minority groups in America. It would be foolish to deny that there have not been. But name changes, so far as I have been able to tell, have had little effect on what I deem to be more important changes--i.e. in job, education, housing, and other opportunities. I'd appreciate your views--pro or con. ROBERT SCHWEIK From: mlbizer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Subject: quote from Ronsard Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1992 17:32:58 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 117 (157) Chers Participants, Souffrant d'une amnesie facheuse, je n'arrive pas a trouver la reference pour la citation suivante de Ronsard: "Ainsi lisant & feuilletant mes livres / J'amasse trie & choisis le plus beau..." Pourriez-vous m'aider avec la reference exacte, de preference dans l'edition Laumonier? Cordialement, Marc Bizer P.S. Merci a tous ceux qui m'ont aide dans le passe. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures I mlbizer@phoenix.princeton.edu 201 East Pyne I Marc Bizer Princeton University I 244 Nassau St. Apt.7 Princeton, NJ 08544 I Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 258-4500 I (609) 252-0779 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BMENK@ccr2.bbn.com Subject: Anyone in Uppsala? Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 21:00 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 118 (158) I'm submitting this request for a friend who's doing her doctorate in Divinity at Harvard. She'll be working this fall in Uppsala, Sweden and wonders if there might be someone there who can assist her in setting up an e-mail connection of some sort back to the States. She's computer-literate within the DOS world. Anyone who thinks they might be able to help should contact me personally. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you might have. _______________________________________________________________________________ Bobb Menk Voice: 617-873-3278 Senior Technical Librarian Fax: 617-873-2156 Bolt, Beranek & Newman Internet: bmenk@bbn.com From: (Dennis Baron) Subject: etc. Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 11:56:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 79 (159) I am posting this on 3 lists; please excuse the (re)duplication. A couple of years ago I noted what I perceived to be a new speech phenomenon, an equivalent of etcetera, etcetera, etcetera or blah blah blah. It usually sounds something like this: da 'dah da dah' da dah' da dah' da dah' (the vowel in the 1st syll is usu. a schwa) -- that is to say, a set of iambic syllables used to complete a list, often reporting something someone said or did. For example, "And then, she goes, like, `brown'? and I'm like `Really' and you know, and, da dah da dah da dah. For want of a better term I called this a completive in a note I published in _American Speech_. William Safire picked it up in his NYTimes "On Language" column and termed it a "dribble off" which is certainly descriptive. It isn't particularly clear what the origin of this item is. Some have suggested the Morse code dit dah. Others a slurring of and on and on and on. Certainly both can be supported from pronunciation evidence (often the di dahs are nasalized). Anyway, while I hadn't found any in print at the time, I predicted it wouldn't be long before this particular completive would appear. And it has. In Tom Kakonis's novel _Criss Cross_ (shows you what my summer reading runs to) NY: St. Martin's Press 1990 (paper ed. 1991), p. 103, we find a sole instance of the phenomenon, clearly influenced by the Morse Code etymology: " . . . so Darlene don't show up and I'm coverin' two stations, really bustin' butt, and this old fart flags me down and starts in his eggs is runny and his toast is burned and his hash browns cold and it's all _my_ fault, if you can swallow that, and he's not gonna pay, da-dit, da-dit, da-dit. And I'm like, wow, pardon me for bein' on the same planet." So, now, two questions: 1. Has anyone else dealt with this form in speech or writing, and if so what do you think is going on? 2. Anyone got any more printed examples? PS, though Kakonis is of the hard-boiled school of dialogue writing, the jacket blurb says he has been a professor in several Midwestern colleges, so perhaps his hint at Morse code is an over-intellectualization of the speech sounds? Dennis Baron debaron@uiuc.edu Dept. of English office: 217-244-0568 University of Illinois messages: 217-333-2392 608 S. Wright St fax: 217-333-4321 Urbana IL 61801 From: Nicholas Heer Subject: Re: 6.0076 Qs: Psylli Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1992 12:24:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 80 (160) Oliver Phillips asks whether anyone can supply an Arabic derivative from Psylli. I know of no Arabic derivative from this word. The usual Arabic term for snake charmer is _hawi_ or _hawwa'_. Perhaps of interest in this connection is what E.W. Lane in his _Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians_ (first published in 1836) has to say concerning snake charmers: ``Many modern writers upon Egypt have given surprising accounts of a class of men in this country, supposed, like the ancient ``Psylli'' of Cyrenaica, to possess a secret art, to which allusion is made in the Bible, enabling them to secure themselves from the poison of serpents. I have met with many persons among the more intelligent of the Egyptians who condemn these modern Psylli as impostors, but none who has been able to offer a satisfactory explanation of the most common and most interesting of their performances, which I am about to describe.'' (Beginning of chapter 20) He then goes on to describe some of the performances he has witnessed. ----------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Heer, Professor Emeritus Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization University of Washington, DH-20 Seattle, WA 98195, USA Internet: heer@u.washington.edu ----------------------------------------------------- From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Re: 6.0079 Q: 'da dah da dah da dah...' Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 22:12:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 119 (161) A couple of years ago we had a rather extended debate on HUMANIST concerning the word "et cetera". It was in Willard McCarty's era, around 1989-1990. You could search the archives for messages on the topic. [deleted quotation] It seems to have the same function as the indeterminate completive use of et cetera. [deleted quotation] French has a strikingly similar expression (phonetically speaking) having rather the same meaning and usage: et patati et patata. It is listed as onomatopeic in nature and dating back to 1524. It was written patatin patata in those days. Might this be the origin of your expression? Michel. -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: "W.J. Paul Haynes" Subject: Da dah da dah da dah Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 23:59:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 120 (162) Dennis, I saw your message on the list and, wondered whether you had considered that _The Police_ had done a song a number of years ago in which the chorus went "Da dee dee dee, Da dah dah dah, That's all I've got to say to you"? It may be possible that this could have had some impact upon the entrance of this particular phraseology into the language. Sincerely, W.J. Paul Haynes B.A. Undergrad, English/History, University of Guelph From: PARKINSON@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: RE: 6.0079 Q: 'da dah da dah da dah...' Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 9:41 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 121 (163) This reminds me of the sequence "dee-dum" or "tee-tum" traditionally used to fill out a line of verse of which one has forgotten (or not yet written) the rest. It is most easily applicable to crudely scanned iambic pentameters: Brahms & Simon's parody of Shakespearian England *No Bed for Bacon* has a notable actor declaiming I come tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum I go tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum... Hence a typical ration of three or four "dee-dum"s or "da-dahs"... Stephen Parkinson, Oxford University From: Aubrey Neal Subject: Re: 6.0079 Q: 'da dah da dah da dah...' Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 6:00:26 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 122 (164) dennis, There was an Annie Hall: "Lah dit dah, Oh well, Lah dit dah.... From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0079 Q: 'da dah da dah da dah...' Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 07:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 123 (165) What about the old "la-de-dah"? It conveys the general idea of disdain which your quotes seem to require; repetition of the final syllable could produce the "da dah" etc. Leslie Morgan From: (James Marchand) Subject: dada Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 08:22:00 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 124 (166) Dennis' remarks on daDA are right on. There are numerous such devices in the language, things such as hesitation devices, continuation devices, vocal qualifiers, authenticity codes, sincerity formulas, thing-a-ma-bobs, etc. which do not get treated, I think in part because they are hard to write. Dennis' continuation device is not all that recent. It was already in use in my youth by my mother and her family, but in the form ta-DA, that is, with a voiceless dental stop in the first syllable, and that is the way Gleason used it. This would shoot the morse code theory down. On that, by the way, I got reprimanded at Scott Field during the big one (WWII) for not being willing to talk in dot-dot, dit-dit (we said da-da, d[barred i]- di, no t). There are so many things like that in the language -- another is blah. Robert M. Adams, "Authenticity-Code and Sincerity-Formulas," The State of the Language, ed. Leonard Michaels & Christopher Ricks (Berke- ley: UCP, 1980), 584: "I'm not one of those phoney verbal types who can go blah blah blah all day ..." In German, we say Quatsch Quatsch Quatsch, kind of like our word for the sound a frog makes. There is a great one used in Yiddish, kind of like a cat's meow, but nasalized: Er hot gezugt myaah, myaah "He said blah blah". According to Mencken, Supplement Two, p. 647, the b-word gets treated by Louise Pound in American Speech, April 1929, 329-30, with synonyms. As a sometimes (quondam) classicist, I should mention that blyctrix is Latin for blah, treated frequently in treatises on vox in the Middle Ages, under buba blyctrix. Incidentally, if you want to speak a foreign langauge without an accent, concentrate on the hesita- tion formulas and the methods of blending -- then you can get away with murder. Jim Marchand From: Martha Parrott Subject: da dah Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 11:59:53 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 125 (167) I first heard the da dah "dribble off" in 1982/83 from a friend who customarily used "Rah da dah da dah." It seems to me that the "R" makes it a little more forceful. My friend was a native Torontonian, educated in various parts of Southern Ontario, who made occasional business forays into Pittsburgh; I have no idea where he picked this up, or whether he thought he invented it. Since I have a musical bias, I've always associated it with the "dah dah" syllables that people use to produce melodies without words--as in "da da da dah" for the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which phraselet has now of course become a pop fanfare used to announce pseudo-important news. Martha Parrott University of Toronto From: HDCHICKERING@amherst Subject: Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 11:53 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 126 (168) R: "da-DAH da-DAH" No new printed examples, but I seem to find this sound pattern elsewhere in popular culture. In the TV version of "Peanuts" Charlie Brown hears his teacher speak only as a trombone, WA-wa-WA-wa-WA-wa-WA. Since the natural pulse of English speech is trochaic, I wonder about Prof. Baron's iambic item: often it begins with a stressed syllable, DAH, da-DAH, da-DAH. What is the function of the first stress there, or is it just the truncated first foot permitted in verse? The iambic rhythm and sing-song intonation seem to be what carry the meaning. The phrase seems always to be dismissive or derisive, as well as completive. The same semantic and syntactic roles seem to be played by the dactylic YA-da-da, YA-da-da, also heard at the end of sentences and which might be modeled on "yackety-yak." Until others comment, I see Prof. Baron's "and on and on (and on)" as the best candidate for the base-statement behind da-DAH-da-DAH-da-DAH. The playground or the mall seem likelier sources than Morse code. Might a related piece of language be "and like that," often heard as a sentence-ending in teenage speech? Also, why is Prof. Baron's item heard only in doublet or triplet form? What rules govern the choice of the doublet vs. the triplet? Howell Chickering English Department Amherst College HDCHICKERING@AMHERST From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. 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Ordering information: All orders must be prepaid by cheque or money-order, payable to the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, at the following address: Centre for Computing in the Humanities University of Toronto Robarts Library 130 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5 Canada voice: (416) 978-4238; fax: (416) 978-6519 e-mail: cch@epas.utoronto.ca Canadian residents should add 7% GST (Univ. of Toronto number R108162330). Editorial Board of CCHWP: Series Editor: T. Russon Wooldridge (French, Toronto) Associate Editor: Willard McCarty (CCH, Toronto) Members: Brad Inwood (Classics, University of Toronto) Douglas A. Kibbee (French, University of Illinois at Urbana) Ian Lancashire (English, University of Toronto) Stephen R. Reimer (English, University of Alberta) William G. Winder (French, University of British Columbia) From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 Subject: Date: 16 June 92, 09:51:10 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 127 (170) Subject : Americas once more OK. If the Viking went to Newfoundland, and I admit they did, before Columbus, what did it change to the history of the Americas : nothing, to the history of the "Old world" : nothing. So, once again, who cares ? Marc P.S. It is in that sense that I used the word "trace" when I said there was no trace. No perceptible change in the sociology, mythology, religion, health, agriculture, farming, etc. From: Irena Sumi Subject: 6.0077 Rs: On "Discovery" and "the Americas" (8/165) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 11:31+0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 128 (171) I enjoyed reading Robert Schweik's response on this subject, but would like to deepen his arguments as follows: 1. The real question about Columbus' "discovery" is not whether or not it was the first "historically proved", but why it was the first with that status. In other words: contacts, trans-Atlantic or trans_Pacific, in which many believe, did not produce the "discovery" effect. 2. Inasmuch as the joint venture of the Spansh Crown and Columbus are still viewed as "the only important" contact, such view is distinctly a product of that European era that reached its peak in the 19. century and that chose to interpret things as the inveitable "progress". The progress ideology may still well be the one that supresses any other views on the subject. It works as a sort of shield added to actual historic circumstances of the "discovery": to read, e.g., Las Casas, one has the impression that the Spanish invaders viewed the Aztec Empire as a sort of peer state of society, much alike to their own. After all, they did remarkably well in both Aztec and Peruvian court intrigues in order to break down the power structures. 3. Thirdly, while I think that the view of native Americans themselves holding that if anyone, it was their predecessors who really discovered America (and I believe that this is not a mere twist of words, but should be built in any non-europocentric and progress-ideology free social scinece and history as a programmatic rule), many Native writers, scholars included, have reported of very persistant Native beliefs and legends regarding earlier contacts, or even late extra-American origin of some Native groups. The legacy of the progress ideology unfortunately prevents serious inquiries even here: while most parts of what was for centuries orally transmitted "european cultural area" history, e.g. early Hebraic history, early Greek history, entered our history books with little difficulties, Native American oral traditions are simply waved away or, worse still, viewed as an aspect of present identity crisis of these groups. History is the real looser here. Irena Sumi Institute of Ethnic Studies Ljubljana-Slovenia From: (James Marchand) Subject: Psylli Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 08:07:23 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 84 (172) I am sure that Oliver Phillips does not need bibliography on the Psylloi. When the word occurs in Modern Arabic, it is by a person who is familiar with the classical references, so that it is no more Arabic than Psylli is English. H. Treidler's article in Pauly-Wissowa offers all the source material one might need. Pliny (VII.II.13 f.) discusses the people who are immune from snakebite, including the Psylli, named after their king, Psyllus, whose spittle protects from snakebite. He mentions also the Marsi, who get into the story of the asp in the Physiologus. When they hear the song of the snake charmer, Marsus, they put one ear to the ground and put their tail in the other, so that they cannot hear him. The Psylli could put a snake to sleep by the odor of their bodies, cf. Gellius (IX.XII.12), quo- ting Cinna: Somniculosam ut Poenus aspidem Psyllus (I quote the Loeb trans- lation) "As Punic Psyllus doth the sleepy asp." As the note in Loeb points out, Psyllus came to be the common name for snake charmer (as did also, by the way, Marsus). I cannot resist: I hope all this does not seem too Psylli of me. Jim Marchand From: Martin Raish Subject: Pre-Columbian Voyages Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 16:57:48 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 129 (173) HUMANIST is probably not the appropriate place to enter into a protracted discussion of pre-Columbian voyages to the New World, but since I was the one who first mentioned the subject and provoked the response that there is no proof of such journeys, I would like to add just a few comments. Whether or not there is PROOF for these depends on how you define the concept. As several people have already noted, the site of L'Anse aux Meadows "proves" to the satisfaction of a great number of people (even to those who do not accept it as the fabled Vinland) that the Norse were in Newfoundland a long time ago. To other scholars pottery sherds from Ecuador "prove" that Japanese fishermen were there about 3000 BC. And the list goes on: Asiatic chickens in South America; yams in Polynesia and the Americas; Old World diseases (such as syphilis) in America before Columbus; games (Patolli/Pachisi); genetic affinities and anomalies; the musical bow; folk-tales -- the number of similarities is staggering Today very few investigators deny that pre-Columbian crossings were made. The evidence to the contrary is abundant. The issue now is to what degree the pre-Columbian American people and their cultures were dependent on or independent of those in the Old World. Our bibliography attempts to make the voluminous literature on this topic more accessible, so that researchers will be less likely to reach erroneous conclusions because they were unaware of previously published work. We tried to include every viewpoint, both diffusionist and anti-diffusionist, by scholars and laymen alike, and to draw from all fields of study that seemed able to shed light on the problem. (The only categories we intentionally excluded were extraterrestrials and sunken continents such as Atlantis and Lemuria.) After having sifted through thousands of items we could not escape the impression that numerous voyages did cross the oceans, and in several places. Yet we have too little information to arrive at a firm conclusion as to whether these voyages produced substantial cultural, linguistic or biological impacts. We only hope that others will use the materials we have gather to do not only more research, but *better* research as well. Martin Raish Main Library, Box 6012 State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton NY 13902-6012 From: J.M.Reeves@vme.glasgow.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0083 More Rs: "Americas" Date: Wed,17 Jun 92 13:56:47 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 130 (174) I taught school in St. Anthony Newfoundland, a few miles south of the Viking settlement. The fact the Vikings were once there affects the lives of the villagers. It is probably the most interesting thing that has happened up there (nothing much happens except fishing and unemployment and day to day living). Tourists come the 300 miles north from Deer Lake through remote areas to see the Vikings' remains: they may come by Viking Bus, shop at Viking Mall, stay at the Viking Motel . . . People complain about the overuse of the word: "Viking this and Viking that" they say, but probably it will be with them for a *long* time! If you are in the mood for a feeling of remoteness and perfect quiet (except for the wind), Newfoundland may be the place for you. They say the road is now paved all the way up to St. Anthony (a real treat) but you'll still find the effects of the Vikings' stay in many unexpected contexts. JOHN@vme.glasgow.ac.uk From: koontz@alpha (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0083 More Rs: "Americas" Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 07:57:29 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 131 (175) Marc Eisinger: [deleted quotation] It seems singularly narrow to regard something as uninteresting if it has no perceptible impact on oneself, but perhaps I am misinterpreting something. I missed the beginning of this exchange. Norse presence in the northeastern corner of the Americas has had, as far as I know, no known impact on the later history of the Americas, but it had a definite impact on the Norse, who made some use of the resources of the region to support their tenuous settlements in Greenland. Beyond this immediate impact, their visits to this area left definite traces in Old World history: they wrote accounts of the visits - history, in short - and these accounts led directly to the archaeological investigations. From: South Asia Regional Studies Subject: 6.0081 Rs: da DAH da DAH da DAH Date: 16 Jun 92 17:25:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 132 (176) Sanskrit has a similar device: (iti + adi), meaning "thus and thus." --Richard J. Cohen, SASIA@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU From: "C. David Frankel" Subject: 6.0081 Rs: da DAH da DAH da DAH Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 00:05:39 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 133 (177) As Lenny Bruce might have said, "Yada, yada, yada. . ." | C. David Frankel_________Phone: 904-588-8395 Asst. Prof. of Theatre___BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Humanities computing courses Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 14:37:33 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 134 (178) Because of the imminent publication of the first CD-ROM disks of the Archivo Digital de Manuscritos y Textos Espan~oles (ADMYTE), I am with some trepidation planning to offer a course next year on computerized studies of Spanish language and literature, i.e., a course on humanities computing but focussed exclusively on Spanish. Since I am not a programmer and do not plan to turn myself into one, the focus will be on the use of off-the-shelf programs. I would be grateful for any model syllabi or recommendations. I know that this has been a recurring topic on some lists, so if the owners could point me in the right direction I will be glad to use ftp or listserv commands to recover relevant materials from the archives. Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley P.S. The first CD-ROM for ADMYTE is scheduled to be released at the end of this month. I will be in Spain from 6/23 to 7/13 and will report back on its exact status on my return. From: Tzvee Zahavy Subject: Independent Study by E-mail Date: 06/17/92 07:25:01 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 135 (179) The department of independent study at the University of Minnesota is considering the use of E-mail in connection with its courses. I am interested in knowing whether anyone is familiar with correspondence courses done by E-mail, lesson submissions by E-mail, grade submissions by E-mail or the like. Please include specific contact information with your response so that our administrators can get particulars from your institution if needed. Thank you. *************************************************************** Bitnet: MAIC@UMINN1 Internet: MAIC@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU Land-Mail: University of Minnesota, Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, 316 Folwell Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 From: neabo01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (H. Borchers) Subject: Search for email address Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 16:34:03 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 136 (180) I would like to establish an email contact with Professor David Culbert. He is editor-in-chief of _Film and Propaganda in America_ and he used to teach at Louisiana State University. If list members happen to have his email address, would you be so kind as to share it with me? Hans Borchers University of Tuebingen Department of American Studies Wilhelmstrasse 50 Voice: +49 7071 292910/4833 7400 Tuebingen Fax: +49 7071 294282 Germany Email: neabo01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de From: W Schipper Subject: He knew the forks (fwd) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 18:49:13 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 137 (181) The following was posted on EXLIBRIS. Any suggestions as to the meaning of the phrase "He knew his fork"? Bill Schipper ------------------------------- Forwarded message: [deleted quotation] from [deleted quotation] -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: Henning M|rk Subject: YU-CORPUS Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 13:29:56 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 88 (182) Dear colleagues, Aarhus, Denmark, June 1992 This message is to announce the first part of my YU-CORPUS (Yugoslav text corpus) consisting of (mainly) contemporary fiction (prose) in Serbo-Croatian with the main areas represented: Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia- Hercegovina. The corpus consists of 15 files containing together approximately 700 000 words. These files are available by ftp at aau.dk (129.142.17.240) in the directory /home/ftp/pub/slav First get the text files yu-corp.txt, which among other things tells about the chosen ASCII standard, and yu-index.txt, which identifies the available texts by author(s) and size. The corpus files are zipped and must thus be transferred in binary mode. All comments are welcome Henning Moerk Slavisk Institut Aarhus Universitet Ny Munkegade 116 8000 Aarhus C Denmark tel: +45 86 13 65 55 fax: +45 86 19 21 55 e-mail: slavhenn@aau.dk From: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 213-458-9811 Subject: American Folklife Center Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 23:07 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 89 (183) Originally FROM: Jo Radner, Professor, Department of Literature, American Univesity As you probably know, the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, set up by act of Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American folklife," has become since that time the most significant repository of American traditional culture--including manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and other materials--in the United States. In addition, the Center has supported folklore field projects, conferences, and exhibitions throughout the nation, and has provided researchers with important information resources and equipment loans. Right now, however, through what seems a political fluke, the continued funding of the American Folklife Center is in jeopardy, since the U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to defeat the bill H.R. 5058, which would have extended the Center's authorization for five years. You can help! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO URGE THAT THE RE- AUTHORIZATION BILL BE RECONSIDERED. Here is some information about the situation: Periodically the American Folklife Center is subject to reauthorization as a division of the Library of Congress. The current authorization expires at the end of the current fiscal year, September 30, 1992. Legislation extending this authorization for an additional five years was introduced early in the year in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives where it was favorably received by the appropriate committees. The Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing in March and is expected to report the bill later this month. The House Committee on Rules and its subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials responded favorably to the five year proposal with modest increases in program activity. The bill H.R. 5058 was brought up on the consent calendar in the House of Representatives on June 9, only to get caught up in the "balancing-the-budget" debate. Unfortunately, it did not receive the required two-thirds vote and was defeated. The bill will be revived under other procedures, and it is hoped that all members of the House will have a clear understanding of the Center's mandate and the issues at hand. In the effort to bring about reconsideration the Center can use the support of its many friends in the field. I urge you to call or write your representative or those you may know, urging reconsideration in this matter. Please feel free to contact the American Folklife Center at (202) 707-6590 should you have any questions regarding the Center, its activities in your area, or to learn of the appropriate congressperson in your area to contact. Thanks for your help; the attachment below may be useful to you. ********************************************************* AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER REAUTHORIZATION H.R. 5058 (companion legislation under review by Senate Committee on Rules and Administration) Purpose * The five year proposal corresponds to the traditional five-year planning process. After five successful reauthorization requests in the past 15 years, the Center and its programs are now firmly established. The proposal now before the Congress provides for authorization levels for each of the next five fiscal years, 1993 through 1997. No other amendments or changes are proposed. * The current reauthorization proposal calls for increases of approximately $150,000 per year providing modest growth in programming and staffing, including an inflation factor for the next five years. History * The American Folklife Center was established in the Library of Congress by Public Law 94-201 in 1976 "to preserve and present American folklife." * These broad goals are accomplished through documentation and preservation; assistance to the field of folklore and folklife programs; cultural conservation; public education; and an active publications program. * The Center began with a modest operating budget of $295,000 and a staff of eight in FY 1977. At the present time the Center has a permanent staff of 17 and a budget of $1,109.488. * In 1979, the administration and responsibility for the Archive of Folk Song and its collections were transferred to the jurisdiction of the American Folklife Center. Through its 64 years of collecting, the Archive, now named the Archive of Folk Culture, has become the most significant repository of American traditional culture -- of manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, ephemera and other materials -- in the United States. Program Goals * A staff of 25 professional and support staff by FY 1997 will enable the Center to proceed with a slightly expanded program, at a level which seems reasonable for the foreseeable future, subject to economic and inflationary considerations. It will allow the Center to manage an expanded public reading room in the Library's Jefferson Building in FY 1995. Through a slightly larger staff, the Center will be able to better process and make available to the public more than 1 million items currently in the collections of the Archive. Services to the States * The American Folklife Center has provided consultant services and access to its equipment loan program to its constituencies in all 50 states. Major field projects, surveys, conferences, exhibitions, and Board of Trustees meetings have been conducted in most states. * The American Folklife Center contributes to and expands the services offered by the Library of Congress and the federal government to state and local agencies and private citizens everywhere. The Center is frequently called upon by other agencies at the state, regional, and national level to provide cultural perspective and technical assistance with economic recovery and development, reference services, and to assist ethnic and Native American communities. Board of Trustees * Public Law 94-201 created a Board of Trustees comprised of representatives of Federal agencies and eight members from private life, four each appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate. Appointments since 1977 have represented the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington and the District of Columbia. From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" Subject: E-course Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 06:26:25 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 138 (184) In reply to the message by Tzvee Zahavv, this is the third summer I have taught a course, Computer Programming for the Humanities, via electronic networks. I have published an article about the course in _Humanities Journal 1991-1992_. I could send a copy of my article by e-mail to anyone interested who does not have the _Humanities Journal_. Eric Johnson ERIC@SDNET.BITNET From: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 213-458-9811 Subject: Re: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 17:48 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 139 (185) The New School for Social Research in Manhattan offers email and classroom options for a masters degree in electronic communication. BKG enq8bkg@mvs.oac.ucla.edu From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 Subject: Discovery Date: 18 June 92, 10:14:57 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 140 (186) [deleted quotation] (I didn't write "on oneself") My point is simply : there is no difference between something that has no impact and something that doesn't exist. Marc From: "Robert C. Schweik Dr" Subject: "DISCOVERY" Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 10:13 pm EDT (Thu, 18 Jun 92 02:13:07 UT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 141 (187) I appreciate Irena Sumi's thoughtful comment on my inquiry about the use of the word "DISCOVERY." But I would again wish to stress my basic question. Is there some solid evidence--in data bases, bibliographies, or other compilations-- supporting the view that efforts to change the meaning of a word--e.g., DISCOVERY--or the name of a social class--e.g., class--e.g., NEGRO, BLACK, AFRO-AMERICAN--has had the effect of demonstrably improving the condition of the class for whom the change in meaning or name was intended to help? Is there any evidence to the contrary? Could such manipulations of words create an artificial sense of improvement when, in fact, no substantial improvement took place? Robert Schweik SCHWEIK@FREDONIA From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 14:38:12 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 142 (188) Re: He knew the forks This is just a wild guess, but one I can't pass up. Back in England when I was growing up in a determinedly middle-class family, a great deal of importance attached to the way you laid the table. Not only forks on the left and knives on the right, soup spoon to the right of the knives and dessert spoon at the top; but the right knives and forks for each course (fish, main, whatever, don't ask me now!) in the right order. For a several-course meal you ended up with a bewildering array of silverware. The general rule is that you start at the "outside" (leftmost fork, rightmost knife) and work your way in; the other general rule was that if you don't know what you're supposed to eat a particular dish with, wait to see what the "better-bred" members of the company are doing and follow their example. It was infinitely better to be 5 seconds late picking up your fork than to pick up the wrong one... for the former error could have several reasons, the latter unequivocably indicated bad breeding, i.e. that you came from a background where such niceties were unknown (possibly -- heaven forbid! -- even working-class). Of course you didn't pay that much attention to all this for a normal family meal; but you did pay some; and if you were having guests, it became important. In short, I would guess that "he knew his forks" means "he always knew what to eat what with", i.e. "he was well-bred, he knew all the right social behaviour". I am glad to have escaped all this; but I must admit that the convention in some other countries, including Israel, that you wipe your knife clean on your bread (and lick your fork) and continue to use them for the next course, still leaves me with an indefinable disquiet, a sense that in a hotel, really, one should expect better... I suppose this is childhood conditioning. PS it is absolutely true that one test of good breeding in the England of those days was to serve the victim peas and see how s/he ate them: the right way was to balance them on the back of the fork, held so that it curved upward like an arch; a near-pass was awarded if you held the fork correctly but speared the peas on them; to hold the fork curved down, like a spoon, and scoop the peas onto it, was unforgivable. I haven't been back to England for years. Is it still like that? Judy Koren, Haifa. From: "David M. Schaps" Subject: Re: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:06:17 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 143 (189) The queried comment would probably have spoked with less of a forked tongue had the enquirer read it correctly: "he knew the forks", not "he knew his forks". Without recourse to slang or colloquialism, I take it to be a straightforward metaphor: when walking down the road of life, he knew where to go at each fork in the road. From: "C. David Frankel" Subject: 6.0087 Forks Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 21:42:54 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 144 (190) Check a book of etiquette: salad fork, dinner fork, dessert fork, shrimp fork. . . | C. David Frankel_________Phone: 904-588-8395 Asst. Prof. of Theatre___BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 20:45:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 145 (191) To the question from W. Schipper et al., about the knowing of "forks" (excerpted in his "He knew the forks," of June 17): Teeming with respect for philologists' contempt for folk etymologizers; freed by my innocence of Donaldson's *American Life...* (to guess the more wildly-wantonly): I'd have construed the quoted "He knew the forks..." as not at all a knowing of "his manners," but as authorial-ironic way of saying that he was an unscrupulously pragmatic opportunist -- took every "turn" (like affecting CURRENT tastes [debased by the author's heavily ironic "canons" applied to whimsy-vs.hoary-time- sanctioned JUDGMENT, e.g.]) that is afforded, in fact imposed, by the FORK in every road. That -- the fork in road -- is the base metaphor in this fancy of mine. If Frost's commonly MISconstrued Narrator took the tine of the fork "least travelled by" for reasons dubiously construed, I'll say this much in that Narrator's defense: "KNOWING ONE'S FORKS" was far more free-market-teleological than FROST'S Narrator wanted EVER to become. Shorter version: To me it seems that knowing his forks was his "getting around," his nose for "what's out there." He was a grandchild of Captain Vere, Jason Compson, President Bush, Benjamin Franklin, Machiavelli, the Dean of your favorite School of Business, the most stellar of grantspersons who ever sniffed the breezes that blow even more capriciously than roads diverge as *forks* -- that crowd. A grandchild of the HUMANIST, I mean, who not MERELY wonders but expeditiously declaims: "What does all of this gibberish have to do with the relationship of computers to THE humanities?" From: koontz@alpha (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 15:18:17 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 146 (192) [deleted quotation] Presumably, which of several forks beside the plate to use with each course. My particular terror, though, is spoons. From: Eric Crump Subject: call for poems Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 14:02:16 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 93 (193) CALL FOR POEMS: Published or unpublished poems, written between 1963 and 1992, are needed for a new anthology, tentatively entitled: The Hearts of Parents and Children: Poems, 1963-1993 Poems addressing any aspect of the parent/child relationship are welcome, but submissions must be limited to a maximum of 3 typed poems. Poems must be in English (no translations). Submit by e-mail to Eric Crump, University of Missouri, C509379@mizzou1.bitnet or C509379@mizzou1.missouri.edu. Please be sure to sign your name and include your e-mail address. Poems can be submitted by snail mail, but only work accompanied by a return envelope with sufficient postage will be considered. (Please remember to enclose International Reply coupons when submitting work to an address outside your own country.) In the U.S., direct poems to Victoria Speckman, P.O. Box 1221, Greenwood, IN 46143. Work mailed from Canada or other locations outside the U.S. should be sent to Ron Marken, English Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0, Canada. Deadline for submissions: January 15, 1993. Royalties accruing from the sale of this anthology will go to a charity that assists victims of child abuse. This anthology is being developed and will be edited by a group of writers from throughout the U.S. and Canada who are employing electronic mail to work on the project, using a Listserv List hosted by the University of Missouri's mainframe computer to communicate with each other. Editorial Board: Wendy Bishop Katharine Coles Adam Conn Eric Crump Kip Ferguson John Gilgun Palmer Hall Geoffrey Hargreaves Nathan Hughes Kristian Marken Ron Marken John Oughton Scott Olsen Victoria Speckman Brent Stuver Charlton Wilbur From: (James Marchand) Subject: forks Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 17:54:13 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 147 (194) I still think it meant knowing which fork to use; if it did not mean that, I am sure people would have taken it that way. In the interest of further- ing the other opinion (not to be trivial), I should mention that the homo viator in bivio topos is common in the Middle Ages, e.g. the book by Wolfgang Harms with that title. Jim Marchand From: "John M. Unsworth" Subject: Re: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 01:26:15 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 148 (195) Re: forks. I'm sure others will offer the same interpretation, but it seems obviously to refer to a proper knowledge of dinner-table layout-- which fork do you pick up for the salad, which one for the main course, which one for dessert (and it can get more complicated than that). I think the phrase just means the person in question is "cultured." John Unsworth From: ath@linkoping.trab.se Subject: Re: 6.0087 Qs: Humanities Computing; E-Mail; Forks (4/117) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 09:27:54 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 149 (196) [deleted quotation] from [deleted quotation] This smacks of typing error. Since 'canons' are mentioned, 'forms' is a much more likely reading: forms and prevailing canons of deference .... Unless, of course, we begin to wonder why only canons and not, say, deacons prevail. Anders Thulin ath@linkoping.trab.se Telia Research AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0092 Rs: Forks (5/112) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1992 12:39:38 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 150 (197) So, we have 3 votes for silverware and 2 votes for forks in the road. Might I suggest that the "silverware" thesis is strengthened by the remainder of the sentence, which concerns our hero's courteous treatment of the ladies? The latter surely puts us squarely in the court of the social niceties; it's difficult to reconcile with a picture of a Machiavellian pragmatist (unless the said ladies held the balance of power, a position arguable in the later 20th-century :-)but surely not in the period of the quote?) -- oh dear, what am I getting myself into now... Judy Koren. From: Glenn Everett Subject: 6.0092 Rs: Forks (5/112) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 14:22:16 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 151 (198) Since no one else has mentioned it yet: my first guess at the source for "he knew the forks" might be one of the "Silver Fork" novels of the early nineteenth century. Customers of the circulating libraries were apparently as fascinated with these stories of the Rich and Aristocratic as Depression-era moviegoers were with Nick and Nora Charles, as TV viewers have been with Dynasty, and as everybody is with the Kennedys. Can a specialist in the nineteenth-century novel verify or eliminate the Silver Fork novelists? Glenn Everett U of Tennessee at Martin IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Re: 6.0091 More Rs: On 'Discovery' Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 19:08:37 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 152 (199) [deleted quotation] I doubt it. Take for example an unexploded atomic bomb... The colonial conquest of the Americas has had a MAJOR IMPACT on the native populations of the continent. Their relegions, cultures, ways of life, languages, social organisations were next to totally destroyed and irradicated. Beside these trivialities, there was of course, officially, no impact reported. -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: Eric Rabkin Subject: 6.0091 More Rs: On 'Discovery' (2/28) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 14:36:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 153 (200) [deleted quotation] This comment, re "discovery" of the Americas, seems to suggest that "impact" = "existence" ("Thus I refute Berkeley," and all that). I personally have no doubt that there resurrection of Jesus did not happen. (I know others have doubts and yet others are sure it did happen; that's not the point here.) Yet I also acknowledge that the belief/knowledge/faith/etc (depending on the person involved) in/of/in/etc that resurrection has had enormous impact. I also know/believe in cultural history (malleable though it may be) while some of my students seem not to (Only 1/3 assert that they have read even one page of the Bible, the most influential text in their culture), yet that history clearly has an impact on them, albeit they might not be able to disentangle that impact from all the other factors shaping them and their world. In short, the impact= existence equation seems to me to undercut the whole notion of phenomenology even as it seems to assume all extant phenomena as and only as acts of consciousness--and this strikes me as profoundly mistaken. "There are more things in heaven and earth..." Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office: 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 From: NNTP server account Subject: R: "Discovery" - who cares? I do! Date: Sat, 20 Jun 92 13:00:48 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 154 (201) I've been following the discussion on Pre-Columbian "discovery" with some interest (there's a similar discussion going on on the SOC.HISTORY news network. Marc Eisinger triggered much of the discussion when he observed a) that there was no proof for pre- Columbian contact and b) even if such contact did occur, "who cares?" Since then, Eisinger has conceded that there is proof that the Norse had made it at least as far as Newfoundland. The saga tradition which described Norse voyages has been confirmed archaeologically at L'Anse aux Meadows. Structural remains, artifacts, and evidence that bog iron was smelted there, provide irrefutable proof. The archaeologists are careful to avoid identifying this site as the "Vinland" of Leif Eriksson; all the evidence indicates that L'Anse aux Meadows was an encampment used for a few seasons at best. While women may have been present (often a sign of permanence or semi-permanence), the site was probably an iron-smelting work camp (lots of nails have been found). "Vinland," if it existed as an actual place and not a general region, has not yet been found. But proof of Norse habitation, even if only for a short while, does not signify "discovery," and I tend to concur with Eisinger's basic point. On the SOC.HISTORY network, I cited Daniel Boorstin's "The Discoverers" (NY: Random House, 1983), p. 215, where he says that "The Vikings were probably the first European settlers in America, which is far from saying that they 'discovered' America .... What they did in America did not change their own or anybody else's view of the world. Was there ever before so long a voyage ... that made so little difference? There was practically no feedback from the Vinland voyages. What is most remarkable is not that the Vikings actually reached America, but that they reached America and even settled there for a while without _discovering_ America." John E. Koontz argues that the Norse exploitation of Newfoundland and other parts of North America enabled their Greenland colonies to survive. Yet those colonies eventually died out, so Eisinger's basic point remains valid. Of course, there is some suggestion that Columbus visited Iceland years before his 1492 voyage, heard stories about the Greenland and Vinland experiences, and thus became convinced in his theory that Asia (for what else could it be) could be reached by crossing the Atlantic. But here, too, strong evidence is lacking, and the stories Columbus may have heard, were by then more myth and legend than irrefutable evidence. What disturbs me about Eisinger's position is his "who cares?" remark. I expect more from somebody on the HUMANIST network. The Norse experience was real, and though it failed to lead to sustained contact, that failure itself is worth studying. Thomas McGovern looked at that experience in "The Vinland Adventure: A North Atlantic Perspective," NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST II: 4(1980/81): 285-308; he provides a convincing case for Norse "strategic overstretch," and thereby improves our understanding of economic, social and political conditions in the medieval Norse North Atlantic. For others, interested in early seventeenth century North American colonization efforts, the Norse experience in North America provides useful points of comparison. The high mortality rates, the importance of limiting factors of an environmental nature, the nature and quality of Norse shipping as a factor in their lack of success, the friction with indigenous people, these are all discussed by McGovern. In short, the abortive Norse experience in trans-Atlantic expansion helps explain why the "discovery" of the Americas did not occur earlier; it reinforces the point that Columbus owed much of his success to the social, economic, technological, political, and intellectual developments of the fifteenth century. I am appalled that anyone would respond to improvements in our understanding of the past with "who cares?" From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Humanities computing course Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 09:26:59 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 155 (202) In view of the crashing lack of response to my previous request for information or syllabi for a course on computational studies in Spanish, perhaps I should amplify that what I am primarily interested in is any material on humanities computing courses in general. I can handle the Spanish part. Thanks again, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Walter Maner Subject: COMPUTER ETHICS CURRICULUM KIT Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 14:00:14 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 156 (203) TEACHING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING: A "STARTER KIT" The Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University and Educational Media Resources, Inc. (a not-for-profit organization specializing in educational programming) have assembled a "Starter Kit" for teachers who wish to introduce social and ethical implications of computing into their computer science or computer engineering classes. The "Kit" can also help computer science departments fulfill national accreditation requirements (CSAC/CSAB). The "Starter Kit" includes three video tapes and two monographs: VIDEO TAPES: No. 1--Teaching Computing and Human Values (45 min.) No. 2--What Is Computer Ethics (45 min.) No. 3--Examples and Cases in Computer Ethics (45 min.) MONOGRAPHS: No. 1--Teaching Computer Ethics (110 pages) No. 2--Computing and Social Responsibility: A Collection of Course Syllabi (142 pages) Further information is available from the Research Center on Computing and Society at Southern Connecticut State University: E-Mail: RCCS@SCSU.CTSTATEU.EDU Phone: (203) 397-4423 (Center and answering machine) FAX: (203) 397-4681 From: e311aa@tamuts.tamu.edu (Anthony Aristar) Subject: Hanna Arendt Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 13:00 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 97 (204) Does anyone by any chance have any electronic versions of Hanna Arendt's work available, or know where it might be found? From: Carole_Ann_Hough@VME.NOTT.AC.UK Subject: English Place-Names Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 12:14:23 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 98 (205) ... I am working on a Leverhulme-funded research project at Nottingham University, entitled "A Survey of the Language of English Place-Names." The aim is to make the material published by the English Place-Name Society computer-accessible by creating a database of English place-names and place-name elements, and to use this database to produce a new edition of English Place-Name Elements which will replace the edition published in two volumes by A.H. Smith in 1956. One of my main concerns is to present the material in a format accessible not just to place-name scholars but to other people who use place-name material, and to encourage people to use place-name material if they are not already doing so. At the moment I am planning the structure of the database and the format of the element entries, and I shall be very grateful for comments and advice, particularly as regards the following points: a) How many people out there have used place-name material, and what for? b) How many people know and use Smith's edition of Elements? Which features of this edition do you find particularly useful? Have you experienced any difficulties in using it, and can you suggest any ways in which the new edition could be made easier to use? c) What format should the new edition of Elements take? (eg. should headwords be given in Anglian or West Saxon; where an element is only recorded in the dative, is it appropriate to invent a nominative to use as the headword; should length-marks be included over vowels; how much information should be given for each element; etc.) d) Any other comments. Thank you very much for your help. Carole Hough Centre for English Name Studies University of Nottingham From: J_CERNY@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: An e-mail 'discovery'/observation? Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 17:00:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 157 (206) [deleted quotation]Seems ironic to me that such an eloquent follow-up comment on the discovery discussion is anonymous! Let's see now, does that mean it has no impact ... ?? ;-) Jim Cerny, Computing and Information Services, Univ. N.H. j_cerny@unhh.unh.edu From: HOKE ROBINSON Subject: RE: 6.0095 Further Rs: On 'Discovery' (3/125) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 16:30 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 158 (207) Morgan's point -- that the Norse expedition is important as a contrast to Columbus precisely because it did _not_ result in the "discovery" of America -- is extremely well taken. Reason enough to care. From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 EISINGER at FRIBM11 Subject: Date: 23 June 92, 10:46:08 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 159 (208) [deleted quotation] The atomic bomb by its simple existance had a lot of impact, the cold war demonstrated it. [deleted quotation] As everybody (minus one) on this list had understood, the non impact I was talking of was the (hypothetic) precolumbian contacts. No one would think that the arrival of Colomb had no impact either on the americans or on the europeans. (l'ironie dessert celui qui en use) Marc From: ROLAND BOER Subject: Re: 6.0095 Further Rs: On 'Discovery' (3/125) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 20:29:20 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 160 (209) Excellent point made about the difference between the Norse experience in North America and that of Columbus; ie. that social, political, economic and technological factors meant that the Norse settlements should fade away while the effort of Columbus seems, alas, to have been more permanent. To fill it out somewaht further: the Norse arrived with all the limitations of pre-capitalist modes of production while Columbus was driven, as were so many voyages of discovery, with the power of a nascent capitalism that would colonize the "world." This would seem to be the crucial difference between the Norse efforts and the European ones that began with Columbus in the fifteenth century. Roland Boer University of New England Armidale Australia RBOER@METZ.UNE.EDU.AU From: David Bantz Subject: Re: 6.0095 Further Rs: On 'Discovery' (3/125) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1992 08:39:36 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 161 (210) My thanks for an elegant contribution; I'm only sorry for the anonymity! [deleted quotation] From: D Mealand Subject: Americas - Cabot Date: 23 Jun 92 13:59:24 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 162 (211) As a Bristolian can I insert a brief note about John Cabot's trip across the Atlantic having preceded that of Columbus. He may not have reached the mainland, but. David M. (Univ. of Edinburgh) From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0094 Rs: Forks (5/80) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 19:28:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 163 (212) I am distressed to sense a cartain drift, in conjecture about his knowing the forks, towards ascertaining something like the "right" reading, i.e., the truth about him, the forks-knower -- as his knowing of them figures in the "whole picture [to be perceived by the WHOLE work in which he is more or less convincingly characterized]." The resting place of such a drift is the way that drab sanity lies. Whether the whole book fleshes him out as a dining-room Fauntleroy or as a Machiavelli with no time to waste on anybody's vision thing -- that is the RELEVANT sort of knowledge that I hope we can avoid for at least a while. Much better simply and ignorantly to be appalled, as I want to be, by the obtuseness of the table-ware set. From: "Joel Elliott (jeliot@unc)" Subject: used books Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 08:43 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 164 (213) Hello, I frequently need to locate used, out-of-print books. Does anyone know of a directory of used book dealers? Joel Elliott UNC-Chapel Hill From: KMANLOVE@INDYCMS Subject: Email to Croatia Date: 24 Jun 92 08:51:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 165 (214) Dear Colleagues, For the past two years as I have watched with great pain the former Republic of Yugoslavia sink steadily into the abyss it has been necessary for me to repeatedlydefer research and travel plans to Zadar in Croatia. Since the infrastructure of the country is in a state of collaspe it has been difficult for me to maintain contact with friends and colleagues. I would be most appreciative for any email contacts in the country anyone might have so that I might better monitor the internalsituation. Please reply directly to me. Thanks of for your help. Kim I. Manlove Assistant to the Dean of the Faculties Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis KMANLOVE@INDYCMS From: harryfox@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Fox) Subject: Re:voltaire,sun/pope Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1992 16:09:49 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 166 (215) Does anyone know the source of the quote attributed to Voltaire to the effect he would rather be in trouble with the pope for his beliefs than with the sun? Herb Basser Queens University From: harryfox@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Fox) Subject: voltaire/pope/sun Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1992 16:20:55 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 167 (216) Sorry! the quote of Volatire I am looking for actually concerns the Gregorian Calendar. Voltaire somewhere is supposed to have remarked that he would rather disagree with the sun than agree with the pope. Does anyone know if and where that citation is found. Herb Basser QueensU From: (James Marchand) Subject: used book dealers Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 19:07:37 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 168 (217) I assume that Bowker still publishes the annual American Book Trade Direc- tory, which lists most of the used book dealers and search services. Most public libraries have a copy. I used to go to the Library Book Sale of our public library just to pick up that and The World of Learning. Jim Marchand From: Subject: Used Books Date: Wed, 24 Jun 92 08:44 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 169 (218) I would recommend: Robinson, Ruth E. and Farudi, Daryush A. _Buy Books Where - Sell Books Where, 1992-1993: A Directory of Out of Print Booksellers & Collectors & Their Author-Subject Specialties_. 8th rev edition, 1992, $29.95 paper, ISBN09603556-9-3, Ruth E. Robinson Books. Lists more than 2,500 OP, rare, and used book specialists in the U.S. and Canada. Keith Stetson Fairfield University Library From: NOEL POLK Subject: Enuff on forks already! Date: 23 JUN 92 18:01:10 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 170 (219) Here's the absolute and definitive answer to the problem of knowing forks, garnered by some careful hardcore research via Ma Bell with a phone call this very p.m. not hardly 5 minutes ago: Professor Donaldson his own self states confidently, and reliably, that "He knew the forks" MEANS he knew his table settings! Cheers. Noel Polk U of So. MS NOEL POLK From: Sean O'Cathasaigh, FRI001@UK.AC.SOTON.IBM or SOC@UK.AC.SOTON.MAIL Subject: Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 10:50:51 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 171 (220) Department of French, The University, Southampton SO9 5NH The discussion of the man who knew the forks is in the best traditions of Humanist. I am persuaded by the suggestion that the whole debate is based on a misprint, and that "forks" should read "forms". But the struggle to read meaning into the phrase as reported is vastly entertaining. Judy Coren wondered whether the semiotics of table manners in England remain the same. Not quite. When the Mallard Society (the shadowy but celebrated group of Southampton Humanists and ex-humanists) meets, we have no problems with forks. The first four courses require only two forks; we then adjourn to another room for dessert, which requires only one further fork. Of course on occasion some of our foreign guests can't work out which implements to use when opening a banana or peeling a grape, but what can you expect? From: HuntleyJ@epb-po.epb.uiowa.edu Subject: Computing course for humanists Date: 24 Jun 92 08:31 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 103 (221) Text item: Text_1 Dear Mr. Faulhaber,and other Computing Humanists: I've read your messages about courses for humanistic computing, and wonder whether my experience this past semester might be helpful. This past Spring term,I gave a course to 9 undergrads and 2 grads called 8:195 "Computer Applications for Teaching and Research in the Humanities." We used Macs exclusively; they were networked on Local Talk and used Apple Talk; we had SE/30's and MacIIx and IIci's with color monitors to work with; we also used Telnet, Encore Mail on the Unix main frame, UseNetNews, and CDRoms in the Library for our work. The students ranged in entry-level skills from zilch to sophisticated. I myself got into this business about 15 years ago. The course succeeded beyond my hopes. We had fun, gained confidence, learned lots of stuff, and left happy. Looking back, I think it turned out to be a "liberal education" course in computing in which people learned to explore before reading manuals, to acquire and then to trust instinct and intuition, to keep everything task- focused and job-oriented (never abstract or theoretical, and never learn more than what's needed for the job at hand), but then to become aware of the knowledge acquired peripherally, to cope with frustration (nothing works right the first 5 times, then it always works and only dummys screw up), etc. And always, people are more important than computers. A lot of the work was done by small teams of 2 or 3 who would then demo what they'd been able to do for the rest of the class. I wanted people to cash in on each other's learning. This, naturally, fostered a wonderful group spirit. I divided the material into 4 parts: 2 opening weeks on personal utilities and programs like word processors, outliners, etc. Second 2 weeks on hardware and network conventions: hierarchical filing, network protocol and ethics, e- mail, telnet, bulletin board, distant access to our on-line library catalogue, access to distant catalogues (including yours at Berkeley), etc. Next 5 weeks on research apps: note takers, search strategies, etc. Final 6 weeks on teaching applications and an independent project. EAch person created a unit (using PageMaker, or the Multi-Media Annotator, More, Persuasion, or Director that would teach and delight the rest of us about something, something personally interesting, not necessarily academic. We got projects on Nat.Am. folklore and narrative, musical structure, Kathy Aker, job interview technique, horseback jumping technique, etc. Our final consisted of each Hum-Comp (as we called ourselves) demonstrating the project. Lots of other details, but this gives a general picture. Happy to answer further questions if you have them. John Huntley English 308 EPB, Univ. of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 john-huntley@uiowa.edu From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 Subject: Date: 24 June 92, 12:25:24 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 172 (222) First I'd like to thank all contributors and I will try to precise my point of view. I will not answer to Eric Rabkin, his english is to elaborate for my knowledge of this langage. Nevertheless I think I got one of his point on impact / existence. A distinction must be made on material/non material existence : we all know that dreams have impacts on people, that the unicorn had an impact on medieval litterature, not to talk about imagination in painting, astrology and religion. Now, this is (from my point of view) in the domain of belief. If someone wants to argue that he believes that there were a lot of precolumbian contacts between the "two" worlds, I'm OK but I'm talking about scientific evidences, not belief. To the "anonymous who cares", I should apologize. My main domain of interest in mesoamerica so I've little knowledge of northen territories of America. Nevertheless he has a very good point : if "old world" people came to the Americas (I mean if we have evidence of that) then we would learn something (and we do care) on the travelers but, and that's what I should have explicitely stated, it would not teach us anything on native americans as (to my knowledge) there was/is no impact. In short : if we can prove that Egyptians came to America it proves that they were able to do so but it doesn't change anything on our vision of precolumbian america UNLESS we prove these Egyptians had an influence on the natives. Thanks for your interest. Marc From: D Mealand Subject: Crossing Atlantic pre Columbus Date: 24 Jun 92 15:13:27 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 173 (223) In my school days in Bristol I was always taught that the Bristolian John Cabot crossed the Atlantic before Columbus even if it wasn't the mainland that he found when he got to the other side of the pond. David M. **************************************************************************** David L. Mealand * Bitnet: D.Mealand%uk.ac.edinburgh@ukacrl University of Edinburgh * Office Fax: (+44)-31-220-0952 Scotland,U.K. EH1 2LX * Office tel.:(+44)-31-225-8400 ext.221/217 **************************************************************************** From: W Schipper Subject: ChaucerNet Announcement Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 14:46:45 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 105 (224) The following message was posted on ChaucerNet today. It is being cross-posted on the following lists for the information of anyone interested in the list: AnsaxNet, Medtextl, humanist Hello, ChaucerNet fans Most of you are aware of the problems that have hit ChaucerNet in the past few weeks. Aside from the frequent reminders that a certain Harvard professor was in Italy, and Bernard Van't Hul's plaintive requests to be released from bondage to the net, there were the thousand or so bounced messages that overflowed everyone's mailbox. The recycled bounced messages were the result of a bug in the software that distributes postings to ChaucerNet, and were exacerbated by the fact that there was no-one to watch the list and intervene when problems arose. The bug can't be fixed quickly, but it was possible to find someone to act as moderator, who can step in when something goes wrong, as it no doubt will if noone is watching. We hope Murphy's law works in reverse too, that when someone is watching the list that nothing will go wrong. After some discussion Nancy Khawand, of UNL's computing services, and Bill Schipper, of AnsaxDat fame, have worked what we hope is a simple but effective method of overseeing the list. All messages and postings to ChaucerNet will be forwarded to Bill, who will send them out if they are unproblematic. Problematic ones will be dealt with as they come. If you have trouble subscribing, or unsubscribing, send a message to Bill at one of the following addresses: schipper@unlinfo.unl.edu schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Postings to ChaucerNet should continue to go to chaucer@unlinfo.unl.edu and changes to your subscription should continue to go to listserv@unlinfo.unl.edu We hope this will help to prevent problems in the future. We have no intention of modifying messages or "censoring" discussion in any way. In fact, most of you won't notice any difference in the operation of the net, except that messages will get processed a bit more slowly. Be patient, because there may still be a few problems that we haven't anticipated. --Bill Schipper P From: vicky@humnet.ucla.edu Subject: position opening Date: 29 Jun 1992 12:27:15 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 174 (225) I will be leaving my job as Director of UCLA's Humanities Computing Facility at the end of this summer. A search committee for my replacement is being formed and the position will be posted soon. If you are interested or know someone who would be good, please contact David Wilson for more information. His email address is: wilsond@others.sscnet.ucla.edu Vicky Walsh From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Subject: Job Posting, UPenn Date: Wed, 1 Jul 92 00:05:46 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 175 (226) June 30, 1992 Associate Vice Provost for Information Systems & Computing, University Computing Services SUMMARY The Associate Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing, University Services, is charged with ensuring the University maintains a position of technological leadership among its peer institutions, at the level required for competitive recruitment, retention and satisfaction of faculty and highly qualified students. In pursuit of this mission, the AVP is responsible for user support of general desktop productivity tools and network communications facilities; technical communications; and technology training programs for faculty, students, and staff. In Penn's decentralized academic computing environment, the AVP works closely with directors of academic computing and others in the schools to coordinate instructional and research computing. The AVP develops plans and programs for identifying, implementing, and managing key technologies and technological processes essential to the academic mission of the University. In these activities, the AVP promotes efficiency of service delivery by coordinating the efforts and expertise of the various ISC units and computing organizations based in the Schools and departments across the University. The AVP reports to the Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing. DUTIES Provide overall direction, organizational leadership, human resource management, and budget development and management for a large professional staff of technical personnel in four organizational units: --Computing Resource Center (instructional technology and end-user computing services for faculty, staff and students); --Academic Computing Services (distributed platforms, e.g., RISC/UNIX, mainframe and supercomputer support, acquisition and distribution of selected software and data products); --Technology Training (end-user and service-provider training through internal and external hands-on training sources, computer-based training, and other delivery channels for faculty, staff and students); --Technical Publications (informational programs for end-users and clients of ISC services, delivered through electronic and hardcopy media). In collaboration with client representatives and other ISC groups, develop strategies and plans for integrated computing, networking, multimedia and publications facilities and services to support the University's research and teaching missions. Work with other ISC units to design marketing and organizational plans to implement these strategies. Align end-user support programs and systems (product evaluation, consulting, training, publications) to meet the needs of other ISC units and their clients. Oversee outreach to external organizations, donors, and vendors whose technology products and services meet the University's academic computing requirements. Work closely with senior administrators, School and University computing committees, program offices and academic departments, research centers, the University Libraries, and selected administrative units. Oversee the effective coordination of the Academic Committee of the ISC Advisory Council; serve on University task forces and committees. Ensure client input for ISC academic computing activities; promote client understanding of ISC academic computing plans, programs and activities. Work with School computing directors and organizations to provide executive liaison and mutual planning among those facilities and the ISC. Lead selected interdepartmental research and planning efforts in academic computing issues. Represent the University to other schools and organizations in nationwide computing activities. Represent University views to computing-related vendors. Serve on vendor advisory boards. QUALIFICATIONS Advanced degree required. Seven to ten years progressively responsible experience in the management of academic computing, and in university research or teaching. Progressive responsibility in University administration, including program planning, project management, organizational development and staff supervision, budget management, and strategic planning. Ability to interact effectively with faculty, administrators, students, business officials and other external groups. Knowledge of university, corporate and government environments. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated achievement in proposal writing and grant development. Ability to develop and market programs and services. Excellent organizational skills; demonstrated experience in managing organizational change and leading professional and support staff. Experience in managing cross-functional teams and cooperative interdepartmental projects and collaborative ventures. Ability to communicate with diverse constituencies, and lead cooperative efforts involving faculty and staff from different departments and schools. ***** The resume and cover letter should be sent to: F. Buchhalter Director of Finance and Adm Information Systems and Computing 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 230A Philadelphia, PA 19104 Submission deadline: July 12, 1992 University of Pennsylvania is an Affirmative Action/EOE Employer From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: instructional video system Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 16:04:10 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 107 (227) The Integrated Interactive Visualizer Video Instructional System (IVY) in development by M. Chan M.I.E.E., J. Ho, E. F. James M.A. D. de IIIeC and M. Sherk Ph.D. This multimedia system allows for: i) management of text - explanations on screen of teaching points, - integrated exercises with automatically presented right and wrong answer messages - record keeping of student performance - short video dialogues to give "live" examples of grammatical structures explained in the on-screen textual presentation. ii) computer generated sound (digital sound) for presenting grammatical structures to be repeated orally as well as pronunciation drills to be completed iii) visualized intonation contours - those very important features which make or break effective linguistic communication. Presentation of intonation (speech melody) contours accompanying basic sentence types. These structures are presented "aurally" as well as "visually" on the monitor in the form of snake-like lines . These visualisations are supplemented by the display of the sentence being drilled (at the top of the monitor screen) as well as the graphic display of individual syllables along the intonation contour. The visualised intonation contour of the model sentence appears -- in real time -- on the top half of the screen and the instantaneous visualisation of the student's imitation (as he/she is saying it) appears on the lower half of the screen. This permits an instant visual comparison and subsequent correction since as soon as the student repeats an imitation, his/her first imitation is automatically erased and the new one is again instantaneously traced on the screen to permit further comparison and correction. It can be seen then that the computer terminal becomes an individual multi-media learning laboratory. An article, describing the system much more, fully is to appear in IRAL in 1993. For preprints please contact: Prof. E.F. James, Rm 259a, University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A1. *****END***** From: treura@uta.fi Subject: Euralex program Date: Sun, 28 Jun 92 10:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 108 (228) EURALEX '92 CONGRESS A TENTATIVE PROGRAMME (a new version of 28.6.92 - with lunches!) Legenda: ** = day; * = time (Room) NAME SUBJECT GROUP Title (Language, if not English) Rooms: A = Great Hall (ca. 630 people) A1 = Big Auditorium (ca. 310 people) A3 = Lecture Room (ca. 60) A4 = Lecture Room (ca. 60) C8 = Lecture Room (54) C9 = Lecture Room (54) Subject Groups: 1 USERS = 1 Dictionaries from the User's Perspective 2 TERM = 2 Terminology & Terminography 3 COMPUT = 3 Computational Lexicology & Lexicography 4 LING = 4 Linguistics in Lexicography 5 MAKING = 5 The Dictionary-making Process 6 OTHTOP = 6 Historical & Scholarly Dictionaries, and other Lexicographical Topics ** Tuesday, August 4th * 10-19 Registration in the Main Building * 11-17 Pre-Euralex tutorials * 19.00 (A) Opening of the Congress Rector of the University of Tampere, Prof. Tarmo PUKKILA * 19.15 (A) Opening Address: "Lexicography and Corpus Linguistics" by Prof. Fred KARLSSON (University of Helsinki) Reception ** Wednesday, August 5th * 09.00 (A) BOGAARDS 1 USERS French dictionary users and word frequency (A1) GVISHIANI 2 TERM Terminology as knowledge banks: the cognitive approach (with special reference to multilingual lexicography) (A4) LEEMETS Helle 5 MAKING Translating the "untranslatable" words (C8) AL-KASIMI 6 OTHTOP Is the dictionary of quotations a dictionary? * 09.45 (A) BINON & VERLINDE 1 USERS Le Dictionnaire d'Apprentissage du Francais des Affaire (in French) (A1) MEYER 2 TERM COGNITERM: An Experiment in Building a Terminological Knowledge Base (A4) TOMMOLA 5 MAKING 'Banja' and 'baseball' in Finnish context: making a dictionary of realia (C8) KARPOVA 6 OTHTOP Shakespeare lexicography. Trends of Development (XVIII-XX cc.) * 10.30 Coffee break * 11.00 (A) ALEXANDER 1 USERS Fixed expressions, idioms and phraseology in recent English Learner's Dictionaries (A1) TALBOT 2 TERM Developing EIRETERM: the Termbank & O'CROININ of the Eurotra Machine Translation Project (A4) RUNDELL 5 MAKING Synonymy - lexicography's poor relation (C8) ZUMKEHR 6 OTHTOP Der Lexikograph als Hermeneut (in German) * 11.45 (A) STOCK 1 USERS The Cultural Dimension in Defining (A1) SUONUUTI 2 TERM Ways and methods of utilizing a & NUUTILA termbank (A4) STERKENBURG 5 MAKING Electronic onomasiology: the van Dale Greater Dictionary of Synonyms (C8) KARELSON 6 OTHTOP Das Bedeutungswoerterbuch und Uebersetzungswoerterbuecher der estnischen Sprache (in German) * 12.30 Lunch * 14.00 (A) van WOUDEN 4 LING Prolegomena to a Multilingual Description of Collocations (A1) ALONGE 3 COMPUT Machine-readable dictionaries and lexical information on verbs (A4) LEEMETS Tiina 5 MAKING A link between language planners and language speakers: a dictionary (C8) HUELLEN & HAAS 6 OTHTOP Adrianus Junius on the Order of his NOMENCLATOR (1577). * 15.30 Coffee break * 14.45 (A) GLOVINSKAJA 4 LING On a Dictionary of Russian Verb: Aspecto- Temporal Meanings (A1) IDE & VERONIS 3 COMPUT Principles for encoding machine & al. readable dictionaries (A4) SUNDSTROEM 5 MAKING Tackling Lexicographical Anisomorphism in Front Matter Comments (C8) MIYOSHI 6 OTHTOP J.K.'s dictionary (1702) reconsidered * 16.00 (A) WORKSHOP on Tools and Methods for Practical Lexicography (Ole NORLING-CHRISTENSEN) (A1) FIRZLAFF 3 COMPUT Applying Text Linguistic Principles to Modelling Meaning Paraphrases (A3) HARTMANN 1 USERS Learners' references: from the monolingual to the bilingual dictionary (C9) NAM 4 LING Lexicographical Treatment of the Korean Verb MANDUL 'to make' * 16.45 (A1) FONTENELLE 3 COMPUT Collocation acquisition from a corpus or from a dictionary: a comparison (A3) MORKOVKIN 1 USERS Orientacija na pol'zovatelja kak dominanta uchebnoj leksikografii (in Russian) (C9) LEE 4 LING The Yonsei Corpora of Korean and Lexicographical Projects * 17.30 (A1) SIKRA 3 COMPUT Dictionary defining language (A3) OVSIENKO 1 USERS Chastotno-semanticheskij slovar' russkoj razgovornoj rechi (in Russian) * 19.00-20.30 Reception at the City Hall ** Thursday, August 5th * 09.00 (A) Jurij APRESJAN (Plenary) Systemic lexicography * 10.30 (A) Jan SVARTVIK (Plenary) Lexis in Corpora * 12 - 22 Congress Excursion ** Friday, August 7th * 09.00 (A) AYTO 5 MAKING A miniscule question: orthography and authority in dictionaries (A1) LAUFER 1 USERS Corpus versus Lexicographer Examples in Comprehension and Production of New Words (A3) SANG & VIKS 3 COMPUT Tietokoneella laadittu riimisanakirja (in Finnish) (C9) NIEKERK 4 LING The lexicographical treatment of neo-classical compounds * 09.45 (A) HAM 5 MAKING The Longman Spoken Corpus - a revolutionary new resource (A1) WALTER 1 USERS Semantic set-defining: benefits to the lexicographer and the user (A3) VOSSEN 3 COMPUT The automatic construction of a knowledge base from dictionaries: a combination of techniques (C9) SOLOMONICK 4 LING Word - morpheme balance in dictionary making * 10.30 Coffee break * 11.00 (A) THOMPSON 5 MAKING Television as a source of material for English dictionaries (A1) DUMITRESCU 3 COMPUT Paradigmatic Morphology Modeling and Lexicon Design with MORPHO-2 (A3) MINAEVA 1 USERS Dictionary examples: friends or foes (C9) OPITZ 4 LING On the borders of semantic invariance: connotation and the dictionary * 11.45 (A) MOON 5 MAKING 'There is reason in the roasting of eggs': a consideration of fixed expressions in native-speaker dictionaries (A1) MASEREEUW 3 COMPUT DICTEDIT - A computer program & SERAIL for dictionary data entry and editing (A3) VARANTOLA 1 USERS Words, terms and translators (C9) ten HACKEN 4 LING On the Definition of Compounding * 12.30 Lunch * 14.00 (A1) SAAGVALL HEIN 3 COMPUT From natural to formal dictionaries (A4) MALMGREN 5 MAKING From Svensk ordbok ('A dictionary of Swedish') to National-encyklopediens ordbok ('The dictionary of the National Encyclopedia') (C9) GAK 4 LING De la langue-systeme a la realisation discursive dans un dictionaire bilingue "de type actif" (in French) * 14.45 (A1) MONTEMAGNI 3 COMPUT Tailoring a broad coverage grammar for the analysis of dictionary definitions (A4) SMIT 5 MAKING An interdisciplinary, intercultural and multilingual project: the new Southern African music education dictionary (C9) GONZALEZ 4 LING Foreign and New Words in Lexicology and Lexicography * 15.30 Coffee break * 16.00 (A) Presidential Round Table "The Ideal Computerized Dictionary" chaired by Reinhard R.K. HARTMANN * 20.00 Congress dinner ** Saturday, August 8th * 09.00 (A) HUMPHREYS 4 LING The Simplified English Lexicon (A1) AHMAD 2 TERM The elaboration of special & FULFORD & ROGERS language terms: the role of contextual examples, representative samples and normative requirements (A4) SAARI 5 MAKING Einsprachiges Handwoerterbuch leserfreundlich (in German) * 09.45 (A) NUNBERG 4 LING Systematic polysemy in lexicology and & ZAENEN lexicography (A1) THOMAS 2 TERM Treatment of compound terminology entries (A4) MALM 5 MAKING On Sign Language Lexicography * 10.30 Coffee break * 11.00 (A) WILLIAMS 5 MAKING The question of plagiarism and breach of copyright in the dictionary-making process (A1) MARTIN 3 COMPUT On the parsing of definitions (C8) COTTER 2 TERM The current state of affairs with regard to computer-related dictionaries and their implications (C9) de STADLER 4 LING Syntagmatic lexical relations: a lexicographical perspective * 11.45 (A) BARNHART 5 MAKING Neologisms in English and their Implications for Editors of Bilingual and Monolingual Dictionaries (A1) HONSELAAR 3 COMPUT The electronic conversion of a & ELSTRODT dictionary. From Dutch-Russian to Russian-Dutch (C9) TELIJA 4 LING The motivational basis in the & DOROSHENKO semantics of idioms and ways of its presentation in the computer data base * 12.30 Lunch * 14.00 (A) SWANEPOEL 4 LING Getting a grip on emotions: defining lexical items that denote emotions (A1) PICCHI & al. 3 COMPUT The Pisa Lexicographic Workstation: The Bilingual Components (A3) ATKINS EURALEX Report Workshop I (A4) TER-MINASOVA 5 MAKING The Freedom of Word-Combinations and the Compilation of Learners' Combinatory Dictionaries (C8) NEETAR 6 OTHTOP Etymologisches im estnischen Dialektwoerterbuch (EDW) (in German) * 14.45 (A) THELEN 4 LING Lexical Systems and Lexical Domains as Measures of Accessibility, Consistency and Efficiency of Lexical Information in Dictionaries (A1) RIIKONEN 3 COMPUT WSOY Editorial System for Dictionaries (A3) KNOWLES EURALEX Report Workshop II (A4) BOTHA 5 MAKING The Lemmatization of Expressions in Descriptive Dictionaries (C8) WOOLDRIDGE 6 OTHTOP A Diachronic Study of Dictionary Structures and Consultability (in French) * 15.30 Coffee break * 16.00 (A) Biannual EURALEX General Meeting * 20.00 Sauna Evening ** Sunday, August 9th * 10.00 New EURALEX Board Meeting ht ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIFTH EURALEX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS University of Tampere, Finland August 4-9, 1992, Congress Organizers: Hannu Tommola & Krista Varantola Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere Contact address: Congress Bureau: EURALEX '92 TAVI P.O.Box 607 Hallituskatu 5 B 9 SF-33101 Tampere, Finland SF-33200 Tampere, Finland Telefax: +358-31-157200 Telephone: +358-31-133555 Email: treura@uta.fi Telefax: +358-31-132840 From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0102 Rs: Used Books; Forks Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 17:05:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 176 (229) One is touched to "hear" the exuberance -- the almost violent delight -- in Noel Polk's report on the "definitive" outcome of his research into the matter of the forks. Is not, though touched, convinced. If some-Dantesque HUMANIST subscriber were to manage an interview with Sophocles, in which Sophocles were to declare that in the character of Oedipus there was NO "COMPLEX" at all, the divagations of Freud would be unaffected by the findings of that "research." In remarking the flagrancy of Noel Polk's intentional fallacy, one does not call his good intentions into question. Professor Donaldson's reading of his text is unconvincing in a world whose *viae* are too forkful to afford leisurely finesse at table. From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0102 Rs: Used Books; Forks Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 20:27:20 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 177 (230) The protagonist who "knew the forks" remains in my view the opportunistis sojourner on the forkful road of life -- the research of Polk into the mind of author Donaldson to the contrary withstanding. Having been "persuaded by the suggestion that the whole debate [about the man who knew the forks] is based on a misprint, and that "forks" should read "forms," Mr. Sean O'Cathasaigh should NOT now be dissuaded by Mr.Noel Polk's finding for *forks* -- in the mind of author Donaldson. Of course one assumes HUMANIST Polk's probity, and author Donaldson's too. However, believing that Donaldson SPELLED the *forks* of his printed text does not utterly obviate O'Cathasaigh's *forms*-for-*forks* emendation. O'Cathasaigh's error was merely of *locus*. Polk's finding does not end conjecture; it shifts the focus of it -- from conceivable *misprint* on page to probable slip in authorial psyche or flaw of his imagination. That is to say: One accepts as fact and rejects as dull Donaldson's motory execution of his reported intention to spell AND "mean" the tableware kind of *forks*. If the Polk finding challenges the O'Cathasaigh presumption of *misprint*, it does NOT diminish the heuristic force of O'Cathasaigh's *forms* itself -- which emboldens one to proffer a yet-more satisfactory reading than EITHER *forks* (in road AND on table) OR *forms* -- a reading that embraces AND moves BEYOND both. That reading would of course be *FORDS*. There is no time to articulate here the elegance embedded in the pragmatic-opportunistic protagonist's knowing of "fords" in their polysemous variety. No time (a) to explain why the protagonist's knowing Mistress and Master ("the Fords" of Shakespeare's *Merry Wives...*) makes him ever-mindful not to arouse the ire of a jealous husband on his opportunistic way to all of the "rooms at the top"; or time (b) to imagine that in his hobbing and nobbing with erstwhile occupants of the American White House, the opportunistic protagonist is made aware that "Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner [prudentially rendered as 'Enlightened self-interest obliges one to grant a criminal predecessor a pardon']"; or time (c) to insist that an opportunistic protagonist is especially well served by a nose for where -- between *forks [in road, on table]* -- he will ford the f[j]ords that would foil any visionary dining-room dilettante; or time (d) to predict that his knowing an Edsel from a Mustang will grease any opportunistic protagonist's political skids in this most Japan-bashing of times. One looks forward to reading Donaldson's book. From: DORENKAMP@HLYCROSS.BITNET Subject: The Fork Not Taken Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 21:09 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 178 (231) An article in today's (Sunday, June 28) New York Times by Alessandra Stanley offers information on Martin Scorsese's efforts in bringing to the screen Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence." It also provides an insight into the meaning of "he knew the forks." Ms. Stanley writes: To understand Wharton's tribe, Mr. Scorsese spent nearly two years immersed in the fine points of heritage and breeding. There is now little about watch fobs, lobster forks, tea parties or portraits by John Singer Sargent that he does not know. Later in the article, she quotes Scorsese himself as saying: Basic good manners and etiquette are pretty much the same, but when you have the choice of 70 different forks, and I mean 70 forks, that's fascina- ting. To know one's forks was (is), then, no small feat. And, of course, choosing the wrong fork in Wharton's society could certainly make "all the difference" just as choosing from diverging paths. There is, too, a text (or perhaps an iconography) where the two notions of forks offered in this discussion do indeed merge and become one. I refer, of course, to the map displayed by Art Fern (I believe that's his name), the host of the matinee or tea-time movie in that show within a show, viz., the skit on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. The map displayed the "fork in the road," proving all our readings misreadings. John Dorenkamp Holy Cross College From: PARKINSN@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA Subject: One more on the Discovery thing Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 09:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 110 (232) Well, I guess a question has been asked and answered. Eisinger says "who cares" and several interested parties answer, stating elaborately and eloquently just _why_ they "care." This is the same question that students often ask about a particularly diffi- cult text which refuses to divulge its meaning obviously and without question. This is also a question often asked of the genre of discovery literature in general, because it exists at the periphery of several disciplines (history, archaeology, literary studies to name a few). As a Canadian I "care" about minor and badly written narratives because they risk being forgotten altogether if I don't, and then there will be even less to define us against the American "other" which lurks to the south (or the arctic "other" which looms above). Also, many of these badly written narratives turn out to be fascinating as they weave their cultural and structural ambiguities. They have interesting relationships with more canonical texts as well. Additionally, the _well_ written, though anonymous (although "NNTP server account" is a kind of identity), posting states: John E. Koontz argues that the Norse exploitation of Newfoundland and other parts of North America enabled their Greenland colonies to survive. Yet those colonies eventually died out, so Eisinger's basic point remains valid. There are some who think that the colony did not "die out," but rather, assimilated with the Eskimo population who hunted in the northern areas. The Norse gradually abandoned their agriculturally based settlements and adapted to the native's way of life. This is an important point since it concerns the con- stitution of a "people." This may be the case of a "difference" which is not merely erased, but incorporated into the body of a culture. This difference is also "something" which may not be able to be recuperated through any amount of critical discussion. Another point is that although many of us do care, we obviously care about different things. Eisinger states: In short : if we can prove that Egyptians came to America it proves that they were able to do so but it doesn't change anything on our vision of precolumbian america UNLESS we prove these Egyptians had an influence on the natives. I don't know if the Egyptians example is wild speculation or not, but if we knew for sure that they came, wouldn't that then _inevitably_ change the way we perceived the landscape they arrived at before us? Wouldn't it be different just because we had accumulated more knowledge about it? Hopefully it would alter the way we perceived the whole "Columbus thing." To say that even though something happened it "doesn't change anything" (the absoluteness of this phrase is terrifying) is to take a rad- ically empirical standpoint. Additionally, because many of these pre-Columbian voyages have produced texts (oral, written, archaeological) there is even more reason to think that _something_ has happened and is changed. Ted Parkinson McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario From: LSCU414@UTXVM.BITNET Subject: Voltaire, the sun and the Pope Date: Thursday, 25 June 1992 5:05pm CT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 179 (233) Voltaire is so often quoted. The search for the source should begin with the massive Voltaire Foundation edition of Les OEuvres Completes, the Taylor Institution, Oxford. The index should give satisfaction. John P. Chalmers Austin, Texas From: JOHNSTON@BRANDEIS.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0050 Qs: Psychology Diagnostic Tests; Latin Source (2/49) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 16:35 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 180 (234) Perhaps Marc Bizer has Martial I.38 in mind: Quem recitas meus est, o Fidentine, libellus; sed male cum recitas, incipit esse tuus. Pat Johnston, Brandeis From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 EISINGER at FRIBM11 Subject: Pope / Voltaire ... Date: 30 June 92, 16:46:28 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 181 (235) To my knowledge the origin is Kepler. When the pope decided to change the calendar form from the so-called Julian system to what became the so-called gregorian, all the Catholic countries adopted it as soon as they got the notice (it tooks some monthes to get to the at-the-time American colonies of Spain). The protestant countries where reluctants and Kepler supposelly said : "British would rather disagree with the sun than agree with the pope". Marc From: Lorne Hammond <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Re: 6.0102 Rs: Used Books; Forks (4/57) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 92 11:23:17 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 182 (236) I just saw a 1991 directory of used/out of print/collectables book dealers for the British Isles at the new book shelf in the Canadian National Library. I do not have a reference to the full title but I believe it was SHEPARD'S or SHEPERD's directory etc. It is indexed by subject. For example I found two entries for conservation (nature). Lorne Hammond History, University of Ottawa From: maurizio lana Subject: how to share peripherals between Mac and Dos? Date: Mon, 29 Jun 92 15:12:38 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 183 (237) Because of some very interesting programs (Collate, Perseus, PAUP, Hyperbase) I decided to buy a Mac. I already own a PC clone with CDROM, tape backup and so on. Is there an effective and inexpensive way to connect the Mac to my clone so that the Mac can access the CDROM and the tape backup? By the way: are PC clones and related software some way 'losing the train'? Onl y ten months ago I never would have thought of me as a person interested direct ly in Mac software and hardware; but some very interesting software made me cha mge my opinions; and on the PC side it's some time I don't see anything really interesting. Maurizio ----------------------------------------------------------- MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET CISI - Universita' di Torino | phone & fax: 39-11-837262 Via Sant'Ottavio 20 | I-10124 Torino | ------------------------------------------------------------ From: maurizio lana Subject: how to share peripherals between Mac and Dos, PART II... Date: Mon, 29 Jun 92 18:26:13 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 184 (238) One more thing, about my previous message on the same subject: I know of Laplink and things like that; but I'd like (I want?) to end with a CD ROM icon on my Mac desktop, referring to my CDROM drive hooked to the PC clone. Thank you for your help. Maurizio ----------------------------------------------------------- MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET CISI - Universita' di Torino | phone & fax: 39-11-837262 Via Sant'Ottavio 20 | I-10124 Torino | ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Lorne Hammond <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Q re New School Date: Fri, 26 Jun 92 11:30:15 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 185 (239) Does anyone have an e-mail address for the New School for Social research in Manhattan? Lorne hammond Dept. of History University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada 051796@UOTTAWA.BITNET From: WATTS@BUTLERU.BITNET Subject: Q: E-mail to Dresden Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 15:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 186 (240) I am trying to reach Christoph Houswitschka of the University of Dresden, Institut fur Anglistik, by either e-mail or by telephone. Communications in Dresden are apprently difficult, as they are throughout the former East Germany, but I was wondering if anyone would have either an e-mail address or a telephone number for the University of Dresden. Houswitschka may still have some connection with the Institut for Anglistik at Regensburg, so if anyone would have an e-mail address for that institution, I would be grateful if they could forward it to me. Thank you, Bill Watts watts@butleru From: W Schipper Subject: John Gower Society Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 08:50:57 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 187 (241) Can someone give me the information needed to join the John Gower Society (address, contact person, annual fee, etc). Thanks Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: HDCHICKERING@amherst Subject: All the "Trout"? Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1992 10:49 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 188 (242) Can anyone help me identify a comic novel of college days in which a female student, infuriated by patient Griselda, concocts her own stanzas to make the tale come out right, and when she is supposed to stand at the front of the class and recite her memorization from _The Clerk's Tale_, she comes out with this instead: Whan that Grisilde's doghter was ytaken She silently devysed hire a planne For to revenge swich deed she wold not slaken Though Walter bynne a markys and a manne. Whil in her veynes the fury swifte yrannne, To Walter chambre stoleth shee by nighte, And whispred, "Yor dere wyf namoore I highte." Up reyse she hir axe as up he sterte And cleved she his manhood right in tweyne. "Ye be nat fitte to lyve, withouten herte," Said she, whil Walter clutch'd himself in peyne. "Next comes yor nekke; the blood will flow like reyne! Me liketh not to soffre as ye heste. Yor kyngdom now is myne!" She axed his breste. This has been passed on to me only in an incomplete excerpt from an unidentified anthology. The heading is "More Schooling: The 'Trout,' 1958," which I believe is a play on "trouthe." I'm not sure whether the title on either side of the colon is authentic or invented for the anthology. The narrator is a young woman, and the scene is set at Columbia University. Howell Chickering HDCHICKERING@AMHERST From: swiftdon@edinboro.edu Subject: Holocaust Date: Mon, 29 Jun 92 17:40:00 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 189 (243) This is the first time I have sent a question to The Humanist. I hope I am doing this correctly. I wonder if any members have thoughts on whether religion was a source of strength for Jews who managed to survive in the concentration camps. Am aware of the opposite view, but believe there must be much evidence to support the proposition that religious belief did sustain many survivors. Comments would be appreciated. Don Swift Edinboro University of Pa. ( south of Erie) From: Oxford Text Archive Subject: e version of Maastricht Treaty Date: Tue, 30 Jun 92 12:20 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 114 (244) For those interested in the fate of Europe the Oxford Text Archive has just recieved a machine readable version of the Maastricht Treaty (Feb. 92) While Europe's governments try to make access to the texts as difficult as possible the Text Archive has put it on its anonymous ftp server. ftp to ox.ac.uk or [129.67.1.165] cd /ota/laws/eec We believe the text will also be distributed free on dik on a PC magazine next month, don't know which one at the moment but we can find out! Alan Morrison Oxford Text Archive From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Directory of E-Serial Revision Date: Sun, 05 Jul 92 22:43:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 115 (245) July 6, 1992 Announcing the Revised Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters * EDITION 2.1 - July 1992 * The revised edition of the Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters is now available on the Net. The Directory has been split into two files, EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY (2824 lines long) and EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY (4077 lines long). This revision documents over thirty new electronic serials that have appeared since the first edition, released one year ago. Presently, the Directory is available only in low ascii text via LISTSERV. Special thanks belong to Ann Okerson and the Association of Research Libraries for making this project (along with Diane Kovacs' Directory of Academic Discussion Lists and Interest Groups) the first copyrighted serial publication that is available both in hardcopy as well as being freely available on the Net in electronic text. And thanks all to the many individuals around the globe such as Peter Scott, Carl Briggs and Tony Barry who take the time to inform me of the appearance of new electronic serials. Michael Strangelove University of Ottawa [deleted quotation] The Directory is currently available in low ascii text from the following location: CONTENTS PROJECT Listserv Fileserver Send the following commands as an e-mail message to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca GET EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY GET EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY Please note the spelling carefully; - there is no "A" in "EJOURNL" and no "O" in "DIRECTRY" NB - The Directory of Electronic Journals and Newletters is not yet available via FTP. This project was made possible through funding from the Research Centre for the Study of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa. For a hardcopy version of this Directory, contact: Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing Association of Research Libraries 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 USA ARLHQ@UMDC.Bitnet (202) 232-2466 (voice) (202) 462-7849 (fax) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [deleted quotation] [THE FOLLOWING IS IN THE FILE EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY] [deleted quotation] Introduction How to Retrieve This Directory From Networked Sources Networked Resources for Electronic Publication Electronic Serials and Related Topics: A Brief Bibliography How to Submit an Entry to the Directory Getting an ISSN for an Electronic Journal How to Start an E-Newsletter PACS-L Review Special Issue on Networked Based E-Serials Changes to the Second Edition [deleted quotation] Inactive Electronic Journals Active Journals: $ indicates subscription is not free ** indicates journal is peer reviewed Subject area is indicated (when necessary) within square brakets [ ] Art Com [Contemporary art and new communication technologies] ArtsNet Review [Contemporary cross-cultural, arts and electronic networking issues] Bryn Mawr Classical Review ** CATALYST: The Community Services Catalyst [Community college educators] CORE [A literary journal for short fiction, poetry, and essays] DargonZine [Dargon Project fiction anthology] The Distance Education Online Symposium ** EJournal [Implications of electronic documents and networks] The Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic ** Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC) [Communication theory, research, practice, and policy] Fineart Forum [Application of science and technology to the contemporary arts and music] ** Flora Online [Systematic botany] Intertext [An electronic fiction digest] IOUDAIOS Review [Reviews in Early Judaism and Christian origins] Issues In Science and Technology Librarianship $ ** Journal of the International Academy of Hospitality Research Journal of Technology Education LIBRES (Library and Information Science Research Electronic Conference) MeckJournal [A monthly from Meckler Publishing] ** New Horizons in Adult Education NetWeaver Offline [Computers in religious studies] Online Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication The Public-Access Computer Systems News ** The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Pigulki [News and humor relating to Poland and Polish issues] ** Postmodern Culture ** PSYCOLOQUY Quanta [Science fiction and fantasy] ** RD: Graduate Research in the Arts The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Socjety Journal [Alumni journal of the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland] SOLSTICE: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics TeXMaG (TeX Typesetting System) TeX Publication Distribution List Textual Studies in Canada [THE FOLLOWING IS IN THE FILE EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY] [deleted quotation] Access ACQNET (The Acquisitions Librarians Electronic Network) ALCTS Network News (AN2 - The Association of Library Collections and Technical Services) American Psychological Association's Research Funding Bulletin Arts Wire News Automatome BEN (Botanical Electronic News) Between the Lines Buffer CANOPUS Magazine CCNEWS CERFNet News ChE Electronic Newsletter (Chemical Engineering) Christian Growth Newsletter Class Four Relay Magazine Computer Science Center Link Computing and Telecommunications Newsletter Computists' Communique Consortium Update Cosmic Update CPSR/PDX Newsletter (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) CRTNet - Communication Research and Theory Current Cites DDN MANAGEMENT BULLETIN DECNEWS for Education and Research DevelopNet News Deutschland Nachrichten Digit Digital Games Review Disaster Research Donosy Drosophila Information Newsletter EFFector Online (The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc.) Electronic AIR Electronic Hebrew Users Newsletter Energy and Climate Information and Exchange (ECIX) Newsletter and Digest Energy Research in Israel Newsletter Erofile Ethnomusicology Research Digest Fine Art, Science and Technology News (F.A.S.T. News) FARNET Gazette GLOSAS News (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulating Association) GNU's Bulletin (Newsletter of the Free Software Foundation) HICNet Newsletter (Mednews - Health Infocom Newsletter History and Analysis of Disabilities Newsletter Hot Off the Tree (HOTT) Impact Online International Voice Newsletter Prototype List IS P.O.B. Bulletin YSSTI (Yugoslav System for Scientific and Technology Information) Laboratory Primate Newsletter Law and Politics Book Review Leonardo Electronic News Link Letter List Review Service MAB Northern Sciences Network Newsletter Machine Readable Texts News Material Science in Israel Newsletter MichNet News MICnews NEARnet Newsletter Network Audio Bits and Audio Software Review NetMonth Net-News Newsbrief Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues Newsline (Comserve) News of Earth NIBNews - A Monthly Electronic Bulletin About Medical Informatics NLSNews Newsletter Old English Computer-Assisted Language Learning Newsletter (OE-CALL) Output Political Analysis and Research Cooperation (PARC) News Bulletin Principia Cybernetica Newsletter Prompt The Purple Thunderbolt of Spode (PURPS) Research and Educational Applications of Computers in Humanities (REACH) Rezo, bulletin irregulomadaire du RQSS $ St. Petersburg Business News SCUP Bitnet News (Society for College and University Planners) SCUPMA-L (Society of College and University Planners, Mid-Atlantic Region) Sense of Place South Florida Environmental Reader $ The Teleputing Hotline And Field Computing Source Letter Teiresias THINKNET (Electronic newsletter on philosophy, systems theory, interdisciplinary studies, and thoughtful conversation in cyberspace) TitNeT -- Titnews -- Titnotes VapourWare ViewPoints (Newsletter of the Visual Communication Division of the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication [AEJMC]) The Week in Germany [deleted quotation] Chile News Database China News Digest Comp.Archives Desktop Publishing Digest Electronic College of Theory The Handicap Digest Instant Math Preprints (IMP) IRList (Information Retrieval List Digest) Risks-Forum Digest Simulation Digest Simulations Online TidBITS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributions and corrections to this directory should be sent to Michael Strangelove (441495@Acadvm1.UOttawa.CA) and MUST be in the following format (use as much space as necessary): TITLE: ISSN: (if any) Description: To Subscribe: (via Bitnet and Internet) Submissions: (whom to sent submissions to and in what form) Related List: (how to subscribe to a related list, if any) Periodicity: Back Issues: (how to access them) Contact: (for more information) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 237-2052 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: "Daniel Traister" Subject: RE: 6.0100 R: Used Books (2/27) -- REPLY Date: Sat, 04 Jul 92 12:30:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 190 (246) Herewith a belated reply to Joel Elliott's question about guides for locating used book dealers. (I have been away at the same meetings Elaine Brennan was attending and speaking to, with considerable sense and wit, neither quality otherwise in long supply at these meetings; but unlike Elaine, I did not find a computer to reply to e-mail before returning to my home office.) In any case, Mr. Elliott writes from Chapel Hill, NC, where--as it happens-- several very good used bookstores are located--and in Carrboro, too--and where there is, as well, a library with several people in it whose daily bread and butter depends on their knowing about the whereabouts of just such elusive creatures as those he seeks. Mr. Elliott might do well to inquire of his local resources. It sounds as if he would be surprised to discover their very exis- tence. He might even gratified to learn that they will, occasionally, be in- terested in assisting him in his quests, as well as able to do so. Try, just for starters, Charles McNamara (Special Collections, Wilson Library). The library's reference desk should be able to point the way to the Sheppard's guides to which another reply alluded, as well as to the members list for the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Other publications abound. The Strand (in NYC) and Powell's (in Portland, OR) are both good places to try just on general principle; but if Mr. Elliott seeks specialized subject materials, then he may need guidance to more specialized dealers than these. On the whole, it is worth remembering, if you have access to a university or college--or even a larger public--library, that they occasionally DO offer good reference service, just as they are supposed to do, and a lot faster than an electronic bulletin board. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: Lou Burnard Subject: Maastricht Treaty -- correction Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 17:19:45 +0100 (BST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 191 (247) As I've now received three puzzled calls for help, I should apologise about the minor spelling error in the note which Alan Morrison posted here yesterday. The electronic text of the Treaty on European Unity (the Maastricht Treaty) is available by anonymous FTP from the Oxford Text Archive (ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.165]) -- but it is in a directory called ota/laws/ec *not* ota/laws/eec ! A couple of people have been baffled by the fact that no anonymous FTP service is available from vax.oxford.ac.uk. This service is (currently) available *only* from ox.ac.uk at the IP number given above, from whence cometh the present note. Others have been baffled by the fact that we assumed everyone knew how to use anonymous FTP without being told. This is inexcusable laziness on our part which we will do our best to rectify, just as soon as we can... To both sets of bafflees, apologies. Lou Burnard and Alan Morrison From: Lou Burnard Subject: Nominations requested Date: Sat, 4 Jul 92 17:39 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 192 (248) A request from an entrepreneurial acquaintance prompts me to invite nominations from Humanist readers for the top fifty Classic British Novels, possibly to be published in a new electronic series. Think of it as a party-game for the summer hols, if you prefer. What I would like is your personal list of up to 50 titles first published during the period 1688-1914 which have the following characteristics: * fictional narrative in British English * popular and influential when first published * re-published with reasonable frequency ever since That part's easy. The tricky part is in the following additional requirements: * representative of what you consider the diversity of the genre * canonical in some sense (or deserving to be so in your view) Nominations should include author, title and date of first publication. No author is allowed more than three titles. Please reply to me before July 15th. Summary of results to appear as soon as possible thereafter. Thanks for your help... Lou Burnard lou@ox.ac.uk [internet] LOU@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX [JANET] From: Julie Falsetti Subject: Emoticons Date: Fri, 03 Jul 92 00:12:56 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 193 (249) A colleague asked me to post this here. She is interested in articles about the use of emoticons (smileys) in electronic communications. I recall this subject appearing here about a year ago. If anyone can supply references, I would appreciate it. Please reply to me directly. Thanks, Julie (JEFHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU) :-) From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" Subject: Dramatization of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1992 18:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 194 (250) Can anyone help me with a question posed by a friend of mine? We know that Mary Shelley saw and admired a play (or some sort of dramatization) of her novel _Frankenstein_ in 1823, probably in London. Does anyone know anything about that? what theater was it? what was the theater like? who produced it? etc. Any information would be helpful. The project involves the historical setting of that production, so anything relevant will be appreciated. Mary Dee Harris mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0112 Qs: Sharing Peripherals (2/37) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1992 14:15:47 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 118 (251) Sorry about previous partial note; computer problems! Re: sharing peripherals between Mac and DOS PCs. There are 2 aspects to this problem: 1) How to get the Mac to recognize and read files on a DOS volume (hard disk, CD-ROM) 2) How to access DOS programs: e.g."accessing the CD-ROM" usually really means "using the database on the CD-ROM", for which you need to run the database program, which is a DOS program. If all you need is to copy a file from a DOS CD or hard drive to your Mac, you have problem 1; usually you have both. There are programs such as SoftPC for the Mac, which run DOS programs on a Mac; you get the DOS program, not a nice flashy Mac emulation of what the program would have looked like had it been written for the Mac (i.e. no icons...). If you have a suitable physical link between the two and run something like SoftPC, you can therefore search the database on the CD-ROM (or whatever other DOS program you wanted to run). That brings up the question of what is a suitable physical link. I don't know how you connect a single Mac to a single PC; I know you can connect a Mac via Ethernet to a Novell network and access the disks (and CD-ROM drives, if the network has any) via Novell. I assume there's some software somewhere to do it without a network; hopefully someone elsecan suggest some. Judy Koren, Haifa. From: Subject: Mysterious Italian bibliographical references Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1992 07:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 195 (252) Dear colleagues: Are there any residents of Italy who would be willing to trade a little bibliographical work? I and a friend who also works in medieval/renaissance Italian have been sharing hard-to-find references and believe we have reached the point where we can only get them from Italy. Each of us has a large University library from which to work here, and is unable to get to Europe soon (e.g., next year or so). Is there someone there with a similar situation? We'll happily locate US articles if you could do the same for some Italian ones. Leslie Morgan MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET or MORGAN@LOYOLA.EDU From: maurizio lana Subject: directory of humanities computing projects Date: Wed, 08 Jul 92 00:17:54 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 196 (253) Dear editors, next October I will give a lecture, at Venice University, about th e most important humanities computing projects all over the world. As I wrote t he thing, it seems a huge task; actually the thing is a survey of interesting p rojects outside italian boundaries. I remember that someone asked, some time ago, on Humanist for data about th is matter, in order to compile a sort of directory of humanities computing proj ects? Am I right? Could you help me some way? (I already frequently go trough t he Hum. Comp. Yearbook, the CTI survey, and some other books; but forget, pleas e, my "other books" if you have any advice about interesting readings). Thank you. Maurizio ----------------------------------------------------------- MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET CISI - Universita' di Torino | phone & fax: 39-11-837262 Via Sant'Ottavio 20 | I-10124 Torino | ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Marco Simionato Subject: Perseus database near Venice, Italy? Date: Wed, 08 Jul 92 15:08:37 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 197 (254) It's funny that I've got to resort to Canada to get in touch with people so close by, but so it goes! I would like to know if there's any institution in Veneto (the region where Venice is) where I can have a look at Perseus at work. I might also consider to take a trip to Bologna or Milan if that's the only possibility. Gente, fatemi un fischio! (Give me a shout, folks!) Saluti, Marco Simionato From: e311aa@tamuts.tamu.edu (Anthony Aristar) Subject: Icelandic Sagas on Film? Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 16:25 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 198 (255) I was told by an Icelander while I was in Norway a year or so ago that some of the Norse sagas had been made into films in Iceland, and that some of them were actually spoken in the original--which, he asserted, is as intelligible to an Icelander as Shakespeare is to a Modern English speaker. Does anyone know anything about such films, or where they might be found? They'd make a wonderful addition to a class I'm planning for Fall. My Thanks! From: "Timothy Clancy" Subject: Dramatizations of Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein_ Date: Tue, 07 Jul 92 08:56:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 199 (256) Mary Dee Harris recently inquired: [deleted quotation] In 1990, the University of Pennsylvania Press published _Hideous Progenies: Dramatizations of *Frankenstein* from the Nineteenth Century to the Present_, by Steven Earl Forry. The 1823 dramatization is most likely _Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein_, by Richard Brinsley Peake. Information about this production (including an edition of the script) can be found in this book. There is also mention of Mary Shelly's reaction, and the impact on her book (because of increased public interest in the story, a second edition of her novel was issued). If the book does not have all of the contextual information you are seeking, perhaps its extensive bibliography would be of some use. I'm sure the book is available through interlibrary loan if it is not in the collection at Georgetown (perhaps MDH will recommend its acquisition). At the risk of being accused of advertising on the Internet (heaven forfend!), I provide sales information below to benefit anyone who might be interested in obtaining a copy (sorry, this specialized monograph is available in cloth only). Forry, Steven Earl. Hideous Progenies: Dramatizations of _Frankenstein_ from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. 1990. 328 pages, 31 illus. Cloth: ISBN 0-8122-8131-4, $41.95. Address for orders: University of Pennsylvania Press, P.O. Box 4836, Hampden Station, Baltimore, MD 21211. Toll-free order number: 1-800-445-9880. From: Thierry van Steenberghe Subject: Re: 6.0118 Rs: Sharing Peripherals (1/31) Date: Wed, 08 Jul 92 14:53:20 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 200 (257) Regarding the physical connection between a single (stand-alone) Mac and a single PC, Travelling Software (the makers of e.g. Laplink) have a product called MacLink suitable for the job: it contains both the physical cable and the software, and is reasonably priced. I have no personal experience with this, and I would like to hear other's. Thierry vS Permanent e-mail: From: "David M. Schaps" Subject: Re: 6.0113 Qs: Addresses (3); Trout; Holocaust (5/106) Date: Wed, 08 Jul 92 12:21:13 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 201 (258) On religion and holocaust survivors, one might see: M. Holczler, _Late Shadows_ (published C.I.S. Publishers, 180 Park Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701); Rachel Pomerantz, _Wings Above the Flames_ (same publisher, just out); Y. Harfenes (or Harpenes; I'm not sure of the first initial, either), _Slingshot of Hell_ (I am not sure of the publisher, but could get it if you have trouble locating the book); C.I.S. Publishers has, in fact, an entire series of "Holocaust Diaries" by survivors who see their experience from a religious angle. Also noteworthy, though not precisely dealing with concentration-camp survivors: Yechiel Granatstein, _Memoirs of a Jewish Partisan_ (I believe that is the title; it appeared first in Yiddish with the title _Ich Hob Gevollt Lebn_, then in Hebrew with the title _Yehudi baYaar_); these are the author's personal memories, and he has since written a number of books on the holocaust which might be more relevant to your question; Chaim Shapiro, _Go, My Son_ (memoirs of a refugee who experienced everything but the concentration camps; this was quite a best-seller in the orthodox market when it came out about three years ago. I believe it was published by Feldheim.) Michael Ber Weissmandl, _Min ha-Meitzar_ (the famous "j'accuse" of the orthodox rabbi who tried to save Slovakian Jewry and came up against stunning apathy from the secular Jewish establishment abroad); this has recently appeared in various English adaptations, one of which, I believe, is based on Rabbi Weissmandl's original text. And perhaps most noteworthy of all, Moshe Prager, _Eleh She-Lo Nichne'u_ ("Those who did not surrender"), an account of small groups of Jews who insisted on maintaining all traditional observances, including the most obvious (e.g., refusing to shave their beards and peyos), in the face of the Nazis. I believe that this, too, has been translated into English in recent years, though I do not know the title or the publisher. Mr. Prager devoted his post-holocaust life (as did Messrs. Harpenes and Granatstein, but more thoroughly) to documentation of the religious resistance of the Jews during the holocaust; in addition to a number of books, he published for many years a Hebrew monthly called _Beit Yaakov_ in which many articles on the subject appeared. I am also reminded of an article in the _Jewish Observer_ with a number of remarkable stories by the late Bluzhever Rebbe; this article was later published, along with others on the subject of the holocaust from the same magazine, by Mesorah publishers (publishers of the famous "Artscroll" series). Lastly, I remember the comment of the Viennese (and non- observant) psychologist Viktor Frenkl in his memoirs that no matter how broken his co-prisoners were by their work, they never omitted to pray the evening service on their way back to the barracks. I should mention that practically all the above are first-hand accounts by the survivors themselves. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: "David Zeitlyn, Soc. & Cult. Anthropology, U of Oxford" Subject: How old are indexes? Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 12:51 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 202 (259) Dear Humanists, can anyone out there give me a rough idea of when indexes became a part of (scholarly or otherwise) book production. The basic books on the history of the book that I have looked at dont give the information. Rough dates for contents pages and footnotes may also be interesting- I want to put some time perspective on the "multidimensionality" of hypertext! Many thanks in advance David Zeitlyn From: J.G.Anderson@vme.glasgow.ac.uk Subject: Optical character readers Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 14:36:27 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 203 (260) I would be grateful for information and advice from anyone who has used good optical character reading software. We need to read in texts in Cyrillic, Old English and Old Icelandic as well as Modern English. Jean Anderson STELLA University of Glasgow From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0118 Rs: Sharing Peripherals (1/31) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 15:17:24 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 204 (261) Of course, as soon as I sent off my tuppence-worth about reading PC files and running programs on a Mac, I came across PC-Magazine for May 12 (we get these things late over here, and I find the time to read them even later) which has a whole section on PC-Mac connectivity (p. 173 on). P. 181ff. is specifically on transferring files. Basically, it says: a) if you're using a program that also exists in a version for the other machine (eg Microsoft Word), it will usually have a file-export utility that produces a file for the other machine; b) many programs produce "standard" formats (e.g. TIFF, EPS i.e. Postscript) that applications on both machines can read; c) there are several third-party translation programs, e.g. MacLinkPlus/PC, Word for Word. It also deals with the nitty- gritty of physically moving files between machines. I assume that PC-Magazine is distributed at least as widely in the States as in Israel :-> so will save myself the trouble of continuing to abstract the article... Judy Koren, Haifa. From: "David R. Chesnutt" Subject: RS: Sharing Peripherals/MacLink Date: Thu, 09 Jul 92 13:55:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 205 (262) MacLink does a fine job in transferring files back and forth between a Macintosh and an IBM-compatible and it has an abundance of file translators for moving text from one word processing environment to another. However, to actually share peripherals, you probably need to create a mini-network. I use one of the simplest setups--Apple Talk--to share a laser printer from both machines. However, I don't have the network software that would allow me to "see" and access the drives from one machine to another--which I gather was the main objective. Perhaps Allen could ask one of the Macintosh network gurus at Brown to suggest a simple and easy configuration. Hmmm... I'd be very interested to know if there's an inexpensive way to network the two machines (in my case a Mac IIci (5 mb RAM) and an IBM-AT (640k RAM)). --David Chesnutt From: MFRIEDMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Subject: Text Projects in the Humanities Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 17:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 123 (263) In response to Professor Maurizio Lana's inquiry about information resources for electronic text projects in the humanities, following is some background on the Georgetown Center for Texts and Technology's catalogue of projects. I plan to send Dr. Lana a copy of our list of electronic text projects, and invite any other interested persons to contact me, MFRIEDMAN@guvax.georgetown.edu., either with information on projects or to receive a copy of the list. Since April of 1989, the Center for Text & Technology (CTT), under the aegis of the Academic Computer Center at Georgetown University, has been compiling a catalogue of projects that create and analyze electronic text in the humanities. The Georgetown University Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text is a powerful database that includes information on electronic text projects throughout the world. The database includes a variety of information on the many collections of literary works, historical documents, and linguistic data which are available from commercial vendors and scholarly sources. The database is written in Ingres and resides on a VAX 8700 computer at Georgetown University. The database may be searched by off-campus users who can connect to the database using Telnet or a modem. The electronic text projects documented in the database are machine-readable files of primary materials from humanities disciplines. Whether entered by keyboarding or by scanning with an optical character reader, these text files generally take the form either of large corpora for linguistic analysis (such as the new British National Corpus of one million words currently being developed by Oxford University Press and others) or major works of major authors for analysis of style and content (such as the compact disc of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae containing 1400 years of classical Greek texts). The catalogue does not include electronic versions of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and secondary studies as well as concordances, databases, and computer-assisted instruction programs that do not contain full-text versions of primary works as these materials are beyond the scope of this project. Unlike the databases that research libraries often make available, the electronic texts cataloged at Georgetown are intended by their developers to be searched and manipulated directly by humanists. Often, therefore, the text is encoded with markup language to facilitate integration with other files; occasionally, the texts are combined with a commercial text-analysis tool such as WordCruncher, Folio Views, or Micro-OCP. With electronic text and integrated analysis software, the researcher not only has the equivalent of an interactive concordance for finding instances of key words but can also search for clusters of words, exact phrases, and co-occurrences of key words (sorted by boolean operators) in contexts of various sizes. Statistical programs show where the desired term or concept is concentrated in a work or series of works, and parsing programs can analyze parts of speech and syntactic structures. In general, therefore, the combination of electronic text and searching software can be said to provide the researcher with both microscopic and macroscopic views of the text. The former provides access to small-scale features of a single work; for example, within seconds, a philosopher could locate the single occurrence of the phrase "consciousness of absolute being" from the nine-megabyte, three-volume translation of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. By contrast, the macroscopic view of the text highlights the ways in which one work differs from other works by the same author or the author's contemporaries; for example, if one searches an eleven-megabyte file of Shakespeare's works for the word 'time,' one finds a greater concentration in Macbeth than in the other tragedies, and by exploring the contexts, one can see how the title character's over-reaching can be explained thematically in terms of his attempt to usurp the providential function that belongs to time. Given these advantages, it is not surprising that the conversion of primary texts to electronic form is proliferating throughout the world. Nevertheless, because of the unpublicized academic nature of such projects, the process of locating them can be difficult. For this reason, we rely heavily on the discussion groups on BlTNET and Internet, not only to identify new projects but also to request information about them and to disseminate the material we compile. Electronic mail provides access to the most recent developments and permits us to receive and transmit information throughout the world quickly and economically. Among the sixty discussion groups we monitor are those in language and literature (Ansax-L, C18-L, Chaucer, Contex-L, English, Ficino, Linguist, Litera-L, Literary, Reed-L, Rustex-L, Shakesper, and Wwp- L), culture and religion (Ccnet-L, Indology, Japan, Judaica, and Religion), libraries (Cdrom-L, Fisc-L, Libref-L, Pacs-L, and Tei-L), philosophy and history (History, Philos-L, ad Philosop), and the humanities in general (Erl-L, Gutnberg, Humanist, and Pmc-Talk). In our search for news of projects, we also review a wide range of publications, including popular magazines and newspapers (such as the Chronicle of Higher Education), agency reports (such as the List of Awards of the National Endowment for the Humanities), trade publications (including InfoWorld and EDU Magazine), discipline specific journals (such as Computers and Philosophy and Computers and the Classics), the newsletters of numerous academic computing centers, and the journals central to humanities computing (Computers and the Humanities, Bits and Bytes Review, and the ICAME Journal). Once we have identified a new project, we request ten categories of information: 0. Identifying acronym or short reference; 1. Name and affiliation of operation (including collaborators) with references toany published description; 2. Contact person and/or vendor with addresses; 3. Primary disciplinary focus (and secondary interests); 4. Focus: time period, geographical area, or individual; 5. Language(s) coded; 6. Intended use(s) and Size (number of works, or entries, or citations); 7. File format(s); 8. Form(s) of access (outline, tape, diskette, CD-ROM, etc.); 9. Source(s) of the archival holdings: encoded in-house, or obtained from elsewhere. Because the catalogue is constantly being updated, any printing would be almost immediately obsolete. Consequently, the CTT has converted the catalog to an online database searchable through Telnet and dial-in access so that current information can be made available to researchers. In addition, searches of the catalogue are performed on request, and updated lists of projects and addresses are posted regularly on the HUMANIST electronic bulletin board and distributed through surface and electronic mail. For further information about the project, or to request a specific search, please contact: Margaret Friedman, Project Assistant The Center for Text and Technology Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 (202) 687-6096 BITNET: mfriedman@guvax Internet: mfriedman@guvax.georgetown.edu From: PETERR@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK Subject: Textual Criticism Challenge 1991: Report Date: Tue, 7 Jul 92 8:35 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 124 (264) REPORT ON THE TEXTUAL CRITICISM CHALLENGE 1991 From: Dr Peter Robinson Research Officer, Computers and Manuscripts Project Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford UK. This posting reports the results of attempts at the "Textual Criticism Challenge 1991", posted by me to various email boards in July 1991. The challenge, reproduced below, was to re-create by statistical or numerical means alone the table of relationships for some 44 manuscripts of the Old Norse narrative "Svipdagsmal" established by me on the basis of external evidence and traditional stemmatic methods. Especially, I report the remarkable results achieved by Dr. Robert J. O'Hara, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. Dr O'Hara used a technique known as "cladistic analysis", developed over the last thirty years by evolutionary biologists for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of species from study of their shared characteristics. Using cladistic analysis, specifically the computer program PAUP (Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony) Dr O'Hara was able to reproduce all the major manuscript groups hypothesized by me. In all cases, the relationships between individual manuscripts suggested by PAUP agreed with those known from external evidence. Most previous attempts at computer-assisted analysis of manuscript relations have used statistical clustering techniques. These methods have not been outstandingly effective. The success of cladistic analysis, based on a quite different intellectual model, may have considerable implications for scholars concerned with the exploration of large manuscript traditions. ******************************************************** The Textual Criticism Challenge 1991: extracts from the original challenge "A textual critic engaged upon his business is not at all like Newton investigating the motion of the planets; he is much more like a dog hunting for fleas. If a dog hunted for fleas on mathematical principles, basing his researches on statistics of area and population, he would never catch a flea except by accident." -- A.E. Housman Housman (and others) believed that statistics and mathematics have no place in the study of textual traditions, such as those of Biblical, Classical or Medieval texts. A scholar's only weapons when trying to determine how an author's single long-lost original descended into hundreds ( even thousands) of surviving copies are a trained mind and intuition. The Challenge: Prove Housman Wrong The Old Norse narrative sequence "Svipdagsmal", comprising two poems "Grougaldr" and "Fjolsvinnsmal" together about 1500 words long, survives in 47 manuscripts known to me. These manuscripts were written in Iceland, Denmark and Sweden between 1650 and 1830. Because of this late date much is known about how these manuscripts are related. [deleted quotation]computer collation I have made a table of relationships of the manuscripts, showing how they are divided into groups and how these groups and the individual manuscripts within them are descended one from another. The challenge is this: to construct by Housman's "mathematical principles" alone, and not using any external evidence, a table of relationships of the manuscripts (a "stemma") like that I have already made. Only the raw data of manuscript agreements and disagreements in individual readings generated direct from the computer collation may be used. As far as I know, while attempts at exploring manuscript traditions have been made using statistical analysis of small samples of data this will be the first time all the data for a complete manuscript tradition has been so analysed. It will also be the first time results of such analysis can be so thoroughly checked against external evidence. How Success might Appear In approximately ascending order of difficulty, a successful attempt would: 1. Divide the manuscripts into groups reflecting the most consistent patterns of agreements and disagreements within the manuscripts. These groups might constitute "genetic groups": that is, manuscripts presumably related by direct copying one from another or from a common parent manuscript. 2. Identify just what readings in what manuscripts are characteristic of the groups identified in (1) above. 3. Show the groups identified in (1) which are themselves descended from other groups and identify the groups they descend from; show the individual manuscripts within the groups descended from other manuscripts and identify the manuscripts they descend from.4. Identify particular groups and manuscripts which contain readings which have not descended to them by direct copying from their parent manuscript but by deliberate importation from an alien group ("contamination"). Identify just what readings in what manuscripts seem to have spread by contamination as well as by direct copying: compare 2 above. 5. Identify just what readings in what manuscripts appear distributed at random: that is, readings which have spread by virtue of the common descent of all these manuscripts from a single parent manuscript, or readings independently conceived by different scribes. The Data I have computer files of every agreement and disagreement on every reading of 44 of the 47 manuscripts (the other three are not important), generated direct from my computer collation of these manuscripts in my doctoral work (see my articles in *Literary and Linguistic Computing* 4 (1989) 99- 105, 174-81). This data is available in two ASCII files, one containing all the data for "Grougaldr", the other for "Fjolsvinnsmal". These files are available in two formats. In format A, each line begins with the variant number, followed by numbers identifying which mss have this variant and with the numbers separated by a single space. Thus the line "6 1 2 7" indicates that variant no 6 occurs only in manuscript numbers 1 2 and 7. In format B, each line again begins with the variant number, followed by a space and then a sequence of 0s and 1s for each of the 44 manuscripts. A "1" indicates the reading is in the manuscript corresponding to that column of the table, a "0" indicates it is not. Thus the line 6 11000010000000000000000000000000000000000000indicates that variant no 6 occurs only in manuscript numbers 1 2 and 7. The two files have about 3500 lines between them. I alone have the key to the variant and manuscript numbers. A closing date of 1 December 1991 was set . ******************************************************** Attempts at the challenge Nine scholars requested the challenge data outlined above. Three submitted entries. Two of these attempts used varieties of statistical clustering techniques. One of these, performed by Dr Daniel Apollon of the University of Bergin using his own multivariate analysis program Analytica, achieved a partial separation of the manuscripts into groups corresponding with those constructed by me. However, while Dr Apollon's results were impressive in their consistency with the table of manuscript relations established by me, they did not define precisely which manuscript, or group of manuscripts, might be descended from which. Thus, although Analytica managed to cluster manuscripts known to be directly related close to one another, in most cases such manuscripts were clustered within larger groups. One could not, from the output of Analytica alone, have distinguished the manuscripts of a clustered group which were actually closely related from those which merely contained many similar readings but were not in fact closely related. The third attempt was that of Dr O'Hara, using the cladistics program PAUP. In five minutes, using a Macintosh II computer, PAUP achieved the following: 1. It placed directly adjacent to one another (usually as descendants from the same node) sixteen manuscripts known from external evidence to be directly related to one another. 2. It successfully defined the seven manuscript groups deduced by me within the tradition. 3. It successfully defined two of these groups as subgroups of another, larger group. 4. It suggested, accurately, that the two largest groups were each descendants of single manuscripts, and that a third group also descended from one of these two manuscripts. 5. It provided lists of just what variants were introduced at what point of the tradition. These agreed reasonably closely with my own lists of the variants, derived by database analysis of the collation output, characteristic of particular groups of manuscripts. Some of the results achieved by PAUP showed relationships it had taken me weeks, or months, to discover using other means. Had I had this analysis at the beginning of my work with these manuscripts I could have devoted more time to exploring fine detail of relationships within the established groups. Fuller discussion of these results, with figures, is available from me or from Dr O'Hara at the addresses at the bottom of this document. I have since tested PAUP on the collation output of some one hundred and seventy manuscripts across eight different traditions. In each case, PAUP has produced results consistent with known relations among the manuscripts (largely reproducing, for example, Manly and Rickert's analysis of the manuscripts of Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue"). It has also, most interestingly, in several cases pointed to manuscript relations otherwise unsuspected but which further, traditional, analysis suggested might be well-founded. ******************************************************** Why Cladistics succeeded Why did PAUP perform so much better than the better- known (to manuscript scholars, at least: see the articles of Griffiths and Holton Pierce; cf Lee 1989) methods of statistical analysis? Cladistic (or phylogenetic) techniques are fundamentally different, in concept and practice, from statistical clustering techniques such as those employed by Analytica. Statistical clustering uses various mathematical means to derive "measures of distance" from all the data concerning agreements between manuscripts. It pays no attention to the type of agreement: especially, it does not attempt to discriminate agreement in "inherited" or "ancestral" readings from agreement in "introduced readings", typically errors. This appears to be the source of the relative failure of Analytica, referred to above: manuscripts actually genetically distinct looked similar to it because they happened to share a large number of ancestral readings. In contrast, fundamental to cladistic analysis is the identification of ancestral readings and their elimination from analysis at every point. Thus: cladistic analysis hypothesizes a tree of descent for the manuscripts. It then "measures" the tree by spreading all the data about manuscript agreements across the tree: the shortest possible tree will be the one involving the fewest variant changes. When thus measuring each hypothetical tree, cladistics identifies just what variants are "inherited" at each node and then rules those out of consideration as it evaluates the tree. This elimination of "ancestral variants" brings cladistics very close to traditional stemmatic practice (e.g. West, Maas) of insisting that only "errors", or readings introduced below the archetype, may define sub-groups of manuscripts. In fact, cladistics actually elaborates this eliminination of ancestral readings further than does traditional stemmatics. Whereas stemmatics only concerns itself with distinguishing readings in the presumed single archetype from all other introduced readings (usually defined as errors), cladistics seeks to identify not just the readings ancestral at the "top" of the tree but those ancestral at every node within the tree. This has a remarkable and most powerful consequence. Because inherited variants are eliminated at *every* node, wherever it lies in the tree, one does not need to specify beforehand just what variants are ancestral to the whole tree. The tree is unrooted: whichever way it is oriented, the ancestral variants are discounted. Therefore, cladistic analysis offers a way around the paradox of recension identified by Talbot Donaldson: that one cannot create a stemma until one knows what readings are archetypal, but one cannot determine what readings are archetypal until one has a stemma. One can use cladistic analysis to create an unrooted tree, deferring judgement on just what readings are ancestral to the whole tree until one has this unrooted tree. Then, one can decide which of the branches of the tree lies closest to the archetype and root the whole tree at this branch. This was the technique used by Dr O'Hara with the Svipdagsmal material. A further reason for the success of cladistics is that it works explicitly on the tree model. It assumes that a varied group of objects (whether of manuscripts or of species) is the result of a sequence of branching descents over time. Cladistics simply finds the shortest (or most 'parsimonious') tree of descent which explains the agreements and disagreements within this group. The overall similarity or dissimilarity of the objects under study, so important in statistical clustering, is unimportant in cladistics. Like species, manuscripts may appear alike but be genetically quite distinct because of their disagreement on just a few key readings: cladistics recognizes this explicitly. There are many types of manuscript analysis (particularly, studies of dialectal, palaeographic or other scribal phenomena) for which measures of similarity are appropriate. It may also be appropriate in those cases where contamination between manuscripts has so obscured relationship by descent as to make it impossible to determine genetic affiliation. But such cases apart (and these may be rather rarer than are supposed by some critics, e.g. Kane) we have every reason to think that manuscripts descend from one another just as do species. Therefore, a tool which seeks to reconstruct the stages of descent is appropriate: cladistic analysis is such a tool. ******************************************************** The limits of PAUP's analysis; further directions PAUP's analysis was not without fault. Its greatest difficulties lie in the areas of contamination and coincident variation. Cladistics programs effectively ignore this: they assume that such instances of horizontal transmission will be outnumbered by instances of vertical transmission. This is broadly true of the mass of variants in manuscript traditions too, hence PAUP's general success with the Sv material. But there are subgroups of variants in subgroups of manuscripts highly susceptible to horizontal transmission. Thus, there are a large number of variants found as marginalia in several groups of Sv manuscripts which appear to have been borrowed from the text of distinct other groups. PAUP's failure to recognize this led to some deformation of the stemma. Thus, one group of manuscripts which had been heavily contaminated by readings from another group was incorrectly placed by PAUP too close to that group. There were similar problems with coincident variation, involving a series of readings found in four manuscripts: this coincident variation led PAUP to place these four manuscripts closer to one another than was warranted. Evolutionary biologists have been developing cladistics programs for some twenty years now, and have equipped them with sophisticated procedures for refining their analysis. Variants ("characters", in cladistic terminology) may be weighted; they may be declared as irreversible, or as necessarily occurring in set sequences. The analysis of the Svipdagsmal material used none of these facilities, and it is likely that its results could have been impoved yet further had they been used. There is much to be learnt about the use of cladistic techniques with manuscript traditions. PAUP, the program I and Dr O'Hara have been using, is a very powerful and flexible instrument: considerable experiment is necessary to determine appropriate ways of using it (or other cladistic programs) in different circumstances. On 1st June Dr O'Hara and I met in Chicago with David Swofford, PAUP's developer. We discussed the special difficulties of analysis of manuscript traditions, especially those arising from contamination. We agreed to work together to optimize PAUP for use in stemmatics. I have developed an interface between the collation program Collate and PAUP: this reads apparatus output by Collate and formatted in one of the styles to be recommended in the next draft of the Text Encoding Initiative and translates it into the standard NEXUS form recognised by cladistic programmes. A user manual, introducing PAUP for manuscript scholars, is a desideratum. ******************************************************** The implications of the success of cladistic analysis PAUP's achievement with the Svipdagsmal material offers hope that it may now be possible to reconstruct the history of large and complex manuscript which have hitherto defied explanation. This has consequences for textual scholars, for students of language and for historians of culture. For textual scholars, knowledge of the evolution of a text through its tradition will change how that text is edited. For students of language, knowledge of just what manuscripts are related to one another will facilitate the study of changing linguistic forms across the tradition. For historians of culture, the reception of the text may be read in what is written into it as it evolves. ******************************************************** Publication of these results The above is (in part) a summary of a paper written by Dr O'Hara and myself discussing cladistic techniques and their application to the Svipdagsmal material. This paper was presented to the ALLC/ACH conference in Oxford in April and will be published in "Research in Humanities Computing '92", edited by Nancy Ide and Susan Hockey (OUP, Oxford) under the title "Cladistic Analysis of an Old Norse Manuscript Tradition". Copies of this paper are available from either myself or Dr O'Hara. A version of this paper was also presented at the Medieval Academy of America conference in Kalamazoo in May. I will be giving an outline of the results of cladistic analysis of the collation of 44 manuscripts of Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue" at the New Chaucer Society conference in Seattle in August. ******************************************************** Brief bibliography: Donaldson, E. Talbot. (1970), "The Psychology of Editors", in Speaking of Chaucer (London) 102-18. Griffith, J.G. (1968), "A Taxonomic Study of the Manuscript Tradition of Juvenal". Museum Helveticum 25:101-38. Lee, A. (1989), "Numerical Taxonomy Revisited: John Griffith, Cladistic Analysis and St. Augustine's Quaestiones in Heptateuchum", Studia Patristica XX. Kane, G. (1960), Piers Plowman: The A Version (London). Maas, P. (1958), Textual Criticism (B. Flower, trans.) (Oxford). O'Hara, R.J. (1988), "Homage to Clio, or, Toward an Historical Philosophy for Evolutionary Biology", Systematic Zoology 37: 142-55. Manly, J.M. and Rickert, E. (1940), The Text of the Canterbury Tales (Chicago). Pierce, R.H. (1988), "Multivariate Numerical Techniques Applied to the Study of Manuscript Traditions", in B. Fidjestol et al (eds.) Tekst Kritisk Teori og Praksis (Oslo) 24-45. Robinson, P.M.W. (1989), "The Collation and Textual Criticism of Icelandic Manuscripts", Literary and Linguistic Computing 4: 99-105, 174-81. Robinson, P. M. W. (1992). Collate: A Program for Interactive Collation of Large Textual Traditions, Version 1.1, Computer Program distributed by the Computers and Manuscripts Project, Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford. Sober, E. (1988). Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (Cambridge, Mass.) Swofford, D. L. (1991) PAUP: Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony, Macintosh Version 3.0r, Computer program distributed by the Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois. West, M.L. (1973), Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique Applicable to Greek and Latin Texts (Stuttgart). ******************************************************** Dr Peter Robinson, Computers and Manuscripts Project, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN, UK. ph: Oxford (0865) 273200 -- fax: 0865 273275 -- EMAIL: PETERR@UK.AC.OX.VAX. (@VAX.OX.AC.UK from outside the UK) with: Dr Robert J. O'Hara, Department of Philosophy, 5185 Helen C.White Hall, University of Wisconsin -- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ph: 608 263 3700 -- fax: 608 262 2150 -- EMAIL: RJO&WISCMACC.bitnet. For assistance and discussion we are grateful to A. R. Ives, G. C. Mayer, K. de Queiroz, E. Sober, D. L. Swofford, J. E. Wills, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, P. James, Malcolm Godden and the HUMANIST electronic discussion group. The Computers and Manuscripts Project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust with aid from Apple Computer. Dr O'Hara's work was supported in part by a Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship and a U. S. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (DIR-9103325). From: (James Marchand) Subject: ocr Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 18:13:51 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 206 (265) Jean Anderson's question on OCR probably has no easy answer. I think I have tested every OCR product on the market. For software, you cannot beat OmniPage Pro (or OmniPro); it is expensive, but it will do the trick. It runs only under Windows. I have used it to scan in Old English and Old Icelandic with great results. It is trainable, and you have to train it to read thorn and edh and the like. It is probably best to train it to read a particular font, e.g. for Old Icelandic Gudhny Jonnson, SUGL, Islenzk Fornrit. Happily, many of our texts are available in series. NB: NO OCR will read manuscripts. The only cyrillic I have scanned in was on an old Kurzweil 4000, and it did a marvelous job. It might be hard to train OmniPage to read cyrillic. You need a good, but not outstanding scanner. The question here is whether to use a page feeder (expensive) or a flatbed. If you are on a tight budget, the Canon IX-12 and its various other forms will do well (look in Computer Shopper), but you will have to xerox (another source of error) your book to feed it in. The best of the scanners is the Hewlett Packard ScanJet +. There is even a new one out with greater speed. It is unfortunate that Kurzweil does not have a trainable on the market any longer. The only Kurzweil-like machine I know of is the German-made Optopus; it operates like the old Kurzweil 4000. Back to the OmniPage Pro (make sure to get the Pro version; it's the only one that is trainable; I have trained it to read fraktur, so cyrillic might not be so hard), the manual is atrocious, so make sure that you can figure things out, or you will be lost. Jim Marchand From: Steve Taylor Subject: Re: 6.0121 Qs: Indexes; OCRs Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 08:55:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 207 (266) Jean Anderson asks about optical character recognition of Cyrillic, Icelandic, etc. I've been successful at training Olduvai's Read-it! program to recognize a pristine sample of Cyrillic text, but failed miserably when trying to scan more typical samples, such as a manuscript typed on an old typewriter and an article in a poorly printed journal. The problem with trainable programs is that they learn to associate characters with bit-map images of characters. If there's a lot of inconsistency among examples of a character, the results will suffer. And devoting a couple of hours to training the program on one font contributes nothing to its ability to recognize another font in that alphabet-- even another size or weight of the same typeface. So I'd say that Read-it! can do the job if the manuscript is clean & consistent and if it's long enough to warrant devoting 1-2 hours to training. Steve Taylor Emory University From: Steve Taylor Subject: Re: 6.0121 Qs: Indexes; OCRs Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 08:55:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 208 (267) Jean Anderson asks about optical character recognition of Cyrillic, Icelandic, etc. I've been successful at training Olduvai's Read-it! program to recognize a pristine sample of Cyrillic text, but failed miserably when trying to scan more typical samples, such as a manuscript typed on an old typewriter and an article in a poorly printed journal. The problem with trainable programs is that they learn to associate characters with bit-map images of characters. If there's a lot of inconsistency among examples of a character, the results will suffer. And devoting a couple of hours to training the program on one font contributes nothing to its ability to recognize another font in that alphabet-- even another size or weight of the same typeface. So I'd say that Read-it! can do the job if the manuscript is clean & consistent and if it's long enough to warrant devoting 1-2 hours to training. Steve Taylor Emory University From: Paul Pascal Subject: Re: Indexes Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 23:47:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 209 (268) David Zeitlyn asks when indexes became a part of scholarly book production. He is entitled to go back at least as far as the 8th century, the date of the earliest manuscripts of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (d. 636) that contain an INDEX LIBRORUM. It begins with these words: "Ut valeas quae requiris cito in hoc corpore invenire, haec tibi, lector, pagina monstrat de quibus rebus in libris singulis conditor huius codicis disputavit, id est in libro: I. De Grammatica et Partibus eius. II. De Rhetorica et Dialectica," and so on through the twenty books of the Etymologiae. This INDEX LIBRORUM is printed in W. M. Lindsay's Oxford Text of the work. No doubt there are earlier ones yet, although of course indexes are hardly to be expected until the ancient book-roll (in which they would have made little sense) was superseded by the codex, not very long before Isidore's time. From: Karl Van Ausdal Subject: Re: 6.0121 Qs: Indexes; OCRs (2/24) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 08:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 210 (269) Regarding the history of indexes: Tom McArthur's WORLDS OF REFERENCE: LEXICOGRAPHY, LEARNING AND LANGUAGE FROM THE CLAY TABLET TO THE COMPUTER (Cambridge University Press, 1986), if I remember correctly, has the information that Daniel Zeitlyn requested. Karl Van Ausdal Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina vanausdalk@appstate.bitnet From: LSCU414@UTXVM.BITNET Subject: 6.0121 Qs: (1) Indexes and footnotes Date: Friday, 10 July 1992 9:36am CT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 211 (270) In-Reply-To: The letter of Thursday, 9 July 1992 5:15pm CT When do Indexes, tables of contents and footnotes first appear in books? Leaving indexes for another time, the history of footnotes is amusingly set out by Gertrude Himmelfarb in "Where have all the footnotes gone?" in the Book Review section of the New York Times for 16 June 1991, 1, 24. John P. Chalmers Austin Texas jpchalmers@utxvm.bitnet lscu414@utxvm.utexas.edu From: tgmcfadden@ucdavis.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0121 Qs: Indexes; OCRs (2/24) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 09:20:37 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 212 (271) On the history of indexing: Witty, Francis J. "The Beginnings of Indexing and Abstracting: Some Notes Toward a History of Indexing and Abstracting in Antiquity and the Middle Ages", THE INDEXER 8 (1973): 193-98. From: D-Bantz@uchicago.edu Subject: Re: 6.0122 Rs: More on Sharing Peripherals (2/43) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 19:13:34 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 213 (272) [deleted quotation] Networks are good for all kinds of things; just what needs do you have for a network of two machines with different operating systems? You addressed moving files between Mac & DOS environments yourself, and you mention you have Appletalk on the AT. The Mac system 7 operating system will allow your Mac to look like a file server to the AT over Appletalk; perhaps you're missing only an update to the Appletalk software on your AT? From: mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: Re: 6.0122 Rs: More on Sharing Peripherals (2/43) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 08:15:13 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 214 (273) -----------------------25---- [deleted quotation] You might look into Tops or Lantastic software. These programs will both work with Macs and IBMs. Sharon Michalove,Academic Advisor Department of History, UIUC 309 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 217-333-4145, e-mail: mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu ************************************************ Cats can't live with them, can't live without them! ************************************************ From: Martha Parrott Subject: Icelandic Sagas on Film Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 11:23:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 215 (274) Very likely this is reference predates the films Anthony Aristar has been told about, but here it is anyway. In 1969 or '70, I and a couple of fellow graduate students in medieval studies saw a film called "Hagbard and Signe", which was made in Iceland and was a representation of a saga (my field was Latin so I have no idea if the movie's title is the same as the saga's). I also have no idea whether it was in the original language of the saga; I can't even remember if the version we saw was dubbed or had English subtitles (this was over 20 years ago, after all)! Indeed my best memory is of the audience: the movie was shown in a theatre that specialized in pornography; apparently because it was Scandinavian the manager had thought it was a skin flick. We were definitely the only people there who had come to see a saga, and before long we were the only people there at all! Martha Parrott University of Toronto Computing Services From: NADIA@cerberus.manchester.ac.uk Subject: Query Date: 10 Jul 92 16:05:29 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 128 (275) Please provide information on availability of any cyrillic (russian) fonts for Windows 3.1. Please reply direct as I am not on the list. Thanks in advance. Nadia Abdalla Internet: nadia@cerberus.man.ac.uk Janet: nadia@uk.ac.man.cerberus From: PARKINSON@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: RE: 6.0121 Qs: Indexes; OCRs (2/24) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 9:48 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 216 (276) I am surprised at James Marchand's dismissal of OPTOPUS. I was not the only one to be greatly impressed by it at the ACH-ALLC conference in April, and I am seeking ways to buy one to read paleographical transcriptions of Early Portuguese texts. By way of contrast, my Portuguese colleagues' experience with Omnipage Pro has left me with a large question mark over its trainability. It seems to be easy to train it to correct text that has already been scanned in: but they have not found out how to get it to memorize a font and apply it to text subsequently scanned in... Stephen Parkinson Taylor Institution Oxford University From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Re: 6.0125 Rs: OCRs (3/72) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 12:06:41 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 217 (277) James Marchand will be pleased to learn that all OCR products from Kurzweil (now Xerox Imaging Systems) are once again trainable, and do an excellent job on languages that use the Roman alphabet like Icelandic or Irish. With some work, they can also be made to work with non-Roman alphabets like Cyrillic and Greek. XIS can be reached at (800) 248-6550. Christopher Bader Senior Software Engineer Xerox Imaging Systems From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: Periperals and Networks Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 10:18:21 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 218 (278) Tops is a good solution for small networks, e.g. between an IBM and a Mac, because it does not require a dedicated server. Any computer on the network can publish any number of disks/volumes, folders/directories and files. Once published, these can be read by either machines on the network. In theory, a volume could just as easily be a CD-ROM as a hard disk, but you will have to check with the makers of Tops to find out whether such theory works in practice. PCs can also print to Mac printers via Tops; again, I don't know whether the opposite is true. Two caveats: - Tops-PC requires that one buy an AppleTalk card for the PC. A few years ago this had to be a card made by Tops; I don't know if this is still true. - Tops provides a mechanism for exchanging data (including text files), not software. Ie, you will be reading files on remote computers with the software on your own computer. You cannot run Word for the Mac from your PC, just because TOPS has allowed you access the file; it will need to be converted into a Word (DOS/Windows) file (within Word for Mac/Windows) and into a PC format file (Apple File Exchange). The corollary for CD-ROM access is that Tops MAY allow you to access a CD attached to a Mac, but only if you have the relevant software to read the PC (with a driver for the Apple CD player) running on your Mac. This isn't unlikely as it sounds, since it is possible to run an Apple CD from a PC with a SCSI card. But there are no guarantees. There's many a slip 'twixt cup and slip, so they say, and there are even more when networking comes into the calculation! It may be simpler to get a SCSI card for the PC, and move the CD between computers. ( Or, it occurs to me, it may be possible to chain the CD-Player, PC, and Mac. Does anyone know if this would work?) Yours, Donald Spaeth CTI From: maurizio lana Subject: MAC software similar to PC CDROM access software of Penn Univ.? Date: Sun, 12 Jul 92 22:21:51 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 219 (279) Many times working on TLG texts under DOS, I used Penn University cdrom access software (OFFLOAD and CONVERT) to do some text editing before analizing the tex ts (e.g.: joining hyphenated words before word counts). More precisely OFFLOAD allows to download the texts on hard disk converting the file into explicit Bet a coding (~x, ~y, ~z codes). I know that a very strict interpretation of TLG us er license interdicts such a thing, but no one of those texts abandoned my hdis k...! Now that I'm placing a feet in the Mac world, I wonder if there is a program si milar to OFFLOAD, allowing me to transfer TLG files on hdisk and at the same ti me converting them into explicit Beta code. And something similar to CONVERT th at reads a Beta code file and converts the markers into clear, human!, indicati on of paragraph, chapter, line, numbers? Thank you. Maurizio. ----------------------------------------------------------- MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET CISI - Universita' di Torino | phone & fax: 39-11-837262 Via Sant'Ottavio 20 | 10124 TORINO - ITALY | ------------------------------------------------------------ From: CATHERINE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK Subject: Re: 6.0128 Q: Cyrillic Fonts for Windows? (1/9) Date: Mon, 13 JUL 92 10:37:15 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 220 (280) The National Academic Typesetting Service has negotiated a deal between Monotype and CHEST to provide a site license for all British educational institutions. One of the fonts would be Cyrillic, and it would be available for windows. If you don't want to wait (shouldn't be long) you can buy directly from Monotype. Catherine Griffin From: (James Marchand) Subject: index Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 18:43:12 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 221 (281) First, let me be frank. You are not going to find an answer to this ques- tion. People began organizing and indexing as soon as they began collecting. Go back as far as you want, and you will find massoretic comments, scholia, layout, etc., all indexing devices. So, it's going to depend on what you mean by index. A very nice, well-written article on twelfth-century de- vices, but with footnotes leading further back: Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse, "_Statim invenire_: Schools, Preachers, and New Attitudes to the Page," _Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century_, ed. Robert L. Benson and Giles Constable, with Carol D. Lanham (UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1982), 201-228. A grand list of Greek indices (mostly modern): Harald and Blenda Riesen- feld, Repertorium lexicographicum Graecum (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1954). Ditto for Latin: Henri Quellet, Bibliographia indicum, lexicorum et con- cordantiarum auctorum Latinorum. Universite de Neuchatel. Faculte des Lettres, 1980. Searchability or finding devices might be better concepts to use. It is interesting how alphabetization developed slowly as a finding and organ- izing device, cf. Lloyd W. Daly, Contributions to a History of Alphabeti- zation in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Collection Latomus 90 (Brussels, 1967). Page layout is a great finding device used quite early. Jim Marchand From: James O'Donnell Subject: 6.0126 Rs: Indexes (4/57) Date: 10 Jul 92 16:46:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 222 (282) See also Richard and Mary Rouse, *Authentic Witnesses* (Notre Dame, 1991), collecting their stellar articles over the years on the development of hte medieval book, with special emphasis on the emergence before the time of print of things like indexes, concordances, running headers, and the like. There is also a fine book by H.-J. Martin and one other author called *Mise en Page et Mise en Texte*, which is full of examples of how medieval scribes used page layout wittingly to their advantage. Paul Pascal rightly points to Isidore of Seville for an index so-named. What would we make, though, of the `breviculus' of contents that Augustine wrote for his *City of God*? Roughly an outline in order of appearance of topics discussed, probably keyed in the original manuscript to marginal numbers. These headings may be seen in modern translation sof City of God as `chapter titles', that is, the original breviculus was broken up in the middle ages and the topic indicators distributed throughout the work in the appropriate or almost appropriate places. Eugippius of Npales in the mid-sixth century was also fond of doing this sort of thing, to make access easier. There is a deeper point here, one I just made in a conference paper to be published next year, that the codex page (i.e., the rectangular sheet bound in quires sand signatures and the like: as opposed to the scroll that preceded it in general use) is a form that facilitates various kinds of non-linear access to information. Though we do not now believe that this utility caused or encouraged the adoption of the codex form (see Roberts and Skeat, *The Birth of the Codex*), it is certain that the whole history of the codex page from earliest centuries of the common era to the present is a history of people finding ways to get better and better non-linear access to information (i.e., without having to start at page one and read every word until you find what you want), and that what we are doing with computers is in the first instance just a replication of that enterprise on a much larger scale made possible by electronic storage and retrieval. This is to suggest that in fact all these tools for non-linear access that we are so busily developing are not in fact cutting edge, technology-sensitive revolutionary developments, but timid first steps toward something else we haven't even begun to imagine properly yet. Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: Mikeal Parsons Subject: South African institutions on inter/bitnet Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1992 17:11 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 223 (283) Does anyone know of any South African institutions and/or scholars who are connected to Bitnet or Internet (or any other international network)? I have a South African colleague who is interested in joining this and other discussion groups, but is at this point unaware of any institutional links to Bitnet in his country. Thanks in advance for your help. Mikeal Parsons Baylor University BITNET: PARSONSM@BAYLOR From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE Subject: CALL (Latin) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 08:44+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 224 (284) A student of mine has to write her exam-thesis on CALL with focus on Latin. Now she has two questions: a) Can one point her to a comprehensive introduction on CALL (including theoretical aspects) b) Are there any curricula / courses etc in "Latin-CALL" anywhere? Thanks in advance, Fritz Heberlein From: Stephen Clausing Subject: Calico Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 10:58:47 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 225 (285) Can someone tell me who is in charge of memberships to Calico now and how much it costs for regular faculty? From: BOULAY@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA Subject: Hypertext Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 13:41:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 226 (286) I am looking for a complete and up-to-date bibliography on hypertext. Can anyone help me locate it? Thanks, Jean-Michel Boulay boulay@acadvm1.uottawa.ca From: J_CERNY@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: request for a tutorial on "postmodernism" Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 9:26:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 227 (287) Hi, Once again a chance to expose my ignorance! In the last few years I've seen more and more discussions of "postmodernism". It has even reached my one-time academic field of geography. But all these discussions assume you are already on the bus, that you know what modernism is, that you know the basic postions of Derrida and these other dudes. As my phrasing implies, I approach this with some (healthy) skepticism. That is, is this an intellectual tempest in a teapot that I am just as well off to ignore, or is it something or general intellectual and scientific importance that I should be paying attention to? To that end, I wonder if there are any articles or books that would serve as a primer or tutorial (a Cliff's notes?) on postmodernism that lays out the basic arguments and counter arguments? I'm talking about something pretty basic, I think, since I managed to to accumulate a couple of graduate degrees in the social sciences without ever consciously running into the term "the modern" -- it wasn't until I took my first philosophy course just-for-fun two years ago that I became aware (in passing, since it was an intro course on religion) that here was a special term that apparently has a whole special meaning and baggage with it. Skeptically but not anti-intellectually, -- Jim Cerny, Computing and Information Services, Univ. N.H. j_cerny@unhh.unh.edu From: Thierry van Steenberghe Subject: Re: 6.0081 Rs: da DAH da DAH da DAH Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 14:22:19 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 228 (288) In addition of the french 'et patati et patata' equivalent to da Dah da Dah quoted by Michel Lenoble, there are several other equivalents used in french, at least here in Belgium. I can't resist to add to the collection: - 'bla - bla - bla' (shorter than the english 'blah - blah') - 'et ta - ta -... ta' is also used, though not as frequently - 'et tchic et tchac' is commonly used by walloon poeple - I also sometimes hear 'etcaeteri, etcaetera' TvS From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0127 Rs: Peripherals and Networks; Icelandic Sagas (3/71) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1992 08:28 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 229 (289) Re Icelandic Sagas: PBS' *History of the English Language* series has an entertaining section on the misc. Scandinavians in England-- two men horse-trading. The commentary compares the sounds and similarities of the different Scandinavian languages at the time, and, if I recall correctly, also has some dialogue in them. Not sagas, but still linguistically interesting. From: (James Marchand) Subject: holocaust / Frankl Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 20:09:03 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 230 (290) David Schaps' posting on the holocaust and his mention of Viktor Frankl led me to this posting: Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy (NY: Pocket Books, 1980). Also available elsewhere. It's a remarkable book by a survivor whose experiences aided in the development of an inter- esting new tool for psychotherapy. For those interested in learning about the holocaust, there is a good, non-scholarly (but still good) bibliography: The Holocaust in Books and Films. A Selected, Annotated List. International Center for Holocaust Studies. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith. 3d ed. (NY: Hippocrene Books, 1986; ISBN 0-87052-292-2). It is not exhaustive (you can get a more exhaustive bibliography on the network), but it is useful. Jim Marchand From: "Simon A. Rakov, Pew Intern in Writing" Subject: HT bibliographies Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 19:04 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 231 (291) Sorry to post this to the list, but the e-mail address for Jean-Michel Boulay didn't work. Working on a HT (hypertext) bibliography myself, but it's far from complete, although up-to-date. It lists available electronic material. Sources for bibs of print material might include: Bolter, Jay David. _Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext and the History of Writing._ Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1991. Landow, George P. _Hypertext_. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1992. Nielsen, Jakob. _Hypertext and Hypermedia_. Boston: Academic Press, 1990. Those three should get you started, if you haven't seen all of them already. The IRIS bibliography was also good the last time I looked at it, but it's a few years old now. Simon Rakov From: "John M. Unsworth" Subject: Re: 6.0131 Qs: E-Mail; CALL; Calico; Hypertext; Postmodernism Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 20:09:06 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 232 (292) Re: queries of 7/13/92 on hypertext and on postmodernism: Jean-Michel Boulay, you should take a look at Terry Harpold's bibliography of hypertext-related materials, available from PMC-TALK@NCSUVM (or, on internet, PMC-TALK@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU) under the filename HYPER TEXT. Send a mail message to LISTSERV@NCSUVM or LISTSERV@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU with the one and only line "GET HYPER TEXT PMC-TALK F=MAIL" (no quotation marks in the message). Terry has, I believe revised this bibliography since he put out the version you will receive, but his address is listed in the bibliography and you can get in touch with him directly concerning subsequent versions. Jim Cerny: Two files from PMC-TALK might be of interest to you. The first is called POMO DEF-1 and contains a preliminary definition of postmodernism. The second is called SMURTHWA BIB and is a bibliography of texts concerning postmodernism. Use the instructions given above to retrieve these files, substituting the appropriate filenames in your request. If you'd like to subscribe to PMC-TALK, or to the journal _Postmodern Culture_, write to PMC@NCSUVM or PMC@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU and ask to be added to the list. Both are free. _Postmodern Culture_ distributes peer-reviewed essays on contemporary literature, theory, and culture, three times a year; we have six back issues available now. PMC-TALK is a moderated discussion group, and its topics are decided by its members. PMC's most recent call for book reviewers included a title that might be of interest to you: Doherty, Joseph, Elspeth Graham and Mo Malek. _Postmodernism and the Social Sciences_. New York: St. Martin's, 1992. John Unsworth Co-editor, _Postmodern Culture_ From: "John M. Unsworth" Subject: Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 20:14:48 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 233 (293) In my response to Jim Cerny's query about postmodernism, I should have added that, for those who wish to educate themselves, there are several syllabi available from PMC-TALK, including Gary Lee Stonum's syllabus for a course on postmodernism, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett's syllabus for a course on the aesthetics of everyday life, and my own syllabus for a course on art and mass culture. John Unsworth Co-editor, _Postmodern Culture_ From: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology Subject: postmodernism tutorial Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 15:07 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 234 (294) In reply to Jim Cerny's request for a tutorial on post modernism I would recommend he try the campus novels of David Lodge ('Small World' etc.). In particular, pp. 40-41 of 'Nice Work' 1988 Penguin edition, has a nice short piece on Derrida. The novel contains numerous attempts on the part of Robyn Penrose, Eng. Lit. lecturer to explain her craft to Vic Wilcox, industrialist; one of my favourite passages (though on semiotics, not post-modernism) concerns the deconstruction of the notorious Silk Cut ads. (pp. 220-24), though you'd have to have seen a UK Silk Cut ad. to follow it. Marcus Banks (Banks@uk.ac.ox.vax) Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology 51 Banbury Road OXFORD OX2 6PE UK From: Alan A Green Subject: Re: 6.0131 Qs: E-Mail; CALL; Calico; Hypertext; Postmodernism (5/72) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 15:32:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 235 (295) In response to Jim Cerny's request for an introduction to postmodernism I can recommend the following: Jencks, Charles. _What is Post-modernism? 3rd rev. enl. ed. London: Academy Editions; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. This work focuses primarily on art and architecture, but some references to other fields are also included. Alan Green Music & Dance Library Ohio State University green.200@osu.edu From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: Eurocall 93 Date: Tue,14 Jul 92 12:35:59 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 134 (296) EUROCALL 93: Emancipation Through Learning Technology University of Hull, England Wednesday 15 - Friday 17 September 1993 Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------ Eurocall has evolved from a small group of enthusiasts in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), who met at the University of Lige in 1986 with the aim of disseminating information and exchanging ideas about CALL, as well as sharing research interests. As the group has grown, international conferences have taken place in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Austria, culminating in the largest Eurocall conference to date, held in Helsinki in 1991. During 1992, Professor Graham Davies of Thames Valley University, who has played a leading rle in Eurocall's activities, is co-ordinating the establishment of a new constitution for the organisation. The theme of "emancipation through learning technology" highlights the possibilities now open to the language teaching professions for harnessing computer-based technologies in ways which can have far-reaching effects on students, teachers and management. Papers (30 minutes duration) are called for under the following categories: 1. Autonomous/distance learning; 2. Multimedia for language learning; 3. Resources and tools to support language learning; 4. Evaluation and assessment. ABSTRACTS of up to 600 words (in English) should be submitted to the address below by 31 JANUARY 1993. The abstracts will form part of the conference handbook, and it is envisaged that the full proceedings will be published by Peter Lang (Germany). The lecture theatres where the papers will be delivered will be equipped with overhead projectors and screens. Ample provision will be made throughout the conference for software demonstrations; full details of available hardware will be published in due course. Please submit abstracts on disk, preferably in Microsoft Word (IBM) format, or as an ASCII file, as well as providing a printed version. Address for abstracts: Mrs June Thompson CTI Centre for Modern Languages University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX Tel: 0482 466373 Fax: 0482 465991 JANET email: Eurocall@uk.ac.hull From: Subject: CPU choice Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 11:14:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 236 (297) A visiting professor has asked some advice on selecting a notebook computer, and is concerned about whether he will get satisfactory results with a 386 machine, or whether he should invest in a 486. Of course, there are many factors which enter into system performance, however I thought I would check and see if experience had produced any strong opinions. He uses NOTA BENE primarily, and also uses the TLG database extensively. He plans to use SEARCHER/PHAROS with TLG. He may also be considering Lbase. In addition, if anyone has experience using the TLG CDROM with a notebook computer, I would be interested in hearing about your hardware and how dis/satisfied you are with it. Thanks. Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: Networks and peripherals corrected Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 10:18:11 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 237 (298) My apologies to Humanist readers. I've re-read my submission and found two errors, one of which is very misleading. This is my reward for sloppy proofreading. Here is a revised copy of the message (revised lines are marked by > in left margin, changed words by asterixes). Sorry about that, Don Spaeth CTI Centre for History ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tops is a good solution for small networks, e.g. between an IBM and a Mac, because it does not require a dedicated server. Any computer on the network can publish any number of disks/volumes, folders/directories and files. Once published, these can be read [deleted quotation] just as easily be a CD-ROM as a hard disk, but you will have to check with the makers of Tops to find out whether such theory works in practice. PCs can also print to Mac printers via Tops; again, I don't know whether the opposite is true. Two caveats: - Tops-PC requires that one buy an AppleTalk card for the PC. A few years ago this had to be a card made by Tops; I don't know if this is still true. - Tops provides a mechanism for exchanging data (including text files), not software. Ie, you will be reading files on remote computers with the software on your own computer. You cannot run Word for the Mac from your PC, just because TOPS has allowed you access the file; it will need to be converted into a Word (DOS/Windows) file (within Word for Mac/Windows) and into a PC format file (Apple File Exchange). The corollary for CD-ROM access is that Tops MAY allow you to access a CD attached to a Mac, but only if you have the relevant software [deleted quotation] to run an Apple CD from a PC with a SCSI card. But there are no guarantees. There's many a slip 'twixt cup and slip, so they say, and there are even more when networking comes into the calculation! It may be simpler to get a SCSI card for the PC, and move the CD between computers. ( Or, it occurs to me, it may be possible to chain the Apple CD, PC, and Mac. Does anyone know if this would work?) Yours, Donald Spaeth CTI From: Ted Brunner Subject: TLG Policies Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 09:14:47 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 136 (299) Periodically, HUMANIST will carry communications on the subject of downloading procedures suitable for use with TLG CD ROM texts. Thus, it might be useful to reiterate here some of the TLGs policies (subscribed to by all CD ROM licensees) on the subject. Section III C of the TLG license agreement stipulates that The above provisions are not meant to render research difficult; rather, they are designed to assure that the field can continue to benefit from the TLGs materials and resources. Uncontrolled use of TLG texts by the field would quickly lead to a host of legal and proprietary problems vis-a-vis the copyright holders of TLG source texts; these problems, in turn, could easily jeopardize future TLG text dissemination activities. Theodore F. Brunner ****************************************************************** Theodore F. Brunner, Director Thesaurus Linguae Graecae University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717 USA Phone: (714) 856-6404 FAX: (714) 856-8434 From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" Subject: Re: 6.0131 Qs: E-Mail; CALL; Calico; Hypertext; Postmodernism (5/72) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 16:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 238 (300) South African institutions on the net Responding to M. Parsons@Baylor: I asked a similar question recently of someone whose address was clearly south African, and got the reply that Rhodes University had a Postmaster@hippo.ru.ac.za, and "you might be able to contact their Information Technology services via CCDW@hippo.ru.ac.za". This from a librarian at Cape Town, the address of which was uctlib.uct.ac.za; presumably mail to Postmaster at that address would get a response. There were outher routing addresses within SA as well. --Peter Graham, Rutgers University From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0131 Qs: E-Mail; CALL; Calico; Hypertext; Postmodernism (5/72) Date: Tue,14 Jul 92 09:26:43 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 239 (301) CALL and Latin If I can have a postal address for the student in question, I will send her some relevant material, with bibliographical refs, produced by the CTICML (Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Modern Languages). I will also send details of the two or three Latin CALL courses I know about. CALICO The contact for CALICO is Dr Frank Borchardt, Language Building Room 014, Duke University, Durham NC 27706, tel 919 681 6455, fax 919 681 6485, email CALICO@DukeMvs.ac.duke.edu June Thompson, CTICML, University of Hull, UK. From: david j reimer f Subject: Re: 6.0130 Rs: Index (2/70) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 17:40:18 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 240 (302) How early are indices? As others have suggested, there is a problem of definition. But one should note that some relevant material -- the so-called "hymnic incipits" from Mesopotamia -- goes back as far as the third millennium B.C.E. These are catalogues containing first lines of hymns, and thus more like a "table of contents" than an index proper, but worth noting in any case. -- David J. Reimer, Religion & Culture Phone: (519) 884-1970 x2680 Wilfrid Laurier University Fax: (519) 886-9351 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Internet: dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca From: Dene Grigar Subject: Language schools Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 13:35:15 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 241 (303) I am looking for a language school (or a school which teaches Italian to foreigners) located in Italy. I am planning to attend next summer during the summer break. Can anyone recommend a good one? Dene Grigar From: Tom Lawshae Subject: German churches in the Third Reich Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 11:46:49 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 242 (304) I'm a graduate student in Germanic Languages at the University of Texas in Austin, and I'm currently writing a Master's thesis on the Church Struggle in the Third Reich. The German literature on the subject is almost limitless, but one aspect of it that I've run across, which seems to be largely ignored, is the ideological debate of Walter Kuenneth with Alfred Rosenberg over Rosenberg's _Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts_. In the German historical portrayals of the Church Struggle, Kuenneth is hardly mentioned, and there aren't many sources in English on the topic. The only book I know of that deals specifically with the ideological debates is Raimund Baumgaertner's _Weltanschauungskampf im Dritten Reich, Die Auseinandersetzung der Kirchen mit Alfred Rosenberg_. I'm writing my thesis specifically on Kuenneth's debate with Rosenberg, which I suspect is an untouched topic in the English literature. Does anyone know of any English or German works that deal with this topic that I haven't mentioned? I'm also looking for copies of Kuenneth's two works against Rosenberg, _Antwort auf den Mythus_ and _Wider die Verfaelschung des Protestantismus_. The second work was seized by the Gestapo in 1937, and thus is very hard to find. Can anyone tell me where I can find these two works? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tom Lawshae From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker) Subject: Call for Nominations for IJCAI-93 Awards Date: Sun, 19 Jul 92 10:28:55 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 139 (305) INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INC. *** Call for Nominations for IJCAI-93 Awards *** THE IJCAI AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is given at an IJCAI to a scientist who has carried out a program of research of consistently high quality yielding several substantial results. If the research program has been carried out collaboratively, the Award may be made jointly to the research team. Past recipients of this award are John McCarthy (1985), Allen Newell (1989) and Marvin Minsky (1991). The Award carries with it a certificate and the sum of US$ 2,000 plus travel and living expenses for the IJCAI. The recipient will be invited to deliver an address on the nature and significance of the results achieved and write a paper for the conference proceedings. Primarily, however, the Award carries the honour of having one's work selected by one's peers as an exemplar of sustained research in Artificial Intelligence. We hereby call for nominations for The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence, which will be presented at IJCAI-93 in Chambery, France, 29 August - 3 September 1993. The accompanying note on Selection Procedures provides the relevant details. THE COMPUTERS AND THOUGHT AWARD The Computers and Thought Lectures are presented at IJCAI conferences by outstanding young scientists in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Past recipients of this honour have been Terry Winograd (1971), Patrick Winston (1973), Chuck Rieger (1975), Douglas Lenat (1977), David Marr (1979), Gerald Sussman (1981), Tom Mitchell (1983), Hector Levesque (1985), Johan de Kleer (1987), Henry Kautz (1989), Rodney Brooks (1991) and Martha Pollack (1991). The Award carries with it a certificate and the sum of US$ 2,000 plus travel and living expenses for the IJCAI. The lecture is given one evening during the conference, and the public is invited to attend. The lecturer is encouraged to publish the lecture in the conference proceedings. The lectureship was established with royalties received from the book Computers and Thought, edited by Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman; it is currently supported by income from IJCAII funds. We hereby call for nominations for the Computers and Thought Award, which will be presented at IJCAI-93 in Chambery, France, 29 August - 3 September 1993. The accompanying note on Selection Procedures provides the relevant details. SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR IJCAI AWARDS Nominations for the IJCAI Research Excellence Award and the Computers and Thought Award are invited from everyone in the international Artificial Intelligence community. There should be a nominator and a seconder, at least one of whom should not be from the same institution as the nominee. Nominees for the Computers and Thought Award cannot be older than 35 at the start of the conference. They must agree to be nominated. There are no other restrictions on nominees, nominators or seconders. The nominators should prepare a short submission of less than 2,000 words, outlining the nominee's qualifications with respect to the particular award. An IJCAI Awards Search Committee has been established to encourage high quality nominations for IJCAI Awards. It consists of the three most recent past IJCAI conference chairs, currently: Alan Bundy (convenor), Wolfgang Bibel and Barbara Grosz. Members of this committee can be contacted for advice on nominations. The IJCAI Award Selection Committee is the union of the Board of Trustees and the former Trustees of IJCAII, the Advisory Committee of IJCAI-93, the program chairs of the last three IJCAI conferences, and the past recipients of the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence and the IJCAI Distinguished Service Award, with nominees excluded. Nominations should be sent to the Conference Chair for IJCAI-93 at the address below. The deadline for nominations is 1 December 1992. To avoid duplication of effort, nominators are requested to submit the name of the person they are nominating by 1 November 1992 so that people who propose to nominate the same individual may be so informed and can coordinate their efforts. Prof. Wolfgang Wahlster Conference Chair, IJCAI-93 German Research Center for AI (DFKI) Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 D-W-6600 Saarbruecken 11, Germany Tel: (+49 681) 302-5252 Fax: (+49 681) 302-5341 E-mail: wahlster@dfki.uni-sb.de From: Philip J. Schwarz Subject: Hochelaga Convent, Montreal Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 20:20:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 243 (306) Is there such a place as the Hochelaga Convent in Montreal today? The reason I ask is that the daughter of someone on whom I am doing research reportedly died at that Convent at the age of 15 in 1874. I need to know what the daughter of an American Episcopalian might be doing there, besides what her mother told her to do. Please reply to my address. Thank you very much. **************************************** *** *** *** Philip J. Schwarz *** *** Department of History *** *** Virginia Commonwealth Univ. *** *** Box 2001 *** *** Richmond, VA 23284-2001 *** *** pschwarz@cabell.vcu.edu *** *** *** **************************************** From: John T. Harwood Subject: Crop Marks from Word Perfect Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1992 20:17:05 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 244 (307) The post-script files that WordPerfect 5.1 produces will print nicely on a typesetting device like the Linotronic 300 (for 1200-2400 dpi output), but I've not found a way to embed crop marks. These hash marks tell the printer where to cut the pages for final paste up. Has anyone found an easy way to do this? From: jonar@ulrik.uio.no (Jon Lanestedt) Subject: Electronic Books/Booklink Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1992 15:49:48 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 245 (308) Dear Humanists, Two articles discussing electronic books in general and the Voyager Expanded Books series in particular (John Markoff: "Is The Electronic Book Closer Than You Think?", New York Times, December 29 1991, and Elizabeth Venant: "Book Bytes: Are You Ready to Curl Up With a Good Computer Screen?", Los Angeles Times January 15 1992) refer to a company in Florida called Booklink. According to the articles this company is working on a device called Bookmark, a small computer which will provide reading facilities for electronic books purchased from a ATM-like machine and stored on a small plastic memory card the size of a credit card, for insertion into the Bookmark reader. The "ATMs" will be installed in places like bookstores, video rental and copy centers. Does somebody out there happen to know the email or fax address to Booklink? Jon Lanestedt ------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lanestedt Department of Linguistics and Philosophy University of Oslo Tel: +47-2-855761 P.O.Box 1102 Blindern Tel: +47-2-854348 N-0317 Oslo Fax: +47-2-856919 Norway Internet: jonar@hedda.uio.no ------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jack Kessler" Subject: FYI France: some new information sources Date: Thu, 16 Jul 92 00:26:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 141 (309) Two new ideas for those of you who have been wondering what's been happening at the Bibliothe`que de France and in French libraries generally: 1) The Bibliothe`que de France's "3615 Tolbiac" information service now has been launched on Minitel. It presents a very good overview and current events summary for anyone wishing to obtain an introduction to the B.de France controversy or for someone wanting to catch up with the latest news. For those of you who haven't yet used Minitel: this is the same Minitel service which is so omnipresent -- 6 million distributed terminals, many millions more free distributed pc software, every hotel, home, and bicycle shop -- in France. Joint ventures now have been launched with four of the US BabyBells -- Pacific Telesis' is called "101 Online" -- but still the easiest thing is to telephone (914) 694-6266 and request their free pc or MAC diskette. The simple login procedure on the diskette will set up an account which will bill to your VISA card. Use charges vary from free to many dollars per minute, but there is a great deal of interest which you can reach for under 30 cents per minute. Minitel will give you access to about 14,000 French online services, including the French telephone books and train schedules and the CNRS' enormous PASCAL/FRANCIS (their online "Bulletin Signaletique"), and now including many library services and an increasing number of French online public access catalogs (all the bibliothe`ques municipales are working hard on this). All the services are divided among a set of different "kiosk" numbers, which correspond to different rates of fee for their use. These are "3614", "3615", "3616", etc.: numbers which you enter from your main Minitel screen (in the US I believe you still must use the prefix "F" before the above numbers to connect to France). The Minitel "Guide des Services", reached by entering "MGS" from the main screen, is an incomplete but still very useful indexing system for finding service names and kiosk numbers (The Bibliothe`que de France's "Tolbiac" is on 3615.) 2) For those of you who simply can't get enough of Parisian controversy, the latest issue of _Le De'bat_ (mai-aou^t 1992 nume'ro 70, ISSN 0246-2346) contains a hair-raising article by the journal's director, Pierre Nora, dredging up all the criticism and juicy gossip which has been flung against the B.de France project so far, and flinging it once again. Nora is not a fan of the Bibliothe`que de France. His renewed attack is seconded by George Le Rider, in a second piece subtitled "...des correctifs insuffisants." These two are followed, however, by three articles on the impending grave problems of, respectively, the university libraries, the Sorbonne library, and the BPI library at the Beaubourg Centre Pompidou. This naive outsider wonders whether, if Nora and other critics have such violent objections to the solutions being proposed for the Bibliothe`que Nationale collection, they might have some constructive suggestions for what apparently is a deteriorating situation among French libraries generally, according to their own journal? Jack Kessler kessler@well.sf.ca.us ------- End of Forwarded message From: junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu (Peter D. Junger) Subject: Electronic library catalogues and unreadable searches Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 13:41:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 142 (310) Here at Case Western Reserve University they have just put a new electronic library catalogue on line, which is known as Euclid Plus, that uses the Innopac (as I believe it is called) software. Although the new catalogue is not fully operational (and certainly has not been debugged) the University has gotten rid of its old electronic catalogue, which was called Euclid, that used Geac (or something like that) machines and was pretty useless, since it had no authority control and did not allow any Boolean searching. So far my opinion is that the new catalogue is a great improvement, except for one little detail that makes it almost unusable. The problem is that if one records (or, as Procomm Plus puts it, logs) one's search to a file on one's computer--whether one accesses the new catalogue directly through telnet or indirectly over telephone lines using a modem--the resulting record will be filled with VT102 (ANSI) escape codes, which are used to draw boxes and control the appearance of the screen, and will have hardly any carriage returns or line feeds. The result is that the record is to all intents and purposes unreadable and uneditable by non-mechanical means. (On an MSDOS machine _with ANSI.SYS loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file_ the file looks all right if it is output to the screen with the TYPE command.) I am now writing a filter which I hope will interpret and remove the escape sequences, so that the resulting file will be readable and contain nothing but printable ASCII characters, spaces, carriage returns, and line feeds. Our library has told me that in thirty days--they later changed that to three days, but the three days are up--they will have a solution to this problem. The solution is to make something called Procite available as part of the electronic catalogue. As they describe Procite it allows one to download information to one's local PC in selected bibliographical formats. That would be a very nice option and would certainly make the system more usable, but I do not believe that it will allow a user to keep a readable record of the wild goose chases one makes while searching through a library catalogue. (What one records is, after all, the flow of characters that are being sent to one's PC, and that includes the escape codes that cause the problem.) So I have a couple of questions: 1.) Have others had this trouble with other Innopac machines? 2.) If so, is there a solution to the problem? a.) If so, is the solution Procite? b.) Or is it a filter program like the one I am writing? c.) Or what? Peter D. Junger Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH Internet: JUNGER@SAMSARA.LAW.CWRU.Edu -- Bitnet: JUNGER@CWRU From: David Stampe Subject: Re: 6.0136 TLG Policies (1/22) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 92 00:28:36 HST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 246 (311) On 14 Jul 1992, Theodore Brunner, Director of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, proposed to "reiterate here some of the TLGs policies (subscribed to by all CD ROM licensees)", but he did not actually reiterate them, but instead only quoted Section III C of the TLG license agreement which describes the unspecified provisions as "designed to assure that the field can continue to benefit from the TLGs materials and resources. Uncontrolled use of TLG texts by the field would quickly lead to a host of legal and proprietary problems vis-a-vis the copyright holders of TLG source texts; these problems, in turn, could easily jeopardize future TLG text dissemination activities." Could this be explained more fully? What kinds of legal contracts did TLG enter with copyright holders, how many copyright holders are involved, what percentage of texts are under contract, what is the duration of the contracts, and how do they terminate? Will the texts ever pass into the public domain, where everyone can use and improve them, or will some new contract have to be negotiated, so that TLG will remain under a restrictive license perpetually? David Stampe , Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Hawaii/Manoa, Honolulu HI 96822 From: dene grigar Subject: Re: 6.0136 TLG Policies (1/22) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 92 12:19:29 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 247 (312) These stipulations do not prohibit one from using the TLG without the benefit of downloading, does it? In other words, I can conduct a word search with it, I suppose. . . Dene Grigar aca102@UTDallas.bitnet From: "Tom Benson 814-865-4201" Subject: Re: 6.0138 Qs: Language Schools; German Churches (2/35) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 21:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 248 (313) [deleted quotation] Penn State University runs a summer language/culture program at Todi, Italy. Try contacting the Dept. of Italian, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802. Tom Benson Penn State From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0138 Qs: Language Schools; German Churches (2/35) Date: Thu,16 Jul 92 11:04:57 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 249 (314) Language Schools. Recommended by the Department of Italian, University of Hull. For details of summer courses at the University of Verona, write to Dott. G Barbieri, ESU, via S. Cristoforo 4, 37129 Verona, tel 45-597144, fax 45-597144. June Thompson, CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull, UK. From: CHURCHDM@VUCTRVAX Subject: CALICO Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 11:12 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 250 (315) Here is the information requested concerning CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Learning and Instruction Consortium): CALICO 014 Language Building Duke University Durham, N.C. 27706 919-681-6455 CALICO@DUKEMVS.BITNET Membership rates are: Individual: $35/year Institution: $65/year Corporation: $125/year Residents of Canada & Mexico, add $10 to regular rates. Residents of other foreign countries, add $25 to regular rates. Dan M. Church Vanderbilt University From: Subject: NEW JOURNAL Date: Wed, 15 Jul 92 09:45 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 144 (316) ANNOUNCING THE FOUNDING OF IPCT Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century is based on the following premises: The electronic journal is the wave of the future. By the year 2000, the bulk of information will be exchanged electronically and the nature of print media will have changed drastically. There are, currently, several barriers to the use of electronic journals as outlets for scholarly research. These include: copyright problems, the problem of coordinating with print publication, and especially the validation of the electronic journal as a legitimate outlet for dissemination of scholarly studies, suitable for credit toward promotion and tenure in colleges and universities. IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century will attempt to address these three concerns. The first issue of the journal is planned for January, 1993. Depending on the quantity and quality of submissions, the decision will be made as to whether the journal will be issued twice yearly or quarterly. Each journal issue will be the equivalent of 64 print pages. The journal will be coordinated with and issued through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology Discussion List, a list maintained, moderated and operated at Georgetown University. This list will serve as the initial readership. Subscribers to the list will be considered charter subscribers. There will be no charge for the service for the first year. Subscribers will be urged to comment extensively on content and format of the journal. After an experimental year, we will commence library collaboration and may find it necessary to charge for the service. CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND REFEREES This is a formal call for volunteer readers and article referees. Please read the editorial statement carefully. If you feel you are qualified to serve as a referee, please notify the editor and submit a brief vita listing major publications and editorial experience. Please provide the names of person with whom we can check these credentials. Persons selected as referees will listed on the masthead as "associate editors." CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS This is also a formal call for submission of articles for inclusion in the journal. Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government and related topics. Articles may have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological articles will be considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration We regret that, at this time, we will be unable to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum. Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to make the journal available to greatest number of potential subscribers. All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and published articles will be selected by the editors. In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest standards of reviewing used in the best print journals. Our associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of editorial experience and status in their field of expertise. Applications for associate editor positions and article submissions should be sent to: GMP@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp@psuvm.psu.edu (internet). After two issues a decision will be made whether to coordinate publication with a print publisher. Meanwhile endorsements will be solicited from relevant organizations, e.g. organizations like American Library Association, EDUCOM, Speech Communication Association, etc. and requests will be made for lists of their on-line subscribers. Announcements will be sent to other relevant lists. We urge you to circulate this announcement to relevant lists with which you may be familiar. Since the journal will be distributed by IPCT-L, subscription to IPCT-L will be necessary for those desiring copies. TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-L PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: Send the following one-line message in the body of an email message to LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU SUBCRIBE IPCT-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME This project will be coordinated and edited by Gerald M. Phillips (emeritus, Penn State), Zane Berge (Georgetown), Gerald M. Santoro (Penn State), and Mauri Collins (Penn State). Technical advisors will include Bradley Erlwein (Zenith Data Systems), Morton Cotlar (Hawaii), Katy Silberger (Marist), and Mark Evangelista (Georgetown). Once an editorial board is selected, formal announcement will be made of the journal via all media including mail contact with deans of major universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other relevant media. Solicitation of all available libraries will also be made. We have already begun negotiations for a print edition of the journal with academic publishers and find the climate for collaboration quite favorable. There are technical problems to be solved relevant to accessing the journals. We will improve the technical sophistication of the journal to include graphics and ftp retrieval as various distribution problems are solved. From: Ted Brunner Subject: TLG Policies Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 11:11:59 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 145 (317) My July 14 message re TLG text downloading was meant not to generate controversy but to remind TLG CD ROM licensees that the license agreement signed by each of them has something to say on the subject at issue. As it turned out, this reminder gave rise to a number of questions on HUMANIST, among them the following: "What kinds of legal contracts did TLG enter with copyright holders, how many copyright holders are involved, what percentage of texts are under contract, what is the duration of the contracts, and how do they terminate ?" Ever so gently: (1) the TLG's business affairs are the TLG's business, (2) subscription to the TLG CD ROM is not mandatory, i.e., (3) anyone unhappy with the provisions of the TLG license agreement may opt not to obtain a TLG CD ROM. Someone else raised the following questions: "These stipulations do not prohibit one from using the TLG without the benefit of downloading, does it? In other words, I can conduct a word search with it, I suppose. . ." The answers are no and yes. No, these stipulations do not prohibit one from using the TLG without the benefit of downloading, and yes, one can conduct a word search with the TLG. But then the TLG license agreement never did contain a stipulation prohibiting word searches.... The TLG license agreement is not the product of a TLG director's unilateral whimsy; rather, it is the result of months of deliberations on the part of a policy-making body containing numerous individuals, some of them appointed representatives of the American Philological Association. These individuals tried their best to come up with sensible policies--sensible both from the point of view of the user and from the point of view of the TLG. And, no: I am not about to report on who participated in the discussions, what people talked about, how many times a week they met, and who did (or did not) have Diet Pepsi for lunch. What I will add is the following: The TLG staff works very hard trying to serve the field. Judging from the communications that reach us every day, 99.9% of the thousands of TLG users scattered around the world appreciate what we are doing, and what we have done. To that other .1%: please understand that we are not trying to harm research and scholarship. The opposite is the case. Theodore F. Brunner Director-TLG From: junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu (Peter D. Junger) Subject: Re: 6.0142 Q: E-library Catalogues Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 14:56:27 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 146 (318) Shortly after I sent my original posting on this subject--and just before I left the office for the weekend--I received a telephone call telling me that the fix to the Innopac library catalogue program had been installed here at CWRU. So they did do it within three days! It turned out that the fix to the downloading problem had nothing to do with Procite. The fix is the addition of an `export function' to the Innopac software so that the user may mark any bibliographic record for future export and, at the end of the session, download all of the saved records to the user's PC using whatever ASCII downloading (i.e., recording) capability is built into the PC's communications program. This is a great feature, and goes a long way toward solving my problem. It does not, however, assist one in recording a search through the catalogue; it only allows one to download the bibliographic records that the search discovers. So I am probably going to go on writing my filter that is supposed to filter out VT100 escape sequences from a data stream that has been recorded on a PC. The result should be that the filtered file will contain nothing but readable ASCII characters, spaces, line feeds, and carriage returns, and its contents will look, when examined in an editor, pretty much the way they did when they first appeared on the screen of the PC. So now my questions are: 1.) Has anyone written such a filter already? And 2.) Are there any other cases where it would be useful to have a filter to interpret and remove VT100 (ANSI) escape codes? Peter D. Junger Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH Internet: JUNGER@SAMSARA.LAW.CWRU.Edu -- Bitnet: JUNGER@CWRU From: Steve Taylor Subject: IALLSER Meeting Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 15:10:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 147 (319) The International Association for Learning Laboratories, Southeast Region (IALLSER), announces a call for presentations for its Fall meeting, to be held at Emory University, in Atlanta, on October 24, 1992. Abstracts or descriptions of presentations on topics related to using technology for language learning should be sent to: Dr. Steve Taylor Woodruff Library Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 or at ussjt@unix.cc.emory.edu From: junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu (Peter D. Junger) Subject: Electronic library catalogues and unreadable searches Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 13:41:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 142 (320) I am a librarian at Indiana University who has been involved for some time in supporting the use of Pro-Cite for downloading records from our NOTIS electronic library catalog, and in dealing a variety of issues concerning the interface among main frame computers, microcomputers, and human scholars. I also am the "owner" the BITNET discussion group for Pro-Cite users. (To subscribe send the message: SUBSCRIBE PRO-CITE Yourname via BITNET to: LISTSERV@IUBVM.BITNET (or via INTERNET to: LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU) The questions Peter Junger asks ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE INNOPAC CATALOG BUT REPRESENT A COMMON PROBLEM AT THIS STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMNET OF THE MUCH DESIRED "SEAMLESS INTERFACE". So, in the interest of generalizing the problem in a way that I hope will help both Mr. Junger and provoke additional discussion among others who have similar, but equally unique, needs, let me suggest some answers to the two (5 part) questions asked: [deleted quotation] We ALL have problems with ALL systems when we are using a microcomputer as a dumb terminal when accessing a main frame electronic catalog. This is because what you see on the screen is not what is being sent to the terminal (i.e. because of the ANSI escape codes that are hidden from the screen display as Mr. Junger notes.) When one uses a communications program such as Procomm to "LOG" a session, these escape codes will be captured too. [deleted quotation] GENERAL ANSWER: If one uses the SCREEN CAPTURE command (alt-G in Procomm), rather than (or in addition to) the LOG command, the escape codes are filtered out at the source (and saved in a DOS file with the default name "SCREEN.IMG"). You do, of course, have to capture each screen you want to save, so you lose the advantage of a continuous, automatic log. For that, the only solution in the situation given by Mr. Junger is to accept the junk, then run it through a filter (either a viewing filter program such as LOTUS MAGELLAN or the shareware viewer LIST; or a program that actually searches and replaces to produce a "clean" file). [deleted quotation] BETTER ANSWER: Yes, Pro-Cite IS the solution, IF you would like to utilize one of the major features of online catalogs--NOT HAVING TO EVER RE-ENTER BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AGAIN, BUT SIMPLY DOWNLOADING RECORDS ALREADY RECORDED IN A COMPLETE, ACCURATE ELECTRONIC FORM BY PROFESSIONAL CATALOGERS AND INDEXERS. What the Pro-Cite export function from the Innopac catalog does (we unfortunately do NOT yet have that feature in the Notis system), is to take the underlying database record from which the screen display is derived (& which includes only selected parts from the complete record) and export it DIRECTLY, with no hidden escape codes, into a "common delimited format" that the Pro-Cite bibliographic database management program can immediately import. The downside to this, is that to take full advantage of the exported data you need to purchase a personal copy of Pro-Cite. Otherwise, the library, I presume, will simply use Pro-Cite to reformat the record into an ASCII file that any microcomputer program can read. However, in my own experience the purchase of Pro-Cite is well worth the expense (ones hopes that this will be reasonable if your library or bookstore has negotiated a site license or other discounted price structure). Here are the advantages of putting all your bibliographic records in Pro-Cite: a) You can import data not just from the online catalog, but also from CDROM databases, commercial online systems, and other formats (remember data entry is one of the most time consuming procedures in personal bibliographic maintenance and also a major source of errors). In addition, when you enter data yourself, you have available automatically generated authority lists (for authors, journal titles, subjects, etc.) so that once you have entered one example you don't ever have to retype it again, but can simply search the authority list as you enter data and paste the correct entry into your bibliographic text. b) Once entered, you can use the data over and over for all your scholarly activities: i) Pro-Cite has a large number of "punctuation files" (style sheets) for all the major publication formats (Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, etc.) plus the ability to customize to your hearts content. These reformat your data when creating a bibliography, end notes, or footnotes from the original master bibliography without changing the data in that master. ii) Pro-Cite can read citations in an electronic manuscript (ASCII, WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) of the general form [NAME, DATE] and then automatically create your footnotes or end notes from the master bibliography. iii) You can search for information in your Pro-Cite bibliography with all the power (and sometimes more) that you have available in searching an online catalog, and then create subsets of data to output as a selected subject bibliography or whatever. c) Pro-Cite is available (with compatible file structures) for both PC and Macintosh computers [deleted quotation] writing?" As mentioned above, a filter program will be necessary only for the purpose of editing a log file that keeps complete track of the history of your searching in the library catalog. Do you really want to do this--what did we do before electronic catalogs in this regard? "c.) Or what?" Other bibliographic downloading and maintenance programs are available to do similar jobs. But since Innopac supports Pro-Cite I'd take advantage of that fact. Additional information about the wide variety of programs available for this purpose may be found in: Stigleman, Sue, "Text Management Software," _Public-Access Computer Systems Review_ 1 (1990) 5-22. (An electronic journal recently published in printed form by the American Library Association's "LITA: Library Information & Technology Assocation" division, and previously in electronic form as part of the PACS-L BITNET list); and in Stigleman, Sue, "Bibliography Formatting Software: A Buying Guide," _Database_ 15 (1992) 15-27. I hope this helps! RefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeR e e f Mark T. Day, Assoc. Librarian, Reference f e Indiana University Library, Room E159 e R Bloomington, IN 47405 R e Bitnet: DAYM@IUBACS.BITNET e f Internet: DAYM@UCS.INDIANA.EDU f e Phone: (812) 855-8028 or 855-0100 e RefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeR From: Skip Knox Subject: Re: 6.0146 E-Catalogue Filters (1/39) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 09:04:44 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 251 (321) Peter, we here at Boise State have a new catalog system that likewise transmits the escape code sequences. I'd love to have such a filter, especially inasmuch as our software does not permit exporting results to a separate file. But this sounds like tricky code to me. It would have to be a TSR -- always a nasty proposition -- or would have to be installable into other comm software somehow. Good luck! 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Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: David Stampe Subject: 6.0145 TLG Policies Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 22:13:37 HST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 252 (323) Theodore F. Brunner, after posting a vague warning about violations of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae license, refused to answer my question about the duration of the copyright agreements he cited as the reason for the license, or my question as to whether restrictive licensing of TLG would continue indefinitely: Ever so gently: (1) the TLG's business affairs are the TLG's business, (2) subscription to the TLG CD ROM is not mandatory, i.e., (3) anyone unhappy with the provisions of the TLG license agreement may opt not to obtain a TLG CD ROM. TLG is chartered as a not-for-profit organization. It has received funding from public institutions. Recently it applied for a $500,000 challenge grant from NEH (TLG Newsletter, May 1992). I'm a taxpayer. My questions still stand. I hope that Mr. Brunner's answer will be more accurate than his complacent closing remarks: Judging from the communications that reach us every day, 99.9% of the thousands of TLG users scattered around the world appreciate what we are doing, and what we have done. To that other .1%: please understand that we are not trying to harm research and scholarship. 99.9% of thousands of users would be 1998 or more communications. But the TLG Newsletter cited above reports that a survey of users was sent to 1100 individuals and institutions, and only 317 responses received. The Newsletter says that questions were limited to user's specialties, hardware and software access, and comments on software. There were no questions in the survey about the TLG license. Previous editions of the Newsletter have voiced concern about the number of users who have not paid their license fees. I am not a TLG user, but only a subscriber to the TLG Newsletter. Like many others, I would probably be a user of TLG if it were not under a restrictive license with no clear cutoff date. I would also probably be a contributor of free text processing software for it. Why the qualifier "probably"? Because I have further questions about the conduct of the TLG project. In particular, the May 1992 TLG Newsletter (p.2) states that "In September of 1991, the project's data entry activities were shifted from the Philippines to mainland China." David Stampe , Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Hawaii/Manoa, Honolulu HI 96822 From: "Richard L. Goerwitz" Subject: Re: 6.0145 TLG Policies (1/47) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 09:20:48 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 253 (324) A reader asks: What kinds of legal contracts did TLG enter with copyright holders, how many copyright holders are involved, what percentage of texts are under contract, what is the duration of the contracts, and how do they terminate? To this question the following (patronizing) reply was offered: Ever so gently: (1) the TLG's business affairs are the TLG's business, (2) subscription to the TLG CD ROM is not mandatory, i.e., (3) anyone unhappy with the provisions of the TLG license agreement may opt not to obtain a TLG CD ROM. The key word here is "business affairs." May I remind the poster in question of something he is doubless aware, namely that Bitnet is not a commercial network. If a commercial product requires a license, and that license is coming up for renewal, the question of renewal is between the vendor and the licensees. It's not acceptable--in fact, it is downright rude--to use the net to save yourself postage and filing costs. That is what your original posting (which started the fluff) essentially did. I might add that the question of when (if ever) TLG texts will be freed to the public is a very relevant, scholarly query. I myself was eagerly awaiting an answer. Wouldn't you know it that the minute the subject turns from a question of business to one of scholarship, the interests in question suddenly clam up? The traditional excuse for such behavior is: The TLG staff works very hard trying to serve the field. Judging from the communications that reach us every day, 99.9% of the thousands of TLG users scattered around the world appreciate what we are doing, and what we have done. To that other .1%: please understand that we are not trying to harm research and scholarship. The opposite is the case. Commendable, but massively irrelevant. No one doubts that the TLG staff works hard. No one questions that the TLG materials have been useful to scholars. What is being objected to is the director's needlessly patronizing tone in response to legitimate scholarly questions about the TLG materials, and to his unwillingness to discuss aspects of TLG licensing arrangements except insofar as these protect commercial interests. -Richard L. Goerwitz goer%midway@uchicago.bitnet goer@midway.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer From: Charlotte Skuster Subject: New List: INDEX-L A new discussion group for indexers Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 11:00:10 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 151 (325) Created to promote good indexing practice by providing a forum for aspiring and professional indexers to share information and ideas relating to all aspects of index preparation. Topics for discussion can include various types of index structures such as indexes for books, periodicals, online text, databases, of hypermedia. Participants may include but not be limited to members of professional indexers organizations (ASI, NFIAS); librarians and library school faculty and students; information access professionals; hypertext and database developers; and authors indexing their own works. To subscribe, send the following message to LISTSERV@BINGVMB: Subscribe INDEX-L (your first and last name) Listowner: Charlotte Skuster Science Library Binghamton University Box 6012 Binghamton, NY 13902-6012 Phone: 607-777-4122 E-mail skuster@bingvmb From: MARILYN@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: Question re Transcribing Character Sets Between S/W Packages Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:45 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 152 (326) I have had a number of enquiries from scholars who are working with Greek character sets in a range of wordprocessors who wish to convert between various formats. I appreciate that when the TEI has published all its recommendations and we are all working in conformant SGML the problems of converting formats will disappear, but at the moment other (probably temporary) solutions seem necessary. The key query at the moment is how one can convert into something which OCP can use and back again, but there are a number of individuals who wish to go between the wordprocessors themselves. Any suggestions? Are there any utilities out there which do conversions between some of the following: ChiWriter MegaWriter T3 LocoScript PC Word for Windows with WinGreek Word Perfect Word on the Mac Vuwriter Nota Bene Beta Code If these are not already available, are there any suggestions about how we might go about obtaining/creating such utilities? Marilyn Deegan CTI Centre for Textual Studies Oxford University Marilyn@uk.ac.ox.vax From: Ted Brunner Subject: Response from TLG Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 12:35:30 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 153 (327) WOW! Who would have thought that my reminder re TLG license agreements, text downloading, etc., would lead to the kind of ruckus which is now reverberating through HUMANIST! Over the past couple of days, I've been called "patronizing," "rude," "irrelevant," "complacent," and only God-knows-what else; I've been accused of disrespect toward the American taxpayer; and ominous questions are being raised about the fact that the TLG has shifted data entry from the Philippines to mainland China (surely something untoward must be going on there, right?). Lighten up already, folks! Horace comes to mind: "parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus." For what it's worth to those out there who seem to be most exercised: I really had no wish to offend. Moreover, I don't have the time to offend. I've got too many other things to do. Here's how things are going to work: no, I won't let myself be drawn into a Humanist-based exchange of polemics. No, I won't submit reports upon demand, unless the demand comes from those to whom I report. Yes, I will respond (as I always have) to reasonable requests for information. "Reasonable" is the key word here: I've never given any command performances in the past, and I don't intend to give any in the future. Reasonable requests for information can be mailed to me at the address given below, and I will respond by U.S. mail (sorry to disapppoint those who might be looking forward to a continuation of this electronic hoopla). I hope this helps. Theodore F. Brunner, Director Thesaurus Linguae Graecae University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717 USA FAX: (714) 856-8434 From: Mark Olsen Subject: Re: 6.0150 More on TLG Policies Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 16:59:45 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 254 (328) Oh no, not the "copyfight" issue again. To defend Ted Brunner, ARTFL has many similar usage issues facing the TLG. We are forced to limit the kinds of use legitimate scholars can make of the database. And it is, by far, the most frequent criticism that people make of the ARTFL Project. The limitations that we impose on use of the database arises from agreements negoicated with copyright holders. These agreements have changed over time and, not surprisingly, will change in future as the technology and financial considerations develop. I share Brunner's frustration with the gap between what is technical feasible/desirable and the legal limitations imposed by publishers and copyright conventions. Indeed, Brunner was, for many years, remarkably liberal in his distribution policies, a fact which should be recognized by current TLG critics. On another issue, David Stampe does not seem to approve of the TLG shifting data entry operations to mainland China. I have had a number of people protest my decision to use off-shore data entry companies. The problem is that we all want to get as much data up and running as possible. The cheapest way to do that is off shore keyboarding. So again, running a large database is a compromise between what is desirable and what is practical. Funding agencies will not support the expense of having huge bodies of data entered in the US. The choice is having it done as inexpensively as possible or not having it all. It is, quite frankly, extremely frustrating to have people gripe about this kind of thing after spending alot of time hustling up the cash to get new and important datasets entered, which will benefit the scholarly community as a whole. Mark Olsen ARTFL Project University of Chicago From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0150 More on TLG Policies Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 07:36 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 255 (329) Question: if the TLG is being funded by public funds (e.g., NEH), are there not public records which could be consulted about the "business affairs" of the group? Under the freedom of information law, for example? L.Morgan (MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET; MORGAN@LOYOLA.EDU) From: jporter@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Jim Porter) Subject: quotation source question (version 2) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 16:39:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 256 (330) [deleted quotation] From: A.MM@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Austria - Multimedia, F Brody,IVC) Subject: Qs: text linguistics and HText Date: 23 Jul 92 20:09 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 257 (331) Dear Editors, HUMANIST is always a good source of information and although I can immagine and also see on my screen that you are swamped with requests I would like to add a short question you may want to post. I am interested in text linguistic approaches to Hypertext (text coherence, intertextuality, definition of "text" etc). Any suggestions, ideas, quotes, references are helpful. thank you. Florian Brody A.MM @ APPLELINK.APPLE.COM From: Marco Simionato Subject: Boiler plate sentences manager sought Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 15:02:00 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 258 (332) I do a lot of technical translating and I often come up with repetitous "boiler plate" sentences, which I either have to retranslate or trace back to copy and paste. I was wondering if there was any kind of multiclipboard where I could store these standard phrases/procedures and then paste them into the document when needed by only pressing a keyword. I think something like this exists on the Mac, but I would like to have the like for use with Word for Windows. Or it would be nice if there were a popup list-box where to select the desired phrase for pasting. Please reply directly, thanks. Marco Simionato From: Edward Shreeves 319-335-5867 Subject: Victorian/19th century discussion groups. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 12:38 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 259 (333) On behalf of a newly-connected member of the English faculty here, I wanted to find out if anyone was aware of an electronic discussion group, list, etc. which deals--often or exclusively-- with Victorian or 19th century studies. I saw nothing germane in the second edition of the Directory published by the Association of Research Libraries, but perhaps someone knows of something new or previously unheralded. Thanks. Edward Shreeves University of Iowa From: David Bantz Subject: Re: 6.0152 Query: Transcribing Character Sets Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:25:16 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 156 (334) A partial solution may be had in the Macintosh utility Paradigma written by Espen Aarseth of the University of Bergen . It allows you to easily set up and apply rule-based string substitutions in text files. We used it, for example, to convert from the Greek encoding used in an idiosyncratic font/word processor to the genuinely bizzare-looking two, three, and four character sequences required by a publisher's software. Paradigma version 2.0 is available in the Info-Mac archives by anonymous ftp: sumex-aim.stanford.edu: info-mac/util directory David Bantz Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 312-702-0822 (voice) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: "Clyde W. Grotophorst" Subject: Re: OPACs and Unreadable Searches Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 09:48:26 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 157 (335) For those having the 'garbage in the log file' problem with NOTIS -- or other OPACs for that matter -- you migh want to give CITEREAD a try. That program will remove the ANSI screen codes from your logfile and reformat the data into a more pleasing (readable) form. CITEREAD is available from the GMUtant OnLine BBS: 703-993-2219 1200/2400/9600 v.32/v.42. If you would rather ftp the file, send me a note & I'll make it available on the anonymous ftp site here at George Mason... +-------------------------------------------------------------------- | Clyde W. Grotophorst Library Systems Office Fenwick Library | | George Mason Univ 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 | | Voice: (703) 993-2239 wallyg@fen1.gmu.edu BBS:(703) 993-2219| --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lORNE hAMMOND <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Re: 6.0148 Bibliographic Software Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 19:49:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 260 (336) I would add to Mark's comment on bibliographic software that Sue Stigleman has a 48 page booklet "Bibliography Formatting Software" published by the institute for Academic Technology at U North Carolina. It compares the various high and middle end products. Bitnet to IAT@UNC, Fax: 919 560-5047. Secondly, and NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, since we do want this non-commercial, but, Larry Hahne (Hahne@UTOREPAS.Bitnet, last I heard) publishes Library Master which a friend chose over Pro-cite, for reasons to do with textual annotations, although Pro-Cite does that also. He has a demo and it is worth comparing. Tel: (416) 730-1896. Both do downloads and multiple styles and footnotes. However, last I saw, none would search your existing footnotes for shorthand and replace multiple references with the full 9 yards. The last versions I saw would create foot/endnotes from the main body of the text only. That means you lose the ability to make a comment off the cuff in the note and drop some short references that the program will fill in later. There is also Notebook II+ which is in the running with the other two. Lorne Hammond University of Ottawa history From: "Mark T. Day" Subject: Announcing new PRO-CITE LIST Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 16:31 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 261 (337) ANNOUNCING: A new BITNET list: PRO-CITE@IUBVM ......"The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List" Established April 14, 1992 GENERAL INFORMATION: This list has been established as an international electronic forum for anyone using or interested in using the bibliographic textbase software program PRO-CITE and its companion BIBLIO-LINK programs published by Personal Bibliographic Software. These software programs provide the means to automate a wide variety of scholarly tasks related to the retrieval, organization, and use of bibliographic data. They operate on both MS-DOS and Macintosh platforms. With the much enhanced version 2.0 of Pro-Cite now available for both systems, it seemed like a good time to establish a Bitnet discussion group, whose existence could facilitate the rapid sharing of concerns, interests, problems and solutions among members at all levels of use. The owner of this list is Mark T. Day, Associate Librarian in the Indiana University Reference Department and Coordinator of its newly created Library Electronic Text Resource Service. I began using Pro-Cite and Biblio-Links while working at the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority from 1988 -1990 as their Library Microcomputer Specialist and have felt for some time that an electronic discussion group, modelled after the several similar groups that already exist for other library and scholarly oriented software products, would be a very useful forum for advancing communication among those of us who work heavily with bibliographic data. For the list to be successful in serving the needs of its members, however, those members must be active contributors to the discussion. Currently the list operates in a non-moderated mode, in which all messages sent to the list automatically will be posted to all other members. Answers to questions sent out over the list will go to all members IF YOU POST YOUR ANSWER TO THE LIST, but will only go to the person who sent the original message if YOU REPLY TO THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE (more on the details of how to send and receive messages, obtain archived copies of previous correspondence, etc, below). So IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION about some aspect of a PBS product, SUBSCRIBE NOW AND JOIN THE DISCUSSION. HOW TO JOIN & SEND MESSAGES: 1) To join PRO-CITE, send the following one line e-mail message: SUBSCRIBE PRO-CITE Last Name, First Name via BITNET to: LISTSERV@IUBVM or via INTERNET to: LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU 2) Once subscribed, send messages for posting on the PRO-CITE list: via BITNET to: PRO-CITE@IUBVM or via INTERNET to: PRO-CITE@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU 3) To stop getting PRO-CITE mail temporarily (while on vacation, e.g.) send the following one line e-mail message: SET PRO-CITE NOMail to the same address you used to subscribe (item #1 above). 4) If your current address changes or becomes invalid, or you wish to stop subscribing to PRO-CITE, send the following one line message: UNSUBSCRIBE PRO-CITE to the same address you used to subscribe (item #1 above). 5) If you have questions about the list, or problems with its operation, you should direct them to the list owner, Mark Day, rather than to the PRO-CITE list itself: via BITNET to: DAYM@IUBACS; or via INTERNET to: DAYM@UCS.INDIANA.EDU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Indiana University Computing Services provides the computer space and software to support BITNET lists on its IUBVM node as a service to the research oriented needs of IU faculty, staff, and graduate students. The Indiana University Libraries supports the administration of electronic discussion lists as a professional activity of its faculty. However, neither of these organizations verify the accuracy of submitted messages or endorse the opinions expressed by authors of messages. The list owner will attempt to monitor this particular list and help keep it focused on problems related to personal bibliographic software issues, but authors of PRO-CITE messages are considered to be solely responsible for their own comments. Since this is a new list, with 88 subscribers as of July 26, 1992, there is no way to tell how many messages you are likely to receive, but similar lists for micro based software vary greatly from no messages in some weeks to several per day at other times. As messages start to be received they will be automatically archived on a monthly basis and can be retrieved as necessary with standard listserv retrieval and search commands: 1) You will be able to obtain a list of available archive files by sending an INDEX PRO-CITE command to LISTSERV@IUBVM. 2) Such files can be retrieved by issuing a GET PRO-CITE LOGYYMM command, where "YY" stands for the year and "MM" stands for the month. 3) If you are curious about who your fellow subscribers to this list are, send the message REVIEW PRO-CITE to LISTSERV@IUBVM. RefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeR e PRO-CITE List Owner: e f Mark T. Day, Assoc. Librarian, Reference f e Indiana University Library, Room E159 e R Bloomington, IN 47405 R e Bitnet: DAYM@IUBACS.BITNET e f Internet: DAYM@UCS.INDIANA.EDU f e Phone: (812) 855-8028 or 855-0100 e RefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeRefeR From: "Norval Smith (UVAALF::NSMITH)" Subject: Linguists' Nameserver Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:03 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 159 (338) MESSAGE FROM THE LINGUISTS' NAMESERVER As many of you will know, for the last two years or so a Nameserver for Linguists, Psycholinguists, Phoneticians, Computer Linguists and other workers in the Language and Speech Sciences has been available at LINGUISTS@ALF.LET.UVA.NL. There are now about 6500 addresses in the database, representing the e-mail addresses of about 4000 persons and institutions. In addition we have recently started recording the FAX addresses of institutions. Obviously a list such as this is subject to rapid degradation in quality, as people shift from one institution to another, computer systems are altered and so on. To ensure that the list remains up to date, and reasonably complete, we rely on the cooperation of the people on the list itself to inform us of changes to their own e-mail addresses and those of others. There are some kind souls who keep us up to date on all the relevant people at their own institutions, or the people they are regularly in contact with, but in general we rely on individuals to tell us about their own addresses. This is a reminder to people who have changed e-mail addresses in the last year to tell us about this, and to others who did not know of our existence to provide us with their addresses. If your address is in the list incorrectly, it may well cause delay to people who want to contact you. 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To get the whole list, send: list * Norval Smith Institute for General Linguistics University of Amsterdam From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0154 Rs: On TLG Policies Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 16:18:11 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 262 (339) I'm on Ted Brunner's and Mark Olson's side on all this. Putting together a massive text data base project takes money, which immediately imposes all sorts of limitations, both legal and practical. The alternative is pure voluntary labor, and I've tried that path to a certain extent with the digital archive of Spanish texts. While we have had a remarkable response from volunteers in transcribing and proof-reading texts, we still need a core of professional--which means, paid--supervisors in order to ensure the quality of the texts. Copyright is going to be one of the biggest issues to deal with in the brave new world of electronic texts, and we're no where near ready to solve it. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: "Richard L. Goerwitz" Subject: TLG fluff not over copyrights Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 21:48:03 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 263 (340) Mark defends Ted Brunner, saying Oh no, not the "copyfight" issue again. To defend Ted Brunner, ARTFL has many similar usage issues facing the TLG. We are forced to limit the kinds of use legitimate scholars can make of the database. Mark, I agree with you completely that copyrights take the right of distribution out of Ted's hands (and yours). That is not the issue, though. What I was irked at was Ted's unwillingness to answer a few valid, scholarly questions by David Stampe about the nature of the TLG licenses. David wasn't even questioning the need for copyrights. He just wanted some general information about the extent and duration of the agreements. This is a public research forum, and if commercial interests are going to use it, for instance, to remind their clients to renew licenses, then they ought at least to field (graciously) general-interest scholarly queries about their products. -Richard (goer@ellis.uchicago.edu) From: Keith Handley Subject: Kant on CD-ROM Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:54 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 264 (341) Hi. A professor whom I support is very interested in works of Kant on CD-ROM, which are available from the Institut fu"r angewandte Kommunikations und Sprachforschung in Bonn. I would like to hear from anyone who has used or is using this and has anything to say about it. I have a copy of a generally good review of this product from what appears to be a Kant newsletter, but I would also like to hear some concurring reviews, if there are any out there. Thank you. Keith Handley, Amherst College Academic Computer Center kehandley@amherst kehandley@amherst.edu P.S. The story of the Textual Criticism Challenge was fantastic. I expected more discussion of it on Humanist. From: Michael Metzger Subject: Query on "you guys" Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 11:21 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 265 (342) For the last 20 years, I have observed an increased use of "you guys" used in addressing groups of people of any conveivable mix (unmixed too!) of ages and genders in informal situations, whereas earlier, it applied only to males. I understand the phenomenon well enough and appreciate its usefulness. I am curious, however, as to its origins, if any can be identified. Are there any articles dealing with this? Any help would be appreciated. Michal Metzger (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU) (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU) enough, and see its usefulness. I'm just curious about whether a "Big Bang" went off while I was out of earshot that started the generalization of "guys." Has this been treated in the literature at all? Are comparable things happening in other languages? Could this have come into English from another language?-- T hanks! Michael Metzger (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU) From: ROLAND BOER Subject: Re: Copyrights and licences Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 21:10:05 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 266 (343) I notice with some interest the TLG debate and the periodic emergence of the copyright question. A simple question: is not the notion of copyright obsolete when there is no longer an original text? If the text exists only in multiple form -- rather than as an original from which copies are made -- then it seems to me that the notion of copyright has drifted away and disappeared (or at least that it is on its way). I think the world they use here is "simulacrum." Roland Boer University of New England Armidale Australia rboer@metz.une.edu.au From: George Lang Subject: "You guys" Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 11:01:35 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 267 (344) Romance Languages University of Alberta I can testify to wide use of "you guys" in the sense mentioned as far back as September 1963, when, as a southerner gone north to college, I first heard mixed groups of "freshmen" "Yankees" use it in lieu of what I expected to hear in the same context: "Yawl". George Lang / GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA. George Lang GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA From: Kevin Berland Subject: Re: 6.0155 Qs: Quote Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 01:09 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 268 (345) re: necessary/doubtful/all -- sounds Erasmian, but I'm not sure -- maybe a good place to look might be Bernard Verkamp, _The Indifferent Mean: Adiaphorism in the English Reformation to 1554_ (Ohio U.P./Wayne State U/P., 1977), which details the development of the concept of what is necessary and what is not... --Kevin Berland, Penn State From: PARKINSN@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA Subject: Borges Story (query) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 163 (346) On page one of _Simulations_ Jean Baudrillard writes: "If we were able to take as the finest allegory of simulation the Borges tale where the cartographers of the Empire draw up a map so detailed that it ends up exactly covering the territory (but where the decline of the Empire sees this map become frayed and finally ruined, a few shreds still discernible in the deserts......" I am hoping someone has a reference for the Borges tale to which Baudrillard refers, if in fact it exists. If it is in English, it would be even better (or French), but any reference is better than none. Thanks in advance for any help. Ted Parkinson McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario parkinsn@sscvax.cis.mcmaster.ca From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Subject: OFFLINE 38 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 00:16:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 164 (347) ---------------------- <> coordinated by Robert Kraft [27 July 1992 Draft, copyright Robert Kraft] [HUMANIST, IOUDAIOS, RELIGION, CONTENTS, etc., 27 July 1992] [Religious Studies News 7.4 (Sept 1992)] [CSSR Bulletin 21.3 (Sept 1992)] [codes: ... titles, ... emphasis, /

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... levels of headings.] ---------------------- This issue includes three contributed pieces that help describe how computers are affecting and will affect scholarship in various ways and fields. Charles Faulhaber's abstract of his longer article on textual criticism (from the perspective of Romance Languages) sets the tone by alerting us to issues (standardization of coding) and approaches ("hypertext") that are equally implicit to the other contributions: David Rensberger on maximizing the value of current IBM type technology, and Kevin Reinhart on using the Apple Macintosh for Arabic studies. Kevin Reinhart's hopes for UNICODE are very similar to, and not incompatible with, Charles Faulhaber's appeal for consistent and machine independent coding in line with the SGML/TEI proposals. Similarly, what David Rensberger and Kevin Reinhart are able to do in the multitasking environments of their hardware and software represent aspects of the "hypertext" strategy (ability to access and juxtapose various files and types of material and move items back and forth as desired) described by Charles Faulhaber. Previous issues of OFFLINE have touched upon these matters, but here you can see their relevance and value in more specific contexts. The final item is a rather brief and selective set of comments on matters of note deriving from the computer exhibitions organized by the editor for the July 1992 International Congress for the Study of Religion in Melbourne, Australia. 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A complete electronic file of OFFLINE columns is available upon request (for IBM/DOS, Mac, or IBYCUS), or can be obtained from the ListServ of CONTENTS (UOTTAWA.BITNET) or of the HUMANIST discussion group (BROWNVM.BITNET). //end #38// -------------------- [A complete version of this newsletter is now available through the fileserver, s.v. OFFLINE 38. You may obtain a copy by issuing the command -- GET filename filetype HUMANIST -- either interactively or as a batch-job, addressed to ListServ@Brownvm. Thus on a VM/CMS system, you say interactively: TELL LISTSERV AT BROWNVM GET filename filetype HUMANIST; if you are not on a VM/CMS system, send mail to ListServ@Brownvm with the GET command as the first and only line. For more details see the "Guide to Humanist". Problems should be reported to David Sitman, A79@TAUNIVM, after you have consulted the Guide and tried all appropriate alternatives.] From: Victor_Caston@brown.edu Subject: Re: Textual Criticism Challenge Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 09:27:08 +0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 165 (348) I, for one, was impressed by the results of applying cladistic analysis to textual criticism--the analogy seems so obvious (and fruitful). In fact, while flipping through a recent issue of The Economist, I came across an article on cladistic analysis that drew the analogy in the *other* direction, explaining evolution in terms of manuscript transmission. This is how the article began: "Imagine a medieval library with dozens of copies of Aristotle's "On Comedy", all slightly different. Such differences, which came about because the monks made errors when copying, can be useful. By studying them you can see the order in which the copies were made. Texts with a lot of errors in common are recent and closely related. Their shared mistakes are echoes of those in the text from which they were copied--their most recent common ancestor. Texts with fewer error are closer to the original. "This technique--cladistic analysis--works as well for those writing the history of | life as for those studying medieval manuscripts. Instead of working with monastic errors, you use the changes which evolution brings to one species or group, and which it then bequeaths to its successors--shared derived characteristics . . ." ("Charting Evolution: The Power of Two," The Economist, 11 July 1992, pp. 80-81) If this is just coincidence, it's scandalous somebody didn't make the application sooner. ************************************************************************** Victor Caston victor_caston@brown.edu Department of Philosophy Box 1918 off: (401) 863-3219 Brown University dept: (401) 863-2718 Providence, RI 02912 fax: (401) 863-2719 ************************************************************************** From: David P Brennan Subject: Re: Redirecting printer output to a file Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 166 (349) Since I have had many inquiries concerning this, it seems to be a topic of general interest to the net: Many users of DOS-based PCs that access the wide variety of public-access catalogs have had trouble when attempting to "log" a search session in order to pull citations into word processing programs or bibliographic databases. I have had good results with a shareware utility program called PRINDIR, which redirects output that would normally be sent to a printer to a disk file, which generally results in cleaner files and less cleanup afterwards. I do not know where this program is available via FTP (if at all); however, what follows is the registration page from the user manual so that those interested can contact the program's author. If an FTP location is found, I'm sure that others would be interested . PRINDIR Version 7.00 Official Registration Form Please mail this form to: J.M. Allen Creations 115 Lynn Street Fremont, Ohio 43420 Please make any check or money orders payable to J.M. Allen Creations. First time registration is $20.00. Registered users of any previous version of PRINDIR may upgrade to PRINDIR version 7.00 for only $5.00. Name _________________________________________________________________ Title ________________________________________________________________ Company Name _________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________ City _____________________ State ___________ Zip _____________ Daytime Phone _______________________ Fax ________________________ Compuserve Mail _____________________ GEnie Mail _________________ _____ New Registrations at $20.00 Each = $__________ _____ Upgrade Registrations at $5.00 Each = $__________ Total Cost = $__________ [ ] I have enclosed a check or money order for the total [ ] I registered by phone with a credit card (signature required) CREDIT CARD NUMBER (13 or 16 digits) EXPIRES VISA/MASTERCARD ONLY! __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __ / __ __ AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE _______________________________________ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Brennan, Director Internet: brennan@unix.cis.pitt.edu School of Nursing Library Voice: 412-622-4772 FAX: 412-622-7169 St. Francis Medical Center USnail: 400 45th St. Pittsburgh,PA 15201 From: Veselin Miskovic Subject: Two requests Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:52+0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 269 (350) I have ran across a volume on American Civil War history with the following data: THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Vol.1. Comprehending the Campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777. By an officer of the army. The second edition. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son; and J. Sewell, Cornhill. M.DCC.LXXX I have looked up the General Catalogue of British Museum, but the volume is not listed. Could anyone help in in identifying the author? Thanks, Veselin Miskovic National and University Library Ljubljana - Slovenia vselin.miskovic@uni-lj.ac.mail.yu From: evan@sil.org (Evan Antworth) Subject: software fair at ALLC/ACH 92? Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 9:04:06 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 270 (351) Was there a software fair at ALLC/ACH 92 in Oxford? (This is an exhibit of software by conference participants, not commercial vendors.) If so, I would very much like to obtain a copy of the catalogue (printed or electronic) describing the software shown at the fair. Can anyone help? Evan Antworth evan@sil.org <-- use this address (not whatever shows in the header) From: Alan David Bulley <458507@AcadVM1.UOttawa.CA> Subject: Papal Bull from 1569 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 15:22:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 271 (352) Our librarian is looking for a translation of the papal bull known by the Latin title _Iudaeorum expulsio_, which was published in the year 1569 by Pope Pius V. A French translation would be preferable, but an English translation would also be acceptable. Please send replies to either of the e-mail addresses below. Thanks in advance for any help, Alan D. Bulley Saint Paul University/ Universite St-Paul 458507@AcadVM1.UOttawa.CA (Internet) 458507@UOttawa (Bitnet) From: Mary Whitlock Blundell Subject: Re: 6.0163 Query: Borges Story (1/18) Date: Tue, 28 July 1992 13:32:07 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 272 (353) I think the tale is translated in the Penguin collection of Borges stories entitled *Labyrinths." <<<<> {^_^} *) (* From: "Robert J. OHara" Subject: Borges and the 1:1 map Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 16:16 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 273 (354) Ted Parkinson asks for a reference to the Borges story of a map with scale of 1:1 that covered the entire country it represented. I spent a while trying to track this down myself a few months ago, and found the answer in a short note published last year that recounted yet another person's search for the source of the reference (it seems to have circulated widely by word of mouth). The short note about the story is: Crampton, Jeremy. "An elusive reference: the 1:1 map story." _Cartographic Perspectives_, #8, Winter 1990-91, pp. 26-27. According to Crampton the story appears in Borges's book _Dreamtigers_ in a section called "On Rigor in Science". An earlier 1:1 map story appears in Lewis Carroll's _Sylvie and Bruno Concluded_ (1893). A section called "The Man in the Moon" (vol. 2, p. 169 in the edition I saw [London: Macmillan]) contains the following: "What do you consider the _largest_ map that would be really useful?" "About six inches to the mile." "Only _six inches_!" exclaimed Mein Herr. "We very soon got six _yards_ to the mile. Then we tried a _hundred_ yards to the mile. And then came the grandest idea of all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a_a mile to the mile_!" "Have you used it much?" I enquired. "It has never been spread out, yet," said Mein Herr: "the farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlight! So now we use the country itself, as its own map, and I assure you it does nearly as well." Bob O'Hara, RJO@WISCMACC.bitnet Department of Philosophy and The Zoological Museum University of Wisconsin - Madison From: Robin Smith Subject: 'you guys' Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 07:28 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 274 (355) Although I assume the generic plural 'you guys' to be older than I, my own ex- perience about its distribution parallels George Lang's. I first became aware of it as a teen-ager in the South in the early 1960s (Tennessee, to be exact); it was characteristic of 'immigrants' from the North (primarily New England, as I remember), and appeared to me to be the exact equivalent of the local plural 'y'all'. A standard southerner's test for non-southerners attempting to sound southern was to catch someone using 'y'all' as a singluar; does a similar phe- nomenon attach to 'you guys' where it's indigenous? Robin Smith Philosophy/Kansas State University From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Newsletter May 1992, Number 20 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 16:53:00 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 169 (356) The CONTENTS project now archives a low ascii version of the TLG Newsletter, beginning with No.20 (May 1992). The May 1992 issue can be retrieved by sending the email message GET TLG_News May_92 to listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that disseminates table of contents, abstracts, reviews and ordering information on new and recent print and electronic publications of relevance to Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. 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These taxpayer financed information systems provide online access to information of immense interest to millions of citizens. (For purposes of this letter the two systems will be referred to simply as LEGIS). Examples of the information contained in LEGIS are: - Summary information about the content and status of all Senate and House bills, resolutions, floor amendments, public and private laws - Full text of the latest versions of Senate and House bills - Summary information on all Presidential nominations requiring Senate confirmation - Summary information on treaties submitted to the Senate for ratification - Summary information on communications from the executive branch and state and local governments on matters before the Congress Our specific recommendations are as follows: 1. CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEARCH LEGIS ONLINE FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS. 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For most subscribers, the cost of the subscription should be based on the incremental cost of providing such access. - LEGIS information should also be made available without charge through the federal Depository Library Program. As you know, this important program, which began in the middle of the 19th century, is designed to promote universal access to federal government information. 3. CONGRESS SHOULD REGULARLY SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM LEGIS USERS TO DETERMINE IF THE SYSTEM CAN BE IMPROVED. There are several areas where LEGIS could be improved. For example, some citizens may ask that Congress provide more detailed information on voting, committee actions, or other congressional business. Citizens should have opportunities to identify the types of information that would be useful in monitoring the actions of the Congress. 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Box 19367 INTERNET: love@essential.org Washington, DC 20036 From: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Subject: ACH-ALLC93 Call for Papers Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:09 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 171 (358) ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ACH-ALLC93 JUNE 16-19, 1993 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. CALL FOR PAPERS This conference -- the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing-- will highlight the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, the development of significant new networked-based and computer-based resources for humanities research, and the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. TOPICS: We welcome submissions on topics such as text encoding; hypertext; text corpora; computational lexicography; statistical models; syntactic, semantic and other forms of text analysis; also computer applications in history, philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. In addition, ACH and ALLC extend a special invitation to members of the library community engaged in creating and cataloguing network- based resources in the humanities, developing and integrating databases of texts and images of works central to the humanities, and refining retrieval techniques for humanities databases. The deadline for submissions is 1 NOVEMBER 1992. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original work. Those that concentrate on the development of new computing methodologies should make clear how the methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the humanities, and should include some critical assessment of the application of those methodologies in the humanities. Those that concentrate on a particular application in the humanities (e.g., a study of the style of an author) should cite traditional as well as computer-based approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include conclusions and references to important sources. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words should be submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions. SESSIONS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should take the form of either: (a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 1000-1500 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the session; or (b) A panel of up to 6 speakers. The panel organizer should submit an abstract of 1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each speaker is willing to participate in the session. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Please pay particular attention to the format given below. Submissions which do not conform to this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive very close to the deadline. All submissions should begin with the following information: TITLE: title of paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author (for contact), followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: of main author PHONE NUMBER: of main author (1) Electronic submissions These should be plain ASCII text files, not files formatted by a wordprocessor, and should not contain TAB characters or soft hyphens. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be numbered. Notes, if needed at all, should take the form of endnotes rather than footnotes. References, up to six, should be given at the end. Choose a simple markup scheme for accents and other characters that cannot be transmitted by electronic mail, and include an explanation of the markup scheme after the title information and before the start of the text. Electronic submissions should be sent to Neuman@GUVAX.Georgetown.edu with the subject line " Submission for ACH-ALLC93". (2) Paper submissions Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ACH-ALLC93 (Paper submission) Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 DEADLINES Proposals for papers and sessions November 1, 1992 Notification of acceptance February 1, 1993 Advance registration May 10, 1993 There will be a substantial increase in the registration fee for registrations received after May 10, 1993. PUBLICATION A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide and published by Oxford University Press. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers, the State University (ACH) Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor (ALLC) Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH) Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve (ALLC) Susan Hockey, Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH) Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH) Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) Local organizer: Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) ACCOMMODATION Accommodations for conference participants are available at several locations in the Georgetown area: Georgetown University's Leavey Conference Center The Georgetown Inn One Washington Circle Hotel Georgetown University's Village C Residence Hall LOCATION Georgetown, an historic residential district along the Potomac River, is a six-mile ride by taxi from Washington National Airport. International flights arrive at Dulles Airport, which offers regular bus service to the Nation's Capital. INQUIRIES Please address all inquiries to: ACH-ALLC93 Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 Phone: 202-687-6096 FAX: 202-687-6003 Bitnet: Neuman@Guvax Internet: Neuman@Guvax.Georgetown.edu Please give your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address with any inquiry. From: Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear Subject: Addendum to Previous Message: ACH-ALLC '93 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 16:47:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 172 (359) A copy of the ACH-ALLC '93 Call for Papers has also been placed on the Humanist fileserver, s.v. ACH-ALLC 93_CFP. You may obtain a copy by issuing the command -- GET filename filetype HUMANIST -- either interactively or as a batch-job, addressed to ListServ@Brownvm. Thus on a VM/CMS system, you say interactively: TELL LISTSERV AT BROWNVM GET filename filetype HUMANIST; if you are not on a VM/CMS system, send mail to ListServ@Brownvm with the GET command as the first and only line. For more details see the "Guide to Humanist". Problems should be reported to David Sitman, A79@TAUNIVM, after you have consulted the Guide and tried all appropriate alternatives.] From: Roy Flannagan Subject: Milton Query Date: 24 July 1992 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 173 (360) A query, please. Here is a passage from the text of Milton's {Comus} that has given annotators (me especially) some trouble: ******************************************* Hail Goddesse of Nocturnal sport Dark-vaild {Cotytto}, t' whom the secret flame Of mid-night Torches burns; mysterious Dame That ne're art call'd, but when the Dragon woom Of {Stygian} darknes spets her thickest gloom, And makes one blot of all the ayr, Stay thy cloudy Ebon chair, Wherin thou rid'st with {Hecat}', and befriend Us thy vow'd Priests, till utmost end Of all thy dues be done, and none left out, ************ Here is my note on "Dragon woom," so far: The passage concerning the chair of Cotytto was heavily revised. Here is how it appears in the Trinity Manuscript: when the dragon womb of Stygian darknesse spitts her thickest glo^om *and makes one blot *and makes a blot of nature and throws a blot ^ of all ye aire clowdie (& befreind stay thy polisht ebon chaire none wherin thou ridst ridst wth Hecat^ of till all thy dues bee don & nought^ left out & favour our close revelrie jocondrie ere the blabbing eastreane scout us thy vow'd priests till utmost end Compare "woom / Of darkness" with Shakespeare's "foul womb of night" ({Henry V} 5.4.4). The association between dragon and womb may connect night with Satan as dragon, and Satan the dragon may give birth unnaturally to evil. The association between Stygian darkness (i.e. from the river Styx in Hades, read as the Christian Hell) and the dragon suggests that the dragon issues from Hell and thus is related to the "dragon, that old serpent" of Revelation 20.2, or Satan. A team of dragons was supposed to pull the chariot of Diana, the moon, across the sky, as in "Night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast" (Shakespeare, {Midsummer Night's Dream} 3.2.379). Sokol finds a hidden reference in the excised "Tilted lees" of TMS to menstruation and the melancholy supposedly produced by it. The dragon womb is also supposed by Sokol to darken the air with "dragon menses" (316). Though the image of a womb (read often as "vagina" in the seventeenth century) spitting gloom is disquieting, even coming from Comus; "spitting" would be a peculiar image of menstruation; and menstruation would not be something for the masque to discuss openly before the Bridgewater family and its guests. The excised phrase "throws a blot" suggests a perverse birthing process rather than menstruation: night is a perverse and evil reflection of day, and the triform goddess made up of Proserpina, Diana, and Hecate would suggest to a seventeenth-century Christian an unholy and unnatural blending of madness, chastity, and evil sexuality--all opposed to the light of Christian truth. The image of the dragon chariot, however, is not always negative: Ceres, the mother of Proserpina, also rides in a "chariot drawne by winged Dragons, all over the World, to teach the use of husbandry unto mortalls" (Sandys 262). ************************************** Could the readership of Humanist add anything from Renaissance theories of parturition to suggest how night might have a womb, how that womb might "spit," and how the passage might be interpreted in a way that would not offend its original audience, the Earl of Bridgewater and his family, three of whom performed in the masque? Sokol's article, incidentally, is in {Review of English Studies} 1990: 309-24. The passage above contains many other notes, including references to Cotytto, "mysterious Dame," and Hecate, notes that have been excised because of the difficulty of reproducing notes or marginalia in ASCII (without using SGML). Roy Flannagan Department of English Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 From: "Daniel Traister" Subject: RE: 6.0167 Qs: Civil War; Software Faire; 1569 Papal Bull (3/54) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 09:56:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 275 (361) Veselin Miskovic is looking for a copy of *The history of the civil war in America*. This was a work projected to appear in several volumes only one of which seems ever to have been published. It is ascribed by Joseph Sabin to "Captain Hall"; other evidence suggests as an author one "William Cornwallis Hall"; the Library of Congress used to denominate the author as "John Hall." The book is number 29740 in Sabin's bibliography. There are copies, in this country, reported by RLIN at Brown University, the University of Minnesota, and Florida State University. I have checked no further since I expect this to be a reasonably common book--although perhaps not all *that* common in south-central Europe. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: (James Marchand) Subject: guys Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 08:47:55 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 276 (362) I am worried that we may confuse two subjects: 1. you guys used to make up for the lack of a distinct plural form for you (analogous to y'all) and 2. guys used in a genderless sense (= guys and dolls). On the first: I am a card-carrying southerner, and I remember being shocked by this use of you guys, youse guys, yez guys on the part of my colleagues when I went into the Army in 1944 (they were all from Buffalo), cf. E. C. Hills, "The Plural Forms of You," American Speech, 1926, p. 133. I have since studied and work as an interviewer for a dialect atlas, and am no longer shocked by anything. One hears: y'all, you-all, y'all all, you-uns, you-unses, youse, yez, you guys, youse guys, yez guyz, all vaguely in the same usage as German ihr, that is, as a plural for you and as a polite form (old use of German ihr). 2. Guy as genderless is also at least as old as my induction into the Army (1944). It may derive from the above, but Matthews is quite wrong when he affirms for guy that it applies only to a male. Cf. Edward Hackett, "The Ambivalence of Guy," Western Humanities Review 8 (1954) 273-4. It being of unknown derivation and having arrived in the language about the same time as y'all, it can be that it meant male and female from the beginning, or that it derived its femininity from the form you guys. Gender derail- ment is not an uncommon phenomenon. Those of us of the rural presuasion cannot believe it when a bull is called a cow, but look at English stud and German Stute. Jim Marchand From: Eric Rabkin Subject: 6.0168 Rs: Borges; 'you guys' (3/61) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:53:14 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 277 (363) I've got Borges' *Dreamtigers* open in front of me. According to the text (unfortunately I have it only in English), the extract called "On Rigor in Science" concerning the cartographers of congruency is from "Suarez Miranda: *Viajes de Varones Prudentes*, Book Four, chapter XLV, Le'rida, 1658". Assuming that here as elsewhere B's footnotes stand up to checking (Suarez is *not* in the MIRLYN database at University of Michigan), the idea is considerably older than we've been thinking. Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office: 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Guides to Writing Handbooks Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 07:53:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 278 (364) Does there exist any well written how-to books on how to write how-to books? I am writing a a guide/bibliography to the Internet and would like an editorial resource that instucts how best to write manuals, handbooks, guides and such things. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 237-2052 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: "Debra A. Castillo" Subject: Query: Foucault quote Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 08:38:56 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 279 (365) Can someone help me track down this quote? Either English or French is fine. Somewhere Michel Foucault gives brothels and colonies as extreme examples of heterotopias, and he says that the boat that goes back and forth is the heterotopia par excellence because it represents the great reserve of the imagination. Accordingly, in civilizations without a boat, dreams dry up and police take the place of pirates. Thanks for your help. Debra A. Castillo BITNET: BGCY@CORNELLA From: john@utafll.uta.edu (John Baima) Subject: Notes to Offline 38 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 07:11:45 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 176 (366) I must say that I was a little disappointed by the recent Offline article by David Rensberger. While the article is helpful, it contains some factual errors and the decision to buy at least a 386SX is the easiest choice facing a DOS computer shopper. I could not even find a 286 last time I was in CompUSA. Not even a 286 laptop. Most of the errors are not really that important, but I'll be a boor and point them out anyway, "The 8088 performs internal operations and communicates with other components of the computer 8 bits at a time." The 8088 is a 16 bit processor that has an 8 bit data path. "Furthermore, earlier computers [pre 386] could make extra memory available to programs only with special and rather costly "expanded memory" hardware, which works by switching 16 KB "pages" of the memory on a special board into an address area in memory between 640 KB and 1 MB." 286 computers have extended memory that can also be used for expanded memory. Several 286's had SIMM slots for several MB of RAM on the motherboard The advantage of a 486 over a 386 is not just the math co-processor. A 486 running at the same clock speed as a 386 will generally be about twice as fast. The price differential between 486 and 386 computers is rapidly vanishing for desktop models. The chips at the bottom end of the 486 line now only cost about $124. A 486 no longer adds "hunderds" of dollars to the system cost. Most 486 machines have more RAM, hard disk space, and better video and thus the difference seems greater. In the DOS world there is an almost continuous spectrum of prices. I would not recommend anyone buying anything less than a 25 Mhz 386SX. However there are many other parts to a computer. If you just plan on running DOS, 2 MB of RAM memory is okay. For the reasons David Rensberger describes, just a plain DOS machine is probably not the best target. If you are planning on running Microsoft Windows, you should get at least 4 MB of RAM. If you are looking at OS/2, then you should get 8 MB of RAM. If you think Windows NT may make it onto your dream machine, plan on a minimum of 16 MB of RAM. How much hard disk space? For a desktop machine, I see little reason to buy less than 100 MB. That may seem excessive to some, but 100 MB drives now cost only a little more than $300 and users consistently underestimate their long term disk storage requirements. A 100 MB disk is adequate for Windows or OS/2. If you want Windows NT, plan on at least 200 MB. Why even mention OS/2 and Windows NT (Rensberger does not)? Some day many of you will be using OS/2 or Windows NT (or one of their direct descendents). OS/2 is the best DOS multitasker available. It will probably prove to be the best DOS multitasker ever. For all it's benefits, Windows NT will not be as good for DOS applications. OS/2 allows DOS users to download files, format diskettes, or run a long search in the background better than anything else available today. People ask me for recommendations about hardware from time to time and this is what I would recommend: At least a 25 Mhz 386SX, 4 MB RAM (easily expandable with SIMMs to 8 MB), 100 MB hard disk (and another can be added internally) and VGA video. Cost: about $1,500. If I had extra money, I'd buy a 200 MB disk (add ~$200). If I still had money, I'd buy a 486 (add $50-$300). If I still had money, I'd buy a better video sub-system (16-17" color monitor that can handle 1024x768 non-interlaced with an ATI Ultra or an ATI Vantage. Add $500-$600 for the monitor and $200-$300 for the video card). Of course network cards, CD-ROM drives and tape backup are common ways to spend more money (and add value). John Baima Silver Mountain Software 1029 Tanglewood, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 john@ling.uta.edu Voice/Fax (214) 293-2920 From: jwf3885@usl.edu (Ferstel John W) Subject: Canadian Studies Directory Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 21:12:22 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 177 (367) ***** CANADIAN STUDIES DIRECTORY ***** Welcome to the Canadian Studies Directory (CSD), a project directed by John W. Ferstel (Chair, Canadian Studies Committee, U. of Southwestern Louisiana) and Robert D. Beckett (Chair, Canadian Studies Program, Southwest Missouri State University). The purpose of the CSD is to provide an up-to-date listing of electronic mail addresses and areas of specialization for Canadian Studies scholars worldwide who are currently using electronic mail for scholarly contact and research purposes. This initial list of approximately sixty academics is projected to grow to several hundred within two years as more Canadianists add their data to this directory. The CSD will be updated monthly to insure the most up-to-date repository of names and addresses. The CSD is accessible on the Internet by FTP by sending the following commands: TYPE: ftp bss.usl.edu [You will then see evidence of your successful contact] For the LOGIN NAME, TYPE: anonymous For the ID, TYPE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS [You should then be at an ftp prompt that looks like: ftp> THEN TYPE: cd pub/canada_studies FINALLY TYPE: get scholars_alpha [You should then find a file in your root directory named "scholars_alpha" -- the alphabetical listing of Canadianists in the CSD with e-mail address and specialties listed. Another file listing Canadian- ists by specialty areas will be available in the fall.] Those on BITNET or other similar networks may send a message to John W. Ferstel at the following address to request a copy of the directory: jwf3885@usl.edu If you wish to apply to the CSD, you may request an application form by sending an e-mail message to the above address. PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE DIRECTORY. If you are already listed below and wish to make any corrections, additions, or deletions to the date displayed, please send an e-mail message to John W. Ferstel at the address above. All the specialty areas listed below have been condensed from the applications due to space limitations. All of the areas may be assumed to have the label "Canadian" before them, unless "Q" (for Quebec), or "FC" (for French-Canadian), or "EC" (for English-Canadian), is specified. Each name is repeated for EACH specialty area. That is, an academic with three areas will have his/her name listed three times. The CSD charges no fees and restricts use of the list to the academic community for Canadian Studies. No for- profit use of the list is permitted. Queries and suggestions should be sent to the address above or to: John W. Ferstel, Chair, Canadian Studies Committee, Dept. of English, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504 U.S.A. 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Atwood Roberts,A ROBERTA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA pub admin Rollman,H hrollman@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Rollman,H " " early Atlant Can Rollman,H " " N'fnld relig hist Rollman,H " " Labrador relig hist Rollman,H " " N'fnld intell hist Rollman,H " " Labrador intell hist Rose,J ROSEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA communications Rose,J ROSEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA public admin Rose,J ROSEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA politics Rothwell,DR donr@sulaw.law.su.OZ.AU federalism/law Sanderson,D dsanderson@ccrit.doc.ca elec communic Sanderson,D dsanderson@ccrit.doc.ca collab research Sherwin,RE F24050@BARILVM EC lit Schwartz,AM ASchwartz@ucnet.ucalgary.ca educ policy Schwartz,AM ASchwartz@ucnet.ucalgary.ca educ admin Scott,M mgsl@forth.stirling.ac.uk Scott,M " " sm bus management Scott,M " " entrepreneurship Seidel,M-D mdseidel@ucbcmsa management issues Seidel,M-D mdseidel@ucbcmsa crosscultur issue Sharpless,MR SHARPLESSR@BAYLOR regional studies Shorrocks,G gshorroc@kean.ucs.mun.ca N'fld English Shorrocks,G gshorroc@kean.ucs.mun.ca N'fld lit Stackhouse,JG STACKHS@ccm.UManitoba.ca religious hist Studler,DT POSCDTS@osucc politics Sullivan,R ROBSULLN@macc.wisc.edu history Sullivan,R ROBSULLN@macc.wisc.edu health care poli Sullivan,R ROBSULLN@macc.wisc.edu Q studies Thiel,R thielr@umoncton.ca comp lit: EC/FC Theriault,L luct@epas.utoronto.ca science/society Theriault,L luct@epas.utoronto.ca polit economy Theriault,L luct@epas.utoronto.ca social policy Thompson,M Mark.Thompson@mtsg.ubc.ca indus relat Valelly,R valelly@Athena.MIT.EDU labor Valelly,R valelly@Athena.MIT.EDU CCF-NDP history Valelly,R valelly@Athena.MIT.EDU NAFTA politics Warkentin,G warkent@epas.utoronto.ca literature Warkentin,G warkent@epas.utoronto.ca early lit Warkentin,G warkent@epas.utoronto.ca explor lit Woodward,RS rsw@wubios.wustl.edu regional econs Woodward,RS rsw@wubios.wustl.edu health econs Woodward,RS rsw@wubios.wustl.edu hlth care finan From: ALAN COOPER Subject: useful utilities Date: 31 Jul 1992 14:29:25 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 280 (368) A previous posting mentioned the handy printer redirection utility PRINDIR, but the poster was unaware of an online source for it. It is available from CompuServe as PRINDI.ZIP, and can be found among the IBMSYS/General Utils files. The current version is 8.02. Also worth mentioning in this context is a nice screen-capture utility called SNIPPER, which I learned about from my colleague (and fellow Humanist) Marc Bregman. It can be obtained from Simtel 20 under filename SNIPPR24.ZIP in the directory. With good wishes, Alan Cooper Hebrew Union College From: Eric Rabkin Subject: 6.0165 Textual Criticism Challenge (1/35) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:42:22 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 281 (369) [deleted quotation]A LOT of people would like to study them...since, apparently, they don't exist. That makes the work just a bit tricky, no? Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office: 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 From: Eric Rabkin Subject: 6.0165 Textual Criticism Challenge (1/35) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:42:22 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 282 (370) [deleted quotation]A LOT of people would like to study them...since, apparently, they don't exist. That makes the work just a bit tricky, no? Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office: 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 From: JSCHWAR@opie.bgsu.edu Subject: Re: 6.0175 Qs: Guide to Handbook Writing; Foucault Quote (2/34) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 283 (371) The Foucault text Debra Castillo is looking for is "Of Other Spaces" Diacritics, Spring 1986: 22-27, is it not? This is the only place I know where MF discusses heterotopias... Jeff Schwartzz Dept. of Popular Culture Bowling Green State University Bowling Green OH 43402 jschwar@opie.bgsu.edu From: George Lang Subject: Guys Date: Sat, 1 Aug 92 17:40:52 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 284 (372) Romance Languages University of Alberta The dilemma "you guys / you all" is haunted by questions of both gender and hierarchy. Gender first, if you please. I haven't had time to read Hackett on the "Ambivalence of Guy" but while it is possible to interpret the application of "guys" to "dolls" as gender free, it is equally possible to see it as just another of the many cases in which the male marked term is applied rather perfunctorily to both genders (which is why some might prefer "you'all"). But I won't further open that can of worms in these narrow confines. As for hierarchy, all these intimate or informal plurals in English, German, etc. (the most charming known to me is Dutch _jullie_) derive from the fact that not everyone gets to be a Thou, or conversely, there are sometimes groups of Thou's we want to reach out to, and make feel special. I suspect that the first case is operative, that lust for status and prestige best explains the emergence of informal-formal distinctions where there were none provided in the paradigm. Which leads to a speculative question of the sort in bad odor among linguists these days, and which I ask of "you all" out there. Do we have any evidence of (dare I say it?) egalitarian societies of Indo-European language in which ad hoc informals were not necessary because all _Others_ were on equal footing? Of course there are the Quakers, but I'm thinking, with all due respect, of a bigger scale. Was the proto-society that invented the person-number paradigm free of formality? This leads to a second question. What has happened in Esperanto? Has its person-number paradigm been supplemented (subverted?) by informal plurals, themselves a necessity if formality usurps the plural? George Lang Romance Languages University of Alberta George Lang GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0178 Rs: Utilities; Text Crit Challenge (2/32 Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1992 11:06:31 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 285 (373) For people with access to Internet/Bitnet FTP sites, here are a few more sources for the printer redirection utility PRINDIR: logos.ucs.indiana.edu in directory /pub/printer wuarchive.wustl.edu in directory /mirrors/msdos/printer nic.funet.fi (Finland) in /pub/msdos/printers/printer There is also a utility called Citeread which does the same sort of thing, i.e. captures online sessions/screens to a file without the escape codes, or downloads results of bibliographic searches from library catalogs without the escape codes: available from gmuvax2.gmu.edu in directory /library in compressed form: citeread.zip. All this is anonymous ftp of course. I haven't checked out the programs myself but am relaying information gleaned from another list. Judy Koren, Haifa. From: KIRSHENBLATT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0176 R: Hardware Configurations Date: 01 Aug 1992 11:47:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 286 (374) On buying hardware. I'd like make a plug for modest investments in equipment and software at a time when the industry is proliferating options and evermore expensive forms of obsolescence. A lean program like Deskview, which has been around a while and is tried and true, lets me run Wordperfect, Notebook Citation, and Kermit (and shell out to Dos as needed) with 2 megs of memory. I can copy blocks of text into and out of any of my applications, show them all on the screen at the same time, run them in the background, etc. And, I do NOT need to buy the Windows version of this and the Windows version of that and expand my hardware to accomodate them. I have the uneasy feeling that Windows, which I have no interest in using, is above all a way to drive the computer market--to create the demand for more hardware with more power to accomodate a memory and disk hog, and to make people buy new,and new verions of old, software. A lean approach is not a bad idea for the time being. A brake on technolust. And a cool eye on how the technology is developing. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett kirshenblatt@nyuacf.nyu.edu From: W Schipper Subject: Bibliographic Software: Notebook II+ Date: Mon, 3 Aug 92 5:42:11 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 287 (375) Is there an Internet/Bitnet discussion list for users of Notebook II, as there (now) is for Pro-Cite? Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Data compression Date: Sun, 2 Aug 92 17:52:30 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 288 (376) Does anyone have suggestions on a fast, reliable data compression program, preferably software-based only (no add-in board) which automatically compresses data files when they're saved and decompresses them as they're needed? Such a procedure would give us perhaps 50% or more space on our overtaxed hard-disks. Thanks in advance, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0181 Data Compression Date: Mon, 3 Aug 92 15:10:25 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 289 (377) I've been reasonably happy with a program called CUBIT, which automatically compresses and decompresses files, using different algorithms depending on the kind of file involved. The only drawback is that it takes any given file longer to get to the screen and back on disk. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: W Schipper Subject: Re: Data compression Date: Mon, 3 Aug 92 21:07:24 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 290 (378) A number of people I know swear by Stacker, available in both a software and a hardware version. One friend uses the former on floppy disks, a Bernoulli removable hard drive, and his Toshiba notebook, and gets up to 60% compression (the actual amount will depend on the kind of file being compressed). Moreover, reading of compressed files is entirely transparent; i.e., the user does not notice a difference. Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: G9026163@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA Subject: Re: Data compression Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 23:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 291 (379) [deleted quotation] I've been using SuperStor that comes bundled with DR DOS 6.0 (albeit a little stripped-down) for 4 or 5 months, now--I understand that the full version compresses/decompresses files on floppies, too. SuperStor is software-based, and works in the background. In conjunction with a disk cache, I haven't encountered any noticeable reduction in drive access time. SuperStor has more than doubled my 52 Meg hard drive to 141 Meg (reported by PC Tools System Information). One drawback: if ever, for some reason, you decide to uninstall SuperStor, you lose the data on the compressed drive(s). There is also Stacker, but I haven't used it, so I can't help you with that one. I can tell you that Stacker has a software-based version. Paul Caron G9026163@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0181 Qs: Data Compression Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 8:59:07 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 292 (380) Data Compression: I am only a user, not a programmer, but I use the excellent NORTON BACKUP (IBM compatibles). It compresses, decompresses, and keeps track of which discs your saved files are on--brilliant. If you need technical details, you could ask SYMANTEC, who distribute it in the UK (MKA House, 36 KIng St., MAidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1FF. Tel: 628-776343; Fax 628-776775). But I expect you have a supplier on your side? Avril Henry (A.K.Henry@uk.ac.exeter.cen) From: mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: Re: 6.0181 Qs: Data Compression Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 07:16:19 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 293 (381) You don't say what sort of computer you are using, but for the Mac I find that Autodoubler, which works in the background, does quite well. Sharon D. Michalove Academic Advisor, Department of History, UIUC 309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-4145 mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu ******************************************************** See the kitten on the wall/Sporting with the leaves that fall Wht intenseness of desire/In her upward eye of fire! William Wordsworth ******************************************************** From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Data compression Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 10:14:15 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 294 (382) Thanks to nearly a dozen colleagues who have responded individually to me about my data compression query. I had DOS & Mac machines chiefly in mind. The consensus for the best DOS software seems to be Stacker from Stac Electronics, though one colleague from Sweden notes that "it requires that these auto-compressed files [be] stored in a special file/partition, so some setup is required. [Stacker] is available both as pure software or as add-on hardware." A colleague from the U. of Cincinnati notes that an appropriate review appears in the 1/28/92 issue of _PC MAGAZINE_: "Triple Your Hard Disk Space with On-the-Fly Compression." I'm reading it now. The 4 products reviewed are: "DoubleDisk," "Expanz! Plus," "Stacker" and "SuperStor." "Stacker" gets the _PCM_ nod as the best of the four. According to the review's summary of features, there is no repartitioning during installation, and it doesn't have a bootable partition. The program takes up 41K of RAM. An 8-bit and a 16-bit card are available for those needing additional compression-processing power, but the reviewer notest that these boards supply but a 5% (!) improvement over the pure software version. The address for Stac Electronics is: 5993 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel. 800-522-7822 or 619-431-7474. Regarding Mac-compatible software, few products were suggested, but one may be called "DiskDoubler." I know of a DOS product called "DoubleDisk," the loan one which proved faster than "Stacker" in compressing/decompressing bitmapped graphics files. Perhaps other colleagues could write directly to HUMANIST about suggestions for appropriate Mac-based compression software. Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE Subject: authoring packages Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 10:50+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 295 (383) Can someone point me to a good authoring system for the development of grammar and literature courses (latin and greek)? I should allow error diagnostics (not only percentage statistics), flexible handling of typing errors and provide some help facilites. Thanks, Fritz Heberlein From: boss@cwis.unomaha.edu (Judy Boss) Subject: query: IBM-compatible Chinese wordprocessor Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 6:56:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 296 (384) A former student who now works for a firm translating Chinese documents into English is looking for a word processor that would allow him to enter Chinese characters on his IBM-compatible. Would anyone who has knowledge of where to obtain such a program please post the information to me. Thanks in advance, Judy Boss boss@odin.unomaha.edu From: "Patrick W. Conner" Subject: Whereabouts of 2 poems... Date: Tuesday, 4 Aug 1992 11:10:19 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 297 (385) A colleague asked me whether anyone out there would know where, off the top of your collective head, one might find a copy of John Ciardi's "Most Like an Arch This Marriage," and Tau-Sheng's (Sung Dynesty) "You and I". A quick search though our library catalog shows 28 works by Ciardi, many of which appear to be collections, but there is no 'collected works'; which collection has "Most Like an Arch This Marriage"? I assume Tau-Sheng is anthologized somewhere, but where? All help appreciated. Thanks in advance. --Pat From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0179 Rs: Guys Date: 04 Aug 1992 08:17:47 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 298 (386) Re: George Lang on "guys" and egalitarian I-E society; how about Athens to or through the Hellenistic? (Or ancient Greek and Latin generally?) _Su_ seems to be factually singular, _humeis_ plural, and the only singular- plural oddity in the verb system is the singular for a neuter-plural collec- tive. In Latin there's a _nos_ for "I" which (as in Vergil's first Eclogue near the top) clearly isn't a power-assertive plural but maybe inclusive (a plural of solidarity, nascent?). The old standard story is that the deferential plural came in in the time of Diocletian (3rd cent. CE) when there really *were* four emperors and they demanded to be addressed in the plural--but by then there were all sorts of titles of respect etc. in the system, replacing the Augustan conceit of a citizen-emperor. Owen Cramer, Colorado College From: jporter@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Jim Porter) Subject: Re: Aristotle's "On Comedy" Date: Mon, 3 Aug 92 17:09:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 299 (387) Eric et al. Actually a fragment of Aristotle's "On Comedy" does exist--if you think we can count a fictional fragment: in Eco's _The Name of the Rose_ the monks are killing each other fighting over rights to the last extant copy of Book II of the _Poetics_. Eco "quotes" the opening for us. --------------- Jim Porter Purdue University jporter@mace.cc.purdue.edu From: Oxford Text Archive Subject: Oxford Text Archive: new catalogue available Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:22:16 +0100 (BST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 185 (388) A new version of the Oxford Text Archive's Shortlist is now available, from the usual sources (details at the end of this message). A few copies of the last published catalogue (April 1992) are also still available on request; we're not sure when we'll be reprinting again, as it's now getting rather too expensive to print. Since April of this year, we've acquired about 30 new texts. The text number and brief details, including depositor's name and affiliation, follow. We'd like to record our gratitude, on behalf of the scholarly community, to those depositors who support the Archive by depositing texts with us, and also those who take existing texts, enhance them and then re-deposit them. We greatly appreciate their altruism, which shines 'like a good deed in a naughty world' even though we may not always get the time to say so! Lou Burnard Alan Morrison OTA ACCESSIONS SINCE APRIL 1992 1. Newly deposited texts: 1696: Joyce, Finnegans wake (Donald Theall, Trent Univ) 1699: Treaty on European Union: Maastricht, February 1992). (David Pollard Publishing) 1700: Serbo-Croatian text corpus (Henning Moerk, Aarhus Univ.) 1681: Selected Harley lyrics, ed Brooks (John Price-Wilkin, Michigan) 1683: Octovian (John Price-Wilkin, Michigan) 1690: Pope, Rape of the lock (Hugh Robertson, Huddersfield) 1703: Wordlists derived from the CHILDES database (Jane Edwards, Berkeley) Plus the following new titles from Project Gutenberg: 1697: Hawthorne, The scarlet letter 1692: Sophocles (translations), Oedipus trilogy 1695: Gilman, Herland 1701-2: Wells, War of the Worlds; The time machine 2. New versions of existing texts 1691: The King James Bible (Andrews, Saskatchewan) 1704: Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads (Bear, Oregon) 52: Malamud, The Assistant (Peter Gilliver, OED) Plus the following titles, all reformatted using an SGML-like encoding by John Price-Wilkin at Michigan: 1694: The works of Mr William Shakespeare (1623) 1675: Alliterative Morte Arthure 1676: Anthology of Chancery English 1677: Gower, Confessio amantis 1678: Chaucer, Canterbury tales 1679: Everyman 1680: Sir Gawayne and the grene knyght 1682: Layamon,Brut 1684: Owl and the nightingale 1685: Paston family, Letters and papers of the 15th century vol 1 only 1686: Pearl 1687: Langland, The vision of Piers Plowman (B text) 1688: The siege of Jerusalem 1689: Chaucer,Troilus & Criseyde 1693: Michigan early modern English materials HOW TO GET COPIES OF THE OTA SHORTLIST 1. By FTP You must have an account on a machine which is connected to the Internet to use this method. If you do, type FTP black.ox.ac.uk at it. If it gives an unhelpful response, try FTP 129.67.1.165 instead. If all is well, it will reply Connected to ... (blah blah blah) You will be prompted to supply a Name. Enter FTP You will prompted for a password. At this point you can type 'strawberry jam' or whatever you like; we'd be grateful if you just typed in your real e-mail address. It will say Guest login ok: access restrictions apply. ftp> You are now talking to the standard File Transfer Protocol program. You can do a variety of things, which your local computer support people can explain to you a lot better than I. For the purposes of illustration however, let's assume you want to (a) check what is currently available (b) obtain a copy of the current shortlist from the Archive. To do (a), you should type cd /ota (this selects the Text Archive directory ls (this lists all the filenames and directories there or ls -l (this does the same thing, but with an embarassing wealth of (detail about their sizes, access permissions etc. To do (b), you should type cd /ota (this selects the Text Archive directory get textarchive.list (this requests a copy of the formatted version (of the OTA snapshot. It will be transferred then and there (to a file of the same or similar name on your machine. or get textarchive.list foo.bar (this does the same thing, but renames the file as 'foo.bar' Other useful files: textarchive.info : general information about the Archive textarchive.sgml : same information as in textarchive.list, but in SGML textarchive.form : order form (also included in textarchive.info) When you've finished, remember to type bye to return to your own machine. 2. By request from the Humanist ListServer Send a mail message to Listserv@brownvm.brown.edu, containing the line GET OTALIST SGML (for the SGML version) or GET OTALIST LIST (for the formatted version) 3. By request You can send us email requests to either of the following addresses, and we'll do our best to reply within 24 hours -- holidays and other committments permitting. ARCHIVE@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX (Janet) archive@ox.ac.uk (InterNet) Oxford Text Archive Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN, UK tel. +44 (865) 273238 fax +44 (865) 273275 From: Dana Paramskas Subject: New CALL Journal Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 00:42:15 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 186 (389) COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING An International Journal Editorial Board General Editor: Keith Cameron (Exeter) Associate Editors: Jeremy Fox (East Anglia) Henry Hamburger (George Mason, Virginia) Masoud Yazdani (Exeter) Advisory Board: Gordon Burgess (Aberdeen) Stephano Cerri (Milan) Francoise Demaiziere (CNEAO, Paris) Brian Farrington (Aberdeen) Ralph Ginsberg (Pennsylvania) Gerard Kempen (Nijmegen) Rex Last (Dundee) Dana Paramskas (Guelph) German Ruiperez (Madrid) Camilla Schwind (Marseille) Dieter Wolff (Duesseldorf) Over the last few years interest has been growing in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The role of the computer in the classroom is being investigated both from the pedagogical aspect and from the programmer's point of view. The `big dream' for some is the creation of an `Intelligent' Tutoring System (ITS), one that would incorporate the techniques of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and that would be flexible enough for the teacher of Modern Languages to use without a specialist knowledge of computing. Until an Artificial Intelligent machine has been perfected, however, there is a need to explore other techniques as well and to test them in learning situations. It has become apparent from conferences we have organised at Exeter, and elsewhere, and from correspondence with colleagues at home and overseas, that it is essential that there be an easily accessible means of information distribution about current research and its findings. To facilitate an interchange of ideas and knowledge, we have decided to create a new periodical which will be devoted to all aspects of CALL : e.g. Pedagogical principles and their application to CALL Observations on, and evaluation of, commercial and proto- type software Intelligent Tutoring Systems Use of CALL with other forms of Educational Technology, in particular conventional, interactive, and digitised versions of Video and Audio. Application of AI to language teaching A Forum where information relative to CALL users can be exchanged. The first number was published in 1990 by Intellect Books, Suite 2, 108/110 London Road, Oxford, OX3 9AW, U.K., to whom subscription requests (Personal 30 pounds sterling, Institutional 60 pounds sterling) should be addressed. Sole distributors outside Europe are: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, New Jersey 07648, U.S.A. Researchers into any field of CALL are invited to submit articles. Details of forthcoming conferences or points to be raised in the Forum section should be sent to : Dr Keith Cameron (General Editor), Computer Assisted Language Learning, Queen's Building, The University, EXETER, EX4 4QH, (UK) or by e/mail to : or (from outside U.K.). Volume 5 Parts 1-2 will appear shortly: CONTENTS Editorial: Keith Cameron p.1 HyperCard and The Development of Translation and Vocabulary Skills John H. Gillespie & Bill Gray p..3 Going AI. Foundations of ICALL: Clive Matthews p.13 A Hypertextual Approach to Teaching French Business Correspondence: Ian M. Richmond p.33 Keep Smiling! The Happy Hypertext Michelangelo Conoscenti p.41 An Evaluation of Grammar-Checking Programs as Self-Help Learning Aids for Learners of English as a Foreign Language: Philip Bolt p.49 Computer-Mediated Language Learning Environments Prolegomenon to a Research Framework David Crookall, Wells Coleman & Rebecca Oxford p.93 FORUM p.121 REVIEW p.123 ABSTRACTS p.125 From: New OED general account Subject: New OED Conference announcement -- please post Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 11:20:44 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 187 (390) 8th Annual Conference of the UW Centre for the New Oxford English Dictionary and Text Research Screening Words: User Interfaces for Text October 18-20, 1992 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada The conference theme represents a universal problem of immediate concern: we have all repeatedly struggled with accessing or main- taining materials stored in large text repositories. Although information retrieval has been well-studied in a library context, and database querying has matured for conventional business applications, much research and development is still required to suit most text and information needs. The Eighth Annual "OED Conference" will extend our ongoing exploration of text management applications and techniques. This year, we will investigate diverse application activities: retrieving information for scientific disciplines; supporting literary and linguistic needs; bridging between corpora, dic- tionaries, and other knowledge representations; managing multi- lingual and translated documents; and managing text in commercial environments. It is expected that attendees will be exposed to problems motivated by specific application areas and to solutions that can address requirements across several areas. ----------------------------- Conference Program Sunday, October 18 7:00 pm -- Registration and reception (Charcoal Steakhouse, Library Room) ------ Monday, October 19 8:30 am -- Registration and coffee (Davis Centre, DC 1301) 9:00 am Session I "Beyond the String: An Approach to Extracting Knowledge" Ruth Glynn, Oxford University Press "Overcoming Brittleness in Text Retrieval by Automating" the Use of Common Sense Knowledge Douglas B. Lenat, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation Session II "Managing Text in Biomedical Settings" Mark Frisse, Washington University "Better Things for Better Chemistry Through Multi-Media" Michael E. Lesk, Bellcore LUNCH Session III "Text, Quotation, and Document Identity" David M. Levy, Xerox PARC "Text, Form, and Genre" Geoffrey Nunberg, Xerox PARC Session IV "A Campus-Wide Textual Analysis Server: Project, Prospects, and Problems" John Price-Wilkin, University of Virginia "Prototyping the Ultimate Tool for Scholarly Qualitative Research on Texts" Christophe Lecluse & Francois Chahuneau, Advanced Information Systems 7:00 pm -- Cash bar and dinner (Transylvania Club) ------ Tuesday, October 20 9:00 am Session V "Uses of Text in the Workplace" Sally S. Grande, Bank of Montreal "Bi-Textual Aids for Translators" Pierre Isabelle, Communications Canada Session VI "Automated Language Generation and the Lexicon -- What Goes Where?" Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute "Hector: Connecting Words with Definitions" Lucille Glassman, Dennis Grinberg, Cynthia Hibbard, James R. Meehan, Loretta Guarino Reid, & Mary-Claire van Leunen, Digital Equipment Corporation - SRC LUNCH Session VII Software Demonstrations ----------------------------- This year's conference is sponsored by: Information Technology Research Centre and Open Text Corporation with ongoing research support of the University of Waterloo and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. ----------------------------- Conference Fees: Registration covers all conference activities, one copy of the conference proceedings, a reception, two lunches, refreshment breaks, and dinner on Monday evening. Total fees include GST (Canadian Goods and Services Tax) GST Registration # R119260685 (Before October 1): Academic: $180.00 + GST = $192.60 (Cdn) Non-academic: $280.00 + GST = $299.60 (Cdn) Student: $ 74.77 + GST = $ 80.00 (Cdn) (After October 1): Academic: $205.00 + GST = $219.35 (Cdn) Non-academic: $305.00 + GST = $326.35 (Cdn) Student: $ 93.46 + GST = $100.00 (Cdn) Additional proceedings: $20 + GST = $21.40 (Cdn) each Please make cheques payable to the UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, and send to: Liz Bevan Centre for the New OED and Text Research Davis Centre, Room 1311 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 ----------------------------- Accommodations: The hotel recommended this year is: Relax Hotel 2960 King Street East Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2A 1A9 (519) 894-9500 or 1-800-667-3529 fax: (519) 894-9144 Special conference rates are available at $59 for single and $65 for double (Cdn funds). Please make your reservations directly with the hotel BY SEPTEMBER 15, quoting the New OED conference. ----------------------------- Registration Form: Complete the following form and return it with your registration fee, or send the completed electronic form to: newoed@watsol.uwaterloo.ca with the payment to follow by mail. The conference information package will be forwarded upon receipt of registration. Surname: First Name(s) (to appear on your name tag): Address: Business Phone: Fax #: Affiliation/Business (short form for name tag): Full e-mail address: ----------------------------- From: junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu (Peter D. Junger) Subject: Downloading from OPACS and filtering out computer droppings Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 12:56:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 188 (391) A while back I posted a message on HUMANIST--which I gather was reposted on PACS-L (with my permission)--discussing "Electronic library catalogues and unreadable searches". I received many responses to that posting, both over the lists and by personal communication. (I tried to respond, and, I think, in most cases succeeded in responding, to the personal messages.) I want to thank everyone who did come up with sympathy and suggestions. And I want to summarize what I have learned about this issue. The problem that started all this was, as some of you will recall, the fact that here at Case Western Reserve University our old--very old and most incapable--electronic library catalogue was suddenly replaced with a nice new INNOPAC catalogue. And suddenly I discovered that--though I could now, mirabile dictu, actually do Boolean searches (sort of)--I could no longer record my searches or results in machine readable form on my PC, which left me feeling pretty desperate. The problem was that, though I could still physically record what I was seeing as my search went on, I could not read or edit the resulting file it was so filled with computer droppings. Now I suppose, if I had never used an electronic catalogue before, I would not have missed what I had never had. But our old electronic catalogue was so incapable that it actually wrote its screens in pure ASCII code in a plodding linear fashion, never trying to go backwards or draw boxes with non-ASCII symbols, or anything like that. I mean its output was so crude and old-fashioned that it would have satisfied even the zealots of the GUTNBERG list. And I had, since I get confused easily and have little memory, and what there is of it can be quite creative, and since I have the messiest desk in Cleveland and no place to write notes (and anyway I can never find a pen), I had come to depend on the ability to record my so often failing efforts to find a book that I knew was there somewhere. And now _they_--the people who are supposed to support and encourage us in the risky business of actually using these computers and networks and things that allow _them_ to advertise that _we_ are on the cutting edge of technology, the death of the thousand cuts--had once again, without warning or compunction, pulled the electronic rug out from under my ability to do my pedestrian research in my pedestrian way. And that's why I sent my original message on this subject to HUMANIST. Now before I summarize what I have learned from the lists--learned from you--I should take a moment to explain what happened here at CWRU after I protested to the Provost that _they_ were getting rid of the old electronic catalogue before the new one was working properly. (I didn't dream at the time that there were electronic catalogs from which all downloading was effectively impossible; I just assumed--correctly as it turned out--that the new catalog was not yet fully operational.) The Provost referred me to the Director of the University Libraries, who is quite clearly not one of _them_. She was horrified, although apparently not surprised, by my predicament and explained that the ability to download records of a search would be available in thirty days. She also told me that she thought that the problem could be fixed within three days and suggested that I talk to one of that subset of _them_ that is supposed to support the libraries' computers, including the new electronic catalog , but which is not in the Director of the Libraries' chain-of-command. That conversation was most unpleasant. (I think that I am a civilian casualty of a turf war.) But in the end the Director prevailed and the end result was that within three days our new INNOPAC system had an additional function which allows one to "export" the bibliographic records that one has located in TEXT (i.e., ASCII) format. (This export function supposedly also allows one to download the bibliographic records in MARK and Pro-Cite formats, but that capability has not yet been implemented.) This ability to export a bibliographic record is not, of course, the same as the ability to download a history of the search by which one located the bibliographic records. But, if that capability had existed at the time I suddenly discovered that the old electronic catalogue was being prematurely disconnected, I would not have been so unhappy. In fact, I do not think that I would have sent my original message to HUMANIST on this subject or have begun writing a filter to remove the computer droppings-- ANSI escape codes--from a downloaded file. The responses to my message on this subject to HUMANIST made clear that the problem of computer droppings afflict most electronic catalogues, not just INNOPAC. In fact, the problem is worse with other systems which do not have INNOPAC's export function. I think that this is another example of _their_ work. (In this case _they_ being the vendors of electronic catalogues.) There is no reason why _they_ should not use pure ASCII codes to put information on the user's screen, but that would deprive _them_ of the ability of claiming to be up-to-date (viz., to have gotten into the early 1970s) because their output can only be interpreted by DEC VT-100 (or, in the case of INNOPAC, VT-102) terminals (or by communication programs that emulate them). Several respondents claimed that INNOPAC's export function and Pro-Cite were complete solutions to the problem and could not see why one would want to keep a history of one's search. Others claimed that the Pro-Cite, INNOPAC combination was a conspiracy in violation of the anti-trust laws and strongly advised against buying a copy of Pro-Cite. (I don't intend to buy one.) A few suggested that the problem could be solved by taking "snapshots" of each screen. That would technically solve the problem, but wouldn't work for me; I can't take snapshots and think about my search at the same time, especially not when the communications software supplied by CWRU requires one to name the file to hold the snapshot each time that one shoots. Some suggested that sending the record to a printer, but then redirecting the printer output to a file on the computer would solve the problem. I never could figure out how that would work--and anyway our telnet package does not, yet, allow one to send the copy to a printer. And then several people came up with a real solution. It seems that Clyde Grotophorst at George Mason has written a program called CITEREAD that will remove the computer droppings from a NOTIS OPAC (which is one of the systems without any export capability). It even allows the user to specify additional items to filter from the down- loaded file. The only trouble was that CITEREAD, which is available at several anonymous FTP sites, does not do a perfect job of handling records downloaded from INNOPAC. But it does a good enough job, so I would not have started working on my filter had I known of CITEREAD when I first discovered the problem. But by the time I did hear of CITEREAD and located a copy--using Archie--I had already sunk so much time in my filter that it seemed a shame not to finish it. And then nothing happened for a couple of weeks and then this morning I finished my filter and it seems to work on recordings from INNOPAC catalogues and on recordings from NOTIS catalogues and on recordings from that other system that uses VT-100 emulation and is used by the Cleveland Public Library: DRA I think it is called. I've now got a few people around here alpha-testing the filter. I am going on vacation for a week come dawn on Wednesday, so I won't really be sure that it is bug-free until I return and can do some more checking. (I know it needs to do a better job of checking boundary conditions that it does at the moment, but none of the systems I have tested it on have tried to move the cursor off the screen; INNOPAC and NOTIS and DRA seem to produce well-behaved output.) But I am feeling proud of myself, so I though I would report this apparent success. (If any of you have a desperate need for such a filter or are compulsive alpha-testers of programs written in 8086 assembler and just have to have a copy to see if you can break it, Judy Kaul at our library (jak4@po.cwru.edu) can probably tell you how to get a copy. And I will be around until tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. I think that there is a moral to all this. _They_ are going to get us in the end unless we can support ourselves. With the INNOPAC export facility and the existence of CITEREAD, my filter is hardly necessary, but I feel a lot safer knowing that I can write it. Peter D. Junger Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH Internet: JUNGER@SAMSARA.LAW.CWRU.Edu -- Bitnet: JUNGER@CWRU From: DUNCANEW@LUB001.LAMAR.EDU Subject: Texas Medieval Conference Program Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 14:55:51 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 189 (392) PROVISIONAL FALL 1992 SCHEDULE FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TEXAS MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION, DALLAS, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 11-12 Friday 1:00-3:00: Chaucer I: Chaucer's_Knight's Tale_ Chair: Thomas Hanks, Baylor University Donna L. Faulkner, U. of Texas at Tyler 'Occluded Vision in_The Knight's Tale' Markie H. Maddux, Baylor University 'Chaucer's Symmetry in_The Knight's Tale' Dana Leigh Daniel, Baylor University 'Palamon and Arcite: The Two Sides of the "Knyght"' Emma Hawkins, U. of North Texas 'The Lion, Tiger, Wolf, and the Drunken Mouse' Friday 1:00-3:00: Chaucer II: Chaucerian Connections Chair: Edwin Conner, Kentucky State University Camille Lee Hornbeck, Baylor University 'Didactics of the Hortus Conclusus in the Song of Songs and the "Merchant's Tale"' Janna Jennings, Baylor University 'Some Are More Equal Than Others: Female Warriors in Chaucer and Spencer' Jana Rickey, Baylor University 'Speaking of the Devil...' Friday 1:00-3:00 Women of Power I: Women of Wisdom Chair: Theresa Vann, Fordham University Donna J. Oestreich, Greenville College 'Wise Women Counselors in Medieval Dream-Visions' Alison Gulley, University of North Carolina 'Deviance, Liminality, and Transgression in the Book of Margery Kempe' Jeffrey Coombs, Our Lady of the Lake University 'Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz' Defense of Knowledge' Rosalind Clark, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 'Women and the Power of the Word in Celtic Mythology: Geasa, Satire, and Prophecy' Friday 1:00-3:00: Warfare and Religion in the Central Middle Ages Chair: Derek Baker, U. of North Texas Kent Hare, Louisiana State University 'Aparitions and Warfare in Anglo-Saxon England' Donald Kagay, Texas Medieval Association 'Isabella's Miracle: Mule Transport and Army Supply in the Iberian Middle Ages' Randall Rogers, Louisiana State University 'The Italian Maritime Republics and Warfare in the Twelfth Century' Glenda Warren Carl, Southwestern University at Georgetown 'Structuring Techniques in Battle Scenes of the_Roman de Troie' Friday 3:00-4:30 Chaucer III: Chaucer's Construction of Language Chair: Jennifer Goodman, Texas A&M University Jean E. Jost, Bradley University 'Mismarriage of Youth and Elde: Foreswearing in Chaucer's "Merchant's Tale"' Paula M. Johnson, University of Texas at Tyler 'The Nun's Priest's Tale: A Philosophical Cok Tale' Kathryn Alexander, Texas A&M University 'Chaucer's Construction of Empathy in_The Book of the Duchess' Friday 3:00-4:30 Woman of Power II: Encoding the Feminine Voice Chair: Robert Boenig, Texas A&M University Patricia Timmons, Texas A&M University 'Oral Tradition and Feminine Voice in Medieval Spain: A Reading of_Isabel de Liar' James MacDougall, Texas A&M University 'Women as Form: Reflections of Social Frames in Medieval Rhetorics of the Body' Samuel L. Gladden, Texas A&M University 'Hildegard's Awakening: A Self-Portrait of Disruptive Excess' Friday 3:00-4:30 Women of Power III: Feminine Power and Its Representation Chair: A.W. Carr, Southern Methodist University Renee Standley, Southern Methodist University 'The Role of Theodora in the Imperial Panels from the Church of San Vitale' Rita Paschal, Southern Methodist University "The Power of Purity: Presentations of Saint Thecia" Samarra Khaja, Southern Methodist University "Reflections on Presentations of the Virgin" Dorothy Shepard, Bryn Mawr Friday 3:00-4:30 Musical Moments Chair: Judy Feldman, Dallas Herbert Turrentine, Southern Methodist University 'The Organ-Shutters of the Master of Perpignan' Brad Eden, NASA 'Music at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella' Friday 4:30-5:30 1992 TEMA Conference Opening Address Isabel the Queen Peggy Liss, author of Oxford University Press's Fall 1992 imprint,_Isabel the Queen: Life and Times_ all auditors are invited to an immediately subsequent Conference Reception 5:30-7:30 The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University Special Exhibition of Ancient and Medieval Iberian Art Co-sponsored by Medieval Studies, Meadows Museum, and the Ariadne Gallery (NYC) TEMA Feast Medieval Times: A Dinner, Tournament, and Display ...by subscription only: see Registration Form Saturday 8:30-10:30 Chaucer IV: The Squire as Lover? Chair: Thomas Hanks, Baylor University Amy G. Baria, Baylor University 'What Courtly Love Really Does: "The Squire's Tale" and the _Carmina Burana' Edwin L. Conner, Whitney Young College, Kentucky State University 'The Squire's Confession: Chaucer's Portrait of Adolescence as an Amorous Squire' Saturday 8:30-10 Women of Power IV: Feminine Rhetoric in Medieval Drama Chair: Dennis Kratz, U. of Texas at Dallas Karen Hodges, Texas Woman's University 'Mary the Persuasive Virgin of_N-Town' Marilyn Keef, Texas Woman's University 'Eve and the Power of Knowledge' Suzanne Webb, Texas Woman's University 'Women as Resisting Reader in the English Cycle Drama' Saturday 8:30-10 Medieval Mayhem and Peace-Keeping Gestures Chair: Zoltan Kostolnyik, Texas A&M University Victoria Chandler, Georgia College 'The Wreck of the White Ship: A Mass Murder Revealed?' P. Peter Rebane, Pennsylvania State University 'Amnesty, Pardons and Safe-Conduct Passes in the Middle Ages' Daniel B. Wells, Univ. of Houston 'Lithuania and the Golden Horde, 1240-1380' Saturday 8:30-10 Publishing Arthur: The Once and Future Round Table on publication with Henry H. Peyton (Editor in Chief, _Quondam et Futurus_); Mildred Leake Day (Executive Editor,_Quondam et Futurus_); Gary Kuris, Garland Publishers Saturday 8:30-10 Thomas More Chair: Robert Haynes, Laredo State University 'The Distancing_Exemplum_in Thomas More's_Dialogue of Comfort Saturday 10:30-12: Chaucer V: The Physician's Tale Chair: Sally Vaughn, University of Houston Nisha Mohammed, Baylor University 'Virginia: Ideal By Whose Definition?' Jill S. Alexander, Baylor University 'Virginia: Beauty, Beast, and Bondmaid' Saturday 10:30-12: New Interpretations of Malory Chair: Michael Holahan, Southern Methodist University Jo Boyne, Southern Methodist University 'Parataxis and Causality in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot Du Lake' Robert C. Wilmoth, Southern Methodist University 'The Cuckold and the Community: The Construction of Masculinity in the Figure of Malory's King Arthur' Stephen Stallcup, Southern Methodist University 'Things Fall Apart: Narrative Destruction in_The Day of Destiny' Saturday 10:30-12: Hagiography and "Hag"iography Chair: A.W. Carr, Southern Methodist University Bruce C. Brasington, West Texas State University 'Rheims and 1029 Revisited' John Howe, Texas Tech University " " Marianne Sinram, Tucson 'Faith and Bondage: The Spiritual and Political Meanings of Chains at Sainte-Foi de Conques' Elizabeth Nightlinger 'The Female_Imitatio Christi_as a Manifestation of Power in Medieval Popular Religion' Saturday 10:30-12: History of the Medieval Southwest Chair: Derek Baker, U. of North Texas Tony Mares, U. of North Texas "?" Bobby Woodall, U. of North Texas 'The Medieval Parish Priest in North America: A Review of the Sources for Padre Martinez of Taos' Saturday Noon-1:15 Luncheon at Southern Methodist University for all Conferees Conference Keynote Address "An Evangeliary from Corvey, ca. 970 Robert Maloy, Dallas Saturday 1:30-3:30: Chaucer VI: Issues of Power Chair: Jennifer Goodman, Texas A&M University Jennifer Blagg, Baylor University 'The "Triumph" of the Third Rioter: Transfer of Power in Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale' Melissa Hutcheson, Baylor University 'Sex: An Illusion of Control in The Canterbury Tales' Saturday 1:30-3:30: Small Persons, Big Feet, and The Psyche in the Darker Ages Chair: Jeremy DuQ. Adams Victor I. Scherb, University of Texas at Tyler 'Inner and Outer, Soul and Society in Wisdom' Edwin Duncan, Lamar University 'Was Grendel a Bigfoot?' Katherine Dittmar, Yale University "Germanic Attitudes and Behavior towards Children in the Early Middle Ages. (500-842)' Saturday 1:30-3:30: Music and Liturgy in Medieval France Chair: Donna Mayer-Martin, Southern Methodist University Jennifer Evans, Southern Methodist University 'The Transmission of Trouvere Poetry and Music: Gace Brule's_De Bone Amour et de Loial' Catherine Parsoneault, University of Texas at Austin 'Where are the Tenors in Montpellier?' Rebecca Baltzer, University of Texas at Austin 'Reflections of the Liturgy on the Ste.-Anne Portal of Notre-Dame of Paris' Saturday 1:30-3:30: Teaching Medieval Ideals Chair: John Mears, SMU (tentative?) Henry L. Eaton, University of North Texas Edward J. Coomes, Jr., University of North Texas Kenneth Shields, Southern Methodist University Saturday 3:30-5: New Paradigms Chair: Derek Baker, U. of North Texas Susan F. Atefat, Baylor University 'A Possible Eastern Influence on Structure and Theme in The Canterbury Tales' D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., Baylor University 'The Parson's Tale: Notes toward a New Historical Reading' Bruce C. Brasington, West Texas State University 'Working with Gratian's_Decretum' Saturday 3:30-5 The Pearl Poet Chair: Jo Goyne, Southern Methodist University MeLinda Hughes, Texas Tech University 'Goddess, Fairy, or Witch: The Dualistic Nature of Morgan le Fay in Medieval Literature' Melanie McClure, Baylor University 'Feminine Chaos in_Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' Stephanie Kay Barron, Baylor University 'Prosodic Elements and Courtly Love in_Pearl' Saturday 3:30-5 Mediterranean Religious Politics Chair: Donald Kagay, TEMA David Cook, University of Houston 'St. Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch or Prince?' James W. Brodman, University of Central Arkansas 'The King's Ransomers: The Aragonese Crown and the Mercedarian Order in the 14th Century' Gavin Hambly, University of Texas at Dallas 'Trespassing in Batu's Domain:: The First Dominican Missions to the Mongols' Saturday 3:30-5 Chaucer VII: A Disputation on the Franklin's Tale Jenniver Goodman, Texas A&M University vs. Bonnie Wheeler, Southern Methodist University Despedida Home of Jeremy Adams and Bonnie Wheeler 3425 University Blvd, Dallas ...followed by Closing Banquet, (by subscription only) Han-Chu Restaurant, Dallas --O-- Accomodation will be provided by the Radisson Hotel, 6060 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75206. Phone: (214) 750-6060. The special conference rate is $45 plus tax per room (with occupancy from one to four persons at the room rate). Reservations should be received before Sept. 1. The optional Medieval Times dinner/event on Friday is $26 and the banquet at Han Chu Restaurant on Saturday is $15 plus drinks. Please confirm space for these events prior to Augustine's Feast Day, August 28th. Those interested in receiving further information and a Conference Registration Form should contact: Professor Bonnie Wheeler, Medieval Studies Program, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0435. Phone: (214) 521-6996 or 692-2945. Fax: (214) 521-3543 or 692-4129. From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: How To Blow 4 Grand on a Computer? Date: Fri, 07 Aug 92 21:12:13 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 300 (393) For six months now I have been trying to make a decision on what type of computer to purchase. My question is simple, given 3 to 4 thousand dollars (maybe 5 grand if the system is truely divine), what type of computer is the best purchase? I suspect that this is like asking for the name of god but the time has come to buy and I am no closer to the Truth. I am presently on a 8088 IBM clone that should have been illegal to build (like an eight track tape player). I only use my pc for writing (WordPerfect, but increasingly dissatisfied). Here is what I want in my shiny new baby: - 486DX 50 MHz - 1 floppy drive will suffice - large hard drive (minumum 200 MB) - non-interlaced svga moniter - 8 MB ram, 128K cache I do not need a tape back up and am not concerned about software at this point. While the above assumes an IBM clone, I am open to UNIX or Mac. Is it possible to efficiently run ibm and mac programs on the same machine (or is this a dream machine?) I am very tired of slow (even the 286 I have for the moment is much too slow) machines. I need something that can handle very large (2-4 hundred page) texts -- multi-task between two or three such texts at a time and run procomm in the background, and a few tsr programs as well. I am dissatisfied with WordPerfect's ability to create sophisticated documents and am thinking of Mac IIci but am concerned about the hard drive size and speed (in comparison to a 486/50) -- it does not seem that Mac offers the same bang for my buck. The thought of learning either a new operating system or a new word processor gives me the screamies. I am tempted to put down 3 grand on a Gateway 2000 486/50 but in the land of choice and opportunity this seems almost too easy. Behind this question stands the *real* question -- what is the best platform for authoring primarily English texts -- IBM/UNIX/MAC/PENandPAPER? I somehow feel that no matter what I buy, I will be left wondering if there isn't something better out there, which is exactly the way advertisers would have me feel, I suppose. Dear Abby, dear Abby, now what do I do? Signed, confused. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 237-2052 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Paul Brians Subject: Anyone going to Kiev? Date: Tue, 04 Aug 92 16:26:36 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 301 (394) I have succeeded in getting a translation of a poem by Liubov Sirota, a victim of the Chernobyl disaster, published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). I want to send her a copy of the original publication, but the mail system in the CIS is even more of a disaster now that it used to be. Is there anyone headed for Kiev in the reasonably near future who would be willing to hand- carry the magazine to her? From: "David M. Schaps" Subject: Re: 6.0179 Rs: TextCrit Challenge; Foucault; Guys (3/64) Date: Thu, 06 Aug 92 12:03:56 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 302 (395) On George Lang's search for an "egalitarian" Indo-European language: I cannot help, but I can tell him that the use of pronouns to distinguish status is not a peculiarly I-E phenomenon. Hebrew uses the third person singular when speaking to a superior ("My master asked his servant" for "you asked me"), and the phenomenon still has reflexes in modern Hebrew (where addresses are routinely written with a prefix on them that means "to the honor of" -- producing such bizarreries as "to the honor of Smash-Bang Auto Wrecks"). Japanese (as I learn not from personal acquaintance but from John Toland's _The Rising Sun_) has a special first-person pronoun that is used only by the Emperor. And of course, there is the royal plural ("We, Dmitri Ivanovitch," as the false Dmitri introduces himself in _Boris Godunov_) and the editorial plural (the editor and his tapeworm, according to Mark Twain). This last is the only one that I think is truly intended to deceive: the editor wishes to project his opinions as being shared by many others (local newspapers regularly have headlines purporting to give the reaction of "the community" to this or that development; no poll-taking is ever considered necessary). This last phenomenon is common in political speechmaking of all stripes ("We are here today to proclaim ..."). The distinctions of pronouns are not necessarily status distinctions; l'homme et sa femme address each other as tu, and address "outsiders" of the same status as vous. But even if we are to accept the "status" definition, I should think that the first question is whether there has ever been a status-free society of any significant size that did not develop status distinctions with the passage of time? And if every society recognizes status distinctions, why should its language not recognize them? From: (Dennis Baron) Subject: you guys Date: Fri, 7 Aug 92 11:32:03 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 303 (396) Jim Marchand's recent comment sent me off to the Western Humanities Review, which our computerized library system, LCS, insists we don't own, but which of course we do. Guy may indeed have been genderless in Jim's 1944 army, but in Edward Hackett's "The Ambivalence of Guy" _WRH_ 8 (1954): 273-74 it is unambivalently masculine. Hackett uses so many masculines in that brief note they jarringly reminded me how few we see in writing done today. The ambivalence of guy that Hackett discusses deals not with gender but with whether guy is positive or negative, an ordinary Joe or a figure of authority. Hackett refers to guy as he, man, and even Superman. Guy is variously derived from Guy Fawkes, whence clearly masculine, or from the guy ropes and wires of the carney crowd, whence inanimate. And of course there's guy from guida (f., but acc. to OED, applied to males and therefore masc.), now obsolete. But early use of guy in reference to a person, 19th c. and later, seems to refer clearly and exclusively to males. And its use = `man, fellow,' labeled American by OED, is also clearly masculine. The shift of guy to a masculine/generic seems then to be more recent than 1900, or even 1954 if Hackett is taken as an authority. Jim's sense of mixed-sex guy from the 1940s, at least in military slang, gives us an earlier date and an important clue in the development of the word. Any attestations in WW2 fiction? Is the naked and the dead scannable? Or James Jones? Dennis Baron debaron@uiuc.edu Dept. of English office: 217-244-0568 University of Illinois messages: 217-333-2392 608 S. Wright St fax: 217-333-4321 Urbana IL 61801 From: J%org Knappen Subject: Re: 6.0179 Rs: TextCrit Challenge; Foucault; Guys (3/64) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 15:04 GMT +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 304 (397) Subj. You guys and Esperanto In Esperanto the pronominal system (using the same form, `vi', both for you (sg) and you (pl)) seems to be quite stable and does not develop forms like y'all. There is a singular form `ci', which is considered archaic and obsolete and which is not in current usage. A reason for this might be that the Esperanto community is very conservative against language innovations and changes. Especially innovations violating the `fundamento' by Zamenhof have no chance to be accepted. This conservativism, however, was a necessary condition of the success of esperanto. Yours, J"org Knappen. From: G.R.Hart@durham.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0181 Qs: Listserv for Notebook II; Data Compression (2/31) Date: Thu, 06 Aug 92 13:34:46 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 305 (398) To Joel Goldfield's question on file compression utilities: on a Mac I have found Autodoubler (companion to DiskDoubler from Salient software) very effective. It does not compress files at time of saving, but you can tell it how much of the hard disk you want kept free and it will get to work on compressing files when the machine is idle, after whatever interval you choose If you want it not to compress particular files, you can exempt them. I don't know if it is available for PCs. Jill Hart, Durham, England. From: Lorne Hammond <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Re: 6.0181 Qs: Listserv for Notebook II; Data Compression Date: Thu, 06 Aug 92 12:28:17 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 306 (399) Data Compression: Stacker is a jim-dandy program for harddisk compression. On a 40 meg laptop or desktop you can look at 78-80 meg when stacked. It makes a disk within your disk and gives about a 2:1 ratio on most files. Less on .exe files, perhaps 4:1 on dbase and graphics, depends, but in general it doubles space. There is real change in speed of access and everything runs and looks the same. However it does use up some of your memory as it runs. Version 2.0 uses less than 1.0 did. I don't know if it lets you turn 120 meg into 240 but 40 goes easily to 80. Diskdoubler is another program, but most are based on the same techniques. The reviews in PC Mag gave Stacker best and pointed out that the software version was close to as fast as the more expensive software/hardware combo they also make. Just go the software route. Lorne Hammond History, University of Ottawa From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Library Master Date: Wed, 5 Aug 92 15:55:57 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 307 (400) This is a bibliography program with a companion progam called The Data Magician which transfers data "between various database, text-base and library automation systems." Has anyone had any experience with this program, especially comparative experience? Specifically, how does it compare with Pro-Cite? It claims to be able to transfer MARC-format records downloaded from OPACS into text-base systems. Does it solve the problem of downloading itself? Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: John Lavagnino Subject: Aristotle on comedy Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 17:53 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 308 (401) There are those who believe that we actually have an outline of the second part of the Poetics, the part that deals with comedy; Richard Janko's translation of the Poetics, published by Hackett in 1987, includes a reconstruction of this "Poetics II". His book Aristotle on Comedy (1984) goes into more detail on this claim. The Tractatus Coislinianus, the supposed outline, wasn't discovered by Janko; in fact Northrop Frye talks about it in his Anatomy of Criticism. John Lavagnino Department of English and American Literature, Brandeis University Internet: lav@binah.cc.brandeis.edu Bitnet: lav@brandeis From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0184 Rs: Guys; Aristotle (Was Text/Crit) (2/31) Date: 05 Aug 1992 14:47:35 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 309 (402) Re: Aristotle on comedy. We should add the "Codex Coislinianus" which is believed by the redoubtable Richard Janko (_Aristotle on Comedy_ and the Hackett ed. of the Poetics) to contain an authentic summary of the second book of the Poetics, the part about comedy. Janko says in a preface that he only came upon Eco when he was finished with his own argument. Owen Cramer Colorado College From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0184 Rs: Aristotle's "On comedy" Date: 10 Aug 1992 13:32:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 310 (403) For the debate on Aristotle's "lost Poetics II" on comedy, you may wish to consult Richard Janko's _Aristotle on Comedy_ (California, 1984). Janko uses the so-called "Tractatus Coislinianus" and some other texts to reconstruct the outlines of an Aristotelian theory of comedy. I find Janko's work especially interesting in the area of _katharsis_. Regards, Mark F. Williams Internet: WILM@calvin.edu Department of Classical Languages Voice: (616) 957-6293 Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA 49546 From: (James Marchand) Subject: Tao-Sheng poem Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 17:59:47 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 311 (404) One of my favorites, Pat, anthologized frequently. It is found, for exam- ple in Chinese Love Poems, ed. D. J. Klemer (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1959), p 23. Jim Marchand From: "David P. Bunnell" Subject: Re: 6.0183 Qs: Authoring Pkgs; Chinese W/P; Poems (3/44) Date: Fri, 07 Aug 92 00:09:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 312 (405) John Ciardi's "Most Like an Arch This Marriage" can be found in _Poems of Love and Marriage_ John Ciardi Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press, 1988 p. 17. David P. Bunnell M.I. King Library Reference University of Kentucky Lexington, KY internet: dpbunn00@ukcc.uky.edu From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Authoring packages for lit. courses Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 20:54:43 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 313 (406) Because of the good pedagogical thinking that went into the system-wide and author-specified error analysis features as well as for a relatively easy learning curve, I'd suggest MacLang (Gessler Educational Software) for the Mac platform and WinCALIS (Duke University, Humanities Computing Facility) for the IBM (MS-Windows) one, though I'm not sure how well either would handle long documents. Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College/Univ. System of NH; Inst. for Academic Technology/UNC-Chapel Hill; Assistant Editor, _Computers and the Humanities_ Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: gbrower@acpub.duke.edu (Gary Brower) Subject: CETEDOC Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 17:25:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 314 (407) Duke University not yet having acquired the CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts, I am interested in knowing if there are any institutions on the East Coast of the U.S. that already have the disc/program. I have addressed the same question to CETEDOC itself and have received no response. Does that mean that no one in the US has the system, or that CETEDOC is not quick to answer its mail? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gary R. Brower Dept. of Religion Duke University E-mail: GBROWER@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU From: WMISHLER@vx.cis.umn.edu Subject: Re: 6.0187 OED Conference: User Interfaces for Text (1/199) Date: 12 Aug 1992 17:17:22 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 315 (408) Query: Is it possible to buy the OED on a CD ROM commercially? Does anyone know what it costs and where it is available? From: "don l. f. nilsen" Subject: international humor conference Date: Tue, 04 Aug 92 07:42:34 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 316 (409) The 1993 International Conference on Humor and Laughter will be held at the Miami University Dolibois Center in Luxembourg from Sept 30 to Oct 3, 1993. For information, contact Larry Sherman at . Larry will send you more information as it becomes available. =-) ;-> 8*) {^_^} Don L. F. Nilsen , (602) 965-7592 Executive Secretary International Society for Humor Studies English Department Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: AAIS Conference -- Italian Linguistics Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:45 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 317 (410) Please post! Thank you. *CALL FOR PAPERS** There will be a session on "Italian Linguistics" at the American Association for Teachers of Italian (AAIS) convention in Austin, Tex., April 15-18, 1993 (Radisson Plaza at Austin Center). The topic is general; specific papers might approach dialectology, contrastive structures, etc. Historical topics are also appropriate-- development of forms, Standard or dialectal, etc. (This is NOT for applied linguistics or pedagogy, which has its own forum.) If there is sufficient interest, it may be possible to have multiple sessions. Please contact Leslie Morgan (MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET or MORGAN@LOYOLA.EDU) if you would like more information. A 300-word abstract must be received by November 20, 1992; you may send it by electronic mail to me, or by snail-mail if you prefer: Leslie Z Morgan Dept. of Modern Langs. and Lits. Loyola College 4501 North Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21210-2699 From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Re: 6.0190 Qs: What Computer to Buy; Going to Kiev? (2/74) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:57:48 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 318 (411) Thank heavens for perennial questions! 1) Is the "Republic" really about the mind or is it about the state? 2) Unix vs. PC vs. Mac? 1) I've read it several times and I'm still not sure... 2a) Unix is great for programmers and it's necessary for everyone who needs a true multi-user system. If this doesn't apply to you, forget it. Unix makes DOS look user-friendly. (This is being written on a Unix machine.) 2b) Take a PC running Windows and a Mac of the same price. Power them both up. Insert a diskette with a BIG word processing file on it, open it up, and jump around in the document. On which machine was this process easier? Which machine displayed the new page faster when you were jumping around? I think you'll find the answer in both cases to be: on the Mac. By the way, very big hard disks *are* available for the Mac from third-party vendors, and these disks usually carry longer warranties than Apple's. -- Christopher Bader From: Michael Metzger Subject: R: Which computer? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 319 (412) I am in a quandary similar to that of Michael Strangelove and have come to similar conclusions (486/50, 8-16 MB ram, 200 MB hd, possibly CD-ROM, but not multimedia); I am beginning to think that for multitasking, i. e. ProCite 2.0 with WordPerfect 5.1, the most important decision to make will be that about the operating system, and in that regard I'm leaning towards OS/2 2.0, admittedly only on the basis of what the ads say. Has anyone out there had encounters of anykind with OS/2?? Windows seems too limited if one wants to use non-Windows programs, and I'm not crazy about GUIs, which moves me away from Mac IIs, altho they are neat machines that can be made to run DOS software in a number of ways. In any case, plain vanilla DOS, even 5.0, doesn't seem to hack it for mult i-tasking. How about DR DOS 6.0? Michael Metzger (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS) From: "Richard L. Goerwitz" Subject: Re: 6.0190 Qs: What Computer to Buy; Going to Kiev? (2/74) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 23:22:23 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 320 (413) [deleted quotation] This is a religious question, and has no answer. Most scholars who finally cough up the money to purchase a machine become bound to it, and find it impossible to think critically about its good and bad points. I've seen "which is better" debates come up here time after time, and only rarely seen a trace of even-handedness or deep famili- arity with more than two or three machines or OS-types. Having said this, let me offer some (at times tongue-in-cheek) advice on how to think about this question. Step 1: Decide what software you want to use. Obviously, the machine is no good without software. And its software has to really *do* something. Sure, it's great to be able to download lots of "BBS" software. After a month of that you burn out, and for ever appreciate the value of good, solid academic and commercial dis- tributions. Decide what your *really* need, then talk to various peo- ple who actually use the software you plan to use. Narrow you choice of machines down on this basis. Software first. Hardware later. Step 2: Decide what kind of environment you want to work in. After you've narrowed your choice of machines down via criterion 1, if there is more than one machine remaining you might want to think about the overall operating environment. For instance, do you write your own software, or do you primarily use software purchased as-is? If you are a programmer, think about using an operating system that is designed, from the ground up, as a programming environment (e.g. UNIX). If not, then think about one of the many fine toy operating systems out there. Don't get hung up on any one being drastically superior to the other. They all have good and bad points that I'm sure users will be glad to expatiate on as long as you'll listen. All I'd say is that if you want to use a PC-architecture machine, buy OS/2 rather than Windows. It is Windows and DOS compatible, and is also a "real" OS. Step 3: Consider what your co-workers will be using. Don't underestimate the problems with conversion. If everyone at your institution is using, say, Macs, don't fight it: Go with the trend (if, naturally, it falls roughly in line with the decisions you've made in steps 1 and 2 above). If you have what everyone else has, problems will get solved faster and more cheaply, and you won't have to struggle with conversions or networking problems. Travel the beaten path. When it comes to computers, hackers and individualists, to me at least, are hardly distinguishable from people without enough work to do. Step 4: Buy and hide. Once you've made your choice, face the fact that it was probably, in many people's eyes, the worst possible decision, and that as soon as you buy prices will drop. You'll probably also find out that software has become available for another platform that beats the software that led you to buy the machine you did in the first place. Don't worry. That's life with computers. We're only at the "Model-T" stage in their evolution, and figure that in six years or so you'll just buy another one, anyway. -Richard From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 321 (414) [deleted quotation]I just purchased: the standard Gateway 2000 486DX2 configuration, but with the 15" flat-square monitor (a boon for Windows, which you will want to explore for sophisticated text-formatting applications. I had been using a 386-20 for three years, and the increase in performance is remarkable: it even makes Ventura Publisher for Windows run at a bearable speed. From: finin@cs.umbc.edu (Timothy Finin) Subject: CIKM-92 information Date: 13 Aug 1992 09:29:44 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 322 (415) C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N CIKM-92: First International Conference on INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT November 8-11, 1992 -- Baltimore, Maryland, USA CIKM-92 will provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of research on the management of information and knowledge. The scope of the conference will cover the integration database technology, knowledge representation and reasoning, information retrieval, and techniques for locating and accessing relevant data and knowledge in very large, distributed information systems. The conference will include 18 invited talks, 68 submitted papers, poster presentations, panel sessions and tutorials. The keynote address will be by Gio Wiederhold (DARPA/Stanford) on "Intelligent Integration of Diverse Information Sources". Other invited speakers include Maria Zemenkova (NSF), Amit Sheth (Bellcore), Judea Pearl (UCLA), Peter Buneman (Pennsylvania), Doug Terry (Xerox Parc), Bob Robbins (Johns Hopkins), Joan Sullivan (NIST), Bharat Bhargava (Purdue), David Waltz (Thinking Machines/Brandeis), Len Gallagher (NIST), Ahmed Elmagarmid (Purdue), Richard Soley (Object Management Group), Larry Reeker (IDA), Bruce Blum (Johns Hopkins), and Il-Yeol Song (Drexel). CIKM-92 is sponsored by ISMM and the University of Maryland Baltimore County and held in cooperation with AAAI, IEEE, and ACM. For more information, send email to CIKM-INFO@CS.UMBC.EDU to receive an automatic reply containing registration forms and an advance program. For general inquiries, contact: CIKM-92, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD 21228-5398. email: cikm@cs.umbc.edu, phone: +1 410-455-3000, fax: +1 410 455-3969. From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0189 Texas Medieval Conference Program (1/468) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 18:08:20 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 323 (416) THe TExas medieval conference sounds delectable. It's too far for me, alas--but may one hope for publication of proceedings, or posting of them?? Avril Henry University of Exeter, UK A.K.Henry@uk.ac.exeter.cen From: PAULA PRESLEY Subject: 16TH CENTURY STUDIES CONFERENCE Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 10:59:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 324 (417) The Annual Sixteenth Century Studies Conference will be held Oct. 22-23-24, 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 1993 Conference will be held in St. Louis in December, 1993. If you would like information about either conference, contact R.V. Schnucker at SS18@NEMOMUS.BITNET. It is too late to submit papers or sessions for 1992 conference, but now is the time to start thinking about presentations for 1993. However, all who are interested in "16th century" studies are invited to attend. "16th century" is defined as from the invention of the printing press to end of the Thirty Years' War (ca. 1450-1640). The SCSC is inter- disciplinary: art, literature, history, etc. of the period. From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" Subject: ICEBOL Conference Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 08:29:54 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 325 (418) Sixth International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing October 15-16, 1992 Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota Computer programming for all kinds of non-numeric applications will be the focus of presentations at the Sixth International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing: ICEBOL6. The Conference will be held on the campus of Dakota State University in rural Madison, South Dakota, on October 15 and 16 -- often the most pleasant time of year in South Dakota. Ralph Griswold, creator of the Icon programming language and SNOBOL4, will be a featured speaker at ICEBOL6. He will discuss visualizing program execution in Icon, and he will present a clinic on programming in Icon. The Banquet Speaker is Robert B. K. Dewar -- the creator of SPITBOL and Realia COBOL; he is currently working on a GNU/Ada compiler. Mark Olsen is the Keynote Speaker for the Conference. He is the author of many articles, reviews, and papers on computing and literary study. He is the Technical Review Editor of Computers and the Humanities and the Assistant Director of the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago. He will discuss the theory and method of computer application in socio-cultural history. Among the Conference topics are parsing, conversion of text to hypertext, parallel algorithms for text processing, machine translation, natural-language query processing, artificial intelligence and backtracking, and analysis of the language of Victor Borge. Proposals for presentations at ICEBOL6 have been accepted from Australia, Bulgaria, England, Finland, France, India, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and throughout the United States. For registration forms and additional information about ICEBOL6, contact Eric Johnson, 114 Beadle Hall, Dakota State University, Madison, SD 57042 U.S.A., (605) 256-5270, ERIC@SDNET.BITNET. From: KESSLER Subject: Re: 6.0195 Qs: CETEDOC; OED on CD-ROM (2/25) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 10:39 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 326 (419) the new one, with 20 volumes, was discussed in the business section of the NYT the other day, and it is advertized for about...I forget, between 700-850$, and they think sales will be for libraries. apparently this new version has all so rts of software for crosschecking, associated definitions and is just a marvell ous thing for wordhunting, etymology and all that. Kessler.I would try Oxfrod U P of course, for news. From: "Paul J. Constantine, Yale Univ. Library" Subject: Re: 6.0195 Qs: CETEDOC; OED on CD-ROM (2/25) Date: 13 Aug 1992 16:26:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 327 (420) 1. Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University owns the CETEDOC on CD-ROM. Fee lfree to contact me regarding it. 2. The 1st edition of the OED on CD-ROM was marketed by Tri-Star and Oxford Uni v. Press. The number in the manual is (800) 872-2828. Good luck! 2. The 1st edition of the OED on CD-ROM was marketed by Tri-Star and Oxford Uni v. Press. The number in the manual is (800) 872-2828. Good l From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0195 Qs: CETEDOC; OED on CD-ROM (2/25) Date: 13 Aug 1992 15:50:40 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 328 (421) Oh; OED on CD-ROM lists for $950 from Oxford Electronic Publishing, which just *is* Oxford UP/200 Mad. Ave./NY 10016. ISBN is 0-944674-00-3. From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0195 Qs: CETEDOC; OED on CD-ROM (2/25) Date: 13 Aug 1992 15:48:23 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 329 (422) Gary Brower is right to hope someone *else* has bought CETEDOC, the price being I think $60,000. From: robertj@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Robert Judd) Subject: OED on CD-ROM Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 21:23:19 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 330 (423) Yes, OED is available on CD-ROM from Oxford University Press. Don't know how much $$,but count on $1500+. From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0186 CALL Journal (1/109) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 14:46:49 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 331 (424) [deleted quotation]I hope that someone will find time to develop programs to me a CALL need which never appears in lists like the above: the FUN-type teaching and/or correction of faulty grammar and spelling in native English speaking students. I am not joking: I can visualise the kinds of interactive programs that students would like to use. OF course, IU have neither the time nor the skill to develop them--but please, I hope someone has! (Yes, I KNOW Dr Cameron is just down the corridor, but he doesn't have the time either.....) Help? I have seen one or two commercial grammar-teaching programs. THey were terminally boring. One needs graphics, and jokes, and mnemonics, and vivid examples of what happens when you get the grammar/spelling wrong. (I remember an excellent little booklet from years ago which addressed the problem of English pronunciation by means of cartoons--it was fun..) Avril Henry A.K.Henry@uk.ac.exeter.cen From: (James Marchand) Subject: guys Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 19:35:22 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 332 (425) Sorry to have led you astray, Dennis; the article was in my file under the wrong rubric. As to early examples of you(s) guys, it might be well to look back in Mencken. I note that his 4th ed. (1936), p. 451 mentions yous guys in his discussion of y'all and the suppletion of the missing plural for you. I remember the use of guys to include (in this case, only) girls from a 1944 visit to Buffalo, NY with an army buddy who lived there. I was shocked to hear his sister shout at a group of girls: "Hey, wait up, you guys." All of that was foreign to me. In my youth in the rural south, guy meant weirdo, fop, dandy, person who wore a zoot-suit. All of which leads me to like the OED's derivation from "guy" meaning "doll, clown", probably from Guy Fawkes' Day. I note again the use of "you guys" in central Illinois as a kind of polite/fond form. The waitress at our fa- vorite restaurant here in Champaign, being fond of old folks, always asks us "How are you guys doing?" No one ever addressed me politely in the Army or seemed too fond of me, but I do remember that "you guys" was the _ihr_ or y'all form used by Northerners in the Army. Jim Marchand From: lessard@francais.QueensU.CA (Greg Lessard) Subject: Request for sample texts Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 00:19:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 333 (426) I am forwarding this at the request of one of our research assistants. As he says, any help would be appreciated. Message follows: I am currently working on a project at Queen's University in Canada that requires me to gather several bodies of text in various languages (e.g. Latin, English, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian) and in a variety of markup schemes (COCOA, SGML, etc.). These pieces of text would be used in an undergraduate course in Computing in the Humanities. Could anyone prepared to give me such a sample (of about 1000 lines or so in length) kindly e-mail it to parkes@qucis.queensu.ca? Thanks. From: bmyers@garnet.berkeley.edu (Brian Myers) Subject: Publishing on CD-ROM Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:38:57 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 334 (427) What publishers deal with academic material on CD-ROM? I am involved in a database project for which CD-ROM would be a very appropriate medium. I am writing to UMI because they do the DAI on CD-ROM, and when I discover the address of the HW Wilson Company's WilsonLine division, which I believe handles the MLA bibliography on CD-ROM, I will write to them as well. What other publishers might be interested in CD-ROM material for an academic audience? Any help appreciated. Brian Myers bmyers@garnet.berkeley.edu From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: cd-rom corpora Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:15:16 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 335 (428) Is there a reasonably complete list of machine-readable corpora that are available on CD-ROM? An example would be the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. -- Christopher Bader From: HH9503%ALBNYVMS.bitnet@UACSC2.ALBANY.EDU Subject: Mandarin: a Lemon? Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 21:53 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 336 (429) This may NOT be the place to ask, but I'm not getting ANY response from elsewhere, and I like this list as much for the techy topics as for the more heady exchanges, so here goes: Does anyone know enough about, to have an opinion on, "Mandarin," the library software package offered by a Canadian concern that (confusingly) goes by several names, including Media-Flex and Bibliofiche? It's intended for comparatively small libraries and the very small special library with which I now work as a GA has just signed a site license purchase agreement. But we is hav'n doubts. ANY informed opinions about this program or its marketers would be appreciated. Thanks to any who can respond. Reply either personally or via the net. PAX, Hugh Holden HH9503@ALBNYVM From: John Morris Subject: Q: ZMODEM on VM? Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 20:00:41 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 337 (430) Does anyone know of an implementation of the ZMODEM file transfer protocol for a VM system on an IBM 7171 mainframe? John Morris, University of Alberta From: A.MM@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Austria - Multimedia, F Brody,IVC) Subject: Hypertext Conf in Milan ?? Date: 14 Aug 92 21:01 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 338 (431) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORS@BROWNVM.brown.edu I lost the information on the Hypertext Conference in Milan Nov 30 - Dec 4 - could anyone give that to me? - name - address etc. thx Florian Brody a.mm@applelink.apple.com From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Subject: Manuscript "Forgery" Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 22:43:55 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 339 (432) I received in the mail the other day xeroxed copies of three pages of a leather manuscript acquired in Egypt some years ago. The sender was seeking help on identifying the writing that covered the pages. I had no solution, but it was in some ways similar to "writing" that I had seen on some of our fragments (leather, but also papyrus) here at the University Museum. Expert opinion (from the 1930s) was that they were probably "forgeries." There must be lots of these undeciphered materials in the various manuscript collections in the world. Thus: 1. Have any careful studies been made of such materials, to determine criteria for identifying "forgery," motivation for producing such, locations, times, etc.? 2. Are the networks ready for us to start depositing graphic representations of such materials on a ListServer somewhere so that interested scholars can access them and delve more deeply into their mysteries? (The flood will have to start somewhere, if it hasn't started already; we all want to see what the materials we work with look like.) 3. Is there someone "out there" who is interested and able to take on the challenge of coordinating such efforts? There will, I'm sure, be many who will offer encouragement and support, myself included! Bob Kraft, UPenn From: Philip J. Schwarz Subject: Dating Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 17:16:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 340 (433) In order to date _A Treatise on Slavery_ (cited below), I wish to know whether the _Niles' Weekly Register_ was quoting a very recent note or one that appeared somewhat earlier. I have consulted the sources available to me here but I've failed to find the information I need. I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide to me. Please reply directly. The relevant quotations appear below. _Niles' Weekly Register_, January 21, 1826 (vol. XXIX, whole number 749), 327 : "The duke del Infantado, in a late note to the foreign ministers said~The legitimacy of kings comes from God:[,] and in virtue of it,[ ] they are the absolute masters to effect in their kingdoms[,] and among their subjects[,] whatever changes they think proper, without being bound to render [an] account thereof to any body on earth;[,] or to ask the consent of other sovereigns, and much less of their ambassadors." [Punctuation marks and one word in brackets indicate the manner in which this passage is quoted in _A Treatise on Slavery_]. _A Treatise on Slavery, By an Unknown Author, of Virginia_. n.p., n.p., 1826[?] p. 4: "It is but a few weeks since the newspapers furnished a sample of this doctrine of the divine right of kings, from one of the royal family of Spain. 'The legitimacy of kings,' says the Duke Del Infantado, 'comes from God: . . . .'," etc., as above. [See previous entry for differences between this transcription and the one in Niles'.] Thank you. **************************************** *** *** *** Philip J. Schwarz *** *** Department of History *** *** Virginia Commonwealth Univ. *** *** Box 2001 *** *** Richmond, VA 23284-2001 *** *** pschwarz@cabell.vcu.edu *** *** *** **************************************** From: Stephen Clausing Subject: computers and education Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 16:31:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 341 (434) I am preparing a course entitled "Computers and Education" and have the syllabus nearly full but am lacking a number of good, recent articles on the subject. Does anyone know about an up-to-date bibliography on this matter, or can recommend some post-1990 articles? Please respond to me directly or to Humanist. Stephen Clausing SClaus@Yalevm Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science, Yale University From: "Christian Koch (Computer Science, Oberlin College,223 King, X8831)" Subject: Statistical textbook for text analysis course? Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 16:29:16 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 342 (435) I have just been told by our local textbook store that the text I ordered (last June) for my course in computer-based, statistical text analysis is out of print, probably for good. The text is: Anthony Kenney, THE COMPUTATION OF STYLE. I now have about two weeks before classes begin to get a new textbook for the course. I am not keen on requiring a large, $50+ elementary statistical textbook since these books are not really geared to a course in text analysis. I am wondering if any of you out there have found a good statistical text for a text analysis course? The students involved are general liberal arts undergraduates. Someone called my attention to the Sage Publications series of inexpensive texts. I called Sage and they have what their marketing director says is a rave reviewed textbook called STATISTICS: A SPECTATOR SPORT ($19.95). They are sending me a copy. Perhaps some of you have used it? Thanks! Christian Koch Oberlin College Computer Science Oberlin, OH 44074 Internet: chk@occs.cs.oberlin.edu Bitnet: fkoch@oberlin From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Socially inflected pronouns Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 15:05:07 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 202 (436) The most elaborate example I know of--making "du" and "Sie" seem like very coarse distinctions indeed--is in Thai, and it is emphatically not egalitarian. When I learned spoken Thai (as supervisor of an overseas study program 10 years ago) I learned the masculine firsrt-person pronoun suitable for speaking to social equals. For women there is another form; but women professors often used an alternate instead when they spoke to male colleagues, a term indicating deference and inferiority and literally meaning "little mouse." (Not "I would like to discuss these papers with you" but "Little mouse . . ") In fact there are many different sets of pronouns designating different social relationships. To speak to the King and Queen one must employ an extremely elaborate archaic form of language used solely in those circumstances--not to mention that one must enter the room crawling forward with one's forehead pressed to the floor. One of my faculty colleagues was a shirttail relative of the royal family, and I was advised to speak with him only in English to avoid insulting him. In fact he was very accommodating--as, indeed, is the King himself. People I knew who had contact with him (in diplomatic circles and relief work) report that on meeting a foreigner he thrusts his hand forward to shake hands, forestalling any temptation at bowing, and speaks in French or English, in which the pronouns are not fraught with perils for the uninformed. One irony of the European pronouns is that, where in English one customarily speaks to God using archaisms that to most ears denote great formality and pomp, in German, Dutch, and French (and doubtless many more) one uses the terms used for one's spouse and children. And the forms are, of course, precisely parallel, except that those in English have passed out of use except in (a few) religious contexts. --David Hoekema AAA PPPP AAA Executive Director, American Philosophical Association AA AA PP PP AA AA Associate Professor of Philosophy AAAAA PPPP AAAAA University of Delaware || Phone: 302 831-1112 AA AA PP AA AA Newark, DE 19716 || FAX: 302 831-8690 AA AA PP AA AA ====After 11/4/92: Office of the Academic Deans, Calvin College =======Grand Rapids, MI 49546 == ph. 616 957-6102 fax 957-8551 From: "Patrick W. Conner" Subject: For Indologists Date: Tuesday, 18 Aug 1992 00:43:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 343 (437) One of the very best students I've had in years, a young woman from India, wants to investigat the Grhyasutras (Mimamsa & Kumarila Bhatta, if those words are relevant here) in connection with some other English texts. Since our library can't begin to support this, she wants to know if folks on HUMANIST could recommend such commentaries and critical works as are both contemporary and highly regarded by Sanskritists. Understandably, she doesn't want to begin work on the Grhyasutras by requesting things through interlibrary loan which do not represent the most profitable places to begin to acquaint herself with the works. She reads English and French, most Indic dialects (Hindi is her native language) and Sanskrit. Any and all help appreciated. --Pat From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com> Subject: Borges Story Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 23:10 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 344 (438) I'm seeking title, etc. of the Borges story cited by Foucault in the Preface to *The Order of Things* -- the one about the "Chinese encyclopedia" with the hilarious taxonomy. Any references would be greatly appreciated. George Aichele 470-5237@mcimail.com Adrian College From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Apartment in Paris Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 22:07:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 345 (439) One of my friend is looking for an apartment in downtown Paris either for the beginning of september 1992 or early in january 1993. Please contact Carole Lambert directly at the following e-address: lambert@frp8v11.bitnet Thanks. -- From: BMENK@ccr2.bbn.com Subject: Help with a quote from Nietzsche Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 12:29 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 346 (440) I'm trying to locate the source and a relatively precise English rendition of a quote from Nietzsche. The quotation is fairly popular among corporate managers these days and says, in effect: "Man is the only animal that plans...." I have tried the more common quotation dictionaries, but none of them have anything remotely resembling this. Could anyone on the list help me out? Please respond to me at the Internet address below. Thanks in advance for your help. _______________________________________________________________________________ Bobb Menk Voice: 617-873-3278 Senior Technical Librarian Fax: 617-873-2156 Bolt, Beranek & Newman Internet: bmenk@bbn.com From: NUVOLONE@CFRUNI51.BITNET Subject: PAPIEROWA REWOLUCJA Date: 12 Aug 1992 19:20 +0000 (N) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 203 (441) PAPIEROWA REWOLUCJA Underground publishing in Communist Poland Bibliotheque cantonale et universitaire, Fribourg (Switzerland), 1992, 240 s. One of the main signs of the pacific revolution which began before Solidarnosc and ended with the breaking up of Communism in Poland was the emancipation of word and writing. This book takes the reader through underground publishing in Poland from 1976 to 1990. During these 15 years, some 15 thousand titles (books, periodicals or papers) have been published, whereas thousands occasional papers were issued. Papierowa Rewolucja is one of the first publication issued in the West which talk about this phenomenon unequalled in the history of democratic opposition in East Europe. It contains 11 unpublished articles related to the numerous aspects of the question, as well as statements signed Alain Besancon, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Leszek Kolakowski and Leopold Unger. Please note that a presentation of Mr Jacek Sygnarski's private collection is part of this volume. You can find in the collection all kinds of publications edited by the Polish democratic opposition between 1976 and 1990: 4000 books, 2700 periodicals and numerous leaflets, stamps, posters, sound records, video recordings, etc. The catalogue of the collection is wholly computerized on several data bases, with complete bibliographic data and critical notes, now and then. These informations can be printed and sent on request, waiting for a direct on-line consultation. Flavio G. Nuvolone Universite de Fribourg - Misericorde (BP 23) CH - 1700 Fribourg Fax: +41 (37) 21'93'55 Email: NUVOLONE@CFRUNI51.BITNET ---------------------------------- Order form I order.... Ex. PAPIEROWA REWOLUCJA. Underground publishing in Communist Poland BCU, Fribourg (Switzerland), 1992, 240 p., SFr. 30.- Name: Christian name: Street: City: Date and signature: For further Information and secretariat: Bibliotheque Cantonale et Universitaire Rte Joseph-Piller 2 - PB 1036 CH - 1700 Fribourg Voice +41 (37) 25'13'33 or Fax +41 (37) 25'13'78 From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Job opening at APA Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 09:44:48 -0400 (66 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 204 (442) The following position announcement is posted here in the hope that it may come to the attention of some readers of HUMANIST who are not APA members but have relevant qualifications. (It has been mailed to all members of the American Philosophical Association and published in shortened form in the July 27 CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION and elsewhere.) Computer facility would be very desirable, in my judgment--it has extremely useful to me in the past 8 years. Anyone who has questions about the position and its responsibilities is welcome to contact me by e-mail or phone (addresses below). Application letters and correspondence about the search should go to the address listed in the announcement. ======================================= The American Philosophical Association seeks applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director. The Executive Director is the chief admininistrative officer of a 9000-member association which is the principal organization serving the scholarly needs and representing the professional interests of philosophers in the United States. Under the supervision of a Board of Officers, the Executive Director is responsible for the operation of the national office, for disbursement and investment of Association funds, for preparation of the publications of the APA, and for representing the APA in national consortia concerned with the humanities and higher education. He or she is assisted by a capable administrative staff and works closely with the Secretary-Treasurers of the three Divisions. The position includes half-time appointment and faculty status in the Philosophy Department of the University of Delaware, on whose campus the national office is located. Required: Ph.D. in philosophy or a related field. Highly desirable: teaching excellence, record of publication, intellectual breadth, experience in administration, capacity for leadership, and keen interest in the future of the discipline and of higher education. Salary negotiable. Term of appointment: five years, beginning August 1, 1993, or earlier by mutual agreement; renewable indefinitely. Applicants should send ten copies each of (1) a letter outlining their qualifications and goals; (2) a CV or resume; and (3) a list of 5 or more persons who may be contacted to provide a reference to: Search Committee, c/o Shirley Anderson, APA, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Members are strongly encouraged to submit nominations, for which purpose a letter containing the nominee's name and address is sufficient. Review of applications will begin on Sept. 20, 1992, and will continue until the position is filled. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. ========================================= --David Hoekema AAA PPPP AAA Executive Director, American Philosophical Association AA AA PP PP AA AA Associate Professor of Philosophy AAAAA PPPP AAAAA University of Delaware || Phone: 302 831-1112 AA AA PP AA AA Newark, DE 19716 || FAX: 302 831-8690 AA AA PP AA AA ====After 11/4/92: Office of the Academic Deans, Calvin College =======Grand Rapids, MI 49546 == ph. 616 957-6102 fax 957-8551 From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" Subject: WORKSHOP ON VERY LARGE CORPORA Date: 18 Aug 1992 13:28:20 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 205 (443) WORKSHOP ON VERY LARGE CORPORA: ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES Call for Papers WHEN: Tuesday, June 22, 1993 (just before ACL-93) WHERE: Ohio State University Sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Chemical Abstracts, Mead Data Central (MDC), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Corpus linguistics is a hot topic, and for good reason. Text is more available than ever before. And, consequently, it is easier to use corpus data more effectively than it was in the 1950s, the last time that empiricism was in fashion. All of this data provides a great opportunity, as evidenced by all of the recent activity in Europe, Asia and America. How large is ``large''? Large can mean anything from about 10^4 words to 10^9 words. This workshop will bring together a range of people working at a range of different points along this scale. We expect to hear from industrialists who routinely deliver products based on tens of billions of words of text, and from academics who will tell us about recent advances in text analysis. The discussion will hopefully push the academics to think about even larger corpora, and the industrialists to think about somewhat more ambitious analysis techniques. Authors should submit three copies of a full-length paper (5-10 pages) to the program chair by April 1, 1993. Paper submissions are strongly preferred over electronic submissions. Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent out by May 1, 1993. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) Text Analysis Techiques: - ``robust'' parsing - part of speech tagging - sense tagging - identification of phrases - collocation - morphology - discourse structure Applications: - Information Retrieval (IR) - Recognition: Speech, OCR, handwriting, etc. - Spelling Correction - Translation - Lexicography Program Chair: Kenneth Ward Church AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2b422 600 Mountain Ave Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA tel: 908-582-5325 fax: 908-582-7550 email: kwc@research.att.com From: RGLYNN@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK Subject: OED2 on CD-ROM Date: Wed, 19 AUG 92 16:56:54 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 347 (444) I have just seen the query on the availability of OED on CD-ROM (I've been out of the office for a week), so here it is straight from the horse's mouth: The Second Edition of the OED on CD-ROM was published in June in the single-user version (the network version is about to be beta- tested and should be available at the end of September). It costs 495 pounds or 895 US dollars. To get your detailed brochure contact my colleague here Janet Caldwell (email OUPJSC, same address as mine) or ring Royalynn O'Connor at our New York office (212-670-7300). Ruth Glynn CD-ROM Project Manager Electronic Publishing Oxford University Press From: (James Marchand) Subject: OED2 Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 19:49:21 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 348 (445) I just wanted to mention that the last issue of BYTE contains a review of OED2 on CD-ROM. The review is useless, but the info that Oxford is now selling it for $850.00 is welcome, since that means that the price is coming down and that the street price will be somewhat less. It is a splendid instrument, and so much better than our online version which has overlaps and no fonts. I should imagine, however, that most universities have it online in some form, and for only occasional use, one would prefer using that to an outlay of $800 + and having to contend with Windows. Jim Marchand From: James O'Donnell Subject: 6.0199 Rs: OED; CETEDOC; CALL; Guys (7/103) Date: 17 Aug 92 21:41:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 349 (446) My friend Owen Cramer has confused the benevolent gnomes of Louvain and CETEDOC (selling price, $3000 or so, second and later copies to the same institution at half price) with the *other* gnomes of Chadwyck-Healey, who charge $60,000 for something that doesn't quite exist yet. Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0199 R: CETEDOC (7/103) Date: 18 Aug 1992 11:50:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 350 (447) I believe that Owen Cramer was incorrect in quoting the price of the CETEDOC cd-rom as around $60,000. He was thinking of the fabulously expensive Chadwyk-Healey cd-rom of Migne; the CETEDOC cd is "only" around $3,000, and individual scholars whose institutions acquire the cd for the full price may buy their own copy for half-price. We have it here and are very pleased with it. Now if I can only find that rich uncle of mine.... === Mark F. Williams Internet: WILM@calvin.edu Classical Languages Voice: (616) 957-6293 Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA 49546 From: (James Marchand) Subject: OED2 on CD-ROM Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 12:49:42 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 351 (448) A good source for most PC CD-ROMs is the Bureau of Electronic Publishing, 141 New lRoad, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 1-800-828-4766. They offer the OED for $895. The OED on CD-ROM which I have works only with Windows and is a little cranky to install, but it is great. You can install all the fonts and not have garbage on your screen. Their manual is not always so good, so I got also The Research Potential of the Electronic OED2 Database at the University of Waterloo: a Guide for Scholars, by Donna Lee Berg, from the UW Centre for the New OED. This is probably on line somewhere. On what databases are available on CD-ROM, I had on HUMANIST somewhere a bibliography of CD-ROM for the humanist. If there were any interest I could update it, the list-owners willing. Jim Marchand From: Mary Whitlock Blundell Subject: New List: CLASSICS Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 21:28:40 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 207 (449) I am posting the following announcement at the request of Linda Wright, the coordinator for CLASSICS: Below is the list announcement that I sent to MEDTEXT-L, the Medieval Text discussion list, and to REACH. The list is not intended just for students. I hope that it will become more of a way for both professional Classicists and students to find out about announcements, or just general discussion on current issues. Postings have been very few so far, but a few examples are "What kind of text books are other universities using?", and a research question on Isidore of Pelusium. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASSICS Announcement CLASSICS@uwavm.u.washington.edu on internet CLASSICS@UWAVM on bitnet An unmoderated list for discussing ancient Greek and Latin subjects. This list is open to everyone interested in Classics, and prospective members are warmly welcomed. The discussions assume a background in ancient Greek and/or Latin. The CLASSICS list is neither run by nor directly affiliated with the University of Washington Classics Department. All request to be added to this list should be sent to listserv@uwavm.bitnet or listserv@uwavm.u.washington.edu with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE CLASSICS your-full-name To unsubscribe, send: UNSUBSCRIBE CLASSICS Coordinator: Linda Wright From: Thomas Zielke <113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET> Subject: re: Manuscript Forgeries Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 18:21:00 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 352 (450) Dear Bob Kraft, as to your second question, I think you might want to contact Prof. Lynn H. Nelson (LHNELSON@UKANVM) of Prof. D. J. Mabry (DJM1@MSSTATE) - both are maintaining FTP-servers that are afilliated with our History Network. On these servers you will find a large collection of texts, sources, papers and GIF-format picture files. If you are interested in storing scanned images of original manuscripts there, you should send a short letter to one of the gentlemen mentioned above to get more detailed information. Regards, Thomas Zielke Historisches Seminar Universit{t Oldenburg Postfach 2503 D-W-2900 Oldenburg From: mkerr@reed.edu Subject: forgeries Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 14:49 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 353 (451) [deleted quotation]addressing forgeries. You might start by looking at: Dutton, Denis (ed). _The forger's art:forgery and the philospohy of art_ (U of Calif. Press, Berkeley: 1983). Jones, Mark (ed). _Fake? The art of deception_ (U of Calif. Press, Berkeley: 1990). Voelke, William. _The Spanish Forger (NY, Pierpont Morgan Library: 1978). Minott Kerr Art Department Reed College Portland, OR 97202 From: LOYOLA::GEO 9-AUG-1992 10:49:10.96 Subject: Data Compression Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 07:43 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 354 (452) To: MORGAN CC: Subj: data compression For DOS machines, I'd consider only stacker. I say this because I've installed a lot of DOS software recently, and all the products anticipate that you might have stacker. In other words, it works with a lot of other software: you don't have to waste time tweaking your tools, and you can get on with your job. .... As for Macs.... Don't know. I have little to do with them anymore. I just couldn't keep up with everything, and business school texts are so DOS-dominated.... Geo From: PARKINSON@vax.oxford.ac.uk Subject: RE: 6.0202 Rs: Pronouns (1/36) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 17:45 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 355 (453) For the latest words on social meanings of pronouns, look at Peter Muhlhausler & Rom Harre, *Pronouns and People*, Blackwell 1990. The European language with the most complete system is, of course, Portuguese, where there is a large (possibly open-ended) set of status-linked third-person address forms. Stephen Parkinson, Oxford University From: BushC@yvax.byu.edu Subject: Re: 6.0197 Rs: Which Computer to Buy Date: 18 Aug 1992 12:41:43 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 210 (454) I would like to semi-seriously propose someone start a contest for the best short essay on "Which Computer to Buy" with the winning entrant(s) to be published in CHUM or the ACH Newsletter. (Richard Goerwitz' response would be an excellent candidate.) It IS a question that is frequently asked in forums such as this one, and usually generates much more smoke than light. It would be nice to have some well-thought-out answers to refer people to. ---------- Charles D. Bush EMail: BushC@Yvax.BYU.EDU Humanities Research Center HRCChuck@BYUVM.BITNET 3060 JKHB Brigham Young University Phone: 801-378-7439 Provo, Utah 84602 Fax: 801-378-4649 From: Oxford Text Archive Subject: Egg-on-tie time from the OTA Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:51:29 +0100 (BST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 356 (455) Sir and Madam, May I presume on the hospitality of your columns once more to make a correction to the announcement concerning FTP access to the Oxford Text Archive which you were kind enough to distribute a day or so ago? In the instructions specified there, I suggested that the account name "FTP" should be specified. Several people have since pointed out that for at least one popular type of computer system, this is NOT synonymous with the account name "ftp". For reasons which I do not claim to understand, still less to defend, this means that if you attempt the method outlined in my note from a computer whose operating system is *not* a brand-name of AT&T, then you can type "FTP" "ftp" or even "fTp" and access will be granted you. If however, your machine runs under the regime ordained by Kernighan, Ritchie et al. you must type "ftp" *AND SPELL IT RIGHT* i.e. in lower-case. I am currently trying to persuade people here that if they allow 'anonymous' as one valid synonym for 'ftp', then they should also allow 'FTP' as another, but don't expect to succeed. Apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this incompetence on my part. The only defence I can offer is that I did (of course) test out the method described, and from a variety of machines worldwide -- but not alas from a Un*X system! There's a moral there, somewhere. Many thanks to those who reported the error so speedily! Lou Burnard Oxford Text Archive From: Elaine M Brennan Subject: OTA Files Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 15:54:40 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 357 (456) My apologies to Lou and Alan at the Oxford Text Archive, and to everyone who tried to retrieve the OTA files from the Humanist listserv over the last 10 days or so -- I was derelict in getting the files up, and also in letting folks know that the lists were not yet available. However, both forms of the OTA list are now available -- the file names are OTALIST SGML892 for the sgml version and OTALIST FORM892 for the simple list version. Elaine From: robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) Subject: Networked Seminar on IOUDAIOS: Critique of Habakkuk Fascicle Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 21:12:19 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 212 (457) ANNOUNCEMENT: Networked Seminar to Review UBS Fascicle (Habakkuk 1) 1. ABSTRACT Readers of IOUDAIOS and other networked scholars are invited to participate in an informal electronic seminar organized for the purpose of discussing the sample fascicle of Habakkuk 1 recently released by the United Bible Societies. The network-based seminar is to be hosted on the IOUDAIOS electronic discussion group between the dates October 4, 1992 and November 14, 1992. Seminar discussion will be guided by a simple outline and schedule, but otherwise it will be unstructured and unmoderated. Participation is solicited on behalf of the UBS (as per requests cited below) and on behalf of the international community of scholars -- who may become heirs to a new "standard handbook" critical edition of the Hebrew Scriptures in about the year 2000. 2. THE SAMPLE UBS FASCICLE (HABAKKUK 1) The Hebrew Habakkuk 1 fascicle was released in May by the seven co-editors of the UBS Hebrew Old Testament Text Project (HOTTP) as an experimental prototype for a new version of Biblia Hebraica (Stuttgartensia), provisionally entitled Biblia Hebraica: Editio quinta funditus renovata</>. The fascicle itself bears the title "Habakkuk 1: An Introduction, Sample Text and Commentary offered for reaction and response"; it is 25 pages in length, spiral bound or stapled in three parts. The introduction to the Habakkuk fascicle confirms the invitation for public comment implicit in its subtitle: "We offer this sample edition for distribution among colleagues and for use in classes and seminars in the hope that we may thereby obtain reactions to the edition and its principles at a stage where its development can be refined in response to the observations of colleagues." Such invitation was extended in an "open letter" from Adrian Schenker and posted by Bob Kraft: ". . .The authors/editors consider it very important to have criticisms and comments from prospective users of such an edition, in order that the project may be improved. We would be grateful for every type of suggestion. The text may also be used in seminar-type situations, and we would be interested in any observations that arise there." (Written 19-May-1992 for the HOTTP authors and editors, by Prof. Adrian Schenker op, posted on IOUDAIOS by Robert Kraft, UPenn, August 18, 1992). 3. PARAMETERS OF THE SEMINAR DISCUSSION Consistent with the invitations cited above, the organizers of the electronic seminar sense it would be appropriate to call for critical comment in a public electronic forum. The discussion is likely to be wide-ranging, addressing not just the form and content of the fascicle, but the project scope and methodological principles underlying the new edition (cf. "'and its principles'" above). Respondents may be expected to evaluate the sample edition as measured against its own stated goals of providing a work for "specialists in textual criticism and Hebrew Bible" based upon current "standards of textual criticism." The fourth principle articulated in the introduction claims that "the edition should be capable of use by a broad audience including not only specialists in textual criticism and Hebrew Bible, but also field translation teams, clergy and students." Furthermore, In Prof. Schenker's words, the new edition endeavors to conform to and promulgate new "standards": "There is an evident need to revise and improve the critical apparatus of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia in accordance with present day standards of textual criticism." (open letter cited above.) We envision, therefore, that the seminar discussion will involve both technical comment pertaining to individual readings as well as evaluation of the UBS project in programmatic terms. Participants hitherto unfamiliar with network ethos should understand that the conversations are conducted without the flourishes of formality customary in print publications: opinions are candid and debate is sometimes sharp, but a good time is had by all. 4. SCHEDULE The seminar schedule proposed by the organizers calls for a brief period of general comment, a paced discussion of the content covering the 17 verses, and a brief period for concluding comments. In the schedule printed here, the "TOPIC" identifies the general subject material for each calendar week. The "TOPIC" also provides the suggested content for a "Subject: " line used in submissions: participants are encouraged to use these "TOPIC" lines to help specify the content of a posting. DATE TOPIC Oct 4-10 TC-Hab General Oct 11-17 TC-Hab Vss 1-7 Oct 18-24 TC-Hab Vss 8-10 Oct 25-31 TC-Hab Vss 11-13 Nov 1-7 TC-Hab Vss 14-17 Nov 8-14 TC-Hab Conclusions Thus, if you wish to contribute to the opening general discussion, you would use "TC-Hab General" for the subject line in the email message. If you want to specify some further detail, contributing to a particular thread in the conversation, use an addition to "TOPIC" in the "Subject: " line, e.g., "TC-Hab General: Length of Tiberian app crit" (cf. note 4 below). Note 1: Submissions relevant to a given "TOPIC" may be mailed to the IOUDAIOS conference in advance of the "DATE" if marked with the appropriate subject header. This strategy will allow discussion to begin on the initial day of "DATE" with *responses* to postings as well as with general postings on the "TOPIC." Note 2: Discussions begun on a topic but not concluded by week-end may continue into the following week or as long as needed for closure, so long as postings are marked with an appropriate email "Subject: " line. The schedule is meant only to help focus the discussions initially. Note 3: The schedule follows no literary-critical outline, but is based upon weekly periods and roughly equivalent text-critical fodder per text segment. Note 4: Additions to "TOPIC" are welcome in any email "Subject: " line, and would be useful to identity particular threads in a discussion. However, in order to permit the normal range of communication on IOUDAIOS (topics pertaining to First Century Judaism), we encourage participants to use the identifying "TOPIC" elements for postings pertaining to the seminar. Regular IOUDAIOS subscribers uninterested in the seminar topic will be able to disregard messages containing the "TOPIC" key words in the message subject line. 5. OBTAINING PRINT COPIES OF THE HABAKKUK FASCICLE (Assistance needed) The organizers of the seminar wish to ask for volunteers in each major country to assist in the paper-mail distribution of copies of the 25- page fascicle. If you are willing to help supply copies to interested scholars within your own country, *please* notify the sponsors by email, phone or fax immediately (addresses below). During September, we will post updated lists of addresses from which the fascicle is available -- if anyone volunteers to help. Otherwise, please follow these guidelines in obtaining your copy: (a) If possible, obtain a copy of the fascicle from colleagues in local universities and towns, as no official budget is available to the organizers to subvent massive mailing costs. (b) If you cannot locate a copy locally or through colleagues in your host country, you may request a copy from one of the following sources. We would normally expect to receive such a request via email; if making a request by postal mail, you should seek confirmation of your request via voice or FAX rather than assuming receipt of surface mail by the addressee. For our accounting purposes: please supply your email address when making request for a fascicle copy via postal mail. Germany and environs: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft **Email not available; Attn: Habakkuk Fascicle Request confirm receipt of Postfach 810340 request via phone D-7000 Stuttgart 80 or FAX** GERMANY Phone: 49 711 71810 FAX: 49 711 7181126 Canada (E) and environs: David J. Reimer Religion & Culture Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA N2L 3C5 Phone: (519) 884-1970 x2680 Fax: (519) 886-9351 Email (Internet): dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca US (NE) and environs: Robert Kraft Box 36, College Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303 Phone: (215) 898-5827 Email (Internet): kraft@penndrls.upenn.edu US (NE) and environs: Alan Groves Westminster Theological Seminary PO Box 27009 Philadelphia, PA 19118 Phone: (215) 887-5511 Email (Internet): groves@penndrls.upenn.edu US (SW) and environs: Robin Cover 6634 Sarah Drive Dallas, TX 75236 Phone: (214) 296-1783 FAX: (214) 709-3387 Email (Internet): robin@utafll.uta.edu Volunteers willing to help with distribution in Israel and the UK (in particular) are encouraged to contact the organizers. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER MAILINGS; TRANSLITERATIONS One or more additional postings pertaining to the electronic conference may be circulated on IOUDAIOS, but these messages will not be essential for your participation: *this* is the only information file you need. For example, we will post one or more files containing electronic copy of the Hebrew text of Habakkuk 1 which assist you in composing submissions. However, you are not required to follow any particular transcription scheme for Hebrew and other languages normally written in non-roman script: just use a romanization scheme that is unambiguous for your particular purposes. Occasional postings from the organizers containing the subject line: 'TC-Hab (ADMIN)' will identify any messages pertaining to general administrative matters. Technical questions pertaining to the operation of the IOUDAIOS LISTSERVer should be directed to David Reimer; questions about procedural matters may be addressed to any (or all) of the four sponsors named in section (8) below. 7. SUBSCRIPTION TO THE IOUDAIOS LIST Anyone not currently on IOUDAIOS may subscribe to the IOUDAIOS electronic discussion forum for the duration of the seminar. Simply send an electronic mail message to listserv@vm1.yorku.ca with the following content as the first and only line: sub ioudaios YOUR NAME substituting your first and last names for "YOUR NAME." BITNET users may need to use the host name YORKVM1 rather than the Internet style host name (vm1.yorku.ca), depending upon mailer software on local machines. As a subscriber, you will receive all mailings from IOUDAIOS automatically. To terminate a "subscription," issue a command to the same address (listserv@vm1.yorku.ca or listserv@YORKVM1): signoff ioudaios To contribute to the seminar, send email messages to the IOUDAIOS forum (*NOT* to the LISTSERVer) with an appropriate "Subject: " line as illustrated in section (4) above. The electronic address for submissions to the forum is: ioudaios@vm1.yorku.ca (or ioudaios@YORKVM1). For further information on use of the LISTSERVer which supports IOUDAIOS, contact David Reimer (address in section 5 above). 8. YOUR GLOBAL SPONSORS This experimental seminar is brought to you courtesy of representatives from the following institutions: CARG: SBL/AAR Computer Assisted Research Group (Program Co-Chair, Robin Cover) CCAT: UPenn Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts (Coordinator of External Services, Bob Kraft; Director, James O'Donnell) IOUDAIOS: First Century Judaism (Electronic) Discussion Forum (Coordinator, David Reimer) WTS/AIBI: Westminster Theological Seminary/Association Internationale Bible et Informatique (Hebrew Morphology Project, Alan Groves) These sponsors and their institutional affiliates imply no endorsement of the content in the UBS documents reviewed, and assume no responsibility for the content of public discussion generated during the seminar. The sponsors' addresses are supplied in section (5) above. (rcc/8/21/92) From: "Peter D. Junger" <JUNGER@CWRU> Subject: The Ubiquity of Borges Date: Fri, 20 Jul 90 17:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 213 (458) In my original inquiry wondering where in Borges's writings there appears the passage about the various types of animals that Feinman quotes Foucault as quoting from Borges, I quoted the passage as it appears in Feinman, The Jurisprudence of Classification, 41 Stan. L. Rev. 661, 662 (1989). Yesterday, after the members of HUMANIST had informed me that an English version of the passage appears in the essay "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" at pages 141-43 of E.R. Monegal and A. Reid, Borges: A Reader (New York: Dutton, 1981), I picked up a copy of that collection. The translation there, by Ruth L.C. Simms, varies slightly from the version that I quoted. That slight variation strikes me as a great improvement and so I take the liberty of now giving Simms's English version, which has the advantage of not having been filtered through the French of M. Foucault, that appears in Monegal and Reid at page 142. But first let me remind you of the context in which the passage appears, since the essay reminds me vividly of a recent scholarly discussion in HUMANIST (a discussion that I appreciated, but could hardly understand). Borges is discussing Wilkins' effort to generate a general language "that would organize and contain all human thought." Wilkins divided the universe into forty categories or classes, which were then subdivisible into differences, subdivisible in turn into species. To each class he assigned a monosyllable of two letters; to each difference, a consonant; to each species, a vowel. For example _de_ means element; _deb_, the first of the elements, fire; _deba_, a portion of the element of fire, a flame. In a similar language invented by Letellier (1850) _a_ means animal; _ab_, mammalian; _abi_, herbivorous; _abiv_, equine; _abo_, carnivorous; _aboj_, feline; _aboje_, cat; etc. In the language of Bonifacio Sotos Ochando (1845) _imbaba_ means building; _imaca_, brothel; _imafe_, hospital; _imafo_, pesthouse; _imari_, house; _imaru_ country estate; _imede_, pillar; _imedo_, post; _imego_, floor; _imela_, ceiling; _imogo_, window; _bire_, bookbinder, _birer_, to bind books. . . . _Idem_ at 141-42. Borges is not totally satisfied with Wilkins' universal language, and that is where the passage that originally caught my attention appears: These ambiguities, redundancies, and deficiencies recall those attributed by Dr. Franz Kuhn to a certain Chinese encyclopedia entitled _Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge_. On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into: (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a very fine camel's-hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance. _Idem_ at 142. But what is interesting is the way that Borges seems to have prefigured the entire content of this HUMANIST list. Thus in discussing the notation used by Wilkins, Borges had already noted (at page 141) that "Descartes had already noted in a letter dated November 1629 that by using the decimal system of numeration we could learn in a single day to name all quantities to infinity, and to write them in a new language, the language of numbers." And then he adds, in a footnote, in what strikes me as the perfect marriage of humanism and computer bits: Theoretically, the number of systems of numeration is unlimited. The most complex (for the use of divinities and angels) would record an infinite number of symbols, one for each whole number; the simplest requires only two. Zero is written 0, one 1, two 10, three 11, four 100, five 101, six 110, seven 111, eight 1000. . . . It is the invention of Leibniz, who was apparently stimulated by the enigmatic hexagrams of the Yi tsing. And this, in turn, should, of course, lead us--at least those of us who have read Quine's variation on the theme in his "Quiddities"--to Borges' "The Total Library" (which appears in Monegal and Reid at pages 94-96) where it is proposed that, by the use of twenty-five symbols (twenty-two letters, the space, the period, the comma), left to chance recombination and repetition, one could write "everything it is possible to express: in all languages." But, of course, we know--and surely Borges already knew--that only the two binary symbols of Leibniz are needed to express that universal library, though whether the coding should be ASCII or EBCDIC is a matter perhaps best left unresolved. (It was Quine who pointed out--or so it must appear in one of the books in the Total Library--who pointed out that one would need only two books, one containing just the symbol `1', the other just the symbol `0', plus some simple rules for stringing them together, to represent all the information contained in that library.) Now, if this is true, then I have in my head--like Funes the Memorious (who appears in "Fragment on Joyce" in Monegal and Reid at pages 134-36), but more so--the contents (or, at least, the means of generating the contents) of every book that could ever be written. And if that is so, then this message has, sub species aeternitas, been written by Borges, or by me, or by Pierre Menard, and need not be repeated here. Peter D. Junger Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH Internet: JUNGER@SAMSARA.LAW.CWRU.Edu -- Bitnet: JUNGER@CWRU From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: help with a quote from Nietzsche Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 20:21 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 358 (459) I believe the quote from Nietzsche that Bobb Menk asked about is from the _Genealogy of Morals_, from part 8 of the second section, "`Schuld', `schlechtes Gewissen', und Verwandtes." In the original it reads: "der Mensch bezeichnete sich als das Wesen, welches Werte misst, wertet und misst als das `abschaetzende Tier an sich'." There's a translation of the whole book by Walter Kaufmann, published by Vintage. Michael Ossar Kansas State University From: James Marchand <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: grhya-sutras Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 08:28:04 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 359 (460) I am sure you will get many answers on this one. The grhya-sutras are instructions on Vedic conduct of life, particularly on the rituals "at the hearth". Grhya "domestic" su:tra "thread". Much as in Old Icelandic tha/ttr "thread, then chapter in a book", su:tra came to mean chapter in Sanskrit. Your first port of call ought to be a general bibliography such as J. Michael Mahar, India. A Critical Bibliography (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1964). He will lead you to series such as The Sacred Books of the East, the Harvard Oriental Series and the London Oriental Series, where many of the texts are found in translation. Murray B. Emenau has _A Union List of Printed Indic Texts and Translations in American Libraries_ (New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1935), which will help you in finding where items are. The standard Vedic bibliography is Louis Renou, Bibliographie Vedique (Paris: Maisonneuve, 1931), continued by Ramchandra N. Dundekar, Vedic Bibliography (Bombay: Karnatak Publishing House {write for their catalogue}, 1946). To shorten this, Arthur A. Macdonell and A. B. Keith, the two authorities on the subject, teamed up to write _Vedic Index of Names and Subjects_ 2 vols. (London: J. Murray, 1912), which is particularly good for things like the grhya-sutras (brahmanas). This could continue, since it is a huge subject. I should point out in passing that many of the classical texts have been reprinted in India for a fraction of the cost. A simple f t grhya# into our library at the University of Illinois yielded the following items of interest to your subject: 1. Sen, Chitrabhanu, A dictionary of the Vedic rituals : based on the Srauta and Grhya sutras / 1st ed. 1978, c1976. 172 p., :6: leaves of plates ocm03-877694 2. Asvalayanagrhyasutra. Asvalayanagrhyasutram : Narayanakrtavrtti-Grhyaparisista-Bhattakumarila-k arikasahitam / Nutaneyamankanavrttih. 1978. 223, 17, 14, 2 p. ocm06-148158 3. Asvalayanagrhyasutra. English & Sanskrit. Asvalayana grhyasutram, with Sanskrit commentary of Narayana / 1st ed. 1976. xvi, 225 p. ocm03-482592 4. Baudhayana. The Bodhayana grhyasutra / 1982. xviii, 503 p. ocm11-042760 5. Narayanabhatta Arade, Grhyagnisagarah / 1986. 18, 231 p. ocm19-669604 6. Sankhayanagrhyasutra. Rgvediyam Sankhayanagrhyasutram / 2nd rev. ed. 1987. xviii, 56, 203, xv p. ocm18-168374 7. Baudhayana. Sri Grhyasutram / Prathamavrttih. 1986- v. 1-2 ocm21-332280 8. Krshna Lala, GRHYA-MANTRA AURA UNAKA VINIYOGA. uc 19-056652 9. LELE, BHALCHANDRA CHINTAMAN. SOME ATHARVANIC PORTIONS IN THE GRHYA-SUTRAS 1927. uc 05-019107 10. Ceylon. RAJYA BHASA DEPARTAMENTUVA. PARIBHASIKA SABDA MALAVA: GRHYA VIDYAVA. uc 20-014295 11. PARASKARAGRHYASURTRA. PARASKARA GRHYASURTRA. VARANASI, 1970. uc 19-056662 12. Sanatana vivaha paddhatih : Paraskara Grhyasutranusara sangopanga, caturthi karmasahita / sampadaka Krsnananda Sastri. 1. samskarana. Jalandhara : Bharatiya Samskrta Bhavana, 1986. 11, 76 p. : ill. ; ocm22-731666 Among libraries in your area, Vanderbilt (Joint University Libraries) has a fair Oriental collection, due to the labors of Tolman, Stonecipher and Johnson. From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: CTICML Publications Date: Tue,25 Aug 92 09:40:59 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 360 (461) The Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) Centre for Modern Languages, based at the University of Hull, provides advice and information on all aspects of Computer Assisted Language Learning. Services include consultancy, seminars, workshops and conferences, as well as answering enquiries from individuals. Funded by the Universities Funding Council, CTI services are aimed primarily at teachers in the UK higher education sector. There is considerable demand for the publications of the CTI Centre for Modern Languages outside the funded constituency, and these are available at the following rates for 1993: ReCALL Journal, issued twice a year and ReCALL\NewsSheets, issued 2/3 times a year - Europe #15, other countries #25. ReCALL Software Guide 1992 edition - UK #7, Europe #9, other countries #12 CALL Bibliography by Mike Levy (1991) - UK #2, Europe #3, other countries #4. Intelligent CALL (ICALL) Bibliography by Clive Matthews (1992) - free of charge within the UK, elsewhere #4. Proceedings of the ICALL Workshop, UMIST, September 1991 - UK #4, Europe #5, other countries #7. All prices include postage by airmail. Cheques should be in pounds sterling, made payable to the University of Hull. Contact: Mrs June Thompson, Centre Manager, CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, tel 0482 466373, fax 0482 465991, JANET email CTI.Lang@uk.ac.hull. From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Language Methodology documentary Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 14:33:26 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 361 (462) I recently saw a preview of an exciting documentary on language teaching which HUMANIST readers in North America may be able to watch. Dartmouth College professor John A. Rassias was invited by the Chinese government several years ago to train their top new and established language teachers at Beijing Normal University for a six-week period. The documentary "Rassias in China" will be shown on Public Broadcasting Stations nationwide at either 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time (depending on region) on Monday, Sept. 7, 1992. Check local listings for possible variations on the date & time. Cordially, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College From: Richard Bear <RBEAR@OREGON> Subject: Coleridge Bibliography Available Date: 24 Aug 1992 16:51:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 362 (463) I have a bibliography I pulled together last spring which is available to anyone who needs it: some 850+ citations on S.T. Coleridge, with an emphasis on _Biographia Literaria_, _The Friend_, and "Dejection." Will email to enquirers. ********************************* | *********************************** *Disclaimer: my opinions, when at | )_) | * *their best, resemble those of )_))_))_) Richard Bear * *Karl Popper, not those of \)_))_))_)) * *my employers. (-----------/ rbear@oregon.uoregon.edu* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* From: David E. Latane <dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu> Subject: Victorians Institute Meeting Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 16:40:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 363 (464) The Victorians Institute will hold its 22nd Annual Conference on October 2-3, 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina. Tennyson 2000: Rethinking and Reappraisal Session I "Disfiguring Consolation: The Dramatic Form of Tennyson's Elegies." Michael T. Williamson, Rutgers University. "'O Damned Vacillating State': The Victorian Psychoanalytic Allegory in *The Palace of Art*" Trevor McNeely, Brandon University. "Justice Recalled: Old Ghosts, New Voices." Bonnie T. Yarbrough, Skidmore College. "The Garden and the Empire: Family Drama and Global Politics in Tennyson's Poetry." Mary Ellis Gibson, UNC-Greensboro. Session II "Mr. Hallam and Mr. Hyde: *In Memoriam* and Masculine Desire." Martin Danahay, Emory University. "Teaching Tennyson's *In Memoriam*: Getting over 'Get over it Tennyson.'" Nicola Thompson, Carleton College. "Re-examining Dreams in *In Memoriam.* Jonathan Glance, Mercer University. Session III "Possessing Tennyson's 'living soul' in the late Twentieth Century." Mary Saunders, Hampden-Sydney College. "*Enoch Arden* and the Sensational 60s." J. Gerard Dollar, Siena College. "Tropical Fantasies, Victorian Manhood: Tennyson and Kingsley Among the Lotos-Eaters." James Eli Adams, Indiana University. "Contesting the 'Master" Works: Tennyson's and Walcott's Appropriations of Homer." Linda K. Hughes, Texas Christian University. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Columbus in Chains: Tennyson and the Conquests of the Monologue." Herbert F. Tucker, Jr., University of Virginia. Information about the Institute. Registration fee is $30, which includes luncheon on Saturday, 3 October.(Check is payable to "Victorians Institute." An additional $15 is required for reservations on the boat cruise of Charleston harbor on friday evening. (Check payable to "The Citadel.") The Institute is jointly sponsored by The Citadel and the College of Charleston. Further information: Dennis Goldsberry Department of English College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29424 803-792-5664. or David Latane dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU> Subject: Library Trends 40(4) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 14:57:13 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 217 (465) Many of you may not regularly see _Library_Trends_, but may wish to examine the issue cited above, received this week. Each issue of LT is devoted to a single topic, and this issue of over 200 pages is dedicated to "Electronic Information for the Humanities", edited by Mark Stover. Some of the articles include: User Instruction Issues for Databases in the Humanities Electronic Journals in the Humanities: A Survey and Critique Religious Studies and Electronic Information: A Librarian's Perspective Electronic Texts in English and American Literature Humanists, Libraries, Electronic Publishing, and the Future. There are many other articles as well; those mentioned above are just to give you an indication of the breadth of coverage. Those who want a personal copy can purchase one for $18.50, postpaid, from U of Illinois Press, Champaign, IL 61820. Disclaimer: I have no connection with the journal, the editor of this issue, U of I Press, etc. dan ***************************************************************************** * Dan Lester Bitnet: alileste@idbsu * * Associate University Librarian Internet: alileste@idbsu.idbsu.edu * * Boise State University * * Boise, Idaho 83725 BSU and I have a deal: I don't speak * * 208-385-1234 for them and they don't speak for me. * ***************************************************************************** From: Michael Feld <feld@ccu.UManitoba.CA> Subject: Cultural_Literacy Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 11:02:27 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 218 (466) I did pretty well on the _Cultural Literacy_ test: 98%. (My wife did better, 100%, but then she has the better mind, and was born and raised in the States; and just you try a Canadian cult lit equivalency test and see how you like it! But I digress.) Bette Bao Lord introduces a much harder test of cultural adequacy, one she says the State Department obliged her to pass before they'd let her fiance, their employee, marry her. What follow are questions appearing on pp. 11-12 of her book _Legacies_. How well can you cope? (Both my wife and I bomb out): Who is Vardis Fisher? What ingredients go into a Death in the Afternoon cocktail? State the difference between a mazurka and a pavane. Name the starting lineup of the Green Bay Packer, the capitals of all the West African countries, the order in which the thirteen original colonies were settled. (How well would Mr. Hirsch do, do you suppose?) From: bob_taylor@nwu.edu (Bob Taylor) Subject: Academic Computing Jobs at Northwestern University Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:48:07 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 219 (467) We are creating three new job slots at Northwestern University in academic computing. All three are senior positions and we hope to choose from candidates with considerable experience in guiding academic computing projects for instruction and research. Two of the positions are with the Instructional Technology Group and the third is with the Advanced Technology Group. We expect to fill these positions during the month of October. 1. Instructional Technology Specialist. The Instructional Technology Group at Academic Computing and Network Services seeks two people with experience integrating computing and networking technologies into undergraduate education. Must be able to work effectively with university departments in planning, developing, and supporting specific instructional technology projects. Will provide technical support to faculty on classroom presentation software; multimedia hardware and software; instructional software projects; communications and conferencing software. Experience in leading academic computing projects at a research university is desireable. Experience in designing and developing electronic classrooms (with multimedia projection) a plus. Experience working with faculty on the instructional uses of PAT, Perseus, Maple, Hypercard, collaborative writing software, or similar programs is desireable. Must be comfortable giving demonstrations and seminars to a university audience. IBM PC and Macintosh experience essential, Unix experience a plus. College degree or equivalent required; advanced degree in either the humanities or the sciences is a plus. 2. Computer and Communications Specialist The Advanced Technology Group of Academic Computing and Network Services at Northwestern University seeks a person with demonstrated experience exploring and evaluating new computing technologies. Will work to integrate new technologies into research and instruction at Northwestern University. Must be able to initiate contact with faculty and work effectively with them on collaborative projects. Must have the ability to work independently on special planning and implementation projects. Should be comfortable offering demonstrations and workshops. Need to demonstrate technical expertise in at least one of the following areas: multimedia, graphics/animation, visualization, communications, artificial intelligence, distributed computing, information services, data base or user interface. Moderate programming experience or comparable experience with user tools and authoring systems. Macintosh experience essential, IBM PC experience desirable, UNIX a plus. Complete job descriptions for all of these positions are available by anonymous ftp beginning September 1. The files will be in ASCII format and will be found at ftp.acns.nwu.edu in the directory /pub/acns-jobs. ---Bob Taylor Manager, Instructional Technology Group Academic Computing and Network Services Northwestern University 2129 North Campus Drive Fax: (708) 491-3824 Evanston, IL 60208 bob_taylor@nwu.edu From: FRAE141@UTXVMS Subject: Request for addresses Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:33 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 364 (468) I am asking a favor for a friend and colleague, Joe Carter in the Classics Dept. here at the Univ. of Texas, Austin. He is trying to establish e-mail contact with two people and/or their institutions: Dr. M. Zolotarev or M. Makarenkov at Chersonessky Zapovednik (i.e. the Chersones State Historical-archeological Museum) Sevastopol 335045 The Cremia, Ukraine AND Dr. Jurii Vinogradov at the Institute of World History Leninsky Prospect 32A 117334 Moscow Russia We would be most grateful for any help that can be provided, either directly or indirectly (i.e. a contact that could lead to another...) Joe Carter is at Bitnet: ClasArch@UTxvm Internet: ClasArch@UTxvm.cc.utexas.edu I am at the same, with the prefix reading RDawson. Apologies for cross-listings, and merci. --Bob Dawson French-Italian UnivTx-Austin From: Paul Pascal <paulpasc@u.washington.edu> Subject: Baffling text Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:22:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 365 (469) I recently circulated the following message on the list ARCANA. This produced a few interesting replies, but no solutions. I am now intrigued more than ever, and want to go one more round, exposing the puzzle to the full potency of the erudition represented by HUMANIST. The offer at the end still goes: All the recent talk on this list about runes and alphabets inspires me to hope that one of you out there may finally be able to solve a puzzle that has been bothering me for a long time. The original English edition of Ernst Robert Curtius' *European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages* (Bollingen Series XXXVI, 1953, Pantheon Books) came equipped with a dust jacket on the front of which is a representation of an ancient book roll overlaid by four lines of alphabetic characters. The alphabet includes a few archaic Greek letter forms (rather inappropriately for this particular book, it would seem), but all of it can be represented well enough on a standard keyboard, except for one instance of koppa (somewhat like a Q) and two of pi (in an early form, with a short right element). The four lines (which are not symmetrically laid out on a grid) read as follows: M O I P (koppa) R T N S I H K F L V (pi) D C E R A D C M H L N P (pi) O R S V X H E K N I This may well be gibberish, and the alphabet itself appears to be an impossible composite. Can anyone cast any light? If you are interested and would like to verify my transcription, but can't find a copy of the original dust jacket, let me know and I will send you a Xerox. From: John T. Harwood <JTH@psuvm.psu.edu> Subject: International Phonetic Fonts Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:24:11 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 366 (470) I am interested in finding phonetic fonts for the IBM, preferably to be used with WP5.1. I would appreciate any information concerning any type of phonetic font program which would give me the full range of Int'l Phonetic Alphabet symbols for the IBM. From: Skip Knox <DUSKNOX@IDBSU> Subject: Re: 6.0218 Qs: Cultural Literacy (1/21) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 11:19:31 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 367 (471) Well, I know who Vardis Fisher was, but then I live in Idaho so maybe that's cheating. The questions about cocktails and the Green Bay Packers dates this exam to the 1960s, probably later rather than earlier. Is the writer really serious that such questions were (or are) administered to those who wish to become citizens? They read like questions from a game show. Ellis "Skip" Knox dusknox@idbsu.idbsu.edu PC Coordinator & Faculty Computer Lab Supervisor Professor of History Boise State University Boise, Idaho From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: 6.0202 Qs: Indologists; Quotes and Stories; Paris (4/76) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:16:18 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 368 (472) [deleted quotation] See "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" in the Borges collection called *Other Inquisitions*. Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: <KEHANDLEY@amherst> Subject: Pogo Date: 27 Aug 1992 13:21:47 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 222 (473) Hi. Walt Kelly's _Pogo_ is finally being reprinted in its (projected) entirety. Volume 1 was published this month, but I suspect that volume 2's arrival will depend in part upon how quickly volume 1 sells, so I encourage all Humanists and their libraries to buy it. It is about 11 x 8.5 inches in size, with two strips reproduced per page. It has 68 pages of strips plus an introduction by R.C. Harvey. The strips originally ran in the _New York Star_ from Oct. 4, 1948 to Jan. 28, 1949 and in national syndication from May 16, 1949 to June 25, 1949. It is published by Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, Washington ISBN 1-56097-018-9 US$9.95 in paperback only. I'll also note that Al Capp's _Li'l Abner_ (the other "darling" comic strip of post-war academia) is also being reprinted, and volumes 1 through 13 are available from Kitchen Sink Press. Each volume reprints about a year's worth of strips, with the best possible production values. We are getting to the meatiest period in the strip: the Shmoos are introduced in volume 14. _LA_ is also available in hard cover. And, while I'm at it, the darling of pre-war academia, George Herriman's _Krazy Kat_ is also being reprinted. There are about 9 volumes available from Eclipse Publishing, starting about 1916, and 2 volumes from Kitchen Sink, from c. 1934-36 (the KS volumes will probably not continue due to the bankruptcy of the packager of the strips). I mention these because they may (should) be of interest to the members of Humanist, and I want them to sell enough so that the series' may continue. I have no interest in Fantagraphics, Kitchen Sink, or Eclipse, except as a happy reader who doesn't want it to end; certainly I get no money from anything they sell. Further details about these projects and other comic-strip and -book reprints can be had from me via e-mail. Keith Handley, Amherst College Academic Computer Center kehandley@amherst, kehandley@amherst.edu From: Elaine M Brennan <ELAINE@BROWNVM> Subject: Apologies for Humanist's Unwarranted Silence Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 21:10:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 223 (474) My apologies to all loyal Humanist readers who must have wondered what kind of a black hole it was that we at Brown had fallen into. Neither Allen nor I expected that Humanist would be silent so long -- we did expect a brief hiatus (during a usually quiet time of the year), while I drove from San Francisco to Providence; Allen was simultaneously engaged in the arduous and exhausting tasks of grant writing and submission which tend to preclude any other activities at all. My return to Providence, however, was also marked with a descent into unrelieved chaos that hasn't yet quite given up the ghost, but with which I have come to a semi-harmonious agreement -- the chaos can have 90% of my attention and time for the foreseeable future; Humanist can have a portion of the rest. We now return you to (I hope) regularly scheduled Humanist postings; my apologies to all of you who have suffered delays in seeing your posts reach their public. Elaine From: P_EMISON@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: Conference announcement Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:22:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 224 (475) Renaissance scholars, The following is an announcement of the next meeting of the New England Renaissance conference. The announcement is in LaTex and is two pages long. If you are able to print it out, please post a copy at your local institution. If you do not have access to LaTeX, or don't know how to use it, or prefer not to, Patricia Emison, P_EMISON@UNHH.UNH.EDU, and I will be glad to send you a copy by old fashioned post. I will also be glad to answer any questions. It is not too difficult to ignore the typesetting commands to get the basic information if you are in a hurry. Sincerely, Patricia Emison -----------------------------------clip here----------------------------------- \documentstyle{article} \pagestyle{empty} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.5in} \setlength{\textwidth}{7.5in} \setlength{\textheight}{10.5in} \setlength{\topmargin}{-1.2in} \setlength{\parindent}{0in} \begin{document} \date{} \centerline{\huge THE NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE} \vspace{.05in} \centerline{\large \sl of the Renaissance Society of America} \vspace{.1in} \centerline{\em Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at the University of New Hampshire} \vspace{.1in} \centerline{Friday and Saturday, October 9 \& 10, 1992 \hspace{.3in} Durham, N.H.} \vspace{.23in} \centerline{\large \bf {THE PROGRAM}} \vspace{.1in} \centerline{Friday, October 9} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Registration and Informal Reception, 1-3 P.M.} \centerline{{\bf The Woodman Consort:} {\em Music from the Court of Lorenzo de' Medici}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Welcoming remarks by Dr. Walter Eggers, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 3 P.M. } \vspace{.18in} \centerline{{\bf Session I}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{{\large \bf Roland Greene, Harvard University}} \centerline{{\large \em The International Wyatt, the Imperial Sidney}} \vspace{.18in} \centerline{{\large \bf Anne van Buren, Tufts University, Retired}} \centerline{{\large \em The Changing View of History in Fifteenth-Century France}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Chairperson: Elizabeth Hageman} \vspace{.18in} \centerline{Cocktails and Reception, 5:30 P.M.} \centerline{Banquet (by reservation), 6:30 P.M.} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{{\large Evening Speaker: \bf Katharine Park, Wellesley College}} \centerline{{\large \em Wonders of Nature: Renaissance Science and the Culture of the Marvelous}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Introduction: William Jones} \vspace{.18in} \centerline{{\bf The Hampshire Consort:} {\em Music of the Age of Exploration}} \centerline{$\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star \star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star \star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star \star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star\star \star\star\star\star\star$} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Saturday, October 10} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Coffee and Doughnuts, 9:00 A.M.} \vspace{.18in} \centerline{{\bf Session II}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{\large \bf Marcia Hall, Temple University} \centerline{\large {\em 1492: Florentine Art at the Time of the Death of Lorenzo de' Medici}} \vspace{.18in} \centerline{\large \bf Guido Ruggiero, University of Connecticut} \centerline{\large {\em The Abbot's Concubine: Illicit Sex and Microstrategies of Power at the End of the Renaissance}} \vspace{.07in} \centerline{Chairperson: Patricia Emison} \vspace{.12in} \centerline{Luncheon buffet (by reservation), 12 noon} \pagebreak \parbox[t]{6.66in} {{\Large The New England Renaissance Conference}\\ { of the \large\em Renaissance Society of America}\\[.8ex] \makebox[.1in]{}Center for the Humanities\\[-.3ex] \makebox[.1in]{}University of New Hampshire\\[-.3ex] \makebox[.1in]{}Durham, New Hampshire\ \ 03824} \vspace*{2.1 in} \begin{flushleft} {\tiny Adamo Scultori after Michelangelo, from the Sistine lunette\\[-.07in] inscribed Aminadab, B. 86. Collection of P. Emison.} \end{flushleft} \setlength{\parskip}{.05in} \vspace{.16in} {\bf \large Hotels offering group rate:}\\ Please book directly with hotel before Sept. 9 and identify yourself as a member of the New England Renaissance Conference.\\ {\bf New England Center}. On campus. 603-862-2801. (\$39 $+$ tax, single or double).\\ {\bf Anchorage Motor Inn, Rochester}. 603-332-3350. Exit 12 off Spaulding Turnpike. (\$45.95 single, \$55.95 double $+$ tax). {\bf \large Hotels not offering group rate:} \\ {\bf Friendship Inn in Dover}, 603-742-4100; {\bf Days Inn in Dover}, 603-742-0400. Both \$54 single $+$ tax. {\bf \large Directions to Conference Site:}\\ The Thompson School of Applied Science, UNH, is on the right side of Mast Road, with parking behind. {\em \large From Boston:} Take 95N to Portsmouth. Take the left lane Exit~4 to Spaulding Turnpike and Route~4. Take exit~6W from Spaulding to Route~4. Take exit for Route 108 and turn left. After gas stations, bear right. Road turns right past Post Office. At traffic island, bear left. Turn right (west) onto Main St. Follow Main Street west over railroad tracks, turn right on Mast Road. {\em \large From points southwest:} Take 495 until it joins 95 and then proceed as {\em From Boston}. {\em \large From Portland:} take 95 south to Portsmouth. Take exit 5, following signs to Spaulding Turnpike and Route 4. Then as {\em From Boston}. {\em \large From points due west:} Take Route 4 east. Take exit for 155A and go right. Continue straight, and turn left at second sign for Mast Rd., after greenhouses. {\bf \large Bus service:} C \& J Trailways, 603-868-7097. 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Sigdoc92" <sigdoc92@bnr.ca> Subject: SIGDOC'92 Advance Program-- 'Going Online' Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:08:00 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 225 (476) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOING ONLINE The New World of Multimedia Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGDOC '92 The 10th Annual International Conference Program and Registration October 13-16, 1992, The Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada Sponsored by The Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Documentation (SIGDOC) in cooperation with Northern Telecom and Bell- Northern Research PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ------------------ While words will always be important to technical documentation, increasingly they are recognized as only the beginning. New options, in the form of online and multimedia information, are redefining our craft. Technical documents are no longer just "read". By means of hypertext, animation, links to databases, illustrations, and video sequences, documents are "explored". Their "readers" learn from text, graphics, video images, and sound and are guided by their own interests, expertise, and need for information. Readers of multimedia documents become, in effect, co-authors of personally tailored documents that are experienced differently by every reader. Online capabilities are growing to meet our imaginative drive to develop multimedia documents that make complex systems accessible to users. But we must bring to bear on these new forms our experience--in document management, quality control, and presentation techniques--gained through working with printed documentation. We must build on this knowledge and modify it to successfully create the multimedia documents that challenge not only our notions of information presentation, but also our understanding of document form and use. SIGDOC'92 is a conference examining design, process, quality, tools, applications, and costs and benefits of multimedia documentation. Join us as we venture into the new world through --a keynote address by Theodor Holm Nelson --pre-conference tutorials --presentations by speakers from around the world --demonstrations of multimedia documents and tools --opportunities to share your experience and learn from fellow professionals Read on for more information on conference sessions, events, and attractions! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Full- and half-day tutorials. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Welcoming reception WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Demonstration Room 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Job Corner 9:00 am - 10:30 am Sessions Session 1 Electronic documentation system: Using automated hypertext techniques for technical support services P. Morse, V. Konstantinou, University of Westminster, United Kingdom A critical assessment of the minimalist approach to documentation H. van der Meij, Twente University, The Netherlands Session 2 Internationalizing online information C.K. Merrill, M. Shanoski, Sykes Enterprises, Inc., U.S.A Developing hypertext documents for an international audience E. Spragins, North Carolina State University, U.S.A. Session 3 Navigating online information: A characterization of extralinguistic factors that influence user behavior B. Mehlenbacher, North Carolina State University, U.S.A. Test early, test often: A formative usability kit for writers S. Kohn Kaminsky, Bell-Northern Research, Canada 11:00 am - 12:00 noon Welcome Address by John Brockmann 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm Exhibits 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm Luncheon and Address by Edward Tufte 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Sessions Session 4 A multimedia and multisource document editor of an open architecture Jin-Kun Lin, University of North Carolina, U.S.A. A multiple presentation document management system A. Celentano, et al., Politecnico di Milano, Italy Session 5 Online information and reduced interval in publishing: Impact on the information developing cycle P. Fournier, Bell-Northern Research, Canada Seven (plus or minus two) things to remember about producing multimedia documentation C. Titta, J. Johnson, Communitec Inc., U.S.A. Session 6 Converting to online: A case history A. Harrington, Digital Equipment Corporation, U.S.A. Online help: Exploring static information or constructing personal and collaborative solutions using hypertext D. Selfe, et al., Michigan Technological University, U.S.A. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Demonstration Room 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Job Corner 9:00 am - 10:30 am Sessions Session 7 Monitoring user actions in the hypertext system "HyperMan" A. Myka, et al., Universitat Tubingen, Germany Codedocs: Executable documents for documenters The end of the passive user guide P. Sturgeon, et al., Bell-Northern Research, Canada Session 8 User information processing strategies and online visual structure E. Keyes, R. Krull, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A. Choosing a medium for your message: What determines the choice of delivery media for technical documentation? H.J. Saddler, Apple Computer Inc., U.S.A. Session 9 A method for editing visual components of multimedia K. Dukay, et al., Microsoft Corporation, U.S.A. Standardization: Problems of interchange and delivery of documentation online D. Dougherty, O'Reilly & Associates Inc., U.S.A. 11:00 am - 12:00 noon Sessions Session 10 Linking object-oriented database and hypertext to support software documentation B. Wang, P. Hitchcock, University of York, United Kingdom Graph-based retrieval of information in hypertext systems Y. Quintana, et al., University of Waterloo, Canada Session 11 Online help: A part of documentation S.D. Goodall, Powersoft Corporation, U.S.A. Online reading and offline tradition: Adapting online help facilities to offline reading strategies A. Maes, et al., Tilburg University, The Netherlands Session 12 Down-sizing in DOS: Multimedia as inexpensive, omnipresent, and user-based P. Beam, University of Waterloo, Canada Prototyping: Tools and techniques Improving software and documentation quality through rapid prototyping M. Thompson, N. Wishbow, LEGENT Corporation, U.S.A. 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch Break 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm Exhibits 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Presentation of Diana Award to Apple Computer Inc. 3:00 pm - 4.30 pm Sessions Session 13 Technical writers and the business of writing design documents for complex, reactive systems D. Cameron, Bell-Northern Research, Canada Session 14 To link or not to link: An empirical comparison of hypertext linking strategies C. Boyle, S. Hor Teh, Texas A&M University, U.S.A. Helping users navigate in multimedia documents: The affective domain M. Peoples Halio, University of Delaware, U.S.A. Session 15 Low-cost audiovisual presentation enabler R. A. Pascoe, IBM Corporation, U.S.A. Variable degrees of multimedia implementation and their impact on network elements R. Bence, et al., Logicon Ultrasystems, U.S.A. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Northern Telecom Reception 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Banquet and Keynote Address by Theodor Holm Nelson -- "Tomorrow's Hyperdocumentation" FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:00 am - 1.30 pm Demonstration Room 9:00 am - 1.30 pm Job Corner 9:00 am - 10:30 am Sessions Session 16 The right tool for the job: A quest for the perfect authoring package J. Agnew, G. Palmer, Northern Telecom, U.S.A. The use of icons to aid user orientation in Windows help files R.C. Hall, Strategic Technology Resources, U.S.A. Session 17 Applying object-oriented concepts to documentation S. Matthews, C. Grove, Bell-Northern Research, Canada The rhetoric of an online document retrieval system C. Lee, Northern Telecom, Canada Session 18 Informal usability testing: A strategy for user involvement K. Haramundanis, Digital Equipment Corporation, U.S.A. Prospects for active help in online documentation T. Carey, et al., University of Guelph, Canada 11:00 am - 12:00 noon Sessions Session 19 Towards a canonical specification of document structures M.G. Hinchey, T. Cahill, University of Limerick, Ireland Developing a hypertext productivity tool from a hardcopy programmer's reference V. Hailey, et al., Hailey Griffin Corporation, Canada Session 20 Beyond hypertext: Knowledge management for technical documentation T. Lethbridge, D. Skuce, University of Ottawa, Canada Online with a mainframe: Moving the mountain to the microcomputer J. McDuffee, Systematics Information Services Inc., U.S.A. Session 21 SIGDOC Forum SIGDOC members and interested conference participants PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS--TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 --------------------------------------------- Full- and half-day tutorials will run prior to the conference. Conference fees do not cover admission to tutorials. Visual Literacy--A Crash Course -------------------------------- This full-day tutorial is for anyone who must communicate detailed or abstract technical information; for instance, technical writers, engineers, programmers, scientists, editors, illustrators, and graphic designers. Among the topics this tutorial will address are: --visual thinking for verbal people--tapping your creativity --what makes good graphics? --how to represent concepts--the language of graphics --showing relationships in tables, charts, and graphs Presenter William Horton, founder and owner of William Horton Consultants, specializes in putting people and machines together in productive systems. He is well known to technical communicators through his many books including Illustrating Computer Documentation, Designing and Writing Online Documentation, and Secrets of User-Seductive Documents. Members, $200 Non-members, $220 Human Factors in Multimedia Communication ----------------------------------------- This half-day tutorial will explore multimedia from an ergonomic perspective. In making the transition from paper to online documentation, authors and readers have had to face many new usability issues prompted by the way people perceive and process online information. Further issues arise when online information goes beyond simple text and static graphics to incorporate multimedia. This is not a how-to session. It will appeal to professional communicators who are interested in the psychological effectiveness of multimedia for different applications. Tutorial topics include: --sensory competition --cueing, timing, and pacing --attention, distraction, and overloading --the motivational and emotional effects of multimedia Presenter Arlen Michaels is an electronic information specialist at Bell- Northern Research. Drawing on experience in psychology research and computer design, he provides human factors and usability support to technical writers working on online information projects. Members, $100 Non-members, $110 HyTime--A Standard for Multimedia Information ---------------------------------------------- This half-day tutorial will present the elements of the HyTime Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (ISO Draft International Standard), which provides the standard technical framework for implementing open integrated hypermedia. This tutorial is intended for anyone interested in using international standards to facilitate interchange of hyperdocuments. An understanding of SGML is beneficial for this tutorial, however, the semantics of HyTime can be understood without understanding SGML. Presenter Steven R. Newcomb, President of TechnoTeacher, Inc., has participated in the development of the HyTime Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language since 1986. He is founding Chairman of the SGML User Group's Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia and he edits the SGML SIGhyper Newsletter. Members, $100 Non-members, $110 CONFERENCE FEE INFORMATION -------------------------- Conference Fees --------------- SIGDOC member $325 CDN Non-SIGDOC member $385 CDN Student* $75 CDN *To qualify for the student fee, your registration form must be accompanied by a letter from your department attesting to your full-time student status. Conference fees cover attendance at all conference sessions and the luncheon on Wednesday, October 14, as well as access to all conference exhibits and demonstrations. Attendance at pre-conference tutorials and the SIGDOC banquet are not included in the conference fees. Cancellations ------------- Requests for refunds must be made in writing and must be received by Monday, September 28, 1992. After that date, no refunds will be made. SIGDOC Membership ----------------- If you are not currently a member of SIGDOC, you receive a free one-year membership when you register for SIGDOC'92. SIGDOC membership offers you access to a network of documentation specialists, a subscription to the Journal of Computer Documentation, connection with the research in areas of the computer community through ACM, and discounts on ACM publications and activities. This membership begins immediately following the conference and does not entitle you to the member price for pre-conference tutorials. Call for Volunteers ------------------- If you wish to volunteer to act as a session chairperson, please check the box on the registration form or contact us by telephone, fax, or electronic mail. CONFERENCE EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS ---------------------------------- Keynote Address by Theodor Holm Nelson -------------------------------------- This is your chance to hear Ted Nelson, the man who coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia". Mr. Nelson is the founder of Project Xanadu(tm), a universal software package intended to replace paper publishing in the 21st century. The conference keynote address, entitled "Tomorrow's Hyperdocumentation", will follow the SIGDOC Conference Banquet on Thursday, October 15. Demonstration Area ------------------ Take advantage of this opportunity to view state-of-the-art online documents being demonstrated by presenters at the conference. SIGDOC'92 Conference Banquet ---------------------------- You and your guests are invited to attend the SIGDOC Conference Banquet, October 15. Tickets are $45 each. The conference keynote address by Theodor Holm Nelson will follow dinner. Job Corner ---------- Find out about specific job opportunities in the documentation field or bring a description of a job in need of a special person. In the registration area, you'll find the Job Corner bulletin board and tables. Job seekers: Bring several copies of your resume. When you arrive, put one copy into the Resume Notebook (in alphabetical order)for people to review. Put the other copies into the Resume Copies Box under the first initial of your last name. Employee seekers: Bring several copies of your job description. When you arrive, put one copy into the Positions Available Notebook (organized by geographic location). Put the other copies into the Positions Available Box under the first initial of your company organization or name. Exhibits -------- Providers of the tools and support we need for multimedia documentation will display and demonstrate their latest products, services, and accomplishments throughout the conference. Confirmed exhibitors include: Bellcore Microsoft Corporation Corel Corporation Northern Telecom Inc. DVSCommunications Inc. Optim Corporation Inc. Fulcrum Technologies Inc. Ottawa Laser Copy Inc. Grafnetix Systems Inc. Society for Technical Communication Lowe-Martin Group Xerox Canada Ltd. Institute of Technical Editors AIFARE AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION Airfare Discounts ----------------- Contact one of the following Air Canada offices to arrange your flight to SIGDOC'92 at discounts of 25 to 60 percent. The earlier you book your flight, the better the discount you will receive. Be sure to state the Tour Code CV920870 and Endorsement ACM. Canada and USA 1-800-361-7585 International London: (081) 7592636 Paris: (1) 432010200 Hotel Accommodation ------------------- Join us at the Westin Hotel, located near restaurants, museums, galleries, shopping, and all the sights of Canada's capital city. To reserve your accommodation, call 1-800-228-3000. The Weather Report ------------------ In October, the average daily temperature is about 10 degress F (55 C) and the autumn colours should be spectacular! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference Registration Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name ____________________________________________________ SIGDOC/ACM Member Number ____________________________________________________ Title ____________________________________________________ Organization ____________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City Province/State ____________________ Country _____________________ Postal code/Zip Code ____________________________________________________ Electronic Mail Address ____________________________________________________ Telephone _________________________ Fax ___________________________________ __ I wish to assist SIGDOC'92 as a session chairperson. Conference __ SIGDOC/ACM Members, $325 CDN ___________________ __ Non-SIGDOC/ACM Members, $385 CDN ___________________ __ Students*, $75 CDN ___________________ Tutorials Visual Literacy--A Crash Course __ Members, $200 CDN ___________________ __ Non-members, $220 CDN ___________________ Human Factors in Multimedia Communication __ Members, $100 CDN ___________________ __ Non-members, $110 CDN ___________________ HyTime--A Standard for Multimedia Information __ Members, $100 CDN ___________________ __ Non-members, $110 CDN ___________________ Banquet Number of tickets: __ X $45 CDN each. ___________________ Total Payment Due: ------------------- Method of Payment __ Cheque or money order enclosed. (Please make your cheque payable to SIGDOC'92.) __ VISA __ MasterCard __ American Express Card Number:_________________ Expiry date:_________ Signature:________________ *to qualify for the student fee, your registration form must be accompanied by a letter from your department attesting to your full-time student status. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: bonnie@umiacs.UMD.EDU (Bonnie J. Dorr) Subject: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AAAI-93 SPRING SYMPOSIUM SERIES Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 11:40:40 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 226 (477) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: AAAI-93 SPRING SYMPOSIUM SERIES BUILDING LEXICONS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION AAAI-93 Spring Symposium Series March 23--25, 1993 Stanford, University, CA The lexicon plays a central role in any machine translation (MT) system, regardless of the theoretical foundations upon which the system is based. However, it is only recently that MT researchers have begun to focus more specifically on issues that concern the lexicon, e.g., the automatic construction of multi-lingual semantic representations. Large dictionaries are important in any natural language application, but the problem is especially difficult for MT because of cross-linguistic divergences and mismatches that arise from the perspective of the lexicon. Furthermore, scaling up dictionaries is an essential requirement for MT that can no longer be dismissed. This symposium provides a forum for researchers from the fields of MT and the lexicon focus on the intersection of the two fields, rather than their broader concerns. A number of fundamental questions will be addressed: -- What lexical levels are required by a machine translation system? Syntactic? Lexical semantic? Ontological? What do the representations at each of these levels look like, and how would they be constructed? -- What are the interdependencies between these levels? Can we take advantage of interacting linguistic constraints from each level for the construction of lexical representations? Should the levels be kept as separate layers and related explicitly or should they be combined into one layer and be related implicitly? Should all levels be represented in the same or in different, dedicated formalisms? What are the implications of these choices for MT system architecture, processing of the relevant knowledge, interaction between components of MT systems, applicability of the resulting knowledge sources in different types of MT mappings? -- Can automatic procedures be used for the construction of lexical representations? What existing resources should we be using and what aids do we have to transform these resources into appropriate representations for MT? To what extent is it possible to acquire elements of contrastive knowledge (mapping information) using existing techniques (e.g., work on bilingual corpora, example based approaches, etc.)? -- To what extent is it possible to share lexicons? If the representations and the actual knowledge are tailored to a specific system (e.g., style of grammar or choice of domain knowledge base) then how can sharing be achieved? How much representations and knowledge are tied to specific approaches to MT system construction, and, to the extent that they are, how much can people come to some agreement on some of those other issues so that they can share lexicons? -- Are bilingual dictionaries useful for the construction of computational lexicons for MT? What is the role of example sentences and phrases in bilingual dictionaries? Can we extract information from pairwise examples in order to achieve example-based translation? Can we use bilingual dictionaries for the extraction of grammatical information? -- What are the different types of MT mappings (transfer, interlingual, statistically based, memory-based, etc.) and how do these mappings affect the representation that is used in the lexicon? -- What types of MT divergences and mismatches must be accommodated in the lexicon (i.e., cases where the target-language sentence has a different structure, or conveys different information, from that of the source language)? Are these problems that any translation system must deal with regardless of the MT mapping that is used? If so, can we construct lexicons that accommodate these divergences regardless of the translation mapping that is used? Can we incorporate information about the respective portions of lexical/non-lexical knowledge needed to decide on suitable candidates for target constructions and on lexical clues for strategies for such decisions? -- Can we, or have we, achieved language-independence in the representations that are used in the lexicon? Can we support an interlingual approach to machine translation based on current technology and resources? All interested participants should submit five copies of a one- to five-page abstract (not including the bibliography) by October 16, 1992 to: Bonnie Dorr Department of Computer Science / UMIACS University of Maryland A.V. Williams Building College Park, MD 20742 FAX or electronic submission will not be accepted. Each submission should include the names and complete addresses of all authors. Correspondence will be sent to the authors by e-mail, unless otherwise indicated. Also, authors should indicate under the title which of the questions and/or topic listed above best describes their paper (if none is appropriate, please give a set of keywords that best describe the topic of the paper). Authors will be notified of the Program Committee's decision by November 16, 1992. Submissions will be judged on clarity, significance, and originality. An important criterion for acceptance is that the abstract clearly contributes to the theme of building lexicons for machine translation. Abstracts focusing on one of these two areas (i.e., MT or the lexicon) will be given a lower priority than those that address issues that lie at their intersection. Program Committee: Michael Brent (michael@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu), Johns Hopkins University; Bonnie Dorr (chair) (bonnie@umiacs.umd.edu), University of Maryland; Sergei Nirenburg (sergei@nl.cs.cmu.edu), Carnegie Mellon University; Elaine Rich (ai.rich@mcc.com), Microelectronics and Computer Technology; Patrick Saint-Dizier (stdizier@irit.irit.fr), CNRS, Universite' Paul Sabatier [Note: Registration information will be available in December. ] [ To obtain registration information (including cost) write to the ] [ AAAI at 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (sss@aaai.org) ] From: stigle@cs.unca.edu Subject: Announcing BIBSOFT list Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:35:22 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 227 (478) ********************************************************************** Cross-posted to PACS-L, BI-L, MEDLIB-L, PRO-CITE, ENDNOTE, LIBMASTR, HUMANIST, VPIEJ-L, AND ASKSAM-L. ********************************************************************** The following is an announcement of a new list for bibliographic software discussions. ********************************************************************** PLEASE SAVE THIS INFORMATION Welcome to the BITNET list BIBSOFT September 8, 1992 BIBSOFT ON LISTSERV@INDYCMS.BITNET BIBSOFT ON LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (134.68.1.1) WHAT IS BIBSOFT: BIBSOFT is an international electronic forum for anyone interested in discussing software designed for personal bibliographic database management. 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Walnut Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 274-1408 FAX (317) 274-2088 Sue Stigleman <stigle@cs.unca.edu> Writer, consultant, and computer science major at University of North Carolina at Asheville PO Box 8074 Asheville, NC 28814-8074 (704) 251-9059 From: robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) Subject: CARG '92: Invitation to Software and Data Developers Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 08:34:15 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 228 (479) CARG 1992 Annual Meeting Announcement The following announcement and invitation concerns three services sponsored by the Computer Assisted Research Group (CARG), Society of Biblical Literature (SBL): ** An updated Directory of institutional research and development projects ** Computer software demonstrations at the upcoming AAR/SBL Annual Meeting in San Francisco. ** Literature distribution covering computer assisted research endeavors and products, AAR/SBL Annual Meeting I. DIRECTORY OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS In 1991 and previous years, CARG has sponsored a full session of oral reports on computer-related research and development activities at academic institutions. For the 1992 meeting, we would like to abandon the oral presentation format and communicate the same kind of information (updated) in more durable and distributable media: paper and electronic document. Academic institutions or departments thereof within the AAR/AOS/ASOR/SBL orbit are hereby encouraged to submit a written summary of computer-related work (electronic data preparation, archiving, software development, academic network services, etc.). No report is necessary if the information in the 1990 CARG written report fascicle is current -- in which case, the 1990 report may simply be reprinted. However, if new circumstances warrant an updated entry for the 1992 Directory (different principal investigators, address changes, new research and development activities, additional software/data offerings), please send a summary reflecting the current information. We realize that fuller and "prettier" promotional literature may be available for most projects, but the summaries in directory format will supply a useful compendium of project descriptions and contact addresses. The report forms will be compiled, printed and distributed as a Directory at the CARG main session in San Francisco; they will be available later electronically. The activities and products described should relate to text corpora or text-processing software distinctly within the area of religion, oriental studies or broadly "ancient" cultures, including generic multi lingual text-processing software. If an academic institutions is working cooperatively with a commercial entity to deliver the data/software, the address of the latter may be given within the summary. It is not our intention, however, to print listings for major commercial software firms (WordPerfect, Microsoft) whose development activities are not focused on the humanistic study of "texts." Instructions for a Directory entry: Structure. Please use this template: 1. Project/entity name: REQUIRED 2. Principal investigators (names and addresses): REQUIRED 4. Project summary (one-two sentences): REQUIRED 3. Project purpose and history: OPTIONAL 5. Current research efforts: OPTIONAL 6. Product/service availability (terms, contacts): OPTIONAL 7. Bibliography: OPTIONAL Length. The description should be no more that two pages in length (preferably one page), as formatted on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Format: Email ASCII format is preferable because we may then circulate the Directory later in electronic copy over the networks. In order of preference, please use: (a) pure ASCII, viz: network-safe, 7-bit, non national-use IRV character subset, as given below; (b) PostScript, if you can ensure that the file is network-safe (use UU- or XX-encoding, or make sure lines are less than 80 characters); (c) xerox-ready copy, or (d) some combination of a-c. The set of "safe" network characters is: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 " % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? _ and space (dec 32) Deadline. Your submission should be received on or before November 10, 1992 in order to allow time for paper printing. Submissions received after November 10th may be included later in an electronic edition, or in any reprint version of the Directory. Please send the submission to Robin Cover at one of the addresses given below. II. SOFTWARE/DATA DEMONSTRATIONS Software and data development teams (whether institutionally-affiliated, for-profit or non-profit) are welcome to arrange a time for demonstration of their project tangibles as time permits during the AAR/SBL conference. Preference will be given to institutionally affiliated and non-commercial groups, but anyone may apply. If you would like to request a 30-minute session for the purpose of describing and demonstrating your research endeavors and/or products relating to religious and oriental studies, please contact Robin Cover via email or phone (see address block below). Time slots are available on Sunday and Monday 12:00 - 5:00, and Tuesday 9:00 - 11:00. A printed schedule of demonstrations will be available in the main CARG room during the conference (H1-L-Plaza A). Participants should attempt to bring their own computers for demonstrations if at all possible, since minimal time will be available on the "public" IBM/DOS and Macintosh microcomputers for installation and setup; time for lengthy installation processes cannot be accommodated. However, display (projection) hardware for standard DOS and Mac microcomputer configurations will be available for use in these demonstration sessions. III. LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED RESEARCH ENDEAVORS AND PRODUCTS, AAR/SBL ANNUAL MEETING For the duration of the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, CARG will maintain a literature table in H1-L-Plaza A. Research teams, software developers, data preparation firms and other vendors are invited to distribute promotional or descriptive literature by placing it on the literature table. Such material should describe products or services clearly in support of the academic computing needs of AAR/SBL members. Conference participants are invited to visit the CARG room to obtain this literature. Communiques regarding the the three items above should be sent, as appropriate, to Robin Cover (CARG Program Co-Chair) at one of the following addresses: Robin Cover BITNET: zrcc1001@smuvm1 ("one-zero-zero-one") 6634 Sarah Drive Internet: robin@utafll.uta.edu ("uta-ef-el-el") Dallas, TX 75236 USA Internet: zrcc1001@vm.cis.smu.edu Tel: (1 214) 296-1783 Internet: robin@ling.uta.edu FAX: (1 214) 709-3387 Internet: robin@txsil.sil.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: tom@sailfish.cse.fau.edu (Tom Horton) Subject: wanted: handout on basics of scholarly writing Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:22:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 369 (480) I teach in a Computer Science and Engineering department, and in the last few terms I have become more and more aware of how many of our students do not know the basics of quotations, citations, plagiarism and using reference lists in scholarly writing. (This is especially true of our graduate students who come to us with technical degrees from other countries, such as India or China.) I started to write a short handout on this topic (say, two pages or so?) based on Mary-Claire van Leunen's book *A Handbook for Scholars* (my favorite reference on this), but it occurred to me that perhaps someone else out there already has such a document that they'd be willing to let me adapt. (Or even plagiarize!). Again, my students are not humanities majors, so I really do need something that might seem pretty basic to a humanities scholar or a composition teacher. Let me know if you have something I can have. Thanks! Tom PS I'm really not trying to start a discussion on why students in science or engineering ought to take more writing courses. I'd tend to agree. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that this will change here, especially for our students at the graduate level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Thomas B. Horton, Assistant Professor Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA Phone: 407/367-2674 FAX: 407/367-2800 Internet: tom@cse.fau.edu Bitnet: HortonT@fauvax From: Computers.and.Writing@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 13:03:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 370 (481) Here is the call for papers for the 1993 Computers and Writing Conference. Please post a copy of this call in your departmental offices and forward it to interested colleagues or to other lists where you feel subscribers might be interested in this conference. Ann Arbor is lovely in the spring! C A L L F O R P A P E R S NINTH CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND WRITING The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan United States of America May 20-23, 1993 Conference Theme: Lessons from the Past, Learning for the Future Conference chairs: Emily Jessup, Susanmarie Harrington, William Condon, Wayne Butler Poised as we are at the end of the first decade of using computers in writing classes, 1993 seems a good time to pause and reflect upon what we have discovered during the last ten years and to look forward to the next ten. The program chairs invite interested parties to propose papers, sessions, or workshops. We are particularly interested in proposals exploring one or more of the following themes: --Computers, Writing, and the K-12 classroom --Getting started with computers and writing instruction --Applications of hypertext in the teaching of writing --Multimedia and writing instruction --Computers and the reading-writing connection --Explorations of the virtual classroom --Uses of computers in promoting collaborations: --among students --across disciplines --over long distances --The effects of computers: --on the learning process --on the interactions among students and teachers --Changing sociopolitical contexts for computer use Proposals: Send three copies of a two-page (double-spaced) abstract for a paper, panel, or workshop. Include: name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), telephone number(s) and, if possible, e-mail address(es) for all partcipants. Also include audiovisual or other equipment needs (including computers, projection, etc). Deadline: All proposals must be postmarked by November 1, 1992. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by January 1993. Mail proposals to: Computers and Writing Conference English Composition Board 1025 Angell Hall University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 OR E-mail Proposals to: Computers_and_Writing@um.cc.umich.edu From: Dan Fass <fass@cs.sfu.ca> Subject: CFP: PACLING `93 computational linguistics conference Date: 6 Sep 92 10:53 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 230 (482) 2ND CALL FOR PAPERS PACLING '93 1st Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference (formerly JAJSNLP, the Japan-Australia Joint Symposia on Natural Language Processing) April 21-24 (Wed-Sat) 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada HISTORY AND AIMS PACLING (= Pacific Association for Computational LINGuistics) has grown out of the very successful Japan-Australia joint symposia on natural language processing (NLP) held in November 1989 in Melbourne, Australia and in October 1991 in Iizuka City, Japan. PACLING '93 will be a low-profile, high-quality, workshop-oriented meeting whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among Pacific Rim countries, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange showing openness towards good research falling outside current dominant "schools of thought," and on technological transfer within the Pacific region. The conference is a unique forum for scientific and technological exchange, being smaller than ACL, COLING or Applied NLP, and also more regional with extensive representation from the Western Pacific (as well as the Eastern). TRANSCENDING LANGUAGE BOUNDARIES The theme of PACLING '93 is "transcending language boundaries" by: o facilitating communication between speakers of different languages -- e.g., with machine translation and computer-aided language learning, o going beyond limitations of natural language as a communicative medium -- the conference has a particular interest in the theory and practice of natural-language centred multi-modal architectures, systems, interfaces and design issues, not only in work that improves existing computational linguistic techniques, but also in computational (or computationally oriented) research for complementing the communicative strengths of natural language and overcoming its weaknesses. GUEST SPEAKERS Dr. Takao Gunji, Osaka University, Japan. "An Overview of JPSG --- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese." Dr. George Heidorn, Microsoft Corporation, USA. "Industrial Strength NLP: The Challenge of Broad Coverage." Dr. Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University, USA. "Language Generation as Part of Multimedia Explanation." (These are tentative talk titles.) TOPICS Original papers are invited on any topic in computational linguistics (and strongly related areas) including (but not limited to) the following: Language subjects: text, speech; pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, the lexicon, morphology, phonology, phonetics; language and communication channels, e.g., touch, movement, vision, sound; language and input/output devices, e.g., keyboards, menus, touch screens, mice, light pens, graphics (including animation); language and context, e.g., from the subject domain, discourse, spatial and temporal deixis. Approaches and architectures: computational linguistic, multi-modal but natural-language centred; formal, knowledge-based, statistical, connectionist; dialogue, user, belief or other model-based; parallel/serial processing. Applications: text and message understanding and generation, language translation and translation aids, language learning and learning aids; question-answering systems and interfaces to multi-media databases (text, audio/video, (geo)graphic); terminals for Asian and other languages, user interfaces; natural language-based software. SUBMISSIONS Authors should prepare full papers, in English, of not more than 5000 words including references, approximately 20 double-spaced pages. The title page must include: author's name, postal address, e-mail address (if applicable), telephone and fax numbers; a brief 100-200 word summary; some key words for classifying the submission. Please send four (4) copies of each submission to: Paul McFetridge and Fred Popowich email: mcfet@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Program Co-Chairs tel: (604) 291-3632 Centre for Systems Science email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University tel: (604) 291-4193 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 fax: (604) 291-4424 SCHEDULE Submission deadline: Monday Nov 30th 1992 Notification of acceptance: Friday Jan 29th 1993 Camera-ready copy due: Friday Mar 5th 1993 PUBLICITY AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS The conference will take place at the downtown Vancouver extension of Simon Fraser University. We have negotiated preferential rates from downtown hotels at $Canadian 43, 65 and 82 per person per night. On one day of the conference, a coach trip is planned to Whistler, a picturesque local mountain and ski resort. For further information on the conference and on local arrangements, contact Dan Fass email: fass@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Publicity and Local Arrangements tel: (604) 291-3208 Centre for Systems Science fax: (604) 291-4424 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 PACLING '93 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Members: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Christian Matthiessen (University of Sydney, Australia) Nick Cercone (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University, USA) Local Members: Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University, Japan) Roland Sussex (Queensland University, Australia) Dan Fass, Paul McFetridge, Fred Popowich (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Advisors: Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada) Observers: Minako O'Hagan (New Zealand Translation Center, New Zealand) SPONSORS Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication interest group of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan, the Australian Computer Science Society, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of Canada, the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia. From: lind@anne.ihi.ku.dk (Gunner Lind) Subject: Social Network Analysis Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 12:24:11 MET(4) (1 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 371 (483) Humanist List: I have got questions from several colleagues about programs for social network analysis, but I do only have a 1988-vintage article in 'Connections' to show them. Do you have: - experience with the use of such programs - knowledge about where to get them, via the Internet or otherwise - or bibliographical data on newer reviews (or other useful works), them please share your wisdom with me. ------------------------------------------------------------- Gunner Lind Dept. of Humanist Informatics University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark LIND@ANNE.IHI.KU.DK ------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Wendy Plotkin (312) 738-1121" <U58755@UICVM> Subject: Favorite Computer-Assisted Studies Date: 3 September 1992 20:53:52 CDT(5) (7 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 372 (484) I have read much about the electronic resources being made available in the humanities, and also reviewed Rosanne Potter's excellent CHUM article about twenty five years of literary studies in _Computers and the Humanities_, 25: 401-429, 1991. What I don't have is a sense of the significance of these and other studies -- which ones have actually made a difference on how scholars think about a topic. I believe that electronic texts do make a difference, but would appreciate actual examples of those studies that have influenced you in your thoughts about a topic in your area. In addition, examples of how students who have undertaken a simple level of textual analysis for writing papers have benefited from the new medium.... I am an historian (actually a graduate student), and interested in this from the perspective of one who is trying to persuade other historians to pursue computer- assisted textual analysis. If this type of information is better obtained from a discipline-specific discussion group, I would also appreciate the names of those groups. Thanks in advance. From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: INIST Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 1:02:50 EDT(6) (3 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 373 (485) While completing an article on the libraries of the future I wanted to check whether the Institut d'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) of the CNRS was only accessible to french searchers or was open the all of us via the usual EARN, JANET or INTERNET networks. The second question was whether their bibliographical database was accessible *online* to CNRS members? Thanks. Michel. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM> Subject: free academic software Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 17:25:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 374 (486) I am going to distribute free over the network a Macintosh program I recently wrote called "Etaoin Shrdlu". This program will interest linguists who want to do phonotactic studies of a language and literary specialists who need to compile word lists from texts and determine the average word length, type to token ratio, etc. The program is NOT a concordance generator however. The program is fast and can handle texts of virtually any size. Documentation is provided through extensive balloon help (requires system 7). Anyone who is interested should send me e-mail and I will then send the materials in binhex-stuffit format. This is the only way I will distribute this. Please do not send me disks. There is one catch. I originally intended to publish an article this summer based on the results of using the program to analyze English, German, and Dutch. I completed the program and most of the groundwork but a sudden change in my teaching schedule prevented me from finishing and now I will probably not be able to complete this until next year. I am asking therefore that anyone who uses the program refrain from publishing the results until a period of one year from now so that my investment can be protected. I would, however, consider exceptions to the rule if warranted, and I am also interested in collaborative efforts involving other languages. Stephen Clausing Dept. of Computer Science, Yale University e-mail: SClaus@Yalevm From: dmacrae@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Donald C. MacRae) Subject: test generators Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 20:41:49 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 375 (487) Does anyone have any experience with test generators for the IBM? I am looking for a program which will allow me to create a bank of questions for testing language skills, particularly at the beginners' level, using true or false/multiple choice/fill-in-the-blank formats. I want to be able to create a test to be taken on the computer itself and not on paper. Ideally the test questions would be random generated. I want the program to total the number of correct answers and record this number to a student's name when s/he has finished. I do not want the totals to appear on the screen as the student is working on the test. Since this is the kind of work a computer does best (to say nothing of its absolute accuracy and speed), it will free up my time for more useful pursuits such as the correction of translations and compositions. In addition to this, I shall be able to give each student an instant mark and immediate correction once the test has been completed. I would appreciate any comments colleagues who might have used this sort of program might have. Donald MacRae, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. dmacrae@spartan.ac.brocku.ca From: Harold Sjursen <HSJURSEN@POLYVM> Subject: Nota Bene, v.4 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 18:03:48 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 376 (488) I haven't seen any activity on this list for quite awhile, but I presume all is well. I understand that version 4 of Nota Bene has come out. Is anyone on this list using it? If so, what do you think? I am particularly interested in multi language capabilities (is there any provision for Chinese)? Any comments would be appreciated. Also, isn't there a Nota Bene users group List? Thanks in advance, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Harold Sjursen, Philosophy, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn <Hsjursen@polyvm> or <Hsjursen@vm.poly.edu> From: kellys@code3.code3.com (Kelly Sorensen) Subject: Camera-ready questions Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:56:22 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 377 (489) I'm working as editorial assistant on a philosophical quarterly journal that my department will be responsible for soon. The university printers suggested that to cut costs, we provide our own camera-ready pages to them. Would anyone suggest a software package that is well-suited to this task? Our equipment will probably be limited to a 386DX Super VGA machine with an 80 meg hard drive. Thank you. Kelly D. Sorensen kellys@code3.com From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: keyboard layout in GreekKeys for Mac Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 22:50:54 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 378 (490) I recently bought a MacII si, and a copy of SMK GreekKeys to type greek. But GreekKeys has a strange keyboard layout, while I'm used to the TLG transcri ption so that it would be easier for me to get theta pressing "q" key, omega pr essing "w" key, and so on. Does anyone know if it is some way possible to modify the keyboard layout of Gr eekKeys in order to make it conformant to the TLG transcription? I think of two ways: hacking the software; getting a new layout from SMK. Thank you. Maurizio Lana MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: "John M. Unsworth" <JMUEG@NCSUVM> Subject: poetry i.d. Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 11:52:46 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 379 (491) A student of mine wonders if anyone can identify the source of the following lines: April comes like an idiot Babbling and strewing flowers. Eh? From: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no (Jon Lanestedt) Subject: Electronic Books/SONY Bookman Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:03:55 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 380 (492) Dear HUMANISTs, I want to contact SONY about their new BookMan electronic book reader, and would appreciate a reference (name, fax/email) to some relevant person to contact at that company. Sincerely, Jon Lanestedt ----------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lanestedt Department of Linguistics and Philosophy University of Oslo Tel: +47-2-854899 P.O.Box 1102 Blindern Tel: +47-2-854348 N-0317 Oslo Fax: +47-2-856919 Norway Internet: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no ----------------------------------------------------------- From: Luuk Houwen <houwen@let.rug.nl> Subject: Caxton's Legend Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 20:33:31 METDST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 381 (493) Dear subscribers, Last year I started preparing an edition of Caxton's -Golden Legend- (for the EETS). I realise that this may not be the most appropriate place to ask this, but would anyone who knows of work done on Caxton's -Legend- drop me a note? (e-mail or snail-mail; see below) One aspect of the work on the -Golden Legend- will also involve a comparison of all the copies of Caxton's (and Wynkyn de Worde's) edition(s). In view of the large discrepancies between the number of incunable copies listed by de Ricci in his -Census of Caxtons- and those referred to in more modern works like the STC and Goff's Incunables in American Libraries, I would also appreciate any communication on the whereabouts of copies of the -Golden Legend- (particularly those not mentioned by Goff and the Rev. STC). Luuk Houwen Dept of English University of Groningen PO Box 716 9700 AS, Groningen The Netherlands e-mail: houwen@let.rug.nl phone (work): 31-50-635852 (home): 31-5907-91765 PS. Any suggestions as to a more appropriate network to post this message on would also be appreciated. From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: "Ancient Chinese Curse" (fwd) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 18:18:34 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 382 (494) The following is forwarded from stumpers-list. Anyone having an answer can write to me (address at end of message), or post on the list, and I will forward these answers. Bill ----------------- Forwarded message: [deleted quotation] -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Middle English Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 8:35:23 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 383 (495) Does anyone know who originated the term "Middle English"? And are there any bibliographical references? Many thanks A curious Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: "Daniel P. Tompkins" <PERICLES@TEMPLEVM> Subject: sexual harassment Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 13:43:29 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 384 (496) I'd be interested in learning from members of various learned societies whether their groups have held panels on sexual harassment at their national meetings. I'd also be interested in any comments folks might have about how these panels went. I'm not (now) seeking to open up a discussion on the topic, and people may want to reply offlist, personally. I'd be very grateful for any assistance you can provide. Thanks Dan Tompkins, Classics, Temple U., Phila Pa. 19122 From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Apartment in Florence? Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 10:05:23 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 385 (497) Dear HUMANISTS, A colleague of mine at Plymouth State College has asked me to post a request for an apartment to rent for the month of March 1993 in Florence, Italy. Please respond by e-mail to me or use the postal address or telephone number he provides. Thanks in advance. --Joel Goldfield ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking for an apartment in Florence for March 1993. Please respond to one of the following addresses. jdg@oz.plymouth.edu Thank you, Alexander Susskind Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College Tel. 603-535-2483 From: ALAN COOPER <ACOOPER@UCBEH> Subject: retransmission of truncated message Date: 28 Aug 1992 20:59:53 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 386 (498) Subj: RE: 6.0220 Qs: E-Addresses; Text; Fonts (3/81) A good IPA font for WordPerfect is available from Linguist's Software, Inc., POB 580, Edmonds, WA, 98020-0580, phone 206-775-1130, fax 206-771-5911. To use it within WordPerfect, you need to have Atech's Publisher's Powerpak, recently upgraded and renamed FastFonts, and available from Atech Software, 5964 La Place Court, Suite 100, Carlsbad, CA, 92008, phone 800-786-3668. I have used these products on Epson FX and LQ printers with good success. Linguist's Software is now advertising an IPA font for Windows called LaserIPA, but I have neither seen nor used it. Alan Cooper, Hebrew Union College From: J%org Knappen <KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.KPH.Uni-Mainz.de> Subject: Re: 6.0220 Qs: E-Addresses; Text; Fonts (3/81) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 15:27 GMT +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 387 (499) Re: International Phonetic Alphabet Of the systems I know, TeX is best suited to typeset IPA. It can handle accents above and below the base charaters and has a public IPA font available, together with some macro packages for its usage. The IPA font is called wsuipa and available from the farfamed TeX servers, e.g ymir.claremont.edu, aston.ac.uk, or ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. The macro package ipamacs (available from the same servers) goes with plain TeX or TeXT1, the package ipalmacs (available on request from me) goes with LaTeX and the NFSS. There is also an user's guide available. Yours, J"org Knappen. From: Kirsti Rye Ramberg <kirsti.ramberg@avh.unit.no> Subject: Int. phonetic fonts Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 09:20:03 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 388 (500) I have bougt a product called Font Solution Pack from SoftCraft, Inc., 16 N. Carroll Street, Suite 500, Madison, W1 53703. The sell different fonts as well, i.e. Int'l Phonetic Alphabet. This product has solved all my font problems so far. Font Solution Pack also has a font editor which allow you to create all sorts of symbols. I have made my own alphabet of runer. PC Magazine, June 13, 1989 has an informativ article abouth fonts and font products. The problem with Intl Phonetics Fonts and WordPerfect 5.1 is that you don't get screen fonts, just printer fonts. On your screen you will see ordinary letters or just small boxes. If you use a Windows word processor, i. e. Word, you get screenfonts as well. You might already know that WordPerfect Corp. sells a lot of fonts for foreign languages. As far as I am concerned, they don't sell the phonetic alphabet. Good luck! Kirsti ------------------------------ End of forwarded message 1 From: Don Fowler <DPF@vax.oxford.ac.uk> Subject: RE: 6.0220 Qs: E-Addresses; Text; Fonts (3/81) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 11:16 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 389 (501) I can't help with Paul Pascal's mystery Greek alphabet. But the layout in his transcription looks like a keyboard layout: maybe the jacket designer just ran his fingers over a keyboard to produce a suitable piece of text. But what Greek keyboard corresponds has the characters he cites in those positions? Don Fowler. From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Confusing grammar Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 23:53:43 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 390 (502) I am to teach an undergraduate course on modern English grammar this term. I want to begin with a brief discussion of why it is important to know grammar. Avril Henry (on Medtext) suggested she might begin such a course with some specific examples in which faulty grammar makes a genuine difference. Can anyone supply some examples? I am not thinking of the kinds of mistakes we all make from time to time in writing (e.g. subject-verb agreement, pronounc reference, etc); while these are not trivial in good writing perhaps, they are not necessarily "crucial" in real life (if you could hear a Newfoundland student from one of the outports speak you would know just what I mean). Any examples will be greatly appreciated. Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: maynor@Ra.MsState.Edu (Natalie Maynor) Subject: Boring Question Re Printing and Punctuation Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 14:02:55 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 391 (503) I've often heard that the U.S. convention of placing commas and periods inside ending quotation marks even when to do so seems illogical is related to the history of printing. I need to find out more about that bit of history but am having trouble finding anything. I would appreciate any suggestions for sources, preferably books or journals widely available. Thanks for any help you can give me. --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu) From: jwf3885@usl.edu (Ferstel John W) Subject: Canadian Studies Directory Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 20:23:14 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 236 (504) THE CANADIAN STUDIES DIRECTORY IS NOW UP The Canadian Studies Directory (CSD), a project directed by John W. Ferstel (Chair, Canadian Studies Committee, U. of Southwestern Louisiana) and Robert D. Beckett (Chair, Canadian Studies Program, Southwest Missouri State University), is now accessible to those using any of the major academic computer networks (e.g., the Internet and BITNET in the U.S.). The purpose of the CSD is to provide an up-to-date listing of electronic mail addresses and areas of specialization for Canadian Studies scholars worldwide who are currently using electronic mail for scholarly contact and research purposes. This initial list of approximately seventy-five academics is projected to grow to several hundred within two years as more Canadianists add their data to this directory. The CSD will be updated monthly to insure the most up-to-date repository of names and addresses available anywhere. The CSD is accessible on the Internet by FTP by sending the following commands: TYPE: ftp bss.usl.edu [You will then see evidence of your successful contact] For the NAME, type: anonymous For the PASSWORD, type: your e-mail address [You then should see an ftp prompt that looks like: ftp> THEN TYPE: cd pub/canada_studies FINALLY TYPE: get scholars_alpha [You should then find a file in your root directory named "scholars_alpha" -- the alphabetical listing of Canadianists in the CSD with e-mail address and specialties listed. Another file listing Canadian- ists by specialty areas will be available in the fall.] To exit the FTP mode: TYPE: BYE or QUIT Those on BITNET or other similar networks may send a message to John W. Ferstel at the following address to request a copy of the directory: jwf3885@usl.edu If you wish to apply to the CSD, you may request an application form by sending an e-mail message to the above address. PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE DIRECTORY. From: HuntleyJ@epb-po.epb.uiowa.edu Subject: e-mail exchange for students Date: 14 Sep 92 02:28 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 392 (505) Humanists, Although I sent this message out on the Milton network first, I'm wondering whether other college students who might be taking courses in Renaissance literature from any of you might like to involve themselves in electronic pen- pal activities with their counterparts at the Univ.of Iowa. I have 27 undergraduate students this term reading Milton and making for themselves as a class project their own "interpreter's annotated edition of PL" using the Multi-Media Annotater and other Macintosh computer programs. We are also using e-mail to extend class discussion beyond the times and space of normal class meetings. And e-mail means Internet and the world beyond. Do any of you know students who would like to correspond via e-mail with these students? If so, please send me their names and Internet addresses, and somebody (I hope) will be getting back to them soon. Send the list to john-huntley@uiowa.edu Otherwise known as John Huntley, Dept.of English, 308 EPB, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242. We hope to hear from you. From: Howard Spivak <HOSBC@CUNYVM> Subject: FTP for Homer's ODYSSEY Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 15:47:12 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 393 (506) A Colleague is seeking an electronic copy of the ODYSSEY. Does anyone know of a location for Anonymous FTP downloading? Thank You, Howard Spivak Brooklyn College Library HOSBC@CUNYVM 718-951-5342 From: Skip Knox <DUSKNOX@IDBSU> Subject: Preserving our work Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 14:09:46 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 394 (507) I'd like information from anyone who has obtained funding for the preservation of the research notes, documents or other personal papers for a university professor. We have an art historian at my campus who would like to put his slide collection onto CD-ROM. If someone has been successful in persuading their administration to fund such a project, we'd like to know about it, to imitate success. I shall always remember the office of my professor of medieval history, with its stacked drawers of note cards representing a lifetime of research. When he retires all that bibliographic work will go with him, to disappear into a basement and finally into a landfill. Why not computerize it and leave it as a legacy to the department and the university? Or the professor of Renaissance music with his hours of recordings -- what better testament to his work than to preserve it? Reply directly to me or to the list, and thank you for taking the time to do so. Ellis "Skip" Knox dusknox@idbsu.idbsu.edu PC Coordinator & Faculty Computer Lab Supervisor Professor of History Boise State University Boise, Idaho From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Atto of Vercelli Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 22:34:11 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 395 (508) I am posting this to a number of lists, withthe usual apologies for multiplication: A correspondent on Classics urgently needs illustrations or illuminations of Atto, Bishop of Vercelli (10th c.). She have finally found one of Pope Gelasius (494). The reason her need is urgent is that the producer of a BBC-TV program to be aired in November in London will accept Atto's testimony of women priests in early Christianity only if she has an illustration to use as well. Please send any info on these matters to me at my usual address or directly to the person looking for the information. Her e-mail address is: Rossim@Lawrence.edu (Mary Ann Rossi) Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: Query Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 11:21:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 396 (509) I recently received a brochure from a data entry company called Dataphon (Mauritius) Ltd. based in London. They do bulk keyboarding. Does anyone have experience dealing with them? I am interested in getting opinions on their quality and costs for large projects. Thanks in advance. Mark From: "David Zeitlyn, Soc. & Cult. Anthropology, U of Oxford" Subject: Humanist discussion on Codex etc Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 12:33 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 397 (510) Dear HUmanist, some while ago there was some discussion on Humanist about the development of the codex. I cannot see a likely looking entry in the Humanist Index so I wonder if anyone can give me a clue as to when the discussion occurred so I can summon the appropriate log files. many thanks David Zeitlyn From: J.T. de Jong <julia@let.rug.nl> Subject: Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 10:19:05 METDST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 398 (511) Can you tell me whether there exists any information / congress / query / vacant post list for classics (latin & greek linguistics, literature and history)? _________________________________________________________ Jelly Julia de Jong, Dept. of General Linguistics, University of Groningen Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26 E-mail: julia@let.rug.nl 9712 EK Groningen The Netherlands From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: NEACH Oct. 13: Louie Crew Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 21:37:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 238 (512) An Invitation from NEACH -- (Please forgive any cross-postings) NORTHEAST ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & THE HUMANITIES September 17, 1992 NEACH: The Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities invites you to Room 25 of the IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, New York City, on Tuesday, October 13, 1992, at 1:30 p.m. to hear Prof. Louie Crew discuss new developments in electronic communications and research, especially e-mail, e-news, e-groups, e-curricula, and e-databases. He will demonstrate personal, scholarly, and classroom techniques and strategies for going on-line and for controlling those oceans of newly available electronic information. Dr. Crew is Associate Professor in the Academic Foundations Department of Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, where he is currently the Faculty Mentor of the Teaching Excellence Center for the humanities and social sciences. He formerly operated an electronic bulletin board system in Hong Kong, the largest in the Far East, and he is noted for distinguished and pioneering contributions to electronic pedagogy. Don't miss this unusual opening of the NEACH season for 1992-1993. NEACH Program Schedule for 1992-1993: -------------------------------------------------------------------- TUES, OCT. 12 E-MAIL, E-NEWS, E-CURRICULA LOUIE CREW, RUTGERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wed. Nov. 11 Computers & composition Robert Royar, NYIT Tues. Dec. 8 Electronic text archives Anita Lowry, Columbia All NEACH meetings are free and open to the public. When you enter the IBM Building ask at the desk for a pass to "NEACH" or "HUMANITIES." Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu From: Knut Hofland <knut@x400.hd.uib.no> Subject: New list: CORPORA, text corpora list Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 15:23:00 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 239 (513) The list is open for information and questions about text corpora such as availability, aspects of compiling and using corpora, software, tagging, parsing, bibliography, etc. To join the list: Send a message to CORPORA-REQUEST@X400.HD.UIB.NO Contributions to the list: Send messages to CORPORA@X400.HD.UIB.NO List administrator: Knut Hofland Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Harald Haarfagres gt. 31, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Phone +47 5 212954/5/6 Fax: +47 5 322656 E-mail: knut@x400.hd.uib.no From: "Nieuwazny, W., Main Library DP Gro" <WACNIE> Subject: Nov. 6-8,1992 Warsaw : ISU 3-rd Anniv. Meeting Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 17:29 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 240 (514) Dear member of Derrida discussion group: The following message brings highlights of November Meeting of ISU - International Society for Universalism, established in 1989, which is just going to have its First World Congress, to be held in August 1993 in Warsaw Poland. Should you become interested in either becoming a member of ISU and/or take part in the 1993 World Congress of ISU - additional information is available : i) Invitation for joining ISU ii) Preliminary Announcement about the ISU 1st World Congress please drop a line or two to : Waclaw P. Nieuwazny Main Library DP Group Warsaw Univ. of Technology Pl. Politechniki 1 00-661 Warszawa POLAND e-mail : wacnie@plwatu21.bitnet PS. Note, that Universalists are very often knowledgeable in Hegelian philosophy, and hence very likely to become interested in Derrida's heritage, too. Is the reverse also true? Likely? Check for yourself ! Waclaw P. Nieuwazny , ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Society for Universalism ( ISU ) established 1989 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of the Secretary Office of the President Office of the Treasurer Michael H. Mitias Janusz Kuczynski Albert A. Anderson Department of Philosophy Dialogue and Humanism Babson College Millsaps College Warsaw University Wellesley, MA 02157, USA Jackson, MS 39210, USA 00-047 Warszawa, Poland phone (617) 239-4502 phone (601) 974-1331 phone (48-22) 26 45 67 fax (617) 239-4321 fax (601) 974-1082 fax 267520, tlx 815439 UW PL tlx 948069 .............................................................................. ISU e-mail information about Nov. 6 - 8, 1992 Anniversary Meeting in Warsaw ** in preparation for its 1st World Congress (also in Warsaw, Aug. 1993 )******* Warsaw, September 1, 1992 Dear Colleagues : We have the pleasure of inviting you, at the 3rd anniversary of our ISU movement, to the Center of Universalism, Warsaw University, November 6-8 1992 for a workshop, the purpose of which is to outline the preparations for the FIrst World Congress of Universalism, to be held Aug. 15 - 20, 1993. We plan a preliminary open discussion on some of the main topics of the Congress : a) New Young Europe - Europe as a Greece of the 3rd Millenium World, as a continent of pluralism and dialogue, of multilevel identification and conjun- ctive thinking, synergy of differences and even of contradictions, especially between the countries of former antagonistic blocks, of the ways to reconcili- ation. The imperative of co-creation of the European consciousness: the new mo- rality, compassion and World solidarity - against nationalism, nihilism, tota- litarianism. We have also invited the authors of "Global Perspectives of Europe" (Dialec- tics and Humanism, No 1, 1985), Perspectives on Contemporary Youth (Tokyo, UNU: 1988) and "Polishness, Europeanness, Universalism" (Dialogue and Humanism, No 3 - 4, 1991). We can send you any of these for U.S. › 10.00 an issue). b) Universalism as Synergetic Sublation to Postmodernism: The Quest for In- tegration of Sciences, Cultures and Societes for a New, Multidimensional and Global Synthesis. c) John Paul II's vision of Universal Society: Labour Science - Capital, in Catholic, Protestant & Secular Interpretations (especially "Laborem exercens"). This last topic will be discussed on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 4 pm, also with bu- sinessmen, social experts and leaders of trade unions. On Nov. 8 we will also discuss the first draft of the programme for World Congress of ISU and elect Congress Organizing Committee, its Board and consti- tute Network of European Research. Participation fee for the November workshop is U.S. › 200 ( if paid by October 15) and U.S. › 250 afterwards, which will cover all costs of the participants' stay in Warsaw ( 4 nights: Nov. 5 - 9, meals, reception and concert). Should you not be able to attend, please be so kind and let us know your remarks, criticism or perhaps an outline of your participation in the ISU research and activities, likely topic of your contribution for the 1st World Congress of Universalism - a meeting ground of Dialogue, Synergy and a Way to Synthesis. Cordially yours, Prof. dr. Janusz Kuczynski Prof. dr John Mayer *) *) Visiting Professor, centre of Universalism, Warsaw U. 1992-1993 PS. At the time of your arrival we can meet you at the airport. .................... end of ISU message from Warsaw ........................ From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0231 Use of E-Texts Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 10:28:35 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 241 (515) I would like to second Wendy Plotkin's request for examples of significant use of e-texts in research and teaching. I believe in them fervently myself, yet I have yet to make any real use of them in my own work; nor do I know any colleagues who do. As a result it becomes somewhat embarrassing to have people ask me (as happened last Saturday during a demo of the Archivo Digital de Textos Espan~oles), "Who's going to use these texts? Just editors of texts?" Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Re: 6.0235 Qs: Grammr; Printing and Punctuation (2/38) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:00 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 399 (516) Re "boring" question re printing and punctuation, i.e. the placing of marks inside or outside quote-marks and/or inverted commas: I too am interested, so hope that the reply will go to the group. If something goes directly to Natalie (hi, Natalie!) I hope she will share. Merci a` l'avance, --Bob Dawson French-Italian UnivTx-Austin RDawson@UTxVms From: S.A.Rae@open.ac.uk (Simon Rae) Subject: RE: 6.0235 Qs: Grammr; Printing and Punctuation (2/38) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:42:25 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 400 (517) [deleted quotation] The shortest (but possibly most expensive for Jo Public) example that I heard about of faulty grammer - or creative grammer - were the two versions of a reply to a question about taxation during a presidential election year: "No more taxes." "No, more taxes." Cheers Simon Rae, Academic Computing Service, | S.A.RAE@OPEN.AC.UK (Internet) The Open University, Walton Hall, | phone: (0908) 652413 Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. | fax: (0908) 653744 From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Confusing grammar Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 17:57:35 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 401 (518) [deleted quotation] Bill, this example perhaps ought to appear on MedTextL because of the Jonas connection, but I thought you might like the directions printed on the label of my DETTOX bottle of household disinfectant: IF SWALLOWED, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. Avril Henry A.K.Henry@cen.ex.ac.uk From: H4489Tur@HUELLA.BITNET Subject: Qs: curricula of history computing courses Date: 14 Sep 92 16:32:28 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 243 (519) Dear Subscribers, I am posting this request on behalf of a friend of mine, Dr. Karoly Halmos. He is the head of a smaller center for history computing of Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. He is organizing an undergraduate course on using computers in history research and teaching. Since this is the first such course in Hungary he has no experience in preparing curriculum for it. Is there anyone "out there" who has already organized such a course and ready to share his experience with us? Dr. Halmos would highly appreciate any kind of idea and/or help on forming this curriculum. The centre (actually a room) is equipped with a local network of four Macintosh computers and two separate IBM AT compatibles. Since this centre has no e-mail facility yet, please send your comments to my address and I will pass them on to Dr. Halmos. Thank you very much for your kind help in advance. Laszlo Turi Address: Bartok Bela ut 57. Budapest H-1114 Hungary Phone: +36 1 185-6734 E-mail: h4489tur@ella.hu (Internet) h4489tur@huella.bitnet (Bitnet) From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Electric Mystic's Guide Draft 10 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 08:57:44 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 244 (520) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 1.081 Revised Electric Mystic's Guide ISSN 1188-5734 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- *** Electric Mystic's Guide (Draft #10) NOW AVAILABLE VIA FTP *** A new revision of _The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Complete Bibliography of Networked Electronic Documents Relevant to Religious Studies_, is now available via FTP as a Postscript file. This new draft is 150 pages in length. The table of contents follows retrieval instructions below. This Guide is a non-technical survey of all major, archives and services of relevance to religious studies and related fields that are available through the international, academic computer networks commonly referred to as the Net (BITNET, Internet and affiliated networks). This includes networked papers, reviews, book notes, dissertations, major sacred texts, software programs, electronic mail address collections, general information files, data banks, electronic journals, newsletters, online discussion groups, specialized commercial and public networks, and relevant networked organizations, associations, institutions and companies. Please note that the Electric Mystic's Guide is only available as a Unix compressed (.Z) file. For those who cannot access FTP postscript files, a WordPerfect 5.1 DOS diskette containing the latest revision is available from the author for ten dollars (Canadian currency, prepaid orders only). Send orders to: Michael Strangelove Religious Studies Department University of Ottawa 177 Waller Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1N 6N5 (613) 747-0642 (voice) (613) 564-6641 (fax) 441495@uottawa (BITNET) 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca (Internet) If you experience difficulty in accessing, uploading, or uncompressing this file please contact your local computing support services before querying the CONTENTS Project. ___________________________________________________________________________ *** RETRIEVAL INSTRUCTIONS *** VIA FTP: FTP to the CONTENTS fileserver: FTP 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) LOGIN: anonymous PASSWORD: [your email address] cd /pub/religion/ get electric-mystics-guide.ps.Z (for the postscript version) BYE (when finished) ** WARNING ** The compressed file is over 200,000 bytes and when uncompressed exceeds 1,200,000 bytes. The maximum line length of the postscript file is 91 characters. Not all systems will be able to handle a file of this size. _______________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents [Not all sections are completed within this draft] Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Networks Covered in this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Casting about the Net: How to Make the Most of Electronic Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to Retrieve Documents Listed in This Guide. . . . . . . . 4 A Guide to Online Research Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A Note to Moderators, Authors and Maintainers of Networked Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION I -- Network Accessible Documents 1. Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. Articles and Prepublication Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. Bible Study Aids and Software Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4. Bibliographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Book Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6. Buddhism and Related Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7. Contemporary Jewry and Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 8. The CONTENTS Project Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . 26 9. Course Outlines, Seminar Syllabi and Subject Glossaries. . . 27 10. Electronic Texts and Databases (CDROMS and Others) . . . . . 29 11. IOUDAIOS Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 12. Islamic Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13. Journal Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14. Lists in Review Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 15. Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 16. Online E-Mail Address Compilations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 17. RELIGION Miscellaneous Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 18. Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 19. Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions) . . . . . . . . 41 20. Software/Hardware Reviews and Information Files. . . . . . . 44 21. Software Programs for Religious Studies. . . . . . . . . . . 45 22. Thesis and Dissertations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 23. Thesis and Dissertations -- Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SECTION II -- Religious Studies Related Networked Archives 24. Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank. . . . . . . 49 25. The CONTENTS Project Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 26. The American Jewish Information Network. . . . . . . . . . . 57 27. The Israel Project at Nysernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 28. The Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive . . . . . . . 62 29. The Georgetown Center for Text and Technology. . . . . . . . 64 30. Project Gutenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 31. The Oak Software Repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 32. The SIMTEL20 Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION III -- How to Use the Damn Thing 33. How to Send Electronic Mail to Different Networks. . . . . . 78 34. How to Find E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 35. Networked Directories, Manuals and Help Files. . . . . . . . 85 APPENDICES: A. The CONTENTS Project FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 B. Ecunet and PresbyNet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 C. Centre de Traitement Electronique des Documents (CETEDOC) . . 91 D. Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT). . . . . . . . . 94 E. Online Academic Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 F. Electronic Journals and Newsletters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 G. Online Book Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 H. Networked Organizations and Associations. . . . . . . . . . . 136 Index of Document Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Index of Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Index of Authors' E-mail Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Glossary of Terms [not yet entered] Glossary of Commands [not yet entered] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that disseminates table of contents, abstracts, reviews and ordering information on new and recent print and electronic publications of relevance to Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: LEONARD MARSH <marsh@LEMOYNE.BITNET> Subject: Classics position open Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:11:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 402 (521) LE MOYNE COLLEGE announces Position: Full-time tenure-track in Classics Rank: Assistant Professor Begin: September 1993 Degree: Ph.D. in Latin or Classics. ABD considered Able to teach: Classical literature in translation classical mythology history of Roman Republic and Empire Latin language and literature classical Greek cyclical team teaching in honors humanities program Please send: letter of application C.V. 3 letters of recommendation self-addressed postcard for acknowledgement Apply before: November 16, 1992 Apply to: Prof. Raquel Romeu Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY 13214 E-mail to: Leonard Marsh MARSH@LEMOYNE Le Moyne, a college in the Jesuit tradition, is an AA/EO employer. From: Marion Hirsch <mph@mail.lib.duke.edu> Subject: travel grant Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 14:35:33 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 403 (522) Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History Special Collections Library Duke University TRAVEL-TO-COLLECTIONS GRANTS 1992-1993 Three or more grants of up to $1000 are available to (1) graduate students in any academic field who wish to use the resources of the Center for research toward M.A. or Ph.D. degrees or (2) faculty working on research projects. Funds may be used to help defray costs of travel to Durham and local accommodations. The major collection available at the Center at the current time is the extensive Archives of the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), the oldest advertising agency in the U.S. and a major international agency since the 1920s. Later in the year the advertisements and a moderate amount of agency documentation from D'Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) also will become available for research. The Center holds several other smaller collections relating to 19th and 20th century advertising and marketing. REQUIREMENTS: Awards may be used between December 15, 1992 and September 1, 1993. Graduate student applicants (1) must be currently enrolled in a postgraduate program in any academic department and (2) must enclose a letter of recommendation from the student's advisor or project director. Please address questions and requests for application forms to: Ms. Ellen Gartrell, Director Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History Special Collections Library Duke University Box 90185 Durham NC 27708-0185 phone: 919-681-8714 fax: 919-684-2855 E-mail contact: Ms. Marion Hirsch mph@mail.lib.duke.edu DEADLINES: Applications for 1992-93 awards must be received or postmarked by November 1, 1992. Awards will be announced by December 1. From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: greek keys Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 11:05:58 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 404 (523) Try Super Greek from Linguist's Software. MacConnection carries it. It's a set of QuickDraw fonts with the key layouts you're looking for (w = omega, etc.). There are also PostScript and TypeType versions. I used it frequently in a course in elementary classical Greek. Linguist's Software also advertises a "TLG engine", but I haven't tried it. -- Christopher Bader From: Matthew Wall <wall@cc.swarthmore.edu> Subject: Q: Old English font for the Mac Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 13:43:43 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 405 (524) Howdy. I'm looking for a times-like font for the Mac that includes the three old English characters eth, thorn, and asc. (Most Mac fonts include lower and uppercase asc; the thorn and the eth are another matter.) This is for quotation and preparation of course materials for an intro-level undergrad course, so a "modern" typeface which has these characters would be preferred. I've checked the usual Mac archives and the PD ROM already with little success. Please respond via email...if there's sufficient response, I will post whatever font I find back to a network archive. thanks in advance. - Matt Wall // wall@cc.swarthmore.edu From: bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Barry W. K. Joe) Subject: Cyrillic font; sort routine Date: Tue, 22 Sep 92 14:11:46 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 406 (525) A colleague not currently a member of HUMANIST would like some information about Cyrillic fonts for the Mac and programs that may help her sort both Cyrillic and English in the same index. She has experimented with fonts from various FTP sites, but finds each to lack some necessary elements. She would appreciate recommendations from anyone who is currently using a Cyrillic font (commercial or otherwise) for the Mac and who is satisfied with its appearance and completeness. The sorting routine may present some special problems, but feedback on this matter would also be appreciated. Please respond to <bjoe@spartan.ac.brocku.ca> and I will pass on your advice. Barry W. K. Joe Germanic and Slavic Studies Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Indexing software Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 12:36:10 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 407 (526) The time is fast approaching when we shall have to produce an index for vols. 25-50 of _Romance Philology_, which focuses on the history of the Romance languages and the medieval Romance literatures. Are there any off-the-shelf packages that we should be looking at? We would prefer not to use one of the standard DBMS's if there is something which already exists. Thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Mark Wollaeger <MWOLLAE@YALEVM> Subject: posters in modern literature Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 14:29:22 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 408 (527) For a project I'm doing on posters, poster art, and modern British literature, I'd be grateful for any references in primary texts that Humanist subscribers might be able to send my way. I'm interested in citations ranging from the literal -- an allusion to a poster in a poem or novel; a character looking at poster -- to various levels of metaphoricity -- a character in Wyndham Lewis's _Tarr_ looms in another's "distended eyes" as "a great terrifying poster"; the opening paragraph of Conrad's _Lord Jim_ reads almost as the description of a poster. (I began this project with Joyce, so I've pretty much canvassed that area.) Non-British sources would be appreciated too, though they're not as directly useful. Thanks in advance for any help. Mark Wollaeger Yale University MWOLLAE@YALEVM From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: recommendations needed Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:40:06 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 409 (528) Would someone be able and willing kindly to recommend a relational dbms and a bibliographic manager for MS-DOS that are in the public domain or distributed as shareware? In the course of teaching basic applications of humanities computing to graduate students and faculty, I like to give them software of each kind. I've not been very successful so far in locating a relational dbms that both covers the basics and is sufficiently forgiving to be handled by an intelligent beginner. (SSQL, for example, is interesting but VERY unforgiving.) Public-domain bibliographic managers in my experience tend to be far too limited; specifically, the ones I have seen don't allow parts of each entry to be defined. Programs accessible by the Internet will be most convenient to me. Thanks very much. Willard McCarty From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Seeking Vintage Photo of Movie Usher Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 15:43:33 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 410 (529) This is stretching the parameters of Humanist, but I'm desperate. I'm doing a multimedia presentation illustrating the lyrics of Cole Porter's song, "You're the Top." I have all the pictures I need except "the pants of a Roxy usher." I've looked in lots of books on film, but they rarely have anything but stills from films or publicity shots. Books on movie palaces have empty buildings, no ushers. We don't have much of a collection of books on film, however; and I'm sure I'm missing something. Can somebody direct me to a vintage photograph, either in a book or popular magazine, showing a movie usher in a sharp-looking uniform? From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: The new computer literacy Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 09:41:55 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 411 (530) Dear HUMANIST colleagues, A foreign language colleague and an administrator have asked me to define "computer literacy" for the language & literature teacher/scholar of the 1990's. I thought this might be a matter for consensus rather than one individual's absolute definition (which I don't propose to have right now). Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Joel Goldfield Plymouth State College From: George Welling <welling@let.rug.nl> Subject: ahc-workgroup on algorithms Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 9:27:51 METDST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 412 (531) On the general AHC-meeting in Bologna Manfred Thaller announced that I would be organizing a workgroup on standards for spreading algorithmic knowledge for the historical disciplines (not a good name). Since then I have been looking into our possiblities here in Groningen and it seems that there can be funding for this activity. I would like to know if there are people who would want to take part in this workgroup. The idea is that there are two groups in the historical disciplines using computers: one is the group of intelligent end-users, the other a small, but growing group of software developers for the historical disciplines. Most members of the first group are hardly interested in algorithmic aspects of the software they use, but the second group is. In computational linguistics there is a tradition of making algorithms public, alas not in our discipline. To bring historical-computing on a higher level, it would be nice if some standards for publication of algorithms could be developed. Workgroups consist of a small group of experts on the subject, usually somewhere around 10 persons, and these should come from different countries. If there are people interested in joining this group, I would ask them to get in touch with me. -- = ___|_____ George M. Welling / __|____ phone : +31 50 63 54 74 _|__ / / fax : +31 50 63 49 00 / /_______/______/ History and Computing HCI /____/ | ______|__ depart. ALFA-INFORMATICA _______|______|_\ o o o | University of Groningen \ o o o o o o o o | welling@let.rug.nl \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Thomas Zielke <113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET> Subject: history computing curricula Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 14:45:32 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 413 (532) It might be a good idea to contact Mr George Welling of the University of Groningen (welling@let.rug.nl) or to send this question to the AHC-list (AHC-L@DGODWDG1.BITNET) - Mr Welling and some of the members of that list have some experience in history and computing and should be able to send you the information you need. With best regards, Thomas Zielke Historisches Seminar Universit{t Oldenburg Postfach 2503 D-W-2900 Oldenburg From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET> Subject: RE: 6.0241 Significant use of E-Texts Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 19:13 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 414 (533) I can give you some examples of uses of e-texts in research, and in- directly in teaching. Don't know how significant they are. I'm a philosopher specializing in Kant. Some 7 or 8 years ago I acquired an ASCII text of the _Kritik der reinen Vernunft_, which I used for an article concerning a highly problematic text at B122-23. This passage appears to say that we can have knowledge with intuitions alone, without concepts, a reading contradicted by a number of other passages. I tried to resolve the contradiction by arguing for a reading that B122-23 meant only, it seems at this point in the exposition that we can have knowledge through intuitions without concepts, but further investigation will show that this is not the case. In addition to systematic considerations, I noted that the claim was always preceeded by "allerdings," which can have concessive force ("indeed, ...."; a "but" is anticipated). I searched the _Kritik_ for instances of "allerdings", and found some 18 of 24 occurrances had this concessive sense, supporting my conjecture. (I pulled the 1.4 Mb ASCII text up in WordPerfect, and did a liniar search with passages blocked and copied to the second document; took about 45 minutes on my old 8088.) Since then I've acquired CD-ROM of Kant's complete published works, indexed for Word Cruncher, and a 386 machine. I've used it to find quotes I remember Kant making somewhere, but not where. I've used it to compare the first and second editions of the _Kritik_ in support of a conjectured change of position between the editions. (I've had to abandon a few conjectures as a result of searches.) I've found very interesting passages in places I wouldn't have thought to look for them, e.g. explanations of the nature of mathematics in a treatise on theology. And I've provided colleagues with similar lists of passages. Right now I'm teaching a Descartes seminar, and wish very much I had a similar CD of the standard Adam and Tannery edition of Descartes' com- plete works. I have my copy of the English, of course, but often I want to know what the Latin original was, and I can't lug some 13 vols. of AT home, or run to the library every time a question like this comes up. It would be great if my library (or some library I can log on to) had all the standard editions in machine-readable and -searchable form. Where did Descartes get his term "intuition"? How was it used in context by e.g. Suarez, Scotus, Aquinas? How was it altered in progressing through Leibniz and Wolff to Kant? It would take me months in the library to run all this down, perhaps on a conjecture that doesn't pan out, but a couple of afternoons if I could electronically search those texts. The advantages for teaching are a bit more indirect, though of course I can appear enormously erudite by reeling off the hsitory of uses of "intuition" or something. I can also print out key passages for seminars, and suggest places for term paper research to start. I don't want to exaggerate the value of the searchable e-texts; they pro- vide suggestions, and confirmation or refutation of conjectures, but you've still got to do the exegesis. Still, they've been valuable to me, and should be more so when more are available. And they will be invaluable when cost or storage considerations mean if the library can't get the material on CD, it won't get it at all. Hoke Robinson Memphis State University Philosophy From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: (significant) use of e-texts Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 21:04:36 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 415 (534) An interesting question, Plotkin's. But I would widen it to ask, "What use of e-texts?" just so as to encourage the modest amongst us. Since Wendy already knows of my own use, and some preliminary information on it is already published (CCH Working Papers 1: A TACT Exemplar), I won't describe it here, but allow me to make an overall comment. It seems to me that with all the interest in textual encoding, so intelligently focussed by the TEI, we are in rather severe need for these uses to be made public. In the beginning we required information wherever it could be found, and so arose the infamous "clearing-houses". Then we spent much time and effort bringing order and discipline to information-gathering. Now, I think, the primary task is to survey what people are doing and attempt to see what shape the field is taking. John Burrows' essay in Butler's book, Computers and Written Texts, is the sort of thing I have in mind for us literary types. The forthcoming volume, Research in Humanities Computing '92 (Oxford), should provide some good raw material for such a survey. Perhaps Wendy's question should be answered in part by a bibliography. Willard McCarty From: stigj@ulrik.uio.no (Stig Johansson) Subject: Significant use of e-texts Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 10:24:07 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 416 (535) I am not quite sure what counts as significant use, but would like to draw attention to recent bibliographies of e-texts in English language research: Jan Svartvik (ed), 1990, The London-Lund Corpus of Spoken English: Description and Research. Lund Studies in English 82. Lund University Press. This book contains a list of publications using the corpus and a collection of articles on characteristics of spoken discourse. There is no doubt in my mind that work of this kind (made possible through the availability of a spoken corpus in machine-readable form) has significantly advanced our knowledge of spoken discourse. A fuller bibliography (not limited to publications related to spoken texts) has been compiled by Bengt Altenberg and is printed in: S. Johansson & Anna-Brita Stenstroem (eds), 1991, English Computer Corpora: Selected Papers and Research Guide. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. The bibliography is also available from the ICAME network server: fileserv@hd.uib.no. Stig Johansson Oslo From: Malcolm.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0231 Use of E-Texts Date: 21 Sep 92 08:58:19 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 417 (536) Much depends on one's interpretation of the term "significant". Back in my Stanford days, when we had just started our work with PAT and our homegrown interface, we got an English professor interested. She was working on a book on Shelley at the time. We put a few relevant poems on line and she was off to the races. The interface she was using could chart distribution frequencies and she felt that one such graph furnished evidence for some of her arguments. I heard she had her publisher include a distribution plot in her book, as a figure. I think this indicates that electronic texts will come onto their own when (1) significant volumes of primary literature of high quality are available, so that power of the computer to sweep across copora will be exploited and (2) when we provide more sophisticated analytical tools. Lookup of strings is nice for finding a reference, but as such merely expedites the logistics of the scholar's work. I think programs such as TACT, which provide other kinds of analytical tools (such as low-level statisitcal "views" of a text) are on the right track. Malcolm Brown Dartmouth From: A BROOK <A_BROOK@carleton.ca> Subject: Using E-texts Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 10:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 418 (537) Re: Charles Faulhaber's request for examples of the actual use of e-texts in scholarly work. I recently finished a book on Kant and the Mind, in which I made extensive use of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (not surprisingly). I had both the Academy Edition in German and the Kemp Smith translation in electronic form, and I made a lot of use of both. The uses included the following: Instant access to page numbers for quotes whose text but not whose location I remem- bered; instant access to the texts needed to check translations; generation of my own lists of where Kant used a certain word and relevant cognates (my facilities for doing this were the crudest, but just being able to do it at all was a boon); checking German spelling; cutting and pasting passages (es- pecially valuable with German text because the need for minute checking of spelling, correct representation of German characters, etc., is eliminated); and so on. I used the e-texts available generally and nothing by way of software more exciting than DOS and WP. Hope this is the sort of example you were looking for. Andrew Brook, Ottawa, Canada (ABrook@Carleton.CA) From: Janet H. Murray <jhmurray@Athena.MIT.EDU> Subject: Humanist submission Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 11:12:45 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 419 (538) In answer to Wnedy Plotkin and Charles Faulhaber's queries on the use of etexts in research and teaching: I am a co-director of two projects, both funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which make extensive use of electronic texts. Peter Donaldson This effort is just beginning but it is being conducted with the advice ofof MIT) and Larry Friedlander(of Stanford) and I are creating a Shakespeare Demonstration Interactive Archive, and a Shakespeare Classroom Presentation System which make available for researchers and teachers the texts of Shakespeare's plays linked to important performances of the plays on videodisc. Charles Faulhaber may also know of Frank Dominquez's project on Manrique's Coplas (done at the Institute for Academic Technology, and used by Frank with graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill), which includes facsimile texts and the many glosses on the poem. Otmar Foelsche is also working on a multimedia text of Goethe's Faust at Dartmouth which links etext to video and audio performances. Friedlander, Dominquez and Foelsche will be presenting their work at MLA this year at a sesssion I am chairing. Janet H. Murray Senior Research Scientist Department of Humanities Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 20B-226 18 Vassar Street Cambridge MA 02139 From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0241 Significant use of E-Texts Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 16:50:00 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 420 (539) l am not quite sure (said she nervously) what you mean by "significant" or for that matter, by "e-text". If by the latter you mean not text-mailed-to-and-fro-in-a-class but machine-readable-text, you probably have 100s of examples from people inviting students to draw conclusions from word- and string- searches in large texts? I have used this method on both _Piers Plowman_ and _Middlemarch_. The well-known "web" of ideas and relationships (intellectual and human) in the novel is easy to explore by this method, but would take years using snail-text. Stduents worked alone, on individually-chosen texts, and were required to make small presentations to the group on a) what they did how they did it and b) WHY IT MATTERED. In conjunction with conventional library-reading of critics, it rapidly became apparently that MOST results obtained by students--even 1st-year students--were original, and frequently of potentially publishable quality. Is this what you meant? Not that the e-text aspect is essential in this course, but I do also teach a 3rd-yr U/G Option in which students explore and explain literary texts not by using words but by using self-generated computer diagrams. They are asked to discover and describe STRUCTURES (in the widest possible sense--patterns, balances, oppositions, parallels, modifications of known sources, etc, etc). The results are interesting--quite different from the kind of structure discovered when students use critics and words.... Having said that, I am anxious to hear about other people's use of e-text and computers in literary teaching. It's lonely here..... Avril Henry A.K.Henry@cen.ex.ac.uk From: FLANNAGA at OUACCVMB Subject: preserving scholars and research Date: 21 September 92, 10:15:27 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 421 (540) I was struck with sadness a number of years ago when I saw the remnants of the library of a great Renaissance English Literature scholar being sold piecemeal at a bookstore in Cleveland. Many of us scholarly types are, depending on how you think about it, either packrats or anally- arrested collectors of trivia--all of which we are going to do something with some day, until we lapse into senility and can't remember what it was we were going to do with whatever it was we saved. Today, at least, beginning in college and graduate school, with the aid of a computer, one can gather information in a way that makes sense as part of assembling a meaningful life's work. The case discussed on Humanist-- how to preserve the slide collection of an art historian--is one on the edge of technological development, since only recently can images be scanned accurately, preserved in a stable condition, the information condensed, and the whole collection be saved in the fairly permanent medium of the CD-ROM. One could even spend the $5000 to $10,000 to buy the equipment to master the CD, provided that the images, in this case, were arranged in a meaningful way and could be accessed and indexed in a way that made them easy to use. For other scholars, those dealing with words or statistics, they can begin with a searchable database of their own libraries, or with meaningful, cross-referenced notes on articles and books. If I were starting now, I might combine biblio- graphical software like ProCite (expensive but available for Mac and DOS) with something like Excel, for easy retrieval of every bit of saved detail. Roy Flannagan From: Malcolm.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: Nietzsche quote Date: 2 Sep 92 11:31:14 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 422 (541) Just returned from vacation and saw the discussion of the supposed Nietzsche quote "Man is the only animal that plans...." Michael Osser is quite correct in his citation from the "Genealogie der Moral" ("der Mensch bezeichnete sich als das Wesen, welches Werthe misst, werthet und misst, als das "abschaetzende Thier an sich"." II 8). To translate "abschaetzen" as "plan" is, however, questionable at best. The English term is fairly generic and neutral, and Nietzsche's term -- and argument -- is anything but that! So if the quote Bobb Menk orginally asked about does indeed come from a translation, it's a misleading translation, one that interprets Nietzsche's argument in a very wrong way, since much of Nietzsche's point is to debunk the myth that humans are essentially rational, objective and neutral critters. In fact, I don't think the quote, as Bobb submitted it, exists. I have raked through the on-line corpus and haven't yet found an instance that comes close to the one that Bobb submitted. Nietzsche loves to compare humans to animals, so there are numerous coinstances of "Mensch" and "Thier", but none I've looked at so far come close to Bobb's submission. It is possible that I've missed it, since I am using at present a very anemic search system. Malcolm Brown Dartmouth College From: "Itamar Even-Zohar, Porter Chair of Semiotics" <B10@TAUNIVM> Subject: Re: 6.0232 Software Information and Qs (5/111) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 12:43:43 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 232 (542) On Sun, 13 Sep 1992 Harold Sjursen said: [deleted quotation]Yes, there is an list for NOTABENE since 1988, with backlogs available one year back, and various program files (mainly in XPL). It can be search via LDBASE. There has been much discussion lately about NB 4.0 with Ibid., and Orbid. Send command to LISTSERV@TAUNIVM (or LISTSERV@vm.tau.ac.il) GET NOTABENE GUIDE NOTABENE for full description of the list and how to subscribe and order (or FTP) files from the server. In addition, all XPL files (stored in archives) can be ordered (or FTPed) from all SIMTEL20 stations (the best one for Denmark could be nic.switch.ch in Switzerland; cd to mirror/notabene). Itamar Even-Zohar Porter Chair of Semiotics From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: Nota Bene 4.0 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 09:35 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 423 (543) In response to Harold Sjurson's query: NB 4.0 was released last week, along with an upgrade of its very useful textbase program, Orbis (so far as I know, a feature no other word processor includes). An upgrade of Ibid, Ibid 2.0, the bibliography program that is integrated into NB, is scheduled for later this fall. To subscribe to the NOTABENE user's discussion list, send the command: TELL LISTSERV AT TAUNIVM SUB NOTABENE your name. I haven't yet received my copy, so I can't report on how version 4.0 works, but in general I would say that the big advantages of NB are that it is written by academics for academics and not for secretaries or businessmen or executives (it has predefined MLA, Chicago Manual A & B styles, etc, etc), it is very fast, it is extremely easy to customize, and (as I say above), it is a major convenience to be able to work with Orbis and Ibid within the word processor. It will do all major European languages (including Russian and Greek) and also Hebrew (you can include Hebrew in a German text, for example, with correct word wrapping and proportional spacing). It doesn't do Chinese, though I heard that they might add Arabic in the future. From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: test generators Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 14:30:02 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 424 (544) Regarding Donald C. MacRae's recent query about test generators, which I assume he wants for foreign language use (not a trivial requirement), I've looked over a reasonably acceptable product called "ExaMaster" that's used by at least one publishing company for its Fr. textbook _Situations et Contextes_ (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1990). I have no evidence that it would support Cyrillic and other non-Western alphabets. Regards, Joel Goldfield Plymouth State College From: CCSMI@IMICILEA Subject: AQUINAS CD-ROM Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 23:59:24 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 425 (545) Thomas Aquinas' Complete Works are available on CD-ROM. Roberto Busa, author of the _Index Thomisticus_, has re- leased this electronic edition for EDITEL (Milan, Italy 1992). This is an interesting resource for philosophy and theology studies as well as for medieval studies in general. Moreover, because of the unique treatment of the Latin Texts, this work sets high standards for electronic editions (lemmatisation, inner and outer hypertexts) and it is a milestone for computa- tional lingustics. For more information on this electronic edition (_Thomae Aqui- natis Opera Omnia cum Hypertextibus in CD-ROM auctore Roberto Busa_) please send a note with the subject title "Aquinas CD- ROM" to CCSMI@IMICILEA.CILEA.IT Paolo Guietti ccsmi@imicilea ccsmi@imicilea.cilea.it From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com> Subject: Codex discussion Date: Tue, 22 Sep 92 01:29 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 426 (546) Re David Zeitlyn's inquiry concerning the codex discussion: My transcript indicates that it ran from approx. 22 June 1990 to 19 July 1990. The topic has also surfaced more briefly on IOUDAIOS since then. I hope this helps ... George Aichele 470-5237@mcimail.com Adrian College From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0242 Rs: Grammar; Printing and Publication (3/61) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 00:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 427 (547) Re: Confusing Grammar (From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University) the authority of course remains Fowler's Modern English Usage, who will provide many examples if one searches (which will itself prove a delightful occupation): *He compared me to Demosthenes* means that he suggested that I was comparable to him or put me in the same class; *He compared me with Demosthenes* means that he instituted a detailed comparison...(p. 86) On commas (p. 568): *Some high officials of the Headquarter Staff, including the officer who is primus inter pares, the Director of Military Operations, and the Director of Staff duties....* How many were there going to St. Ives? Of course, one also runs into such period pieces as "Men, especially, are as much possessed by the didactic impulse as women by the maternal instinct." Or my favorite, "Pigs may rout or root indifferently." I've quoted from the 1959 ed. Of course the Fowler bros. "The King's English" will have many more examples of purely grammatical problems. From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: Writing a manual Date: Tue, 22 Sep 92 20:46:20 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 428 (548) I don't remember an answer to the question as to where to go for information on how to write a manual. A good source is: R. John Brockmann, Writing Better Computer User Documentation (NY: Wiley, 1990). I like it, but even if you don't, the bibliography is excellent and leads to many other titles on the subject. From: hcf1dahl@UCSBUXA.BITNET (Eric Dahlin) Subject: ACH Newsletter Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 14:49:09 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 251 (549) Members of HUMANIST: I'm beginning to assemble material for the fall issue of the _ACH Newsletter_, and would appreciate receiving any items which you hope to have included no later than October 15. Eric Dahlin Editor, _ACH Newsletter_ HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.bitnet HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu From: "David A. Hoekema" <hoekema@brahms.udel.edu> Subject: Sexual harassment panel Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 12:01:41 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 252 (550) Replying to Dan Tompkins' query: The APA has not formally convened any panels on sexual harassment, but there is a proposal to the Board of Officers to do so (to be considered at its meeting next month). A few years ago a Board member presented some proposals under consideration at her university for Board discussion and possible enactment as a "code of conduct" for philosophers, but after lengthy discussion the majority view was that any national and disciplinary standards would be at best a supplement to, at worst a distraction from, the more urgent task of enacting institutional policies that have some teeth. There have been several panels on philosophical and moral issues of sexual harassment at APA meetings--both at the invitation of the program committee and in affiliated groups. Some have turned out, I am told, to involve extensive personal accounts of painful experiences, when speakers or audience members volunteered their own case studies to illustrate points under discussion. I am not sure whether these discussions proved fruitful or not: it is impossible to separate personal experience from philosophical argument in such areas, yet there is a grave danger both of exposing victims of harassment to still further abuse (because they spill the beans) and of exposing alleged harassers to false accusations that they cannot rebut because they do not even know they are made (even if names are not used, circumstances often point to individuals). --David Hoekema <hoekema@brahms.udel.edu> AAA PPPP AAA Executive Director, American Philosophical Association AA AA PP PP AA AA Associate Professor of Philosophy AAAAA PPPP AAAAA University of Delaware || Phone: 302 831-1112 AA AA PP AA AA Newark, DE 19716 || FAX: 302 831-8690 AA AA PP AA AA ====After 11/4/92: Office of the Academic Deans, Calvin College =======Grand Rapids, MI 49546 == ph. 616 957-6102 fax 957-8551 From: Leslie Burkholder <lb0q+%ANDREW.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0241 Significant use of E-Texts (1/12) Date: 24 Sep 1992 10:44:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 429 (551) Excerpts from mail: 23-Sep-92 Re: 6.0241 Significant use .. by => Elaine Renear@PSUVM [deleted quotation]See Friedman, McClellan, and Shapiro, "Student performance in an electronic text environment", Machine-Mediated Learning 3 (1989). MacKinnon, "Mapping the dimensions of a literary corpus", Literary and Linguitsic Computing 4 (1989). MacKinnon, "Kierkegaard's presentation of the good", Philosophy & Computing, 2 (1993). Needell and Ver Eecke, "Hegel's usage of 'desire'" (Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University). Leslie Burkholder From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0249 Rs: Significant Uses of E-Texts (8/264) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 00:13:07 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 430 (552) I am encouraged both by the anecdotes as well as the bibliographical references. I wonder if the the philosophers are indeed ahead of the literary scholars in making use of e-texts. I am also impressed with Avril Henry's use of e-texts (by which I do mean electronic texts of significant works, text corpora, and everything else in machine- readable form) in class, and would be greatly interested in more detailed information on the search for structures. Does the class use a particular piece of software? Where do the texts used come from, etc.? Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: brassey@HUSC.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0249 Rs: Significant Uses of E-Texts (8/264) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 15:52:58 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 431 (553) I use an electronic text of the Hebrew Bible on my Macintosh. The text is one p produced by CCAT, with a bit-mapped Hebrew font and text conversion program which were written by Jay Treat. The text appears in Hebrew characters on the screen, and can be included in any sort of textual application. In addition to providing an easy and accurate way to enter\ex excerpts into an otherwise English paper, I use the electronic text as a way to manipulate poetic lines or other features of the text. I can produce my own interlinear edition, with Hebrew passage, my own English translation, and an apparatus of critical notes, all of which can be expanded, changed, or printed out whenever I please. Another application of e-texts can be found in the search software Mac Bible now published by Zondervan. This amounts to an electronic concordance, but with vastly greater capabilities. Various English translations are available, as well as Greek and Hebrew modules. I can search and list a wide variety of textual combinations, and save the results for word processing or print them out. The possibilities for creative use of electronic texts is limited only by their expense, availability, and our own book-bound minds. Paul D. Brassey Harvard University (grad student) brassey@husc4.harvard.edu From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Uses of E-Texts Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 12:07:15 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 432 (554) Charles Faulhaber asks: [deleted quotation] Without addressing the issue of significance, I have personally used the University of Colorado's Siouan Archives e-text versions of the Dorsey Omaha-Ponca texts. These are available from the University's Center for the Study of the Native Languages of Plains and Southwest. The Archives files were mostly prepared in the early 70's in a format that is fairly primitive by today's standards, but they are quite usable, and machine searching the files for examples is a major improvement over scanning the original materials by eye. I am using these texts in preparation of my dissertation, a grammar of Omaha-Ponca, as well as in various other projects. I have also personally used a Winnebago dictionary in the Archives (Miner's Field Lexicon) to machine generate a list of Winnebago word forms sorted by canonical form. Canonical form of Winnebago word forms is a question of current interest in some theoretical phonological circles. I used the list of forms myself to demonstrate to my satisfaction that all Winnebago long vowels can be traced to syllables that were accented in Proto-Mississippi Valley Siouan. This shows that Winnebago length per se does not tell linguists any more about vowel length in Proto-Mississippi Valley Siouan than does the locus of accent in various other related languages in which vowel length is not constrative, e.g., Dakota. The Center's Comparative Siouan Dictionary Project has used a number of dictionary files in the Archives to compile lists of instrumental roots, i.e., verb roots used with instrumental prefixes. These lists were collated to reveal sets of cognate forms. The instrumental roots have been a neglected area in previous hand searching for cognates. Using the results of the collation, Wes Jones (University of Mary) of the CSDP was able to show that a significant number of instrumental roots are cognate except for an extension - a suffixed or prefixed consonant. These extensions presumably reflect a layer of derivational morphology that is no longer productive. This goes a long way toward explaining certain sets of near cognates that were hitherto either regarded as highly irregular or merely tantalizing coincidences. The Center's Lakhota Dictionary Project has used the Buechel Dictionary of Lakota as a starting point in preparation of what will be a major new dictionary of Lakhota. On intended improvement is to make sure that all of the words that occur in Buechel's examples are actually in the new dictionary. In addition, the material involved is being substantially revised with the aid of native speakers, and the Center will also make use of the archived Deloria and Bushotter Dakota texts to provide examples in context. In some cases, where a dictionary of a Siouan language is not available, or the available dictionaries are not very complete, as is the case for Omaha-Ponca, the ability to search Archives files can in some degree ameliorate this situation. Finally, the Archives have provided copies of various e-texts to others, including individuals studying Winnebago and Crow, and students of collections of Dakota texts prepared by Ella Deloria and Bushotter & Dorsey. The details of the projects involved in these cases are not know to me. ---- Note: I am not a spokesman for the University of Colorado or its Center for the Study of the Native Languages of the Plains and Southwest, but I do have a mole's perspective on the Center projects mentioned, and I believe I have summarized them adequately. From: ian@epas.utoronto.ca (Ian Lancashire) Subject: Geoffrey Chaucer (ca 1340/45-1400), the first Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 09:21:25 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 254 (555) great English poet and one of the wellsprings of the English language itself, is best known for the fragmentary `Canterbury Tales' and the epic romance `Troilus and Criseyde'. It would be hard to find a writer who has more loyal, loving readers. In `The Legend of Good Women', Chaucer invites his readers to believe things that they have never seen with their own eyes, especially what old books reveal, because `yf that olde bokes were aweye, Yloren were of remembraunce the keye'. The papers at this conference show how computer technology assists in many fields within Chaucer studies: editing and textual criticism, thematic analysis, his use of English, his style, and his sources and influences. As old books are the key of remembrance to our past, so computers are proving themselves a key to a full understanding of the written memories in those books. Sponsor: The Centre for Computing in the Humanities was founded in 1986 within the Faculty of Arts and Science as a result of a co-operative agreement between the University of Toronto and IBM Canada Ltd. Besides providing facilities and services to teachers, researchers and students in the humanities, CCH offers non-credit courses and workshops, sponsors conferences, and publishes a series of working papers on computer-assisted research, a series of electronic texts, and text-analysis software such as MTAS, STRAP and TACT. Proceedings: CCH Working Papers is a series about computer-assisted research in textual studies. General Editor: T. R. Wooldridge Department of French, University of Toronto Vol. 1: A TACT Exemplar (1991; $18.50) Vol. 2: Historical Dictionary Databases (1992; $35.00) Vol. 3: Of Remembrauce the Keye: Computer-Based Chaucer Studies (1993). From: Gregory Bloomquist <GBLOOMQ@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 19:33:18 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 255 (556) CALL FOR PAPERS AIBI 4 - Amsterdam 1994 August 14 - 18 INVITATION The A.I.B.I invites you to participate in the 4th International Conference on Bible and Computers to be held in Amsterdam from the 14th to the 18th of August 1994. The "Werkgroep Informatica", Faculty of Theology, Vrije Universiteit has accepted the invitaion to host the Conference and to organize it. Prof. dr. Eep Talstra (Amsterdam) and prof. dr. Marc Vervenne (Leuven) are the co- chairmen. The Netherlands Bible Society will provide administrative and financial support for the Conference. English will be the language of the conference. THEME Desk and Discipline: The impact of computers on Biblical Studies In the first place, the art of biblical exegesis is a matter of close reading and arguing with linguistic data in order to analyse and understand the text. Secondly, it is also a matter of using extra-linguistic data, i.e. historical and cultural information to produce a more extensive explanation of the text, its setting and its audience. In most cases textual analysis uses a mixture of linguistic observations, literary theory and extra-linguistic information. With Bible and computers our pre-emminent question is "What help can computers give in the process of textual analysis?" Is the machine, strictly speaking, only organizing our desk, or is it also capable of organizing our discipline? In other words, does the computer help us at our desk by replacing our books (dictionaries, text editions) and files (notes on cards), or does the computer also rearrange our discipline in changing or making explicit the order and the type of our linguistic and literary argumentation? "Modelling" is the key concept. We are trying to use the computer to imitate the process of selecting and arguing with textual data. In most general terms, one can observe three different levels at which the computer makes these modelling kinds of contributions to biblical studies: - at the level of viewing scientific texts, computers are used to imitate the raw data and documents from which we begin our research. Text processors, for example, are used to handle the mixture of different character sets on screen or on paper. Similarly, scanners are employed to digitize documents ancient texts. - at the level of preparing scientific results, computers can imitate the more classical concordance type reference volumes for searching and sorting linguistic material. The researcher is provided with preprepared materials and not with machine-made produced analytical proposals. - at the level of scientific argumentation, software exists that can mimic our reasoning process in textual analysis. The user can receive machine-made analyses for such diverse tasks as parsing and labeling clauses, analyzing text-syntactic or text-semantic structures, or identifying the actants in the text. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Session 1 CLAUSE ANALYSIS OF ONE CHAPTER FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE Chair: Alan Groves and Marc Vervenne In this session, we are seeking three papers representing three different perspectives in the area of clause segmentation and clause analysis in a single chapter from the Hebrew Bible. (The precise chapter will be determined later but each paper will treat the same passage thus facilitating a comparison of the various approaches. Choosing a single passage also has the advantage that attendees for the conference might take the time to prepare the passage in advance themselves.) We ask that each paper be structured as follows: 1. Overview of the approach a. What is the textual basis for the application? (e.g. which version of the machine-readable text?) b. Which morphologically analyzed text was employed? (Please include a guide to the morphological encoding.) 2. Overview of the clause segmentation process a. Automatic, manual or a combination? b. Criteria used for clause segmentation c. Steps in the process 3. Overview of the analysis a. Automatic, manual or a combination? b. Type of analysis -- clause identification, hierarchy, etc. c. Criteria used in analysis d. Steps in the analysis 4. A summary of the results with conclusions We suggest this tighter structure with the aim of trying to showcase several approaches juxtaposed with one another in a fashion that will make it most possible for the audience to distinguish the approaches and to compare. By working from the same passage and beginning at the same linguistic level, we also hope to make clearer how approaches are similar and dissimilar. To summarize, we are most interested in laying bare the linguistic and literary theory underlying a given approach, coupled with an outline of how a particular method uses the computer to handle clause segmentation and clause analysis. What should the proposal contain? Besides the standard name, address, etc. for all papers, we would like one to two pages with very brief answers to the four points above (any longer supporting documents relevant to your work are strongly encouraged and most welcome too and can be sent with the proposal.) We are suggesting that we do either Joshua 2, Genesis 39, or Deuteronomy 6, 7, or 8. Please indicate any of these you could not do but also list your preference. Also indicate other chapters in which you have special interest and would be willing to do. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Session 2 NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES AND COMPUTER AIDED EXEGETICAL METHODS Chair: Mike Cheney and Gregory Bloomquist This session will be open to contributions relating to three areas of discussion. A. Recent discussions of the possibilities and realities of computer supported or aided exegetical research on the NT have revealed that considerable amount of research and development has taken place in the last decade. The majority of these efforts appear to have been undertaken in the philological realm and important tools for scholarly research have emerged as a result. The information previously found only in concordances and word lists can now be accessed with much greater speed and search queries of great complexity can be carried out electronically. This session will seek to describe the tools that are presently available specifically for NT research and at the same time provide a forum for discussion of possible improvements. B. Computer aided research on the language of the NT outside of the philological realm does not appear to have advanced along the same lines as in OT studies. For example, a computer aided NT project with a syntactic focus has yet to emerge, despite the fact that a morphologically tagged text has been available for some years. In this session, we like to have contributions exploring the nature of and/or the reasons for the differences between OT and NT studies and investigating various methodological questions related to problems in computer aided analysis which are specific to the NT. C. The third area covered by this session will be implementations of non-philologically based investigations of NT passages. Here we would like to have papers which examine individual passages from the NT. The paper should include the following points (not necessarily in the order listed): 1. Method and Materials. a. A description of the theoretical basis of the study. b. An account of textual materials used and the way(s) in which those materials were prepared, e.g. morphological encoding, segmentation marking. 2. The Analysis. a. An overview of the stages of analysis. b. The roles played by computer and human in the actual execution of the analysis. c. Linguistic and other criteria used in the analysis. This section should include a discussion of how the computer is used to implement these criteria. 3. The Results. a. A sketch of the passage investigated, including the significant structural, syntactic or other interconnections which have been discovered in the analysis. b. Reading the passage informed by computer analysis: a discussion of the consequences of the analysis for interpretation of the passage. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Session 3 PARADIGM SHIFT: BIBLE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Chair: Eep Talstra and Philippe Cassuto A discussion of computer and exegetical methods. The third AIBI conference in Tuebingen (1991) made clear that the discussion about the contribution of computers to biblical studies becomes almost identical to a debate about the different methods used in textual research. In the first place this is a positive point because it demonstrates that exegetes want their computers to do more than sort and concord the biblical data. They want their computers to be of assistance in experimenting with the different ways the methods of biblical exegesis refer to textual data as a main part of their argumentation. Secondly, the discussion about Bible and computer can get lost in the complexities of machine related issues. The computer world tends to force people to think only in terms of machine capacities and capabilities -- how much RAM, harddisk space, CPU speed, laser printers with Postscript fonts, Windows, etc. Of course, these considerations are important to the development of new analytical instruments. But they are not the main point. Nor is thinking of the computer as a better typewriter or file organizer or file card box. Rather, the main point for the biblical scholar is to use the computer to investigate the possibilities of formalizing exegetical methodology. To initiate this investigation it is important to unravel the mixture of grammatical, semantical and literary arguments that are being used by exegetes in their research and put them in some clearly defined theoretical order such as: - Does 'form' come before 'function' and 'grammatical function' before 'lexical information'? - How does one perform both paradigmatic research (looking for one linguistic feature in the entire corpus) and syntagmatic research (analyzing all the different linguistic features and their interactions within one textual composition)? Two considerations are important here. - It is critical to be clear about the type of linguistic information used for argumentation in any exegetical method: words, syntax, semiotics, units of poetical structure; - The level at which a machine could deal with this information (produce it or store it) or imitate the process of argumentation (calculate with it). It seems that the combination of these two considerations determine the type of computerized analysis one is using or developing. Papers for this session should include at least: - a contribution to the discussion on computers and methods of biblical interpretation - an explanation concerning why or for what purpose computers are used in the particular project one is presenting. - a description of the type of linguistics with which one is working. - a reflection about the contribution of the computer: What kind of information is being handled? Does the machine present, sort, or produce linguistic and textual data? What new type of information is being produced? ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Session 4 WHAT DO WE NEED? ORIENTATION IN AVAILABLE TOOLS Chair: Ferdinand Poswick, Christof Hardmeier and Johannes de Moor In this session we will focus on the diverse needs of various kinds of users. Scholarship has its own demands, but the majority of people are not using the Bible and its message for research, at least not the kind of research currently done in schools and universities. In this session, therefore, we will take a look at software tools from a broader perspective. - What is available today? - What are the criteria of a "good" electronic presentation of Biblical data according to various audiences? - What is lacking and, therefore, what is still needed? We see at least four lines of development: 1. Specific reference tools in the shape of "Smartbooks" 2. CD-ROM (or equivalent) important and coherent data bases with various access and search procedures (from hypertext to logico-pedagogical menu-driven interface). 3. Huge data bases which are accessible on-line by means of e-mail and listserve facilities. 4. Research and pedagogical aids (that may come from any environment, but should be accessible from the personal computer): languages of the Bible; chronology; bibliographical update; historical, geographical and cultural initiations to the biblical contexts; special writings management; etc... A general introduction to some of those elements (notably e-mail facilities) will be welcomed. At least some items will be presented along each of those lines. E.g. -- 1. - The electronic Bible from Selectronic and/or Franklin - The Sony Data-Discman "King James" 2. - The CD-WORD Library (Dallas) - The ABS/FABS Reference Bibles (New York) - CATTS Data Base (Philadelphia) - The CETEDOC Vulgate and Latin patristic base (Louvain-la-Neuve) - The Jewish global corpus (Bar-ILan) 3. - TeleBible (Bordeaux, Maredsous) - AIBI-L (Ottawa) 4. - Selection of MacIntosh and MS-DOS based Bibles - MicroBible (Maredsous) - QUEST-ECA (Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Bielefeld) - Some Archeological program - "Jerusalem en l'an-10" (Paris, D. Cattin) - The Greek Factor (Toronto) - Multilingual Scholar - Nota Bene - ChiWriter - Word-Perfect Fonts - Non-latin alphabets (John Clews - Sesame) and UNICODE - Word for Windows - Scholar TEX CONTRIBUTIONS Colleagues working in the field of Bible and Computer who are interested in contributing a paper are invited to complete the form attached to this Call for Papers and return it to the AIBI secretary in Maredsous. Contributions accepted by the organizing Committee will be published on the basis of a camera-ready text to be submitted prior to the Conference (for short papers, see below). Proceedings of the first three AIBI Conferences have been published at Slatkine (Geneva). LANGUAGE - at the conference: English - written contributions: English, French or German, with an abstract in English. There will be respondents or a panel introducing the discussion about the themes of the main sessions. DEADLINES February 28, 1993: Abstracts of proposed contributions submitted to the program Committee (if possible give also an alternative title or subject) April, 1993: Selection by the Program Committee and report the contributors about the status of their proposals: whether or not accepted, which session and why. February 1, 1994: Definitive text of Abstract submitted to the Program Comittee for publication in the Conference Book of Abstracts. July 1, 1994: Camera-ready text of the main contributors (to leave some time to the respondents to prepare their contributions to the discussions). August 14, 1994: Camera-ready text of short papers or other contributions, at the Conference. PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings will be published by the end of 1994 or at the beginning of the spring 1995. REGISTRATION Information about Registration and Accomodation (hotels, rooms) will be sent out as soon as possible. Registration will be organized through the Netherlands Bible Society. CONFERENCE FEES (approximate for now) AIBI members -- $100 Non-members -- $130 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Gregory Bloomquist (Ottawa) Philippe Cassuto (Lyon) Mike Cheney (Lund and Edmonton) J. Alan Groves (Philadelphia) Christof Hardmeier (Bielefeld) Johannes C. de Moor (Kampen) R. Ferdinand Poswick (Maredsous) Eep Talstra (Amsterdam) Marc Vervenne (Leuven) CHAIR prof. dr. E. Talstra prof. dr. Marc Vervenne Werkgroep Informatica Faculty of Theology Faculty of Theology Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Vrije Universiteit Sint-Michielsstraat 6 De Boelelaan 1105 3000 Leuven, B 1081 HV Amsterdam, NL Tel. 31 (0)20.548.4650 Tel. 32 (0)16.28.38.28 31 (0)20.548.5440 Fax: 31 (0)20.66.12.937 Fax: 32 (0)16.28.38.58 E-Mail: eep@th.vu.nl From: Susan Siegfried <ENQ91SS@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: press release 1 Date: September 24, 1992 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 433 (557) For Release: Immediate Contact: Philippa Calnan Director, Public Affairs Ruth Goldway Manager, Public Affairs SCHOLARSHIP AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE HUMANITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION? National Forum on Information Technology Considers Strategies for Collaboration In the Humanities Irvine, Calif.-- * Is computer technology a powerful force for democratizing education, or fundamentally elitist? * Will classrooms, libraries, and universities as we know them become obsolete? * Will the computer industry, university administrators, scientists, and/or humanists make future decisions about technology in higher education? These are among the critical questions to be explored at "Technology, Scholarship, and the Humanities: The Implications of Electronic Information," a national forum organized by the Getty Art History Information Program and the American Council of Learned Societies, and co-sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information, the Council on Library Resources, and The Research Libraries Group. The conference convenes on Wednesday, September 30, and continues through Friday, October 2, at the Mabel and Arnold Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, California. More than 60 scholars, museum directors, information specialists, librarians, archivists, university administrators, and leaders of professional organizations and foundations will address current trends in information technology at a national policy level. Facing an information explosion occurring at exponential rates, a 30-year low in state and federal support for higher education, and an information technology system driven by the sciences and the computing professions, supporters of the humanities are confronted with hard choices. They recognize that advances in electronic information have the potential to expand research and teaching opportunities, but may also result in sharp cuts in current programs, a low priority given to humanities scholarship, and reduced access to education for lower- income students. Conference participants will break into working groups to explore the future of information technology and the humanities in five principal areas: intellectual pursuits; academic professional implications; sociology of knowledge; institutional policies; and national cooperation and policy-making. They will respond to challenging and insightful position papers that, among other suggestions, call for a national system for cooperative collection development and greater involvement of humanities scholars in key decision-making bodies. Each group will develop its own recommendations for future action. In the final plenary sessions scheduled for October 2, these policy proposals will be considered for adoption by the assembly. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Vartan Gregorian, President of Brown University, former President of the New York Public Library and an internationally respected leader in information automation and liberal arts education. Described by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as a man with the "talents of a missionary and a showman," Dr. Gregorian directed the computerization of one of the largest card catalogs in the world and a $400 million facilities restoration during his tenure with the New York Public Library. He currently presides over one of the nation's most prestigious Ivy League universities and the only one without a standard "core curriculum." According to Michael Ester, Director of the Getty Art History Information Program, and a conference sponsor, "Technology is by no means a neutral force. The electronic medium can as easily inhibit as it can vastly extend the reach of research, by the kinds of information that are automated and by the access and use that are possible. This conference brings together representatives from major segments of the academic community--scholars, managers of the information scholars use, experts in technology, and those responsible for leading institutions of learning into the next century. Their ability to interpret the impact of technology, and their specific recommendations for how to respond collectively to its opportunities and challenges, will offer valuable guidance for shaping national policies on the future academic environment." The five distinguished authors of the papers prepared in advance for the working groups are: Oleg Grabar, Professor, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, who has written about "The Intellectual Implications of Electronic Information"; Carolyn Lougee, Senior Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of History, Stanford University, who has addressed "The Professional Implications of Electronic Information"; Richard Lanham, Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, who has explored "The Implications of Electronic Information for the Sociology of Knowledge"; William Y. Arms, Vice President for Computing Services, Carnegie-Mellon University, who has considered "The Institutional Implications of Electronic Information"; and Lawrence Dowler, Associate Librarian for Public Services, Widener Library, Harvard University, who has written about "The Implications of Electronic Information for National Institutions." "This is a moment of crucial opportunity for humanities scholars. Intellectual movements are tending to eliminate the barriers between traditional academic disciplines, a development being reinforced by the fundamental technological transformations that libraries are undergoing," explains Stanley Katz, President of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a conference sponsor. "We see both the potential for increasing interdisciplinary studies and innovative teaching, and the risks for the liberal arts curriculum and for scholars and students needing access to information. We hope this conference will consider national strategies to ensure that the humanities are represented along with the sciences in the creation of national technology standards, to provide adequate funding for humanities scholarship, and to involve scholars in decisions resulting from the changes technology is making on teaching, tenure, and knowledge itself." Later this fall, a brochure announcing the main results of the conference will be widely distributed to the academic, technological, and institutional communities addressed through the conference. A summary and proceedings of the conference and its recommendations will be published by the conference sponsors in 1993, in both conventional and electronic form. It is hoped that the document will serve as the basis of programmatic planning for the future. To request copies of the brochure and of the summary and proceedings and for additional information, please contact Susan Siegfried, the Getty Art History Information Program, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1100, Santa Monica, CA 90401-1455, (310) 451-6366 or, by fax, (310) 451-5570. # # # Note to Editors: Members of the press who would like to attend the keynote address by Dr. Gregorian and/or the plenary sessions and workshops are welcome. To make arrangements please call Ruth Goldway, Public Affairs Manager, the J. Paul Getty Trust, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90401-1455, (310) 451-6471. CONFERENCE SPONSORS Michael Ester Director The Getty Art History Information Program 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1100 Santa Monica, California 90401-1455 (310) 395-1025 (310) 451-4470 fax E-Mail ADDRESS internet: enq94me@mvs.oac.ucla.edu bitnet: enq94me@uclamvs Stanley Katz President American Council of Learned Societies 228 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017-3398 (212) 697-1505 (212) 949-8058 fax E-MAIL ADDRESS: snkatz@pucc.princeton.edu W. David Penniman President Council on Library Resources 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 313 Washington, D.C. 20036-2117 (202) 483-7474 (202) 483-6410 fax E-MAIL ADDRESS: bitnet: penniman@gwuvm Paul Evan Peters Director Coalition for Networked Information 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 232-2466 (202) 462-7849 fax E-MAIL ADDRESS: paul@cni.org John Haeger Vice President for Programs and Planning The Research Libraries Group, Inc. 1200 Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041-1100 (415) 962-9951 (415) 964-0943 fax E-MAIL ADDRESS: bl.jwh@rlg.bitnet THE GETTY ART HISTORY INFORMATION PROGRAM The Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP), one of seven operating programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust, seeks to make art- historical information more accessible to scholars and researchers through the use of advanced computer technology. It does so by promoting common perspectives and standards among international institutions and organizations on projects in three general areas: coordinating vocabularies to facilitate consistent data entry and retrieval; providing bibliographic services; and assembling art historical databases. AHIP plays a catalytic role in helping to focus attention on the collective challenges facing the information community in the coming decade. Among AHIP's projects are the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, the Bibliography of the History of Art, the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, the Provenance Index, the Witt Computer Index, and the Getty Study of Online Searching by Scholars. THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a private non- profit federation of fifty-two national scholarly organizations. The purpose of the Council, as set forth in its constitution, is "the advancement of humanistic studies and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." Included in the program of the Council are awards to individual scholars to advance research in the humanities and humanistic aspects of the social sciences; support for international scholarly research and exchanges; activities concerned with the identification of present and future needs of humanistic scholarship, and planning and development to meet these needs; and organizational functions. In addition, the Council has fiscal and administrative oversight for the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) which administers the Fulbright program. Organized in 1919 and incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1924, the ACLS was granted a federal charter through the United States Congress in 1982. THE COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION The Coalition for Networked Information was founded in March 1990 to help realize the promise of advanced networks and high performance computing for information access and delivery. The Coalition was established by three associations: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE and EDUCOM. ARL is an association promoting equitable access and effective use of recorded knowledge supporting teaching, research, and scholarship. CAUSE and EDUCOM are dedicated to introducing, using, and managing information technology and related resources in research in general and higher education. The Coalition for Networked Information promotes the creation of access to information resources in networked environments in order to enrich scholarship and enhance intellectual productivity. A Task Force of institutions and organizations able and willing to contribute resources and attention to the mission of the Coalition was created in 1990 and continues to grow. This Task Force now provides a common vehicle by which nearly 170 institutions and organizations pursue a shared vision of information management and how it must change in the 1990s to meet the social, educational, and economic opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. Members of the Task Force include higher education institutions, publishers, network service providers, computer hardware, software, and systems companies, library networks and organizations and public and state libraries. COUNCIL ON LIBRARY RESOURCES The Council on Library Resources was founded in 1956 with support from the Ford Foundation to aid in the solution of the problems of libraries generally, and research libraries particularly, by putting emerging technologies to use in order to improve operating performance and expand library services. While continuing its initial concentration on technological applications in libraries, the Council has gradually expanded its focus to reflect changing needs and opportunities in areas such as linking computer systems, making library management more effective, improving access to library materials, addressing international concerns, exploring cooperative approaches, and enhancing the skills of librarians. The Council now derives its support from a number of foundations in areas consonant with their program interests. The areas currently receiving attention include human resources, the economics of information services, infrastructure, and access and processing. THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP, INC. The Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) is a not-for-profit membership corporation of more than 120 universities, archives, historical societies, museums, and other institutions devoted to improving access to information that supports research and learning. RLG owns and operates RLIN(R) (the Research Libraries Information Network) to serve the research and information management needs of both its members and nonmember institutions and individuals worldwide. RLG'S objectives for the 1990s include: * to support cooperative solutions among research libraries, archives, museums, and related repositories; * to create an information delivery service capable of putting catalog, index, abstract, full-text, and image information directly into the hands of scholars and students; * to manage coordinated preservation projects that extend models developed for the preservation of brittle paper materials to photographs and electronic media; * to develop a local computer system serving archives, museums, and related repositories, linked to an increasingly comprehensive database of primary cultural and scientific information; and * to facilitate the most effective access to information resources. RLG membership is open to any nonprofit institution with an educational, cultural, or scientific mission. From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Getty Press Release "1" Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:44 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 434 (558) This is not the first time that the Getty has arranged or announced a conference on a significant topic with little or no lead time. The private nature of the conference, though attended by apparently useful groups and people, combined with the timing of the announcment (inviting "coverage" at a press meeting to be held on the day after the message) transmits a sense of noblesse oblige which several of the organizations involved, certainly including the Getty, need to be careful not to project. The position papers to be distributed sound interesting and we all look forward to seeing them as announced in the release. It may be the case that the discussion in the broader community stimulated by these papers might be of interest to those at the meeting, but they will not have the opportunity to take advantage of such discussion. The phrase in the release that policy proposals will be considered for adoption by the assembly" implies a decision-making mode of a more global nature than I suspect is intended. --Peter Graham, Rutgers University From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: CONTENTS Awarded AAR Grant Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 18:19:53 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 257 (559) [deleted quotation] The _Religious Studies Publications Journal -- CONTENTS, also known as the CONTENTS Project, has just been awarded a grant from the American Academy of Religion that will allow it to obtain 500 megabytes of FTP server disk space through the Computing and Communication Services of Carleton University, Ottawa. The project is jointly sponsored by the religious studies departments of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. The CONTENTS Project is now entering its tenth month of operation. The project is the first all electronic, network disseminated serial for religious studies that seeks to explore the use of Listserv and FTP databases as the foundation for the archiving and dissemination of religious studies publications information, as well as original scholarly and pedagogical research material. The CONTENTS Project also electronically republishes religious studies related bulletins and newsletters, such as the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Newsletter and the Bulletin of the General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary. The project disseminates via Listserv the table of contents of journals relevant to religious studies. Presently, the following journals are participating in this aspect of the project: ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University Heythrop Journal Jewish Bible Quarterly Journal of Indian Philosophy Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Journal for the Study of the New Testament Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Journal of Ritual Studies Modern Theology Polin: Journal of Polish-Jewish Studies SOPHIA: A Journal for Philosophical Theology and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion S'VARA - Journal of Philosophy, Law and Science SYZYGY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture Zygon And half a dozen more titles forthcoming. There are presently over 640 subscribers in over 27 countries, including the following: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hongkong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi-Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and USA. The CONTENTS Project will soon begin archiving on its FTP server selected bibliographies produced by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Scholars and publishers interested in making the electronic text of research documents, pre-publication papers, seminar papers, theses and dissertations, course syllabi and other material freely available via the academic computer networks should contact the project director (address below) for more information. The Religious Studies Publications Journal -- CONTENTS presently has the following servers: Listserv: Name: CONTENTS Location: Listserv@UOTTAWA or Listserv@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA For an index, send the command: INDEX CONTENTS to either of the above addresses. FTP Server: 137.122.6.16 (panda1.uottawa.ca) cd pub/religion get ftp-index.txt (for an index of files) For more information about the CONTENTS Project, contact: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: kellys@code3.code3.com (Kelly Sorensen) Subject: Hume e-texts Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1992 15:18:12 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 435 (560) Is Hume available on CD-ROM? In electronic format elsewhere? Thank you. Kelly D. Sorensen kellys@code3.code3.com From: Harold Sjursen <HSJURSEN@POLYVM> Subject: Engineering and Computer Ethics courses Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 08:06:20 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 436 (561) I would like to hear from anyone who has taught an engineering and/or computer ethics course. I am leaving this category somewhat vague because I am interested in the range of approaches that are being taken. Any type of information is sought: course descriptions, reading lists, anecdotes, personal research, etc. Our Center is going to compile information on topics such as this and eventually we will make it available to all who are interested. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HAROLD SJURSEN CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, BROOKLYN <HSJURSEN@VM.POLY.EDU> OR <HSJURSEN@POLYVM> From: Marco Simionato <SIMION@IVEUNCC> Subject: PD phonetic fonts for Windows sought Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 13:00:19 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 437 (562) I know phonetic fonts are available from Linguist software and others, but is there nothing on the PD for Windows? Please reply directly, thanks. From: Richard Bear <RBEAR@OREGON> Subject: Medieval/Renaissance office furniture Date: 28 Sep 1992 16:42:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 438 (563) I have read that monks who transcribed manuscript books were _scriptors_ and the room in which one worked was a _scriptorium_. What were the writing desks called? I have seen _scriptorum_ but I have also seen this used (perhaps in error?) to refer to _scriptor_ in the plural. Scholars often worked at desks similar to those used by the monks, and had "book wheels," of either a horizontal or vertical design, which were priarily used, I've read, to check on variants of passages in scriptures and classical authors. What, in late Latin, were these book wheels called? The dictionaries to which I have access are stonewalling me. From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 EISINGER at FRIBM11 Subject: Date: 29 September 92, 10:36:22 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 439 (564) Subject : NIH Libraries and INTERVIEWS A friend of mine is looking for two softwares : a so-called NIH libraries, running with C++ an other one called INTERVIEWS, kind of interface builder Any hints ? Thanks Marc From: "C. David Frankel" <D7BAIAD@CFRVM> Subject: Course equivalents Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 23:21:21 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 440 (565) This is not, strictly speaking, either a humanities or computing question, but perhaps people on this list know the answer anyway. At what point, and for what reason, did American colleges adopt the 3 hour per week class as a standard? What time/class structures prevail at colleges and universities in other countries? Thanks for your help. | C. David Frankel_________ Phone: 904-588-8395 Assoc. Prof. of Theatre__ BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________ INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM> Subject: e-mail addresses Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 08:25:06 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 441 (566) Does any fellow Humanist know of e-mail contacts at universities in Sao Paulo, Buenos-Aires or Montevideo? A research center on relationships between literary culture and scientific culture is looking for correspondents in those institutions. Please forward answers directly to: piersens@ere.umontreal.ca From: Computers.and.Writing@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 11:35:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 442 (567) Several people have asked for a reposting of the call for papers for the Ninth Computers and Writing Conference, so here it is. Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and feel free to forward it to other lists. Thanks. C A L L F O R P A P E R S NINTH CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND WRITING The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan United States of America May 20-23, 1993 Conference Theme: Lessons from the Past, Learning for the Future Conference chairs: Emily Jessup, Susanmarie Harrington, William Condon, Wayne Butler Poised as we are at the end of the first decade of using computers in writing classes, 1993 seems a good time to pause and reflect upon what we have discovered during the last ten years and to look forward to the next ten. The program chairs invite interested parties to propose papers, sessions, or workshops. We are particularly interested in proposals exploring one or more of the following themes: --Computers, Writing, and the K-12 classroom --Getting started with computers and writing instruction --Applications of hypertext in the teaching of writing --Multimedia and writing instruction --Computers and the reading-writing connection --Explorations of the virtual classroom --Uses of computers in promoting collaborations: --among students --across disciplines --over long distances --The effects of computers: --on the learning process --on the interactions among students and teachers --Changing sociopolitical contexts for computer use Proposals: Send three copies of a two-page (double-spaced) abstract for a paper, panel, or workshop. Include: name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), telephone number(s) and, if possible, e-mail address(es) for all partcipants. Also include audiovisual or other equipment needs (including computers, projection, etc). Deadline: All proposals must be postmarked by November 1, 1992. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by January 1993. Mail proposals to: Computers and Writing Conference English Composition Board 1025 Angell Hall University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 OR E-mail Proposals to: Computers_and_Writing@um.cc.umich.edu From: Brenda Danet <kcubd@hujivm1> Subject: Call for Papers Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:20 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 443 (568) ****CALL FOR PAPERS ON COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION**** International Pragmatics Association Conference July 25-30, 1993 Kobe, Japan I am interested in organizing a panel on computer-mediated communication, with the preliminary title, "Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication." Papers may deal with private electronic mail, discussion lists (moderated or unmoderated), or interactive modes like IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and MuDs (Multi-User Domains). Ideally, the panel will discuss not only linguistic aspects of these forms of communication but their implications for identity, culture and community, or for orality, literacy, and the history of writing. If it not possible to put together 3-4 papers on CMC alone, the panel might also discuss communi- cation in other new technologies, such as fax or answering machines. Although it is rather late to organize such a panel (the dead- line is Nov. 1), I have the encouragement of one of the program committee members, Bruce Fraser, to do so. The very technologies which we will talk about will make this possible! Please send abstracts and preliminary suggestions ASAP to *both* Prof. Brenda Danet BITNET: kcubd@hujivm1 Dept. of Communication INTERNET: kcubd@vm1.huji.ac.il Hebrew University of Jerusalem FAX: 972-2-827069 Mt. Scopus Jerusalem, Israel 91905 *and* Prof. Bruce Fraser BITNET: sed91ln at buacca School of Education FAX: 617-353-3924 Boston University N.B. I will be in Boston between October 4 and 10, so if at all possible please send abstracts and queries to Bruce and me during that week, c/o his Bitnet address above, or by fax. From: Jon Crump <jjcrump@u.washington.edu> Subject: CSANA_Conference Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 14:25:19 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 444 (569) CSANA Announcing The ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA Thursday, April 22 - Sunday, April 25 1993 CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited for the annual meeting of the CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (CSANA), which will be held at the University of Washington in Seattle from Thursday, April 22nd, to Sunday, April 25th, 1993. Papers should be twenty minutes in length, and any topic related to Celtic language, history, or literature (medieval or modern) will be considered. CSANA will be meeting in conjunction with a Colloquium on Orality and Literacy in Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse tradition sponsored by the University of Washington Center for the Humanities. Featured speakers for the Colloquium include Thomas Charles-Edwards (Oxford), Joseph Harris (Harvard), and Katherine O'Keeffe (Notre Dame). The conjunction of the Colloquium with the CSANA conference means that CSANA papers related to orality and literacy, or to Celtic/Anglo-Saxon or Celtic/Norse interactions would be especially welcome. Paper prospectuses are due by February 1st, 1993, to: Robin Chapman Stacey Dept. of History, DP-20 University of Washington Seattle, WA. 98195 For further information contact Dr. Stacey via USMail, or Jon Crump via e-mail at: jjcrump@u.washington.edu From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: Inquiry re missing books Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 15:14:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 445 (570) At the request of Special Agent Robert Bazin, Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation, I am asking for information on MISSING copies of: Isaac Newton, *Philosophia naturalis principia* . . . [with commentary by Thomas Le Seur and Francis Jacquier] Geneva: Barrillot & Filii, 1739 [vol. 1], 1740 [vol. 2] These two (of three) volumes turned up in the wake of Mr. Stuart Adelman, after his arrest; he has pled guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property in regard to theft of materials from The Folger Shakespeare Library. Agent Bazin is trying to establish who owns these two volumes. He is also concerned to establish ownership of a copy of volume 5 (only) of a 9-volume set that was found at Folger after Mr. Adelman's departure; it is not, however, Folger property: Mme. de Lussan, *Histoire et regne de Charles VI* . . . Paris 1753. We have not seen the Lussan. The Newton volumes, however, are contempor- aneously bound in mottled calf, with gilt spines and red and gold leather labels, marbled endpapers, and red edges. They have old paper labels for their pressmarks (no longer visible) at the base of their spines. Agent Bazin can be reached, IF you have information about copies of these books you KNOW to missing, at the Philadelphia FBI office: 215 829 2742 (or general exchange 2700). If you prefer, you can contact me at one of the addresses below (but I will NOT BE HERE until Monday of next week). Thank you for whatever help you can provide. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU> Subject: Book review Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 08:59:15 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 446 (571) A number of guides to the Internet have been published recently, and others have been announced for the near future. As of this writing there is a new, undisputed champion that is available at a reasonable price. Yesterday FedEx delivered our copy of Ed Krol's _The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog_ direct from the publisher, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This latest publication in their renowned Nutshell Handbook series is worth every penny of the $24.95 list price. The ISBN is 1-56592-025-2. O'Reilly can be reached at 103 Morris St, Ste. A, Sebastopol, CA 95472, or 800-998-9938. Many are familiar with the Nutshell Handbooks that O'Reilly has published, mostly for the Unix and X Window environments. This book is a high quality paperback of 376 pages that is printed on acid-free paper (not that it will need to last that long, considering the rate of change of the Internet). Those not familiar with O'Reilly's publications will be familiar with Krol's RFC 1118, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet," which this new book updates and obsoletes. To indicate how comprehensive and current the book is, I'll take the liberty of listing the chapter titles: 1. What is this book about? 2. What is the Internet? 3. How the Internet works. 4. What's allowed on the Internet? 5. Remote login. 6. Moving files: FTP 7. Electronic mail 8. Network News 9. Finding software [all about Archie] 10. Finding someone 11. Tunneling through the Internet: Gopher 12. Searching Indexed databases: WAIS 13. Hypertext spanning the Internet: WWW 14. Other applications [fax, chatting, games, etc.] 15. Dealing with problems [error msgs, dealing with operations folks, etc.] There are also appendices covering resources on the nets, how to get connected, international connectivity, acceptable use, and other matters. The glossary is adequate, but does not try to compare to the _The New Hacker's Dictionary_. The index is very good. In conclusion, I recommend this very highly. Although there are many other competing works out there, this one covers almost everything anyone could want to know, is well written for both the novice and the experienced user, and is available now at a very reasonable price. All who are reading this review should have a copy on their desk, and a copy in their public, academic, or special library for reference by other potential users. Obligatory disclaimer: I do not know the author and have no business or other connections with the author or publisher. I'm just a very happy consumer. dan ***************************************************************************** * Dan Lester Bitnet: alileste@idbsu * * Associate University Librarian Internet: alileste@idbsu.idbsu.edu * * Boise State University * * Boise, Idaho 83725 BSU and I have a deal: I don't speak * * 208-385-1234 for them and they don't speak for me. * ***************************************************************************** From: "C. David Frankel" <D7BAIAD@CFRVM> Subject: 6.0247 Qs: Usher Photos Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 23:21:53 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 447 (572) You might query the Center for Film and Theatre Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Or, if you want to spend a small amount on a search fee, contact the Bettman Archives in NY (or the Lincoln Center branch of the New York Public Library). | C. David Frankel_________ Phone: 904-588-8395 Assoc. Prof. of Theatre__ BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________ INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0247 Qs: S/W Requests; Posters; Ushers; Computer Literacy 5/83 Date: 23 Sep 1992 17:09:03 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 448 (573) Re: Computer literacy Last march there was a good discussion at HUMANIST 5.0761 about the "Humanist's Toolkit", which got quite particular. From: rkelley@URSINUS.BITNET Subject: RE: 6.0247 Qs: S/W Requests; Posters; Ushers; Computer Literacy 5/83 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1992 09:53:16 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 449 (574) In response to Joel Goldfield's request for a definition of "computer literacy," I think it is safe to say that it is not necessarily what you know, but whether or not you know how to find out what you do not know. On any given campus, for example, a huge range of computing environments might be available, and individuals might evince various skill levels in those environments. It has been my experience that (as with the original cultural literacy debates) the issue is whether an individual is even *aware* of potential computer applications in his or her discipline. Once this threshold has been reached, the individual is, for all purposes, as "literate" as anyone else in the field, merely less experienced. This may seem obvious, but as researchers we can forget what it was like to not even know where to look for information. Our students become "library literate," for example, under our instruction and eventually can independently teach themselves what they need to know. Robert Kelley English, Ursinus College /nosig From: JGUTHRIE@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0250 Rs: Quotes; S/W; Grammar; Codex; Writing (8/163) Date: 25 Sep 1992 21:33:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 450 (575) In further response to the query about finding a good book about how to write manuals, I highly recommend Jonathan Prices "How to Write a Computer Software Manual" (Benjamin Cummings publishers). Price shows a sense of humor about a subject which could otherwise become deadly dull. The present edition is sadly dated, but a new edition from Benjamin Cummings should be coming out this winter. Jim Guthrie Wright StatxDe University From: Brian Nielsen <BNIELSEN@NUACVM> Subject: Re: 6.0247 Qs: S/W Requests; Posters; Ushers; Computer Literacy Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 21:32:02 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 451 (576) To Charles Faulhaber's question about indexing software, I would suggest a straight bibliographic database manager like Pro-Cite, which could do a fine formatted index, listed out in all the ways you'd need it. There is a terrific back-of-the-book indexing program called CINDEX (I use an MS-DOS version from Indexing Research, POB27687, River Station, Rochester NY 14627- 7687, but I think it's a rewrite from an original unix version), but I think for a retrospective index of articles in a journal that Pro-Cite or equivalent would be better. On the question about movie usherpicture: I seem to recall that some old Coca Cola ad had an usher in uniform; check one of those coffee-table books for coke memorabilia collectors. | Brian Nielsen | Networked Resources Coordinator | Academic Computing and Network Services | 2129 North Campus Drive | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL 60208-2850 | (708) 491-2170 FAX: (708) 491-3824 | INTERNET: b-nielsen@nwu.edu From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0242 Rs: Grammar; Printing and Publication (3/61) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 11:08:28 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 452 (577) "If swallowed, seek medical advice" could of course be joined by the thousands of hanging participles which hang out (sorry!) in such haunts as college textbooks and other works of literature: "While making an important phone call, the doorbell rang" etc. Unfortunately these are funny only to the initiated; a lot of people have sincere problems seeing what is wrong with the sentence. My own pet hate is parts of speech used for others: nouns as adjectives, adjectives for adverbs. These tend, also, to stick, i.e. they gradually become absorbed into the language to the point where they become "correct". Two current examples: 1) "Likely" mistaken for an adverb (because of the -ly ending) and used to mean "probably": "Any PC you buy will likely be obsolete in half a year." This is a peculiarly American vice (sorry, I'm a Brit-English fanatic) but over there, at least, seems to be almost respectable already. 2) "fun" used as an adjective: "that sounds like a fun thing to do." This is accepted as normal by kids; I haven't heard it so much from adults, but that may be because the kids were visitors while the American adults I know have been out of the speech community for 20 or so years (as indeed I have myself), being permanently resident here. While "a fun thing todo" doesn't sound so bad, at least to me, the same kids routinely say "it was so fun!" (rather than "it was such fun!") -- I assume because "fun" to them is an adjective (compare "it was so bad" vs. "it was such bad news"). That grates... However, neither of these is *confusing*. Nor are most of the hanging-participle sentences, though you can construct ones that are. Perhaps the mistakes that truly are confusing die out whereas those that preserve an understandable message have a greater chance of being accepted? All in all, you probably have a greater chance of confusing the enemy with faulty punctuation (No more taxes/no, more taxes) than faulty grammar. Judy Koren, Haifa, Israel. From: Jon Butler <JBUTLER@YALEVM> Subject: Position Open: U.S. 20th Century History Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 07:19:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 262 (578) 20th Century U.S. The Department of History at Yale University intends to make an appointment in twentieth-century U.S. History to begin in the 1993-94 academic year. Duties include graduate teaching as well as the twentieth-century U.S. survey that covers political history. Research specialization is open. A senior tenured appointment is preferred, but candidates at all levels of experience will be considered. Yale is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and applications from women and members of other minority groups are especially encouraged. Applications, nominations, and credentials should be sent by October 15, 1992 to: Jon Butler, Chair, 20th-Century U.S. Search Committee, Department of History, P. O. Box 1504A Yale Station, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520-7425. Note: for a variety of reasons, in this case it is important to apply via U.S. mails rather than e-mail. From: PWILLETT@ucs.indiana.edu Subject: MRDF's from Chadwyck-Healey Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 10:53:10 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 263 (579) The Main Library at Indiana University is interested in purchasing the "Database of African-American Poetry 1670-1900" from Chadwyck- Healey. Since I haven't actually seen their CD-ROM software, I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has used any of the MRDF's published by Chadwyck-Healey. If anyone could comment on the CD-ROM software, I'd be most interested, but any comments about their products in general--text selection, customer support, etc.--would be greatly appreciated. I could summarize for the list if anyone is interested. Perry Willett Main Library Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: 812-855-1891 Bitnet: PWILLETT@IUBACS Internet: PWILLETT@UCS.INDIANA.EDU From: robert_judd@csufresno.edu Subject: Re: 6.0253 More Rs: Significant uses of E-Texts (4/133 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 9:50:35 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 453 (580) I'm also interested in the use of e-texts for research, and wondered what HUMANISTS thought of the university/college/whatever library supporting e-texts in a big way by setting up reading CD-ROMs for working with e-texts, and subscribing generally to literature published in CD-ROM format. What is the experience of users? Strictly personal, departmental, or through the library? I'll collate any responses to this query and post a summary to the list if they seem interesting or "significant." Thanks in advance. Bob Judd *********************************** * Bob Judd * CSU Fresno * robert_judd@zimmer.csufresno.edu * * *********************************** From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com> Subject: Classics on Disk Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 20:42 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 454 (581) Is anyone here familiar with the Fordham U. Press "Classics on Disk"? These are 20 Western philosophical texts ranging from Plato to Mill (major works, including Hume's *Treatise* and *Enquiry*), priced from $30 to $80 (seems quite steep to me), on diskette. The translations tend to be rather old ones (e.g. Jowett's translations of Plato). The ad says the texts are in ASCII format and is vague about whether search/retrieval software is included. If you've used any of these, I'd be very interested in your reaction. George Aichele 470-5237@mcimail.com Adrian College From: ocramer@academic.cc.colorado.edu Subject: Electronic Hobbes? Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 11:10:37 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 455 (582) For a colleague I'd like particulars on machine-readable Hobbes text, if it's available either to download or to buy on CD or whatnot. Owen Cramer Colorado College ocramer@cc.colorado.edu From: David Bantz <D-Bantz@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0258 Qs: E-Hume Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 18:54:23 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 456 (583) Electronic texts of Hume and other British Empiricists are available from: Mark Rooks, InteLex Rte 2, Box 383 Pittsboro, NC 27312 919-542-4411; -3748 (fax) (as of X.89) From: PFERRIBY@DREW.BITNET Subject: Query Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 10:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 457 (584) The Reformation Research seminar at Princeton Theological Seminary, taught by Prof. Jane Dempsey Douglass, is reading several sermons and selections from commentaries by Jean Calvin in the French original. While every seminar participant reads French adequately, no one has specialized in sixteenth-century French. Beyond obvious orthographical and semantic shifts (for which Robert is adequate for our modest needs), might anyone suggest a helpful text or lexicon which would summarize or list significant French usages and meanings in this time period? My initial searches have resulted only in texts intended for Romance linguists --I have the sneaking feeling that I'm missing something obvious. Merci beaucoup! Gavin Ferriby "Are you not," a Rugby master Librarian/Cataloguer, Drew University had asked [future Archbishop Ph.D. student, Dept. of Church History William Temple] in discussing Princeton Theological Seminary one of his [schoolboy] essays, (201) 408-3671 "a little out of your depth pferriby@drew.drew.edu here?" "Perhaps, Sir," was the confident reply, "but I can swim." For the errors of fact, lapses of judgement, and biases above I bear sole responsibility, which I will duck as soon as possible. From: kevink@emx.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Rome, imperialism, Alexander,4ad music Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 21:45:25 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 458 (585) I am new to the discussion group and I am looking for correspondence with persons whose interests include: The decline and/or decay of modern and ancient civilizations. Imperialism. The imperial overstretch theory (Paul Kennedy) Ancient Rome (after 2c. ad) I am also looking for a good book (the more sensation the better) on Alexander the Great's conquests. Also, anyone interested in music either on the 4ad label or with the 4ad sound. Please write! kevink@emx.cc.utexas.edu From: HUTCHERE@snypotva.bitnet Subject: "oed query" Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 14:40 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 459 (586) I am interested in learning whether anyone out there has a copy of the OED CD-rom 1st edition which he/she would like to sell? I am told that this edition is no longer available for sale from the usual sources. The *new*, 2nd edition, which is currently being marketted works only with windows. Since I am blind and use adaptive equipment, windows and other such graphics interfaces are out of the question. So, if anyone is upgrading and wishes to dispose of OED 1st, at a reasonable price, plea1se contact me. richard Hutcheson <hutchere@snypotva> BITNET Phone: 315-267-2587 From: Herb Stahlke <00HFSTAHLKE@BSUVAX1.BITNET> Subject: Computer literacy Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 08:36 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 460 (587) I stayed out of the last round of discussion on computer literacy, but with it seeming to resume I find the urge to contribute to it almost irresistible. We've pretty well given up on the idea of defining computer literacy at Ball State, at least in any broad way. Rather, what we did, starting about seven years ago, was to put computers into faculty offices--we've now been close to 100% for about three years--with the expectation that they would then begin learning their discipline's applications and using them with their students. This has worked, by and large, and now we do our assessment of computer competency on the basis of individualized departmental goals, which has also been pretty well received. We are now in the process of implementing a similar approach with a local middle school, and so far the teachers and administrators are responding enthusiastically. Herb Stahlke Associate Director University Computing Services Ball State University 00hfstahlke@bsuvax1.bitnet 00hfstahlke@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Computer literacy Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 18:38:35 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 461 (588) RE: Computer literacy Thanks to R. Kelley, O. Cramer, et al. for their comments and leads. I was unsuccessful in globally searching an INDEXed list of HUMANIST topics to find the appropriate category which turned out to be the "Humanist's Toolkit" which I knew I had read but for which I had no valid reference word. There's probably a better utility that will let me search all HUMANIST records for word patterns, and perhaps someone out there could let me know what it is! The information the fastest respondants sent was timely, and now I just hope the grant proposal it went into is approved. Regards, Joel Goldfield From: Douglas Greenberg <SDGLS@CUNYVM> Subject: Re: 6.0256 Getty Conference: Electronic Information Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 00:16:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 267 (589) As vice president of ACLS (one of the to co-sponsors of the conference that was announced here by the Getty), I want to respond briefly to Peter Graham's posting: Peter--The conference is an invitational conference because we wanted it to be realtively small and because we wanted it to cost the participants nothing to come. We have covered all the costs. On the other hand, we do not see the meeting as exclusive in any sense at all. We plan a very quick turnaround on the results of the conference, a longer document in less than a year, and a book about one year from now. All of these will beposted on HUMANIST and elsewhere asap. Deciding who to invite to the conference was a thankless and impossible job since so many bases had to be covered with a relatively few number of participants. HUMANISTS may wish to know, however, that such notables as Willard McCArty and Susan Hockey are here, among *many*others. To those we could not invite we apologize but promise to keep you apprised of the outcome. Doug Greenberg DOUGLAS GREENBERG VICE PRESIDENT AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 228 E. 45TH ST., 16TH FLOOR NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 TEL:212 697 1505 FAX 212 949 5088 BITNET:SDGLS@CUNYVM INTERNET:SDGLS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU From: <HSSDEAN@STMARYTX> Subject: JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:27 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 268 (590) JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PHILOSOPHY: St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 78228. One position, assistant professor, tenure track, beginning August 1993. AOS: Ethics preferred. AOC: Open. Familiarity with the thought of Bernard Lonergan would be helpful. Ph.d. preferred. Successful teaching experience. Commitment to Roman Catholic educational tradition and undergraduate teaching (candidate need not be of Catholic faith). Emphasis on diversity and dialogue. Teaching 12 hours (4 courses)/semester: Introduction, Ethics, upper level course(s). Salary competitive. AA/EOE. Women and minorities are specifically invited and encouraged to apply. Contact: Dr. Glen Hughes, Chair: Search Committee Philosophy Department St. Mary's University One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, TX 78228-8566 (512) 436-3998. Deadline: Initial screening begins November 15, 1992; applications will be accepted until position is filled. and SPEECH: Assistant or Associate Professor of Speech Communication. Tenure Track. Ph.D. or close. Teaching experience. Research or potential. Forensics interest and experience a plus. Candidate should be supportive of Roman Catholic educational traditions (but need not be of Catholic faith). To teach a variety of grad/undergraduate courses including areas of interest. Looking for an enthusiastic candidate who wants to make a difference. St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas is a great place to work. Warm, concerned, highly professional (85% of faculty have terminal degrees), and highly motivated faculty and students with a broad national, ethnic, religious mix. San Antonio also offers a very attractive living situation. Competitive Salary. Summer employment. AA/EEO. Review begins January 8, 1993 until position is filled. Send vita, graduate transcripts, letters of recommendation, CASSETTE TAPE OF CLASS LECTURE/DISCUSSION, and supporting evidence of teaching excellence and scholarly performance or potential to: Dr. Alan Cirlin, Search Committee Department of English and Communication Studies St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX 78228-8535 (512) 436-2008 and THEOLOGY: Two full-time tenure-track positions in (1) Systematic Theology and in (2) Moral Theology to begin August 1993. Candidates must be active Roman Catholics, grounded in that tradition and its contemporary development, hold earned doctorate from Roman Catholic institution. Duties include teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels; student advising; committee and departmental administrative assignments. Will be expected to participate actively in life of local parish/archdiocese. Salaries competitive according to rank and experience. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. Screening begins November 6, 1992 and continues until positions are filled. Send letter of application, vita, and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Geri Telepak, Search Committee Chair Department of Theology St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX 78228-8585 (512) 436-3310 From: "John M. Unsworth" <JMUEG@NCSUVM> Subject: PMC 3.1 Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 20:40:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 269 (591) _Postmodern Culture_ is happy to announce the publication of vol. 3, no. 1, a special fiction issue. An abbreviated table of contents follows.... ------------------------------------------ POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE P RNCU REPO ODER E P O S T M O D E R N P TMOD RNCU U EP S ODER ULTU E C U L T U R E P RNCU UR OS ODER ULTURE P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER ULTU E an electronic journal P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER E of interdisciplinary POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE criticism ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 3, Number 1 (September, 1992) ISSN: 1053-1920 ----------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL FICTION ISSUE Guest Editor: Larry McCaffery CONTENTS AUTHOR & TITLE FN FT Masthead, Contents, and CONTENTS 992 Instructions for retrieving files Guest Editor's Introduction MCCAFFER 992 Kathy Acker, "Obsession" ACKER 992 Robert Coover, The Titles Sequence from COOVER 992 _The Adventures of Lucky Pierre_ Ricardo Cruz, "Five Days of Bleeding" CRUZ 992 Rikki Ducornet, an excerpt from _Birdland_ DUCORNET 992 Rob Hardin, "Dressed to Kill Yourself" HARDIN 992 Annemarie Kemeny, "Attempts on Life" KEMENY 992 Marc Laidlaw, "Great Breakthroughs in LAIDLAW 992 Darkness (Being, Early Entries From _The Secret Encyclopaedia of Photography_)" William T. Vollmann, "Incarnations of the VOLLMANN 992 Murderer" POPULAR CULTURE COLUMN: John Tranter, "Brekdown" POP-CULT 992 FROM: PMC-TALK Two Threads: Cladistics and Cut-Ups PMC-TALK 992 (Excerpted from the Discussion Group PMC-TALK@NCSUVM, 7/92-8/92) REVIEWS: Bill Millard, "Bargaincounterculturalcapitalism: REVIEW-1 992 Gear and Writhing at the New Music Seminar." A review of the New Music Seminar and New York Nights, June 15-21, 1992, New York City. Russell Potter, "The Black (W)hole of Bataille: REVIEW-2 992 A Genealogy of Postmodernism?" A review of _The Accursed Share_ vols. 2 & 3, by Georges Bataille, and _Heterology and the Postmodern_, by Julian Pefanis. Alan Aycock, "Post-Literacy." A review of REVIEW-3 992 _Literacy Online: The Promise (and Peril) of Reading and Writing With Computers_, Myron Tuman, ed. Susan Schultz, "Postmodern Promos." A review of REVIEW-4 992 _A Poetics_, by Charles Bernstein, and _Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media_, by Marjorie Perloff. Kevin Kiernan, "La Condition McGann." A review REVIEW-5 992 of _The Textual Condition_, by Jerome McGann. Rebecca Stephens, "Postmodern Woolf." A review of REVIEW-6 992 _Virginia Woolf and Postmodernism: Literature in Quest and Question of Itself_, by Pamela L. Caughie. Announcements and Advertisements NOTICES 992 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription to _Postmodern Culture_ via e-mail is free: to subscribe, send a request (with your first and last name) to PMC@NCSUVM or PMC@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU -- disk and microfiche are also available, for a fee. From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: MLA Makes the Big Time Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 10:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 270 (592) The October 5, 1992, issue of _Newsweek_ magazine lists 100 members of the Cultural Elite (as defined by Dan Quayle), including Houston Baker, President of the Modern Language Association. The blurb continues: "Once a home for footnote fetishists, the MLA put p.c. scholarship on the map and takes the blame for inventing it." When I read it last night, my first thought was that it referred to "PC scholarship" as in using personal computers for writing. Since it could be argued that introduction to computers in writing courses led to more use of PCs among students and later to the "real" world, and MLA (under the leadership of Hans R"utimann) was one of the first major organizations to computerize at all, and MLA encouraged Computers in Writing, especially through the ACH sessions at MLA in the early 80's, my first thought upon reading the blurb (quoted above) was that it was *US* -- the ACH and our knowledge of computing for the humanities that led the MLA into the PC era. But this morning when I re-read the blurb, I read "p.c. scholarship" as "politically correct scholarship," which in fact makes more sense in light of what Newsweek knows and cares about the "cultural elite." Ah, well, here again we don't get credit for our contribution! But we know the truth, right? Mary Dee Harris From: Oxford Text Archive <archive@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Oxford Text Archive: October Update Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 11:00:07 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 271 (593) Since the last complete list of our holdings was posted to HUMANIST at the beginning of August, the following texts of particular interest to HUMANIST readers have found their way into the Archive: OTA ref U-1706-A author Gay, John title The beggar's opera depositor Richard Bear inst_name U of Oregon B.W Huebsch 1922 edition, transciption of the 1765 printed edition OTA ref U-1707-A author CORPORA title Ancient Hebrew inscriptions depositor Dr G.I. Davies inst_name U of Cambridge Corpus of Hebrew inscriptions before 200 B.C. Machine readable version of G.I Davies, Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions: Corpus & Concordance (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991). Supplements to be added as they appear and are incorporated into the Canbridge database. Full details of conventions used are available. OTA ref P-1708-E author CORPORA title Susanne Corpus depositor Geoffrey Sampson inst_name U of Sussex A 128,000 word subset of the Brown Corpus of American English annotated in accordance with the Susanne scheme (as defined in "English for the Computer" by Geoffrey Sampson, OUP, 1992) Aspects of the annotation scheme have been decided in such a way as to facilitate a move to TEI conformance in later releases. This version of the corpus is available via anonymous ftp from the Archive's Oxford server. OTA ref U-1709-C author Joyce, James title Finnegans Wake depositor David J. Wilson inst_name [deleted quotation]of the original. Eventually we hope to make both these Joyce texts TEI conformant and available via anonymous ftp from Oxford. OTA ref U-1710-C author Joyce, James title Ulysses depositor David J. Wilson inst_name [deleted quotation]edition, the 1971 Bodley head reprint and Gallimard 1948 French edition) Page numbers are not preserved. OTA ref U-1711-A author Van Dyke, Henry title The story of the other wise man depositor K. McMahon inst_name U of Strathclyde Harper & Bros. edition of 1907. Plain ASCII text with no markup. And, coming very shortly, text 1712 : a collection of campaign speeches candidate biographies and other political propaganda from the US Presidential Election. So far we've only been able to gather material from candidates Bush and Clinton, but there's no shortage of that. If anyone knows where we can get the collected thoughts of Chairman Perot in electronic form, please tell us. Not. Alan Morrison and Lou Burnard Oxford Text Archive ----------------------------------------------------------------- Among other files now available for anonymous FTP from black.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.165]: /ota/textarchive.info : general information about the Archive (mission, order form etc) /ota/textarchive.list : current short list /ota/textarchive.sgml : same thing, in SGML ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: BARKATULLA@LAMPETER.AC.UK Subject: Electronic Texts for Islamic Studies Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 18:34 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 272 (594) Dear Humanist editors I am forwarding the following info which I think would be of interest to the participants in Humanist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ISLAMIC COMPUTING CENTRE, LONDON (Pioneer Islamic e-text publisher) An introduction THE ISLAMIC COMPUTING CENTRE, LONDON was established in 1982 in London as an Information Technology research and development centre in the field of ISLAMIC STUDIES. 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Thomas's Road, LONDON N4 2QJ (U.K.) TEL: 071-359 6233 FAX: 071-226 2024 AK BARKATULLA 100010,423 @ CompuServ BARKATULLA@UK.AC.LAMP [JANET] From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Paradox on PC-NFS networks Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 14:34:20 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 462 (595) Does anyone have experience of using Borland Paradox on networks besides Novell, particularly PC-NFS? Any reports of difficulties or lack thereof welcome. Thanks, Donald Spaeth CTI Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History University of Glasgow From: "Daniel P. Tompkins" <PERICLES@TEMPLEVM> Subject: trustee interventions etc. Date: Sat, 03 Oct 92 21:53:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 463 (596) I'm forwarding to this list a posting I originally sent to ancient historians. I'd be grateful for any responses. Dan Tompkins ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Did anyone else notice the latest Chronicle of Higher Ed. report on the new "report" from Lynne Cheney and the National Endowment on Humanities? The burden of it is that the classroom in the American university has become intolerably politicized. One response to this, says cheney in an interview, is for trustees to become more active in intervening in the classroom. A look at American history, she remarked, shows that trustees frequently brought about the dismissal of faculty who appeared too "political" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Well. It's nice to see that history has its uses--that is why we study it. But here are the first four names that sprang to mind as I pondered her rx: Charles Beard (Columbia), Scott Nearing (Penn), Alexander Meikeljohn (sp? Pres., Amherst), and of course Moses Finley (Rutgers)--tho Ellen Schrecker's fine book, No Ivory Tower, reports that the Rutgers trustees stood by Finley to a surprising degree, and that the firing was brought about by the governor, Alfred Driscoll--in whose home town, Haddonfield NJ, I happen to live. (It's also the birthplace of I. F. Stone, and the site of the discovery o fthe first complete dinasoar [pardon the paren in paren, but a droll aspect of Hadrosaurus Foulkei, as I think it's called, was that he/she was initially reconstructed on the supposition that it was a mammal--only later did folks realize the correct "ideal type" was a lizard. Again, salutary for historians and archaeologists to note]). Anyway, an unbiased observer looking over this rogues' gallery might-- pace Lynne Cheney--reasonably conclude that there was some injustice in the dismissals. Meikeljohn, I believe, "surfaced" as pres. of U o Wisconsin, and a major award for defenders of free speech in the acad. is annually given in his name. "Free speech," of course, is something Cheney and the Nat'l Assoc. of Scholars do espouse when it suits their needs (not always--on this more anon, if you want). Ironies abound (not the least of these: Robert Frost was his arch-foe). Nearing became a sainted figure, living of the land 'till his nineties, providing all he needed on 4 hours work a day in Castine, Maine. Beard remains famous though some of his ideas have been modified (including, I think, the robber barons thesis). Finley, closer to home for us, was knighted and lived out his life in Cambridge, where (irony again) one of his friends was Owen Lattimore. Were American historical studies enriched by his departure? I've written the above partly to sort some things out for myself, partly to raise the possibility that trustee intervention ain't always the best thing in the world, and partly as a request for information. Do I have the facts wrong about Meikeljohn and Beard, esp.? I've worked more recently on Nearing and Finley, and am not as worried about them. But I'd hate to send off a letter somewhere and later find that I erred. I'm planning to check this in a library, but it occurred to me that some folks out there might have the information right at hand. I'd be very grateful for any help. DO some teachers politicize their classes? That's another question, worth discussing. Some do. To the extent alleged by Cheney? I doubt it. Whether trustees should intervene, and whether their aim is always sure, are the questions I'm pondering tonight. Dan Tompkins, Classics, Temple U. From: ROLAND BOER <rboer@metz.une.edu.au> Subject: AASR Conference Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 22:13:19 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 274 (597) [deleted quotation] From: NEUMAN@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Subject: Electronic Hobbes Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 09:48 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 464 (598) Owen Cramer asked about the availability of an electronic version of works by Hobbes. InteLex has two dozen works by Hobbes in a 6 Mb file; they are available either in unencoded ASCII format or as linked with FolioViews retrieval software. For current pricing information and other details, contact Mark Rooks at InteLex Corp. P.O. Box 1827 Clayton, GA 30525-1827 (706) 782-7844 (706) 782-4489 fax Email: 70671.1673@compuserve.com I have no professional connection with InteLex, but I am interested in promoting the production and use of first-rate electronic editions. Mike Neuman Georgetown Center for Text and Technology From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0241 Significant use of E-Texts (1/12) Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 11:11:56 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 465 (599) Significant use of E-text in research: while working on a group of inscriptions from Delos, I noted that the word _delphakion_, defined in the lexica as a "sucking-pig", was used there for animals that obviously were not infants. A small lexical point, but before writing a note on the fact I decided to check the TLG (which, at the time, I still had to do by writing to the TLG and asking them to check it for me, at so-and-so-much per page of printout -- in America it could have been done in minutes, and now it can be done in minutes here, too). The information I received from them -- from sources that I would never have looked at -- showed that the use at Delos was only a stage in an interesting development of the meaning of the diminutive suffix; the result, published in the last Journal of Hellenic Studies, was still only a note, but a much more interesting one, and one that could not have been written without the TLG. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: <HSSDEAN@STMARYTX> Subject: Position announcements Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:46 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 466 (600) Please post on Humanist. Thank you. Charles H. Miller, Dean. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT St. Mary's University The Department of Political Science at St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in International Relations beginning in August, 1993 at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Ph.D. and requisite experience necessary for appointment at Associate level. Completed Ph.D. preferred for Assistant Professorship appointment; however, ABDs will be considered if they will complete degree requirements by August 1993. Teaching responsibilities include a broad range from the introductory American Government courses to graduate seminars in International Relations. An ordinary load would be twelve (12) hours per semester. Course titles include International Relations and Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Political Economy and International Law and Organizations. Spanish and/or French language specialization would be an attractive qualification but is not a requirement for employment. A strong commitment to teaching is an asset although research and publication are encouraged. Candidate must be supportive of Roman Catholic educational values (need not be of Catholic faith). St. Mary's is a Catholic University with the mission to foster a community of faith in which people of varied traditions and experiences unite in commitment to an educational venture, in dedication to a life of scholarship, and in the extension of service to society. The University established in 1852 by the Society of Mary (Marianists) and directed by them, is the oldest and largest Catholic University in Texas. There are 4250 students in five schools: Humanities and Social Sciences; Science, Engineering and Technology; Law; Graduate and Business Administration. The Political Science Department, in the academic year 1991-92, had 189 undergraduate majors and double majors. The Department also offers an M.A. in Political Science and an M.P.A. The majority of the undergraduate student body, as well as departmental majors, are women and/or Hispanics (Mexican American). St. Mary's University is an equal employment employer and encourages application from women and minority candidates as specified in the provision of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and P.L. 92-261 (AA/EEO). Send letter of application, vita, graduate transcripts and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Henry Flores, Chair, Department of Political Science, St. Mary's University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228-8571. Screening of applications will begin by January 15, 1993, and continue until position is filled. and St. Mary's University ST. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 78228. One position, assistant professor, tenure track, beginning August 15, 1993. AOS: French or Foreign Language Education with concentration in French and Minor or 18 graduate hours of Spanish required (No ABD). High level of French and Spanish fluency required. Successful teaching as well as a teacher certification experience a plus. Supportive of Roman Catholic educational tradition and undergraduate teaching (candidate need not be of Catholic faith). Teaching 12 hours (4 courses)/semester: Spanish at Elementary, Intermediate levels/French at all levels. Advisor to Freshmen departmental majors. Department has received a two-year NEH grant on Languages Across the Curriculum. Must be willing to work with this program. Salary Competitive. Contact: Dr. Ruben Candia, Chair, Language, Modern and Classical, St. Mary's University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228-8553. (512) 436-3738. Deadline: Initial screening begins December 15, 1992; applications will be accepted until position is filled. AA/EOE. From: <HSSDEAN@STMARYTX> Subject: Position Announcement Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:45 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 467 (601) POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT St. Mary's University FRENCH/SPANISH: St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 78228. One position, assistant professor, tenure track, beginning August 15, 1993. AOS: French or Foreign Language Education with concentration in French and Minor or 18 graduate hours of Spanish required (No ABD). High level of Spanish fluency required. Successful teaching experience as well as teacher certification a plus. Commitment to Roman Catholic educational tradition and undergraduate teaching (candidate need not be of Catholic faith). Teaching 12 hours (4 courses)/ semester: Spanish at Elementary, Intermediate levels/French at all levels. Advisor to Freshmen departmental majors. Department has received a two-year NEH grant on Languages Across the Curriculum. Must be willing to work with this program. Salary Competitive. Contact: Dr. Ruben Candia, Chair Department of Languages, Modern and Classical St. Mary's University One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, TX 78228-8553. (512) 436-3738. Deadline: Initial screening begins December 15, 1992; applications will be accepted until position is filled. AA/EOE. From: David A Hoekema <hoekema@brahms.udel.edu> Subject: Newsweek's Top 100 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 11:22:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 468 (602) Mary Dee Harris's comment on the unintended ambiguity of "p.c. scholarship" prompts this observation: is it not astonishing how few serious thinkers are listed in NEWSWEEK's alleged 100 cultural hotshots? Harris has cited one; then there are Susan Sontag and Skip Gates, both writers of considerable depth who are also media figures; and then there are a few more like Camille Paglia, who has (in my humble judgment) some comments on literature and culture that others might take seriously if they ever perceived a gap in her self-promotional program to listen to those who disagree. (Coincidentally, she is also my neighbor, but lives like a hermit and I've not set eyes on her in five years.) But apart from that it's almost wholly a list not of a cultural elite but of media stars. Also conspicuously missing are those who are giving serious attention to racial divisions in American society--only Gates and Spike Lee come to mind. As well as religious leaders--I don't think there are any, except maybe a televangelist or two. (I'm writing from my recollections of the list and may be missing some names.) Where are the real cultural elite--the William Jameses and John Deweys and Sigmund Freuds and Edward Gibbons and G. B. Shaws and John Ruskins of today? Shouldn't a few more intellectuals have made the list--if Richard Rorty and Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Cavell and Cornel West are too esoteric, how about Simon Schama and James MacPherson? I'd like to think the shallow minds at NEWSWEEK are to blame, but that is probably shooting the messenger. --David Hoekema <hoekema@brahms.udel.edu> AAA PPPP AAA Executive Director, American Philosophical Association AA AA PP PP AA AA Associate Professor of Philosophy AAAAA PPPP AAAAA University of Delaware || Phone: 302 831-1112 AA AA PP AA AA Newark, DE 19716 || FAX: 302 831-8690 AA AA PP AA AA ==After 11/10/92: Academic Dean, Calvin College <dhoekema@calvin.edu>=== =======Grand Rapids, MI 49546 == ph. 616 957-6442 fax 957-8551====== From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0242 Rs: Grammar; Printing and Publication Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 11:51:27 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 469 (603) "If swallowed, seek medical advice." (Wouldn't "If drunk" have been yet more ambiguous?) I must offer a bit of historical justification for this, and many other such dangling modifiers ("Turning the corner, the Empire State Building came into view"). Classical languages (Greek and Latin) use participles much more freely than English; the member of the sentence to whom they refer is identified by the case (they agree in case, number, and gender with their "subject"). If they refer to something or someone not mentioned in the sentence at all, they and their subject are put in a particular case used for such "disconnected" (the grammatical term is "absolute") participles: Latin uses the ablative, Greek (whose ablative has disappeared) the genitive. Although German, to my knowledge, does not use "absolutes", I presume all these dangling modifiers to be survivals of them. They are no longer grammatically parsible (that is, a machine could not correctly identify what was swallowed, or who turned the corner), but are commonly used when context makes them unambiguous. Things being as they are (a true absolute, with "things" -- the subject of the participle -- expressed), I am not sure that the grammar books are justified in objecting. An amusing, but presumably artificial one, was offered by Clifford Hallam in "Execution Day in Riyadh" (_Commentary_, Feb. '86): "RIYADH. Mohammed Abdulaziz Yamani was beheaded here after Friday noon prayers for the murder of his wife." In point of fact this kind of solecism is not uncommon in English (and other languages) written by non-native speakers, who are thinking in languages whose normal word-order may be different. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Movie Usher picture found Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 19:52:30 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 470 (604) A HUMANIST reader answered my query about pictures of movie ushers within 24 hours with a reference to an Edward Hopper painting, which I am using. Thanks to all. From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: What Computer to Buy: DECISION Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 22:52:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 278 (605) I want to thank all those who replied to my computer purchase query some time ago. The advice ranged from "buy a Macintosh Quadra" to "buy the parts and build it yourself". I will not say how much I spent (someone can *always* get a cheaper system then the one you just bought). But I will say what I bought and why. I purchased a 486/50 ibm clone manufactured by AIC Systems. I made certain that it came with 8 megs of 70ns ram and a 240M hard drive. It is not the best machine available, but it fit within my budget. I now find that the twin fans are rather too loud to have the cpu on my desk. This is quite annoying. The CTX non-interlaced monitor is either defective or not as good as I though it was when I first saw it. It is grainy, type in wordperfect for windows is difficult to see at less then 14 point. And there is a visible red/brown tint. I am having a technician come and take a look at it to see if this is due to a defective video card or monitor. If it is not I will try and replace the monitor with a NEC, if I can afford it. Windows is quite good on a 486. I can now run WPWIN, Procomm for windows and Library Master and switch between them with no real delay. I will not go into the headache of setting up these programs, or the bug that WPWIN has. I can say now that a mouse is an absolutely foolish thing to have to deal with when using a pc for writing. I now have to contend with mouse-shoulder. Will look into attaching a track ball to my keyboard to see if this make things easier. The mouse should be were the keypad is presently found. CPU's should be designed to easily go on the floor, with the floppy drives attached to the monitor, in easy reach. Cords such as keyboard cords and mouse cords should either be longer or routed through the monitor. May try DESQview and throw my mouse out, but the thought of going through another major program installation is unnerving. All in all, the business of purchasing and configuring a pc is a nightmare and the industry had better wise up to this if computers are not going to be confined to the techno-elite who must go through a rite of passage at every purchase and upgrade. I looked into getting the Mac Quadra, but prices in Canada are outrageous. Would cost close to eight thousand dollars for big Mac. UNIX boxes are equally over-priced, and not suited to my immediate needs. My university offered no real discount on pc's, unlike some rather amazing situations I have heard about in the USA. One thing that I have come to realize is that if you do not have the necessary money to always buy the best whatever, life is one big compromise in the face of shoddy manufacturing. I have a tape deck that continually fails, a receiver that lasted one month longer than its warranty, and various other techno bits that are in some state of malfunction or another. I fear the day my wife and I will have to buy a car and have come to see that the life span of most things manufactured today, whether a garlic press, pepper grinder or optical scanner, will not work in the way they are "supposed to" and will have a life span that ensures that the middle class will always be paying homage to the god of obsolescence. If you are involved in documenting networks and writing user manuals or other frequent/constant online activity, a 486/50 is certainly a wonderful thing that gives near seamless integration of your wordprocessor and communication software, but do not look to silicon valley for lasting fulfilment and peace. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: NEACH Oct 23 (New Date) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 18:32:14 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 471 (606) NEACH: Northeast Association for Computers & the Humanities FALL 1992 PROGRAM SCHEDULE CHANGES: We have changed the dates of the October and December programs to Friday, Oct. 23, and Tuesday, Dec. 15. The topics and place are not changed. Meetings will take place as before at 1:30 p.m. in the IBM Building in New York City, 57th Street and Madison Avenue. Friday, Oct. 23 (previously Tuesday, Oct. 13): E-mail, E-news, E-groups, E-research (Louie Crew, Rutgers) Wed. Nov. 11: Computers and Composition (Robert Royar, NYIT) Tuesday, Dec. 15 (previously Dec. 8): Electronic Text Archives and Libraries (Anita Lowry, Columbia) From: James Love Subject: WINDO ALERT Date: October 5, 1992 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 472 (607) BACKGROUND Congress is considering legislation that would provide the public one-stop-shopping *online* access to federal information systems and databases through the Government Printing Office (GPO). The service, which would *supplement* other agency and private sector information products and services, would be priced at the *incremental cost of dissemination* for most users, and be free to 1,400 federal depository libraries. A broad coalition of academic, library, journalist, citizen and business groups support the legislation. The original House bill was HR 2772, the GPO Wide Information Network for Data Online (GPO WINDO), and the original Senate bill was S. 2813, the GPO Gateway to Government Act. A compromise bill, HR 5983 (which has a number of concessions to House republicans) was passed by the House of Representatives on September 29, 1992. FMI: ==================================================== For additional information, contact the American Library Association at: 202/547-4440 ==================================================== HR 5983 was scheduled for a Senate vote on friday, but it has since been held off the Senate calendar by anonymous Senate republicans. The Senate leadership is trying to find who is holding the bill up, and why. If the "holds" on the bill aren't resolved in a few days, the bill will die, deferring action until next year at the earliest. ... material deleted ... [ed.] --------------------------------------------------------------- James Love voice: 215/658-0880 Taxpayer Assets Project fax: call 12 Church Road internet: love@essential.org Ardmore, PA 19003 From: S.A.Rae@open.ac.uk (Simon Rae) Subject: 2 questions Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:08:18 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 473 (608) On behalf of colleagues at the Open University, UK I'm looking for some information ... can anyone help please? 1) What is "K-12 Education" ... I have seen references to the term in the excelent (and large!) NorthWestNet User Services Internet Resource Guide (NUSIRG) and assume it is something to do with schools in the USA. Is it a particular sort of school, or age group, or locallity, or funding or what? 2) Are there any LISTs or e-mail discussion groups that deal (semi)exclusively with women scholars (writers, artists, medics, scientists, ...) any time pre-1920? Apologies for the unHUMANIST flavour of the first query ... hopefully the second will redeem the error. Please reply direct to me if you don't want to bother the entire list readership. Thanks in anticipation. Simon Rae, User Services Officer, | S.A.RAE@OPEN.AC.UK (Internet) The Open University, Walton Hall, | phone: (0908) 652413 Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. | fax: (0908) 653744 From: "J. Schumacher" <THOMDOC@BUCLLN11.BITNET> Subject: RUMBA Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 13:34:41 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 474 (609) Is it possible to post the following request on HUMANIST? Thanks by advance. Jean Schumacher CETEDOC Louvain-la-Neuve We read in PC-Expert (Sept.92), the french counterpart of PC-Magazine, a paper about a soft called RUMBA from Wall Data Inc. This soft allows multiple 3270 sessions under Windows 3.1. With RUMBA 3.1, version 3270, you can connect your computer to an IBM mainframe under Windows 3.1. Did somebody hear about this soft? Who knows Wall data Inc.? We need an adress to contact them in order to obtain more information or even a demo disk about it. From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: e-mail address for Father Mayer at Wurzburg? Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 17:13:43 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 475 (610) Does anyone know if there is an e-mail address for Father Mayer at Wurzburg? He manage a collection of Augustine texts. I got his name from J. Schumacher of CETEDOC. Please answer directly to me. Thanks. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: infos about e-texts projects needed Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 17:31:46 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 476 (611) I'd like to get up-to-date infos (that is: director, site, institution, country , texts description, aim(s), availability) for the following e-texts projects: Collection of the Manuscripts of Justinian Code Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri Electronic Edition of Prudentius Epigraphic Project for Greek Inscriptions from Asia Minor DataBank for Ancient Greek Inscriptions Thesaurus of Texts in Ancient indo-european Languages Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies Computer Generated Critical Concordances of the Bivle in Greek and Hebrew Syriac Concordance Project Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics I found those titles in the Georgetown catalog, but their data are variously mi ssing or erroneous (the LASLA would hold a "textbank of de bello gallico"....!) Many thanks to anyone will help. I think you could answer directly to me, not t o Humanist as these data are of scarce general interest. Thank you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Politicizing Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 477 (612) At the risk of politicizing the Humanist list (and with the indulgence of those Humanists not residing in the US), I would like to point out that Lynn Cheney is a political appointee of the Reagan/Bush administrations and if you don't like what she espouses, you should vote for Clinton for President. (You should vote in any case, of course.) Lynn Cheney's husband is Dick Cheney, whose current interests lie in a somewhat different direction, but he is also a political appointee. I find it extremely difficult to understand why people from all walks of life in this country say that they don't plan to vote because their vote won't make any difference. In fact, each one of us has not only the right, but the responsibility to see to it that the best (or at least the most appropriate) candidates are elected because who is elected *does* affect our lives. African Americans in Los Angeles were convinced to vote when they answered in the affirmative, after they were asked whether they would have wanted to serve on the jury for the 'Rodney King trial' and were told that only registered voters were called for jury duty. In my humble opinion, good humanists vote because they understand better than most that the idea of democracy is maintained by the people. Mary Dee Harris From: "John M. Unsworth" <JMUEG@NCSUVM> Subject: Re: 6.0273 Qs: Paradox on PC nets; trustee interventions (2/79) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 01:27:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 478 (613) In response to Daniel Tompkins' interesting observations and questions: The true fallacy of Cheney's remarks is the assumption that there is such a thing as a pedagogy without a politics. Or to put it another way, it's only one's own politics that are invisible. John Unsworth From: "Tom Benson 814-865-4201" <T3B@PSUVM> Subject: NEH Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 08:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 479 (614) Dan Tompkins raises some interesting questions about the Cheney report from NEH. I, for one, would welcome a discussion on HUMANIST about the question of politics in the classroom, volatile as it may be. It is a question that is going to keep popping up, and if we could share observations in this general forum in a spirit of mutual good will, there might be real benefits. It would also be *most* helpful if an electronic full text of the NEH report could be posted to HUMANIST for discussion. Anyone out there have a helpful congress-person and a scanner? Tom Benson Rhetoric Penn State From: Alan Filreis <AFILREIS@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU> Subject: 6.0273 Qs: Paradox on PC nets; trustee interventions (2/79) Date: 07 Oct 92 12:38:06 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 480 (615) Don't forget about the Homer P. Rainey controversy at the University of Texas, 1939-1946. ***************************************** * Alan Filreis * * Associate Professor of English * * Department of English / Bennett Hall * * University of Pennsylvania * * Philadelphia, PA 19104-6273 * * Home phone: (717) 743-6948 * * FAX: (717) 743-0204 * * Internet: afilreis@pennsas.upenn.edu * *****************************************: From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Re: 6.0273 Qs: Paradox on PC nets; trustee interventions (2/79) Date: 07 Oct 1992 12:21:56 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 481 (616) One cannot ignore the present. Teaching the past can make the present more relevent. What does one mean by "politicise" anyway? I suspect it means discussing things in class which others may not approve of. I hope that Cheney doesn't have tenure. Also, the present helps to make the past relevent. E.g. what policies over the past 12 or so years help make "physiocracy" come alive? Etc. I think that the NEH should avoid politicising itself and also stay out of the classroom. Humbly, --Bob Dawson UnivTx-Austin From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: Hume E-Texts Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 482 (617) Regarding Kelly Sorensen's question about the availability of Hume in electronic format, Georgetown University's Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET) shows several, though apparently none (yet) in CD-ROM. Here is some basic info on the projects I was able to find with a quick search: 1. HUMETEXT 1.0, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown Univ. Prof. Thomas L. Beauchamp Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 (202) 687-6726 Sequential text in ASCII format with tags (designed in consultation with Princeton Univ. Press) for textual format and scholarly apparatus Available in MS-DOS or Mac formats, 5.25 or 3.5 diskettes. Prices: ALA Members $69, individuals $95, site license $195. Sources and Works: 22 copy texts (encompassing all the philosophical works but currently excluding history and correspondence) published between 1739-77. The electronic editions have been used in the preparation of the forthcoming Princeton University Press critical edition of Hume's Philosophical, Political, and Literary Works (all are edited by T.L. Beauchamp, D.F. Norton, and M.A. Stewart). 2. Books in Philosophy, South Bend, Indiana Bruce M. Fingerhut (Editor/Publisher) Books in Philosophy 237 N. Michigan Street South Bend, IN 46601 tel. (219) 288-4950 tel. (800) 234-2726 ASCII format. 3.5 and 5.25 inch disks. Hume, David. Treatise of Human Nature. ($59.95) Hume, David. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals. ($59.95) 3. Philosophical Electronic Texts, UNC Chapel Hill / Oxford University Press Prof. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord Philosophy Department C-Box 3125, Caldwell Hall University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3125 (919) 962-2695 Sequential text; plain ASCII with minimal markup Available in IBM and Mac formats Selby Bigge editions of Hume's Treatise and Enquiries. 4. Electronic texts in Philosophy, InteLex Corp. Mark Rooks InteLex Corporation PO Box 1827 Clayton, GA 30525-1827 ASCII text with Folio Corporation's VIEWS Program: indexes every word of the text database, supports hypertext linking with tokens, supports boolean searches, as well as wildcard, literal string, nested, and proximity searches, concordance building, results in databases roughly 60% the size of the original ASCII text files. 50 Mb. database. Pricing to individuals: Text with Folio VIEWS: $39.95 - $274.9 ASCII Text alone: $22.95 - $229.48 Manual: $10 Pricing to Institutions: Text with Folio VIEWS: $99.95 - $274.95 ASCII text alone: $57.37-$229.48 Manual: $20 Hume, David. "Appendix to a Treatise of Human Nature", from The Philosophical Works of David Hume. (Boston: [1854]) Hume, David. "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion", from The Philosophical Works of David Hume. (Boston: [1854]) Hume, David. Dissertation on the Passions, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "Essays Withdrawn" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "The Natural History of Religion" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "Of the Immortality of the Soul" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. "On Suicide" from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. T.H. Green and T.H. Grose. (London: [1898]) Hume, David. A Treatise of Human Nature. (London: Everyman Library [1911]) Feel free to contact me for more information on these or other projects, or for info on how to access the CPET database yourself through Telnet. Paul U. Mangiafico, Project Assistant Center for Text and Technology Academic Computer Center Georgetown University PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU From: Mark Wollaeger <MWOLLAE@YALEVM> Subject: Oxford Text Archives; E-texts Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 10:10:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 483 (618) I have a very basic question about using e-texts (such as those available in the Oxford Text Archives), and it may be that an answer (or answers) might be useful to other recent subscribers to HUMANIST who are only beginning to tap into the resources. Having figured out how to retrieve files via FTP only in the last few days, I have read through the Oxford Text Archive's basic information file. Under the heading "How Usable are the Texts" I found the comforting sentence: "Most of the texts can be used with commonly available text indexing and concordancing software." OK, but what are some examples of this software and where is it commonly available? My needs would involve simple word and phrase searches through literary, philosophical, historical (etc) texts. Would I simply use my own wordprocessing software on e-texts (I use Nota Bene)? But wouldn't that require downloading potentially large texts onto my pc? Clearly I have a lot to learn, but I always encourage my students to assume that if they have questions, others probably do too. From: Ted Brunner <tbrunner@orion.oac.uci.edu> Subject: TLG and undergraduates Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 08:04:20 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 484 (619) While the TLG has ample evidence that its electronic texts are widely used by academicians, graduate students, etc. for research and publication, we have no information about how (if at all) our materials are employed within the context of undergraduate education. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who can provide information on this subject. Ted Brunner ************************************************** Theodore F. Brunner, Director Thesaurus Linguae Graecae University of California Irvine, CA 92717 USA Phone: (714) 856-6404 FAX: (714) 856-8434 e-mail: TLG@UCI.BITNET ************************************************** From: Jim Fletcher <ENGJTF@NCSUVM> Subject: TO TEACHERS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED WRITING CLASSES Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 02:26:46 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 283 (620) If you now teach, or have ever taught, a computer-assisted writing class, please help me with my research on the "History of Computer- assisted Classrooms in the Service of College Freshman Writing Courses." Feel free to expand--at length if you wish--on any of your answers. I will share my findings with anyone who is interested. <<* SURVEY QUESTIONS *>> 1) Does your school have a dedicated computer-assisted writing classroom? 2) When was the classroom established? 3) Do your computer-assisted writing classes meet exclusively in the dedicated computer classroom? If not, how often DO you meet in the computer classroom (1 of 3 periods; 2 of 3; 3 of 5; 1 of 5; etc.)? 4) Do you know what percentage of freshman English students are enrolled in your computer sections? If so, what is that percentage? 5) Who teaches the courses in your computer classroom: professors, lecturers, graduate student teaching assistants, anyone you can persuade? (Or does your department consider this a status position, with teachers vying for a computer section?) 6) What software do you use? Do all teachers of computer-assisted writing classes at your institution use the same software? If not, what other programs are used? 7) Is the classroom networked? 8) What percentage of your time do you spend in class teaching computer know-how to your students? Do you feel that this is time well invested considering that this is, after all, an English course? 9) Are students chosen at random for these sections or may they enroll specifically for computer-assisted writing sections? 10) Would you be willing to answer a more in-depth survey or be interviewed by phone about your answers? <<* END OF SURVEY *>> If you have any questions--or more information--you may contact me at: ENGJTF@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU or ENGJTF@NCSUVM.BITNET. Feel free to add statements or explanations regarding any of the above questions. Also please pass this survey along to other interested persons or discussion groups (NOTE! Cross-posted to: IPCT-L, Humanist, Megabyte U, Purtopoi). Thank you for your time and energy in completing this questionnaire. Jim Fletcher, North Carolina State University From: Paul Romaine <70541.3427@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Information on Great Britain's National Sound Archive Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:29:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 284 (621) Sound Archive of GB The following is re-posted from the Compuserve book collecting forum. I hope some people, particularly researchers into modern authors, may find it of interest. Paul Romaine ---------------------------------------------------------------- #: 269455 S10/Books and Media [COLLECT] 05-Oct-92 09:56:03 Sb: #269325-#Defacing Books Fm: Philip Ormond 100013,1162 The National Sound Archive in GB is a great resource and seem to be falling over themselves to help anyone who enquires (they are not well known and consequently underused). They are not a lending library nor, indeed, may they provide copies of the bulk of their stock but they have some really juicy bits and pieces. I'm fairly sure that they now take the BBC's throwouts (pity that that was not always the case) and record all the productions of the National, RSC, Royal Court Theatre, etc, etc (and have done since the 1960's). Here is the text of a message I posted in April which has the contact details: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----> BEATLES AND QUEEN VIC <----- If anyone is interested in collecting Beatles material (they were a British rock group some decades ago <s>) the following book should be of interest. "APPLE & BEATLES COLLECTABLES" "an international guide to the values of The Beatles and associated records including full solo career and Apple label discographies" by Adams, Mike 128pp 1991 Perry & Perry, Corsham, GB, ISBN 1 872446 01 9 This information was sent to me by the National Sound Archive - a collection in London that does for recorded sound what the British Library does for paper. They provide an excellent and underused service; anyone can listen to anything free of charge by making an appointment with their Listening Service. The collection, on cylinder, disc, tape, laser disc, and video, ranges from the 1890's to today's pop, from bird-song to the New Orleans Jazz Festival, from the 19th century theatre greats - Irving, Tree, Ellen Terry, Bernhardt to the Royal Shakespeare Company, from the European Parliament to the Polish government-in-exile (WWII). They have recently published "The Lost Voice of Queen Victoria" providing circumstancial evidence that a rare cylinder may be the only surviving recording of Queen Victoria (died 1901). There is a small permanent exhibition of historical recording equipment and they are situated close to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Science Museum and Natural History Museum. Well worth a visit National Sound Archive 29 Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2AS Tel: +44 71 589 6603 Fax: +44 71 823 8970 The BBC address is: B B C Radio & Head Office Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1N 3AG Great Britain Tel: +44 71 580 4468 and they loathe researchers, I believe <s>. Philip From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Medieval History and Women's Studies Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 8:40:32 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 485 (622) [This is being cross-posted to several lists, with the usual apologies for duplication] A student at my university who will be graduating next year, would like to do graduate work (through the Ph.D.) in medieval studies and 's women's studies. Can you suggest some likely places for her to apply, in the U.S., U.K., and Canada? [well, I could name some places myself, of course]. Many thanks. Bill From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: announced books of Butler and Gaunt-Raben Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 17:42:32 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 486 (623) Some people spoke of forthcoming books of Butler and Gaunt-Raben; and of a book titled Research in Hum Comp 1992. Were they published? By the way, I think that books announcements are very useful, so those who know could keep us all informed? Thank you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: Xanadu news? Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 17:50:42 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 487 (624) Are there any recent news about Xanadu project? I tried to get from xanadu some infos but no one answered. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: Patrick John Coppock <patCoppock@avh.unit.no> Subject: 6.0282 E-Texts: Contexts and Queries: Hume, OTA, TLG (3/164) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 15:01:47 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 488 (625) Does anyone know whether there is an electronic version of Charles Sanders Pierce's Collected Works available anywhere? pat Coppock Dept of applied linguistics University of Trondheim AVH N-7055 DRAGVOLL Norway From: BOULAY@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA Subject: Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 09:26:05 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 489 (626) JOB OPENINGS UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Applications are invited for a full-time tenure-track position in musicology, which will be available July 1, 1993, at the assistant professor level. Candidates must have a doctorate in musicology. Although the language of instruction will be primarily English, fluent bilingualism (French/English) is required. The Department offers three undergraduate degrees (B.A. Concentration; B.A. Honours; B.Mus.) and a master's degree (M.Mus.) in musicology, theory, or performance (chamber music). The Department is looking for a candidate whose research area lies somewhere between the classical period and the twentieth century. Initial reponsibilities will involve teaching largely at the under- graduate level, but the successful candidate will be expected to qualify for admission to the School of Graduate Studies and Research in the near future. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Employment equity is University policy. Candidates should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae, and should arrange for three letters of recommend- ations from qualified referees to be sent directly, by January 15, 1993, to: Prof. Robert Cram Chair Department of Music University of Ottawa Ottawa (Ontario) CANADA K1N 6N5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Applications are invited for a full-time tenure-track position in music theory, which will be available July 1, 1993, at the assistant professor level. The Department offers three undergraduate degrees (B.A. Concentration; B.A. Honours; B.Mus.) and a master's degree (M.Mus.) in musicology, theory, or performance (chamber music). Candidates must hold a doctorate in music theory and have a strong commitment to both teaching and research. Fluent bilingualism (French/English) is required as teaching will be in both languages. Initial responsibilities will involve teaching courses in music theory at the undergraduate level, but since involvement in the graduate program is foreseen, the successful candidate will be expected to qualify for admission to the School of Graduate Studies and Research in the near future. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Employment equity is University policy. Candidates should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae, and should arrange for three letters of recommendations from qualified referees to be sent directly, by January 15, 1993, to: Prof. Robert Cram Chair Department of Music University of Ottawa Ottawa (Ontario) CANADA K1N 6N5 From: Malcolm.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: Job Announcement Date: 10 Oct 92 11:26:45 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 490 (627) Consultant for Statistical Programs Computing Services Serves as the expert within Academic Computing on the use of statistical computing programs. Works as a member of the User Services consulting team as well as independently, with minimal supervision, in areas of personal expertise. Helps users with data management on central systems, including tape reading, directory structures, and scripts or exec files. Provides consultation, advice, and technical assistance to users in the design and execution of statistical computing projects. Teaches minicourses on statistical computing projects. Collaborates in planning for the development of College statistical computing resources. Bachelor's degree with coursework involving statistics and a minimum of 4 to 5 years of relevant experience in computer user support involving the use of statistical programs; or the equivalent. At least two years of experience using SPSS or SAS for data analysis in areas such as medical research, business analysis, survey research, etc. Technical expertise in statistical computing, strong interpersonal skills, and a sincere interest in helping computer users. Ability to follow through responsibly on projects. Ease in consulting with faculty, students, and academic staff on matters ranging from trivial questions to on going consultations on sophisticated projects. Good working knowledge of VMS or CMS. Basic knowledge of at least one programming language (C, Pascal, or FORTRAN). Thorough knowledge of SPSS or SAS. Flexibility. Excellent organizational, teaching and communication skills. Keen interest in learning new programs and skills. System administration experience a definite plus. Review of resumes will begin on October 26, 1992. Please submit resume, cover letter, and three references (include telephone) to: Malcolm Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Computing Services, Kiewit Computation Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. From: charles ingrao <INGRAO@PURCCVM> Subject: Position in Early Modern Britain Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 15:29:19 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 491 (628) EARLY MODERN BRITAIN. Tenure-track assistant or associate professorship available August 1993. Research specialty in any aspect of the field. Appointee will be expected to teach the English history survey sequence as well as upper-division and graduate courses in area of specialization. Teaching load is two courses each semester. Appointee will be expected to maintain active program of research and publication. Ph.D. in history is required. Publications and evidence of teaching experience and excellence are highly desirable. Send letters of application, c.v., and confidential placement files to: Professor John J. Contreni Department of History University Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1358 by 15 November 1992. Applications accepted until position is filled. WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. AA/EOE. From: Lynn Nelson <LHNELSON@UKANVM> Subject: Job Announcement. Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 19:32:25 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 492 (629) DEAR COLLEAGUES; The following notice is for your information and for you to communicate to those whom you feel might be interested. Lynn ROMAN HISTORIAN The Department of History is pleased to announce its search for a Roman historian. The position is that of a full-time, tenure- track Assistant Professor effective 17 August 1993, at a salary from $30,000 to $34,000, negotiable on the basis of qualifications. Applicants must possess the following required qualifications: PhD in History in hand or to be completed by 17 August 1993; specialization in the field of Roman History; and evidence of superior accomplishment or the promise of superior accomplishment in teaching and publication. Preferred qualifications will be: interests in the Later Imperial Period generally, and social and/or economic history in particular. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Teaching duties will include two courses per semester and will involve Roman history from the first year to doctoral levels; undergraduate Greek History when called upon; general historical research methods at the undergraduate level; and the historiography and methodologies of Roman history at the graduate level. Research responsibilities will include maintaining an active research program resulting in scholarly presentations and publications. Service obligations will include student advising; active participation in university governance at the departmental, college, and university levels; and a commitment to the enhancement of the historical profession generally. The successful applicant will become a member of a PhD-granting department of thirty-eight faculty, three hundred undergraduate majors, and one hundred and fifty graduate students. The University of Kansas is a major state university of some one thousand faculty, twenty-six thousand students, and a library of over three million volumes. The Roman history position will be supported by an historian of ancient Greece, an outstanding medieval history program, and an active Classics Department. Applications will be accepted until 15 December or until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a letter of application, CV, official credentials, and three letters of recommendation. Materials will be reviewed from 15 November until the position is filled or until 1 May. Applications and inquiries should be addressed to: Professor James A. Brundage, Chairman of the Roman History Search Committee, Department of History, 3001 Wescoe Hall, The University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045-2130. Telephone (913) 864-3569. The University of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, and parental status. From: NEUMAN@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Subject: Etext: Updated Information from Georgetown Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 11:25 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 287 (630) In a recent posting, Maurizio Lana asked for current information about twelve centers that he saw listed in Georgetown's Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text. For seven of those projects, new information from project directors has been entered into the Catalogue within the past week. See the updated entries below. In the same posting, Prof. Lana mentioned that he found some of our data erroneous, such as our reference to a textbank of *de bello gallico* at the Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes. As the entry in our database shows, that information is based upon E. Mark Goldstein, Research by Computer in the Humanities: Applications in the Study of Classics and Modern Literature in Robert F. Allen, ed., Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Osprey, FL: Paradigm Press, 1985). Given the date of that publication, our information may now be obsolete; a textbank used for linguistic analysis seven years ago may no longer be included in LASLA's holdings. We appreciate Prof. Lana's pointing out the likelihood of an error, and we welcome clarification on this item or on any other information in our database. Michael Neuman Center for Text and Technology Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu Key to the following entries: 0. Acronym 5. Languages 1. Name of project 6. Intended use 2. Contact 7. Format of holdings 3. Disciplines 8. Forms of access 4. Focus 9. Sources PA Villanova (Villanova Univ)/ Augustine Concordance Project [Fitzgerald letters 8/89, 04/90, 12aug92] CPET#96 0. AUGUSTINE 1. Augustine Concordance Project, Villanova University; also University of Wu%rzburg and University of Giessen; developed at Wu%rzburg by Prof. Cornelius Mayer, O.S.A. 2. Fr. Allan Fitzgerald, O.S.A. Department of Religious Studies Villanova University Villanova, PA 19805 tel. (215) 645-7903 BITNET: fitzgeral@vuvaxcom INTERNET: fitzgeral@ucis.vill.edu 3. History of Christian life and thought; early Christian history, theology, philosophy, political science 4. Augustine of Hippo, 4th-5th centuries AD, North Africa 5. Latin 6. Textbank of 5 million words for scholarly research, can be searched for various kinds of information, e.g use and frequency of specific words and/or phrases. 7. Chronologically sequential ASCII file with COCOA reference system; Latin critical editions identified in line-by-line 9-digit codes 8. Access on VAX/VMS mainframe exclusively at Villanova University using the Oxford Concordance Program; clearly defined searches can be performed by Villanova personnel through mail request, (diskettes should be provided for returning information). Pre-arranged on-site consultations are also possible. 9. Encoded by Prof. Cornelius Mayer, currently at University of Giessen, West Germany 10. Complete works of Saint Augustine of Hippo [Latin] according to available critical editions. NC Durham (Duke Univ)/ DDBDP = Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri [Hughes, BBBS 579, Willis letter 23jul92] CPET#59 0. DDBDP 1. Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri, Duke University 2. William H. Willis, Director John F. Oates, Co-directors DDBDP Papyrology Room, Perkins Library PO Box 4715 Duke Station Durham, NC 27706 tel. (919) 684-5753 3. Papyrology, Greek and Latin language, Graeco-Roman Egypt, ancient history, Biblical koine, Ptolemaic and Roman law 4. 4th century BC to 8th century AD; documents written on papyrus, parchment, ostraca, wooden or waxed tablets 5. Greek, Latin 6. Textbank currently contains 4.1 million words in 36700 documents from 412 volumes, 94% complete, entry continues 7. Beta format like TLG, recorded on Ibycus system 8. Tape, 1600 bpi, ASCII or EBCDIC, fixed or variable record block. PHI CD ROM no. 6 (recorded 5 April 1991) contains 375 volumes, 32400 documents, 3.5 million words, available from Packard Humanities Institute; subsequent entry on tape available at cost from DDBDP 9. Published volumes of documentary papyri,ostraca and tablets as listed in Checklist of Editions of Greek and Latin Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets, 4th ed. forthcoming from Scholars Press DC Washington (Catholic Univ)/Electronic Edition of Prudentius [letter from McCarthy 10/89] 1. Electronic edition of Prudentius, Catholic University of America 2. Prof. William J. McCarthy Department of Greek and Latin Catholic University Washington, D.C. 20064 tel. (202) 319-5216 (new telephone number) BITNET: MCCARTHY@CUA 3. Language and literature 4. Poetry of and bibliography concerning Prudentius 5. Latin, English 6. Textbase, database, and bibliography; data fields for text, appartus criticus, translation, bibliography; scanned images are used occasionally to illustrate iconography, etc. 7. Sequential text and data base; HyperCard stacks; 1.5 megabytes; text scanned using a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet Plus connected to a Macintosh IIx; text scanned by OmniPage 2.0 8. Stacks available by mail (Spring 1990); possible Network transmission in fragments 9. Text editions: Cunnigham, for quality of print, compared with Bergman, Lavarenne, etc. Orthography follows Bergman; translation of the poems, scanned from Loeb edition, will appear if permission of the publisher can be secured. NC Chapel Hill (Univ of NC at Chapel Hill) / Data Bank for Ancient Greek Inscriptions (DBAGI) [West letter 22aug92] DBAGI has been discontinued because of availability of electronic texts of these inscriptions and others on CD- ROM#6 of the Packard Humanities Institute. For more info, contact the following, or see their entries. Packard Humanities Institute 300 Second Street, Suite 201 Los Altos, CA 94022 Thesaurus Linguae Graecae University of California at Irvine Irvine, CA 92717 Germany / Bamberg (Otto Friedrich Universita%t)/ Thesaurus of Texts in Ancient Indo-European Languages [Kraft email 5/24/89; Gippert letters 11/89, 9/5/91, 1sep92] CPET#184 0. THESIETEXT (Thesaurus of Texts in Ancient Indo-European Languages 1. Thesaurus Indogermanischer Textcorpora; Universitat Bamberg, Germany See Journal "Die Sprache," Vol. 32/2 2. Dr. Jost Gippert Universita%t Bamberg, Orientalistik Postfach 1549 D-W-8600 Bamberg, Germany 3. Literature, language, linguistics, history 4. From beginning of literacy to 17th century; Eurasia 5. Old Indic (Sanskrit), Old Iranian (Avestan, Old Persian), Hittite, Tokharian, Old Germanic, Greek (Ancient), Italic languages, Armenian (Old), and several other I.- E. languages. 6. Textbank 7. Sequential text; encoding scheme of DOS, WordCruncher, and WordPerfect 5.1 8. Access on diskettes, CD-ROM (planned) 9. Encoded by various scholars in different parts of Europe. Germany / Go%ttingen (Institut fu%r Spezialforschungen)/ Syriac Concordance Project [Zellweger fax 08/01/91, 27jul92] CPET#113 0. SCP 1. Syriac Concordance Project, Universitaet Go%ttingen, Institut fur Spezialforschungen (W. Strothmann, J. Martikainen, K. Johannes, M. Zumpe, R. Zellweger). See: W. Strothmann K. Johannes / M. Zumpe : Konkordanz zur Syrischen Bibel. 2. Roald A. Zellweger Institut fur Spezialforschungen Platz der Go%ttinger Sieben 2 D-3400 Go%ttingen Germany Tel: +49-551-39-7127 Bitnet: Rzellwe@Dgogwdg1 Internet: rzellwe@ibm.gwdg.de 3. Biblical studies, linguistics 4. Biblical 5. Syriac 6. Concordance to the Syriac Bible (Peshitta, Old Versions of the Syriac New Testament, Heraclensis), database. 7. Single word listing of the analysed wwords (Old Testament only) in ISPF-Format, Fortran programs for decoding code of analysis, CMS text source files of Peshitta, Old Syriac Versions, Heraclensis. 9. Encoded in-house. Sources: Urmia, Walton, Syriac New Testament (ed.: Pusey-Gwilliam, British and Foreign Bible Society, Revelation ed. Gwynn), Sinaiticus (Smith-Lewis), Cureton, Heraclensis (ed. White, "Philoxeniana," new critical edition of Heraclensis in preparation), Revelation ed. Voeoebus. Quebec (Laval Univ)/ BIBP = Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics [Kraft email 5/24/89; Roberge letters 12/89, 20jul92] CPET#144 0. BIBP (Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics) 1. Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics, Laval University. See "Une banque d'information bibliographique en patristique," Medieval History and Computers, Munich (New York, Londres, Paris), K.G. Saur, 1981, pp. 24-34; "Bibliographic Information Bank in Patristics (BIBP)" dans Data Bases on the Humanities and Social Sciences, Osprey, Paradigm Press, 1985; "Principes d'elaboration d'un systeme documentaire en patristique", Studia Patristica, tome XX, pp. 54-60 2. Rene-Michel Roberge Doyen Faculte de Theologie Pavilion Felix-Antoine-Savard Universite Laval Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 Tel. (418) 656-5828 3. Patristics and its sub-disciplines: archaeology, iconography, epigraphy, papyrology, codicology, history of christianity, history of theology, history of the councils, history of liturgy, history of spirituality, history of monasticism, history of biblical exegesis, hagiography, philology of Christian texts, history of Christian philosophy. 4. Patristic period -- 1054. 5. French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch 6. Bibliographical service (with keywords and abstract), base for the creation of research instruments, and vocabulary analyses; 250 periodicals, 25,000 studies, and 55,000 reviews have been documented 7. Database excerpts on the Helix II application MacBIBP. Documentary analysis: document analyzed by means of descriptors (key-words), which are classed as primary and secondary descriptors according as the subjects they denote are central or peripheral; anaylsis by means of an indicative abstract. Thesaurus of the BIBP: an open thesaurus wherein the terms listed are empirically arrived at; is purely objective since it is established automatically by the computer; multilingual 8. Access via print, Macintosh diskettes; in the near future access on BITNET; in the future on CD-ROM and IBM diskettes 9. Direct analysis of the documents. From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM> Subject: politics in the classroom Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 17:05:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 493 (631) I haven't read the Cheney report but I would probably agree with her if I did. There is such as thing as politically biased teaching. When I was a graduate student in Wisconsin, a very Marxist kind of place at the time, I was told that objectivity was a bourgeois concept used to deny Marxist thinkers the right to express their opinion. In essence, the Marxists said that no one is objective therefore I can foist my political views on anybody since in effect it is impossible not to do this. A neat argument, but it justifies any doctrine including sloppy scholarship. Frankly, I thought this idea died with with Berlin wall, but maybe not. The real question is whether politics is appropriate to the course material and whether it is presented in a reasonably unbiased manner in a open atmosphere conducive to contrary views. This is not an absolute, it is a goal, and it is a difficult goal to achieve. I offer this challenge to all teachers: if you asked your students at the end of the semester which candidate you voted for on Nov. 3, could they give you the correct answer? If so, how do they know this? Was it absolutely necessary for them to know this? Does the course description state that the class will be about 18th century rationalist thought and your political views? I hope this is what Cheney is saying, because it needs to be said. From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0281 Politics and the NEH (5/97) Date: 07 Oct 1992 18:22:53 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 494 (632) UT/Austin does remind us of the Homer Rainey fight; and also in a later generation of John Silber's summary dismissal as dean by a Board of Regents run for LBJ. (Silber of course emerged triumphand at Boston U.) Owen Cramer, Colorado College From: "C. David Frankel" <D7BAIAD@CFRVM> Subject: 6.0281 Politics and the NEH (5/97) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 00:06:15 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 495 (633) The most recent edition of _Lingua Franca_ has some interesting articles that address, both directly and indirectly, Lynn Cheney, politics in academe (both in and out of the classroom), and other related issues. | C. David Frankel_________ Phone: 904-588-8395 Assoc. Prof. of Theatre__ BITNET: D7DBAIAD@CFRVM Saint Leo College________ INTERNET: D7BAIAD@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU From: Dennis Dolasinski <NEHOPA@GWUVM> Subject: Lynne Cheney's report Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 16:46:41 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 496 (634) The NEH Office of Publications and Public Affairs is currently preparing an electronic version of Lynne Cheney's report, * Telling the Truth *. We hope to provide a posting to HUMANIST next week. In the meantime, hard copies of the report may be requested by contacting the Office of Publications and Public Affairs at NEHOPA@GWUVM.GWU.EDU or at (202) 606-8438. Staff members in other NEH divisions may be contacted through e-mail at the following addresses: Division of Education NEHEDU@GWUVM Division of Fellowships and Seminars NEHFELL@GWUVM Office of Grants NEHGRANT@GWUVM Division of Preservation and Access NEHPRES@GWUVM Division of Public Programs NEHPUB@GWUVM Division of Research NEHRES@GWUVM From: GGW10@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: conference announcement Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 15:32:59 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 289 (635) THE MONIST COLLOQUIUM SERIES EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY February 12-14, 1993 A conference on the influence of Jacques Derrida and French philosophy and literary theory on American universities and disciplines, held under the auspices of The Monist: An International Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry. The conference will be held at the Wingspread conference facility, a Frank Lloyd Wright villa-complex in Racine, Wisconsin. Participants will include: Pascal Engel (Paris) J. Claude Evans (Washington University) Newton Garver (SUNY Buffalo) Gerald Graff (Chicago) Christopher Norris (Cardiff) Herman Philipse (Leiden) Dallas Willard (University of Southern California) Tomas Pavel (Princeton) as well as a number of academic administrators and educational policy-makers. Conference Director: Barry Smith (International Academy of Philosophy and State University of New York at Buffalo) Conference Coordinator: Todd Volker (Hegeler Institute) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPEN STUDENT COMPETITION An open competition will be held among presently-enrolled graduate philosophy students for attendance at the colloqium, including full room and board and a travel stipend. Competition entrants must submit the following to the Hegeler Institute before January 1, 1993: (a) a sample of relevant written work (b) one or more letters of recommendation (c) curriculum vitae Further information may be obtained from: The Hegeler Institute, Box 600, La Salle, IL 61301, Tel.: 815 223 1500, Fax: 815 223 4486. From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: TEXT Technology Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 11:08:40 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 497 (636) TEXT Technology Starting with the January, 1993, issue, the journal TEXT Technology will move its home base to Dakota State University. TEXT Technology publishes articles and reviews about all facets of using computers for the creation, processing, and analysis of texts. It is designed for academic and corporate writers, editors, and teachers. The bi-monthly journal contains timely reviews of software for writing and publishing, discussions of applications for the analysis of literary works and other texts, notices of significant events in computing around the world, bibliographic citations, and much more. Submissions of articles and reviews are welcome. They should be sent as ASCII files via e-mail to the Editor, Eric Johnson, at ERIC@SDNET.BITNET, or they may be submitted on MS-DOS disks sent to the address below. Subscription rates for one year (six bi-monthly issues of sixteen pages each) are $20.00 for the U.S., $27.00 for Canada, and $35.00 for any other countries (all prices are U.S. funds). Subscriptions (which may be charged to MasterCard or Visa) should be sent to TEXT Technology 114 Beadle Hall Dakota State University Madison, South Dakota 57042-1799 From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: Call for Articles Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 07:00:43 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 498 (637) TEXT Technology Starting with the January, 1993, issue, the journal TEXT Technology will move its home base to Dakota State University. TEXT Technology publishes articles and reviews about all facets of using computers for the creation, processing, and analysis of texts. It is designed for academic and corporate writers, editors, and teachers. The bi-monthly journal contains timely reviews of software for writing and publishing, discussions of applications for the analysis of literary works and other texts, notices of significant events in computing around the world, bibliographic citations, and much more. Submissions of articles and reviews are welcome. They should be sent as ASCII files via e-mail to the Editor, Eric Johnson, at ERIC@SDNET.BITNET, or they may be submitted on MS-DOS disks sent to Eric Johnson TEXT Technology 114 Beadle Hall Dakota State University Madison, South Dakota 57042-1799 From: Martha Parrott <Martha_Parrott@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: RUMBA Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:54:56 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 499 (638) For Jean Schumacher, Wall Data Inc. 17769 N.E. 78th Place Redmond, WA 98052-4992 USA Phone (just in case) (206) 883-4777. I wasn't able to find a FAX number. Martha Parrott University of Toronto Computing and Communications From: A.K.Henry@cen.exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0283 Survey on Computer-Assisted Writing Classes (1/56) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 19:10:21 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 500 (639) [deleted quotation] Yes, please! No one here will believe there is any point in trying..... Avril Henry (A.K.Henry@cen.ex.ac.uk) From: dgc@aber.ac.uk Subject: UK Conference on Writing & Computers Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:42:37 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 501 (640) CALL FOR PAPERS 6th UK Conference on COMPUTERS AND WRITING Under the auspices of the Computers & Writing Association and the Department of Education, UWA University of Wales, Aberystwyth Dyfed, Wales, UK April 13th-15th, 1993 Conference Theme: THE EXPERIENCE OF WRITING Conference Chair: Daniel Chandler, UWA This annual conference on Computers and Writing attracts in particular writing researchers (including linguists and psychologists), teachers (at all levels), technical writers, and designers of computer-based writing tools (including writers of all kinds). We are interested in proposals exploring one or more of the following themes: writers' composing styles and strategies collaborative writing and the computer writers' experiences of the computer computers and literacy design of computer-based writing tools educational applications of desk-top publishing Proposals: Send 3 copies of a two-page (double-spaced) abstract for a formal (refereed) paper or informal session (don't send disks). Include (on an attached sheet): title of paper; name(s); affiliation(s); address(es); telephone number(s); e-mail address(es); category (refereed paper/informal session). Also include audiovisual needs. Those wishing to have their papers considered for published proceedings should bring full versions to the conference as hardcopy and on disk. Deadlines: UK and all e-mail proposals must be postmarked by December 1st, 1992 (overseas postal proposals by November 15th). Notification of acceptance will be mailed by January 1993. Mail proposals to: Daniel Chandler Computers & Writing 6 UWA Old College King Street ABERYSTWYTH Dyfed SY23 2AX, Wales, UK E-Mail: compwrit@uk.ac.aberystwyth [address in lower-case only] From: William Winder <winder@unixg.ubc.ca> Subject: Conference announcement Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 18:34:21 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 502 (641) Forwarded message from Nancy_Frelick@MTSG.UBC.CA Call for papers for the PACIFIC NORTHWEST RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C) 25-27 March 1993 Conference topic: "The Reader, the Subject, and the Self in Early Modern Europe Plenary Speakers: Brian Stock -- "On Readers and the Problem of Reading in the Early Renaissance" Eva Kushner __ "The Emergence of the Paradoxical Self" David Harris Sacks -- "Articulations of the Self in Late Elizabethan England: The Aristocrat, the Pauper and the 'Middling Sort'" Papers are invited on all aspects of the culture of early modern Europe, c. 1300 -1700. Submissions relevant to the theme of "The Reader, the Subject and the Self" will be eligible for consideration by the editors of a special issue of _Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History_. Completed papers, no longer than 10 pages or 20 minutes' reading time, accompanied by an abstract of 200-300 words and details of any audio-visual needs, should reach the organizers by 8 January 1993. Acceptances will be made in early February. Address papers and inquiries to the following: Mark Vessey Department of English, UBC 397-1873 East Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (604) 822-4095 Nancy Frelick Department of French, UBC 797-1873 East Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (604) 822-4031 e-mail: userfrel@mtsg.ubc.ca Daniela Boccassini Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, UBC 1866 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (604) 822-4436 From: "Edwin S. Segal" <ESSEGA01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU> Subject: Address help Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 08:32:57 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 503 (642) Department of Anthropology PHONE: 502-588-6864 Does anyone have an e-mail address for York University in England? If there is one for someone in Literature or English, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. Edwin S. Segal University of Louisville ESSEGA01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu From: Gary Williams JGW at IDUI1 Subject: Date: 12 October 1992, 10:42:45 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 504 (643) About two years ago I copied the folllowing passage out of an article I was reading and didn't note the author or source. Does anyone recognize it? Whose language is it? Where was it published? "Ideally, a liberal education produces persons who are open-minded and free from provincialism, dogma, preconception, and ideology; conscious of their opinions and judgments; reflective of their actions; and aware of their place in the social and natural worlds." Thanks in advance for help. From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: online magazines Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 23:10:20 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 505 (644) Which are, according to you, the electronic magazines (e.g.: scholar, reach, th at of J. O'Donnell - I don't remember the title) most interesting for a classic al scholar? Could you answer directly to me or CC: to me? Thank you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: "Daniel P. Tompkins" <PERICLES@TEMPLEVM> Subject: rare books/English Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 18:57:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 506 (645) A student of mine is interested in getting training in librarianship, esp. rare books. She understands that there are a number of programs that combine this specific area with grad studies in English, and knows that the Columbia program is now defunct (I gather it went with the library school). I would appreciate any information folks can send. This seems more appropriate to an off-list response. Thanks, Dan Tompkins, Classics, Temple U. From: "Aaron Kershenbaum (T/L-863-7320)" <kersh@watson.ibm.com> Subject: Tagged Latin Text Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 21:11:35 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 507 (646) Dear Fellow Humanists-- Please, before I make a fool of myself and waste a lot of time on an already-done topic, could someone tell me if there are tagged texts of classical Latin in machine tractable form? I've asked similar questions in the past and have received no replies, so I'm tempted to begin saying that there are none. (I'm not entirely sure what it is that LASLA has, although the directors have sent a list.) Thanks for any help you can give --Peg Kershenbaum kersh@watson.ibm.com From: "Daniel P. Tompkins" <PERICLES@TEMPLEVM> Subject: Re: 6.0288 Rs: Politics, Cheney, and the NEH (4/62) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:39:25 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 294 (647) On Sunday, 11 oct. Stephen Clausing said: [deleted quotation] This is not the problem. Of course there is, and classroom indoctrination should be opposed when it occurs. Whether "politics" can be avoided in the classroom is a rich and interesting question. So is the question of the possibility of objectivity. I have now read through *Telling the Truth,* the Sept. 1991 report from the Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities, reported on in the *Chronicle* (9/30/92). It is interesting reading. First of all, it provides a useful compendium of horror stories, terrifying quotations, etc., all from academic liberals, leftists, feminists, revisionists. Most of these have already been used in other sources, some quite often. Second, the report is interesting because it leaps from the claim that truth has been abandoned in today's classroom (we wouldn't unanimously concur, I'd bet) to the claim that "academic freedom" is now an invalid concept. We once had the freedom to teach the truth; now we say the truth is inaccessible (p.30), so how can we claim we have this freedom? (p.35) Third, and chillingly, Cheney points with approval to pastintervention in the academy (p.30) as a model for today: trustees should be mobilized (pp. 50-51), etc. In the past, this mobilization led to dismissals (p.30), which--then--impeded scholarly inquiry. Now, since we're no longer pursuing truth, such dismissals are implied again to be appropriate. I don't see how you can read this report and fail to come away with this conclusion, although Cheney's phrasing leaves a lot to be desired if you're looking for clarity (as we must, if we care aboout objectivity and truth). Notably, William Chace, President of Wesleyan Univ., whom Cheney praises in her report, was one of the first to criticize its extremism. (See the *Chronicle* article cited above, p. A 22) This is why, while I agree with Mr. Clausing that indoctrination in the classroom is to be resisted, I'd say Cheney is up to something more consequential and more ominous. I would also add that my academic experience may be unusual--I've taught at Wesleyan, Swarthmore, Dartmouth and Temple--but I've seen a certain amount of politicizing from the right that Cheney never seems to notice, and a good deal of anti-left tendency in tenure and promotion decisions: and I've heard plenty of horror stories, some well-documented, of scholars proposing grants on sexuality or multiculturalism and getting nowhere with NEH. I regret these forms of bias as much as I do the other. Dan Tompkins, Classics, Temple U. From: SFADABRE@BRUSP.ANSP.BR Subject: Announcing a new list Date: 10/13/92 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 295 (648) SPISIS-l is a list devoted to the exchange of experiences and information among the people who uses the Unesco MicroIsis Database program. MicroIsis is a software developed by Unesco to the treatment of text information. The list is managed by the MicroIsis Users Group of the State of Sao Paulo (Brazil), and its owner is Professor Sergio Adorno, of the Center for the Study of Violence, University of Sao Paulo. Subscription to the list must be done in the usual way: Sub Violen-l "Your true name" Any questions or information request about it should be sent to SFADABRE@BRUSP. Thank you in advance, and also for sending REACH every season to me. Mario E.B. Baldini From: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Subject: Please post 2nd call. Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 08:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 296 (649) Please consider posting this reminder of the upcoming deadline for submissions to ACH-ALLC93. Thank you. M.N. ...................................................................... Dear Colleagues, November 1st, the deadline for submitting proposals for ACH-ALLC93, is fast approaching. We welcome your inquiries and your submissions. For more details, see the call for papers below. Regards, Michael Neuman Georgetown University for ACH-ALLC93 ......................................................................... ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ACH-ALLC93 JUNE 16-19, 1993 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. CALL FOR PAPERS This conference is the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. It is concerned with the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, the development of significant new networked-based and computer-based resources for humanities research, and the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. TOPICS: We welcome submissions on topics such as text encoding; statistical methods for text analysis; hypertext; text corpora; computational lexicography; morphological, syntactic, semantic and other forms of text analysis; also, computer applications in history, philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. For the 1993 conference, ACH and ALLC extend a special invitation to members of the library community to contribute to the conference on the topics of creating and cataloguing network-based resources in the humanities, developing and integrating databases of texts and images of works central to the humanities, and refining retrieval techniques for humanities databases. LOCATION: Georgetown, an historic residential district along the Potomac River, is a six-mile ride by taxi from Washington National Airport. International flights arrive at Dulles Airport, which offers regular bus service to the Nation's Capital. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original work. Proposals describing the development of new computing methodologies should make clear how these methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the humanities. Those concerned with a particular application (e.g., a study of the style of an author) should cite previous approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include references to important sources. ABSTRACT LENGTH: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words in length should be submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions. SESSION PROPOSALS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should take the form of either: (a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 1000-1500 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the session. (b) A panel of up to 6 speakers. The panel organizer should submit an abstract of 1500-2000 words describing the panel topic, how it will be organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each speaker is willing to participate in the session. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 1, 1992 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: February 1, 1993 FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS: Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged, and should follow strictly the format given below. Submissions that do not conform to this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive near the deadline. All submissions should include a header in the following format: TITLE: title of paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: affiliations of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address of main author (for contact) E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: fax for main author PHONE NUMBER: phone for main author ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: Please submit plain ASCII text files. Files that include formatting by a wordprocessor, TAB characters, and soft hyphens are not acceptable. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be numbered. References (up to six) and notes should appear at the end of the abstract. Where necessary, a simple markup scheme for accents and other characters that cannot be transmitted by electronic mail should be used; provide an explanation of the markup scheme after the title information. If diagrams are necessary for the evaluation of an electronic submission, they should be faxed to 1-202-687-6003 (after dialing one's international access code) or 202-687-6003 (from within the US), and a note to indicate the presence of diagrams should be inserted at the beginning of the abstract. Address for electronic submissions: Neuman@GUVAX.Georgetown.edu (include a subject line "<Author's surname> Submission for ACH-ALLC93"). PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ACH-ALLC93 (Paper submission) Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 PUBLICATION: A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide, published by Oxford University Press. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University (ACH) Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor (ALLC) Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH) Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve (ALLC) Susan Hockey, Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH) Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH) Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) (Local organizer) Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) INQUIRIES Please address all inquiries to: ACH-ALLC93 Dr. Michael Neuman, Local Organizer Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 Phone: 202-687-6096 FAX: 202-687-6003 Bitnet: Neuman@Guvax Internet: Neuman@Guvax.Georgetown.edu Please include your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address with any inquiry. From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Elecrtic Mystic's Guide: Volume ONE Available Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 17:42:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 297 (650) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 1.090 Release of Electric Mystic's Guide ISSN 1188-5734 Volume One -- First Edition =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Electric Mystic's Guide (Volume 1 - First Edition) NOW AVAILABLE VIA FTP AND LISTSERV The first edition of Michael Strangelove's _The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Complete Bibliography of Networked Electronic Documents Online Conferences, Serials, Software and Archives Relevant to Religious Studies_, is now available via FTP as a Postscript, WordPerfect and low ascii file (also available via Listserv). Volume One is 64 pages in length. The table of contents follows retrieval instructions below. Please note that Volume One replaces all other editions of the Electric Mystic's Guide. All older versions should be removed from any FTP or Listserv fileservers. The previous files are no longer available from the CONTENTS Project fileserver. The Guide is being released in three separate volumes. Volumes Two and Three will be released between October and December. [deleted quotation] This bibliography is freely available via the international academic networks (BITNET/Internet) from the CONTENTS Project fileserver via FTP from the node panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the directory /pub/religion/ as the files electric-mystics-guide-v1.ps postscript file electric-mystics-guide-v1.ps.Z UNIX compressed postscript file electric-mystics-guide-v1.zip zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text electric-mystics-guide-v1.zip UNIX compressed zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text electric-mystics-guide-v1.txt low ascii text It is also available as a low ascii text via the CONTENTS Project Listserv fileserver as MYSTICS V1-TXT from Listserv@uottawa or Listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Table of Contents -- VOLUME ONE Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Networks Covered in this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 How to Retrieve Documents Listed in This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Retrieving Documents via Listserv . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Retrieving Documents via FTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using BITFTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Searching Listserv Logbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Note to Moderators, Authors and Maintainers of Networked Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Network Accessible Documents 1. Anthropology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. Articles and Prepublication Papers. . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Bible Study Aids and Software Programs. . . . . . . . . 16 4. Bibliographies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5. Book Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6. Buddhism and Related Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7. Contemporary Jewry and Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 8. The CONTENTS Project Miscellaneous Files. . . . . . . . 28 9. Course Outlines, Seminar Syllabi and Glossaries . . . . 29 10. Electronic Texts and Databases (CDROMS and Others) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 11. IOUDAIOS Miscellaneous Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12. Islamic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 13. Journal Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 14. Lists in Review Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 16. Online E-Mail Address Compilations. . . . . . . . . . . 40 17. RELIGION Miscellaneous Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 18. Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 19. Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions). . . . . . 45 20. Software/Hardware Reviews and Information Files . . . . 48 21. Software Programs for Religious Studies . . . . . . . . 50 22. Thesis and Dissertations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 23. Thesis and Dissertations -- Abstracts . . . . . . . . . 52 Index of Document Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Index of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Index of Author's E-Mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 [Note that the Index of Document Titles and the Index of Authors is not included in the low ascii version of the Electric Mystic's Guide.] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that disseminates table of contents, abstracts, reviews and ordering information on new and recent print and electronic publications of relevance to Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: EACL 1993 <eacl93@let.ruu.nl> Subject: EACL'93 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 20:55:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 508 (651) Sixth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 21-23 April 1993, Utrecht Onderzoeksinstituut voor Taal en Spraak (OTS) Research Institute for Language and Speech SECOND NOTIFICATION AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics will hold its Sixth Conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from Wednesday to Friday, 21-23 April 1993, preceded by two days of tutorials on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20. General Conference Chair: The conference is co-chaired by Steven Krauwer, Michael Moortgat and Louis des Tombe (OTS, Utrecht). Programme Committee: Anne Abeille (University of Paris), Ted Briscoe (University of Cambridge), Ken Church (AT T Bell Laboratories), Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania), Ewan Klein (University of Edinburgh), Andras Kornai (CSLI, Stanford), Jan Landsbergen (IPO, Eindhoven), Uwe Reyle (University of Stuttgart), Anne de Roeck (University of Essex), Remko Scha (University of Amsterdam), Susan Warwick-Armstrong (ISSCO, Geneva). Local Organization Coordinator: Joke Dorrepaal (OTS, Utrecht). Tutorials Coordinator: Jan van Eijck (CWI, Amsterdam). Student Session Programme Committee: The Committee is co-chaired by Anne-Marie Mineur and Yvon Wijnen (Utrecht University), and includes Paolo Cattaneo (IDSIA, Lugano), Jochen Dorre (University of Stuttgart), Josef van Genabith (University of Essex), Patrizia Paggio (University of Copenhagen), Irene Pimenta Rodrigues (University of Lisbon). SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Purpose: This conference is the sixth in a series of biennial conferences on computational linguistics sponsored by the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Previous conferences were held in Pisa (September 1983), Geneva (March 1985), Copenhagen (April 1987), Manchester (April 1989) and Berlin (April 1991). Although hosted by a regional chapter, these conferences are global in scope and participation. The European Chapter represents a major subset of the ACL. The conference is open to both members and non-members of the Association. Scope: Papers are invited on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to: morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, grammar formalisms, formal languages, software tools, knowledge representation, AI-methods in computational linguistics, analysis and generation of language, computational lexicography and lexicology, lexical databases, machine translation, computational aids to translation, speech analysis and synthesis, natural language interfaces, dialogue, computer-assisted language learning, corpus analysis and corpus-based language modelling, and information retrieval and message understanding. Thematic Orientation: The Programme Committee plans special sessions around the following themes: - logic and computational linguistics - data-oriented methods in computational linguistics This thematic orientation is further developed in the three invited talks and the tutorial programme to be held the two days preceding the conference (19-20 April 1993). Submission of topical papers (Reminder): Authors should submit an extended abstract of no more than 5 pages A4. The first page should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete address(es) (including e-mail), a specification of the topic area (one or two keywords), and an indication of whether the paper addresses one of the two thematic subjects. The extended abstract should contain sufficient information to allow the referees and the Programme Committee to determine the scope of the work and its relation to relevant literature. Contributions should report on original research that has not been presented elsewhere. Submission media: Electronic submission is preferred, using standard (!) (article style, a4) or plain ASCII. In case of problems, contact the local organizer at the above address. For submissions in hardcopy form, 6 copies should be sent. For future final versions, hardcopy or files will be accepted. Submissions should be addressed to the EACL93 Programme Committee. Schedule: The deadline for submission is 1 December 1992. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 1 February 1993. Camera-ready copies of the final papers must be postmarked before 5 March 1993, and received by 12 March 1993, along with a signed copyright release statement. Electronic versions should be received by 5 March 1993. Papers not received by the due date will not be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in time for distribution to everyone attending the conference, and presentations will not be allowed at the meeting. Student Session: This year for the first time, the EACL conference will include a student session, which will be organized by the Dutch Computational Linguistics Student Association (TA!). This session provides a forum in which students can present work in progress and receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community, particularly senior researchers. Papers should describe original, unpublished work in progress that demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. Topics of interest are the same as for the main conference. Papers submitted to the main conference will not be considered for the student session. Students may of course submit papers to both. Note that having a student session for the presentation of ongoing work in no way influences the treatment of student-written papers submitted to the main conference. Rather, the student session will provide an entirely separate track emphasizing students' ``work in progress'' rather than completed work. Preference is given to e-mail submission. The extended abstract should not exceed 3 pages A4. , Postscript and ASCII formats are acceptable. Deadline for submission is 15 December 1992. Those submissions which are accepted will have their 3-page abstract published in the EACL proceedings. The Dutch Computational Linguistics Magazine TA! may ask some authors for an extended version of their work to be published in a special EACL edition of TA!. Submissions should be addressed to the EACL Student Session Programme Committee. Further submission procedures are as indicated above. Apart from the first submission deadline, the schedule is also as indicated above. Invited Talks: Three invited talks will reflect the thematic orientation of the conference. Invited speakers are Johan van Benthem, Ken Church and a third speaker (to be announced). Poster sessions and Demonstrations: Anyone wishing to present a project description and/or give a demonstration should send a two-page description to the Programme Committee by 15 December 1992. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 February 1993. Authors are expected to present their work at the conference in three successive 30-minute slots. Further procedures as indicated above. Tutorials: The conference will be preceded by two days of tutorials, on 19 and 20 April. Each tutorial consists of an introductory class of 3 hours on Monday and an advanced class on the same topic on Tuesday. The topics and lecturers of the tutorials are as follows: - Uses of Dynamic Logic in NL Processing by Jeroen Groenendijk Martin Stokhof (University of Amsterdam) - Recent Developments in Unification-based NL Processing by Hans Uszkoreit (University of Saarbrucken) - Statistical Methods in NL Processing by Mark Liberman (University of Pennsylvania) (to be confirmed) - Applications of Complexity Theory (tutor to be announced) Dynamic Logic will take place in parallel with Unification-based NLP; Complexity Theory in parallel with Statistical Methods. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Conference: The registration fee will be 275 Dutch guilders for ACL-members, and 165 guilders for students and unemployed members. Registration forms and payment should be received by 1 February 1993. The fees include one copy of the proceedings and an invitation to the reception. | until 1 February | after 1 February | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard rate | | | ACL member (dues paid | | | for 1993) | 275 Dfl | 385 Dfl | Non-member (includes | | | membership for 1993) | 335 Dfl | 445 Dfl | Reduced rate (full time | | | students and unemployed) | | | ACL member (dues paid | | | for 1993) | 165 Dfl | 230 Dfl | Non-member (includes | | | membership for 1993) | 210 Dfl | 275 Dfl | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials: The tutorial fee will be 100 Dfl. per tutorial if registered before 1 February, 1993. After 1 February, the fee will be 130 Dfl. Please note that only people who register for the conference will be eligible to take part in the tutorials. | until 1 February | after 1 February | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard rate | 100 Dfl | 130 Dfl | Reduced rate (full time | | | students and unemployed) | 70 Dfl | 100 Dfl | --------------------------------------------------------------------- If a registration is cancelled before 1 April, the registration fee, less 50 Dfl for administrative costs, will be returned. Please note: We regret that we cannot accept any registrations by email. Send your registration and payment by (air)mail. Please make use of the LaTeX file appended to this message or use the registration form which will be mailed to your institution in the next few days. Please contact the Organizing Committee at the address given below if you have not received the registration form by 15 November. Accommodation: The organisation has reserved a number of hotel rooms in Utrecht, close to the conference site. Cheaper accommodation is offered outside Utrecht. Travelling time will not be more than an hour. Please return the application for hotels as soon as possible. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed if applications with full payment are not received by 1 February. Payment: All payments must be made in Dutch guilders. - You can send us - together with your registration form - a cheque or banker's draft payable to: Faculteit Letteren RU, UTRECHT - You can transfer the appropriate amount to our bank account: Faculteit Letteren RU Account no 55 50 74 897 ABN-AMRO Bank Neude 4 3512 AD UTRECHT Reference : EACL93 registration fee A copy of the bank transfer should be sent to us together with your registration form. Make sure you add transfer charges. - You can use MasterCard/Eurocard and VISA credit cards. Participants: from Eastern European countries A limited number of grants will be available for participants living in Eastern European countries. These grants include free registration and accommodation, and a daily allowance of 50 Dfl. Authors of accepted papers will have priority. Please provide full details concerning affiliation and participation of your institution in EC exchange programmes such as TEMPUS. GENERAL INFORMATION Social Events: The participants will be offered a reception on Tuesday 20 April. A banquet featuring Indonesian `Rijsttafel' will be held on Thursday the 22nd. Space limitations restrict the number of participants; first come first served. The banquet fee is 60 Dfl. Venue: The conference site is located in the centre of Utrecht, 10 minutes walk from Utrecht Central Station, which in turn is located at 50 minutes by train (30 by taxi) from Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol). Addresses: General address for all communications with Programme Committee, Organizing Committee, Student Session Committee and Tutorials Coordinator: EACL93 [relevant committee/coordinator], OTS, Trans 10, NL-3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 30 53 63 77 (*) Fax: +31 30 53 60 00 (*) Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl (*) Note the new telephone and fax numbers. For information on the ACL in general, contact Don Walker (global), or Mike Rosner (for Europe): Dr. Donald E. Walker (ACL) Dr. Michael Rosner (ACL) Bellcore, MRE 2A379 IDSIA 445 South Street, Box 1910 Corso Elvezia 36 Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland walker@flash.bellcore.com mike@idsia.uu.ch ********************* Registration form (LaTeX ) ********************* ****************************** Cut Here ****************************** % ------------------------------------------------------------------ % % Start of LaTeX file: registration.tex % % % % % % Sixth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for % % Computational Linguistics, 21-23 April 1993, Utrecht % % % % Onderzoeksinstituut voor Taal en Spraak (OTS) Research Institute % % for Language and Speech % % % % % % Registration Form in LaTeX Format % % % % ------------------------------------------------------------------ % \documentstyle[10pt,a4]{article} % If A4 style gives any problems, just delete it : %\documentstyle[10pt]{article} \setlength{\topmargin}{-5.em} \setlength{\textheight}{75.em} 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European countries. My institution does/does not participate in one of the EC exchange programmes (if so: indicate programme and contact person in your institution). The Conference Organizers will contact you for further arrangements. \end{minipage}\\ \medskip \hspace*{0.05cm} \begin{tabular} {ll} Programme & .................................................................... ........................................................ \\ \vspace*{0.1cm} Contact Person & ............................................................... .............................................................\\ \vspace*{0.1c m} \end{tabular} \hspace*{0.20cm} Enclose a cheque, a banker's draft, a copy of the bank transfer, or fill in and sign below if you pay\\ \hspace*{0.20cm} by credit card.\\ \hspace*{0.05cm} \begin{tabular}{lllll} Please charge & \begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0) \put(0,0){\framebox(7,7){}} \end{ picture} & Mastercard/Eurocard & \begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0) \put(0,0){\framebo x(7,7){}} \end{picture} & VISA\\ Card number: & \multicolumn{4}{l}{........................................ .........................}\\ Expiration date: & \multicolumn{4}{l}{..................................... ............................}\\ Amount: & \multicolumn{4}{l}{.............................................. ...................}\\ Name: & \multicolumn{4}{l}{................................................ .................}\\ Signature: & \multicolumn{4}{l}{.......................................... .......................}\\ \end{tabular} \begin{center} Send this form, with full payment, before 1 February 1993 to:\\ EACL93 Organizing Committee, OTS, Trans 10, NL-3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands .\\ Tel: (31)30-536377. Fax: (31)30-536000. Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl.\\ \end{center} \end{document} % ------------------------------------------------------------------ % % End of LaTeX file: registration.tex % % ------------------------------------------------------------------ % From: EACL 1993 <eacl93@let.ruu.nl> Subject: Errata: 'EACL93: Second notification and call' Date: Mon, 19 Oct 92 12:12:33 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 509 (652) Errata: 'EACL93: Second notification and call' An error has occured when setting the second call in ascii for electronic distribution. The word 'LaTeX' disappeared from two paragraphs. These paragraphs should read as follows: [deleted quotation] We apologize for any inconvenience. EACL93 Organizing Committee From: GGW10@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: conference announcement Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 12:25:58 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 299 (653) PLEASE POST * PLEASE POST * PLEASE POST * PLEASE POST * PLEASE POST Preliminary Announcement PHILOSOPHY AND THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES 16th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium Kirchberg/Wechsel, Austria 15-21 August 1993 Some 300 participants are expected. The symposium will be divided loosely into sections, as follows: Language and Cognition Psychology and the Philosophy of Mind Methodologies of the Cognitive Sciences Folk Psychology and Naive Physics Theories of Perception Artificial Intelligence Historical Roots of Cognitive Sciences Wittgenstein and Philosophical Psychology The list of major speakers who have so far agreed to participate includes: Margaret Boden (Sussex) Fred Dretske (Stanford) George Lakoff (Berkeley) John Sowa (I.B.M., Watson) Michael Devitt (Maryland) Leonard Talmy (Buffalo) Francois Recanati (CREA, Paris) John Searle (Berkeley) John Haugeland (Pittsburgh) John Perry (Stanford) Frank Jackson (ANU, Canberra) The Kirchberg conferences have established themselves over the years as the most important forum for exact or analytic philosophy in Continental Europe. We intend to use the present occasion as an opportunity to bring together those working on the borderlines of philosophy and cognitive science from both sides of the Atlantic. Kirchberg itself is a beautiful mountain village 70 miles south of Vienna, in the centre of the area where Wittgenstein taught primary school. Call for papers: Papers on any of the above topics are welcome. Two camera-ready copies of a long abstract (6 pages) should be sent before March 30, 1992 to the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, A-2880 Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. Guidelines for the compilation of the abstract can be obtained from the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. For further information concerning the colloquium, please contact Barry Smith or Roberto Casati, E-mail: phismith@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu fax +41.75.28548 From: Jean-Pierre Laurent <jplaure@imag.fr> Subject: IJCAI-93 Reminder Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:18:01 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 300 (654) Please redistribute the above information on appropriate local blackboards. Thanks very much in advance. J.P. LAURENT LIA-ESIGEC-Universit{ de Savoie 2 route de Chamb{ry F-73376 LE BOURGET DU LAC Cedex tel : (+33) 79758790 fax : (+33) 79758785 email: jplaure@imag.fr ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** REMINDER: THE DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS FOR IJCAI-93 IS 1ST OF NOVEMBER., IN TWO WEEKS... DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR SUBMISSION QUICKLY TO: PROF. RUZENA BACJSY GRASP LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF PENSYLVANIA 3401 WALNUT STREET, ROOM 303 C PHILADELPHIA PA 19104-6228 USA ****** P.S.. ************************************************************* The 13th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held in Chamb{ry (France) from August 29 - Sept 93, 1993. To receive information, you can send an email to the automatic IJCAI server: ijcai-serv@imag.fr (subject: anything you want; content: for first time used, type only 'help'). You will find there the Calls for papers, tutorials, WS, nominations for awards, general information about location, accommodation, registration fees, etc... If you want to receive the Conference Brochure in early 1993 send by email your complete ordinary mail address to the IJCAI secretariat: daujat@imag.fr ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** -- JP Laurent From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk Subject: COnf Announcement Date: Sat,17 Oct 92 12:24:32 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 301 (655) First Notice CALL FOR PAPERS University of Exeter September 12 - 14 1993 Conference on REACTIVE AND CREATIVE CALL This will be the fifth conference to be held in Exeter on Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Previous conferences have allowed not only experts in the field, but all interested parties, to meet and discuss problems and progress in CALL in a relaxed atmosphere. The proceedings have been published and bear witness to the important discoveries and research into an important area of modern education. It is hoped that the conference will be well supported by international scholars. The estimated cost, with residence in Mardon Hall, centrally placed on the University campus, for full board and Conference fee is 96 pounds. You are invited to offer to read a paper on any aspect of CALL, but in particular topics dealing with CALL and programs which correct, or which allow a creative use of, language. The papers will be considered for eventual publication in our journal, Computer Assisted Language Learning. Keith Cameron <cameron -at uk.ac.exeter> or <cameron -at exeter.ac.uk> Telephone : 0392 264222 /+44 392 264222 Fax : 0392 264377 Please write for further information to : Mrs Daphne Morton, CALL'93 Conference, Department of French, The University, EXETER, EX4 4QH, (UK). From: Boyd Davis <FEN00BHD@UNCCVM> Subject: Endowed Chair Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 13:47:56 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 510 (656) Please post -- **********ENDOWED CHAIR IN SHAKESPEARE: POSITION AVAILABLE********** The University of North Carolina at Charlotte seeks a distinguished scholar and teacher for an endowed chair in Shakespeare. The recipient of this chair will have an exceptional opportunity to continue teaching, scholarship, and intellectual leadership, working with faculty and undergraduate and graduate (M.A. level) students. A successful applicant must have evidence of superior teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, national prominence, and a distinguished record of publications in Shakespeare. In addition to duties in teaching, research and service to the University, this person will have considerable opportunities to serve the community in and around Charlotte. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Salary commensurate with qualifications of successful applicant. Screening begins November 15, 1992, and interviews will be held at MLA in December. Send nominations and/or application, curriculum vitae, and four letters of reference to: Dr. Jay Jacoby, Chair, Search Committee/Chair in Shakespeare Department of English, UNC-Charlotte. Charlotte NC 28223 (USA) [UNC-Charlotte is an AA/EOE employer] Please cross-post or forward as seems appropriate to you. From: David E. Latane <dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu> Subject: Job Announcement Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 14:10:17 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 511 (657) Job Announcement Position in English and Women's Studies Box 2005 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284 The English Department and the Women's Studies Program seek applications for a joint tenure-track assistant professor (pending administrative approval). Demonstrated potential for effective teaching (3/3 load) and scholarly productivity required. Ph.D. required, with strong preference for individuals with graduate training in scholarship on women. The Women's Studies Program offers an undergraduate minor and will give preference to candidates who can teach both Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theory. The Department of English seeks someone who can teach advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in feminist critical theory, as well as sophomore and advanced literature courses, area open, but preferably contemporary British, ethnic American literatures, or Commonwealth/post-colonial. Send letter of application, c.v., and at least three letters of reference to James Kinney, Chair, Department of English, by December 7, 1992. VCU is a culturally diverse university and an AA/equal opportunity Employer; women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are urged to apply. Prospective applicants who wish additional information may contact David Latane, Chair, Search Committee at the address above, or via the Internet at dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu. A From: <PWILLETT@IUBACS> Subject: Summary of responses RE: Chadwyck-Healey MRDFs Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 11:06 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 512 (658) A while back, I asked for opinions and experiences from Humanist and PACS-L readers regarding the full-text databases from Chadwyck-Healey (Patrologia Latina, English Full-Text Poetry DB, and, especially, the African-American Poetry DB). There seems to be some interest, as I received plenty of messages requesting that I post a summary. Unfortunately, interest is far greater than actual experience. While I didn't hear from anyone who has actually used or seen a C-H full-text database on CD-ROM, I got one response from someone whose library has one on order, and another who was interested in ordering one soon. I also got one response from someone involved in a beta test of the Patrologia Latina running on a UN*X system using PAT/Lector as the search engine. The only opinion I received was from a librarian who was somewhat critical of C-H, since they seem to be late in all three of the projects mentioned above. This librarian (I don't wish to hint at identity) also mentioned that the African-American Poetry DB does not use SGML, unlike the other two, which made this person think the project a dead-end. It does suggest that the African-American Poetry DB will work quite differently than the other two. I had assumed (ah, assumptions) that C-H was committed to SGML/TEI principles for all of their full-text products, and am a little disappointed to find out it isn't so. I'm not sure that SGML/TEI will be the most important criterion in our decision to purchase, but I think it should be a factor. I am a little more troubled by the lateness/vagueness. I know that this is common in all parts of the computer industry, but I can't get anyone at C-H to answer some questions, or even return my calls. When I spoke last to a sales rep, he couldn't offer a trial period to test the product, and couldn't understand my reluctance to pay even a pre-publication sale price for an untested product. He did offer to arrange a demonstration of the English Full-Text DB, which at the time I believed would be similar. He told me that the African-American Poetry DB would be available in January 1993, and I heard from someone who said that the English Full-Text DB on CD-ROM would be available in November 1992. One librarian reminded me of the installation nightmares of the various National Bibliographies offered by C-H. I guess I had repressed the memory. However, the librarian who is involved the the beta test of the Patrologia Latina is satisfied with C-H's responsiveness. My thanks to everyone who responded. I guess I'm a little less sure I would support the purchase of the African-American Poetry DB than I was going in, but for now I'll wait for more information. Perry Willett Main Library Indiana University Phone: 812-855-1891 Bitnet: PWILLETT@INDIANA Internet:PWILLETT@INDIANA.EDU From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: Update of LASLA E-texts Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1992 12:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 513 (659) Recently there were some questions about the availability of etexts of classical Greek and Latin authors, particularly those held by LASLA. I have since received new information from Dr. Denooz at LASLA that might answer some of those questions, and have included it below. Please contact me for more info on this or other etext projects, or for a copy of the CPET (Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text) User Guide explaining how to gain remote access to the CPET catalog. The CPET is continuously updated, so chances are you may find something new. Paul Mangiafico, Project Assistant Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET) Center for Text and Technology Georgetown University pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu **************** Liege (Univ)/ LASLA = Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langue Anciennes 0. LASLA 1. Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langue Anciennes, University of Liege. Dr. J. Denooz, director. Collaborators: Dr. S. Govaerts, Dr. G. Purnelle, Cl. Purnelle-Simar. 2. Joseph Denooz, director University of Liege Place du 20-aou^t 32 B-4000 Lie\ge, Belgium tel: 32-41-66-55-11 email: u0013a1@bliulg11 3. Latin and Greek, Literature 4. classical period, Rome and Greece 5. Latin, Greek 6. Textbase for lexicology, morphology, and stylistic analysis. Some texts lemmatized and with morphologic analysis. Approx. 1,800,000 words. 8. Magnetic tape (mainframe) or floppy disks (pc) 9. Price on request. 10. Works: Numerals following each text indicate the number of words currently held in that particular textbank. Some texts are accompanied by a lemmatization and morphological analysis system, shown as "lemme-analyse" in the list. LATIN TEXTS: ACCIUS 4819 Valerius AEDITUUS 71 Licius AFRANIUS 2383 Livius ANDRONICUS 533 T. ANNIUS Luscus 9 M. ANTONIUS 27 APPIUS Claudius Caecus 23 APRISSIUS 8 AQUILIUS 71 Lucius ARRUNTIUS 36 Sempronius ASELLIO 246 ATEIUS Praetextatus 6 ATILIUS 19 T. Quinctius ATTA 130 AUGUSTUS, fragments historiques et poe/tiques 107 AUSONIUS, Epigrammata (lemme-analyse) 3797 M. Furius BIBACULUS 176 M. Iunius BRUTUS prior 24 L. CAECILIUS Metellus 47 CAECILIUS Statius 1707 M. CAELIUS Rufus 122 Q. Servilius CAEPIO 18 C. Iulius CAESAR, Bellum ciuile (lem.-analyse) en cours Bellum Africanum 13506 Bellum Alexandrinum 10685 Bellum Hispaniense 6189 Bellum Gallicum (lemme-analyse) 45388 Fragments grammaticaux 80 Fragments oratoires 179 Fragments poe/tiques 42 M. CALIDIUS 21 L. CALPURNIUS Piso 206 C. Licinius Macer CALVUS 209 P. CANNUTIUS 13 C. Papirius CARBO 15 C. Papirius CARBO Arvina 27 Carmen Nelei 21 Carmen Saliare 36 M. Porcius CATO, De agricultura (lemme-analyse) 15997 Fragments oratoires (lemme-analyse) 2752 Originum fragmenta (lemme-analyse) 860 Fragments divers (lemme-analyse) 498 M. Porcius CATO (censoris nepos) 30 CATULLUS (lemme-analyse) 13152 CICERO, In Catilinam (lemme-analyse) 12730 Pro Caecina (lemme-analyse) 10217 Pro lege Manilia (lemme-analyse) 6626 Pro Rabirio perduellionis reo (lemme-analyse) 3588 Pro Archia 3132 De officiis en cours De natura deorum (lemme-analyse) 8996 Tusculanae disputationes (lemme-analyse) 6894 Laelius siue De amicitia (lemme-analyse) 9435 De senectute siue Cato maior 8316 Fragments oratoires 4246 Quintus CICERO, Fragments poe/tiques 130 Commentariolum petitionis 4398 L. CINCIUS 103 C. Helvius CINNA 112 Servius CLODIUS 30 L. COELIUS Antipater 284 P. COMINIUS 22 CORNELIA (Gracchorum mater) 249 Q. CORNIFICIUS 14 Corpus Hermeticum-Asclepius (lemme) 8748 C. Aurelius COTTA 12 L. Licinius CRASSUS 188 C. Scribonius CURIO avus 9 C. Scribonius CURIO pater 10 Quintus CURTIUS Rufus (lemme-analyse) 71633 P. Cornelius DOLABELLA 2 DURONIUS 42 EGNATIUS 18 ENNIUS 7707 Cornelius EPICADUS 2 Q. FABIUS Maximus Servilianus 3 Ser. FABIUS Pictor 410 C. FABRICIUS Luscinus 96 C. FANNIUS 104 FAVORINUS 102 A. FURIUS Antias 36 C. Cornelius GALLUS 5 GANNIUS 19 Cn. GELLIUS 38 C. Sempronius GRACCHUS 844 L. Cassius HEMINA 207 HORATIUS, Epistulae (lemme-analyse) 10129 Carmina (lemme-analyse) 13582 Epodon liber (lemme-analyse) 3074 Satirae (lemme-analyse) 14512 Q. HORTENSIUS Hortalus 6 HOSTIUS 39 Licinius IMBREX 14 IUVENALIS (lemme-analyse) 25140 IUVENTIUS 46 LABERIUS 756 C. LAELIUS Sapiens 81 LAEVIUS 237 Luscius LANUVINUS 10 M. Tullius LAUREA 63 M. Aemilius LEPIDUS Porcina 9 LUCILIUS 7955 LUCRETIUS (lemme-analyse) 49554 Q. LUTATIUS Catulus 62 Aemilius MACER - d. 16 A.C. 87 C. Licinius MACER 61 MAECENAS 102 MANILIUS 22 Helvius MANCIA 118 Cn. MARCIUS 12 MARULLUS 7 Cn. MATIUS 116 C. MEMMIUS 44 M. Valerius MESSALA Corvinus 52 M. Valerius MESSALA Rufus 30 Q. Caecilius METELLUS Macedonius 84 Q. Caecilius METELLUS Numidicus 180 MUMMIUS 28 L. MUNATIUS Flaccus 27 Naevii Cypria Ilias 10 NAEVIUS 1340 P. NIGIDIUS Figulus 734 NINNIUS Crassus 12 NOVIUS 663 L. NOVIUS 33 Aurelius OPILLUS 36 C. OPPIUS 2 L. ORBILIUS Pupillus 6 OVIDIUS, Ars amatoria (lemme-analyse) 15339 De medicamine faciei (lemme-analyse) 626 Remedia amoris (lemme-analyse) 5337 Amores (lemme-analyse) 16022 Heroi%des (lemme-analyse) 26694 Metamorphoseon libri 15 (lemme-analyse) 10186 PACUVIUS 2560 PAPINIUS 26 L. Aemilius PAULLUS 54 A. PERSIUS Flaccus (lemme-analyse) 4640 PLAUTUS, Amphitruo (lemme-analyse) 9521 Asinaria (lemme-analyse) 7798 Aulularia (lemme-analyse) 6686 Bacchides (lemme-analyse) 9691 Captiui (lemme-analyse) 8485 Casina (lemme-analyse) 7328 Cistellaria 5095 Miles gloriosus 12133 Mostellaria 9023 Persa 7398 Poenulus 10995 Pseudolus 10742 Rudens 11304 Stichus 6103 (Trinummus) 9601 Truculentus 8006 Vidularia 630 Fragments 1144 T. PETRONIVS Arbiter, Satiricon (lemme-analyse) 30952 C. Asinius POLLIO 328 Cn. POMPEIUS Magnus triumvir en cours Cn. POMPEIUS Cn. Magni filius 78 Q. POMPEIUS Rufus 8 POMPILIUS 18 L. POMPONIUS Bononiensis 1229 PORCIUS Licinus 147 A. POSTUMIUS Albinus 11 PROPERTIUS (lemme-analyse) 7252 PUBLILIUS Syrus 105 Q. Claudius QUADRIGARIUS 1309 Rhetorica ad Herennium 30131 P. RUTILIUS Rufus 38 SALLUSTIUS, De coniuratione Catilinae (lemme-an.) 10607 De bello Iugurthino (lemme-analyse) 21301 SANTRA 26 Q. Mucius SCAEVOLA 5 M. Aemilius SCAURUS 59 P. Cornelius SCIPIO Aemilianus Africanus 390 SENECA, Ad Helviam (lemme-analyse) 6715 Ad Marciam (lemme-analyse) 8262 Ad Polybium (lemme-analyse) 5640 De beneficiis (lemme-analyse) 45276 De brevitate vitae (lemme-analyse) 6109 De clementia (lemme-analyse) 8216 De constantia sapientis (lemme-analyse) 5290 De ira (lemme-analyse) 22410 De otio (lemme-analyse) 1949 De providentia (lemme-analyse) 4078 De tranquillitate animi (lemme-analyse) 7568 De vita beata (lemme-analyse) 7270 Epistulae (lemme-analyse) 118664 Tragoediae (lemme-analyse) 60314 SEVIUS Nicanor 12 SEXTILIUS Ena 7 L. Cornelius SISENNA 1245 STABERIUS Eros 9 L. Aelius STILO 50 C. Iulius Caesar STRABO 34 SUEIUS 103 SUETONIUS en cours L. Cornelius SULLA 58 TACITUS, Agricola (lemme-analyse) 6776 Annales (lemme-analyse) 90129 De oratoribus (lemme-analyse) 9336 Germania (lemme-analyse) 5738 TERENTIUS, Andria 8311 Adelphoe 8271 Heauton Timorumenos 8961 Eunuchus 9170 Hecyra 7507 Phormio 8677 TIBULLUS (lemme-analyse) 12580 TICIDAS 10 TIMARCHIDES 87 M. Tullius TIRO 596 TITINIUS 986 C. TITIUS 121 Q. TRABEA 45 Q. Aelius TUBERO 75 Sex. TURPILIUS en cours Q. VALERIUS Soranus 27 VALERIUS 8 VALERIUS Antias 279 M. Terentius VARRO, Res rusticae 35738 De lingua latina en cours De vita populi Romani 2042 Antiquitates rerum divinarum en cours Fragments grammaticaux en cours Fragments historiques en cours Fragments e/pistolaires 131 Menippearum reliquiae 6511 Antiquitatum rerum humanarum 988 P. Terentius VARRO Atacinus 264 VERANIUS 35 VERGILIUS, Eclogae (lemme-analyse) 5695 Georgica (lemme-analyse) 14821 Aeneis 1-6 (lemme-analyse) 32158 VITRUVIUS (lemme-analyse) 57527 VOLUMNIUS 4 VOLCACIUS Sedigitus 123 GREEK TEXTS: ANDOCIDE 17430 ANTIPHON 18108 ARISTOTE, Cate/gories 10268 De anima 21031 Me/thaphysique 79351 Parties des animaux 38709 Poe/tique 10284 Physique 55686 Politique en cours Ge/ne/ration des animaux en cours Bibliothe\que d'Apollodore 27264 Corpus Hermeticum 36566 ISOCRATE 119124 LYSIAS 57316 MARC-AURELE en cours PLATON, Euthyphron 5187 Apologie 8783 Criton 4183 Phe/don en cours Cratyle en cours From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE Subject: Re: Latin Tagged Text Date: Mon, 19 Oct 92 12:51+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 514 (660) (See enclosed) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lasla has indeed some tagged latin Texts; in 1991 there were 52 available (ca. 1 million of words). The license fee in 1991 was 12000 Deutschmarks (ca S8000). But many of them are not in the very best shape and we are still working hard to correct them... The format is essentially as follows: Lemma + Textform + Code (11 columns). Grettings, Fritz Heberlein From: "Aaron Kershenbaum (T/L-863-7320)" <kersh@watson.ibm.com> Subject: e-mail address request Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 09:45:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 515 (661) Does anyone know the e-mail address for CETEDOC at Louvain la-Neuve, Belgium? I am told that they may have a Latin parser. If you don't know their address but DO know of someone with a Latin parser, please let me know. (I have heard that there may be something germane going on in Italy--does anyone know what?) Thanks. Peg kersh@watson.ibm.com From: bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Barry W. K. Joe) Subject: Fonts Date: Mon, 19 Oct 92 17:53:59 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 516 (662) Is anyone on the net using public domain/shareware Mac fonts for Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian? I would be interested in your source. Barry W. K. Joe Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies Brock University St. Catharines, Canada <bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: Research Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 12:55:42 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 517 (663) I am investigating the electronic tools used by historians, archaeologist and geo-archaeologists for research purposes, in particular interactive systems. Does anyone on HUMANIST know of a system by which text interpretations, hypotheses and/or physical finds can be electronically "matched" against people, places, objects, events and political associations for which/whom physical evidence exists, using date, source and dating justification method. It is anticipated that such a system would involve either RDBMS and/or hypertext utlising an expert support system. If not, is anyone aware of any other research being conducted in this area ??? Replies directly to me would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. ************************************************************************ * Gregg Boalch E-Mail: Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au * * School of Information Systems Phern: (619) 351 2565 * * Curtin University of Technology Fax: (619) 351 3076 * * Snail: GPO Box U1987 * * ...seek grace, elegance and PERTH W. AUSTRALIA 6001 * * understanding in everything... * ************************************************************************ From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: Zangger Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 13:24:54 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 518 (664) Does anyone have an address, either electronic or snail mail, for the geoarchaeologist Dr Eberhard Zangger, author of "The Flood from Heaven" ? My last known address is Dept of Earth Sciences at Cambridge and he was also at Clare Hall under a research fellowship. I believe his home to be Zurich. Thanks ************************************************************************ * Gregg Boalch E-Mail: Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au * * School of Information Systems Phern: (619) 351 2565 * * Curtin University of Technology Fax: (619) 351 3076 * * Snail: GPO Box U1987 * * ...seek grace, elegance and PERTH W. AUSTRALIA 6001 * * understanding in everything... * ************************************************************************ From: Stuart Lee <STUART@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK> Subject: Request for e-texts Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 14:56 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 519 (665) Dear All, my apologies for bothering everyone with a specific request but I have had no luck with other avenues of exploration (so far I've tried the OTA, Georgetown Catalogue, C-18L, CURIA, etc). I have had two students in wanting various texts in electronic form. The authors they are interested in are: a) Shelley (the OTA only has one text by him) b) Heaney D Mahon P Muldoon M Longley and/or the Field Day Anthology. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Stuart Lee Research Officer CTI Centre for Textual Studies Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel:0865-273221 Fax:0865-273275 E-mail: STUART@UK.AC.OX.VAX From: ellis@unixpop.ucs.indiana.edu Subject: request for help Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 11:27:38 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 520 (666) A small group in the computing center at Indiana University, Bloomington, has been asked to assess needs and make recommendations in the area of humanities computing. Our charge is to define humanties computing, identify the issues in this area & support services now offered here, assess the support that should be offered & whether there is a need to restructure current support, and if so to restructure along what lines (e.g., coordinating function, center, etc.) We would appreciate any perspectives gained by others who have gone through this sort of exercise on their campuses and any definitions, issues papers, or references to possible models. Please send replies to me directly, as I am not subscribed to Humanist at present. Many thanks for your help, Dick Ellis --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Ellis (812) 855-4240 Network Services Development (812) 855-8299 fax University Computing Services ellis@indiana.edu Indiana University ellis@indiana.bitnet 750 N. State Rd. 46 Bloomington, IN 47405 From: "L.LITVACK" <ENG1787@VAX2.QUEENS-BELFAST.AC.UK> Subject: Timetabling programs Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 9:22 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 521 (667) Dear Editors: Please post the following to the HUMANIST list: Dear list members, I am interested in obtaining a dedicated timetabling program, wchich will maintain scheduling and supplemental information on courses, students, rooms, lecturers, departments, years, etc., and which will check clashes. At the moment I use Nota Bene's TextBase (now Orbis), which gets the job done with a bit of tweaking, but is somewhat inelegant. All suggestions would be gratefully received. Many thanks. Leon Litvack School of English Queen's University of Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK ENG1787@UK.AC.QUEENS-BELFAST.VAX2 From: walker@bellcore.com (Don Walker) Subject: ACL-93 CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 17:10:52 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 305 (668) ACL-93 CALL FOR PAPERS 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 22-26 June 1993 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology; interpreting and generating spoken and written language; linguistic, mathematical, and psychological models of language; language-oriented information retrieval; corpus-based language modelling; machine translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces and dialogue systems; message and narrative understanding systems; and theoretical and applications papers of every kind. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work; they should emphasize completed work rather than intended work; and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. A paper accepted for presentation at the ACL Meeting cannot be presented at another conference. Self-references which reveal the authors' identity (e.g., ``We previously showed [Smith, 1991] . . .'') should be avoided as far as possible, since reviewing will be ``blind''. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of preliminary versions of their papers, not to exceed 3200 words (exclusive of references). To facilitate blind reviewing, two title pages are required. The first (one copy only, unattached) should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses, a short (5 line) summary, and a specification of the topic area. The second (4 copies, heading the copies of the paper) should omit author names and addresses. Submissions that do not conform to this format will not be reviewed. As well, authors are strongly urged to email the title page (in directly readable ASCII form, with author information). Send to: Lenhart Schubert ACL-93 University of Rochester Department of Computer Science Rochester, NY 14627, USA fax: +1-716-461-2018 acl93@cs.rochester.edu SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 1993. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 March 1993. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 1 May 1993, along with a signed copyright release statement. STUDENT SESSIONS: Following the ACL-91/92 successes, there will again be special Student Sessions organized by a committee of ACL graduate student members. ACL student members are invited to submit short papers describing innovative work in progress in any of the topics listed above. The papers will be reviewed by a committee of students and faculty members for presentation in workshop-style sessions. There is a separate call for papers; to get one or for other information contact Linda Suri or Sandra Carberry, University of Delaware, Computer & Information Science, 103 Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA; +1-302-831-2712; +1-302-831-8458 fax; suri@cis.udel.edu or carberry@cis.udel.edu. OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials coordinated by Philip Cohen, SRI International, Artificial Intelligence Center, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; +1-415-859-4840; pcohen@ai.sri.com. Some of the ACL Special Interest Groups may arrange workshops or other activities. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being chaired by Terry Patten, Ohio State University, Computer & Information Science, 2036 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-3989; patten@cis.ohio-state.edu. Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief description together with a specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone connections, tables, etc.) to Robert Kasper,Ohio State University, Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-2844; kasper@ling.ohio-state.edu. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: The committee is chaired by Lenhart Schubert (U Rochester) and also includes Robert Carpenter (CMU) Mitch Marcus (U Pennsylvania) Garrison Cottrell (UC San Diego) Kathleen McCoy (U Delaware) Robert Dale (U Edinburgh) Marc Moens (U Edinburgh) Bonnie Dorr (U Maryland) Johanna Moore (U Pittsburgh) Julia Hirschberg (AT&T Bell Labs) John Nerbonne (German AI Center) Paul Jacobs (GE Schenectady) James Pustejovsky (Brandeis U) Robert Kasper (Ohio State U) Uwe Reyle (U Stuttgart) Slava Katz (IBM Watson) Richard Sproat (AT&T Bell Labs) Judith Klavans (Columbia U) Jun-ichi Tsujii (UMIST) Bernard Lang (INRIA) Gregory Ward (Northwestern U) Diane Litman (AT&T Bell Labs) Janyce Wiebe (New Mexico State U) ACL INFORMATION: For other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; +1-201-829-4312; walker@bellcore.com. 1993 LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE: The 57th Linguistic Institute, sponsored by the LSA and co-sponsored by the ACL, will be held at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, from June 28 until August 6, 1993, beginning right after the annual meeting of ACL. It will feature a number of computational linguistics courses, as described in the September 1992 issue of The FINITE STRING. For more information and application forms, see the June 1992 issue of the LSA Bulletin, or contact Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-4052; +1-614-292-4273 fax; linginst@ling.ohio-state.edu. From: walker@bellcore.com (Don Walker) Subject: ACL-93 STUDENT SESSIONS -- CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 17:14:10 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 306 (669) ACL-93 CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS Student Sessions at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 22 - 26 June, 1993 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA PURPOSE: The goal of these sessions is to provide a forum for student members to present their work in progress and receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community, particularly senior researchers. The sessions will be workshop-style, consisting of short paper presentations and discussion. The papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings. Note that having student sessions for the presentation of ongoing work in NO way influences the treatment of student-written papers submitted to the main conference. Rather, the student sessions will provide an entirely separate track emphasizing students' work in progress rather than completed work. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe original, unpublished work in progress that demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. Topics of interest are the same as for the main conference. Authors must have ACL Student Membership (or be students even though paying the regular member rate because they earn a regular income) at the time of the conference. For membership information contact Don Walker at the address below. Because of differences in focus (complete results vs. work in progress) and submission format, papers submitted to the main conference can not be considered for the student sessions. Students may, of course, submit DIFFERENT papers to BOTH the main conference and the student sessions, and papers on different aspects of a particular problem or project are acceptable. Self-references which reveal the authors' identity should be avoided as much as possible (e.g., write ``[Smith, 1991] showed that ...'' instead of ``We previously showed [Smith, 1991] ...''), since reviewing will be ``blind''. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Submitted papers are limited to 3 pages (including a mandatory abstract, references, figures, and appendices) and must be laid out in the conventional double-column conference format, with typeface no smaller than 10 pt. For LaTeX users, the ``aaai'', ``kr89'', and ``ijcai91'' styles are recommended. Each page must have a 1" margin on all sides. To accommodate a blind-review process, the author and institution information must not be included in the paper submissions. Rather, a SEPARATE cover page must be supplied, including the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s), postal addresses, email addresses (if available), phone numbers, and a copy of the abstract. MEDIUM OF SUBMISSION: Authors have the option of submitting their papers by hardcopy only, by email only, or by both hardcopy and email. Email submissions are encouraged. EMAIL ONLY SUBMISSION: LaTeX, Postscript, or ASCII formats are acceptable. For portability, email submissions should use a standard font, such as computer modern, and 8.5"x11" or A4 size pages. Authors submitting a LaTeX source file should include any style files used by the source file. NOTE: the cover page must be mailed in a separate email message from the paper. Email submissions should be sent to: acl93-student-submit@cis.udel.edu HARDCOPY ONLY SUBMISSION: Four copies of the paper and one copy of the cover page should be sent to: Linda Suri (ACL Student Sessions) Department of Computer and Information Sciences 103 Smith Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716, USA HARDCOPY AND EMAIL SUBMISSION: the guidelines for EMAIL ONLY SUBMISSION should be followed, and one copy of the paper and one copy of the cover page should be sent to Suri at the address above. SCHEDULE: Submissions in either format must be RECEIVED by 1 FEBRUARY 1993. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by 5 FEBRUARY 1993. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 MARCH 1993. Camera-ready copies of final papers must be received by 1 MAY 1993. STUDENT SESSIONS INFORMATION: If you have questions about the student sessions, contact Linda Suri or Sandra Carberry at the postal address above, by phone at +1-302 831-2712, by fax at +1-302 831-8458, or by sending email to suri@cis.udel.edu or carberry@cis.udel.edu. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: For registration forms and other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; +1-201 829-4312; walker@bellcore.com. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: The committee is co-chaired by Sandra Carberry and Linda Suri. The student members of the committee are: Tilman Becker (U Saarbruecken), Beth Ann Hockey (U Pennsylvania), David Hutches (UC San Diego), Andrew Kehler (Harvard U), Sheila Rock (U Edinburgh), Cameron Shelley (U Waterloo), James Skon (Ohio State U), Linda Suri (U Delaware), Keith Vander Linden (U Colorado). The nonstudent members are: Sandra Carberry (U Delaware), Mary Dalrymple (Xerox PARC), Chrysanne DiMarco (U Waterloo), Robert Ingria (BBN), Donald Hindle (AT&T Bell Labs), John Lafferty (IBM), Cecile Paris (USC/ISI), Rebecca Passonneau (Columbia U), Donia Scott (Brighton Polytechnic U), Karen Sparck Jones (U Cambridge), Hans Uszkoreit (U Saarbruecken), Peter Van Beek (U Alberta), David Weir (U Sussex). From: NEUMAN@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Subject: CS Peirce Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 522 (670) Patrick Coppock asked whether the *Collected Works* of Charles Sanders Peirce are available in electronic form. That edition is still under copyright, but I understand that *fair use* and commercial versions are both under way. Contact Peter Batke (L64a3779@jhuvm) and Mark Rooks (70671.1673@compuserve.com) for more details. The Electronic Peirce Consortium is currently at work on a project to convert all 100,000 pages of Peirce's MSS into electronic form. For further information, contact Christian Kloesel (IMQL100@indycms). Mike Neuman Georgetown Center for Text and Technology From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: do the work yourself Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 21:45 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 523 (671) it is, of course, easier to send something to the bb than to go to the library, but see: THE WORLD OF LEARNING. I hope never to see such a request again. William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU From: Don Fowler <dpf@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: RE: 6.0293 Queries (5/69) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 09:01:07 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 524 (672) On tagged Latin texts: I have just heard about a project at Eichstaett for a "Morphosyntaktisch-kodiertes Corpus Lateinischer Autoren" (mentioned in the periodical Gnomon). I was about to write, as no email address was given, but maybe someone from there will post: the address anyway is: Dr. F. Heberlein Katholische Universitaet Eichstaett SLF, Ostrenstrasse 26-28 D-8078 Eichstaett. Don Fowler From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 525 (673) [deleted quotation] Professor Alastair Minnis, Department of English, York UNiv. UK: AJM22@vaxa.york.ac.uk Avril Henry From: Harold Short <UDAA400@OAK.CC.KCL.AC.UK> Subject: RE: 6.0293 Queries (5/69) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 18:58 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 526 (674) A possible lead for Edwin Segal, seeking an English Dept contact at York University, is Dr Jim Binns email: jwb1 @ uk.ac.york post: Dept of English University of York Heslington York Y01 5DD England (Information obtained from York Campus Information Service: access address uk.ac.york.info) Harold Short From: CHALMRSJ@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: The V-Girls are looking for a grant Date: 14 Oct 1992 10:26:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 527 (675) I am part of a performance/reading group called the V-Girls. Our activities in the past have been limited to reading (mostly psychoanalytic and feminist criticism) and performing. Our performances are mock-panels during which we read "papers," which, although coming from a perspective entirely sympathetic with academic aims (many of us are in fact academics), are satires aimed at a critique of authority within the academy, among other things. We have performed at the MLA convention in Chicago, Brown University, the CAA conference in San Francisco, among other places. Now, we are beginning a new project: we are writing a book which will, if we continue on the track we began, deal with our place in the history of feminist activity, and also with the ways we feel our own stake in the criticism we formed the group to read. We are looking for a grant to cover air transportation for the group member who moveed to San Francisco (we are based in N.Y.C.), so that we can continue to meet in person. I was hoping that someone "out there" would know of a funding source. Jessica Chalmers New York University From: JDHEG@fulton.crc.uno.edu Subject: Query Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 08:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 528 (676) I need to find the source for the following quote: "What fresh hell is this?" If anyone can help, I would be most appreciative. From: "Wilbert J. Roget" <ROGET@TEMPLEVM> Subject: Graduate Level Francophone Studies Programs Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 14:47:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 529 (677) We are trying to identify Departments of French that offer MA and PhD degrees i n Francophone studies. We are especially interested in noting the mix of cultur e/history/civilization courses with the study of literary texts from Africa, Ca nada and the Caribbean. You may contact me through: e-mail: ROGET@TEMPLEVM.BITNET Fax: 215 787 7752 Tel: 215 787 8273 Letter: Wilbert J. Roget Director, CELACEF Dept. of French & Italian Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 From: JGUTHRIE@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU Subject: Post-Colonial literature in English Date: 15 Oct 1992 09:39:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 530 (678) Humanists: A colleague of mine is looking for a discussion group handling post- colonial literature in English. Does anyone know of such a group? (For example, literature of Australia, Nigeria, Canada, etc.) Thanks. Jim Guthrie Wright State University Dayton, OH From: Joseph Raben <JQRQC@CUNYVM> Subject: Exchange between New York and Paris Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 11:53:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 531 (679) My wife, an assistant professor of English at Queens College/CUNY, wishes to participate in an existing exchange program with the University of Paris. She is therefore seeking someone of comparable rank from there who would like to spend 1993-94 teaching in the English Department at Queens. An exchange of apartments could (but need not) be a part of the arrange- ment. Please direct any queries to me at <jqrqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu>. From: <DGH@herald.divinity.yale.edu> Subject: Thomas Aquinas on CD-ROM Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:40:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 532 (680) Has anyone see and used the Thomas Aquinas on CD-ROM from Editel? Care to give a brief review? Or will it be shown at AAR/SBL? I'm interested in acquiring it, but I'd like to know a bit more about it. Which text is it based upon? Is it the Latin text only? How effective is the retrieval software? Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to share their experience with it. Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: mlbizer@mcl.cc.utexas.edu (Marc Bizer) Subject: Jean Passerat Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 10:25:42 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 533 (681) Dear Humanists, I could like to begin a study of the Renaissance Neo-Latin poet Jean Passerat, among others, yet I have so far been unable to find much information about him except in the Catalogue de la B.N. or Joecher's Allgemeiner Gelehrten-Lexikon. Does anyone have any suggestions? Sincerely yours, Marc Bizer .......................................................................... mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu Department of French and Italian | Marc Bizer University of Texas at Austin | 1603 Woodlawn Blvd. Apt. 4 Austin, TX 78712-1197 | Austin, TX 78703-3350 (512) 471-5531 | (512) 322-9845 .......................................................................... From: SFADABRE@BRUSP.ANSP.BR Subject: Coorection request Date: 10/16/92 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 534 (682) Dear Editors, In my posting about the new list SPISIS-L, I made a terrible and confusing mistake. Please, I would be glad if you could post a correction message. In my past message, when tolding who to subscribe SPISIS-L, I wrote: "Sub VIOLEN-L "Your true name". That is not correct since the name of the list is SPISIS-L. So, the order must be Sub SPISIS-L "Your true name" and must be sent to BRUSPVM Listserv. I apologize the inconvenients this may have caused, and thank Prof. Joseph Raben, that alerted me. Yours, Mario Eduardo From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Misc: Mystic's WordPerfect Bug Alert Date: Mon, 19 Oct 92 21:12:41 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 535 (683) The WordPerfect version of the Electric Mystic's Guide (Volume One) will only function in WordPerfect for Windows, due to a current unsolved bug in WPWIN. Any attempt to retrieve this file into WordPerfect for DOS will result in a locked keyboard and necessitate a warm reboot. No damage is done as a result of the bug. To repeat, Volume One of EMG will not function in WordPerfect for DOS, it will only function in WordPerfect for Windows. When WP Corp gets their act together, fixes the bug and supplies a new version, the EMG WordPerfect file will be replaced with a file compatible with both WP/WIN and WP/DOS. My deepest apologies to those who have wasted time as a result of this bug. Persons interested in forming a WP/WIN survivors group should contact me directly. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Bernard Dukore <JEUSTIS@VTVM1> Subject: Shaw Conference Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 14:35:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 310 (684) 1992: SHAW AND THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6:00 p.m. through Saturday, Nov. 7, 10:00 p.m. at Virginia Tech. Plays, speakers, panels, and symposia commemorating a century of modern drama in the English language. Starting with a vegetarian banquet from George Bernard Shaw's recipes, the Conference will bring together theatre artists, critics, and scholars: Peter Barnes ("The Ruling Class," "Enchanted April"), Martin Esslin ("The Theatre of the Absurd"), Dan H. Laurence, and others. Productions of the Milwaukee Shaw Festival's professional American premiere of Shaw's "Farfetched Fables" and Virginia Tech's double-bill "Man of Destiny" and "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" will be followed by discussions. $80 registration for all events, $25 daily registration, 50% discount for full-time students. Interested persons should call 703-231-5182. Professor Bernard F. Dukore Theater Arts Department Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia USA 24061-0141 *-------------------------------------------------------------------* .....Joanne D. Eustis, Interim University Librarian .....University Libraries, VPI&SU .....Blacksburg, VA - TEL: (703) 231-5595 FAX: (703) 231-3694 .......INTERNET: JEUSTIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU .......BITNET: JEUSTIS@VTVM1 From: oliver@NAXOS.UNICE.FR Subject: TEXTE - special issue on literary computing Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:06:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 311 (685) The journal TEXTE, of which I am one of the editors, is planning its 1993 issue on the topic "Texte et informatique" "Computing and the literary text". Readers of HUMANIST and their colleagues who might be interested in contribut- ing to this issue should contact me by EMAIL as soon as possible: OLIVER@NAXOS. UNICE.FR Articles may be in English or French on any aspect of literary computing. There is no restriction on the lenght of articles, but they MUST reach the editors by September 1, 1993. The journal's mailing address is: TEXTE, Trinity College University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Ave., Toronto, Canada M5S 1H8 From: Alan Filreis <AFILREIS@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU> Subject: 6.0294 NEH (1/54) Date: 14 Oct 92 07:16:41 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 536 (686) Three cheers for Tompkins' reply to Clausing. -- Al Filreis, University of Pennsylvania From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0294 NEH (1/54) Date: 14 Oct 1992 07:57:07 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 537 (687) The sequence seems to have been this: 1. An edifice was once under construction out of triumphalist historiography and literary history plus militarized classics (Julius Caesar and Xenophon): typically 19th- early 20th cent., but with devotees in respectable positions through the mid-century. (Cheney is class of '63) 2. Scholarly consensus in the humanities and social sciences, (also in nat. sci. of course) picking up on the very ancient Skeptic tradition, has markedly shifted away from triumphal toward sceptical, from grand achievement appreciation towrd complex text interpretation, etc.; since the mid-century. 3. Specifically feminists have reconstructed history, literature etc. with both sexes and all age groups included; and ethnic studies people have seen to the inclusion of non-white, non-European peopl. 4. In the course of this reconstruction, sometimes a kind of mirror of the previous DWEMlich edifice emerged: women doing hegemonic things to men reminiscent of the hegemonic things traditionally done _by_ men, etc. 5. So now we have all of these four tendencies more or less in play, and do a certain amount of complaining about each other. It isn't the end of the world. From: mineau@ift.ulaval.ca Subject: Int. Conf. on Conceptual Structures Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 22:08:33 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 313 (688) ************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES THEORY AND APPLICATIONS August 4-7 1993 Quebec City, Canada ************************************************************************* Sponsored by IBM Canada (requested), Microsoft (requested) UNISYS Corporation (requested) Sun Systems (requested) l'Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada Butterworth Heinemann Ltd. In cooperation with AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence ACM Association for Computing Machinery (requested) CEFRIO Centre francophone de recherche en informatisation des organisations CRIM Le Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal IEEE Computer Society (requested) GIRICO Le Groupe de recherche en informatisation des organisations CSSCI The Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence ************************************************************************* Conference Themes Two fields are devoted to the study and development of knowledge-based systems (KBS): artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Over the past 25 years, researchers have proposed several approaches for modelling knowledge in KBS, including several kinds of formalisms: semantic networks, frames, logics etc. In the early eighties, John F. Sowa introduced the Conceptual Graph (CG) theory which provides a knowledge representation framework consisting of a form of logic with a graph notation, and which integrates several features from semantic net and frame representations. Since that time, several research teams over the world have been working on the application and on the extension of CG theory in various domains ranging from natural language processing to database modelling and machine learning. This international conference follows a series of seven annual workshops and aims at providing an active forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas about the theory and application of conceptual graphs. It is also opened to researchers proposing alternative knowledge representation approaches, provided that they compare them to CG theory. Subjects may include, but are not limited to the following topics. Theory Foundations . Knowledge representation using CG . Operations on CG . Logic systems using CG . Enhancements to CG theory . Modality and truth maintenance . Reasoning using CG Natural Language Processing (NLP) . Semantic representations based on CG . Pragmatics . NLP systems using CG Methods and Tools . Methodologies for knowledge acquisition . Learning approaches using CG . Database conceptual modelling using CG . Expert systems and CG . Graph manipulation systems for CG . Abstract machines for CG Alternative Approaches . Comparing CG and . CG compared with various logics . Alternative cognitive approaches for knowledge representation and manipulation Standardization . Knowledge representation standardization efforts based on CG Applications of all Kinds ************************************************************************* Proceedings Two types of papers will be considered: long papers (up to 5000 words) to be published by Morgan Kaufmann in a book which will be available at the conference; short papers (up to 2000 words) to be included in a supplementary notebook also available at the conference. ************************************************************************* Important dates author's submission December 1 1992 notification of acceptance February 15 1993 camera-ready final papers April 1 1993 ************************************************************************* Instructions for authors Authors are invited to submit five copies of their papers, not exceeding 5000 words (long papers), or 2000 words (short papers), double spaced, written in English, including a page with: title of paper, author's name and address, phone and fax numbers, a 20 line abstract, a list of keywords. Submitted papers should reach the program committee chairmen before December 1, 1992 at the following address : Guy Mineau / Bernard Moulin ICCS'93 Conference Laval University, Computer Science Department Pavillon Pouliot Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1K 7P4 Canada fax : 1 - 418 - 656 2324 ************************************************************************* General Chairman: John F. Sowa, IBM Systems Research Institute (USA) Program Committee and Organizing co-Chairmen: Guy Mineau, Bernard Moulin, Universite Laval (Canada) Program Committee Jerrold Aronson SUNY at Binghamton (USA) Nick Cercone Simon Fraser University (Canada) Peter Creasy University of Queensland (Australia) Veronica Dahl Simon Fraser University (Canada) Peter Eklund Adelaide University (Australia) Gerard Ellis University of Queensland (Australia) John Esch Paramax (USA) Jean Fargues IBM Paris (France) Norman Foo University of Sydney (Australia) Carl Frederiksen McGill University (Canada) Brian Gaines University of Calgary (Canada) Roger Hartley New Mexico State University (USA) Martin Janta CMR, St Jean (Canada) Pavel Kocura Loughborough Univ. (England) Debbie Leishman Hughes (Canada) George Lendaris Portland State University (USA) Robert Levinson Univ. of Calif. at Santa Cruz (USA) Robert Meersman Tilburg University (The Netherlands) Sung Myaeng Syracuse University (USA) Tim Nagle UNISYS Corp. (USA) Heather Pfeiffer New Mexico State University (USA) Gerard Sabah LIMSI-CNRS (France) Doug Skuce University of Ottawa (Canada) James Slagle University of Minnesota (USA) Eric Tsui University of Sydney (Australia) Paola Velardi University of Ancona (Italy) Eileen Way SUNY at Binghamton (USA) Yelena Yesha Univ. of Maryland Baltimore (USA) Michael Zock LIMSI-CNRS (France) **************************************************************************** About the conference location Longtime national capital under the French and English regimes, Quebec City has preserved this role at the provincial level. The oldest city in North Americ a, it offers an interesting blend of early and modern architecture. It is the only fortified city north of Mexico. Its impressive walls, originally design ed to block access to the city, today invite visitors to enjoy the subtle har mony of various architectural styles. Because Le Vieux Quebec is a unique sit e that has attracted world attention, it was the first North American city to be included on UNESCO's prestigious world heritage list. Perched atop cap Di amant, the historic district overlooks the St. Lawrence River and offers nume rous breathtaking views of the South Shore, lile d'Orleans, the Lower city an d the Laurentians. It is a charming piece of Europe in North America. **************************************************************************** Information form Attendance to the conference will be limited. If you wish to receive the early announcement of the conference program, please fill in this form and send it at the following address Guy Mineau / Bernard Moulin Conference ICCS'93 Laval University, Computer Science Department Pavillon Pouliot Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1K 7P4 , Canada Email: MINEAU@VM1.ULAVAL.CA MOULIN@VM1.ULAVAL.CA Name: Affiliation: Address: City: Zip code: Country: Telephone number: Fax number: **************************************************************************** IF SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES MAY BE INTERESTED BY THIS CONFERENCE, PLEASE GIVE THEM A COPY OF THIS CALL FOR PAPERS. WE NEED YOUR HELP. From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: PACLING-93 conference -- deadline Nov 30th Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 21:59:56 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 314 (689) THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS PACLING '93 First Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference (formerly JAJSNLP, the Japan-Australia Joint Symposia on Natural Language Processing) April 21-24 (Wed-Sat) 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: Monday Nov 30th 1992 Notification of acceptance: Friday Jan 29th 1993 Camera-ready copy due: Friday Mar 5th 1993 GUEST SPEAKERS (tentative talk titles) Dr. Takao Gunji, Osaka University, Japan. "An Overview of JPSG --- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese." Dr. George Heidorn, Microsoft Corporation, USA. "Industrial Strength NLP: The Challenge of Broad Coverage." Dr. Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University, USA. "Language Generation as Part of Multimedia Explanation." HISTORY AND AIMS PACLING (= Pacific Association for Computational LINGuistics) has grown out of the very successful Japan-Australia joint symposia on natural language processing (NLP) held in November 1989 in Melbourne, Australia and in October 1991 in Iizuka City, Japan. PACLING '93 will be a low-profile, high-quality, workshop-oriented meeting whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among Pacific Rim countries, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange showing openness towards good research falling outside current dominant "schools of thought," and on technological transfer within the Pacific region. The theme of PACLING '93 is "transcending language boundaries" by facilitating communication between speakers of different languages and by going beyond limitations of natural language as a communicative medium -- the conference has a particular interest in the theory and practice of natural-language centred multi-modal architectures, systems, interfaces and design issues. TOPICS Original papers are invited on any topic in computational linguistics (and strongly related areas) including (but not limited to) the following: Language subjects: text, speech; pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, the lexicon, morphology, phonology, phonetics; language and communication channels, e.g., touch, movement, vision, sound; language and input/output devices, e.g., keyboards, menus, touch screens, mice, light pens, graphics (including animation); language and context, e.g., from the subject domain, discourse, spatial and temporal deixis. Approaches and architectures: computational linguistic, multi-modal but natural-language centred; formal, knowledge-based, statistical, connectionist; dialogue, user, belief or other model-based; parallel/serial processing. Applications: text and message understanding and generation, language translation and translation aids, language learning and learning aids; question-answering systems and interfaces to multi-media databases (text, audio/video, (geo)graphic); terminals for Asian and other languages, user interfaces; natural language-based software. SUBMISSIONS Authors should prepare full papers, in English, of not more than 5000 words including references, approximately 20 double-spaced pages. The title page must include: author's name, postal address, e-mail address (if applicable), telephone and fax numbers; a brief 100-200 word summary; some key words for classifying the submission. Please send four (4) copies of each submission to: Paul McFetridge and Fred Popowich email: mcfet@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Program Co-Chairs tel: (604) 291-3632 Centre for Systems Science email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University tel: (604) 291-4193 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 fax: (604) 291-4424 PUBLICITY AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS The conference will take place at the downtown Vancouver extension of Simon Fraser University. Preferential rates have been negotiated from downtown hotels at $Canadian 43, 65 and 82 per person per night. Conference fees will include a banquet and a day trip by coach to Whistler, a picturesque local mountain and ski resort. For further information on the conference and on local arrangements, contact: Dan Fass email: fass@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Publicity and Local Arrangements tel: (604) 291-3208 Centre for Systems Science fax: (604) 291-4424 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 PACLING '93 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Members: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Christian Matthiessen (University of Sydney, Australia) Nick Cercone (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University, USA) Local Members: Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University, Japan) Roland Sussex (Queensland University, Australia) Dan Fass, Paul McFetridge, Fred Popowich (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Advisors: Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada) Observers: Minako O'Hagan (New Zealand Translation Center, New Zealand) SPONSORS Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication interest group of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan; the Australian Computer Science Society; Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of Canada, the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia, Centre for Systems Science. From: tgb2@po.CWRU.Edu (Thomas G. Bishop) Subject: Ohio Shakespeare Conference Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 21:32:34 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 315 (690) First Notice OHIO SHAKESPEARE CONFERENCE 1993 March 25-27, 1993 The Ohio Shakespeare Conference for 1993 will be held in Cleveland OH and hosted jointly by Case Western Reserve Univeristy and Cleveland State University. The topic for the conference will be: "There the Whole Palace Open'd": Court and Society in Jacobean England This will be an interdisciplinary conference drawing on the work of literary scholars, historians, art historians and musicologists. The central topic is the court of King James: its structure; organization; political, social and aesthetic tastes; impact on local and wider English histories. In pursuing the court's images and accounts of itself, the conference will include a full-scale, historically informed reconstruction of the masque "Oberon, the Faery Prince" by Ben Jonson, Inigo Jones, Robert Jones and others. Consideration of Oberon as an instance of Jacobean court culture will include a discussion of the production with the professional artists involved: stage director, choreographer and music director. Plenary speakers at the conference will be: Prof. Leeds Barroll, University of Maryland Prof. Peter Holman, University of Essex Prof. Fritz Levy, University of Washington Prof. Annabel Patterson, Duke University Prof. Stephen Orgel, Stanford University Scholars who work in the area of the early seventeenth century in any discipline are invited to submit papers (8-10 pages; 20 mins reading time) or abstracts (2 pp. max) to Prof. David Evett Dept of English Cleveland State Univeristy Cleveland, OH 44115 or Prof. T.G. Bishop Dept of English Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106 Abstracts may also be submitted by email to Dr. Bishop at tgb2@po.cwru.edu Enquiries or requests for information should be addressed also to the above. The deadline for submission is DECEMBER 15, 1992. -- Tom Bishop "Poor Tom has been scared out of his good wits" Dept of English Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106. (tgb2@po.cwru.edu) From: KIRSHENBLATT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: New List: Perform-L Date: 20 Oct 1992 00:46:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 538 (691) A new discussion group, PERFORM-L, has been formed. It's intention is to facilitate the exchange of ideas, texts, hypertexts, syllabi, book lists, and what have you regarding "performance" in the broad sense. That is, to look at performance in various contexts: aesthetic, political, historical, theoretical, ritual, sportive, popular entertainments, performance in everyday life. This kind of approach has been at the heart of NYU's Department of Performance Studies. We welcome people to join the list to participate, to listen in, to augment and sharpen the various ways that the "performance paradigm" can be useful in social life, academic life, artmaking, ritualizing, gaming, playing, and so on. We want to see these questions explored from an intercultural and multicultural perspective; and we certainly would like people participating not only within but from beyond the north American sphere of influence. In order to subscribe send to in%"LISTSERV@ACFCLUSTER.NYU.EDU" the following message only: SUBSCRIBE PERFORM-L <fIRST NAME LAST NAME> - Richard Schechner Email: schechnr@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Phone: voice: 212 998 1638 fax 212 995 4060 From: robert_judd@csufresno.edu Subject: New Discussion List, Med & Ren Music Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 10:47:05 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 539 (692) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL5] (Isobel Preece, U. of Newcastle, asked me to forward this announcement to you all. --R.J.) A new discussion list for Medieval and Renaissance Music has been set up using the `mailbase' electronic information service based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The program runs automatically and you communicate with it by using e-mail or (for retrieving files) ftp. To join the list, send an e-mail message with the text: join med-and-ren-music Joe Bloggs (replacing `Joe Bloggs' with your own name) to the e-mail address: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk If you have not used mailbase before, a User Commands Reference Card will be sent to you when you join the list. This contains information on how to use the service. Most of your communications to the list will probably be short ones that can be dealt with by the automatic program. If, however, you have papers or sets of data that you wish to store in the list for others to retrieve, please contact me personally. Do, please, use the list and encourage your colleagues to do so. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested. With best wishes, Isobel Preece (Isobel.Preece@newcastle.ac.uk) From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Possible position in medieval history (fwd) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 7:11:42 GMT-3:30(3) (24 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 540 (693) The following is forwarded from HISTORY. Bill -------------------------------------------- Forwarded message: [deleted quotation] -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: Subject: Two jobs in archaeology/art history and computers(7)(1 lines) Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 541 (694) (8) (2 lines) Please bring the following posts to the attention of anyone you think(9) might be interested. University of Glasgow COMPUTERS IN TEACHING INITIATIVE CENTRE FOR HISTORY WITH ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY (CTICH) TWO RESEARCH OFFICER POSTS Archaeologist ============= Archaeologist or Art Historian From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 542 (695) Appointments will be on Research Scale 1A within the range #12,129-#19,328 (under review), with placement according to age, qualifications and experience from as soon as possible for 1 year with possible reappointment. Applications with full c.v. and the names of 2 referees should be sent by 13 November 1992 to Mrs. A. V. Lee, CTICH, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, tel. 041-339-8855 ext. 6336, from whom further particulars are available. Please include the reference code in all correspondence. Applicants may apply for both posts, and should indicate (including reference code) for which post(s) they wish to be considered. The University of Glasgow is an Equal Opportunities Employer. FURTHER PARTICULARS From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 543 (696) Coordinator (TLTP) From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 544 (697) The Archaeology Consortium will be administered from the CTI Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History (CTICH) at the University of Glasgow. The Coordinator will manage the work of the Consortium on a day to day basis, working with a part- time secretary and with other CTICH staff. The postholder will be responsible to the Consortium's Executive Committee and to the CTICH Management Committee. The Coordinator will work closely with Consortium members, development sites (including Glasgow's Department of Archaeology) and other archaeologists at UK universities. The Coordinator will administer Consortium resources, provide support services and training to departmental projects, maintain the schedule of development work, and perform initial testing, quality control and evaluation of Consortium products. These tasks will be performed on behalf of, and under the direction of, the Executive Committee, but the postholder will be expected to exercise initiative in realising the aims of the Consortium. The Coordinator will work from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, but regular visits to other institutions, conferences and workshops will form an essential part of the duties. The successful candidate will be a graduate in archaeology or a related discipline, and will have experience of research and publication work and of teaching, preferably with computers. A broad range of computer skills will be required. Ideally, these will include familiarity with both PC and Macintosh platforms and experience of using a mainstream word-processor, database and spreadsheet. Experience with a hypermedia authoring package will be to the candidate's advantage, as will experience in the use of electronic mail. Additional training will be provided as appropriate. Good administrative and communication skills will be essential to coordinate the broad range of disparate project work based in various departments. Appointment will be for one year, with possible reappointment, on Research Scale 1A within the range #12,129-#19,328 (under review), with placement according to age, qualifications, and experience. Secondment may be possible. The successful candidate will be expected to take up the post as soon as possible. Applications (including a full c.v. and the names of 2 referees) should be submitted to arrive no later than 13 November 1992, to Mrs. A. V. Lee, CTICH, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (041-339-8855, ext. 6336). Cite reference RO/TLTP. From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 545 (698) Research Officer (CTICH) From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 546 (699) The Research Officer will contribute to all aspects of Centre work, with particular reference to archaeology and art history and to the editing and production of the Centre's newsletter and bulletin-board. The Officer will work closely with the Centre Manager, Dr. Donald Spaeth, and with the Centre's full-time secretary, as well as with other Glasgow academics involved with computer-based teaching. The work of CTICH is overseen by its Director, Dr. Richard Trainor, and by a management committee. The Research Officer will also have regular contact with other academics involved with the University of Glasgow's DISH Project, a consortium of the departments of Economic and Social, Modern and Scottish History, Archaeology, and Art History, and of the University Archives. These departments use computers in the teaching of a number of courses, including honours courses in Historical Computing and Computer Applications in Archaeology, an honours module on Computing for Art Historians, and the M.Phil in History and Computing. The Research Officer's duties will include: 1) Collecting and disseminating information about the uses of computers in the teaching of Archaeology and Art History, including software, datasets and teaching methods. 2) Presenting seminars, workshops and demonstrations on computer-based methods to university departments, and participating in conferences and courses. 3) Editing and producing camera-ready copy of the Craft newsletter, and editing the History News bulletin-board. 4) Contributing to other CTICH publications on computer-based teaching. 5) Reviewing software, and keeping abreast of developments in technology and software likely to be relevant to archaeology and art history. 6) Assisting in the planning and organisation of conferences and courses. 7) Answering requests for information and help. 8) Preparing a software guide for archaeology and art history. The Research Officer will be a graduate in archaeology or art history, and will have experience in the application of computers to either of these subjects, as well as teaching or research experience. Expertise is required in at least one of the following applications: hypermedia, image capture, image processing, geographical information systems, databases and statistics. In addition, the successful candidate will have proven communication skills and a commitment to computer-based teaching. Evidence of initiative and the ability to work independently will be an advantage. The Research Officer should be prepared to travel on a regular basis. Appointment will be for 1 year, with possible reappointment, on Research Scale 1A within the range #12,129-#19,328 (under review), with placement according to age, qualifications, and experience. Secondment may be possible. The successful candidate will be expected to take up the post as soon as possible. Applications (including a full c.v. and the names of 2 referees) should be submitted to arrive no later than 13 November 1992, to Mrs. A. V. Lee, CTICH, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (041-339-8855, ext. 6336). Quote reference RO/CTICH. From: Christopher Currie <c.currie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Subject: Threat to JANET/BITNET link Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 15:20:40 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 318 (700) THREAT TO JANET/ERAN-BITNET LINK AND EFFECTS ON HUMANITIES LISTS The following message has been received from the Joint Network Team of JANET: [deleted quotation] _________ [deleted quotation] The prospective public spending cuts in the UK may well increase the risk to the link after December 1992. This will pose a widespread problem to JANET users of email lists. Scholars in the humanities are well behind scientists in their use of email lists as a research tool; cutting them off from BITNET is likely to increase our backwardness. It seems to me that what is needed, if the gateway really is going away, is for: a) listowners to make sure that there is an alternative Internet route displayed on all advertisements for their lists, and b) ensure that posts can be distributed to Janet via the Internet rather than Earn route; and c), when a) and b) have been done, for existing Janet subscribers to those lists to unsubscribe from the Bitnet/earn route and subscribe to the relevant Internet listserv address. This needs plenty of publicity. (Respondents please note that I may not myself see any consequent discussion on the lists to which I am posting this message, because I have had temporarily to suspend my mail distributions from them.) Christopher Currie From: PWILLETT@ucs.indiana.edu Subject: RE: Summary of responses RE: Chadwyck-Healey MRDF's Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 08:46:45 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 547 (701) I just posted a summary of responses to my request regarding the Chadwyck-Healey full-text databases. I'm sorry to say that some of the information contained in the posting is inaccurate. I tried to have the message stopped by the editors, but I guess it slipped through. The blame is all mine, however. I'll be posting a better informed summary in the next few days. I'm sorry for my confusion. Perry Willett Main Library Indiana University From: PWILLETT@ucs.indiana.edu Subject: Responses RE: Chadwyck-Healey MRDFs Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 08:31:19 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 548 (702) A while back, I asked for opinions and experiences from Humanist and PACS-L readers regarding the full-text databases from Chadwyck- Healey on CD-ROM (Patrologia Latina, English Full-Text Poetry DB, and especially, the DB of African-American Poetry). (My response on Humanist last week was posted in error.) There seems to be some interest, as I received plenty of e-mail requesting that I post a summary of responses. While I didn't hear from anyone who has actually used or seen a C-H full text db on CD-ROM, I got one response from someone whose library has one on order, and another who was interested in ordering one soon. I got one response from a librarian involved in a beta test of the Patrologia Latina with a UN*X system. The main problem seems to be that C-H is behind schedule. The English Full-Text Poetry DB on CD-ROM, I'm told by one respondant, is scheduled for release in late November 1992. The flyer for the African-American Poetry DB says it will be released in October 1992; one C-H rep told me it would be Jan 1993; now I hear that it will be Spring 1993. One important issue that I believe has been resolved is whether the African-American Poetry DB will be SGML conformant (i.e., using the Standard Generic Markup Language to describe the texts). The other two C-H full-text db's use the SGML standard, and I've been told that C-H will use SGML for this project. With C-H using this standard, scholars would be able to use the texts with a variety of software for analysis, so this is a positive development. The lateness problem is a little more troubling. For instance, the special price for the African-American Poetry DB is good through the end of October 1992, yet the product isn't even scheduled for delivery until Spring '93. One C-H rep told me that if we could commit to the product before the end of October, we wouldn't have to pay until the discs actually arrive. Still, it seems a little silly to end a "pre-publication" price so long before publication. One librarian reminded me of the installation nightmares of the various National Bibliographies offered by C-H. I guess I had repressed the memory. However, the software for the new full-text db's is produced by a different company (I also heard from one of the developers), and should be much easier to install. The CD-ROM software runs under Windows. The librarian who is involved with the test of the Patrologia Latina is satisfied with C-H's responsiveness. Thanks to all who responded. Perry Willett Main Library Indiana University Phone: 812-855-1891 Bitnet: PWILLETT@INDIANA Internet:PWILLETT@INDIANA.EDU From: Dennis Dolasinski <NEHOPA@GWUVM> Subject: *Telling the Truth* by Lynne Cheney Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 16:03:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 549 (703) Unfortunately, *Telling the Truth* by Lynne Cheney will not be available in electronic form. The NEH Office of Public Information will be happy to provide paper copies upon request. Please send your paper mail address to NEHOPA@GWUVM.GWU.EDU or call the office at (202) 606-8438 to request copies of this report. Currently, we do not have the capability to send any NEH publications via e-mail. We will gladly accept requests for paper copies of the NEH Overview or application forms via e-mail. Please include your regular mail address in your request. Thanks. From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM> Subject: NEH-three cheers Date: Tue, 20 Oct 92 20:05:28 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 550 (704) I am glad Mr. Filreis feels the need to issue "three cheers" regarding Tompkins remarks about my own recent comments on politics in the classroom. My query is: what purpose is served by such statements? Are we taking a vote here? It seems to me that a contribution like this is without any real substance and merely serves as an indirect ad hominem. By the way, I must have zapped Tompkins retort accidentally, since I didn't see it, but I presume he had a real argument to present. Good for Tompkins. Filreis gets three thumbs down from me, if I may respond in kind. From: Andrew Lakritz <AL6HENGF@MIAMIU> Subject: NEH Telling the Truth Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 21:58:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 551 (705) I have been following the discussion of Lynn Cheney's booklet called Telling the Truth with much interest but I have lost the file with all the NEH e-mail addresses and I would like to know how I can get Telling the Truth through e-mail channels. My own sense of this issue is that while individuals on the right (Cheney, Bennett, A. Bloom, et al) have targeted teachers and scholars who propa- gandize in their work, and individuals on the left find no end of irony about these pots pointing blackened fingers, the truly political work of the classroom and scholarship lies in naming that which goes without saying. We can perhaps take comfort in the currently polarized debate, consoling our- selves that either side--Cheney, Tompkins--knows where the secret sits, and still this logic of either/or seems intensely interested in maintaining the ideological. To what ends? For whom? From: "Wolfe Chris" <wolfe_chris@msmail.muohio.edu> Subject: Homespun HyperText Date: 21 Oct 92 09:41:35 U X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 552 (706) Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett tells me some of you do work in hypertext. I'm teaching a course at Miami University called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the University" inwhich we're doing a segment on hypertext/hypermedia. To provide some context, we're reading the following authors: Landow, Delaney, Dickey, Dougherty, Yankelovich et. al., Bolter, Moulthrop, Slatin, Irish & Triggs, Charney, Brockman et. al., and Cumming & Sinclair. We're also exploring some of Dickey's hyperpoems, and Dougherty's hypercard courseware "Contour." We're also creating our own "homespun hypertext" as a whole class project using some linking rules I made up. My questions for you are: (a) what kinds of things are you doing with hypertext, (b) any suggested readings for future consideration (c) any experience/words of wisdom about creating a hypertext as a group project, and (d) where might I write up this kind of work? Please respond to me directly at Wolfe_Chris@msmail.muohio.edu Thanks -Chris Wolfe From: CSHUNTER@vm.uoguelph.ca Subject: Software Query Date: 22 October 92, 09:14:20 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 553 (707) I have a variety of text files containing masses of data. The format of the files varies in terms of layout, although all of the files are standard ascii files. I want to be able to search through this mass of files and form connections between various files that I can then follow again or re-structure as the need arises. While I can use a flat-file database for this to some extent -- given the fact that the size limitations on "memo" fields is small -- I can't use it with large text blocks. Can anyone suggest where I might look for information on MS-DOS software that might provide a solution to my difficulty? E-mail your comments directly to me and I'll undertake to provide a summary of the responses for this list if the volume of mail proves worth the effort. * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * | | |Professor C. Stuart Hunter, cshunter@uoguelph.bitnet| |Graduate Coordinator, cshunter@vm.uoguelph.ca| |Department of English, cshunter@cosy.uoguelph.ca| |University of Guelph, cshunter@tcosy.uoguelph.ca| |GUELPH, Ontario, 519-837-1315 (FAX)| |CANADA, N1G 2W1 519-824-4120 x 6317 (voice)| | | * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * From: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology <banks@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: email addresses Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1992 09:29:40 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 554 (708) Does anyone have an email address for Peter Grahame or George Psathas at the Harvard Centre for Literary and Cultural Studies, _or_ for David Bogen at Emerson College? With mant thanks, Marcus Banks --------------------------------------------- Marcus Banks Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology 51 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6PE banks@vax.ox.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------- From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: how much do we trust in e-mail and lists? Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 23:21:20 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 555 (709) I recently discovered a problem related to my use of e-mail. I was writing a paper for a Congress (in Venice, you all already know, as I man y times asked for help about some topics related to that paper), and discovered then that I rely a lot on news I can get through Humanist or e-mail. But this morning I discovered that some queries I posted never arrived to the r ecipients because of some mysterious fault of my node's mainframe (mysterious b ecause 'they' only said to me that there was a problem that had been corrected) . This made me realize how much I rely on email thinking of it as a mail system immune from snail mail defects, while also e-mail has its defects. Did anyone else met with those problems with his/her mainframe? Does anyone else sometimes think of e-mail as the only way to get things done ' presto e bene' (quickly and well)? or is this my symptom of some technomania? I'd like to hear from you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM> Subject: query: translation from MARC towards DBaseIV, or like? Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 23:18:54 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 556 (710) A friend of mine who's a librarian, asked me if there are programs that allow translation of MARC bibliographical records into other usual database formats. An ideas? Thank you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: John Sandys-Wunsch <JWUNSCH@UVVM.UVic.CA> Subject: Request Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 07:56:12 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 557 (711) I would like to ask for suggestions. I am compiling for private publication a small anthology of pieces about writing along with a few examples of exceptionally good prose. I already have the section in the Phaedrus which treats writing as the way to forgetting but would like similarily intriguing selections from other authors. For my examples of good prose I would prefer to have pieces from less known authors who have been allowed to fall into undeserved oblivion or semi-oblivion. John Sandys-Wunsch JWUNSCH@UVVM.UVIC.CA From: Joanna Johnson <JOHNSON@SSCvax.CIS.McMaster.CA> Subject: CAI for Critical Thinking Date: 23 Oct 1992 09:44:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 558 (712) Is anyone using computer-assisted instruction in a Critical Thinking course? What product are you using? In conjunction with what text? Is this working well? Thanks, Jill LeBlanc Department of Philosophy McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada leblancj@sscvax.cis.mcmaster.ca (This has been posted on PHILOSOP as well.) Posted by Joanna M. Johnson, Computing Services Coordinator (Humanities) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. JOHNSON@MCMASTER.CA From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: New Muslim Community Bibliography Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 21:51:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3222 (713) ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 1.092 Muslim Bibliography ISSN 1188-5734 ----------------------------------------------------------------- October 23, 1992 NB -- See page 324 of Ed Krol's _The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog_ (O'Reilly and Assoc., 1992) for a brief mention of the CONTENTS Project. [deleted quotation] One of the objectives of the CONTENTS Project is to archive via FTP and Listserv a freely accessible collection of bibliographies of interest to any of the areas of study within religious studies. 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Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: Jean-Pierre Laurent <jplaure@imag.fr> Subject: 2nd November Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 13:49:32 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3223 (714) REMINDER AND ADJUSTEMENT OF THE DEAD-LINE for IJCAI-93 Papers submissions: URGENT MATTER : You still have a chance to send a paper for IJCAI 93 in time. The official dead-line is 1st November. As 1st November is a Sunday all submissions received by Ruzena Bacjsy before OR ON Monday 2nd November will be considered. Good luck. Papers must be sent to: Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy GRASP Laboratory University of Pennsylvania 3401 Walnut Street, Room 303C Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 - USA ******************************************* -- JP Laurent From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: message for Eastern Europe Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 18:23:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3224 (715) I would be grateful if any participants in Humanist who are in touch with Eastern Europeans on e-mail would circulate the following message: Fellowships for Eastern Europe: THE WARBURG INSTITUTE (London, England) is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the classical tradition -- in the sense of those elements in European thought, art and institutions that have evolved out of the cultures of the ancient world. Its Library and Photographic Collection are designed and arranged to encourage research into the processes by which one culture leanrs from another and by which different fields of thought and art act on each other. They are particularly concerned with continuities between the ancient Mediterranean civilizations and the cultural and intellectual history of post-classical Europe, especially in the period to c. 1800. The Institute offers Mellon Research Fellowships open to younger Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Slovak scholars of doctoral or equivalent status. These are two or three-month Fellowships in any area falling within the interests of the Institute. Closing date for applications if 15 February, 1993. Further particulars can be obtained from the Secretary and Registrar, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, England. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Warburg Institute Fellowships Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 19:44:21 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3225 (716) Please cross-post to relevant lists: WARBURG INSTITUTE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 1993-4 The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the classical tradition -- in the sense of those elements in European thought, art and institutions that have evolved out of the cultures of the ancient world. Its library and Photographic Collection are designed and arranged to encourage research into the processes by which one culture learns from another and by which different fields of thought and art act on each other. They are particularly concerned with continuities between the ancient Mediterrangean civilizations and the cultural and intellectual history of post-classical Europe, especially in the period to c. 1800. The following Fellowships in intellectual and cultural history will be tenable at the Warburg Institute in the 1993-94 session: Brian Hewson Crawford Fellowship: a short-term fellowship is available for the study of any aspect of the classical tradition. Under the terms of the deed, the Felloship is open to European scholars other than of British nationality. Henri Frankfort Scholarship. In memory of the Institute's Director 1949-54. 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Eligibility: The Fellowships are intended for younger scholars who should have completed at least two years' research towards the doctorate. Those employed as Professor, Lecturer, or equivalent in a university or learned institution may normally hold an award only if they are taking unpaid leave for the whole of the period. May not be held concurrently with another Fellowship or award. Applicants must normally have been under 35 years of age on 1 October 1992. Applicants may not teach elsewhere during tenure of an award except in special circumstances and with the express permission of the Director. Requirements: all applicants will be expected to participate in the life of the Institute, to advise the Library and Photographic Collection and to present their work in a seminar. Duration and value: Long-term: up to three years; not normally renewable. Value in the range 7,000-9,500 pounds sterling, according to age and qualifications; taxable; National Insurance contributions required. 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To submit applications or for further information, contact: The Secretary and Registrar, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, England. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: Conf.Multi Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 12:29:27 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 326 (717) The Documentation Unit The Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies University of Durham 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing (Arabic and Roman Script) 10-12 December 1992 Provisional Programme and Provisional List of Companies Attending 14th October 1992 P r o g r a m m e The Exhibition will be held for one day, the 11th of December, 1992. The Conference will adjourn to enable academics and professional users to see the Exhibition. Companies' representatives will be free to attend the Conference on the first and the third day if they wish. We are trying this year to have one or two discussants who will prepare a commentary on a paper in advance. The time for each discussant will be 2-5 minutes with maximum of two discussants, leaving a minimum of 5 minutes for questions from the floor. I. Provisional List of Companies Attending - Al-Alamiah Software, Egypt. - Apple magazine (Arabic), UK. - Arabic Computer Services Centre, UK. - CTN, USA. - Diwan. Science and Information Technology Ltd, UK. - The Islamic Computing Centre, UK. - MacXperts, UK. - Microsoft, Middle East, UAE. - Monotype Typography Ltd, UK. - Al-Raed Electronic Industries, Saudi Arabia. - RITSEC. Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Centre, Egypt. - Saqar Computers & Kul Al-Arab Newspaper, UK. II. Provisional List of Contributors Canada 1. Mr Sh. Nanji, McGill University. Cyprus 1. Mr U. Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Nicosia. Egypt 1. Dr N. Ali, Al-Alamiah Software. 2. Prof. A. Rafea, American University of Cairo. 3. M. Sabry, American University of Cairo. 4. R. El-Ansary, American University of Cairo. 5. Sh. Samir, American University of Cairo. 6. Prof. A. Mousa, American University of Cairo. 7. Prof. A. Goneid, American University of Cairo. 8. Prof. M.N. Mikhail, American University of Cairo. 9. A. Farghaly, American University of Cairo. 10. S. Schakkal, American University of Cairo. 11. N. Sidhom, American University of Cairo. 12. N. Madbouly, American University of Cairo. 13. I. Magdi, American University of Cairo. 14. D. Soliman, American University of Cairo. 15. E. Samy, American University of Cairo. 16. G. Felfela, American University of Cairo. 17. N. Hegazy, American University in Cairo. 18. Prof. F. Saleh, Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Centre (RITSEC). 19. Prof. N. Hegazi, Electronics Research Institute. France 1. Mr M. Fanton, CERTAL, Institut National des Langues et Civilisation Orientales. 2. Mr F. Amara, Concept Technology International. 3. Mr F. Portaneri, Concept Technology International. 4. Mr E. Coury, Concept Technology International. 5. Dr. Y. Haralambous, Villeneuve d'Ascq. Germany 1. Ms T.M. Hamdan, Tbingen. 2. Mr U.H. al-Hanbaly, Tbingen. 3. Dr. G. Wedel, Berlin Free University. 4. Prof. Dr K. Lagally, Institut fr Informatik. Israel 1. Ms C. Panzer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jordan 1. DrJA.JAbu-El-Haija, Jordan University of Science & Technology. 2. Mr. A. Jazaa, Yarmouk University. 3. Dr M. Saleem, al-Quds Open University. 4. Dr M. Yaseen, Jordan University for Women. 5. Dr Y. Nusseir, Royal Scientific Society. 6. Dr G. Palumbo, ACOR: an International Research Institute in Jordan. 7. Dr A. Abdul Rahman, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation. 8. Mr Gh. Abdullah, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation. Kuwait 1. DrJH.JAl-Sadoun, Kuwait University. Lebanon 1. Ms H. Nassar, American University of Beirut. 2. Ms A. Farha, American University of Beirut. Morocco 1. Prof. M. al-Hannach, Linguistic Communicatio. 2. Mr M.S. Janjar, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud. 3. Ms N. Dchane, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud. TheJNetherlands 1. Dr E. Ditters, Nijmegen University. Russia 1. Dr E. Rezvan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences. 2. Dr I. Tikhonova, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences. Saudi Arabia 1. Dr M. Ashoor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. 2. Dr A. Chaudhry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. 3. Prof A. El-Sherif, King Faisal University. 4. Mr H. al-Muhtasib, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. 5. Dr M. Aref, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. 6. Prof. Saad Haj Bakry, King Saud University. Syria 1. Dr B. Kurdy, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. 2. A. Joukhadar, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. 3. Mr M.Y. al-Hafez, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. 4. Dr M. Mrayati, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Tunisia 1. Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT. 2. Mr A. Ben Hamadou, Facult des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax. UK 1. Col. O. Taylor, Kent. 2. Dr A. Feddag, Research Fellow, University of Manchester. 3. Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University. 4. Mr T. Mahmoud, University of Durham. 5. Prof D. Gallaway, University of Durham. 6. Prof A. Brockett, University of Durham. 7. Dr I. Clark, IAC/Human Interfaces. 8. Mr G. Kiraz, Cambridge University. 9. Mr. N.E. Abdul Rasool, London. 10. Mr. I. Bachir, University College, London. 11. Mr J.D. Clarke, Cranfield Institute of Technology. 12. Dr A. Vella, Cranfield Institute of Technology. 13. Mr A. Narayanan, University of Exeter. 14. Ms L. Hashem, University of Exeter. 15. Dr A. al-Assam, DIWAN, Science and Information Technology Ltd. USA 1. Dr J. Eilts, The Research Libraries Group. 2. Mr T. Buckwalter, Eastern Language Systems. 3. Dr M. Jiyad, Mt. Holyoke College. 4. Assistant Prof. Husam Yaghi, Southern University. 5. Mr Hussein Yaghi, Southern University. 6. Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington. 7. Dr M. Eissa, Northwestern University. 8. Mr J. Martinez, CTN. III. Provisional Programme Wednesday 9th December 15.00 - 19.00 Registration and coffee, Trevelyan College (for those arriving early) Thursday 10th December 08.45 - 09.50 Registration and coffee (Trevelyan College) 09.50- 10.05 Opening of the Conference (Trevelyan College, Main Hall Opening address: Prof A. Brockett (Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham). 10.10 - 11.30 Session 1: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (I) 1. Arabic computing: a view from a Window; a review of Windows 3.1, Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington, USA. 2. An Heterogeneous environment for Arabic processing: ARABDOS and TeX, Mr M. Fanton, CERTAL, Institut National des Langues et Civilisation Orientales, France. 3. Composing and displaying Arabic script without needing to employ the Arabic Version of the Macintosh, Dr I. Clark, IAC/Human Interfaces, UK. 4. Bilingual (Arabic and Roman script) software design and implementation issues: a case study, Dr M. Yaseen, Jordan University for Women, Jordan. 11.30 - 12.50 Session 2: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (II) 1. Typesetting the Holy Qur'an with TeX, Dr Y. Haralambous, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. 2. A library of scalable Arabic fonts, Prof. M. Mikhail, A. Goneid, S. Schakkal, N. Sidhom, N. Madbouly and I. Magdi, American University of Cairo, Egypt. 3. Postscript calligraphy, Mr Sh. Nanji, McGill University, Canada. 4. Design of an Arabic language knowledge base as a lexicon for NLP, Mr M.Y. al-Hafez, Dr M. Mrayati, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria, Dr A. Vella, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, and Mr J.D. Clarke, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK. 11.30 - 12.50 Session 3: Editing Arabic manuscripts using computers (I) 1. Indexing of Lisan al-Arab dictionary using computer, DrJA.JAbu-El-Haija, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan. 2. Mr A. Ben Hamadou, Facult des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax, Tunisia. Paper in Arabic. 3. The Data-Base on Early QurUan MSS: new approach to the text history reconstruction, Dr E. Rezvan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, Russia. 14.00 - 15.20 Session 4: Multi-lingual data bases (I) 1. Automatic syntactic analysis and lexicalization on the basis of corpus-data (Egyptian newspaper data), Dr E. Ditters, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands. 2. A word-frequency count of Newspaper Arabic, Col. O. Taylor, Kent, UK. 3. Lebanese corner: Lebanese authors on health fields, Ms A. Farha, American University Library, Lebanon. 4. Arabic technical terms in Arabic formal languages, Mr H. al-Muhtasib and Dr M. Aref, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. 14.00 - 14.20 Session 5: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (III) 1. The bilingual computer industry in the Arab World, Prof A. El-Sherif, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Discussant. Prof. N. Hegazi, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt. 15.25 - 16.45 Session 6: Multi-lingual data bases (II) Chairman: Mr F. Khoury, University of Washington, USA. 1. The New Fihrist, Dr J. Eilts, The Research Libraries Group, USA. Discussant. Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University, UK. 2. Potential of currently available Arabized software for bibliographic application, Dr M. Ashoor and Dr A. Chaudhry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Discussant 1. Mr. I. Bachir, University College, London, UK. Discussant 2. Ms N. Dchane, Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al-Saoud. 3. Arabic into Roman: automatic conversion of script in working library routines, Mrs. J. Butterworth, Cambridge University, UK. 4. Saab Medical Library automations, Ms H. Nassar, American University Library, Lebanon. 15.25 - 16.05 Session 7: Computer based lexicography and machine translation (I) 1. Corpus for modern standard Arabic: 1. preliminary design and analysiss, Prof. A. Mousa, A. Goneid, M.N. Mikhail and A. Farghaly, American University of Cairo, Egypt. 2. A three level finite-state model for Arabic morphologys, Mr A. Narayanan and Ms L. Hashem, University of Exeter, UK. 17.10 - 18.30 Session 8: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (IV) 1. Optical character recognition of Arabic handwritten numerals, Prof. A. Goneid, M. Mikhail, H. Kotkata and A. Hassan, American University of Cairo, Egypt. Discussant. DrJH.JAl-Sadoun, Kuwait University. 2. Arabic optical character recognizers, Dr I. Tikhonova, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, Russia. 3. Multi-font recognition system for Arabic characters, Dr B. Kurdy and A. Joukhadar, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria. 4. Omnifont OCR for Arabic: achievements, applications and limitations, Mr J. Martinez, CTN, USA. 19.00 - 20.00 Reception Speaker: Mr John Norton Chairman of the Board of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham Friday 11th December 09.00 - 12.45 Exhibition 17.05 - 18.25 Session 9: The Hardware and the Software industry in the Arab World (V) 1. The Status of Informatics in the Arab Countries, Dr Y. Nusseir, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan. 2. CAL authoring in Arabic, Dr M. Saleem, al-Quds Open University, Jordan. 3. Prospects for Arabic computer industry, Dr A. al-Assam, DIWAN, Science and Infromation Technology Ltd, UK. 4. Planning for Arabic Information Services, Prof. S. Haj Bakry, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. 19.30 - Official Dinner Speaker: will be announced. Musical performance in memorial of Composer Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab Saturday 12th December 09.00 - 10.40 Session 10: Computer based lexicography and machine translation (II) 1. Orthographic variation in Arabic and its relevance to automatic spell-checking, Mr Tim Buckwalter, Eastern Language Systems, USA. 2. A knowledge-based system for analyzing Arabic language, Mr. A. Jazaa, Yarmouk University, Jordan. Discussant. Dr A. Narayanan, University of Exeter, UK. 3. Arabic morpho-syntax and semantic parsing, Dr A. Feddag, Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK. Discussant. Mr J.D. Clarke, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK. 4. ArabTeX: a system for typesetting Arabic, Prof. Dr K. Lagally, Institut fr Informatik, Stuttgart, Germany. 5. Arabic vs. English: from an automatic parsing perspective, Dr N. Ali, Al-Alamiah Software, Egypt. 09.00 - 10.40 Session 11: Teaching of Arabic by computer 1. Lets learn Arabic: the multimedia way!, Assistant Prof. Husam Yaghi and Hussein Yaghi, Southern University, USA. 2. Incorporating Arabic learning software into the curriculum, Prof A. Brockett, CMEIS, University of Durham, UK. 3. Arabic C.A.I. for special purposes: the case of Islamic schools and centres, Dr M. Eissa, Northwestern University, USA. 4. The computerized comprehensive identification procedure: who is gifted?, Mr T. Mahmoud and Prof D. Gallaway, University of Durham, UK. 5. Non-conventional material for the conventional classroom: teaching cultural awareness through high technology, Dr M. Jiyad, Mt. Holyoke College, USA. 11.05 - 12.25 Session 12: Poster session Chairman: Dr P. Glavanis, University of Durham, UK. PALIS: Palestine Information System Project, Dr As'ad Abdul Rahman and Mr Ghassan Abdullah, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Jordan. Discussant 1. Mr U. Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus. 14.00 - 15.20 Session 13: Miscellaneous: Multi-lingual computers for the handicapped, archaeology and computing and computer based lexicography and machine translation. 1. Nour, a multi-lingual system for the blind, Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT, Tunisia. 2. JADIS: multi-lingual software for the catalogue of archaeological sites in Jordan, Dr G. Palumbo, ACOR: an International Research Institute, Jordan. 3. Documentation issues in Egyptian Museums, Prof. F. Saleh, Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Centre (RITSEC), Egypt. 4. Prof. M. al-Hannach, Linguistic Communicatio, Morocco. Paper in Arabic. 15.25 - 16.25 Session 14: Other Semitic languages and computing 1. Semitic morphology: a linguistic and computational account, Mr G. Kiraz, Cambridge University, UK. 2. Data communication in the context of automatic edition of multilingual texts, Dr. G. Wedel, Berlin Free University, Germany. 3. ALEPH: a multi-scriptual multi-lingual library management system, Ms C. Panzer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 16.45 - 17.15 Session 15: PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluation of the Exhibition and Conference Dr A. Ubaydli * * * Papers for publication in Appendix 1. Al-Daleel : an Arabic interactive programming environmentS Prof. Ahmad Refae, D. Soliman, E. Samy, G. Felfela and N. Hegazy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt. 2. Issues and problems of compiling an English-Arabic glossary of computer terms, Mr. N.E. Abdul Rasool, London, UK. 3. The Bilingual English/Arabic environment of Unix, Mr Amara, F., Mr Portaneri, F., and Mr Coury, E., Concept Technology International France. 4. Mr U.H. al-Hanbaly and Ms T.H. al-Hanbaly, Tbingen, Germany. Paper in Arabic. 5. Al-Mutargem: a machine translator for Middle East News, Prof. A. Rafea, M. Sabry, R. El-Ansary and Sh. Samir, American University of Cairo, Egypt. Discussant. Dr M. Zrigui, IRSIT, Tunisia. For further information. contact: Dr Ahmad Ubaydli (convenor) Documentation Unit, CMEIS University of Durham, South End House, South Road, DURHAM, DH1 3TG, UK, Telex: 537351 DURLIBG, Phone: +44 (91) 3742838, Fax: +44 (91) 3742830, E-mail: A.Y.Ubaydli@uk.ac.durham[JANET], A.Y.Ubaydli@durham.ac.uk[EARN/BITNET] From: Ann Okerson <ann@cni.org> Subject: Symposium Announcement Date: December 5-8, 1992. X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 3227 (718) Location: The Washington Vista Hotel, 15th and M Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20005; E-mail address for inquiries: symposium@e-math.ams.com Fax inquiries: Ann Okerson: 202-462-7849 Phone inquiries: Virginia Blodgett: 202-232-2466 We can send you the full program by e-mail, along with registration forms Coordinators: Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries David Rodgers, American Mathematical Society Planning committee of the Association of American University Presses Fee: $375.00 (Saturday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon, including many meals) LIMITED REGISTRATION Highlighted speakers and presentations include: Yuri Rubinsky, President, SoftQuad, Toronto. James J. O'Donnell, Classics, University of Pennsylvania. John Black, Chief Librarian, Guelph University. Daniel L. Solomon, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University. "Starting a New Journal in Statistics Education." Bernie Rous, Associate Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery. "Electronic Publishing: A Five- Year Plan." Michael Van Steenberg, NASA. "Astronomy Journals Online: A STELAR Project." Terri Harrison & Tim Stephen, Communications Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "Building Electronic Organizations the COMSERVE Way." Susan Hockey, Director, Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (Rutgers/Princeton). "Encoding Standards: SGML and the Text Encoding Initiative: What and Why?" Evan Owens, Information Systems Manager, Journals Division, University of Chicago Press. "Electronic Text and Scholarly Publishers: How and Why?" Kenneth Arnold, Director, Rutgers University Press. "The Scholarly Monograph Is Dead. Long Live the Scholary Monograph." Elli Mylonas: The Perseus Project; Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece. (A consortial hypertext project published by Yale University Press) David Rodgers: The AMS Electronic Publishing Experiment; A New Vision of the Scientific Journal. Michael Van Steenberg: Astronomy Journals Bit-mapped and Beyond; Converting Paper Images. (The American Astronomical Society and NASA and publishers) Robert Oakley, Head, Georgetown Law Library Anita Lowry, Head, Electronic Text Service, Columbia University Libraries PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN ENRICHING, VARIED, COLLABORATIVE, COLLEGIAL MEETING. LUNCHES TOGETHER; DINNERS IN SMALL GROUPS; MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION IN SMALL SETTINGS; ASK QUESTIONS OF SOME OF TODAY'S HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, NETWORKED PUBLISHERS. ENROLMENT LIMITED. From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: Nov 11 NEACH: Robert Royar Date: Sat, 24 Oct 92 11:49:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 559 (719) An Invitation from NEACH: NORTHEAST ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & THE HUMANITIES NEACH: The Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities invites you to hear PROF. ROBERT ROYER ON COMPUTERS AND COMPOSITION: FROM WAN TO LAN AND BACK AGAIN. The talk will take place on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 26A of the IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, New York City. Dr. Royer will discuss today's proliferation of newsgroups, lists, and SIGS, and how the rise of the global or wide-area network (WAN) is forcing us to reevaluate computers and composition research based on the earlier model of the local- area-network (LAN). Future NEACH 1992-93 calendar for 1992-1993: From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: ROYAR: Spelling Corrected Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 20:26:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 560 (720) A correction from NEACH: Northeast Association for Computers & the Humanities My invitation for the talk of Prof. Robert Royar of NYIT in New York City on Wed., Nov. 11 on Computers & Composition: from WAN to LAN and Back Again contains a misspelling of Dr. Royar's name. I apologize for the error. Heyward Ehrlich From: EARN::"clsurvey@umiacs.UMD.EDU" 22-OCT-1992 21:58:56.44 Subject: Survey of Computational Linguistics Courses Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 12:21:11 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 329 (721) To: Instructors of Classes in Computational Linguistics As a follow-on to the Directory of Graduate Programs recently compiled by Martha Evens, the Association for Computational Linguistics will publish a new edition of the Survey of Computational Linguistics Courses. This is a revised version of the 1986 survey, published in Computational Linguistics (vol. 12) by Robin Cohen, which is intended to be a systematic compilation of syllabi from individual classes that teach computational linguistics (i.e., it is not an enumeration of classes taught in CL programs as in the Directory of Graduate Programs). The new version of the survey will be published in the Computational Linguistics journal in 1993. We are eager to include two types of classes: those that teach computational linguistics as the sole topic and those that teach computational linguistics as one of several topics. The survey will allow us to share with colleagues ideas on how to teach computational linguistics. It will also provide an idea of how the field of computational linguistics is being portrayed to potential new researchers. Our listing will include the name and address of the University and Department(s) offering the class, the name and number of the class, the type of class, and information about the syllabus (e.g., topics, texts used, software used, format, workload, enrollment, duration, frequency, and assistance). In addition it will include some statistics on the responses (i.e., total number of classes having particular characteristics) and a bibliography of the most frequently cited references. We would appreciate your response to the survey as soon as possible. The intention is to complete the report by early 1993. You may send information electronically to: cl-survey@umiacs.umd.edu or by mail: Ms. Sandy Tsue CL-SURVEY Institute for Advanced Computer Studies A.V. Williams Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 USA (Electronic transmission is preferred.) Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Bonnie J. Dorr - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SURVEY OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS COURSES INSTRUCTIONS This survey, originally designed by Robin Cohen, and now revised by Bonnie Dorr, attempts to gather information as painlessly as possible for both respondents and surveyor. The primary change that has been made since this survey was last conducted is that it now incorporates questions about different types of software that people use in their CL courses. Brief answers are solicited to the questions that follow. For multiple choice questions, simply type in the appropriate answer(s) from the list. For open-ended questions, use sentence fragments separated by semicolons. For illustration, a sample response is provided after the questionnaire. If possible, return your response electronically as one file of question numbers and answers, using the message header "ACL Survey Response." Hardcopy is acceptable as well. Feel free to include a copy of course description handouts, if available, for filing with the ACL. Regrettably, we will not be able to transcribe syllabi for the journal survey, but these could serve as the basis for a more extended treatment later. Note: If you have taught your course a number of times, respond according to the latest version of the course. In Q12, you may allude to topics covered and techniques used in previous versions. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTROL INFORMATION Name: Department: Institution: Address: Net address: Name and number of course: LEVEL A. Is the course - undergraduate? - graduate? - cross-listed, undergraduate and graduate? CL STATUS B. In any given year that you teach this course, is it a course in computational linguistics (CL) or is CL just one of several topics covered? - only CL - topics other than CL Note: Respond to the remainder of the questionnaire with respect to the computational linguistics part of the course, only. ACL SURVEY QUESTIONS TOPICS Q1. What topics are covered in the course? Suggestion: list the topics, one per line, in the order they are addressed in the course. Use brief summaries of the topic name, followed by names of researchers used as references for each topic in parentheses, where appropriate e.g., lexical acquisition and use of corpora (Boguraev & Briscoe, 1987; Zernik, 1990). REFERENCES Q2. What kinds of reference materials are used in the course? - course text(s); specify author & name (publisher & year, if known) - recommended reading texts; specify as above - papers on various topics; specify if different from those in Q1 Note: If your texts are not written in English, please provide a brief English translation of the title. FORMAT Q3. What format of teaching is used? - formal lectures - paper presentations by professor - paper presentations by students - guest lectures - open discussions - other; please specify WORKLOAD Q4. What workload/method of assessment is used in the course? - midterm exam(s) - final exam - assignments with programming - assignments without programming? - course project - class presentations - other; please specify Note: You may provide further details--e.g., midterm exam: take-home, no programming; class presentations: including one on project topic. SOFTWARE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS Q5. Which of the following do students write? - parsers - generators - morphological processors - tagging programs - discourse processors - language translators - ATNs - semantic network processors - lexical-semantic processors - knowledge-based processors - parallel processors - connectionist processors - statistical processors - other; please specify - none SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS Q6. Which of the following are provided for students? (Label them C if commercial source, N if non-commercial outside source, H if built in house; also specify type, e.g., unification parser, chart parser, etc.) - parsers - generators - morphological processors - tagging programs - discourse processors - language translators - ATNs - semantic network processors - lexical-semantic processors - knowledge-based processors - parallel processors - connectionist processors - statistical processors - grammars - lexicons - corpora - semantic networks - data bases - knowledge bases - other; please specify - none SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION Q7. If you've developed software and distribute it, please specify type (e.g., grammars, lexicons, parsers, generators, etc.) and mode (e.g., by diskette, tape, cdrom, anonymous ftp (give addresses), etc.). ENROLLMENT Q8. About how many people take the course each time it is offered? DURATION Q9. Does the course last one term or a full year? - one term - full year FREQUENCY Q10. How often is the course offered? - more than once per year - once per year - every other year - occasionally ASSISTANCE Q11. Are there teaching assistants/markers assigned to the course? - yes; conduct tutorial sessions - yes; only mark and hold office hours - no - other; please specify COMMENTS Q12. Include here any other comments about the course--what you would have liked to do ideally, what you plan for the future, what lessons you've learned. ------------------------- Sample response ------------------------ Name: Bonnie J. Dorr Department: Computer Science Institution: University of Maryland Address: A.V. Williams Building, College Park, MD 20742 Net Address: bonnie@cs.umd.edu Course: Computational Linguistics (CMSC 828) Level(A): graduate, cross-listed in linguistics Status(B): CL only Q1. TOPICS The course is divided into 3 sections: (1) Syntax, (2) Lexicon, and (3) Machine Translation and Generation. The course outline is as follows: - - Introduction to CL: techniques and analytical tools for comparing linguistic theories and comparing computational practice; levels of representation and their importance in a computational theory. - - Syntax: introduction to basic concepts and theories; bottom-up vs. top-down parsing; Earley algorithm; Tomita's algorithm; ATN's. (Sells, 1985; Kay in "Readings," 1986; Earley, 1970; Tomita, 1987; Woods, 1970; Kaplan, 1972.) - - Contemporary syntactic models: government-binding theory; principle-based parsing; deterministic parsing; unification-based approaches; GPSG; LFG. (Berwick & Fong, 1990; Marcus in "Readings," 1986; Berwick & Weinberg, 1984; Sells, 1985; Shieber, 1986; Kaplan & Bresnan, 1982.) - - Lexicon: lexical representations; semantic roles; primitives; case frames; thematic relations; predicate-argument structure; conceptual dependencies; spatial fields; nonspatial fields; compositionality; linking routines. (Gruber, 1967; Fillmore, 1968; Jackendoff, 1972, 1983; Schank, 1973; Dorr, 1991.) - - Lexical Acquisition: non-representational vs. representational approaches; statistical methods; use of corpora; acquisition of syntactic information; bootstrapping semantics from syntax. (Boguraev & Briscoe, 1987; Klavans & Tzoukermann, 1990; Church & Hanks, 1990; Zernik, 1990; Pustejovsky, 1987; Hindle, 1990; Brent, 1991.) - - Machine translation and generation: basic theory and technology; major characteristics and tradeoffs; mapping techniques; problems in MT and generation; divergences; mismatches; lexical selection; syntactic realization; parameterization. (Slocum, 1988; Thurmair, 1990; Kaplan et al., 1989; Abeille et al., 1990; Arnold & Sadler, 1990; Lindop & Tsujii, 1991; Barnett et al., 1991; Dorr, 1991.) Q2. REFERENCES No required texts. Papers on various topics (see Q1) are assigned on a weekly basis. Some reading texts are recommended: - - Allen, J., Natural Language Understanding, Benjamin-Cummings, New York, NY, 1987. - - Berwick, R., and Weinberg, A., The Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1984. - - Grosz, B., K. Sparck-Jones, and B. Webber, Readings in Natural Language Processing, Morgan-Kaufman, Los Altos, CA, 1986. - - Hutchins, W., Machine Translation: Past, Present, Future, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, England, 1986. - - Sells, P., Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories, University of Chicago Press, CLSI, Chicago, IL, 1985. - - Zernik, U. (ed.), Lexical Acquisition: Using on-line Resources to Build a Lexicon, Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1987. Q3. FORMAT - - formal lectures - - open discussions - - paper presentations by students - - two guest lectures Q4. WORKLOAD - - 2-4 assigned readings per week - - One written assignment - - One programming lab - - Class presentation - - Final term paper Q5. SOFTWARE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS - - simple generator and lexical-semantic processor for a language translation program - - small grammar and lexicon Q6. SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS - - parser (N; Marcus Parser) - - grammar (N; Marcus style rules) Q7. SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION - - none Q8. ENROLLMENT - - 20 Q9. DURATION - - one semester (14 weeks, 2-1/2 hours/week) with one semester follow-on taught in the linguistics department (LING 819). Q10. FREQUENCY - - every other year Q11: ASSISTANCE - - none. Q12: COMMENTS - - The goal of the course is to introduce topics, issues, and theories in computational linguistics, to relate the field to linguistics and AI, and to provide the background necessary for analysis and evaluation of computational models of natural language understanding, generation, and translation. - - The distribution of students is approximately 60% computer science, 30% linguistics, and 10% engineering. - - Students work in groups of 4 for the laboratory. The goal is to allow linguists and computer scientists to be able to benefit from each other's knowledge while also giving students a chance to have hands-on experience with some of the concepts that are presented in class at a more abstract level. A minimal amount of programming in Lisp is expected. - - Sample topics chosen by the students for final papers include syntactic models of parsing, logic programming approaches to generation, connectionist processing models, speech processing models, knowledge representation, lexical semantics, and machine translation. Students are expected to compare and critique different approaches to natural language processing and to give a 20 minute in-class presentation of their paper. ------- End of Forwarded Message From: Geoffrey Sampson <geoffs@cogs.susx.ac.uk> Subject: susanne corpus Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 12:16:35 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 330 (722) THE SUSANNE CORPUS [Revised announcement including modified access instructions] 26 October 1992 Geoffrey Sampson School of Cognitive & Computing Sciences University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, England geoffs@uk.ac.susx.cogs Colleagues needing the use of a grammatically-analysed corpus of English may like to know that Release 1 of the SUSANNE Corpus is now complete, and is freely available from the Oxford Text Archive via anonymous ftp to any machine connected to the Internet. Instructions for retrieving a copy of the Corpus are given at the end of this announcement. The SUSANNE Corpus has been created, with the sponsorship of the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), as part of the process of developing a comprehensive NLP-oriented taxonomy and annotation scheme for the (logical and surface) grammar of English. The SUSANNE scheme attempts to provide a method of representing all aspects of English grammar which are sufficiently definite to be susceptible of formal annotation, with the categories and boundaries between categories specified in sufficient detail that, ideally, two analysts independently annotating the same text and referring to the same scheme must produce the same structural analysis. The SUSANNE scheme may be likened to a "Linnaean taxonomy" of the grammatical domain: its aim (comparable to that of Linnaeus's eighteenth-century taxonomy for the domain of botany) is not to identify categories which are theoretically optimal or which necessarily reflect the psychological organization of speakers' linguistic competence, but simply to offer a scheme of categories and ways of applying them that make it practical for NLP researchers to register everything that occurs in real-life usage systematically and unambiguously, and for researchers at different sites to exchange empirical grammatical data without misunderstandings over local uses of analytic terminology. The SUSANNE Corpus comprises an approximately 128,000-word subset of the Brown Corpus of American English, annotated in accordance with the SUSANNE scheme. The SUSANNE analytic scheme is defined in detail in a book by myself, ENGLISH FOR THE COMPUTER, forthcoming from Oxford University Press, and briefly in a documentation file which accompanies the Corpus. The Chairman of the Analysis and Interpretation Working Group of the US/EC-sponsored Text Encoding Initiative has proposed the adoption of the scheme as a recognised TEI standard. The SUSANNE scheme aims to specify annotation norms for the modern English language; it does not cover other languages, although it is hoped that the general principles of the SUSANNE scheme may prove helpful in developing comparable taxonomies for these. Regrettably, Release 1 of the SUSANNE Corpus is not a "TEI-conformant" resource, though aspects of the annotation scheme have been decided in such a way as to facilitate a move to TEI conformance in later releases. The working timetable of the Initiative meant that relevant aspects of the TEI Guidelines were not yet complete at the point when the SUSANNE Corpus was ready for initial release; delaying this release would have been unfortunate. Although the SUSANNE analytic scheme is by now rather tightly defined, Release 1 of the SUSANNE Corpus undoubtedly still contains errors despite considerable proof-checking. It is intended to correct these in later releases; I should be extremely grateful if users discovering errors would notify me, preferably by post rather than e-mail. The SUSANNE Corpus consists of 64 data files (each comprising an annotated version of one Brown text), together with a documentation file. However, the versions held by the Oxford Text Archive are compressed, in order to reduce file transfer time, into single files in two alternative formats, suitable for Unix users and for users who have access only to a PC. The procedure for retrieving a copy of the Corpus in either case is as follows: [deleted quotation] ftp black.ox.ac.uk or, since the Archive is not yet in many official name tables: ftp 129.67.1.165 When connected, you will be prompted for an account name, to which you should respond: ftp or: anonymous You will be asked to supply a password, in response to which you should type your e-mail address. After this is accepted, your first command should be to move to the directory containing the Text Archive files, by typing: cd ota To see a list of the files and directories currently available, type: ls All files relating to the SUSANNE Corpus are kept in the directory "susanne", so your next command should be: cd susanne Apart from a README file containing the instructions which you are currently reading, this directory contains the two alternative compressed versons of the SUSANNE Corpus. To retrieve a copy of the corpus, if you are a Unix user, type: get susanne.tar.Z Having successfully transferred a copy of "susanne.tar.Z" to your home system, get the material into a usable state by the successive commands: uncompress susanne.tar.Z and: tar -xf susanne.tar If you are not a Unix user, you need to retrieve the other version of the Corpus, which will be uncompressed using the PKUNZIP software on an IBM-PC. First, set ftp transfer mode to binary by typing the command: bin at the ftp prompt. Then retrieve the appropriate version of the Corpus by typing: get susanne.zip Having transferred a copy of the Corpus to your home machine, uncompress it with the command: pkunzip -x susanne.zip In either case (whether you have followed the Unix or the non-Unix instructions) you should now have the Corpus split up into its 65 files, one of which, "SUSANNE.doc", is a text file describing the format and contents of the 64 data files. To log out of the ftp connexion, type: bye If you encounter any problems, please send an e-mail message to archive@black.ox.ac.uk or archive@uk.ac.oxford.vax. From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: 6.0278 On Buying a Computer Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 12:08:58 WST(4) (1 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 561 (723) Further to the Mike Strangelove's comments re the above, a few points that may be of use. First, it is my understanding that you should not need two fans for a 486 - thse are only required if the chips themselves generate a lot of heat, which is apparently a design fault on the lower-end (quality) machines. I have had a 486DX-50 with a single fan at home for quite a while now while no problems. Second, when purchasing a beastie, look at a mini-tower and not a desktop: that way you get the best of both worlds. Thirdly, ensure you have a video card populated to 1MB of RAM (preferably a Tseng Labs card) which will give you crisper images and subtler hues. Finally, this ongoing saga of Mac V Unix v ISA (IBM compatible) should be a non-event once PowerOpen is released (1993/4): PowerOpen is the joint effort of Apple and IBM to design and produce an operating system that will run identically on all three platforms (and squeeze out MicroSoft). Maybe it will also walk on water and make perfect souffles... ************************************************************************ * Gregg Boalch E-Mail: Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au * * School of Information Systems Phern: (619) 351 2565 * * Curtin University of Technology Fax: (619) 351 3076 * * Snail: GPO Box U1987 * * ...seek grace, elegance and PERTH W. AUSTRALIA 6001 * * understanding in everything... * ************************************************************************ From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: Shelley e-texts Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1992 13:45 EDT(5) (7 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 562 (724) Regarding Stuart Lee's request for info on Shelley e-texts: there is a project in progress at the University of Maryland that will produce various works by Shelley in electronic format. At the moment all I can give is an address, but I am in contact with the director of the project and will post more details on it as soon as I get them. Shelley Etext project address: Prof. Neil Fraistat Department of English University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 tel: (301) 405-3817 email: nf5@umail.umd.edu Paul Mangiafico, Project Assistant Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text Center for Text and Technology Georgetown University pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: adresse du CETEDOC Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 11:51:49 EDT(6) (3 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 563 (725) l'adresse du CETEDOC est thomdoc@buclln11.bitnet -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: Dorothy Day <DAY@ucs.indiana.edu> Subject: IULibraries Electronic Text Support Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 13:14:09 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 332 (726) Forwarded Message: IUL Electronic Text Support October 20, 1992 IU LIBRARIES INITIATES SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARLY TEXTS ON COMPUTERS BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-- The Indiana University Libraries have recently established a Library Electronic Text Resource Service (LETRS) to provide a focus for the increasing number of faculty and students in the humanities who need to work with scholarly texts in electronic form. Printed scholarly texts traditionally have provided readers with culturally significant interpretations of the human condition and have formed the core subject of study in the liberal arts, such as history, languages, literature, philosophy, and religion. It is not surprising, therefore, that among the first texts to be made available in electronic form and to be acquired by the IU Libraries are several of these enduring works, including: 1. the Bible in a variety of English translations and in the original Greek and Hebrew; 2. the sacred writings of other religions, such as the Islamic Quran and Hadith; 3. the complete corpus of classical Greek literature from Homer up to 500 AD; 4. various editions of the complete works of Shakespeare; 5. numerous works by well-known American writers such as Jefferson, Emerson, Twain, and Cather; and 6. the literary output of many other world-famous authors, such as the complete works of the German author Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Numerous tools in electronic form for aiding scholars and students in their interpretation of these original sources also have been acquired. There are four basic types of tools: 1. reference works on computer, such as the Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on Compact Disc, 2. writing tools, such as multi-lingual word processors that can work with a variety of non-Roman scripts; 3. text analysis programs that can manipulate natural language data and output scholarly aids such as a complete concordance of all the words used by a particular author; and 4. instructional programs that help students and scholars to study anything from a single text up to entire languages and cultures. An example of the later is the recently acquired multi-media Perseus Compact Disc for the Macintosh that provides an interactive gateway to ancient Greek literature, history, art and archaeology. In addition to facilitating the acquisition of these electronic texts and tools and the hardware needed to support them, LETRS also plans to provide: 1. basic assistance to patrons in their use on both PC and Macintosh computers at its central location in the Reference Department of the Main Library; 2. faculty and graduate student workshops on available electronic text resources, as part of the Library's Instruction and Orientation program; 3. consulations with individuals on scholarly research projects; and 4. development of campus wide network access to electronic texts when and where feasible. According to Mark Day, LETRS Coordinator in the Reference Department, these plans represent Stage One of a long term development and involve participation of the IU LIBRARIES as a local node in a growing national network that is currently being established. With an interest in making Indiana University a leading member of this developing national network, Mr. Day was selected as one of thirty-eight individual librarians, teachers, and computer experts to participate in the first CETH (Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities) Summer Seminar held at Princeton University from August 9 to 21. Jointly sponsored by the Center for Computing in the Humanities (CCH), University of Toronto, this seminar addressed the wide range of challenges and opportunities that electronic texts and software offer to teachers, researchers, and librarians with an emphasis on practical methodological benefits, problems, and solutions. CETH was established in October 1991 by Rutgers and Princeton Universities (with support from the Mellon Foundation and the NEH) as a national center for the purpose of facilitating the creation, dissemination, and use of electronic texts in the humanities. The new director of CETH, Susan Hockey, developer of the well-known Oxford Concordance Program, was one of several distinguished scholars who organized and taught workshops at the seminar. At the conclusion of the seminar, the participants expressed their enthusiastic support for several initiatives planned by CETH. These initiatives include: 1. maintenance of an inventory of computer readable texts; 2. promotion of standards for cataloging and coding texts; 3. serving as an acquisition and distribution center for text files; 4. acting as a clearinghouse for information about electronic texts; and 5. providing more educational programs such as the seminar to advance the skills and knowledge of those working with electronic texts. All of these initiatives require the cooperation of local services such as LETRS to succeed. If they succeed, the future looks bright for those interested in utilizing the latest computer technology both to preserve the great works of human culture and to expand our understanding of them. For further information, contact: Mark T. Day Reference Department Indiana University Library Bloomington IN 47405 Bitnet: DAYM@IUBACS Internet: daym@ucs.indiana.edu From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Volume Three of Electric Mystic's Guide Available Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 15:41:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 333 (727) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 1.094 Release of Electric Mystic's Guide ISSN 1188-5734 Volume THREE -- First Edition -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Electric Mystic's Guide (Volume 3 - First Edition) NOW AVAILABLE VIA FTP AND LISTSERV The first edition (Volume Three) of Michael Strangelove's _The Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Complete Bibliography of Networked Electronic Documents Online Conferences, Serials, Software and Archives Relevant to Religious Studies_, is now available via FTP as a Postscript, WordPerfect and low ascii file (also available via Listserv). Volume Three is 56 pages in length. The table of contents follows retrieval instructions below. Volume Two is not yet available. [deleted quotation] This bibliography is freely available via the international academic networks (BITNET/Internet) from the CONTENTS Project fileserver via FTP from the node panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) in the directory /pub/religion/ as the files electric-mystics-guide-v3.ps postscript file electric-mystics-guide-v3.ps.Z UNIX compressed postscript file electric-mystics-guide-v3.zip zipped Wordperfect 5.1 text (Warning: This version may not work on WordPerfect for DOS, it may only function on WP4Windows. I have had reports that, unlike Volume One, Volume Three will retrieve into WP4DOS). electric-mystics-guide-v3.txt low ascii text It is also available as a low ascii text via the CONTENTS Project Listserv fileserver as MYSTICS V3-TXT from Listserv@uottawa or Listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca NB - POSTSCRIPT USERS: There may be problems with printing the Postscript versions of the Electric Mystic's Guide on DEC Postscript printers. For Volume One it proved necessary to delete the folowing line (about 380 lines in) for it to print properly: letter _bp_ 0 13200 10200 _ornt /CourierR 600 _ff. (Note that this line still exists in the network-accessible version of Volume One). A similar problem may also exit with Volume Three. My thanks to Philip E. Yevics for this information. I would appreciate hearing of any other problems with printing EMG. Please note that it has been possible to print the EMG on our institution's IMAGEN printer. * Table of Contents -- VOLUME THREE * Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Online Academic Conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 How to Make the Most of Online Discussion Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Directories of Listserv Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Subscribe to Online Discussion Groups. . . . . . . 9 Retrieving Logbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 BITNET and Internet Religious Studies Related Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Bahai Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Buddhist Discussion Group (BUDDHA-L) . . . . . . . . 13 Christian Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Christian Thought and Literature in Late Antiquity (ELENCHUS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Classics Discussion (CLASSICS). . . . . . . . . . . 15 Discussion of Beliefs and Practices of Conservative Judaism (CJ-L) . . . . . . . . 15 Eastern Orthodox Christianity Discussion (EOCHR-L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Generic Religions and Secret Societies . . . . . . . 16 Godly Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 History of American Catholicism (AMERCATH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 History and Theory of the Occult (ARCANA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 History of The Ancient Mediterranean (ANCIEN-L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 History of Evangelical Christianity (HISTEC-L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Global Christianity discussion (GLOBLX- L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Indian and Buddhist Studies (BUDDHIST) . . . . . . . 22 The International Forum for First Century Judaism and Christian Origins (IOUDAIOS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship List (IVCF-L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Islam Discussion Group (ISLAM-L) . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Islamic Information and News Network (MUSLIMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Issues And Questions of Concern to Observant Jews (BALTUVA). . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jewish & Near Eastern Studies (JUDAICA). . . . . . . 25 Latter Day Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Liberal Judaism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 LITURGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Malaysian Islamic Study Group (MISG-L) . . . . . . . 28 Masonic Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 New Testament Greek Studies Conference (NT-GREEK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Old Testament Hebrew Studies (OT- HEBREW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Orthodox Christianity (ORTHODOX) . . . . . . . . . . 30 Pagan Religion and Philosophy (PAGAN). . . . . . . . 31 Personal Ideologies (BELIEF-L) . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Progressive Jewish Activism List (PJAL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Religions Discussion Group (RELIGION). . . . . . . . 33 Religious Communication and Contexts (RELICOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Religious Society of Friends (QUAKER- L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Shaker - A forum on the United Society of Believers (SHAKER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Social Scientific Study of Religion (SSREL-L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Women, Religion, and Feminist Theology (FEMREL-L). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 USENET -- General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 USENET Religious Studies Related Newsgroups . . . . . . . 37 Discussion of the Baha'i Faith -- SOC.RELIGION.BAHAI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Christianity and Related Topics -- SOC.RELIGION.CHRISTIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Discussions of Eastern Religions -- SOC.RELIGION.EASTERN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Discussions of the Islamic Faith -- SOC.RELIGION.ISLAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2. Electronic Journals and Newsletters. . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Bulletin of The General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Christian Growth Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 IOUDAIOS Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The Postmodern Jewish Philosophy BITNETWORK . . . . . . . 42 Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 OFFLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . 48 Inactive Electronic Religious Studies Serials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 3. Ecunet and PresbyNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4. Networked Organizations and Associations . . . . . . . . . 51 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that disseminates table of contents, abstracts, reviews and ordering information on new and recent print and electronic publications of relevance to Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: Eyal Amiran <EAEG@NCSUVM> Subject: English job announcement Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 21:55:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 334 (728) JOB ANNOUCEMENT: The North Carolina State University Department of English solicits applications for four tenure-track positions, rank open: 1) Professional Writing (ongoing research in non-academic writing preferred) 2) English Romantics 3) Film Studies 4) Critical Theory Please Note: Positions 3 and 4 were announced as tentative in the October MLA job list; funding for these positions has now been approved. Applications should arrive by November 10 for full consideration. Address correspondence to: John Bassett, Head Department of English Box 8105 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-8105 From: "Cathy Ball" <CBALL@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: Corpus-Based Linguistics Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 10:32:04 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 564 (729) Call for Papers Georgetown University Round Table On Languages and Linguistics (GURT) Pre-Session: CORPUS-BASED LINGUISTICS Wednesday March 10, 1993 The analysis of large text corpora is engaging the interest of linguists from many subfields, as the field turns away from linguistic analysis based on introspection to data-oriented approaches. Currently, insights are not fully shared, as the subfields and related disciplines often present research at different conferences. For this full-day GURT pre-session, 20-minute papers are solicited on the following topics: - the design and collection of text/speech corpora - tools for searching and processing on-line corpora - critical assessments of on-line corpora and corpus-processing tools - methodological issues in corpus-based analysis - applications and results in linguistics and related disciplines, including language teaching, computational linguistics, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, and stylistic analysis Send 1 page (500-word) abstracts to cball@guvax.georgetown.edu (Internet), cball@guvax (Bitnet), or Catherine N. Ball, Dept. of Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057. Electronic submissions are encouraged. Please include name, institution, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is Dec. 1, 1992. From: PSP10 <PSP10@PHOENIX.CAMBRIDGE.ac.uk> Subject: Cambridge Language Survey Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 13:24:47 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 565 (730) The Cambridge Language Survey (CLS) is an international, multilingual survey of language coordinated by Cambridge University, UK. Its main activities are the development of sense-tagged corpora within an integrated language database (corpora indexed to their meanings in electronic dictionaries). The materials will eventually be made available to the scholarly community, including corpus materials and software tools for NLP. Would anyone wishing to be kept in touch with these developments who has not yet been in contact with us please drop a note to: Christina Hottner, Cambridge Language Survey, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, with a request to be sent a description of the survey, Paul Procter From: CR11000 <CR11@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: Exchange Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 09:09:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 566 (731) October 22, 1992 Prof. Ron Burnett CR11@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA I am looking for someone interested in an exchange druing the academic year 1993-94 between Paris and Montreal. I am the Director of Graduate Communications at McGill University and a member of the Cultural Studies Stream of the English Department. The exchange could be inter-departmental. I will be on sabbatical. Also housing is a possibility. Thank-you. From: vwalsh@aol.com Subject: internet help... Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 22:48:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 567 (732) I seem to recall there being a Guide to the Internet, possibly by EDUCOM. Does anyone out there know if there is such a thing and where I might get a copy? Please respond to me directly as I cannot get Humanist via AOL. Thanks, Vicky Walsh (formerly ACH NL editor now independent) From: vwalsh@aol.com Subject: pen pal assistance Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 22:48:21 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 568 (733) This is addressed to any teachers of French, Spanish, or German, either in or out of the US: Do you have students with access to the Internet who would be interesting in becoming penpals with students here (6-8th grades) please respond directly to me as I cannot get Humanist on AOL. Thanks, Vicky Walsh From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Pounds, shillings and pence Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 10:52:14 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 569 (734) Can anyone tell me if there is a little program somewhere that can add, subtract, etc. in the OLD monetary system of Great Britain. A researcher of my acquaintance is spending hours adding pounds, shillings and pence, and is sure there must be someone out there who has solved this problem! Many thanks for any suggestions. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: Michael Heim <mheim@csulb.edu> Subject: Erasmus Query Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 12:06:10 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 570 (735) Dear Editors-- I would like to submit the following query to all Humanists: Fellow Humanists-- Aldus Software is fond of citing our patron Erasmus, attributing to him the following statement about his publisher, Aldo Manucio: "Aldus is creating a library which has no boundaries other than the world itself." I haven't been able to locate the quotation in the many volumes of Erasmus in our library. Maybe I missed something? Is this quotation genuine Erasmus? If so, where is it found? Mike Heim mheim@beach.csulb.edu From: Achim Wagenknecht <DBPHILOS@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> Subject: Adress Request Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 17:16:49 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 571 (736) Hi Ellen, please can you post this message on Mail-list: Does anyone know the Adress of BROWN BAG Comp. USA or does anyone know how to obtain a new version of the Computer-Software MINDREADER warmly Achim From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Speech after long silence Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 15:01:52 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 337 (737) I just wanted to say that it's nice to be back: if any of the old gang wondered, I was very sick for quite a while, during which time (a) my computer was moved to another room with no phone connection and (b) the University dropped off Bitnet and (finally) switched to Internet. But I'm ok and back with a phone line and an Internet signon....looking forward to some good arguments (right now, it mostly looks like announcements of meetings and calls for papers....) From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 572 (738) ************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES THEORY AND APPLICATIONS August 4-7 1993 Quebec City, Canada ************************************************************************* Sponsored by IBM Canada (requested), Microsoft (requested) UNISYS Corporation (requested) Sun Systems (requested) l'Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada Butterworth Heinemann Ltd. In cooperation with AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence ACM Association for Computing Machinery (requested) CEFRIO Centre francophone de recherche en informatisation des organisations CRIM Le Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal IEEE Computer Society (requested) GIRICO Le Groupe de recherche en informatisation des organisations CSSCI The Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence ************************************************************************* Conference Themes Two fields are devoted to the study and development of knowledge-based systems (KBS): artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Over the past 25 years, researchers have proposed several approaches for modelling knowledge in KBS, including several kinds of formalisms: semantic networks, frames, logics etc. In the early eighties, John F. Sowa introduced the Conceptual Graph (CG) theory which provides a knowledge representation framework consisting of a form of logic with a graph notation, and which integrates several features from semantic net and frame representations. Since that time, several research teams over the world have been working on the application and on the extension of CG theory in various domains ranging from natural language processing to database modelling and machine learning. This international conference follows a series of seven annual workshops and aims at providing an active forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas about the theory and application of conceptual graphs. It is also opened to researchers proposing alternative knowledge representation approaches, provided that they compare them to CG theory. Subjects may include, but are not limited to the following topics. Theory Foundations . Knowledge representation using CG . Operations on CG . Logic systems using CG . Enhancements to CG theory . Modality and truth maintenance . Reasoning using CG Natural Language Processing (NLP) . Semantic representations based on CG . Pragmatics . NLP systems using CG Methods and Tools . Methodologies for knowledge acquisition . Learning approaches using CG . Database conceptual modelling using CG . Expert systems and CG . Graph manipulation systems for CG . Abstract machines for CG Alternative Approaches . Comparing CG and . CG compared with various logics . Alternative cognitive approaches for knowledge representation and manipulation Standardization . Knowledge representation standardization efforts based on CG Applications of all Kinds ************************************************************************* Proceedings Two types of papers will be considered: long papers (up to 5000 words) to be published by Morgan Kaufmann in a book which will be available at the conference; short papers (up to 2000 words) to be included in a supplementary notebook also available at the conference. ************************************************************************* Important dates author's submission December 1 1992 notification of acceptance February 15 1993 camera-ready final papers April 1 1993 ************************************************************************* Instructions for authors Authors are invited to submit five copies of their papers, not exceeding 5000 words (long papers), or 2000 words (short papers), double spaced, written in English, including a page with: title of paper, author's name and address, phone and fax numbers, a 20 line abstract, a list of keywords. Submitted papers should reach the program committee chairmen before December 1, 1992 at the following address : Guy Mineau / Bernard Moulin ICCS'93 Conference Laval University, Computer Science Department Pavillon Pouliot Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1K 7P4 Canada fax : 1 - 418 - 656 2324 ************************************************************************* General Chairman: John F. Sowa, IBM Systems Research Institute (USA) Program Committee and Organizing co-Chairmen: Guy Mineau, Bernard Moulin, Universite Laval (Canada) Program Committee Jerrold Aronson SUNY at Binghamton (USA) Nick Cercone Simon Fraser University (Canada) Peter Creasy University of Queensland (Australia) Veronica Dahl Simon Fraser University (Canada) Peter Eklund Adelaide University (Australia) Gerard Ellis University of Queensland (Australia) John Esch Paramax (USA) Jean Fargues IBM Paris (France) Norman Foo University of Sydney (Australia) Carl Frederiksen McGill University (Canada) Brian Gaines University of Calgary (Canada) Roger Hartley New Mexico State University (USA) Martin Janta CMR, St Jean (Canada) Pavel Kocura Loughborough Univ. (England) Debbie Leishman Hughes (Canada) George Lendaris Portland State University (USA) Robert Levinson Univ. of Calif. at Santa Cruz (USA) Robert Meersman Tilburg University (The Netherlands) Sung Myaeng Syracuse University (USA) Tim Nagle UNISYS Corp. (USA) Heather Pfeiffer New Mexico State University (USA) Gerard Sabah LIMSI-CNRS (France) Doug Skuce University of Ottawa (Canada) James Slagle University of Minnesota (USA) Eric Tsui University of Sydney (Australia) Paola Velardi University of Ancona (Italy) Eileen Way SUNY at Binghamton (USA) Yelena Yesha Univ. of Maryland Baltimore (USA) Michael Zock LIMSI-CNRS (France) **************************************************************************** About the conference location Longtime national capital under the French and English regimes, Quebec City has preserved this role at the provincial level. The oldest city in North Americ a, it offers an interesting blend of early and modern architecture. It is the only fortified city north of Mexico. Its impressive walls, originally design ed to block access to the city, today invite visitors to enjoy the subtle har mony of various architectural styles. Because Le Vieux Quebec is a unique sit e that has attracted world attention, it was the first North American city to be included on UNESCO's prestigious world heritage list. Perched atop cap Di amant, the historic district overlooks the St. Lawrence River and offers nume rous breathtaking views of the South Shore, lile d'Orleans, the Lower city an d the Laurentians. It is a charming piece of Europe in North America. **************************************************************************** Information form Attendance to the conference will be limited. If you wish to receive the early announcement of the conference program, please fill in this form and send it at the following address Guy Mineau / Bernard Moulin Conference ICCS'93 Laval University, Computer Science Department Pavillon Pouliot Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1K 7P4 , Canada Email: MINEAU@VM1.ULAVAL.CA MOULIN@VM1.ULAVAL.CA Name: Affiliation: Address: City: Zip code: Country: Telephone number: Fax number: **************************************************************************** IF SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES MAY BE INTERESTED BY THIS CONFERENCE, PLEASE GIVE THEM A COPY OF THIS CALL FOR PAPERS. WE NEED YOUR HELP. ------- End of Forwarded Message From: tharpold@sas.upenn.edu (Terry Harpold) Subject: Re: Hypertext at MLA Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 9:00:24 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 338 (739) "Hypertext, Hypermedia: Defining a Fictional Form" 1992 Modern Languages Association Convention Special Session #388 Tuesday, December 29, 1992, 12:00 noon-1:15 PM Terence Harpold, University of Pennsylvania (chair) Michael Joyce, Jackson Community College; Vassar College Carolyn Guyer, Boston, MA Judy Malloy, Leonardo Stuart Moulthrop, Georgia Institute of Technology Until recently, critical discussion of hypertext has tended to focus on issues of implementation, psychology and epistemology--the problems raised by hypertext as a kind of writing independent of its generic applications. Little attention has been paid to issues specific to the writing and reading of hypertext _fiction_. This session will be devoted to a discussion of hypertext fiction (and, more generally, electronic fiction) as an emerging mode of discourse in the late age of print. The panel includes individuals from both academia and the growing community of authors working in electronic text and multimedia. In addition to the sizable body of theory and criticism they represent, each of the panelists is well-known for his or her electronic fiction. The papers: Michael Joyce's paper, "Hypertextual Rhythms (The Momentary Advantage of Our Awkwardness)," addresses the historical moment of recent hypertext fiction. He will suggest that the common perception of hypertext as an awkward and opaque mode of discourse may actually make it easier to grasp its historical significance. Before the novelty of the electronic medium fades, and electronic text assumes the transparency that printed text now has, we may better understand it as a distinct representational form. Judy Malloy's paper, "Between the Narrator and the Narrative (The Disorder of Memory)," will draw on several of her "narrabases" ("narrative databases") to discuss problems of narrative "truth" in radically non-sequential electronic texts. The randomness and interactivity of hypertext fiction make it possible to vary the reader's experience with each reading; the disorder of the fictional worlds that thus emerge mimics, she contends, the disordered yet linked structure of human memory. Carolyn Guyer's paper, "Buzz-Daze Jazz and the Quotidian Stream (Attempts to Filet a Paradox)," explores the structure of narrative temporality in hypertext fiction. She will argue that hypertextual narratives are "complex mixtures" (Deleuze and Guattari), in which figure and ground are shifted arhythmically, in a chaotic or fractal way. The result is an oscillating transformation of the linear temporality of traditional fictional forms. Stuart Moulthrop's paper, "Hypertext as War Machine," situates hypertext fiction as an inherently politicized byproduct of the late capitalist event-state of spectacle, simulation, and multinational aggression. Focusing on John McDaid's "Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse" and his own "Victory Garden," he asks whether the deformations of print narrative in these fictions provide an alternative to the semiotics of the spectacle, or represent (in Hakim Bey's term) merely "festal" digressions from the discourse of disembodied power. For more information, contact: Terence Harpold 420 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 tharpold@mail.sas.upenn.edu From: "Gary A. Anderson" <gaa@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU> Subject: NEH Summer Seminar: Adam and Eve Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 13:26:50 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 573 (740) Announcing a 1993 NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, or University faculty in departments without doctoral programs: THE ADAM AND EVE NARRATIVE IN CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH TRADITION Directed by Gary A. Anderson and Michael E. Stone at The University of Virginia. June 15 to August 7, 1993 This Seminar will study the evolution of the Adam and Eve narrative in Post-biblical Judaism and Christianity. A wide variety of documents will be surveyed including material from the Pseudepigrapha, New Testament, Targums, Rabbinic literature, Patristic literature as well as several vernacular retellings of the Adam and Eve narrative from the Middle Ages. Special attention will be paid to the role of exegesis in the formation of Jewish and Christian traditions as well as the role of the Pseudepi-grapha as a source of transmission of early Christian and Jewish themes into the medieval era. This seminar will be an interdisciplinary one. Scholars interested in the aims and techniques of ancient exegesis, the differences between Jewish and Christian approaches to the narrative of the Garden, and the manner in which early Jewish and Christian ideas were transmitted into the medieval period and helped form a vernacular tradition of Biblical re- presentation are encouraged to apply. Stipend: $4000 Postmark deadline for applications: March 2, 1992 Awards announced: March 29, 1992 For Applications and further information write: Gary A. Anderson Department of Religious Studies The University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 e-mail: gaa@virginia Phone: (804) 924-6722 From: jodonnel@sas.upenn.edu (James J. O'Donnell) Subject: NEH Seminars Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 16:31:23 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 574 (741) This is the season for college teachers to begin thinking of NEH summer seminars to which to apply. I hope others will post information on Humanist, but full information can be requested from NEHFELL@GWUVM. Here is one: NEH Summer Seminar AUGUSTINE AND HIS INFLUENCE Conducted by: James J. O'Donnell Department of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania Seminar Dates: 20 June - 30 July 1993 (six weeks) Seminar Site: Bryn Mawr College (Phila. suburbs) Seminar Stipend: $3200 Eligibility: Mainly for college teachers (including two-year colleges), but also open to librarians, and independent scholars (who may include secondary school teachers). *Not* for those actively engaged in post-graduate teaching. (Many borderline eligibility cases: inquire for details). For fuller information, write: Professor James J. O'Donnell NEH Seminar Department of Classical Studies 720 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 or: jodonnel@mail.sas.upenn.edu Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is a figure who exercised a powerful influence over the thought of his own and later ages. This seminar will seek to provide participants with a secure foundation in the thought and writings of Augustine and at the same time introduce them to the possibilities and challenges for investigation into the ways in which those writings worked on his world and on later generations. The seminar will explore the presence of Augustine through the literary, philosophical, religious, and artistic achievements of late antiquity, the middle ages, the renaissance, and modern times. Participants with a wide range of interests and competences will be welcome. From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Date: Mon, 02 Nov 92 17:30:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 340 (742) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 1.099 Release of HERMENEUTICS Bibliography ISSN 1188-5734 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= November 2, 1992 [deleted quotation] The bibliography, _Hermeneutics_, (Volume Two from the forthcoming CONTENTS Project bibliographic series, _Christian Doctrines: Approaches in the Human Sciences_), by Douglas Rayment, University of Ottawa, is now available via FTP as a Postscript file and as a low ASCII text via Listserv and FTP. Volume Two is 30 pages in length. 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Please report any printing problems to the address below. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that disseminates table of contents, abstracts, reviews and ordering information on new and recent print and electronic publications of relevance to Religious Studies. Electronic subscriptions are free; to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Matters Canadian cont. (fwd) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 18:36:11 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 575 (743) [forwarded from ANSAXNET on behalf of Jane Toswell] Forwarded message: [deleted quotation] -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Canadian medievalists Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 18:54:53 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 576 (744) I have just forwarded Jane Toswell's announcement about the new society of Canadian Medievalists to a number of lists. Her message ends with a request to distribute the list to other lists. Please ignore that part of her message (and only that part), since I have already done so. Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: medieval E-Ma goodies Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 20:07:11 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 342 (745) To those of you lucky enough to be medievalists -- or those who aren't medievalists but want other people to think they are -- or those who just wnt to help a good cause, the Dictionary of Old English, a victim of cost effectiveness -- or those who just want a nice T-shirt, I forward this note to HUMANIST from ASAXNET and elsewhere.... [deleted quotation] From: Editors of PMC <PMC@NCSUVM> Subject: PMC/OUP Date: Tue, 03 Nov 92 10:55:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 343 (746) OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TO PUBLISH _POSTMODERN CULTURE_ Oxford University Press and _Postmodern Culture_ are pleased to announce a new partnership in electronic publishing. Beginning in January of 1993, Oxford will publish _Postmodern Culture_, marking the first time a university press has published a networked, fully electronic journal. _Postmodern Culture_ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal of interdisciplinary criticism on contemporary literature, theory, and culture. It is currently published at North Carolina State University, and is supported by the NCSU Dept. of English, the NCSU Libraries, NCSU Campus and Engineering Computing, the NCSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the NCSU Research Office. _Postmodern Culture_ has appeared three times a year since September of 1990; at present, it has over 2,300 subscribers in more than 40 countries. Oxford University Press established an electronic publishing research unit in late 1985 and released their first electronic products in 1988. Oxford currently publishes more than fifty electronic packages in science, medicine, general reference, and the humanities and social sciences: _Postmodern Culture_ will be Oxford's first electronic journal and its first networked electronic publication. All back issues of _Postmodern Culture_ are always available, and previous issues have included: Andrew Ross, "Hacking Away at the Counter-culture" bell hooks, "Postmodern Blackness" Laura Kipnis, "Marx: The Video (A Politics of Revolting Bodies)" George Yudice, "Feeding the Transcendent Body" Kathy Acker, "Dead Doll Humility" and "Obsession" Neil Larsen, "Postmodernism and Imperialism: Theory and Politics in Latin America" Patrick O'Donnell, "His Master's Voice: On William Gaddis's _JR_" Greg Ulmer, "Grammatology Hypermedia" Susan Howe, "Incloser" Charles Bernstein, "The Second War and Postmodern Memory" Allison Fraiberg, "Of AIDS, Cyborgs, and Other Indiscretions: Resurfacing the Body in the Postmodern" (with a response by David Porush) Stuart Moulthrop, "You Say You Want A Revolution: Hypertext and the Laws of Media" Bob Perelman, "The Marginalization of Poetry" Fred Pfeil, "Revolting Yet Conserved: Family %Noir% in _Blue Velvet_ and _Terminator 2_" Rochelle Owens, "Drum and Whistle" and "Black Stems," Two Poems from _LUCA: Discourse on Life & Death_ Paul McCarthy, "Postmodern Pleasure and Perversity: Scientism and Sadism" Robert Coover, Title Sequence from _Lucky Pierre_ Marc Laidlaw, "Great Breakthroughs in Darkness" Plus: reviews of books and events, notices of conferences and publications, and Popular Culture columns on the televising of the Tour de France, Satanism and the mass media, women's body-building, lesbian bodies in the age of postmechanical reproduction, and others. For a free electronic-mail subscription to _Postmodern Culture_, send a subscription request with your first and last name to PMC@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU or to PMC@NCSUVM. To subscribe to disk or microfiche before January, 1993, send $15 (individual rate) or $30 (institutional rate) to: Postmodern Culture Box 8105 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-8105 In Canada, add $3; outside North America, add $7. Please specify disk format (Macintosh 3.5", IBM 3.5" or IBM 5.25"). After January, 1993, send disk and microfiche subscription requests to: Journals Department Oxford University Press 2001 Evans Road Cary, NC 27513 From: sokoloff@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il (Prof. Sokoloff Michael) Subject: Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 07:49:59 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 577 (747) For an article together with a colleague I am working on a selendromium in Aramaic. We are aware of the existence of similar texts in Greek from the Byzantine Period. Any information concerning selendromia in earlier Greek or Laatin sources would be appreciated. From: Ezra Zubrow <APYEZRA@UBVMS.BITNET> Subject: Q's Exchanges and housing information Date: 02 Nov 1992 00:57:32 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 578 (748) My wife and I will be taking our sabbaticals in Cambridge England beginning Jan. 15, 1992. We would be interested in renting an apartment or house for that period. We would also be interested in exchanging. We are both faculty members at SUNY Buffalo. Please contact us at: apyezra@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu Thank you. Marcia Zubrow Ezra Zubrow From: Peter_Hirtle@occshost.nlm.nih.gov Subject: Synonym for Terminator? Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 15:58:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 579 (749) A scholar who is cataloging the library's collection of Arabic manuscripts has run into a translation problem. She has asked if I could request assistance from the good people who read HUMANIST. The work in question has in the title a noun which she would define as "the thing (specifically in this case writing) which supercedes or makes obsolete an earlier version." We don't seem to have in everyday English a word such as "superceder" or "obsoleter." We suggested "the Terminator," but that seems a little anachronistic for a 13th century Arabic manuscript. Can anyone suggest something better? Note: it must if possible be a noun. Peter B. Hirtle Curator, Modern Manuscripts voice: 301-496-5963 or History of Medicine Division 800-272-4787 1/3/2/2 National Library of Medicine fax: 301-402-0872 Bethesda, MD 20894 INTERNET: peter_hirtle@occshost.nlm.nih.gov From: bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Barry W. K. Joe) Subject: Vox connection Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 11:32:23 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 580 (750) Would anyone on the net know a voice phone # to connect to Princeton U.? I'm looking in particular for the History Dept. Please reply to my address in the header. Thanks, Barry W. K. Joe Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies Brock University St. Catharines, Canada <bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> From: "J.J.Higgins - Education" <J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Circularity in defining Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 15:48:39 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 581 (751) I have been working with some students on dictionary definitions, and we discussed circularity. I have a distant memory of a fairy story in which the king was presented with a new dictionary. It included the entries *Cockatrice: see basilisk* and *Basilisk: see cockatrice*. The king promptly ordered the lexicographer's execution. Can anyone give me chapter and verse on this? from John Higgins, University of Bristol, J.Higgins@Bristol.ac.uk From: Richard Giordano <rich@cs.man.ac.uk> Subject: Computer Ethics Query Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 21:08:12 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 582 (752) A few months ago, someone from, I think, Southern Connecticut University posted a message announcing the availability of a computer ethics curriculum complete with videotape. I've lost that posting, and now I find myself charged with designing none other than a computer ethics course! If anyone has any details on this or other such programs, can you please email them to me? I know that I'm cluttering-up the Humanist with this request, but please be patient. There must be some of you who have had similar resposnibilities placed on them and know what it's like. Thanks. /rich From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0336 Qs: Pounds, shillings & pence Date: Sun, 01 Nov 92 13:38:03 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 583 (753) Any spreadsheet program can add pounds, shillings, and pence, or any similarly mystifying set (yards, feet and inches; pounds and ounces). Just make a column for pounds, another for shillings, and another for pence. Near the bottom -- if you don't want to get complicated -- put a row that totals each column. This should look like this: Pounds Shillings Pence (Individual . . . entries) . . . . . . TOTAL SUM (..) SUM (..) SUM (..) Call the three cells including the totals A, B, and C (of course you will really call them whatever your program calls them). For the next row -- to keep things transparent -- reduce the pence to lowest terms by defining three more cells (I will call them D, E, and F) where D=A, E=B+INT(C/12), and F=MOD(C/12), where "INT" means "the largest integer smaller than what is in parentheses (i.e., the quotient without the remainder) and "MOD" means "the remainder of what is in parentheses". Now for the next and last row, define your three cells (G, H, and I, of course) as follows: G=D+INT(E/20), H=MOD(E/20), I=F. Now enter whatever entries you want in the "individual entries" rows, and the bottom row will always show you the total in pounds, shillings and pence. The same program can balance your checkbook, too. You could, of course, do without the two rows before the last one by making the formulae more complicated. I have had to add up large number of drachmae, oboloi, and chalkoi, and it used to be much trickier before spreadsheets. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Date: Sun, 01 Nov 92 14:06 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 584 (754) It shouldn't be too hard: 12 pence (abbrev. d.) to the shilling 20 shillings to the pound If you add in Crowns (5 s.), half-crowns (2/6), tuppence (2 d.), and thrupence (3 d.) you should be on your way without any more than a pocket calculator. WPW TB0wpw1@NIU From: Patrick John Coppock <patCoppock@avh.unit.no> Subject: 6.0336 Qs: Exchanges; Pen-Pals; S/W; Address; Quote (6/89) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 03:48:30 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 585 (755) Achim Wagenknecht <DBPHILOS@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes: [deleted quotation] As far as I know, Brown Bag (the originaters of PC Outline) are at: Brown Bag Software File #41719 Box 60000 San Fransisco CA 94160-1719 USA This at least is the address they provided some years ago with copies of the shareware version of PCO. They might well have moved though, the last couple of years. Try anyway and good luck! Their phone number is: (408) 559-4545 And they provide a BBS service at: (408) 371-7654 (Campbell) (408) 424-3452 (New York) best wishes pat coppock dept. of applied linguistics university of trondheim avh n-7055 dragvoll norway patCoppock@avh.unit.no From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Re: 6.0336 Pounds, shillings, pence Date: Mon, 02 Nov 92 11:03:09 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 586 (756) A special program isn't needed to calculate pounds, shillings, and pence. Any spreadsheet will do the job. The trick is to convert pounds and shillings to pence, perform the arithmetic, and then reconvert (if you wish). If you put pounds, shillings and pence in columns B, C, and D, then your formula in E will be (B1*240)+(C1*12)+D1. But I expect you knew that! Donald Spaeth Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History University of Glasgow Scotland From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Pounds, shillings and pence Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 07:31:28 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 587 (757) Public thanks to those (including Eric Johnson who replied on the list) who sent me information; I now have a program, a hypercard stack, and some suggestions about spreadsheets, and my needy colleagues are very pleased indeed. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: gwp@dido.caltech.edu (G. W. Pigman III) Subject: 6.0336 Qs: Exchanges; Pen-Pals; S/W; Address; Quote (6/89) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 07:41:39 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 588 (758) Michael Heim wants to know the source of Erasmus's statement about his publisher, Aldus Manutius: "Aldus is creating a library which has no boundaries other than the world itself." It's from "Festina Lente": "Aldus bibliothecam molitur, cuius non alia septa sint, quam ipsius orbis" (*Adagia*, in *Opera Omnia*, ed. Le Clerc, ii. 403A). From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Erasmus reference Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 20:41:31 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 589 (759) I am not sure where in Erasmus the statement cited by Mike Heim could be found, and I've cross-posted the query on Ficino to see if anyone there does. However, it sounds to me like an allusion to Ovid, Fasti II, 683-4: "The land of other nations has a fixed boundary: the circuit of Rome is the circuit of the world." Since these lines conclude Ovid's section on the figure of Terminus, whom Erasmus I believe used as his seal, it seems likely to me that the saying is indeed Erasmian. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Erasmus reference Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 20:48:41 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 590 (760) An Erasmian friend tells me that Mike Heim may find his Erasmus reference by going to the index of Vol. 12 of Allen's edition of the correspondence, and following the references to Aldus Manutius until he finds the right one. If indeed the observation was made by Erasmus, it is surely somewhere in his letters! ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: Richard Bear <RBEAR@OREGON> Subject: Lists Date: 05 Nov 1992 11:58:51 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 591 (761) On PACS-L I have seen a very useful list of lists librarians can join. I gather there are a number of such lists in the Humanities as well, but have only seen oblique references to them. Could we have such a list of lists posted? I'm particulary interested in seeing what activity is going on in English Renaissance, approx. 1500-1672. From: mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: arabic question Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:19:31 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 592 (762) One of our faculty members is interested in knowing whether SoftPC (Insignia Solutions) for the Mac will work with Arabic. He is also interested in whether anyone is using MS Dos Arabic version distributed by Mindware in the United Arab Emirates. Sharon D. Michalove Assistant to the Chair for Undergraduate Affairs Department of History, UIUC 309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-4145 mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu ******************************************************** See the kitten on the wall/Sporting with the leaves that fall Wht intenseness of desire/In her upward eye of fire! William Wordsworth ******************************************************** From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Queries re references in Rushdie Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 13:36:07 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 593 (763) Here are some references from The Satanic Verses which I have been unable to track down. Can anyone help? p. 13: We are creatures of air, Our roots in dreams And clouds, reborn in flight. Note left behind by Gibreel, but is it a quotation from something else? p. 95: Arabia Odorifera During what period was this a name for Arabia? Roman? Medieval? Renaissance? p. 280: New Broomstick Needed to Sweep Out Witches (a 17th- century pamphlet?) p. 314: O but he's dead, and at the bottom of the sea. (No, it is not from The Tempest.) p. 422: London Bridge Which Is Of Stone (capitalized thus, from a children's rhyme? From: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no Subject: The essay genre in science Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:23:18 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 594 (764) Dear HUMANISTs, A friend of mine is planning a research project on the history and theory of the essay as a genre of scientific writing. In this context he is trying to locate all kinds of -- English or non-English -- materials discussing the genre as it has developed after Francis Bacon's *Essais*. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated and may be addressed directly to me. Sincerely, --jon lanestedt ----------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lanestedt Department of Linguistics and Philosophy University of Oslo Tel: +47-2-854899 P.O.Box 1102 Blindern Tel: +47-2-854348 N-0317 Oslo Fax: +47-2-856919 Norway Internet: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no ----------------------------------------------------------- From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: Computer Ethics course Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 20:56:06 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 595 (765) [deleted quotation] May I request that responses be made to the list? I would be interested to see them, and I suspect others might be as well. Glenn Everett English Dept. Univ. of Tennessee at Martin IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Query: Email address Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:35:28 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 596 (766) Sorry to trouble the net with trivial queries, but ... can anyone supply an email address for David J. Birnbaum of the Department of Slavic Langs, U of Pittsburgh? Thanks, Donald Spaeth CTICH From: Kurt De Belder <DEBELDER@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu> Subject: Address OpenText Systems? Date: 10 Nov 1992 17:40:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 597 (767) The address for the vendor of PAT/Lector, OpenText Systems, listed in the _Humanities Computing Yearbook_ , seems to be unknown to the Canadian Postal Services. The address I used was: OpenText Systems, Inc. Unit 622 Waterloo Town Square Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 Canada Could someone supply me with the correct address. Many thanks. Kurt De Belder New York University debelder@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu From: manutius!muru@uunet.UU.NET (Murugappan Palania) Subject: Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 15:46:22 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 348 (768) HYPERTEXT'93 ACM Conference on Hypertext Seattle, Washington, USA November 14-18, 1993 Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery and its special interest groups (SIGLINK, SIGOIS, and SIGIR) IMPORTANT DATES: April 1, 1993 Papers, panels, courses, commercial symposium, videos, and technical briefings received June 15, 1993 Acceptance notifications to authors July 15, 1993 Final versions received for the proceedings August 2, 1993 Demos and posters received August 27, 1993 Final videos received for production CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Hypertext '93 is an international conference on hypertext theory, systems, and applications. The ACM Hypertext Conference occurs annually, alternating between locations in the United States and Europe. Hypertext systems provide computer support for locating, gathering, annotating, and organizing information. Hypertext systems are being designed for information collections of material in diverse heterogeneous media, hence the alternate name, hypermedia. Hypertext is by nature multi-disciplinary, involving research in many fields, including computer science, cognitive science, rhetoric, and education, as well as many application domains. This conference will interest a broad spectrum of professionals in these fields including theoreticians, behavioral researchers, systems researchers, and applications developers. The conference will provide a forum for papers, panels, courses, commercial symposium, videos, technical briefings, posters, and demonstrations. Topics include but are not limited to: Paradigms for information access Information design Theories, models, and frameworks Experimental or observational studies Workplace deployment issues Structuring hypertext documents for reading and retrieval Innovative hypertexts Underlying technologies (persistent object stores, link services, databases, information retrieval, access control) TECHNICAL PAPERS: Technical papers present integrative reviews or original reports of substantive new work in areas that are theoretical (models, analysis techniques, semantics), empirical (experiments, case studies), or implementation-oriented (new systems, authoring methods, interfaces). Submissions: Papers must be written in English, contain a maximum of 6000 words (excluding figures), and in no case should exceed 14 single-spaced pages. Please submit 7 copies of the paper and one copy of a cover page. On the cover page include the title, the author name(s), and the author affiliation(s), contact information (mailing address, telephone, FAX, e-mail), the word count, an abstract of about 200 words, and several topical keywords. The title, author names and affiliations, the abstract, and the keywords should also appear on the first page of the paper itself. Requests for information by electronic mail to: furuta@cs.umd.edu or stotts@cs.unc.edu. Submissions to: David Stotts Department of Computer Science Campus Box 3175 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 USA phone: 919 962-1833 COURSES: Proposals for both 1/2- and 1-day courses at both introductory and advanced levels are solicited. Courses can be proposed with a technology, methods, or applications focus. The examples below are illustrative, not exhaustive. Technology Focus: Technical options in using underlying or related technology such as databases, information retrieval, indexing, artificial intelligence, expert systems, application development tools, graphics, multimedia, filmmaking, and SGML. Methods Focus: Systematic approaches, firmly grounded on experience and lessons learned, for planning and carrying out successful hypertext projects such as project management, evaluation, testing, standards, CALS compliance, and legal issues. Applications/Domain Focus: Coherent frameworks with case studies, lessons learned, technology and methods for developing applications in particular domains such as online documentation, software engineering, education, public access information, museums, collaborative authoring, manufacturing, and medicine. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the instructor's qualifications for teaching the proposed course and the contribution of the course to the overall conference program. Submissions: Proposals should include a 200-word abstract, a 1-page topical outline of the course content, and describe the course objectives, intended audience, length (half- or full-day), and the instructor's qualifications. Proposers are invited to contact the courses chairman to discuss their planned proposals. Submit four copies of the proposal. Submissions and requests for information to: Robert J. Glushko Passage Systems 723 Hastings Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 USA voice/fax: 412 362-3356 email: glushko@passage.com COMMERCIAL SYMPOSIUM: Proposals from vendors are solicited to demonstrate how their product or service solves practical problems in hypertext projects. Sessions will be organized around topics of concern in real-world projects. Vendors should specify one of the following sessions in which they would like to participate: - Authoring for Hypertext - Conversion of Printed Documents - Multimedia Data Management - Presentation Tools and Technologies - Delivery and Distribution Technologies A moderator will outline the technical issues of each session. Vendors will have 20 minutes to describe commercially viable approaches to solving the technical problems. Sales-oriented presentations are not appropriate. Demonstrations of technology should relate directly to the goals of the session. Submissions: Vendors are invited to submit a brief (3 to 5 page) description of their presentation. Submissions should describe the technical problem to be addressed and how their technology helps solve the problem. Vendors who are interested in participating are encouraged to contact the symposium chair well in advance of the proposal deadline to discuss their approach. Submissions and requests for information to: Daryl V. Savell Search Technology 4898 South Old Peachtree Road, Suite 200 Atlanta, Georgia 30071 USA voice: 404 441-1457 fax: 404 263-0802 email: savell@searchtech.com TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS: Technical briefings provide a medium for presenting details of a concrete design rather than an empirical or theoretical contribution. Presenters should emphasize experience in the design and implementation of a hypertext system or application, and discuss decision points and trade-offs. Briefings can also communicate insights into authoring large or highly original hypertexts. A briefing consists of a 30 minute in-depth presentation of the interesting contributions made by the system or hypertext, accompanied by live interaction. Proposed presentations will be judged on the value of the technical messages they deliver to designers or the insights they convey to other hypertext authors. Submissions: Proposals (approx. 1500 words or 5 pages) should be submitted in five paper copies and outline the points that will be made in the briefing. A separate page must contain the title of the briefing, name(s), affiliation(s), and complete mailing address(es) (including phone, fax, and e-mail) of the author(s). A short description of the technical briefing will appear in the conference proceedings. Submissions and requests for information to: Catherine Marshall Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA voice: 415 812-4740 fax: 415 812-4777 email: marshall@parc.xerox.com PANELS: Panels will provide a dramatic and spontaneous forum for exploring the art of hypertext, looking back upon the recent past, and for proposing future directions. We particularly encourage panels that bring a diverse range of views and methodologies to bear on analysis and criticism of specific, published hypertexts, collections of hypertexts, or hypertext writing environments. Submissions: Proposals should describe, in appropriate detail, the issues the panelists will address, the approaches they adopt, and the likely questions and controversies the panel will explore. The background and qualifications of each panelist should be discussed. Full position papers will appear in the proceedings. Submissions and requests for information to: Mark Bernstein Eastgate Systems, Inc. 134 Main Street Watertown, MA 02172 USA voice: 617 924-9044 fax: 617 923-4575 email: EastgateS@aol.com POSTERS: Poster presentations enable researchers to present late-breaking results, significant work in progress, or work that is best communicated in conversation. Poster sessions let conference attendees exchange ideas one-on-one with authors, and let authors discuss their work in detail with those attendees most deeply interested in the same topic. Submissions: Submit an extended abstract of at most two pages emphasizing the problem, what was done, and why the work is important. Electronic submission is preferred. Please provide cover information: the title, the name and affiliation of the author(s), and complete address (including telephone, fax, email) for the author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Submissions and requests for information to: Gary Perlman Computer & Information Science, 228 Bolz Hall 2036 Neil Avenue Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1277 USA phone: 614 292-2566 fax: 614 292-9021 email: perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu DEMONSTRATIONS: We invite proposals for demonstrations of hypertext technology and applications. Demonstrations should focus on aspects of the system that are novel and important. The system may represent an interesting hypertext technology or an interesting hypertext application. Presenters of the systems should be individuals who have been directly involved with the development of the system, and who are aware of the differentiating and interesting ideas embodied by their system. Submissions: Submit a proposal of at most three pages describing the planned demonstration. The proposal should include a description of noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or approaches your demo will illustrate; an explanation of how your demo will illustrate these ideas or approaches; information about the person(s) who will present the demo; a 100-word summary for inclusion in a program description; and hardware and software requirements, including electrical requirements. Submissions and requests for information to: William Jones Boeing Computer Services P.O. Box 24346, MS 7L-64 Seattle, WA 98124-0346 USA phone: 206 865 3319 email: william@atc.boeing.com VIDEOS: The video program will be shown continuously during the conference. Videos are appropriate for demonstrations that would be difficult to show live, for illustrating concepts that are hard to describe verbally, or for presenting prototypes or work in progress. Video may also be appropriate for hypertext systems whose individual features are not unique, but whose total effect is a significant advance. For the first time, we will also be accepting some short films which have a nonlinear narrative structure or other relation to the field of hypertext. Submissions: Submit one copy of a tape. 3/4 inch Umatic tapes are preferred. 1/2 inch VHS or 8mm formats will also be accepted, but may result in lower visual quality. NTSC format (used in North America and Japan) is strongly preferred, but PAL (used in most of Europe) will also be accepted. Please clearly indicate format on the submission. A rough cut and/or full shooting script, with final program length indicated, will be considered but judged more stringently. Each submission should be accompanied by a one page description with full credits, for inclusion in the conference literature. A primary contact person should be designated. Indicate the final format which will be delivered for production. Submissions and requests for information to: Jeremy J. Bornstein Apple Computer One Infinite Loop, MS 301-4A Cupertino, CA 95014 USA phone: 408 974-0143 fax: 408 974-5505 email: jeremy@apple.com EQUIPMENT SUPPORT: The conference encourages use of multimedia and computers. Standard computer hardware and systems software configurations and screen projection equipment will be provided by the conference. Washington State law prohibits rental of applications software, so each presenter must bring what they need. Non-standard or specialized hardware will be supported when possible, but presenters may need to ship it to the conference site. Proposals for demonstrations must include a description of hardware and software requirements. Other participants will receive a request for information about audio/visual and computer requirements when proposals are accepted. Conference Committee: General Chair: Steven Poltrock (Boeing Computer Services) Program Co-Chair: Richard Furuta (U. of Maryland) Program Co-Chair: David Stotts (U. of North Carolina) Treasurer: Keith Lash (Boeing Computer Services) Registration: Charles Schafer (Boeing Computer Services) Publicity: Muru Palaniappan (Aldus) Publications Co-Chair: Paul Goode (Microsoft) Publications Co-Chair: Christopher Brown (Microsoft) Proceedings Co-Chair: Charles Kacmar (Florida State U.) Proceedings Co-Chair: John Schnase (Texas A&M U.) Audio/Visual: David Hicks (Texas A&M U.) Local Arrangements: Douglas Schuler (Boeing Computer Services) Equipment: Chris Esposito (Boeing Computer Services) Industry Liaison: Dennis Egan (Bellcore) Student Volunteers: Michael Bieber (NJ Institute of Technology) European Coordinator: Dario Lucarella (CRA-ENEL) Courses: Robert Glushko (Passage Systems) Commercial Symposium: Daryl Savell (Search Technology) Panels: Mark Bernstein (Eastgate Systems) Technical Briefings: Catherine Marshall (Xerox PARC) Videos: Jeremy Bornstein (Apple Computer) Demos: William Jones (Boeing Computer Services) Posters: Gary Perlman (The Ohio State University) Information For general conference information, contact: Steven Poltrock Boeing Computer Services P.O. Box 24346 MS 7L-64 Seattle, WA 98124-0346 email: ht93@atc.boeing.com phone: 206 865-3270 From: Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0344 MS; Qs: Terms; Sources; Ethics; Housing (6/95) Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 08:17:30 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 344 (769) On Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:31:44 EST you said: [deleted quotation] From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 598 (770) [deleted quotation] From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 599 (771) You might try HOSPEX-L (Hospitality Exchange/Homestays). This is a standard listserv at PLEARN and is the broadcast channel for HOSPEX@PLEARN, which is a homestay exchange database only. You need to fill out a form before getting listed. The listowner is Wojtek Sylwestrzak (wojsyl@appli.mimuw.edu.pl) If anybody has used this, I would be interested in your experiences. From: Robert Braham <rmb@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> Subject: RE: 6.0344 MS; Qs: Terms; Sources; Ethics; Housing (6/95) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 15:16:16 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 344 (772) [deleted quotation] From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 600 (773) [deleted quotation] Sorry I can't help you on chapter and verse, but perhaps you are aware of the "Index" in Nabokov's _Pale Fire_ poem/novel/commentary thingie, in which one listing (a small sub-circle of the solipsistic universe of the work as a whole) plays the same game. At the moment I can't recall (and it's packed away) which entry. Similarly, the entry "self-reference" in the witty and intelligent "The New Hacker's Dictionary," (Eric Raymond, ed., MIT, 1991), and it's on-line (and larger) version, the "Jargon File 2.9.9" from April 1992 (the most recent version, I think). Eric Raymond's address (and he can tell you where FTP sites are for the file) is eric@snark.thyrsus.com. -- Robert Braham | Graduate School of the City University of New York | Internet: RMB@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu | 1315 Third Ave., 4D | | Bitnet: RMB@cunyvms1.bitnet | New York, NY 10021 | | Fidonet: 1:2603/105 Voice/data/fax: (212) 879-1026 | | Blahblah disclaimer: Why anyone would think this would | | represent the Graduate School of CUNY is beyond me | From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: MISC: Innovative Research Trends in the Human Sciences Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 19:26:07 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 350 (774) INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES University of Alberta Nov. 27-28 '92 ISSUES: - BUILDING TEAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS - RETHINKING THE RESEARCH AGENDA - SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS - INNOVATIVE USES OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (INCLUDING THEIR DEMONSTRATION) - FACILITATING ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH MODELS AGENDA N.B.:Unless otherwise specified, all presentations are no more than twenty (20) minutes in length followed by a ten-minute discussion period. All sessions will be in Corbett Hall Lecture Theatre 2-39. Friday, November 27, 1992 OPENING SESSION (8:30 - 10:00 a.m.) Chair:Prof. C. R. James Vice-President (Research), University of Alberta Topic: The Growth of Collaborative Research in the Human Sciences Speaker:Dr. Louise Dandurand, Secretary General, SSHRC Topic:"New Research Emergent from Technology: Reconfiguring the Disciplines" Speaker: Prof. Ian Lancashire Department of English, New College Director, Centre for Computing in the Humanities University of Toronto Prof. Elaine Nardocchio President, Consortium for Computers in the Humanities & Chair, Department of French McMaster University Topic: Opportunities and Challenges Inherent in Recent Collaborative Trends Speaker:Prof. R. L. Busch Associate Vice-President (Research), University of Alberta REFRESHMENT BREAK BUILDING TEAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS - SESSION I (10:30 - 12:30 pm) Chair:Dr. Cliff Hickey Director, Canadian Circumpolar Institute Topic:"Conditions for Successful Team Research Initiatives" Speaker:Prof. Harold Coward Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria Topic:"Cross-disciplinary Collaboration: Coming of Age and Growing Pains" Speaker:Prof. Allan Dobbs Director, Centre for Gerontology, University of Alberta & Member of the Canadian Aging Research Network (CARNET) Topic:"Not a Christmas Tree: Multidisciplinary Research Efforts and their Problems" Speaker:Prof. Rosemary Ommer Research Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University Topic:"Crossing Old Borders with New Ideas: Models for East- West Academic Cooperation -Results of a Canadian-Russian Joint Venture in Multimedia Program Development" Speaker:Prof. Samuel D. Cioran Director, Humanities Computing Centre McMaster University Lunch: 12:30 - 2:00pm Location: Conference site RETHINKING THE RESEARCH AGENDA - SESSION II (2:00 - 3:30pm) Chair:Prof. Baha Abu-Laban Professor of Sociology & Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts University of Alberta Topic:"The Case for Research Collaboration Across Council Boundaries" Speaker:Prof. Kenneth D. Craig Killam Research Fellow, Department of Psychology University of British Columbia Topic:"The University of Alberta-Based Government Interchange Program" Speakers:Ms. Phyllis Woolley-Fisher Director, Government Interchange Program, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta Mr. David Hudson Deputy Minister, Alberta Consumer & Corporate Affairs Topic:"Alternatives to the Scholarly Book and Article" Speakers:Ms. Sandra Woolfrey Director, Wilfred Laurier University Press Prof. David Marples Department of History, University of Alberta REFRESHMENT BREAK SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS(4:00 - 5:30pm) Chair:Mr. Steve Karp PhD Candidtate, Department of History, President, Graduate Students Association, University of Alberta Topic:"Organizational and Disciplinary Constraints Affecting the Supervisory Relationship" Speaker:Prof. Louis Maheu Vice-Dean, Professeur Titulaire, Dpartement de Sociologie, Facult d'Etudes Suprieures, Universit de Montral Topic:"Optimizing the Dissertation Experience" Speakers:Prof. T. Elrod Associate Professor, Department of Marketing & Economics Analysis,Faculty of Business, University of Alberta Ms. Joan White PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business,University of Alberta Topic:"Collaborative and apprenticing arrangements at the Centre for the Editing of Early Canadian Texts" Speaker:Prof. Mary J.Edwards, Director, CEECT,Carleton University Time:Cocktails (6:30pm) Dinner:7:00pm Location:Stollery Centre, Faculty of Business Keynote Speech:"Jumping the Wall" Speaker: Dr. Matthew Spence President, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1992 INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY I(8:30 - 10:00am) Chair:Prof. Mohan Matthen Department of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Humanities and Fine Arts), University of Alberta Topic:"ICONCLASS in Pictorial Information Systems" Speaker:Prof. Peter van Huisstede Researcher, Department of Computers and Humanities, University of Utrecht Topic:"Index of Christian Art" Speaker:Prof. Brendan Cassidy Professor, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University REFRESHMENT BREAK INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY II(10:30 - 11:45am) Chair:Prof. Craig Montgomerie Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration & Research Coordinator for Telecommunications, Office of the Vice-President (Research), University of Alberta Topic:"The Case for Research on Computer Assisted Instruction" Speaker:Prof. Milt Petruk, Department of Educational Administration, Director, Apple Innovation Support Centre, University of Alberta & Executive Director, Apple Canada Education Foundation Topic:Innovative Uses of Library Network Resources Speakers:Mr. Doug Poff Head, Information Technology Services, The University of Alberta Mr. Ernie Ingles Chief Librarian & Director of Libraries, The University of Alberta Lunch:11:45 - 1:00pm INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY III(1:00 - 2:50pm) Chair: Mr. Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa Topic:"Establishment of a (North-American) Consortium to Sponsor the Computer Network Publication of Refereed Journals" Speaker:Ms. Carolynne Presser Director, University of Manitoba Library Time:1:30 - 2:00pm Topic:"Getting Electronic Journals Up and Running" Speaker:Prof. Jean-Claude Gudon Dpartment de Littrature Compare, Universit de Montral & Editeur, Surfaces Topic:"Use of List-servers-Bulletin-boards-News-groups for Research" Speaker:Prof. Timothy Stephen Associate Professor, Communications Department of Language, Literature & Communications Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Time:2:30 - 2:50pm REFRESHMENT BREAK INTERNAL & EXTERNAL FACILITATION OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS (2:50 - 5:30pm) Chair:Prof. Olav Slaymaker Associate Vice-President (Research) & Professor, Department of Geography University of British Columbia Topic:Decanal & Chair Perspectives Speakers:Prof. Ron Bond Dean of Humanities, University of Calgary Prof. Robert V. Kubicek Associate Dean of Arts (Research, Promotions & Tenure) University of British Columbia Prof. Robert Silverman Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta Topic:National Perspectives on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Collaboration Within and Across Granting-Agency Boundaries Speakers:Prof. Louise Quesnel, Dpartement des Sciences Politiques, Universit Laval & President, Social Sciences Federation of Canada Prof. Elaine Nardocchio Vice-President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities Ms. Catherine Armour Program Officer (Networks), Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council [Medical Research Council [Speaker, TBA] Dr. Louise Dandurand Secretary General, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada **The University of Alberta gratefully recognizes the support of The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, The Social Sciences Federation of Canada and the Canadian Federation for the Humanities ** REGISTRATION FEE: BY NOV.13: $80.(CAN.) AFTER NOV.13 $100. 1/2-DAY SESSIONS: $30 STUDENTS: $35 (ALL SESSIONS) $15 (1/2-DAY SESSIONS) BANQUET FEE $35 [MAX. 80] CONFERENCE CAPACITY: 200 FOR CONFERENCE REGESTRATION MATERIAL OR FURTHER INFORMATION: MS. EILEEN CROOKES, COORDINATOR OF PROGRAMS 1-3 UNIVERSITY HALL, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA EDMONTON, ALBERTA, T6G 2J9 FAX: (403) 492-6446; e-mail: ECROOKES@UALTAVM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES (Session descriptions) I.PLENARY SESSION This Session will hear three twenty-minute presentations. The first, representing SSHRC, will address the growing importance of collaborative research for the Council. This will include thoughts on bridging disciplines and making the case for research collaboration among constituents of CanadaUs three Granting Councils. The next presentation will address newly emergent types of research resulting from technological change - for example, the use of hypercard for relational databases, research on computer-assisted education, etc. A third speaker will review the alternatives to a traditional research model, e.g., single-scholar approach, publication essentially by paper only. This speaker will endeavour to bring out the strengths of the alternatives, including their "value added" in terms of research outcomes and enabling structures. Conversely, this speaker will also address the putative limitations of the alternatives, as well as the human and institutional barriers that can be encountered in pursuing them. Emphasis in this presentation will be on a balanced introduction of the issues to be addressed in the sessions to follow. II.BUILDING TEAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS The Canadian Tri-Council communique of April 24, 1992 has emphasized the CouncilsU increasing commitment to a Rgrowing trendS in interdisciplinary and collaborative research both within and across the Councils' "boundaries." Successful collaboration cannot be imposed, but rather needs to be a "natural fit" whose advantages in terms of enriched perspectives, critical mass, ability to undertake and complete large tasks within a reasonable time, and educational rewards to student participants are readily justifiable. That the Councils are making collaboration and networking more of a priority should occasion researchers to explore the possibilities for a natural fit. This Session will emphasize the necessary conditions for successful team research, and will present a variety of case studies that embody the collaborative concept and strengthen its rationale. III RETHINKING THE RESEARCH AGENDA This Session will relate an Alberta experience of setting up an extensive Government-University interchange program to help share and generate knowledge of use to the broader community. Additionally, it will examine, the issue of finding credible and valuable supplements to the scholarly book and article for disseminating the results of human-sciences scholarship to decision makers in government and the private sector, as well as to the general public. IV SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS An important trend in education involves fostering a learner-centred process as distinct from an instructor/professor-centred process. Learner-centred education has undoubtedly been highly characteristic of graduate studies at their best, particularly at the doctoral level where creativity is expected of candidates. However, there may be further room to move in this direction. While some human-sciences may be more conducive than others to promoting collaborative supervisory approaches, and, indeed, disciplinary constraints on collaboration will be addressed, nevertheless collaborative relationships are conceivable for almost any field. Several of these will be exemplified. V INNOVATIVE USES OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY One can maintain that computers not only aid research, but sometimes make new sorts of research possible. This will be demonstrated on the basis the automated Index of Christian Art and on the basis of ICONCLASS a hierarchical, automated classification system that allows the retrieval of information from image data-bases in response to queries from researchers in different fields, using unregimented natural language. Additionally, this Session will demonstate ways that computers can be used for advanced research in education delivery, and University of Alberta Library staff will present on the innovative use of library network resources. Another Session under this rubrique will focus on the challenges and opportunities inherent in the rapid emergence of electronic journals. If scholars in the human sciences can meet refereeing responsibilities, dispense with traditional dependence on paper and be "at home" on modern high-speed networks electronic journals offer a cost-effective, "environmentally-friendly" way to handle the information explosion at the speed-of-light. In addition to hearing about the Canadian experience with Surfaces and strategies for getting electronic journals "up and running", and an American experieince with Comserve: an on-line Disciplinary Centre for Communications Scholars and Students, attendees will learn of the forthcoming Manitoba Conference to promote the Establishment of a [North-American] Consortium to Sponsor the Computer Network Publication of Refereed Journals. VI INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITATION OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS As a word "networking" may still grate on some ears, but it, along with collaboration, has become increasingly prominent in scholarship. This suggests that scholars have already been resourceful in developing collaborative and networked relationships. It might be asked whether success has resulted from concerted institutional support, from benign institutional neglect or in spite of institutional barriers. To put matters more constructively, one can ask what institutions and/or their sub-units need to do to facilitate scholarly collaboration and networking. This might be through encouraging interdisciplinary projects, through encouraging the use of telecommunication applications by supplying effective support-staff and training opportunities, through having the reward system recognize meaningful contributions to applied research aspects of networking and collaboration, etc. Perspectives on institutional facilitation will be sought from two panels; panel discussion; one in which representatives of the the Granting Councils state their views on the importance of facilitating collaborative research either within or acrosss Council boundaries; a second panel of university administrators will share their views on this subject. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: conference on Chaucer Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 10:59:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 351 (775) Of Remembrance the Keye: Computer-Based Chaucer Studies A conference sponsored by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities and the Department of English in the University of Toronto FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Room 140 University College Registration: students free; non-students $25 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 SESSION I. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Chair: Ian Lancashire, Department of English, New College, and Centre for Computing in the Humanities, University of Toronto 1:40 p.m. `Electronic Representation of Chaucer Manuscripts: Possibilities and Limitations.' Murray McGillivray, Department of English, University of Calgary 2:20 p.m. `The Transcription, Collation and Analysis of the Manuscripts of the Wife of Bath's Prologue.' Peter M. W. Robinson, Oxford University Computing Service, Oxford University COFFEE BREAK. 3:00-3:30 p.m. SESSION II. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Chair: Alexandra F. Johnston, Department of English, Victoria College, and Records of Early English Drama Project, University of Toronto 3:30 p.m. `Swete Concordaunce: Printed vs. Electronic, with Observations on the Potential.' Willard McCarty, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, and Departments of English and Classics, University of Toronto 4:10 p.m. `A TACT Analysis of the Language of Death in Troilus and Criseyde.' Karen Arthur, Department of English, University of Toronto SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS. 5:00-5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Peter Robinson, Collate 5:15 p.m. Ian Lancashire and William A. Bisset, an Electronic Edition of the Hengwrt Manuscript RECEPTION. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Room 240, University College SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 MORNING COFFEE. 8:30-9:00 a.m. SESSION III. 9:00-11:00 a.m. Chair: Anne Savage, Department of English, McMaster University 9:00-9:40 a.m. `Neologisms in Chaucer's Boece.' Donald Chapman, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto 9:40-10:20 a.m. `Chaucer's Phrasal Repetends and The Manciple's Prologue and Tale.' Ian Lancashire 10:20-11:00 a.m. `Chaucer's Word Associations and His Conception of his Own Work as an Author.' David Burnley, Department of English, University of Sheffield COFFEE BREAK. 11:00-11:30 a.m. SESSION IV. 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Chair: John Leyerle, Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of English, University College, University of Toronto 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. `A New Lemmatized Chaucer Concordance.' Larry D. Benson, Department of English, Harvard University LUNCH. 12:10-2:00 p.m. SESSION V. 2:00-3:20 p.m. Chair: David N. Klausner, Acting Director, Centre for Medieval Studies, and Department of English, University College, University of Toronto 2:00-2:40 p.m. `Differentiating Chaucer and Lydgate: Some Preliminary Observations.' Stephen R. Reimer, Department of English, University of Alberta 2:40-3:20 p.m. `Sources and Analogues of The Monk's Tale: Problems and Opportunities.' Thomas H. Bestul, Department of English, University of Nebraska COFFEE BREAK. 3:20-3:35 p.m. SESSION VI. 3:35-4:10 p.m. Chair: Ian Lancashire 3:35-4:10 p.m. Respondent -- Patricia J. Eberle, Department of English, University College, University of Toronto From: "Knight Celia" <knight_celia@msmail.muohio.edu> Subject: position announcement Date: 6 Nov 1992 11:15:33 U X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 352 (776) WRITING CENTER DIRECTOR. School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western College Program, Miami University. Assistant professor, tenure track. Direct endowed Ida M. Windate Writing Center for baccalaureate interdisciplinary program of a residential college. Support a diverse faculty in teaching writing across the curriculum. Train and supervise peer tutors, support student publications. Team teach in interdisciplinary curriculum, advise undergraduate students at all levels. Completed Ph.D. in appropriate area required, additional teaching and advising highly desirable, practice in directing a writing center preferred. Commitment to scholarly activity and appropriate publications expected. Willingness to cooperate in a variety of teaching and residential learning activities. Starting date August 17, 1993. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Statement of interest, resume, three letters of recommendation by January 4, 1993 to T. Perlin, Search Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. Search open until position filled. Miami University offers equal opportunity in employment and education. M/F/H From: balestri@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Diane Balestri) Subject: Computer ethics information Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 11:58:26 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 601 (777) Status: OR I happen to still have the information sitting on my paper holder. You can contact The Research Center on Computing and Society, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 0655 USA e-mail: RCCS@scsu.ctstateu.edu telephone: 203 397-4423 (center & answering machine) fax: 203 397-4681 Hope this helps out, Rebecca Stuhr-Rommereim Grinnell College Libraries Grinnell, IA 50112 stuhrror@ac.grin.edu From: stephen clark <AP01@liverpool.ac.uk> Subject: Re: computer ethics Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:34:37 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 602 (778) There is a list dealing with computer ethics: ETHICS-L@dearn (and elsewhere - it's on several listservs). Stephen Clark Liverpool From: AB04000 <INKSHED@UNB.CA> Subject: Call for submissions Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:40:35 AST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 354 (779) We call subscribers' attention to the following CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Winter 1993 issue of _Textual Studies in Canada_ will be edited by James A. Reither and Douglas Vipond. A collaborative, interdisciplinary journal, _TSC_ examines how texts are composed, read, and defined according to situational and cultural presuppositions. As well, _TSC_ explores notions of writer, text, and reader, to make visible the communal and consensual interaction involved in authorship. The editors of this issue will be especially eager to receive submissions (of 20 or fewer pages) that focus directly on these kinds of questions: Insofar as the meanings of texts are to be found largely in their relations to the discourse and texts of others, what are the specific situations out of which given texts arise? What is there in those situations that motivates writing? Submissions intended for this issue must be received by 30 April 1993. Contact or send MSS to James A. Reither (inkshed@unb.ca) / Douglas Vipond (vipond@unb.ca) English / Psychology St. Thomas University Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Canada From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Renaissance Lists Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 07:29:33 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 603 (780) R. Bear's query prompts me to remind Humanists that the Centre for Reformation Studies at Victoria College, University of Toronto, operates Ficino, a list for scholars in all disciplines interested in the period 1400-1700. Ficino is currently undergoing re-organization (watch this space!); those interested can subscribe by sending the usual message (SUB FICINO etc) to listserv@utoronto.bitnet Also in existence, and of interest to Renaissance scholars, are: Renais-L and EMH-L, both for historians. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0349 Rs: Housing; Self-Reference (2/83) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:45:57 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 604 (781) Re. circularity of reference: I too remember the basilisk-cockatrice circle, but in my version, the reader simply threw the dictionary away in disgust. My failing memory informs me, probably erroneously, that it was something out of Lewis Carroll. I also remember the same game with Aardvark see Anteater see Aardvark. Sudden flash: could it have been in T. H. White's "The Once and Future King"?? (which is required reading, esp. for people who *know* the Arthurian cycle, whether it in fact includes the above gem or not.) Judy Koren, Haifa. From: Charles Ess <DRU001D@SMSVMA> Subject: E-List for student organizations? Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 17:23:19 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 605 (782) Does anyone know of a BITNET list which is devoted primarily to student discussion of student government and student organization issues? The president of our Philosophy Club is interested in corresponding with other folk in positions analogous to hers, and we suspect that by now there must be a list which would serve her interests. Thanks in advance, Charles Ess Drury College Springfield, MO 65802 USA From: vanessa jago <VJJAGO@UVVM.UVic.CA> Subject: Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 16:44:30 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 606 (783) I have recently 'discovered' the world of computers, humanities and composition among other things. UVic is about to graduate me from an MA program in English, and I am trying to find a school where I can indulge my fetish for computers in the guise of doctoral studies, preferably in English, although a foray into Instructional/Educational Technology would be an option. Does anyone out there know of any graduate programs dealing with rhetoric, communications, computers, and › or technical writing? IF so, could you forward any info to: Vanessa Jago Student Residences University of Victoria, PO Box 2100, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3A4 e-mail = vjjago@UVVM.UVic.CA Thank you. From: Joel Elliott <elliott@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> Subject: newspapers on-line Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 09:10:57 +0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 607 (784) hello, i've got a friend trying to gain access to major national newspapers electronically. he's particularly interested in sports information (he's a journalist). I've heard of some service that claims to make available the contents of over 100 national papers. anybody ever heard of such or know what is available (even on pay services like compuserve)? thanks for any leads, joel elliott elliott@gibbs.oit.unc.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill From: TIBBO.ILS@mhs.unc.edu (Tibbo) Subject: Memorials Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 16:47 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 608 (785) Editors, One of the professors in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill writes in the area of popular culture materials. She is currently interested in doing a content analysis of "in memorial" columns from newspapers and journals and wonders if anyone has written on this topic. Any references would be appreciated. -Helen R. Tibbo School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tibbo@ils.unc.edu From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Needed: Courier to Moscow Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:18:07 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 609 (786) In the past I have sought help here (successfully) for conveying items to Moscow. This is another such request. I am acting as agent for a Chernobyl victim and poet, Liubov Makarovna Sirota. A story by Dr. Adolph Harash telling about her experience of the reactor disaster and the poetry she wrote in response to it has been published in a Canadian Russian/English women's magazine. I need to get Dr. Harash's copy of this issue to him, and the mails are too slow and uncertain. If there is anyone going to Moscow soon who would be willing to deliver this light, thin publication directly to Dr. Harash, who is a delightful man and an outspoken activist on behalf of the Chernobyl victims, please write me directly. From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM> Subject: humanities computing: a gentleman's sport? Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 14:52:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 357 (787) Is humanities computing merely a hobby for tenured faculty? I am beginning to think so. I have just finished looking through the October MLA job list along with the computer science equivalent. As in past years, I see no jobs relating to humanities computing. At best, there are 1 or 2 positions where experience in computer aided instruction might be helpful. But there are countless positions for everything else. Similarly, in computer science, we have the usual job advertisements for network specialists, software engineers, and theory people. This can't go on if we are to have quality people doing quality work. I suspect my own experience is typical. I started out as a German professor here at Yale and then was, in effect, booted out when I consorted with the CS people. Now I am a full-time lecturer in computer science, teaching a curriculum of humanities computing along with regular CS courses. I love what I am doing. I have CS students who are interested in writing CAI, and I have humanities students who are interested in computer science for the first time. But I am also painfully aware of the fact that I have this job because I MADE this job, and it took 5 years of continuous drudge-work and diplomacy to get to this point. Now Yale is considering a severe budget cut. Whole departments are rumored to be slaughtered, e.g. linguistics, others cut in half, such as engineering, and every department has already been given a preliminary "hit" list of junior faculty positions to be lost in the next 5 years. Where does this leave me? I have no idea. But I can tell you this: if humanities computing is to be more than a gentleman's sport, somebody has got to start creating jobs for this field. How many more Goethe specialists do we need? Give it a rest. Hire someone who will rock the status quo. Hire me. For that matter, hire half of Yale. We are all eager to go. 20 years from now there will be departments of humanities computing. No doubt someone will write a doctoral thesis on the history of the field and my name will appear in a footnote: "wrote some interesting early works, 'German Tutor', 'MacConcordance', 'Etaoin Shrdlu', and then disappeared from the field". I don't want to be a footnote. I want to be the head of the department. Make a job in humanities computing this year. Talk to your dean. Hire someone else if you please, but do it. From: Dan Fass <fass@cs.sfu.ca> Subject: Final CFP: 2 weeks to PACLING-93 computational linguistics conference Date: 16 Nov 92 12:04 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 358 (788) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS PACLING '93 First Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference (formerly JAJSNLP, the Japan-Australia Joint Symposia on Natural Language Processing) April 21-24 (Wed-Sat) 1993 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PACLING's History and Aims, Guest Speakers, and Paper Topics are given after the Submission instructions below. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: Monday Nov 30th 1992 Notification of acceptance: Friday Jan 29th 1993 Camera-ready copy due: Friday Mar 5th 1993 SUBMISSIONS Authors should prepare full papers, in English, of not more than 5000 words including references, approximately 20 double-spaced pages. The title page must include: author's name, postal address, e-mail address (if applicable), telephone and fax numbers; a brief 100-200 word summary; some key words for classifying the submission. Please send four (4) copies of each submission to: Paul McFetridge and Fred Popowich email: mcfet@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Program Co-Chairs tel: (604) 291-3632 Centre for Systems Science email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University tel: (604) 291-4193 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 fax: (604) 291-4424 HISTORY AND AIMS PACLING (= Pacific Association for Computational LINGuistics) has grown out of the very successful Japan-Australia joint symposia on natural language processing (NLP) held in November 1989 in Melbourne, Australia and in October 1991 in Iizuka City, Japan. PACLING '93 will be a low-profile, high-quality, workshop-oriented meeting whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among Pacific Rim countries, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange showing openness towards good research falling outside current dominant "schools of thought," and on technological transfer within the Pacific region. The theme of PACLING '93 is "transcending language boundaries" by facilitating communication between speakers of different languages and by going beyond limitations of natural language as a communicative medium -- the conference has a particular interest in the theory and practice of natural-language centred multi-modal architectures, systems, interfaces and design issues. GUEST SPEAKERS (tentative talk titles) Dr. Takao Gunji, Osaka University, Japan. "An Overview of JPSG --- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese." Dr. George Heidorn, Microsoft Corporation, USA. "Industrial Strength NLP: The Challenge of Broad Coverage." Dr. Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University, USA. "Language Generation as Part of Multimedia Explanation." TOPICS Original papers are invited on any topic in computational linguistics (and strongly related areas) including (but not limited to) the following: Language subjects: text, speech; pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, the lexicon, morphology, phonology, phonetics; language and communication channels, e.g., touch, movement, vision, sound; language and input/output devices, e.g., keyboards, menus, touch screens, mice, light pens, graphics (including animation); language and context, e.g., from the subject domain, discourse, spatial and temporal deixis. Approaches and architectures: computational linguistic, multi-modal but natural-language centred; formal, knowledge-based, statistical, connectionist; dialogue, user, belief or other model-based; parallel/serial processing. Applications: text and message understanding and generation, language translation and translation aids, language learning and learning aids; question-answering systems and interfaces to multi-media databases (text, audio/video, (geo)graphic); terminals for Asian and other languages, user interfaces; natural language-based software. PUBLICITY AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS The conference will take place at the downtown Vancouver extension of Simon Fraser University. Preferential rates have been negotiated from downtown hotels at $Canadian 43, 65 and 82 per person per night. Conference fees will include a banquet and a day trip by coach to Whistler, a picturesque local mountain and ski resort. For further information on the conference and on local arrangements, contact: Dan Fass email: fass@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Publicity and Local Arrangements tel: (604) 291-3208 Centre for Systems Science fax: (604) 291-4424 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 PACLING '93 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Members: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Christian Matthiessen (University of Sydney, Australia) Nick Cercone (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University, USA) Local Members: Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University, Japan) Roland Sussex (Queensland University, Australia) Dan Fass, Paul McFetridge, Fred Popowich (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Advisors: Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada) Observers: Minako O'Hagan (New Zealand Translation Center, New Zealand) SPONSORS Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication interest group of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan; the Australian Computer Science Society; Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of Canada, the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia, Centre for Systems Science. From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: PACSCL's second summer seminar Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 21:38:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 359 (789) The following message, already posted to ExLibris, NOTRBCAT, and the MUSEUM DISCUSSION GROUP, is herewith cross-posted yet again by request of the PACSCL coordinator. I apologize to those for whom it may be a third or fourth exposure. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) * * * * * Announcing PACSCL'S SECOND SUMMER SEMINAR: IMAGES IN LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND ARCHIVES: DESCRIPTION AND INTELLECTUAL ACCESS, Seminar, August 5-7, 1993, Philadelphia. THE seminar is sponsored by the PHILADELPHIA AREA CONSORTIUM OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (PACSCL).The program was organized by Katharine Martinez, Winterthur Museum & Gardens, Cornelia S. King, Free Library of Philadelphia, and Stephen Zietz, PACSCL Coordinator. The local arrangements are being organized by Beth Carroll-Horrocks, American Philosophical Society, with help from other PACSCL member institutions. PACSCL is currently engaged in the "Initiative for the 1990s," The Pew Charitable Trusts funded project, which is enabling the 16 member libraries to catalog a variety of special collections using the OCLC and RLIN databases. During the term of the Project (1991-1993), PACSCL is offering several open seminars with the purpose of increasing the level of expertise of special collections catalogers in the Philadelphia area. This second summer seminar goes beyond the Delaware Valley to address an issue of concern to the national special collections, archives, and museum communities. THIS seminar addresses issues and current practice of describing and accessing illustrative matter. Geared towards experienced graphic arts curators, special collections librarians, and archivists, this seminar will confront issues of intellectual access to images in reasearch libraries, archives, and museum collections. Some of the presentations will be technical and might assume a familiarity with the MARC format and current cataloging codes for visual arts, books, and serials. Several vendors of imaging systems will demonstrate their products. PHILADELPHIA has a wealth of prestigious libraries. The seminar events will take place at several of them in Center City: the opening reception and the discussions at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; receptions at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and The Free Library of Philadelphia. REGISTRATION for the seminar is $150.00 and includes the seminar, morning coffee, evening receptions, handouts, full schedule, information packets, etc. Attendance is limited. AUGUST in Philadelphia is hot! All seminar locations are air-conditioned. Casual dress is suggested. PROGRAM Thursday, August 5, 1993 THE seminar begins at 11:30 A.M. with an opening lunch and registration at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Following registration, ROGER MOSS, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia-opening remarks. GEORGIA BARNHILL, American Anitquarian Society- history of the early 20th-century pictorial histories; how to broaden use of and access to images. KATHARINE MARTINEZ, Winterthur Museum and Gardens-intellectual access to images: the researcher's point of view. LAURIE KAHN-LEAVITT, Blueberry Hill Productions- researching images for filming the Pulitzer Prize winning Midwife's Tale by Laurel Ulrich. THE Athenaeum of Philadelphia will host a reception that evening. Friday, August 6, 1993 A panel discussion: MARCY SILVER, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress; DAVID BEARMAN, Archives and Museum Informatics; and GLEN RUZICKA, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts-current projects and systems involving images; the visual surrogate for access and preservation. MARGARET BURNS, National Center for Film and Video Preservation-accessing the moving picture. MICHAEL JOSEPH, Rutgers University-intellectual access to images and printing techniques in books. THE Historical Society of Pennsylvania will host an evening reception. Saturday, August 7, 1993 JACKIE DOOLEY, Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities-methods of inventory and cataloging of photographic collections. WILLIAM H. HELFAND, Retired Vice President of Merck, Inc.-current uses of ephemera; finding images in ephemera. JENNIFER TRANT, Canadian Centre for Architecture-access to the documents of architecture. A closing reception takes place at The Free Library of Philadelphia. PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN THIS PAGE Registration for the seminar is $150.00. Limited numbers of dormitory rooms at the University of Pennsylvania (West Philadelphia) are available to participants who register before May 15, 1993. Cost of a single air-conditioned room in a multi-bedroom unit with shared bathroom is $32.00 per person per night. To reserve a room, please check the dates requested and submit a check (non-refundable) for the amount due. If known, please indicate the day and time of arrival: Bed & Breakfast Center City (215-735-1137) has many listings ranging in price from $40 to $75 (and up). Please call for arrangements. Please indicate if you want a list of Center City hotels sent to you. Please return this form by May 31, 1993 (May 15, for room reservations) with check payable to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to: PACSCL Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries University of Pennsylvania Archives North Arcade, Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 19104-6320 NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: E-MAIL ADDRESS: AFFILIATE INSTITUTION: I will be attending the seminar Enclosed is a check for $150.00 $ I am requesting dormitory housing at $32.00/night for ______ nights: $ TOTAL ENCLOSED: $ From: dgc@aberystwyth.ac.uk Subject: Late Call UK Writing Conference Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 12:08:27 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 360 (790) Dear Editors Many people have had difficulty reaching us by e-mail. Rewording the ID helps: compwrit@aberystwyth.ac.uk I'd appreciate a reminder call being circulated if possible with this revised note. Many thanks: Daniel Chandler... CALL FOR PAPERS 6th UK Conference on COMPUTERS AND WRITING Under the auspices of the Computers & Writing Association and the Department of Education, UWA University of Wales, Aberystwyth Dyfed, Wales, UK April 13th-15th, 1993 Conference Theme: THE EXPERIENCE OF WRITING Conference Chair: Daniel Chandler, UWA This annual conference on Computers and Writing attracts in particular writing researchers (including linguists and psychologists), teachers (at all levels), technical writers, and designers of computer-based writing tools (including writers of all kinds). We are interested in proposals exploring one or more of the following themes: writers' composing styles and strategies collaborative writing and the computer writers' experiences of the computer computers and literacy design of computer-based writing tools educational applications of desk-top publishing Proposals: Send 3 copies of a two-page (double-spaced) abstract for a formal (refereed) paper or informal session (don't send disks). Include (on an attached sheet): title of paper; name(s); affiliation(s); address(es); telephone number(s); e-mail address(es); category (refereed paper/informal session). Also include audiovisual needs. Those wishing to have their papers considered for published proceedings should bring full versions to the conference as hardcopy and on disk. Deadlines: Proposals must be postmarked by December 1st, 1992. Notification of acceptance will be mailed by January 1993. Mail proposals to: Daniel Chandler Computers & Writing 6 UWA Old College King Street ABERYSTWYTH Dyfed SY23 2AX, Wales, UK E-Mail: compwrit@uk.ac.aberystwyth [address in lower-case only, and may need to be: compwrit@aberystwyth.ac.uk] From: Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear <EDITORS@BROWNVM.brown.edu> Subject: Re: Position Posting Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 16:16:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 361 (791) To: Marv Lofquist <marv_lofquist.cas#u#mail@plato.nwu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of 12 Nov 1992 09:02:07 -0600 #000# From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Newspaper on line Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 20:41:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 610 (792) [deleted quotation]Lexis/Nexus has newspapers on-line. It's costly but very, very good. They're run by Mead Information Systems in Columbus OH, if I recall correctly. For someone who can make it a legitimate business expense (as do the lawyers for whom the system was begun) it is cost-effective. There are also educational arrangements that can be made through university libraries, depts, etc., but these take some negotiation. From: JGUTHRIE@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0356 Qs: E-Lists; Papers online; Courier Needed; Coursework in Date: 16 Nov 1992 08:27:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 611 (793) In response to Joel Elliott's request for names of online newspaper databases: Try NEXIS, from Meade Data. Most academic libraries can provide access to it. Hope it does the job for your friend. Jim Guthrie Wright State University From: BOLTON@ZODIAC.BITNET Subject: PERFORM info needed Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 10:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 612 (794) I failed to record the information I saw about a new list called (?) PERFORM dedicated to the "performance" approach to drama. Can any member help me? Whitney Bolton Rutgers Univ bolton@zodiac.bitnet From: kevink@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Kevin T. Kruzich) Subject: Re: Ancient history, classical civ., or Rome ? Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:05:50 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 613 (795) I am interested in signing to a list(s) concerning ancient history, classical civilization, or more specifically Roman hisory. If anyone has information that may lead me in the right direction I would be very grateful. Thank you, Kevin T. Kruzich kevink@emx.cc.utexas.edu Kevin T. Kruzich 4516 Avenue B Austin, TX. 78751 (512) 453 4483 ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~................... From: S.A.Rae@open.ac.uk (Simon Rae) Subject: request for help from HUMANIST Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:23:24 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 614 (796) I was just sent this message by colleague: [deleted quotation] The researcher wants to be able to type in punjabi, display punjabi and print out punjabi. Any ideas? (A search through ARCHIE servers only revealed a cooking recipe for punjabi nan bread from the University of British Colombia ... so we won't go hungry waiting!) Thanks in anticipation Simon Rae, User Services Officer, | S.A.RAE@OPEN.AC.UK (Internet) Academic Computing Service, | S.A.RAE@UK.AC.OPEN (JANET) The Open University, Walton Hall, | phone: (0908) 652413 Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. | fax: (0908) 653744 From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0357 Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby? Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 21:50:57 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 615 (797) Humanities computing is a hobby largely because there has been a consistent failure among the practitioners of humanities computing to rock the boat; to produce results of sufficient interest, rigor and appeal to attract a following among scholars who *do not* make extensive use of computers. The notion that the failure of humanities computing to make a place for itself is due to anyone other than ourselves is simply an excuse. I have been calling for a serious re-thinking of the notions of textuality that inform much of the work of humanities computing (since the vast majority of such work is text, not image, oriented). The alleged advantages of empiricism and verification of humanities computing have not resulted in new interpretive strategies or in startling new conclusions. Rather, the typical use of "text crunching" has been the production of rather unreadible studies of the same old thing. Yet another study of author X or text Y, without the saving graces of strong writing and imaginative interpretation. Indeed, the alleged empiricism introduced by humanities computing has been taken as a way to avoid theory rather than as a way to engage the theoretical and linguistic turn taken in literary and other textual studies. Humanities computing will be taken as seriously as quantitative social, demographic and economic history, for example, when the results of this effort provoke, stimulate and inform our colleagues who aren't interested in using a computer for anything more than wordprocessing. Until that time, we can be assured that merely talking to ourselves will not result in the kind of politico-intellectual clout that is required to establish departments, chairs, or tenure track lines in humanities computing that Stephen Clausing wants to see. Mark Olsen University of Chicago From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0357 Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:10:13 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 616 (798) The humanities are undergoing a painful restructuring away from traditional country/language departments toward something more like the French sciences humaines. Humanities computing will come along with that, but it won't happen easily, since most people see it as an "adjunct discipline", something like paleography or descriptive bibliography, useful, but not where the action's at. it's value is instrumental rather than central. That is the perception and, for most people, the reality at, as we say, this point in time. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Re: 6.0357 Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:46:43 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 617 (799) Perhaps part of the problem in creating jobs in humanities computing is in finding the faculty and administrators willing to establish the criteria and tenure & promotion panels which will inevitably have to lend their imprimatur to the hirings. And first, someone will have to conclusively demonstrate the *need* to hire the HC faculty (assuring adequate enrollment numbers, lack of attrition, graduate school fellowships for their students, alumni contributions and fame for the original institution down the line, etc.). Has anyone navigated this litany of objectives successfully yet? Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College (Univ. Sys. of NH) From: 00hfstahlke@BSUVAX1.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0357 Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:53 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 618 (800) I'm responding to Stephen Clausing's impassioned case for recognition of computing in the humanities. As a linguist, I too have been fighting that battle for more than half of my career, not so much with other linguists as with fellow humanists in English departments, where I have spent a good bit of my life. I'm delighted that Clausing has raised the issue, even on this list, where we tend to assume that computing in the humanities is of obvious validity, an assumption many of our colleagues do not share, beyond, perhaps the use of a word processor. I see several problems holding us back, problems that don't exist in the sciences or, to some degree, in the fine arts. The first is the dearth of discipline-specific tools that address major research questions. Computing is so wedded with research in the sciences and engineering that to attempt to engage seriously in those disciplines without it is unthinkable. One doesn't even ask whether there are significant discipline-specific applications for chemists or high energy physicists. Most of my colleagues in English, however, will hardly even use a concordance program, even though we've made them available for years. Many faculty members in other humanities departments won't use databases or spreadsheets even though their subject matter would benefit in obvious ways by going beyond shelves of card files. A lot of them won't even use e-mail, much less Bitnet or Internet, and so are missing out on powerful research and collaborative tools and opportunities. However, one of the objections I hear from literature scholars in particular is that the research they do doesn't benefit from tools available. I have a colleague, for example, who is doing an extensive edition of the letters of Harriet Beecher Stow, a task that he has been using the computer for for years. All of his editing and now his publishing is computer-based. But the computer doesn't do much for his research, which still requires tracing names and places through courthouse records and nineteenth century newspapers and periodicals, a task for which a microfilm reader is still the technology of choice. Similarly, scholars working on themes, plot structures, or social influences find no tools that address their specific research problems. The problem is that much humanities research requires the study of records that have not been digitized or the use of natural language, the analysis of which is also beyond the reach of current applications. This does not mean that we do not continue educating our colleagues to use those tools that do work for them, including bibliographic software, concordance programs, taggers and management software for large text bases, as well as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, communications, and desktop publishing, to mention only the obvious. A much more serious problem, however, is the lack of recognition given to colleagues who make a serious effort to use computing to improve their teaching and research. Whether they are writing CAI or managing large corpora, serious users of computers in the humanities, or in teaching in any discipline, rarely get rewarded for their efforts and frequently get penalized. I'm sure we all have horror stories of the bright junior colleague who didn't get tenure because the P&T committee would not accept software development as a legitimate scholarly pursuit. Until we address the reward systems we are all familiar with, we won't see any but the most dedicated taking the risk of venturing in to computing. On this topic, I have started a discussion group in EDUCOM's working group called Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT) that will be continuing at the Snowmass meeting in August and at next fall's EDUCOM meeting in Cincinnati. We are working towards three objectives: surveying college and university reward systems as to how the deal with uses of information technology, assembling and disseminating a collection of case studies showing how institutions have dealt with this problem, and publishing a list of currently available ways of getting third-party, peer review of software. I invite anyone interested in this topic to join in this discussion. Herbert Stahlke Professor of English Associate Director University Computing Services Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 Bitnet: 00hfstahlke@bsuvax1 Internet: 00hfstahlke@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Re: 6.0357 Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:21:15 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 619 (801) I agree with Stephen Clausing's views. Although there *are* occasionally posts for humanities computing folk, they tend to be in computer centres rather than subject specialisms. Humanities computing (and historical computing) are now discrete fields, which should be accorded the same status as Goethe or early modern English history. Appointment committees wishing to introduce computing methods into their departmental teaching cannot expect to do it with topical specialists who have done a bit of word-processing and databases/statistics/concordancing in their PhD thesis. They need specialists in humanities/literary/historical computing. The current job squeeze makes this goal even harder to achieve. I am not denying the important contributions of those tenured academics who have supported computing in their departments. But many departments do not have such people. It is also sadly true that computer/quantitative experts are sometimes marginalised by their colleagues, but that is another issue. Donald Spaeth Deputy Director Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History University of Glasgow Scotland From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: humanities computing Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:59:48 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 620 (802) Stephen Clausing's barely humorous, exasperated message on the academic status of humanities computing deserves at least a grumble of respect. Humanist itself was begun, back in 1987, with such righteous frustrations as he expresses, although it did not in fact charge the impregnable barrier -- and a good thing that it didn't, as it probably would have died a wretch's death on the wrong side of the wall. Evidence is that all is not terribly well in the fortified city; at the same time, as Stephen suggests, computing humanists and their students are certainly on to something that the masters of the academy had better pay some attention to, and soon. Not that there aren't many thrills left in Goethe or Ovid or Swift, but understanding the perspectives computing opens up on these and all other subjects of study is vital for all sorts of reasons, nicht wahr? I think that we can spend much time not very profitably discussing whether humanities computing is a "discipline" (whatever that is); we could easily perish of exhaustion trying to persuade Immigration that our credentials fit that criterion. My sense is that we need two things, chicken and egg, at this juncture: (1) a convincing argument, with supporting evidence, that humanities computing is intellectually worth doing -- an argument based on criteria other than "productivity" and the like; and (2) several tenured or tenure-stream appointments with humanities computing as an explicit component. One possibility would be an institute (dreamed of before) where paradigmatic research in humanities computing, multidisciplinary, could be officially conducted, as part of the job-description, in combination with teaching and collegial (note that term) support of other faculty. Indeed, hire Stephen Clausing! Willard McCarty From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: PACSCL summer seminar Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 18:55:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 365 (803) The following message, already posted to ExLibris, NOTRBCAT, and the MUSEUM DISCUSSION GROUP, is herewith cross-posted yet again by request of the PACSCL coordinator. I apologize to those for whom it may be a third or fourth exposure. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) * * * * * Announcing PACSCL'S SECOND SUMMER SEMINAR: IMAGES IN LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND ARCHIVES: DESCRIPTION AND INTELLECTUAL ACCESS, Seminar, August 5-7, 1993, Philadelphia. THE seminar is sponsored by the PHILADELPHIA AREA CONSORTIUM OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (PACSCL).The program was organized by Katharine Martinez, Winterthur Museum & Gardens, Cornelia S. King, Free Library of Philadelphia, and Stephen Zietz, PACSCL Coordinator. The local arrangements are being organized by Beth Carroll-Horrocks, American Philosophical Society, with help from other PACSCL member institutions. PACSCL is currently engaged in the "Initiative for the 1990s," The Pew Charitable Trusts funded project, which is enabling the 16 member libraries to catalog a variety of special collections using the OCLC and RLIN databases. During the term of the Project (1991-1993), PACSCL is offering several open seminars with the purpose of increasing the level of expertise of special collections catalogers in the Philadelphia area. This second summer seminar goes beyond the Delaware Valley to address an issue of concern to the national special collections, archives, and museum communities. THIS seminar addresses issues and current practice of describing and accessing illustrative matter. Geared towards experienced graphic arts curators, special collections librarians, and archivists, this seminar will confront issues of intellectual access to images in reasearch libraries, archives, and museum collections. Some of the presentations will be technical and might assume a familiarity with the MARC format and current cataloging codes for visual arts, books, and serials. Several vendors of imaging systems will demonstrate their products. PHILADELPHIA has a wealth of prestigious libraries. The seminar events will take place at several of them in Center City: the opening reception and the discussions at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; receptions at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and The Free Library of Philadelphia. REGISTRATION for the seminar is $150.00 and includes the seminar, morning coffee, evening receptions, handouts, full schedule, information packets, etc. Attendance is limited. AUGUST in Philadelphia is hot! All seminar locations are air-conditioned. Casual dress is suggested. PROGRAM Thursday, August 5, 1993 THE seminar begins at 11:30 A.M. with an opening lunch and registration at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Following registration, ROGER MOSS, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia-opening remarks. GEORGIA BARNHILL, American Anitquarian Society- history of the early 20th-century pictorial histories; how to broaden use of and access to images. KATHARINE MARTINEZ, Winterthur Museum and Gardens-intellectual access to images: the researcher's point of view. LAURIE KAHN-LEAVITT, Blueberry Hill Productions- researching images for filming the Pulitzer Prize winning Midwife's Tale by Laurel Ulrich. THE Athenaeum of Philadelphia will host a reception that evening. Friday, August 6, 1993 A panel discussion: MARCY SILVER, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress; DAVID BEARMAN, Archives and Museum Informatics; and GLEN RUZICKA, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts-current projects and systems involving images; the visual surrogate for access and preservation. MARGARET BURNS, National Center for Film and Video Preservation-accessing the moving picture. MICHAEL JOSEPH, Rutgers University-intellectual access to images and printing techniques in books. THE Historical Society of Pennsylvania will host an evening reception. Saturday, August 7, 1993 JACKIE DOOLEY, Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities-methods of inventory and cataloging of photographic collections. WILLIAM H. HELFAND, Retired Vice President of Merck, Inc.-current uses of ephemera; finding images in ephemera. JENNIFER TRANT, Canadian Centre for Architecture-access to the documents of architecture. A closing reception takes place at The Free Library of Philadelphia. PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN THIS PAGE Registration for the seminar is $150.00. Limited numbers of dormitory rooms at the University of Pennsylvania (West Philadelphia) are available to participants who register before May 15, 1993. Cost of a single air-conditioned room in a multi-bedroom unit with shared bathroom is $32.00 per person per night. To reserve a room, please check the dates requested and submit a check (non-refundable) for the amount due. If known, please indicate the day and time of arrival: Bed & Breakfast Center City (215-735-1137) has many listings ranging in price from $40 to $75 (and up). Please call for arrangements. Please indicate if you want a list of Center City hotels sent to you. Please return this form by May 31, 1993 (May 15, for room reservations) with check payable to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to: PACSCL Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries University of Pennsylvania Archives North Arcade, Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 19104-6320 NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: E-MAIL ADDRESS: AFFILIATE INSTITUTION: I will be attending the seminar Enclosed is a check for $150.00 $ I am requesting dormitory housing at $32.00/night for ______ nights: $ TOTAL ENCLOSED: $ From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: Position announcement Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:04:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 621 (804) The Department of Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania Librar- ies, invites applications for a position as CURATOR OF PRINTED BOOK COL- LECTIONS. This announcement is being cross-posted to ExLibris, ARCHIVES, NOTRBCAT, and Humanist, with apologies for the duplication; but additional cross-postings to other lists with relevant readerships will be appreciated (at any rate, by the senders!). Please note that the November 25 date men- tioned below does NOT preclude consideration of applications received *after* that date. * * * * * * * * * * Position summary: Reporting to the Director of Special Collections, the Curator of Printed Book Collections has general responsibility for the administration, manage- ment, and conservation of the printed book collections in the Department of Special Collections, including the Rare Book Collection, the Smith Collection, the Lea Library, and the Furness Collection. Duties: Oversees and coordinates technical services procedures and activities; the maintenance of catalogs, files, and records; oversees the conservation and deployment of the collections. Also responsible for the security of collec- tions and their proper bibliographic and physical control, and the design, production, and installation of exhibits. Participates in the Department's public services and instructional programs. Supervises a 0.5 FTE assistant. Qualifications: MLS or the equivalent in theory and practice required. Graduate training in the humanities required. Master's or doctorate preferred. Reading knowledge of one modern European and one classical language. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with early printed books necessary. Experience in designing and installing exhibitions and in conservation theory and practice desirable. Demonstrated ability to communicate effec- tively orally and in writing. Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse colleagues, and with students and faculty in research and in- structional setting. Salary range: Appointment as Librarian II requires minimum of 2-3 years experience, salary $27,800-36,200. Appointment as Librarian III requires 4-5 years professional experience, salary $30,700-39,100. Application process: Send cover letter, resume, and names and telephone numbers of 3 references to EDNA DOMINGUEZ, LIBRARY PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR VAN PELT LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 3420 WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-6206. Applications received by November 25, 1992, will receive first consideration. The University of Pennsylvania is an EO/AA employer. From: "Steve Spangehl / Associate Director" <U56076@UICVM> Subject: Position Vacancy Notice Date: 17 November 1992 21:12:45 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 622 (805) Please post the following for fellow HUMANISTS, and ask them to post it on other academic listservs: Announcement of Vacancy Associate Director Commission on Institutions of Higher Education North Central Association of Colleges and Schools The North Central Association's Commission on Institutions of Higher Education is the voluntary regional accrediting commission serving more than 970 affiliated institutions in a nineteen-state area. The Commission is seeking a professional staff member. The staff person will be one of four Associate Directors whose primary responsibilities are to provide assistance to a significant number of institutions of all types and at all degree levels throughout the evaluation/accreditation process; help to prepare materials for Commission meetings; contribute to the Commission's publications; represent the Commission through campus visits, speeches to outside groups, and participation in other appropriate higher education activities; and assist in the development of the Annual Meeting and programs for consultant-evaluators. Up to 20% of staff time is devoted to travel to institutions. Requirements for the position are: an earned doctorate from an accredited institution higher education teaching and/or administrative experience knowledge of the accreditation process and computer literacy are desirable. Persons from NCA institutions are encouraged to apply. Salary for this full-time (twelve-month) position is competitive and the benefits program, including TIAA-CREF, is excellent. The position is open and is to be filled as soon as possible, but no later than March 1. Closing date is December 31, but screening will begin immediately. To be considered, an applicant must submit: a letter of application a current curriculum vitae the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references who may be contacted date available to begin work Applications should be sent to: Dr. Patricia A. Thrash, Executive Director Commission on Institutions of Higher Education North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 159 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60601 NCA/CIHE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER From: NAME <olaf@kean.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Conf: 18th Internat. Congress Historical Sciences Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:46:06 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 367 (806) CALL FOR PAPERS: 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES In 1995, the Canadian Historical Association will host the 18th International Congress of Historical Sciences. With headquarters in Paris and Geneva, the Comite International des Sciences Historiques (CISH)/International Committee of Historical Sciences holds a Congress every five years; the last meetings were held in Madrid (1990) and Stuttgart (1985). Montreal will represent only the second time that the Congress has been held outside Europe (San Francisco 1975). Some 3,000 historians are expected to attend the sessions, which will be held in the Montreal Convention Centre and the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. The official languages will be French and English with simultaneous translation being provided for plenary sessions. Since 1990 two Canadian committees have been preparing for the Congress. A programme committee proposed themes and lobbied for their acceptance; an organization committee has worked on logistics (space, transportation, accommodation, translation, book displays, publication of the Acts of the Congress, and the social events and field trips that form part of the Congress). The organizers are giving particular emphasis to facilitating intellectual and social exchange among the participants. Besides sponsorship by the CHA, the Congress anticipates strong support from the Canadian and Quebec governments as well as UNESCO and other international agencies. The Montreal Congress represents a unique occasion for historians in Canada to present their work and to meet with historians from around the world. As well as European and North American historians, strong delegations are expected from Asia and Latin America. Icelandic historians have expressed a particular interest in meeting Canadian historians, while new members of CISH such as the Association of Vietnamese Historians will be present; changing political structures in regions such as Eastern Europe will offer a new dynamic to the Montreal Congress. Graduate students from around the world will be encouraged to attend. Sessions at the Congress are divided into three main sections: 1. MAJOR THEMES form the subject of large sessions lasting a full day. In each session some ten to twenty papers are usually summarized by the chair with a view to leaving maximum time for discussion among presenters and participants. Major themes are: Nations, Peoples and State forms; Women, Men, and Historical Change--the impact of Gender History on Historical Practice; and People in Diaspora. 2. SPECIALIZED THEME sessions, in which the paper is usually summarized by the paper's author, are held in three-hour slots. Sixteen themes have been defined at this point: Power and Liberty--Historical Research and Publication; Fictionality, Narrativity, Objectivity (History and Literature); Decline as an Historical Concept; Oral History; Rethinking Scientific Revolutions; Religious Movements--proselytization, intolerance, liberty; Nordicity--Peoples and Societies; Old Age and Aging; Childhood in History; The Fall of Empires in Comparative Perspective; War and Culture; Police, Penal and Judicial History; Development of Underdevelopment--Experience of the Third World; Economy and Ecology--Friends or Enemies; Transport in Pre-Industrial Societies; Banking and its Influence on Commercial and Industrial Capitalism in Europe, the Americas, and Asia from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. 3. ROUND TABLES/WORKSHOPS should relate to the major and specialized themes proposed for the Congress. They must be organized more fully, including title, brief synopsis of the issues, and a preliminary list of participants (both Canadian and non-Canadian) and short cv's. Selection of the Round Table/Workshop sessions will be made by the international organizers. 4. OTHER SESSIONS; the twenty-three International Commissions and eighteen Internal Organizations of the CISH will hold their meetings during the Congress. These meetings are organized by the Commissions and Internal Organizations themselves. Proposals of papers are welcomed for the major theme, specialized theme and round-table sessions. The Canadian programme committee will review submissions emanating from Canada, will forward its suggestions for the Canadian delegation to the international organizers and chairs of sessions, and will lobby for the strongest possible Canadian presence. The chairs of individual sessions are responsible for choosing participants from propositions forwarded by national committees such as Canada. If your paper is accepted, you will be contacted by the interna- tional organizer of that particular session giving you additional information. Paper proposals should include name, address, phone, fax, institutional affiliation and status, theme for which the paper is proposed, title of paper and a one paragraph description of the proposal, and a one-paragraph summary of your cv and interest in the theme. The entire proposal should not exceed one page. Round table/ workshop proposals should follow the same format and may be up to two pages. PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 31 JANUARY, 1993. Proposals and questions concerning the PROGRAMME should be directed to: Brian Young, Chair, Canadian Programme Committee of CISH, History Department, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7 (Tel: 514-398-7393; FAX: 514-398-8365). Matters concerning ORGANIZATION of the Congress should be addressed to: Jean-Claude Robert, Chair, Organization Committee of CISH, Departement d'histoire, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, C.P. 8888, Succ. "A," Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8 (tel: 514-987-8433; FAX: 514-987-7813). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Olaf Janzen Interests: North Atlantic History * * Department of History Naval History * * Corner Brook, Newfoundland Newfoundland History * * Canada * From: Knut Hofland <knut@x400.hd.uib.no> Subject: CALL FOR INFORMATION ON MANUSCRIPT SCANNING Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:44:07 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 368 (807) Bergen, 19 November 1992 CALL FOR INFORMATION ON MANUSCRIPT SCANNING In cooperation with Oxford University Press the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen is currently undertaking a feasibility study of high-quality scanning of manuscripts for publication on CD-ROM. With this letter we hope to get in touch with suppliers of relevant hardware and software, consultancy services, scanning services, and others who might provide us with experience from similar projects, offer products or services, etc. Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher who is regarded as the perhaps most important philosopher of our century, left behind approx. 20,000 manuscript pages when he died in 1951. Many of the manuscripts are unpublished, and accessible only by visits to the archival institutions or in photocopies of variable quality. We are considering the publication of a facsimile CD-ROM with bit-mapped raster images of the collected papers as a possible first step in this process. At high resolution and in full colors, an electronic facsimile would benefit from the improved reproduction quality and facilitated access of electronic compared to traditional media, thus serving both long-term archival purposes and more short-term needs of individual scholars. Later, the electronic facsimile would be supplemented with transcriptions currently in progress at the Wittgenstein Archives. We intend to scan from the original manuscript volumes and store the images in a high-definition primary format for archival purposes. Since such a format may make too high demands on storage space and processing speed on the part of potential users' work stations today, we will consider a lower quality for the distribution format to be used on the CD-ROM. Our most pressing need right now is for a high-quality, fast, flexible and robust scanning system which provides - absolutely lenient handling of the manuscripts - a pixel value of at least 4 (preferably 8, possibly 24) bits at 75 - 300 dpi ("real" colors, no dithering) - full user control over features such as contrast, threshold level, color correction, etc. - a widely used image file format and compression / decompression algorithm like TIFF, GIF, JPEG or the like, for which there is a wide range of off-the-shelf software available, and which goes well with DOS systems as well as Macintosh, UNIX, and possibly other environments - simple and robust data management facilities such as procedures for indexing and backup - a fast, high-capacity storage medium According to these requirements the scanner seems to be the most critical point. The images will have to be captured on location in the archival institutions. (Bodleian Library (Oxford), Trinity College Library (Cambridge), Austrian National Library (Vienna)) Most of the manuscripts occur in bound volumes, in sizes varying from small pocket notebooks to large ledgers, none of which exceed A3. Some manuscripts occur on loose sheets or folios of sizes varying from small postcard-sized to large, A2-sized sheets. Writing utensils applied are typewriter (approx 15%), and variously colored ink or lead pencils. Paper qualities include blank paper, lined paper, paper of various colors etc. The contrast between writing and background is often low. There is occasional damage, stain, bleed-through from verso pages, and the like. Our aim is a reproduction quality which will allow scholars to read the text from the scanned image without recourse to inspection of the originals in all but exceptional cases. At this stage, image enhancement techniques are of interest to the extent that readability may be improved. (Only at a later stage may image processing techniques be relevant for the automatic extraction of textual elements.) What has been said above has convinced us that neither black and white nor grey scale scanning will suffice - colors are an absolute requirement. We are more uncertain about the resolution, however, and would like to perform some experiments on this point. Moreover, the originals are fragile and should be handled with the utmost care. Flatbed scanners and sheetfeed scanners are out of the question. The scanner should be able to focus all parts of loose sheets, which may be creased or crumpled, and also of pages of bound volumes, which tend to bend because of the binding. We assume that a camera scanner or a digital camera is required. We would prefer digital scanning directly from the original documents. However, we are also prepared to consider photographic reproduction, if only we can be assured that the photographic images can be scanned with the required quality. Time considerations are also important: we are hoping for a total throughput of at least 20 pages per hour. Therefore, a fast and tightly integrated system of hardware and software, i.e. a "scanning work station" is what we really need. Other aspects of this project on which we would like to be informed are suitable image database systems for CD-ROM, and premastering, mastering and production of CD-ROM. We would also like to be informed if other high-density storage media might be relevant for our purpose. A final agreement between all parties concerned, essentially including also the Trustees in the copyright of the Wittgenstein Papers, as to if, when, and in what form the scanning project will be implemented will be sought shortly after the feasibility study has been finished. We expect the recommendations given by the feasibility study to be decisive for this agreement. Our schedule is very tight: The feasibility study will be carried out in the period November 18 - December 17, 1992. So if this is of interest to you and you think that you may provide us with useful information on services or products, either through yourself or by directing us to others, please contact us at your earliest convenience. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Claus Huitfeldt Please contact: Claus Huitfeldt The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen Harald Haarfagresgt 31 N-5007 Bergen Norway Tel: +47 (0)5 212950 Fax: +47 (0)5 322656 e-mail: claus@pc.hd.uib.no Oystein Reigem Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities Harald Haarfagresgt 31 N-5007 Bergen Norway Tel: +47 (0)5 213242 or +47 (0)5 212954/55/56 Fax: +47 (0)5 322656 e-mail: oystein@pc.hd.uib.no From: David Tillyer <DATCC@CUNYVM> Subject: CPI-L Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 08:58:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 623 (808) This is to announce a new discussion list of particular interest to college and high school faculty and staff in NEW YORK CITY. CPI-L is an uncensored, unauthorized discussion forum of the Chancellor's controversial COLLEGE PREPARATORY INITIATIVE (CPI). CPI is either an elitist ploy to shape the university in ways that are not being revealed and are out of our control or it is an opportunity for us to decide how we want the univeristy to look...or somewhere in between. CPI-L is an effort to provide open access to information so that we can truly be part of the CPI process. To subscribe to CPI-L on CUNYVM, send this command to LISTSERV: TELL LISTSERV SUB CPI-L Yrfirstname Yrlastname Join the list, make your opinion known! David Tillyer, City College (DATCC@CUNYVM) Dr. Gary Beneson, City College (GFBCC@CUNYVM) From: Fred Melssen <U211610@HNYKUN11> Subject: NEW LIST: ETHNOHIS Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:54:37 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 624 (809) NEW LIST: ETHNOHIS - GENERAL ETHNOLOGY AND HISTORY DISCUSSION LIST ETHNOHIS on LISTSERV@hearn or LISTSERV@nic.surfnet.nl ETHNOHIS is an online discussion list on the intersection of two disciplines: ethnology and history, and on topics touching both upon ethnology and history. Interested researchers are encouraged to discuss relevant themes, e.g. 'the anthropology of museums', 'ethnographical collections', 'missionary photography', methodological issues, or all topics covered by journals such as GRADHIVA and HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. We hope to stimulate a general discussion between the various approaches in this interdisciplinary field. To subscribe to ETHNOHIS, send the following command to LISTSERV@hearn or to LISTSERV@nic.surfnet.nl, via e-mail or interactive message: SUB ETHNOHIS Your_full_name where "Your_full_name" is your name. For example: SUB ETHNOHIS Jim Down Owner: Fred Melssen <u211610@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl> <u211610@hnykun11.urc.kun.nl> From: CNOWENS@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: Lighthouses in the Hebrides Date: 17 Nov 1992 20:16:58 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 625 (810) I'm working on a paper discussing the imagery in Virginia Wool's novel _To The Lighthouse_. In order to complete my research, I need to have an idea what lighthouses in the Hebrides (where the story takes place) looked like around turn of this century and a little after, say, until WWI. Is there any member who knows or, better yeat, remembers those lighthouses? If so, would you please supply a discription of shape, size, color, and pattern. <CNOWENS@DEPAUW.BITNET> C.N. Owens UB Box 5460 408 S. Locust Street Greencastle, IN 46315 From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: French history Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 21:00 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 626 (811) Would someone be good enough to send intructions on subscribing to the French history list to my colleague, Albert Hamscher: AHAM AT KSUVM. I know it's called something like "francehs," but I forgot the exact name. Many thanks in advance. Michael Ossar Kansas State University From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM> Subject: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 08:34:50 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 627 (812) Would anyone know whether there is an electronic access to the TLL? Thanks! M. Pierssens piersens@ere.umontreal.ca From: Victor_Caston@brown.edu Subject: Re: Presence in Absence Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:00:37 +0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 628 (813) HUMANIST seems just the place to ask this sort of question: I am currently interested in occurrences of the *phrase* 'PRESENCE IN ABSENCE' (or close variations, e.g., 'present though absent,' etc.) to describe the "presence" of various objects to thought or desire, even though the objects in question are absent from the thinker's immediate environment (and, in some cases, may not even exist at all). This is one of a number of ways in which the notion of intentionality (in Brentano's sense, derived from the medieval 'intentio' and 'esse intentionale') is expressed before the term. My own special area of interest is ancient Greek philosophy, where we find occurrences of the equivalent Greek phrase as early as Hesiod (not to mention Thales, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus). But I am now curious about the phrase more generally, not only as it occurs in the classical languages, but also as it occurs in *other national literatures* and *other periods*. On finding a variation of this antithesis in one of Shakespeare's sonnets ("So, either by thy picture or my love,/Thyself away are present still with me;/For thou not further than my thoughts canst move,/And I am still with them and they with me", XLVII), I began to wonder just how widespread this antithesis is. Ordinary concordances have thus far proved of limited value. I would be extremely grateful for any references concerning this phrase, whether to primary sources or to secondary literature, all the more so if they originate far from the fields I normally till. ************************************************************************** Victor Caston victor_caston@brown.edu Department of Philosophy Box 1918 off: (401) 863-3219 Brown University dept: (401) 863-2718 Providence, RI 02912 fax: (401) 863-2719 ************************************************************************** From: Jan Eveleth <eveleth@nwnet.net> Subject: Apples & Ideas quote Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:06:28 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 629 (814) "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we each exchange these apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." Can any of the Humanist subscribers provide me with the reference for this quote? We think it was from George Bernard Shaw but that's the only hint I can offer. (Please send your response directly to me--eveleth@nwnet.net.) Thanks! [deleted quotation] | Jan Eveleth | | NorthWestNet (206) 562-3000 | | 15400 SE 30th Place, Suite 202 (206) 562-4822 fax | | Bellevue, WA 98007 Eveleth@nwnet.net | [deleted quotation] From: edwards@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Jane Edwards) Subject: Re: 6.0362 Rs: Newspapers online (2/28) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 16:17:55 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 630 (815) Regarding newspapers in electronic format, the following also warrants mention: The Association for Computational Linguistics Data Collection Initiative (ACL/DCI) just put out its first CD-ROM, available for only $25, contains about 300 Mb of Wall Street Journal text (plus about 180 Mb of scientific abstracts, the full text of the 1979 edition of the Collins English Dictionary in the form of a typographer's tape, and some samples of tagged and parsed text from the Penn Treebank project). For more information: Mark Liberman, Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; FAX: +1 (215) 573-2091; email: myl@unagi.cis.upenn.edu. Jane Edwards (edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu) From: BMENK@ccr2.bbn.com Subject: Online Newspapers Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 09:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 631 (816) While Nexis is an excellent source of online newspapers, there are others that offer equally many or more newspapers, with what I feel, are more pliable searching languages. Dow Jones/Datatimes offers as many or more newspapers as Nexis, and Dialog, though it presently has fewer titles, is continually bringing up those that were available on the former Vu-Text service. Before deciding on a single service, I would suggest discussing them with a librarian conversant with all of them. There are papers unique to each service. Further, newspapers define what's "in" them differently. In order to search effectively, one needs access to the major newswires as well as the newspapers themselves, since for example, some papers consider AP material as not part of "their" online service. A final consideration concerns the searching skill level of the person who'll be using the service. Searching full-text databases requires quite different strategies than searching heavily indexed or abstracted material. _______________________________________________________________________________ Bobb Menk Voice: 617-873-3278 Senior Technical Librarian Fax: 617-873-2156 Bolt, Beranek & Newman Internet: bmenk@bbn.com From: KIRSHENBLATT@NYUACF.BITNET Subject: Perform-L@nyuacf.nyu.edu Date: 18 Nov 1992 09:30:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 632 (817) Date sent: 18-NOV-1992 Bolton asked for the address of the e-list devoted to Performance Studies. Sign up. It's lively at the moment. Lots of news at the nexus of disciplines. Perform-l@nyuacf.nyu.edu - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Email: kirshenblatt@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Phone: 212-998-1620 From: Maurizio Oliva <MOLIVA@CC.UTAH.EDU> Subject: Network Resources Course Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:19 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 372 (818) On November 12, 1992 the first session of an "online" class offered by the Computer Science Department of the University of Milan took place. The course, entitled "Risorse in rete per discipline umanistiche e scientifiche" (Network Resources for the Humanities and the Sciences) is taught by Maurizio Oliva who connects from a remote machine at the University of Utah. A total of 39 students take part to the class, plus 2 observers at the Computer Science Depatment of the University of Milan, another observer at the Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, one observer at the Istituto di Tecnologie Didattiche e Formative in Palermo, one observer in Geneva, one last observer in Amsterdam. The instructor is helped by five on-site tutors. The class is scheduled to meet in a two hour session for seven weeks, 6-8 PM Italian time. The instructor and the class meet on IRC on a dedicated channel (minet). All participants' work is done in a UNIX graphic environment so that instructor and students may keep several windows opened. One window is dedicated to IRC which provides real time, interactive communication between the instructor in Utah and the students. A second window is used to execute the commands requested by the instructor. The instructor executes the commands as well so that he is able to see exactly what the students see on their terminals. A third window might be opened by the students to include in an emacs buffer communications whatever appears in the first window, e.g., extracts from the lesson or from their exploration of the network. The instructor can limit access to the channel to his students, control the topic of discussion, control students' ability to intervene, and finally exclude any trouble maker from the channel. These commands and many others useful for managing instruction are at the instructor's disposal and are regular features of the IRC software. Communication between the instructor and the tutors takes place in the form of private messages on IRC. A second part of the classwork is done by the students as individual work in response to homework assigned by the instructor via e-mail. E-mail and Talk are also means of communication between the students and the instructor to ensure an adequate level of feedback. Finally a mailing list of all the participants has been set up at the university of Milan in order to make it easier for people to share relevant information with the others. In designing this class we established the following criteria: - interactive communication in real time among the participants - acquisition of a knowledge of the resources available on internet through direct, guided experience - the tools used: UNIX machines, graphic terminals, xwindows environment, IRC, are widespread tools, available in most of the universities all over the world. This implies that this setting can be replicated basically everywhere. A second implication is that the class does not need to be physically based at one single institution: a class taught at University of Utah can be attended to by any student, in any part of the world, who (at least) has access to an account with telnet capabilities. We feel that the discussion of our experiment in teledidactics might be of interest for the internet community and feel also that your criticism and comments may help us to improve our work. Maurizio Oliva moliva@cc.utah.edu Department of Languages University of Utah From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: humanities computing Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:29:06 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 633 (819) Mark Olsen writes provocatively, this time in response to Stephen Clausing's message on humanities computing. A man of deliberate wit, he will not be offended, I trust, by remarks in kind. It is both simplistic and unfair to say that we, the practitioners, are at fault for the failure of humanities computing to make an institutional place for itself. This is not to deny that some of what has been published fits Olsen's description of "rather unreadable studies of the same old thing", but not all of it is to be so condemned. Some is quite interesting. He rightly notes the problematic way greater empiricism has been used to avoid rather than stimulate thought, but in what field is avoidance of thinking not a predominant concern? Some fields most absorbed in theory seem to use the theoretical turn Olsen mentions in order to turn away from anything I can recognize as thought. Do we win respect by engaging the cant, or by doing some serious, pure research to see what happens when a computer is used as an instrument of perception and thought? The former is, I suspect, relatively easy though very boring, whereas the latter is hard, takes time, and is vexed by many false turns along the way. As John Burrows wisely remarked at the last ALLC/ACH conference, the emergence of good work is a slow process, requiring patience and endurance. Some of us will tend to get a bit testy if we're told it's our fault that humanities computing isn't given a seat at the banquet table. Clausing and others are pointing to the social and institutional conditions under which humanities computing is usually conducted; these, to put the matter more mildly than Clausing, are not particularly favourable. Those of us in the field would like conditions to change for the better, and some of us are working very hard to produce the kind of work that will help this change come about. The usual right-wing response to the occasional grumble is to say that all this whinging won't get us anywhere. True, if it remains just whinging. But if it leads to an assessment of what is needed to improve things for ourselves, and so for our colleagues, then it's positive. Olsen says results are needed, convincing results. What form will these take? Not, I think, definitive proof that Shakespeare did or did not write Shakespeare's works, nor in literary studies anything remotely like what is applauded in the more properly quantitative fields Olsen listed. What, then? Can we say, here, now? Can we articulate the intellectual nature of humanities computing or point to studies that do? Once, when I was in a position to do so, I called this rather amazing virtual gathering of widely scattered people an "electronic seminar". Allow me to suggest that in respect of important questions such as the one Clausing, Olsen, and others have just written about, it could live up to its calling. Willard McCarty From: "Paul R. Falzer" <mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> Subject: Riding the Computing Hobbyhorse Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 13:37:42 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 634 (820) Here are a couple of observations and modest suggestions on the matter of humanists as computer hobbyists and on the more general issue of our legitimizing a specialty that roughly goes by the name, humanities computing. There is nothing wrong with having hobbies, be they gardening, cooking, woodworking, or computing. But a hobby is an avocation and there is a lot to be said for raising humanities computing from the status of hobby to a legitimize specialty. Nonetheless, I believe that sanctioning such a specialty might be a less than desirable move at this time. Permit me to sketch out my concerns. Comparisons with the sciences are inevitable, and humanists have managed to get short-shrift in the areas of electronics and technology--just as we have in other domains. The problem of our relationship to the sciences is endemic. But perhaps we can learn something from the scientific community and jump ahead of them. To a significant extent, high speed computing equipment is a necessary tool of science. But while scientific methodology and computer technology are inseparable, it occurs to me that when it comes to understanding the computer technique, individual scientists do not any greater expertise than humanists, and scientists have precious little to say about the relationship between person and computer. Broadly, what they know is confined to the specific application or instrumentation they need in order to do their work. Beyond that, they are only hobbyists, unless the computer itself--not bits and pieces of computer technology--has become integral to their work. On one point, scientists and humanists seem to be like-minded: both, as a group, regard the computer as a tool whose principal features are precision, speed, and efficiency. For scientists, the computer is resembles a giant calculator; for humanists, the computer is a fancy typewriter; for both, it is a newfangled teletype. Is this what we envisioned ten or thirty years ago? Paul Saffo, writing in November's *PC Computing* magazine says "no." He alerts us to something we have inadvertently done (or more appropriately, not done) in the course of utilizing computer technology. He says: "The PC revolution is over--and the mainframe has won. We might as well junk our desktop machines now, because the vision of standalone computing that inspired the PC revolution will be a distant memory before this decade is out. We are entering a world where our computing devices are defined above all by what they connect us to, and an unconnected computer will be as useless as a 1970s dumb terminal without a phone line." Saffo reminds us that the dream of personal computing, a dream of individuality, independence, and flexibility, has yielded to what he calls "information utility"--a condition in which every piece of electronic gear is on line, while computerized activities occur at the behest of standardized procedures that slice and dice bits of information into chunks and snippets. Saffo says: "I can't decide whether to be exhilirated or appalled by the prospect of this new information-utility world. I welcome the communication functions it offers, but I bristle at the thought that more and more of what I do depends upon the goodwill of an anonymous bureaucracy running distant machines." The scientist qua scientist, like the businessperson and the bureaucrat, have abandoned the dream and rushed headlong into a brave new world of interconnected MIPS and bits. I think that the humanist can do better. I suggest that the question, "what are we moving toward?" at least be considered before we start talking in earnest about CH positions, and that consideration of this and related questions be an integral part of the discussion about CH specialties and curricula. Of course, there are a number of ways to take the iniative. Let me make a couple of suggestions about where we might begin. First, we might do better to coax our colleagues along than to hammer them with the threat (which is how I believe they would perceive it) of an HC specialist coming in to tell them what they don't know and why they must change their lives. Some of them will never become computer literate, but perhaps others will surprise us all by starting to play with the new toy on their desks. Perhaps they might even take up computing as a hobby. Perhaps they might help us recall the forgotten dream. (I am reminded of a colleague, a senior faculty member who had adamantly refused even to work at an electric typewriter prior to the arrival of a dusty old 8088 a few weeks ago. He asked me what he could do with it and as I began telling him a few stories his eyes got a big as saucers. I brought him a simple shareware text editor, installed it, and gave the .exe file the name of his youngest daughter. To everybody's amazement, he's using the thing and has gotten excited about learning how to use it better. The last I heard, he was looking into the price of scanners.) Second, we would do well to take stock of our own relationships with the computer and prepare ouselves to make the relationship between humanities and computing richer and more intimate than the relationship between computing and science (or computing and business). Once we do this, the idea of an HC specialty will be much more readily accepted; even more important, these specialists--as a group--will have something fundamentally new to offer. My hunch is that we are not ready to make this contribution because we are still inclined to think of the computer as what Saffo calls an information utility. Here's a test: besides your word processor, what is the single application that is most important to your work? I am asking about an application, not a system, disk, or file management utility. I am excluding communication software, unless it does something besides hooking you into a mainframe, uploading and downloading your files. I am asking you to restrict your answer to stand alone programs, and thus to exclude what essentially are appendages to your word processor. I think that this test can help to determine how important is the computer itself, rather than a computer application. The assumption I make from informal observation is that the second application enables one to look more deeply at the relationship among person, work, and computer. My hunch is that many of us do not have an application that meets the foregoing criteria. If you wish, feel free to reply to me directly. If there are sufficient responses I will summarize and post them, with the thought that subscribers to the Humanist might want to know what software products their colleagues consider most valuable. There is much more to be said on the subject of computing's relationship with the humanities. Rather than droning on, I will close by welcoming your responses and thanking you for considering my thoughts. Paul R. Falzer mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu From: epalmer@CC.UTAH.EDU Subject: Call for Texts, for the American Philosophical Association Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 15:07:13 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 374 (821) Electronic Text Archive Project NEW HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS The Committee on Computer Use of the American Philosophical Association is organizing a new archive of classic historical texts in philosophy and in the history of science in the electronic medium. The goal is to make the texts freely available to scholars on an open computer server, accessible by the Internet. If you wish to contribute texts, or expect that you know of resources that the organizers would not know of, please contact Eric Palmer, preferably by e-mail, at epalmer@cc.utah.edu, or by paper mail at the Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112. Contributors and interested parties: At this point, information you send will simply be filed, and re-distributed to others who put queries to me; what form the text project will finally take is yet to be determined, primarily by members of the sub-committee on electronic texts (currently, David Owen, Leslie Burkholder, Allen Renear, Charles Young, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Syun Tutiya, Saul Traiger, Eric Palmer, and David Stern). At best, submitted texts will be posted and available by 'anonymous file transfer protocol', a system that will allow free access by the Internet to users for whatever philosophical texts others choose to allow to be posted. At least, and to begin with, the information will provide an information resource to allow others to contact those who have the texts (queries only by e-mail, no queries before January, please!). The full resource should take form by the summer of 1993, and be continuously updated after that time. If you wish that I not make generally available at this time any or all of what you write to me, please let me know and I will keep the information in confidence. Those who do not wish to submit texts to the archive, but would like the existence of the texts they have more generally known, are also encouraged to reply. Questionnaire: Please do not send texts at this point; please feel free to include in your accounting texts that you expect to have available within the next year. Reply by electronic mail if possible. Please include: Authors, titles, and translations where applicable Individuals, departments and institutions involved in the project If this is part of a larger project, expected timetable for completion of various aspects of the project; amount completed already Grants and funds applied for; rejections, acceptances, and expectations (this will allow us to inform others of likely funding sources) To the best of your knowledge, is this resource in the public domain? (Almost all texts/translations before 1917 are public domain; others may be.) Yours, Eric Palmer epalmer@cc.utah.edu Please send correspondences directly to me: do not post them on this list. This message posted on Humanist, Philos-L, sci-tech-studies, Hopos lists; feel free to send it on, wherever you will. From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" <CXFW@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: Computer-Assisted Research Forum Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 17:00:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 375 (822) COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM c/o Todd Blayone, Editor Birks Building McGill University 3520 University Street Montreal, PQ - Canada - H3A 2A7 _________________________________________________________________ I would like to take another opportunity to introduce the COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM (CARF), an attractive, reader- friendly bulletin for academics and educators in the humanities. INTENDED READER: The humanities scholar-teacher and the student (from first year university/college/seminary to the doctoral level) are the focus of attention. Administrators and support staff will greatly benefit from listening in. DISCIPLINARY FOCUS: CARF spreads its web across many corners of the humanities. Of course, we listen to our readers. They help us meet the needs of scholars and students outside their own areas of study. Suggestions for articles and reviews, which can be sent by FAX or e-mail, will always be warmly received. ***Moreover, CARF extends an invitation to the experienced user, and scholar with special computer-related interests, to join with the editorial team as a reviewer or advisor!*** GENERAL PURPOSES: Our goal is not to keep up with the trade publications in announcing the latest developments in the world of hardware and software. Rather, CARF seeks, first and foremost, to meet some of the essential, "real-world" computer information needs of the intended reader. For the beginner CARF presents "how-to" articles introducing technologies and resources relevant to humanities/textual research. For the intermediate reader more sophisticated articles dealing with a variety of important and stimulating issues are presented. All readers will benefit from our lengthy software review section, which places emphasis upon research and education oriented programs. Moreover, reviews are produced with the needs of the intended reader in mind. Second, CARF seeks to encourage humanities scholars to think critically about computers and computing. Our presupposition is that "computer literacy" goes well beyond the mechanics of computing, and that one does not need to be a computer scientist to contribute to critical thinking about computers and technological impact. Indeed many issues of concern to humanities scholars are totally eclipsed by computer scientists and technicians who tend to operate one- dimensionally. Therefore, CARF welcomes the submission of pieces which are less task-oriented. We hope to inspire our readers to contribute their perspectives as humanities scholars and computer users. PLATFORMS SUPPORTED: Both PC (i.e., IBM and compatible) and Macintosh platforms are supported. The vast majority of humanities scholars utilize one of these two types of systems. ______________________________________________________________________ *** ANNOUNCING REDUCED RATES with the WINTER, 1993 ISSUE *** * * * 1 Year/3 Issues: Institutional (Canada/US) $15.00 Cdn * * Individual (Canada/US) $10.00 Cdn * * Outside Canada/US Add $ 7.00 Cdn * * * * Single Issues: Individual (Canada/US) $ 4.00 Cdn * * Outside Canada/US $ 6.50 Cdn * * * * Single Articles: Individual (Canada/US) $ 2.00 Cdn * * Outside Canada/US $ 3.25 Cdn * ************************************************************ A LIMITED NUMBER OF FALL, 1992 SINGLE ISSUES ARE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $2.50! ______________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS - FALL, 1992 An Introduction to E-mail Nodes, Modems and Bauds?: E-mail in Plain English 1 Richard Hayes Software Reviews Bibliographic Programs Compared: Part One (Library Master 1.24, Pro-Cite 2.0, Endnote Plus 1.0) 3 Todd Blayone Graphics-Mode Word Processors for the PC: ChiWriter 4.1 and Multilingual Scholar 4.0 9 Harry Hahne Making WordPerfect for DOS Multilingual: ScriptureFonts 1.1 13 Todd Blayone Product Information 15 From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0368 Info wanted on Manuscript Scanning (1/162) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:21:11 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 635 (823) I think that the first people you would want to contact would be IBM Spain, which is in the finishing stages of digitizing a significant portion of the Archivo General de Indias, in Seville, some nine million documents. My own knowledge of CD-ROM technology is limited, but it is clear from your description that you are going to have to issue a set of CD-ROM disks rather than one. The "state of the art" for gray-scale compression is about 300K per image (this is what the IBM project achieves and what other projects I am familiar with achieve as well). With roughly 550 MB of space on a standard CD-ROM disk, you can get fewer than 2000 black-and-white images on a disk. Full color images would require even more space. So, just for the sake of argument, let's say 20 disks with a 1,000 pages each. What can you sell them for and who's going to buy them? On the other hand, a much more useful investment of time and money would be the transcription of these materials in a TEI-conformant system. All of this material could comfortably fit on a CD-ROM disk in text mode, and I suspect that the the audience would be much larger, all of those interested in Wittgenstein's thought rather than just specialists in philosophy and the edition of modern philosophical texts. This project needs rethinking. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: TLL Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:20:50 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 636 (824) In response to the query about the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL): There are two things that commonly go by the name of the TLL: (1) a series of books, steadily progressing through the alphabet but not yet complete, put together by a scholarly project of long standing in Munich; and (2) a collection of Latin texts to AD 200, in electronic form, published on CD-ROM by the Packard Humanities Institute. The former is not, alas, accessible electronically. The latter is available, for a 3-year license fee of $100 US, from the PHI, 300 Second St., Suite 201, Los Altos, CA 94022, xb.m07@stanford.bitnet. Software is required. One package for Windows, Pharos, is available via anonymous-ftp. Perhaps those who know about the present state of software for the PHI disks could fill us all in. Willard McCarty From: Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM> Subject: Re: 6.0371 Rs: Newspapers; Perform-L (3/63) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 10:20:01 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 637 (825) VUTEXT also has a lot of newspapers available online. They also have a special education rate for institutions. I think someone has already mentioned the Dialog/Knowledge Index route. In addition, some papers are "more online" than others. A list can be found in Mark Leff's list of sources (BBSs) of interest to journalists. There is a lot of other material in there, so I can't excerpt it easily, but the entire list is available from LISTSERV@ULKYVM (or LISTSERV@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU) with the command GET MEDIA BBSLIST. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elliott Parker BITNET: 3ZLUFUR@CMUVM Journalism Dept. Internet: 3zlufur@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu Central Michigan University Compuserve: 70701,520 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA The WELL: eparker@well.sf.ca.us From: john a rea <JAREA@UKCC.uky.edu> Subject: circularity of reference Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 20:55:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 638 (826) One of my favorites appeared in a dictionary (which was not innocent of the 'anteater' 'ardvark' type either): Dictionary: This is one. From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Absence/Presence Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:43:47 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 639 (827) Victor Caston might well look at sonnet 106 of Sir Philip Sidney's sequence Astrophil and Stella, "O absent presence Stella is not here." The popularity of Sidney's sequence in the 1590s suggests that Shakespeare would not have had to look very far for the motif. Sidney himself is encapsulating a prevailing theme of the later sonnets and canzoni of Petrarch's Canzoniere (the so-called poems "in morte"). ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: Re: presence in absence Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 11:14 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 640 (828) Victor Caston, you might want to take a look at Paul Celan's poem "Mandorla," where the phenomenon (though not the phrase) occurs. From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.DBP.DE Subject: Re:6.0370 Presence/absence Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 13:23+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 641 (829) 1 Corinthians 5, 3: absent in body yet present in spirit, provided a theme constantly played on in medieval Latin letters: see Brian Patrick McGuire, Friendship and Community: the monastic experience 350-1250, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian publications inc. 1988 (Cistercian Studies 95) ISBN 0-87907-895-2, index s.v. absence for a few examples. Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: Brenda Danet <kcubd@hujivm1> Subject: The concept of ma in Japanese aesthetics Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:57 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 642 (830) I am writing on behalf of a friend, Flora Margalit, who is writing a Ph.D. dissertation on the concept of "ma" in Japanese aesthetics--music. She is interested in learning what has been published on this topic, including Ph.D. dissertations. Any suggestions as to people or institutions that she should contact? Has this topic ever been the subject of a symposium? Can anyone supply names and addresses (e- or otherwise) of people who specialize in aesthetics in Japanese culture, who may know about this topic? All leads will be appreciated. Brenda Danet, Communication/Journalism and Sociology/ Anthropology, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem. (Please reply to me personally; thanks). From: Sophia.Kartsonis@m.cc.utah.edu Subject: quotational reference Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:41 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 643 (831) Does anyone out there remember the exact source and wording of the quote about Greeks worshipping the holiness fo beauty, while Jews worship the beauty of holiness? From: Michael Hawley <mike@whammo.media.mit.edu> Subject: On-line McLuhan Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 18:40:12 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 644 (832) Has anyone got a copy of "Understanding Media" in bits? From: junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu (Peter D. Junger) Subject: Re: Quotes Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 12:30:44 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 645 (833) Jan Eveleth <eveleth@nwnet.net> writes: [deleted quotation] Since this quotation raises the critical issue that makes the whole idea of "intellectual property" (i.e., copyright and patent law) rather dubious, I trust that responses will also be sent to--or summarized to--the HUMANIST list. Thanks. Peter D. Junger Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH Internet: JUNGER@SAMSARA.LAW.CWRU.Edu -- Bitnet: JUNGER@CWRU From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: [6.0015 CFP: Symposium on Arts and Technology (1/82)] Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 21:37:40 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 646 (834) Can anybody let me in contact with the following address or give a fax number of the following: Mr Shamas Nanji, McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, 3485 McTavish, Montreal, Quebec, H3N 1Y1, CANADA Thank you. Ahmad Ubaydli au100@phx.cam.ac.uk au100@uk.ac.cam.phx From: "J.J.Higgins - Education" <J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Development Date: Fri, 27 Nov 92 17:33:04 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 647 (835) A colleague who has been inspired by seeing what comes into my Humanist mailbox wants to dip his toes in the water. His field is third world matters in general, development theory in particular. Does anyone know of a list he could join? John Higgins, University of Bristol. J.Higgins@Bristol.ac.uk From: "Joan B. Fiscella" <U46028@UICVM> Subject: Association for Integrative Studies, Call for papers Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 20:08:43 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 379 (836) Call for Papers 15th Annual Conference of the Association for Integrative Studies sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Studies Program College of Lifelong Learning, Wayne State University The Hotel St. Regis, Detroit, Michigan Oct. 7-10, 1993 Forms and Structure for Interdisciplinary Dialogue What forums and structures exist for interdisciplinary dialogue? Which are successful? Which fail? Why? How do academic structures (curricular, research, pedagogical, administrative, etc.) encourage or discourage interdisciplinary dialogue? We invite your responses to this theme and its variations, including, for example: -Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes -Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies/Programs -The Rhetoric of Interdisciplinarity -Technology and Interdisciplinarity -Involving Studies in Interdisciplinary Dialogue -The Internationalization of Interdisciplinarity -Interdisciplinary Imperatives/Interdisciplinary Initiatives Although formal paper presentations are invited, the conference organizers welcome creative formats that encourage audience participation (round tables, poster sessions, panel presentations, etc.) and extend a special invitation to students to attend and submit proposals. Please include name(s), titles(s), address(es), and telephone and FAX number(s) as well as the title and a one-page summary of the proposed paper, session, or panel, indicating presentation length and anticipated audio-visual needs. Proposals must be postmarked or faxed by April 9, 1993 to: Prof. Roslyn Abt Schindler Director and Associate Dean Interdisciplinary Studies Program College of Lifelong Learning Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 313-577-4627 or 577-4612 Fax: 313-577-8585 For more information on the Association for Integrative Studies, call William H. Newell at 513-529-2213. From: Karla Saari Kitalong <KITALONG@MTUS5.cts.mtu.edu> Subject: Reader, a journal Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 21:24:50 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 380 (837) Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy _Reader_, a semi-annual publication begun in 1976, provides an interdisciplinary forum for exploring theoretical, critical and pedagogical practices in literature, reading research, gender studies, rhetoric, composition studies, visual representation, and cultural studies. Its interdisciplinary perspective provides members of divergent and seemingly irreconcilable fields bridges to explore the numerous junctures that bind us as teachers, critics, and theorists. Subscribing to _Reader_ provides each of us connections to other scholars that can enhance our own work. Past issues have included: "The Writing/Reading Relationship: Implications of Recent Research in Cognition for Reading and Writing" by Richard Beach and JoAnne Liebman-Klein; "Theory and Research in Reading: Insights from Socio-psychologists" by Robert F. Carey; Patrocino P. Schweickart's "Add Gender and Stir" and Elisabeth Daumer's "Gender Bias in the Concept of Audience"; "A Response Pedagogy for Noncanonical Literature" by John Clifford; "Reading and Writing Culture: A Group Memoir" from Joseph Trimmer; and "Reading the Right Thing" by Joseph Harris. Fall 1992 will be a special issue on Computers and Reading with commentaries on how hypertext raises the need for new reading techniques and theory, and several articles on collaborative computer-assisted responses to literature. Spring 1993 will feature responses to Joan Didion's _Salvador_ and commentary on visual responses to literature. For subscription information, contact mfsweany@mtu.edu Current subscription rates are in effect until January 1, 1993. Elizabeth A. Flynn, Co-Editor Reader, Humanities Dept. Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0364 Rs: Humanities Computing? A Hobby? (6/214) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:30 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 648 (838) Those of you who are not members of the MLA might be interested to know that the latest issue of the *MLA Newsletter* which arrived at the end of last week includes a "Draft Statement on Computer Support". (pp. 11-12). The authors ask for comments addressed to Bettina Huber, MLA, 10 Astor Place, NY, NY 10003-6981. It addresses Guidelines for Access and Support, including: 1. Personal computer and printer 2. Choice of hardware and software 3. Technical support and training 4. Computer networks 5. Integrating technology into teaching and learning 6. Development of educational materials and tools 7. Recognition of contributions by faculty members 8. Responsibility for graduate student training If you're a member, write! If not, get a copy from a neighbor/colleague, and write! If the MLA backs computer support and training, this will be a step towards acceptance in Academe. Leslie Morgan, Dept. of Modern Langs. and Lits., Loyola College in MD MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET or MORGAN@LOYOLA.EDU From: csmith@epas.utoronto.ca (Claire Smith) Subject: TACT Seminar Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1992 09:52:32 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 649 (839) To HUMANIST Editors....would you kindly announce this seminar, thank-you. A TACT seminar is being organized to provide an information exchange for present and potential users of the programme. The first meeting will be held at noon hour on December 15, 1992 at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, 14th Floor, Robarts Library. Following a brief general presentation on some of the ways the programme is being used, there will be a general discussion period. Bring your lunch, experience, curiosity, and questions! For further information, call Marion Filipiuk, Graffigny Project, 978-3002. From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" <CXFW@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: Mac Software Reviewer Needed Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 05:39:27 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 650 (840) COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM c/o Todd Blayone, Editor William and Henry Birks Building McGill University 3520 University Street Montreal, PQ - H3A 2A7 Internet: cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca Fax: (514) 398-6665 _________________________________________________________________ RE: MACINTOSH SOFTWARE REVIEWER NEEDED! November 23, 1992 The Computer-Assisted Research Forum (CARF) is a a non-technical bulletin for academics and educators in the humanities. Currently published three times a year (in September, January and April) CARF seeks to help humanities scholars better utilize personal computer technology to perform academic and educational tasks. It includes both articles and software reviews in an attractive scholarly bulletin format. I am presently seeking someone to provide a brief review of TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE (a foreign language reading tutor) for the Mac If you are an experienced Mac user with some knowledge of educational software please contact me for details. Reviewers maintain the package reviewed as well as receive a complimentary subscription to CARF. With thanks, Todd Blayone Editor, CARF From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: ARTFL Newsletter Date: Fri, 27 Nov 92 14:30:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 382 (841) The ARTFL Project Newsletter Volume 8, Number 1 - Winter 1992-93 American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language ARTFL is a cooperative project between: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and The University of Chicago Particular Vices in Decent Expressions Who uses this thing, anyway? And how? Over the past years use of the ARTFL database has con- tinued to increase steadily. From eight subscribing insti- tutions in 1988, the ARTFL Consortium has grown to some thirty-five institutions in the United States and Canada. We are beginning to see its impact on both teaching and scholarship. Teachers and researchers turn to it to trace the introduction and development of new concepts and the reworking of old ones over time; to study the crystalliza- tion of ideas in key terms; to examine patterns and shifts in language use; to look at the dynamics at work between particular texts and more general usage; and, more simply, to help students get a better sense of the language. The following articles give some examples of the ways scholars are putting the ARTFL database to work in their research and in the classroom. The methods and "ideologies" range widely; from using philological techniques to studying intertextuality, from demonstrating the originality of a writer to celebrating the death of the author. I would like to thank the authors of these articles for their contributions and invite other users to send to ARTFL descriptions of how they have used the database in their research and teaching. Understanding the ways in which peo- ple use the database as well as the problems encountered in working with it and ideas for different types of uses is important for us in determining how the database should grow and what new tools and access methods to develop. Robert Morrissey, Director November 25, 1992 - 2 - Table of Contents RESEARCH Daniel Gordon, Governing Ideas: A Philological Approach to the Age of Enlightenment Keith Baker, Public Opinions and Revolutionary Thoughts: Searching for Eighteenth-Century Political Culture. Geoffrey Wall, _Amboche, Masure, Nankins_: Coming to Terms with _Madame Bovary_. CLASSROOM William Winder, _La puce a` l'oreille_: Enigmatexts at the University of British Columbia Michel Grimaud, Being Proper: ARTFL in Undergraduate Teaching Wellesley College. Jean-Claude Carron, The Nitty Gritty: ARTFL in the Introduction to Literary Studies at UCLA Announcements RESEARCH Governing Ideas: A Philological Approach to the Age of Enlightenment The ARTFL database has been a great resource for me in my research on the moral and political vocabularies that were invented in the Enlightenment. Works such as Voltaire's _Dictionnaire philosophique_ and the _Encyclope'die_ of Diderot and d'Alembert indicate that the creation of a new moral and political lexicon was a central concern of the philosophes. Rousseau wrote, "Every estate and every profession has its own dictionary that defines its particular vices in decent expressions." Rousseau and oth- ers sought to replace inaccurate and deceitful language with a new and enlightened terminology. Historical semantics is thus a useful method for approaching the Enlightenment because Enlightenment authors themselves viewed their role in semantic terms. It is also a useful method for intellec- tual history in general because it provides a concrete way of referring both to intellectual innovation and to the com- mon intellectual orientation of a large number of writers over a long timespan. The ARTFL database has been valuable to me as a tool for tracing the usage of particular words that seem to have been central in the preferred lexicon of the _philosophes_. I have focused mainly on the language of politeness -- terms such as _sociabilite'_, _civilite'_, and _politesse_ which Rousseau used with great ambivalence but which most Enlight- enment philosophers used with great conviction. The November 25, 1992 - 3 - database makes it possible to test hunches and hypotheses efficiently. For example, the _Encyclope'die_ was the first French dictionary to include the word _sociabilite'_. Does this mean that the term had been recently coined and that the editors of the _Encyclope'die_ were consciously trying to confer legitimacy on a new word or concept? How does the definition of _sociabilite'_ in the _Encyclope'die_ resemble or differ from previous usages? Is it possible that the term _socie'te'_ from which _sociabilite'_ derives, a term that has become so ubiquitious that we can scarcely imagine its non-existence -- is it possible that this term was also put into circulation by Enlightenment authors? (This last question, which was suggested to me by Keith Baker, has become the basis of collaborative research.) By searching the ARTFL database for occurences of _sociabilite'_ prior to the publication of the _Encyclope'die_ and searching the entire database for occurences of _socie'te'_, I have gained information that allows these broad questions to be approached precisely. Recently, I came across an interesting remark of Lucien Febvre, who was an advocate of the study of words. The value of tracing the evolution of words, he wrote, is that "they reach us pregnant, one might say, with all the history through which they have passed. They alone can enable us to follow and measure...the transformations which took place in those governing ideas which man is pleased to think of as being immobile because their immobility seems to be a guarantee of his security." The ARTFL database has allowed me to confirm that a number of terms which we utter uncons- ciously were consciously invented and put into circulation in the Enlightenment. (Daniel Gordon's _The Idea of Socia- bility in Pre-Revolutionary France_ will be published by Princeton University Press in 1993.) Daniel Gordon Harvard University Public Opinions and Revolutionary Thoughts: Searching for Eighteenth-Century Political Culture. Over the years, I have used ARTFL in a number of research projects on the history of French political cul- ture. My use of the database has been relatively straight- forward and unsophisticated, but I have found it extremely helpful. Generally speaking, I have searched the database for occurrences of terms relevant to particular political concepts. The searches have helped me to identify works relevant to my project that I would not have anticipated, as well as making it easier to find key occurrences of terms in works that were obviously relevant. They have demonstrated shifts in the frequency of the uses of important terms in the database over relatively long periods of time. They November 25, 1992 - 4 - have also suggested evidence for changing uses of these terms within differing discursive configurations. One of the earliest uses I made of the database was for a study of the idea of "public opinion" in eighteenth- century France, first published in 1987 and subsequently reprinted in my work, _Inventing the French Revolution_ (Cambridge, 1990). At that time, it was not possible -- as it now would be -- to search the database for co-occurrences of the terms _opinion_ and _publique_. Instead, we had to search for occurrences of _opinion_ more generally, and then find out which of these occurrences actually combined _opin- ion_ with _publique_. The procedure was somewhat cumber- some, but it was enormously useful in identifying occurrences of _opinion publique_ in the database for further analysis, in suggesting a tentative chronology for the usage of the term in eighteenth-century France, and in illustrating the traditional associations of _opinion_ with uncertainty, instability, and disorder -- associations that were rapidly changed when mere _opinion_ was transformed (as it was during the third quarter of the eighteenth-century) into the rational authority of of _opinion publique_, the new tribunal to which all political actors were compelled to appeal. Another project in which I had valuable recourse to ARTFL was a study of the idea of "revolution" in prerevolu- tionary France, first published in 1988 and also reprinted in _Inventing the French Revolution_. Searching the database for _re'volution_ produced an enormous amount of informa- tion. It revealed important occurrences in works I would not otherwise have investigated, as well as ensuring that I did not miss occurrences in works I already knew to be cru- cial (Mably's _Observations sur l'histoire de France_, for example). It also provided the basis for the following table, adapted from _Inventing the Revolution_, p. 346: Frequency of occurrences of _re'volution(s)_ in the ARTFL database (1986) Date Number of Number of words Frequency per occurrences in corpus 1,000 words 1600-99 152 18,269,513 .0083 1700-99 2,526 37,499,880 .0673 1700-50 392 12,805,037 .0306 1751-70 782 10,879,911 .0718 1771-89 504 10,651,996 .0473 1789-99 848 3,162,936 .2681 Of course, as I pointed out in presenting the table, the ARTFL database is not, in any strict statistical sense, a November 25, 1992 - 5 - representative sample of French works published during the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries. One cannot therefore extrapolate directly from the frequency of the term _re'volution_ in the database to its popularity in French discourse as a whole. Nonetheless, the increase of occurrences of the term within the database, between the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries, is really quite striking. It does suggest, along with other evidence, that "revolution" was becoming an increasingly important category of historical understanding in France well before the events that were so quickly apprehended in 1789 as "The French Revolution." I also tried in my study to identify the com- peting meanings of _re'volution_ in prerevolutionary politi- cal discourse and to show how the French Revolution was invented as a series of improvisations upon them. More recently, Daniel Gordon and I have been collaborating on research in the idea of society in the French Enlightenment. I have learned much from ARTFL and expect to be able to learn much more in the future. Allow me to conclude by thanking the ARTFL staff for their generous help over the years, and to acknowledge the particular assistance of Kent Wright and Matthew Levinger in the searches they have so readily carried out for me. Keith Baker Stanford University _Amboche, Masure, Nankins_: Coming to Terms with _Madame Bovary_. After four years' work, I have just finished a new translation of Flaubert's _Madame Bovary_. As well as the usual array of translator's tools--the various dictionaries, the thesaurus and the encyclopedia, I have been using ARTFL. It has helped me in three ways. First of all, it meant that I could easily generate a voluminous file of quotations systematically, illustrating the semantic field of key words in Flaubert's text. For example, I searched the fiction and the correspondance for instances of "nerfs" and "nerveux": an obvious case of a word which carries a special thematic charge for Flaubert. There were less obvious instances too, such as "abandonner," "langueur," and "songer." All of these were used quite dis- tinctively. ARTFL supplemented and refined my intuitive sense of their meaning, helped me to make confident and con- sistent decisions in my translation of recurrent words. Second, there were other kinds of words, such as "amboche," "masure" and "nankins." They raised different problems: of connotation, of cultural history. The November 25, 1992 - 6 - dictionaries and the encyclopedias didn't give enough exam- ples of their use to answer the questions I was asking. ARTFL could do it, rapidly and exactly. Third, when writing my introduction I wanted to say something about (for example) Flaubert's opinions on hys- teria. ARTFL confirmed my intuition that the word "hys- teria" did not occur in the text of _Madame Bovary_. And it revealed, simultaneously, how much thought Flaubert had given to the question of hysteria, how informed he was con- cerning the emergent domain of psychopathology. I think we are just learning how to use ARTFL as an instrument of research. Our intellectual formation in the pre-electronic era means that we still do not, in general, try to follow up any of those criticial intuitions that would once have required weeks of drudgery to substantiate. We are learning, belatedly, to ask the right questions. (Geoffrey Wall's translation of _Madame Bovary_ was pub- lished by Penguin Books in September, 1992.) Geoffrey Wall University of York CLASSROOM _La puce a` l'oreille_: Enigmatexts at the University of British Columbia French 500 is a methodology and bibliography course offered to beginning masters and doctoral candidates at UBC's French Department. Much of the course is devoted to the traditional questions, procedures, and tools of humani- ties graduate work, i.e. thesis format and goals, the library and its printed reference materials, and terminolog- ical and methodological conventions for linguistic and literary studies. Students are also presented a variety of electronic research tools: electronic mail, electronic dis- cussion lists, optical scanners, word processors, biblio- graphical databases, terminological databases, text analysis software, grammar correction software, etc. Among these electronic tools, the ARTFL database is perhaps the most important for French studies. Accordingly, students are asked to complete a number of practical exer- cises in order to gain a more thorough understanding of its uses and limits. Some examples of exercises are: Use ARTFL to compare the value of "e^tre paru" and "avoir paru" in the sense of "published": is there any difference in meaning? November 25, 1992 - 7 - Study the evolution of the fixed expression "puce a` l'oreille": how is it used over the centuries and what is its syntactic distribution? Compare the role of "vin" and "champagne" in Maupassant and Zola. What are the connotations of these words, and what role do they have in the text? Construct a thematic field for Flaubert's "Un coeur simple"; does this field appear in other works? Finally, perhaps the most ambitious exercise of the course consists in finding the source of unidentified quota- tions of varying length, called "enigmatexts". Students are asked to find the exact edition that the quotation was taken from, using whatever means possible. ARTFL is one particu- larly effective tool for this exercise, but not the only one, and it is often instructive to compare the different approaches to the problem. For example, faced with the unti- tled passage "Par la fene^tre losangique d'une gui^rite de gardien, je suivais le chapeau panama dans les alle'es du Luxembourg", one student judiciously looked in the _TLF_ under "losangique" and found that passage as an attestation. Finding this double path to the text served as an excellent illustration of the circulation of information between reference texts and primary sources: such explorations reveal the dictionary-like dimension of textual databases, and the textual dimension of the dictionary. Some enigmatexts cannot be found with ARTFL, either because the texts are not part of the database or because the relevant search is not possible. For instance, any pas- sage that is composed exclusively of high frequency words, such as grammatical words ("de", "par", "le", etc.), is dif- ficult if not impossible to find in ARTFL. Indeed ARTFL gen- erally suffers from a lack of statistical and grammatical treatment of its texts -- for example, one cannot use it to study in any direct way the syntax of determiners or the statistical distribution of a theme in a text. However, these limitations are themselves pedagogically valuable in that they serve as a natural transition to the more complex questions of automatic treatment of text, and to the use of more powerful software for linguistic and literary study: automatic lemmatizers, concordances, linguistic databases, etc. In the final stages of the course, students create a miniature database from Flaubert`s _Un Coeur Simple_. They draw up extensive lists of expressions and phrases from the novella and then search the whole database for significant parallels. This very practical study of intertextuality helps students to understand that beyond the simple biblio- graphical attribution, the true source of the language, style, and meaning of texts is found dispersed in the whole November 25, 1992 - 8 - of literature itself -- in a very real sense Flaubert did not write "Un coeur simple", rather French literature did. ARTFL is perhaps the only reference tool that gives direct access to that elusive, polycephalic author, French literary history. Bill Winder University of British Columbia Being Proper: ARTFL in Undergraduate Teaching Wellesley College. Students in an undergraduate seminar on "Politeness and Proper Names" have used the ARTFL database for their papers. One student studied the use of "tu" and "vous" in Balzac's _Euge'nie Grandet_, noting for example Grandet's switch from "tu" to "vous" when he felt emotionally distanced from his wife or from Euge'nie. Another student looked at the use of titles of address in Balzac's _Pe`re Goriot_, examining in particular the use of "Mademoiselle" and "Madame" and, for instance, the logic of variations between "Victorine," "Mademoiselle Taillefer," and "Mademoiselle Victorine." One student looked at Simenon's _Les vacances de Maigret_, also studying the rare cases of "tutoiement" and also the use of the article with a given name as in "la Popine" vs. "Popine." Points of convergence between Simenon and Balzac were easy to investigate thanks to the ease of ARTFL searches: we checked the now odd use of "Mme + Patronym" as in "Mme Maigret" said by husband to wife and found it, for instance, in Balzac's _Euge'nie Grandet_. A study of naming in Jules Verne's _Ile myste'rieuse_ was particularly interesting in several ways. We looked at the use of "Monsieur" with a given name for men [cf. Balzac above for women] as in "Monsieur Cyrus" vs. "Monsieur Smith." We also discussed the usual use of the full name by the narrator -- "Cyrus Smith," a way of naming also used by Victor Hugo in _Les Miserables_ where Hugo always says "Jean Valjean" (never "Jean" or "Valjean") In addition, KWIC lists of names enabled us to study the order of mention of names of the members of that small, strongly hierarchical social group. Many of the points discussed by the students were first discussed in my 1989 article in _Le francais moderne_ ("Les appellatifs dans le discours"). But, at the time, I did not have access to the ARTFL database. Particularly in the last case mentioned -- that of the order of mention of characters -- having access to complete lists enabled the student who studied the issue to significantly refine my initial November 25, 1992 - 9 - hypotheses. Michel Grimaud Wellesley College The Nitty Gritty: ARTFL in the Introduction to Literary Studies at UCLA. The introductory course in literary studies, French 201: Literary Research and Composition, which is required for all graduate students in the French Department at UCLA, includes some information concerning the role and use of computers in their graduate work. A certain number of these uses begin as soon as the students realize that the catalo- gue of the University's principal library is computerized, as well as some ten years of the MLA Bibliography. As far as ARTFL is concerned, the first "theoretical" introduction is done in class: a description of the holdings on the database, ways of accessing it (by modem, MOPS, or "direct" connection), available resources (limiting the corpus to areas of interest, breadths and limits of searches, combinations of successive searches, etc.), possi- ble uses (statistical, thematic, historical (first use of a word), linguistic, phonetics and rhyme schemes, etc). For those who have never used a computer before, there is also the need to overcome intimidation and the numerous unexpected difficulties raised by the initial encounter with computer technology. After the first overview, the class meets in a room equipped with a terminal that provides access to UCLA's electronic mail and Bitnet via modem and cable. (The Department does not yet have direct access to Chicago.) The demonstration consists in part of an intro- duction to communication programs compatible with our elec- tronic service with modem access to Chicago. The use of the database then happens "live", via modem, as does the stu- dents' training in the use of Philologic. This is in fact the only way for the class to see the program work and to follow the advances, the experiments or the errors in the research itself. For their private research, the students are encouraged to use MOPS which makes use of electronic mail. Once these steps have been accomplished, access to ARTFL is left relatively open: only the students who want to use it or whose written course work might require it are truly encouraged to use ARTFL for this introductory class. French 201 offers essentially a series of introductions to the different resources available to students for their short term and long term research. The goal is mostly to make them conscious that these resources exist, with the November 25, 1992 - 10 - hope that they will know how to use them when the time comes. For this first course, the numerous practical, adminis- trative and theoretical steps seem to be enough to wear out the curiosity and the patience of most of the students who have never before used a computer. It is important to bear in mind that this first step, though still not very advanced, is crucial, and that we must not hurry things too much. Jean-Claude Carron UCLA ARTFL at the MLA Mark Olsen, Assistant Director of ARTFL, will be at the Modern Language Association. He will be acting as a respon- dant for two sessions entitled "Signs, Symbols, Discourses: A New Direction for Computer-Aided Literature Studies". The sessions will be offered on Tuesday, December 29, (1:45- 3:00, Morgan Suite A&B, New York Hilton) and Wednesday, December 30, (3:30-4:45, Riverside Ballroom, Sheraton New York). Mark will be happy to give ARTFL demonstrations by appointment. Anyone interested in an ARTFL demonstration should contact Mark to make an appointment either at the conference or by e-mail to: mark@gide.uchicago.edu, or by phone at: 312-702-8687. Morphological Analysis of the ARTFL database We are pleased to announce that ARTFL now supports lim- ited use of the INFL Morphological Analyzer under an agree- ment with its developers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). The INFL Analyzer is a context-free system which identifies many aspects of every word in a sentence, including the tense, gender, part of speech, and other data. The current implementation, which is not part of the Philo- Logic access program, permits the user to search for a word or pattern in a single text, generating a full morphological analysis for every sentence in which the target word is found. The INFL Analyzer will be discussed in further detail in the Spring 1993 _Newsletter_. Please contact ARTFL for further information concerning the use of INFL. Current Subscriber List for ARTFL We are pleased to announce that as of November, 1992, November 25, 1992 - 11 - thirty-five institutions are currently active participants in ARTFL. These institutions are: Bryn Mawr College Carleton University City University of New York Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Emory University Gettysburg College Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Kent State University Louisiana State University Memorial University New York University Princeton University Rutgers University Stanford University State University of New York - Binghampton State University of New York - Buffalo Swarthmore College Universite' de Montre'al Universite' du Que'bec a` Montre'al University of British Columbia University of California - Los Angeles University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign University of Michigan University of Ottawa University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Virginia University of Waterloo Vassar College Wellesley College Yeshiva University ARTFL Project Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 1050 East 59th Street University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 (312) 702-8488 artfl@artfl.uchicago.edu November 25, 1992 From: DELAHUNT@NYUACF.BITNET Subject: CONFERENCE-Performance, Ritual & Shamanism Date: 21 Nov 1992 05:12:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 383 (842) -- the following has been cross-posted to perform-l@acfcluster.nyu.edu, theatre@grearn, ethology@finhutc, anthro-l@ubvm, psi-l@rpiecs, humanist@brownvm -- *********************************************************************** [[ INTERNATIONAL THEATRE CONFERENCE ]] POINTS OF CONTACT: PERFORMANCE, RITUAL & SHAMANISM Performance, Practical Sessions, Papers, Films, Discussion A major gathering of key practitioners and academics from around the world with guest contributors and workshop leaders from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa Friday, 8 January 1993 6.00 pm start Saturday, 9 January, all day and evening Sunday, 10 January, until 5.00 pm at the CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH Cardiff, Wales. *************************************** This three-day conference will focus on: -Contemporary western theatre/ performance work and its convergences with recent theoretical and experiential developments in ritual and shamanistic studies. Some of these recent developments include: -changing attitudes to the role of the spectator in the creation of contemporary performance works which use ritual and shamanistic forms as a vehicle for social and spiritual cohesion; -practical explorations within ritual/shamanism/theatre workshops including such activities as the performance of ethnographic texts; -examining relationships between traditional forms and emergent ritual and shamanic activities in indigenous cultures; -re-definitions of spirituality which propose a reconstruction of a consciousness that can embrace simultaneously the contradictions of reverence (tradition) and iconoclasm (subversion). *************************************** The study of ritual and shamanic forms and practices has had an important impact on the aesthetics and direction of theatre experimentation throughout the 20th century and continues to influence contemporary work in both the visual and performing arts. Drawing in particular on anthropological and ethological research, as well as on the area of neoritualistic/ shamanistic studies, this POINTS OF CONTACT conference - Performance, Ritual and Shamanism - has been organised in order to identify where recent experiments have taken us and what might be possible in the future. The programme will include: the presentation of papers by specialists in the three areas, performance, ritual and shamanism; interdisciplinary panel discussions; the screening of seldom seen ethnographic film; live work by contemporary performance artists, Alastair MacLennan and Nick Stewart, whose performance work has been influenced by ritual and shamanic forms; smaller group working sessions which will involve a degree of practical and participational work lead by the contributors; and opening and closing statements from conference chair Christopher Innes. In addition, Alessandro Fersen will be present to discuss and demonstrate his technique of Mnemodrama, "a shamanic experience of death and rebirth." Although Fersen's work has been studied by people such as Julian Beck, Peter Brook and Jerzy Grotowski, it is not well known. His presence at this POINTS OF CONTACT conference will provide a rare opportunity for participants to become acquainted with his work. By convening and exchanging fresh ideas alongside practice, POINTS OF CONTACT: Performance, Ritual and Shamanism will aim to engage participants and contributors in a multilogue relating the study and practice of ritual and shamanism to performance theory and avant-garde performance/ theatre. The conference will be organised to enable all participants, as far as possible, to play a significant part in the formation of its findings, all of which will certainly be important for the future. The full list of contributors is not yet finalised, but the following have confirmed their participation in the event. As yet to be confirmed, there will be a small group of practitioners and specialists from Korea and Japan. [deleted quotation] Etzel Cardena - USA Alessandro Fersen - Italy Sam Gill - USA John Green - USA Christopher Innes - Canada Alastair McLennan - Ireland Daniel Noel - USA Nicolas Nunez - Mexico Julius Sonny Spencer - Sierre Leone Edith Turner - USA [deleted quotation] Brian Bates Enzo Cozzi Frances Harding Nick Stewart Michael Tucker Richard Schechner, who was instrumental in conceiving the original outline for this conference, may be unable to attend in person. However, it is likely he will contribute in some other form to the proceedings. *************************************** Cardiff is easily accessible by national and international transport networks. Approximate train journey times from other parts of the UK are: Birmingham - 1.5 hrs; London - 2 hrs; Manchester - 3.5 hrs; Leeds - 4 hrs; Glasgow/Edinburgh - 8 hrs. *************************************** POINTS OF CONTACT is a continuing series of international conferences staged by the Centre for Performance Research that aims to generate investigation, critical debate and understanding of cross-disciplinary approaches to performance studies through contact and confrontation with other disciplines. The first three in the series were 'Theatre, Anthropology & Theatre Anthropology' (1988); 'Performance, Nature & Culture' (1989) with Gardzienice Theatre Association; and 'Performance, Politics & Ideology' (1990). The next in the series will be 'Performance, Food & Cookery'. The series aims to provide opportunities for artists, critics, promoters and academics to discuss current practices and issues in the performing arts across disciplines and internationally. At each conference care is taken to forge links between people and ideas and to create formal and informal opportunities for people to exchange information about current and future projects. Books and tapes by contributors and on related topics, often unavailable elsewhere, will also be on display and for sale. *************************************** BOOKING INFORMATION: Registration fee includes: all performance tickets; access to all discussion/film showings/demonsrations; conference papers; and Friday/Saturday evening meals and Saturday/Sunday lunch as well as afternoon tea and morning coffee. The CPR has a reputation for providing high quality food and the meals are included in the fee rather than offered separately in order to increase the opportunity for collective and informal conference discussion. 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No 2315790) ********************************************************** Scott deLahunta Research Assistant - The Centre for Performance Research Phone: 44-222-345174 Fax: 0222-340687 E-Mail (Internet): delahunt@acfcluster.nyu.edu ********************************************************** From: Elaine M Brennan <ELAINE@BROWNVM> Subject: A Note from the Editor Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 17:31:56 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 384 (843) some of you may have noticed a recent change in the "From" line of Humanist, along with a certain irregularity of Humanist appearances. My apologies on both counts. I mistakenly thought that if I made the change from dual editorship to single editorship noticeable, I would then immediately write and send out a note to Humanists informing them of the changes. Needless to say, that hasn't happened until now. In some ways, our switching to a single editor makes sense; Allen Renear's roles within Computing and Information Services here at Brown have become increasingly demanding and time-consuming and the time he has had available for Humanist has become extremely limited. Our routines for handling mail and subscriptions have become well-entrenched since we originally took Humanist over from Willard, even if our separate responsibilities have sometimes overwhelmed our ability to get postings out as quickly as we might like. We hope that the change will be a subtle one, for the most part, for Humanist subscribers, even as we contemplate further changes. The recent postings on humanities computing as well as our own periodic re-thinking of the dynamics of electronic communication and the changing nature of the electronic community have in some ways encouraged us in the thought that it might be time for one of us to become somewhat more of an editorial presence within Humanist. I seem to have been elected as that editor of the moment (even if the thought of my words being compared with Willard's erudite prose and presentation sprezzatura makes me tremble in my boots). I expect to start, and to stay, a relatively *small* editorial presence. Part of that is due to the other demands on my time; I have over the last two months been immersed in the publication process (yes, paper publication) for several volumes of early women writers; we're still working on the ways to best make electronic editions of those and other texts available over the networks. Meanwhile, I occasionally lift my head to discover that 4 or 5 days have passed and I haven't done anything with Humanist. This year's publication process is drawing to a close; I hope that my editorial lapses will be forgiven, and that Humanist and I will both regain some measure of regularity of appearance and reflection that we have recently lost. Allen, meanwhile, will not totally disappear. I will miss his editorial presence, although he has promised to keep his hand in by editing digests should I ever again have the time to take a vacation. I also expect to be able occasionally to demand that his thoughts on particular topics of interest be made available to Humanists. Meanwhile, if any Humanists who are planning on being at the Modern Language Association convention at the end of December would be interested in having an appropriately styled Humanist gathering, I'd be pleased to organize and coordinate. Elaine From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0373 Further Rs: Humanities Computing (2/191) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 10:51:33 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 651 (844) Prof. Falzer aswked, near the end of a thoughtful essay, about the relevance of computers to our work. (Pardon me for not quoting him exactly.) I'd be glad to answer that, somewhat at the risk of boring my non-medievalist friends on HUMANIST: rememver, you can always press a key and get frid of this. It also speaks somewhat to Willard's essay on the same subject (which was the kindof important and impressive discussion I always know I will get from him.) Briefly as possible, I cannot do my most important research without the computer. I use a database I call "The Middle English Database" -- I programmed it, I input the data, I wrote the retrieval routines, and I use the results. It is my contention that we do not have one kind of knowledge about Middle english that we have about Modern English, and that the lack is crucial. When we read modern English poetry we readily make judgements about tone, mood, level of style, etc because we know so much about the words. We know which are newfangled and which are not, which are specialized and from which discipline or which aspoect of the culture, which are fad terms or nonce words,etc. Much literary criticism is based on an assumption that we know and can react to such aspects of language. (Even hypermodern theorists assume that we can show how language is inadequate to its task _because_ we know how language works -- a dubious assumption,but let that pass.) But with Middle English we do not have such ready fluency, for an odd reason. In Old English, we do not have enough information to form such conclusions, but in Middle Englishm we have _too_ much. No one ca preted to familiarity across the breadth of the writings in ME -- reading all the Romances is an impressive feat by itself! My database uses the Middle English Dictionary as its source, and, using modern sampling techniques, stores information abvout the age of words, their proximate etymologies (in ME, it is often very important to know wehter a word is Germanic or whether it comes from French or Latin, or Anglo-French, etc.) Soon the database will hold information about the kind of work in which the word was first found -- law, medicine, theology, etc. So I am slowly getting a handle on the growth and structure of theMiddle English vocabulary, and will b able to move from that to a history of the growrh of poetic diction in the English Middle Ages, and then beyond that perhaps to sub-histories of the langauge of law, government, domestic matters, etc. etc. NONE of this would be possible without the computer. All of it is basic to the most simple Humanist understanding of the texts involved. If this is mere hobbyism, or playing with toys in my spare time, I wish someone had told me before I dedicated the past 15 years of my life to it (I hope to be finished with it in another 10 years or so). I will merely mention my other computer based projects -- a colleague and I are doing a study of the language of female spirituality in the fifteenth centurym, and I have another database containing information about the order of the Canterbury Tales and their links in all of the MSS, from which I hope to be able todraw some conclusions about the order of the tales and hence the structure of the work. I'm sorry if this looks lie play, though it has been great fun. There are dozens of other projects out there waiting to be done -- I think of one or two almost every month, in an out of medieval studies. So I don'treallycare if people think there is no Humanities computing and I don't really care if misguided University administrations (is there any other sort ?) don't understand it -- I have work to do, and so will a host of others in the coming years, if we just get out of their way.... From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: More humanities computing Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 12:01:32 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 652 (845) Far from taking offense at Willard's comments, I think HUMANIST is, as he suggests, precisely the forum for this kind of "collective navel gazing." :-) He suggests that "some of us will tend to get a bit testy if we're told it's our fault that humanities computing isn't given a seat at the banquet table." Unfortunately, I tend to suspect that we are at fault. It is, quite frankly, too easy to blame the "social and institutional conditions" for the failure of humanities computing to establish itself professionally. Our failure is indicated by both explicit and implicit peer review of our work. Implicitly by the intellectual failure of humanities computing research to be cited by or published in (with a few notable exceptions) mainstream scholarship. Bluntly put, scholars in our home disciplines (literature, history, etc.) seem to be able to safely ignore the considerable literature generated by humanities computing research over the years. Explicit peer review is indicated, in part, by the fact that humanities computing hasn't been invited to the banquet. We don't *have* to be invited precisely because the results of so much work can be ignored by scholarship in our home disciplines. You might call this the "in your face" theory of academic politics. When the results of this research become important to mainstream scholarship -- challenging, supplementing, engaging -- then the institutional and social conditions will improve because this work will be seen to be important. It is simply unreasonable to ask humanities departments to allocate scarce resources to support work that has not shown itself to be of wide importance. Willard and others have counseled patience, that good scholarship takes time. Well, I am impatient. One of my many faults. I tend to see calls for patience as a way of evading the issues. A recent paper in L&LC noted that "the numbers have been crunched for about twenty years now" but it remains "difficult to see the point of the exercise." So, how patient should we be? Another twenty years before laying down the cards to see what we're holding? I'll raise you five and call your hand now. The corrective, I believe, is to engage and exploit the developments in critical theory head on ("in your face"). Indeed, it is my firm belief that the technology allows us to rethink the notion of "textuality" and the relationship of text to context (discursive, social, and political). And provide solid, verifiable results based on new theoretical models, allowing us to test and (hopefully) improve critical theory. Humanities computing should be in the lead of rethinking textuality precisely because the technology allows us to treat text as a radically different object of research. I have my own theoretical hobby-horses to ride here, but the details of an individual's theoretical preferences are of little importance. The call to engage theory does not specify which theory should be favored. When we publish results that our non-computer using colleagues read, all the rest will follow. They may never wish to engage in that type of research, but will be unable to ignore our results. Until we get in the faces of scholars in our home disciplines, humanities computing will remain on the margins. Mark Olsen University of Chicago From: John Lavagnino <LAV@BRANDEIS> Subject: Humanities Computing and humanities departments Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 16:13 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 653 (846) The resistance we observe to humanities computing doesn't stem solely from the involvement of machines. In English departments, at any rate, it's part of a general decline in the value placed on traditional scholarship: on anything that's not literary criticism. Textual editing and bibliography, say, are similar to humanities computing in that they aren't likely to find you a job anywhere---though that wasn't the case forty years ago. There are many valuable projects in humanities computing that can't be made to look like criticism; English departments have an automatic bias nowadays against such things, whether or not they embrace the cybernetic devil. In the introduction to *Learning to Curse*, Stephen Greenblatt tells of proposing a project to his supervisor at Yale in the 1960s that sounded too much like textual editing; he was given to understand that interesting people didn't do such things. He says he thinks this attitude is wrong, but he's just co-edited a volume for the MLA surveying English studies which finds no place for computing or editing---or anything else that's not criticism, apart from composition. The MLA's draft statement on computers is excellent, but I suspect it will be adopted without argument and then ignored. John Lavagnino Department of English, Brandeis University From: JGUTHRIE@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0373 Further Rs: Humanities Computing (2/191) Date: 04 Dec 1992 15:57:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 654 (847) I find myself drawn inexorably closer to such applications as PageMaker, Ventura, and CorelDraw!, all desktop publishing applications. Although these programs do not, techically speaking, advance my _knowledge_ of the humanities, using them in the computer lab makes me think often of humani- ties-related concerns. For example: -- the relationship between text and graphics stimulates my thinking about design, and the ways in which people derive information from what they see. After working so long in a world of words, I like dabbling a little more in the visual arts. -- the idea that the _writer_ will have, once again, control over what a document says and the way it looks I find exciting. Not since Benjamin Franklin's day has a writer had so much control over the medium for his or her message. I foresee the day when, for good or ill, anyone with a computer can become a publisher. This idea has enormous ramifications for issues in ethics, privacy, and politics. Although I certainly don't see technology as a panacea (it has a dark, smart-bomb side), I look forward to the day when we will see multi-media "novels," virtual-reality landscape "paintings," visible sound. More and more, computers strike me as being the equivalent of a brand new, wonderfully versatile paintbrush. Thanks, by the way, for your discussion of this topic. Jim Guthrie Wright State University From: Oliver Berghof <oberghof@orion.oac.uci.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0373 Further Rs: Humanities Computing (2/191) Date: Mon, 07 Dec 92 23:09:52 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 655 (848) Paul Falzer asks what the single most useful program for a HUMANIST may be - outside word processing, that is. Well, for me it's probably Kermit, to wit, the program which allows me to write these lines from a PC. Taking a clue from Willard McCarthy's cautious plea for an integration of computers in humanities' research I would like to add a more specific question: who among HUMANISTs could name programs which have allowed them to improve their research ? More specifically, who has been using programs which do not collect data, but help to analyze them ? On a different note I urge HUMANISTs to buttonhole their local Unix SYSOPs to show them how to work with two new arrivals in the world of information retrieval: WAIS and gopher. And maybe the editors (hint hint) should think about making HUMANIST available via these services, both of which allow you to customize the way in which you retrieve information under Unix. Merry Christmas. -- Oliver Berghof oberghof@orion.oac.uci.edu From: John Lavagnino <LAV@BRANDEIS> Subject: J. Hillis Miller on hypertext Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 14:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 386 (849) If you're doing any work in the realm of electronic texts or hypertext, you should look up a recent book by an eminent literary critic and theorist: *Illustration*, by J. Hillis Miller. It has a few pages of discussion on these subjects that will prove useful to many. Not because of their actual content, for the most part. A standard argument for literary theory is that without it you almost certainly wind up parroting unexamined prejudices rather than thinking new thoughts. That's certainly borne out by this text, which, like many such productions by people who don't do humanities computing, betrays an ignorance of the work done in the field, of a kind that its author would certainly consider unacceptable in an essay on, say, literary theory. Miller assumes that a person with sound common sense can just stroll by and make sensible criticisms; of course these sensible criticisms all sound like cliches or plain misconceptions to anyone with a knowledge of the scholarship in the field. It's no accident that much of what Miller says is closely paralleled by a recent article by a non-theorist: Sven Birkerts, ``Perseus Unbound,'' Harvard Magazine, November-December 1992, 57-58, 60. But I'll skip a discussion of these failings, which will be readily apparent to other scholars. What's unusual is that Miller does have one bit of theory to support him in this exploration---Walter Benjamin's essay on art and mechanical reproduction. Though the prejudices of his field, and the conventions of the kind of essay he's writing, push Miller towards considering hypertext a Bad Thing, Benjamin's essay spurs him to some thought of hypertext as a Different Thing that has complex consequences. And so he comes to a conclusion that's not what the discourse would dictate: that hypertext is interesting and important. His principal discussion of the topic, which focuses on a Thoreau hypertext in the works at the University of Minnesota, ends with this paragraph: Nevertheless, the `Thoreau Prototype' project, as its name affirms, is just that, an admirably conceived *prototype* for what will no doubt be an immense proliferation of such programmes and databases. This proliferation will transform humanities research in the coming years. Keep this essay in mind when you're writing your next paper or grant proposal. The source is: J. Hillis Miller chapter: The Work of Cultural Criticism in the Age of Digital Reproduction in: Illustration Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1992 The chapter covers pages 9-60; the quotation above is from 42-43. The principal discussion of hypertext is at 32-43, but Miller refers to it intermittently throughout the chapter. John Lavagnino Department of English, Brandeis University From: "Kasey Briggs, (803) 792-2134" <BRIGGSK@CITADEL.BITNET> Subject: Position listing Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 09:15:22 FULL X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 656 (850) I am forwarding this job announcement for posting to Humanist at the request of one of my colleagues. His message follows: The following message is a 530-word announcement of an opening for the Vice President for Academic Affairs at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Please forward it to anyone you know who might be interested. E-mail inquiries may be sent to <WHITER@CITADEL> on BITNET or <whiter@citadel.edu> on INTERNET. Thanks. Robert A. White, Search Committee. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, invites applications and nominations for the position of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. As chief academic officer, the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College is charged principally with ensuring that The Citadel's highest priorities are teaching and learning, that policies are in place to ensure their continuous improvement, and that they receive adequate support from all the resources the college has at its disposal. To this end, he or she is responsible for the administration and development, faculty promotion and tenure review, student enrollment, student support services, and liaison with academically-related government agencies, accrediting bodies, and other institutions of higher education. In addressing these tasks, he or she works directly with the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Administrative Dean and Registrar, the Director of Information Resources, and the Director of Student Activities, all of whom report to him or her. In addition, he or she coordinates with the Commandant of Cadets to insure that the military environment supports the academic programs. The Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College reports directly to the President and serves as the acting president in his absence. As the senior vice president, he or she will coordinate the activities of other vice presidents, deans, and department heads to ensure cooperation across the college necessary to sustain and strengthen the academic programs during the remainder of this decade and beyond. To fill this position, The Citadel is seeking an accomplished academician with significant administrative experience and leadership ability. Candidates must have an earned doctorate and a record of significant scholarly achievement, and must demonstrate a commitment to teaching, research, and public service. Founded in 1842 in the beautiful and historic city of Charleston, The Citadel is a state-supported, comprehensive military college serving South Carolina and the nation. The undergraduate curriculum emphasizes a strong liberal arts core and provides a wide variety of majors in the arts, sciences, education, engineering, and business. The college has about 160 full time faculty and a corps of cadets numbering almost 2,000. Its expanding evening college enrolls about 1,800 students in a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in the fields of business administration, education, engineering, and history. The position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College is an executive compensation position administered by the State of South Carolina and, as such, the salary range will be commensurate with the State salary and grade structure. Application review will begin on January 18, 1993, and will continue until the appointment is made. Applications should include a letter, a curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of five or more references. Nominations should briefly describe the nominee's background and should include his or her mailing address and telephone number. Applications, nominations, and requests for additional information should be directed to Dr. Harold W. Askins, Jr., Chairman; Search Committee for Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of The College; The Citadel; Charleston, SC, 29409. The Citadel is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages applications from minorities and women. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: D214SHS@UTARLG.UTA.EDU Subject: Job Posting Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 16:08 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 657 (851) Could you please post this to HUMANIST? Ruth Gross is available on email at B468RVG@UTARLG. Job Posting Follows: University of Texas at Arlington Foreign Langs, Arlington, TX 76019 Associate Professor of French, fall 1993. Specialist in 18th or 19th century, with supplemental interest in comparative literature desirable. Strong publication record, experience at the Assistant Professor level, and proof of excellence in teaching required. Responsibilities will include coordinating French section of department. Send letter of application and CV by Dec. 15. to Ruth V. Gross, Chair. Please indicate if you will be attending the MLA convention. From: PETERR@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Reports on manuscript digitizing and encoding Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 17:21 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 388 (852) ************************************************* * * * Reports on digitalization of manuscript images * * and on computer encoding of manuscript texts * * * ************************************************* I have contracted with the British Library to write reports on: 1. digitizing manuscript images; 2. computer encoding of primary texts, especially transcription of manuscripts. These reports are to be written over the next four months (that is, by 31 March 1993) and will be published in the Office for Humanities Computing publication series. The Office for Humanities Computing is funded by the British Library Research and Development section and is directed by Dr Marilyn Deegan. Both reports will attempt to explain current practice and future possibilities in these areas, with the report on manuscript encoding focussing on the recommendations of the Text Encoding Initiative. A large part of the two reports will be summary descriptions of projects presently engaged in either or both of these areas. Accordingly, I am seeking information for these reports from scholars involved in either manuscript digitization or transcription. For the report on digitalization of manuscript images I am interested in: project name and staff; when the project began and is due to end; its aim general description of the manuscripts: what they are; how many; their age; number of manuscript images immediate and ultimate uses of the manuscript images (image enhancement? publication in paper or electronic form?) the images made: their resolution (dots or lines per inch; number of colours or greys; examples welcome) how the images are captured: hardware and software used how the images are stored: the file format; their portability any general comments you may wish to make For the report on encoding of primary texts I am interested in: project name and staff; when the project began and is due to end; its aim general description of the primary texts: what they are; how many; their age; the length of text to be encoded (number of manuscript lines, pages, etc) immediate and ultimate uses of the encoded texts (linguistic, historical or textual analysis? publication in paper or electronic form?) the encodings: the transcription system used (examples welcome); its perceived strengths and weaknesses. I am interested in: how the text is divided (chapters, books, verses, etc); how "non-standard" characters are handled; the provision for editorial annotation; representation of manuscript features (as damage, lacunae, etc); any other mark-up who does the encoding: hardware and software used how the encodings are stored: file format and portability any general comments you may wish to make I can promise anyone who submits information used in the reports their own free copy of one or both of the reports. I will (time permitting) give anyone who contributes a chance to review the summary of their project before that report goes to press. Copies of both reports should be available in early summer 1993. Anyone who would like an account of their work to appear in this report should contact me at the address below. Peter Robinson Oxford University Computing Services 30 November 1992 telephone: +44 0865 273200 fax: +44 0865 273275 email: (within UK) PETERR@UK.AC.OX.VAX outside UK: PETERR@VAX.OX.AC.UK From: George Welling <welling@FREYA.LET.RUG.NL> Subject: mapping-software Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 16:29:45 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 658 (853) In my research I have built a rather large database of place-name variations. Now I would like to hook this database to maps. Does anyone know of good software to do this ? -- = = = ___|_____ ___|_____ ___|_____ / __|____ / __|____ / __|____ _|__ / / _|__ / / _|__ / / / /_______/______/ / /_______/______/ / /_______/______/ /____/ | ______|__ /____/ | ______|__ /____/ | ______|__ ______|______|_\ o o o | ______|______|_\ o o o | ______|______|_\ o o o | \ o o o o o o o o | \ o o o o o o o o | \ o o o o o o o o | \ / \ / \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George M. Welling - dep.Alfa-Informatica HCI - University of Groningen phone : +31 50 63 54 74 | fax : +31 50 63 49 00 | welling@let.rug.nl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: BushC@BYUVAX.BITNET Subject: Recommendations on NUDIST text analysis program? Date: 04 Dec 1992 08:09:36 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 659 (854) We are looking for a good qualitative (text) analysis program for the Macintosch. We are considering NUDIST, from La Trobe University in Australia. Does anyone have experience with this program? Our immediate research application is studying learners' comprehension of second language texts by comparing recall protocols under the effect of a number of variables. We are also interested in studying the acquisition of grammar by analysing both written and oral texts for various kinds of structures and idioms. Can you recommend NUDIST for such applications? Can you recommend other programs for our consideration? Randall Lund LundR@Yvax.BYU.EDU Chuck Bush BushC@Yvax.BYU.EDU ---------- Charles D. Bush EMail: BushC@Yvax.BYU.EDU Humanities Research Center HRCChuck@BYUVM.BITNET 3060 JKHB Brigham Young University Phone: 801-378-7439 Provo, Utah 84602 Fax: 801-378-4649 From: rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu Subject: Software for TLL/PHI CD-ROM #5.3 Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 22:55:33 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 660 (855) As co-author of Pharos, a Windows based program for working with the TLG and PHI CD-ROM discs, I would like to answer Willard McCarty's request for a status report. The current version of Pharos, version 0.2, which works with the TLG CD-ROM #C and the PHI CD-ROM disc #5.3 (which contains the Latin authors) is currently available via anonymous FTP from ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu. My co-author, Darl Dumont, is currently working on a new version which will also work with the new TLG CD-ROM #D. This version is expected in January or February. There are several technical problems which make the use of PHI CD-ROM #6 problematical, but we do expect to provide support for this disc in the future. For more information about Pharos or to be added to our electronic mailing list, please contact: Randall M. Smith rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu or Darl J. Dumont wk00634@worldlink.com Randall M. Smith Randall M. Smith rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu From: FRI001@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK Subject: Aquinas on souls Date: Tue, 01 Dec 92 10:51:32 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 661 (856) I was once told that there is a passage in Aquinas that discusses when the soul enters the baby in the womb. If the baby/embryo is male, the process (`quickening') takes place forty days after conception: if female, after eighty days. I have never been able to find the reference. Has any member of the list come across it? From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Date: Mon, 07 Dec 92 18:41 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 662 (857) Help! Does anyone know what this means? "Double-jointed babies with springs between their legs to make them go along." All help will be acknowleged. Thanks for what you can do. William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU From: Stephen Miller <stephen@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: "Mourning over the Mother Tongue of Man" Source wanted. (125 lines) Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1992 22:10:29 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 663 (858) This lament for the decline of Manx Gaelic was written by William Kennish a local poet in the 1840's in the Isle of Man in the British Isles. The piece reads uneasily to me -- its central image of Gaelic being the ragged and tattered garment worn by the ghost encountered by the poet as he wanders romantically over the mountains seems quite sharp to me at least but it not born out by the sentimental tone of other parts of the poem. I suspect Kinnish is stealing from somewhere else here and I wonder if there is anyone on the net who could be quite definite about this. MOURNING OVER THE MOTHER TONGUE OF MAN As I was walking o'er Snaefell alone, When the twilight was drawing on; lts cloak was o'er the Manx side of the world, And nature obeying the Lord; Covering the world with the night's mantle, And giving rest unto mankind, [deleted quotation]For all the creatures of his hand. Thus to myself was I left on the hill, Without any comrade at all, To lament o'er each struggle and strife, That troubles Mannin of my heart; When I saw a woman in a grey dress, To meet me coming 'midst the ling, Having all her garments tattered and torn, And running as if she were mad! My heart it was then moved within me, When I beheld the creature's state; For, at the first glance, I clearly perceived, That she'd fallen from high estate. When she came near to me, I heard her say: ``Oh! oh! my troubles are heavy, Thus divided from mankind for aye, To old Time's depths to mend my way.'' The little red bird going to the bush; The lambs running to their mothers; The night was on the sea, with a dark It came quickly from the north-east; The sun's chariot had gone o'er the edge, Waiting below in the south-west; The moon in the east had ris'n in glory; The west was in its robe of green. <p 145> When we sat on the green grass together, She said to me, ``Manxman, listen, And I will from out of these writings read To thee my woe 'neath the moon's light.'' Then she began, and in this manner read: ``In the days that have passed away, I never had need of my new garments To keep me from the cold and wet. For know, I am the old language's ghost, The children of Mannin have left me; How little they know that it would be best For me to bear rule over them. For 'tis I who've kept the stranger away For some hundreds of years of time; I would have ruled from the shore to Barool, Over native Manxmen for aye. Now their pride has brought over the English Up the big glen of ThoIt-e-Will, And to the waste spots beside Cardle Vooar, And the rocks of Creg-Willy-Sill. As the horsefly in summer the cattle Maddens, their pride has made them run, With the sting, from the Niarbyl to Groudle, [deleted quotation] Leaving the ways of our good forefathers, Who ne'er in this way forsook me; For their mind was not to harm the Island, Nor to put trust in the stranger. Oh! would that they who are still on the side Of my little Island would gather, To drive from my shores quickly the ruin, That about me has now begun; And turn their ears from all the disturbance, That's going on about Mannin Veen, Among men that are blind to everything, Except to riches for themselves! <p 147> But who are those that cry out thus, but those Who are seeking power to rule O'er native Manxmen, with a new sceptre If people would pay heed to them? Oh! list to my advice you that remain Of the natives of poor Mannin; And do not give heed to old women's ways Concerning spirits and beer too. Oh that the dwellers in Man would agree Their old forgotten laws to keep And no longer spend all their time in vain, Listening to men without wisdom! But for myself, I will soon go my way To conceal myself in the dust,'' Said the poor creature, with an heavy sigh, For behold how gray my head is.'' -------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Miller Oxford University Computing Services stephen@vax.ox.ac.uk or stephen@oxford.ac.uk -------------------------------------------------------- From: CAMPBELL-JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: H-Net plan to put history profession on line Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1992 10:58 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 391 (859) H-Net Planning Document version 3.1 Dec 6, 1992 not confidential--circulate & comment by Richard Jensen Bitnet: U08946@uicvm Internet: u08946@uicvm.uic.edu tel (615) 552-9923 fax: (312) 996-6377 Professor of History, U of Illinois, Chicago, 60680 1. Half of the academic historians in the US have a powerful computer on their desks. Many graduate students have one, or have convenient access. The analogy is the Model T Ford-- people own a wonderful machine, but use it only to drive to church on Sunday (i.e. for basic word processing). Our main goal is to get historians to use their equipment for communications. 2. We are organizing a team of historians at the University of Illinois, Chicago, that is planning to assist the history profession to go on-line and make use of the remarkable advances in computers in recent years. H-Net will comprise two parts. 3. The first will be an electronic "bulletin board" system open free to all historians in the US--and across the world. Technically, H-Net will operate in two modes ("Internet" and direct telephone access), such that any historian with a personal computer (IBM compatible or Apple Mac) and a modem can connect to it (also a "dumb" terminal linked to campus computer). Most will connect through their campus computer system via Internet. Others can phone us long-distance. (We will have an 800 number for first sign-on.) a) H-Net will primarity operate as a bulletin board system, using the widely-used "Wildcat" software. It will have Listserv, Fileserve, Gopher and FTP services (these are ways to disseminate files electronically.) 4. The second part of H-Net will be a hands-on training program to show historians how to use their PCs more effectively. The training will be provided in all-day sessions at host universities (probably 4-5 a year) and formal sessions at conventions like the American Historical Association (AHA), Organization of American Historians (OAH), and Southern Historical Association (SHA) (probably 2-3 /year). a) We will show historians how to use Bitnet to communicate to each other--the "poor academic's fax." Bitnet messages tend to be much more frequent, shorter, and less formal than written letters or telephone calls. 5. The logic of H-Net is that a valuable service can be performed by working through an established discipline, and its departments and associations. The core target is college and university history departments in the US, Canada--and anywhere else interested, plus the established associations like the AHA, OAH and SHA. a) Eventually, we will invite the established area/chronology groups: Medieval, Reformation, British, Asian, African, French, Spanish, Latin America, World War II, US: Early Republic, Gilded Age, Afro-American, Western, etc. b) also the established topics/methods groups: Catholic, Church, Film, Foreign Relations, Lesbian/Gay Military, Oral, Peace, Public, Science, Social Science, Urban, Women, World, etc. 6. Based on my experience running 11 summer institutes in the new social history and quantitative methods at the Newberry Library, and 12 shorter mini-institutes, I estimate from 200 to 300 historians a year will participate (including public historians and graduate students.) Institutions will be asked to pay a modest registration fee. NEH will be asked to cover 80% of the costs, with the remainder coming from the U of Illinois and the participants. 7. The national H-Net bulletin board will have a number of "doors" that provide a variety of services. a) Useful and timely information will be posted, with a very short turnaround time (one day), compared to the many weeks needed for printed matter. We will work with groups to put their newsletters on-line. (If a group wishes, access to its newsletter can be restricted to its members only.) Conferences and conventions will be announced; interested parties can contact the organizers directly; preliminary and final programs can be posted. The printed journals will not go on-line. 1) The AHA Job Register will be on-line, for AHA members only. b) N-Net will set up (free) private meeting "rooms" for groups of historians, such as program committees, conference organizers, or editorial boards, so they can communicate easily and privately with one another. c) We will invite volunteers (historians from across the country, or the world) to moderate the various doors. Their role will be to keep a steady flow of material going out, and to encourage the right people to enter into conversations. d) There are already several dozen Bitnet-based history conferences (several each in ancient and medieval, Russian, Chinese, western Europe, US, women, and methodology). These groups are international, with strong representation from Canada and western Europe. The East Europeans are just now linking up to Bitnet; Brazil is the first Third World country to become active. We will publicize these groups and show historians how to join. We will provide technical help for anyone who wants to start a new history conference. We probably will sponsor some ourselves, especially regarding methodology, and reviews of software. Messages can be in any language (but will be limited to ascii characters). e) One door will lead to course syllabi, outlines and handouts donated by teachers. We will show users how to download them into their own word processors. We will have the capability of storing and forwarding gif graphics files (maps, graphs, charts, overhead transparencies) as well as text. f) As interest grows, rather specialized doors can be opened. One might be a service for users of a major textbook in Western Civ, allowing instructors and teaching assistants around the country to exchange ideas, handouts, tests, and helpful hints. g) Doors will lead to bibliographies donated by historians. (At present, there are few good ways to publish the bibliographies historians lovingly compile.) h) The major new source we will create is a combined retrospective index to the major history journals. Editors spend a great deal of effort to compile highly sophisticated indexes of their journals--indexes that go far beyond authors and titles. We will obtain the diskettes used in recent years, and scan the printed indexes of other years. The result will be a large on-line source that will be accessed by a key word search. Students and scholars will use to gain much better access to the contents of the major history journals. i) There are many electronic texts, CD-ROMs and finding aids becoming available. Our H-Net board will tell historians about them, and exchange tips on how to use them. j) Especially vital are library catalogues (including the major universities) which are now available free to people who know how to use Internet. The CARL service (guide to recent articles) is open (for those who know how to access it.) Other services like RLIN, OCLC and the OED are restricted. Many historians have access to the latter through their campus computer center or library, but do not know how to use them. We will show how to download information into their word processing program, and (better) how to load them into bibliography textbases, like ProCite. These sources are the domain of campus libraries; our job will be to make sure historians know how to interact with librarians. 8. Undergraduate teaching is an area that is poorly served by the printed journals. National and local on-line boards can provide a variety of services. a) Nationally, H-Net will set up discussion groups for professors and teaching assistants who teach the large survey courses. Topics of discussion will include textbooks, supplementary books, publishers' supplementary materials (test banks, transparencies, study guides, teacher's guides), helps and hints on discussion sections, and anything else teachers wish to discuss. Volunteers will moderate these groups. b) We will set up a model "departmental" board here at UIC, where faculty can communicate with students. Most of our students are commuters--and many of our faculty work at home--suggesting that email may be a good solution to the problem of communicating with each other. The University of Kansas History department is the first (and only) departmental model. c) We will show departments how to set up their own local boards for their large courses. One could be for students to interact with their instructors--for example, by asking questions or adding follow-up comments, or seeking help. Another could be restricted to the professor and the TAs, allowing them to discuss the course privately on a day to day basis. d) Undergraduate and graduate seminar-style courses can set up their own local boards. Students can post their papers and other students, and the professor, can make suggestions and critiques. Substantive discussions can follow up a class meeting. The professor can use access to Internet sources to provide exact bibliographic suggestions to students writing papers. 9. The whole project will be operated as a model that can be emulated in other disciplines. We will keep logs and "how-we-did-it" guides, and will be delighted to help anyone with their technical questions. a) The American Philosophy Association sponsors an excellent bulletin board that we will monitor and emulate. It is basically a newsletter service; entry is open, but it is not possible to download files. H-Net will have file download through the Wildcat BBS software, and through ftp over Internet. b) "HUMANIST" is an excellent discussion group, with very well edited messages. It has about a thousand subscribers, & a few dozen regular contributors, but disappointingly little history presence. We will monitor HUMANIST (and other lists) and cross list good items. 10. History is a large and complex field, with vital links beyond academic history departments. For example, history has close relations with archives, state historical societies, museums and rare book libraries (among others) and with scholars around the globe. Some outside groups, like genealogy and local history societies, do important work in gathering and computerizing primary data. Problem: how does H-Net link up with these other organizations? 11. H-Net will be run from the History department of the University of Illinois, Chicago. A national council will set policy, a local council will direct operations and coordinate with campus entities like the History department, the Library, and the Computer Center. H-Net will be entirely non-political. The doors and conferences will be moderated (by us and especially by volunteers around the country) to provide a smooth flow of information to the users and to avoid overloading their e-mailboxes with irrelevant material. (Our model: HUMANIST.) a) Volunteers are out there. The knack of keeping discussion groups focused on important issues is essentially a teaching skill; experts in the discipline know who to ask to contribute. b) The H-Net board will be a hybrid system operating simultaneously on PC hardware and WIldcat software (to be purchased by grant) and also on Internet/Bitnet through the UIC Computer Center. 12. One ideological commitment of ours: we are keen on broadening the access opportunities of all historians, especially those at smaller schools and historical societies. We will include both the IBM-compatible and the Apple tribes. Historians who do not have their own PCs can obtain access through departmental or campus machines (according to the newest Peterson Guide, every college in the country has PCs.) We will "give away" (in the form of shareware) the necessary software (like the Procomm terminal program.) a) Internet and Bitnet have several thousand nodes (mostly university computer centers) and over a half million users (mostly in the sciences). The planned "NREN" system will be even more elaborate and will allow many more users to connect (including high schools). It will be the interstate highway system of the 21st century. b) Nationwide, colleges are facing a budget crunch. According to recent EDUCOM survey, half plan to cut back the training and services they offer their faculty. History departments will be especially hard hit, because few have computer experts who keep up with fast-breaking innovations. 13. We have had a good deal of experience with computers and software, and we enjoy keeping abreast of the newest innovations. Kelly Richter and Wendy Plotkin are very talented graduate students in history, and have a remarkable background in hardware and software. Plotkin, for example, is giving papers at both the Social Science History Association and the American Historical Association conventions this fall on her analysis of how historians and publishers are dealing with electronic texts. They will handle day-to-day operations, and assist me in the training programs. I will be project director. 14. Our first priority (spring 1993) will be to establish a bulletin board system for the U of Illinois Chicago History Department. It will operate as a Listserv (with Fileserv and FTP services as well). As demand increases, we will split into a general List (for department announcements), and specialized lists (for the graduate students, for example). We will individually train faculty and graduate students in the necessary email technique, and will assist faculty in setting up specialized lists for their courses. 15. H-Net has been endorsed by the AHA (Professional Division and Research Division), the Southern Historical Association, and the Organization of American Historians. ACLS has expressed support--it considers H-Net an ambitious project that would put history well ahead of other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. (Scientists and engineers dominate Internet now.) We will work with major history organizations to reach their members (via conventions, journal, newsletter, membership directory), and upload newsletter-type information generated by the organizations. 16. We have a five year time horizon. The technology is changing so fast that it would be unwise to predict much longer than that. Our UIC team does not expect to spend more than five years on the project. If H-Net fails to catch on, we will confess we misjudged historians and move on to something else. If, as we expect, it does prove successful, it will be self liquidating. We will have trained enough departmental "gurus" around the country that they can show their colleagues and students how to go forward. The history conventions will have regular sessions on the newest technology. The various bulletin boards and doors will be taken over by volunteers, who will use their own university facilities to operate the services. 17. Two schools have begun discussions about being a test site early next year. Department chairs make the point that they would be in a stronger position if they could show their deans that historians are using their fancy new hardware in creative fashion. While teaching at West Point (where every instructor and cadet has a PC), I gave out assignments and outlines, held "office hours" and collected "papers," all by electronic mail. My guess is that historians are becoming increasingly curious about where their Model T might take them on the new interstates, and how fast. From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Graduate Conference Date: Sun, 06 Dec 92 15:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 664 (860) The following has been passed on to me by graduate students in my department for posting. I am sending it to several lists so I apologize in advance for duplication. I think this should be encouraged. Think how many times when we have done some similar task and have remarked, "they didn't have any classes on this in graduate school." If you want to e-mail a message about the Conference you may direct it to yet another graduate student, Mr. David Knauer e-mail: TB0DJK9@NIU THANKS. William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU Dear Colleagues, I would like to call your attention to the 1993 Northern Illinois University Graduate Conference on Language and Literature scheduled for Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28 at Northern Illinois University. Organized by graduate students at Northern Illinois University, the objective of this conference is to promote graduate student participation in the academic community and to provide an opportunity for students to prepare for entrance into the English profession. This conference solicits submission from and participation by graduate students from Illinois and other Midwestern colleges and universities with graduate programs in English literature and language. The call for abstracts begins now and will continue until Friday, January 15, 1993. Please alert the graduate students at your college or university to the nature of the conference and encourage them to submit abstracts. Abstracts will be selected by Friday, February 5, 1993 and acceptances will be mailed by Monday, February 8, 1993. Topics include all periods of American and British literature, creative writing, critical theory, film, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, textual criticism and bibliography, and Mid-Western literature. The early registration fee is only $12.00 for students, $22.00 for faculty. The late registration fee is $17.00 for students and $32.00 for faculty. If you have any questions about the conference, the abstract requirements, or merely want further information, please call the conference directors, Chuch Bowie or John Carlberg, at (815)753-6630. Yours sincerely, Martha Schofield, Chairperson Public Relations Committee From: tgb2@po.CWRU.Edu (Thomas G. Bishop) Subject: Ohio Shakespeare Conference: Second Notice Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 12:54:04 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 665 (861) This is a reminder to those who are thinking of offering abstracts or papers. The deadline is 12/15, but you know how deadlines are... OHIO SHAKESPEARE CONFERENCE 1993 March 25-27, 1993 The Ohio Shakespeare Conference for 1993 will be held in Cleveland OH and hosted jointly by Case Western Reserve Univeristy and Cleveland State University. The topic for the conference will be: "There the Whole Palace Open'd": Court and Society in Jacobean England This will be an interdisciplinary conference drawing on the work of literary scholars, historians, art historians and musicologists. The central topic is the court of King James: its structure; organization; political, social and aesthetic tastes; impact on local and wider English histories. In pursuing the court's images and accounts of itself, the conference will include a full-scale, historically informed reconstruction of the masque "Oberon, the Faery Prince" by Ben Jonson, Inigo Jones, Robert Jones and others. Consideration of Oberon as an instance of Jacobean court culture will include a discussion of the production with the professional artists involved: stage director, choreographer and music director. Plenary speakers at the conference will be: Prof. Leeds Barroll, University of Maryland Prof. Peter Holman, University of Essex Prof. Fritz Levy, University of Washington Prof. Annabel Patterson, Duke University Prof. Stephen Orgel, Stanford University Scholars who work in the area of the early seventeenth century in any discipline are invited to submit papers (8-10 pages; 20 mins reading time) or abstracts (2 pp. max) to Prof. David Evett Dept of English Cleveland State Univeristy Cleveland, OH 44115 or Prof. T.G. Bishop Dept of English Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106 Abstracts may also be submitted by email to Dr. Bishop at tgb2@po.cwru.edu Enquiries or request for information should be addressed also to the above. The deadline for submission is DECEMBER 15, 1992. -- Tom Bishop "Poor Tom has been scared out of his good wits" Dept of English Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106. (tgb2@po.cwru.edu) -- Tom Bishop Dept of English Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106. (tgb2@po.cwru.edu) From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: NEACH Dec. 15: Anita Lowry Date: Tue, 1 Dec 92 12:58:05 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 666 (862) An Invitation from NEACH: The Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities Come hear ANITA LOWRY speak on ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND LIBRARIES on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992, AT 1:30 P.M. in Room 26A of the IBM BUILDING, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, NEW YORK CITY. She will discuss how libraries are creating, collecting, preserving, and providing access to electronic texts in the humanities at universities such as Columbia, Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa. Anita Lowry is co-founder and Director of the Electronic Text Service in the Humanities and History Division of the Columbia University Libraries, which assists Columbia faculty and students in making use of electronic texts and source materials for research, study, and teaching. She may be reached via e-mail at lowry@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu. All NEACH meetings are free and open to the public. Ask at the desk when you enter the IBM Building for a pass to NEACH or Humanities. Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: Thomas Zielke <113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET> Subject: History Network - Announcement Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 14:13:32 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 393 (863) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to announce the official formation of the History Network. Many of you know that we have been discussing the need for a co-operation between all history-related lists, FTP- and LISTSERV-archives and other facilities - we do need such a co-operation to help and assist each other in using all those facilities, establishing new facilities and - what is more important than ever - we need such an institution to make electronic communication a recognized and accepted tool for the historian. We have quite a number of plans for the History Network. First of all, we will try to improve the LISTSERV services for the historian. This means to install even more specialized discussion lists up to a point when there is a list for virtually every region, period and field of history. So far, a general "common room"-style list has been set up a a number of hosts, and many specialized lists as C18-L, SOVHIST, MEDIEV-L, GRMNHIST, HTECH-L have spun off from HISTORY. A second focus of the History Network is on FTP. At this moment, we have two large FTP-sites that hold a lot of files of interest for historians - papers, historical documents, images, bibliographies and information files -, and we are planning to provide for easier and faster access to all these electronic archives. We will also help all those who want to offer new e-communication services. If somebody would like to open a new list, or install an electronic department bulletin board, or publish an e-journal; in all these cases the History Network will offer help, information and assistance. We have in fact already some prototypes at hand for what e-mail can mean for our profession: Electronic Conferencing has been tested this summer at the University of Kansas with very promising results, and the departmental discussion list as well as the student discussion list at Kansas are very successful, too. These prototypes have encouraged us to continue their further development, and we hope that other departments and institution will follow our example. The History Network will create a kind of general policy for all associated lists, and we will offer a service for list owners to help them deal with problems in this area. Additionally, the History Network will publish a general guide to the usage and operation of the facilities that are available. Another of our plans is to help creating and improving software tools for electronic communication, which includes LISTSERV and FTP as well as modem software and terminal emulation. This is just a rough sketch of the aims and plans of the History Network. The Planning Committee will soon meet for a first con- ference where the members of the Committee will discuss all these matters more deeply and decide on the formation of workgroups for the various tasks. Naturally, this conference will be help via e-mail, which will enable us to invite board members from all over the world. The "physical location" of the History Network will be the University of Kansas, which has become one of the most important sites regarding the future of electronic communication for historians. The University of Kansas will also host our discussion group on their LISTSERV-machine. Among the board members are: Kevin Berland, Bayla Singer, Lynn H Nelson, Valentine Smith, Lydia Fish, James A Cocks, Agnes Kruchio, Larry Jewell and me (of course). For the moment, I am also acting as Chairman pro tempore, until we have formally elected a chairman. Those who are interested in joining the History Network should direct their queries to me directly. My address is 113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET. With best regards (and my apologies for having to re-send this), Thomas Zielke Historisches Seminar Universit{t Oldenburg Postfach 2503 D-W-2900 Oldenburg From: prof17@naiut.dnet.circe.fr (JACQUEMIN Christian) Subject: Workshop on Compound Nouns Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 21:14:34 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 394 (864) The followig report is available (in French) : **************************************************************************** * WORKSHOP ON COMPOUND NOUNS * * Linguistic and Computational Approaches * * * * Friday the 26th of JUNE 1992 in Fontenay aux Roses FRANCE * **************************************************************************** CONTENTS : 1 Compound Nouns (CN) processing : a survey 2 Linguistic study of CN : Description - CN with a particular structure - Lexicography and CN - CN : morphology and morpho-syntax Variations - syntax : between frozen expressions and free structures - semantics : between metaphors and compositionality - semiotics : between description and naming - categorisation, taxonomy and cognitive relevance - CN ind sublanguages or in semantic domains 3 Processing CN Retrieval - electronic dictionaries for CN - lexical analysis for CN : spelling variations, inflected forms Parsing - CN and syntactic formalisms - CN and parsing tools Variations - NP analysis and CN transformations - contribution of CN study to NLP (translation, thesaurus design, automatic indexing, spelling checkers, NL interfaces ...) 4 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES 230 references about CN Only hard copies (25 pages) are available. Price : 30 FF, postage included. ***************************************************************************** Address : Christian JACQUEMIN * E-mail : JACMIN@NAIUT.DNET.CIRCE.FR IRIN / LIANA * 3, rue du Marechal Joffre * Phone : (33) 40 30 60 52 F-44041 NANTES Cedex 01 * (33) 49 61 49 85 FRANCE * Fax : (33) 40 30 60 53 ***************************************************************************** From: Lynda Williams <williams@cnc.bc.ca> Subject: on disk Date: 3 Dec 92 15:54 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 395 (865) I'm not sure I qualify as a humanities scholar, but I would like to share a personal breakthrough with you with regard to the use of computers in instructing. I have taught a computing literacy style course in the business program at the local college for 3 years. For 3 years I have followed the established convention of preparing assignments, worksheets and other handouts on a computer, then submitting the output to our print room for mass reproduction. To prevent running around making a couple extra copies, I asked for 32 when I knew I needed 30 copies. Lots of times I stayed up late to get the master made far enough in advance to make print room deadlines. Sometimes I did not give students the benefit of extra worksheets because I did not want to run up massive printing bills. This year I asked my students to write down one thing they still didn't understand and hand it in. I repeated their questions, anonymously, grouped them by subject, and composed lengthy answers with examples. Three quarters of the way through I thought: this is too much to print 30 times when most students will only need to review two or three of the 15 odd items in the file. Slowly, dimly, it dawned on me that I and my students spent 3 hours a week together in a lab full of PCs. And they knew how to copy disks. I gave them the review questions on disk, and also a practice lab exam, and also another skill-set testing module and ... they used them! Students who missed a lab started dropping in to my office to ask for "The file management disk" or the "Sample exam questions". Most of my disks got returned. At about $1 each they're cheaper than print runs even if I lose a few. Some students printed out the files, and some didn't. But no one had to line up to use a photocopier or wait for me to get another 5 copies through the print room. Some students let other students copy their copy, sparing me the trouble of lending my own disks again. Some students skimmed files for their own questions, or items of interest, and others slogged through everything. One student, in a wry moment, wrote that what he still didn't understand was : "How to open a door". I answered, soberly, on disk, generating new interest in checking the disk out. (I didnot identify which students asked what. He identified himself voluntarily after this item generated some grapevine speculation as to the culprit's identity, and/or my sanity.) In January I will be teaching a distance ed course for local teachers and was concerned about the lack of a printing budget. The traditional solution is to require students to pay for any handouts they receive from me. I prepared myself for being miserly with the customized assistance I would be able to offer. Not any more. After all, we'll have a lab full of computers too. ************************************************* * Lynda J. Williams, College of New Caledonia * * Prince George, B.C. (604) 562-2131 loc.296 * * Internet: lynda@cnc.bc.ca * ************************************************* p.s. I am a parttime computer instructor, and full-time librarian, with a liberal studies undergrad background, an M.L.S. and an M.Sc. Computation. In other words, a mixed bag. From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: 6.0364...Humanities Computing Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 11:01:37 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 667 (866) Dear Colleagues, As a member of the MLA Executive Committee to which Leslie Morgan recently referred regarding our "Draft Statement on Computer Support," I'd like to echo his encouragement to you and your colleagues to write to Dr. Bettina Huber at the MLA with your comments on our guidelines. Cordially, Joel D. Goldfield Dept. of Foreign Languages Plymouth State College Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: K.R.Hauge@easteur-orient.uio.no (Kjetil R} Hauge) Subject: Circularity of reference Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 09:58:04 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 668 (867) Seeing that this thread now has advanced well into the anecdotical stage, I feel confident to relate the following episode from my student days in Bulgaria: I had bought what I thought was a tin of sardines, but upon returning to the student hostel I discovered that the label said "sardela". I wondered what had happened to the "-in-" part and decided to look up "sardela" in Bulgarski tulkoven rechnik (Sofia 1963), in case this was some different fish. The entry said: "Drebna morska riba, kojato obiknoveno se prodava konservirana v kutijki", roughly: "Small saltwater fish, usually sold preserved in tins." From: "John B. Haviland" <johnh@reed.edu> Subject: e-texts in Sanskrit, HUngarian? Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1992 21:35:48 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 397 (868) I apologize if I am duplicating past requests that have appeared on Humanist. Does anyone know of the existence of e-texts in Sanskrit, or Hungarian? Thanks for any replies (which I will summarize and re-post). JOhn Haviland Linguistics and Anthropology Reed College (johnh@reed.edu) From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM> Subject: humanities computing Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 17:41:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 398 (869) As I expected, my little note concerning job prospects in humanities computing sparked a lively discussion. As a side effect, I have been asked to write an opinion column on the same subject for a forthcoming issue of Computers and the Humanities. I intend to summarize comments from Humanist in the column but I will not use any names. If you have anything more to say on this issue, please write immediately to Humanist or directly to me. I have to write the piece within the next week or two. My thanks to all those who have already contributed. From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: E-addresses Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 16:06:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 669 (870) I am looking for two e-addresses: - Engwall Gunnel (Sweden) - Juilland A (France and or US) Both were responsible for the publication of word frequency dictionaries. P.S. By the way, when will the long-awaited file containing names and e-addresses of HUMANIST members be available on FTP at Brown. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com> Subject: Address Query Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 21:20 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 670 (871) Can anyone supply an address (snail or email) for Julia Kristeva? Any help would be greatly appreciated. George Aichele 470-5237@mcimail.com Adrian College From: jodonnel@sas.upenn.edu (James J. O'Donnell) Subject: E-Preprint/Paraprint Initiative Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 17:53:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 400 (872) ELECTRONIC PRE-PRINT and PARA-PRINT DATABASES: an invitation to collaboration Following a working group meeting earlier this year, a small committee of researchers, librarians, and scholarly society publishers has been laying groundwork to create a standard interface and a common searching engine for independent databases of scholarly and scientific `preprints'. These might comprise any form of academic discourse not yet ready for `publication'. We have labelled another category of publications 'paraprints,' works which may exist in network databases alongside formally printed counterparts. There are already individual databases of either citations or aritlces, in numerous fields, chiefly sciences, and in the humanities many listserv discussion groups have collections of scholarly papers available for list members on the listserver. The purpose of the preprints initiative is to rationalize such forms of distribution and make the material they contain as widely and easily available as possible. Several specific initiatives are on the point of coming on-line in the next weeks and months. The preprint group is now broadening its initiative. FIRST, we are inviting other parties with a serious interest -- i.e., those who would be interested in actively participating in creating and maintaining such databases as part of a loose consortium -- to join the ongoing discussion as we formulate standards and discuss practical issues of management and finance. Appropriate participants in the expanded working group might include (but would not be limited to) -- representatives from learned societies -- individuals from research libraries -- university presses publishing journals -- listowners maintaining adjunct files of scholarly articles -- specialists in disciplines or subdisciplines with an interest in and a commitment to enhancing the flow of information and discussion. Business of the group is conducted on a closed listserv list. To express interest in joining the electronic working group, contact Listowner: James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania, Classics Department jodonnel@mail.sas.upenn.edu SECOND, we are beginning a Preprints/Paraprints database clearinghouse and invite your submissions and listings of such enterprises. They will be maintained in a central file updated as new information arrives. The descriptions will be detailed as to type of files and access. To add listings to the Clearinghouse files, contact: Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries, ann@cni.org THIS PROJECT IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF: Association of Research Libraries (Washington, DC) Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing Ann L. Okerson Center for Computer Analysis of Texts University of Pennsylvania James J. O'Donnell American Mathematical Society Mathematical Review David L. Rodgers From: "John M. Unsworth" <JMUEG@NCSUVM> Subject: Clinton, FCC, and Information Policy Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 23:13:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 401 (873) The following was forwarded to me by a friend--the message originates with the author and organization identified below. If you'd like to register an opinion on this appointment, you might write to Jack Gill of the Clinton transition team, at his compuserve address, 75300.3115@compuserve.com John Unsworth -------------------- [deleted quotation] From: "Jerome J. Mc Gann" <jjm2f@lizzie.engl.Virginia.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0385 More Thoughts on Humanities Computing Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 13:06:22 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 402 (874) this is to inform all of you who may not know it, that U. of Virginia has recently established an Institute for Advancd Technology in the Humanities, which will be sponsoring humanities research projects that utilize electronic technology. the insitute aims to develop research projects primarily, with pedagogy being viewed as spinoff. two projects are currently being sponsored, my own "Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Hypermedia Research Archive of the Complete Writings and Pictures", and a history project (i forget the exact title) developed by Ed Ayers of our history department here (American Civil War). at the moment fellowships are being solicited only for UVA people, but if our funding and develpment plas go ahead as we hope, the institute will be open to projects from people outside UVA. for more information get in touch with Bill Wulf here at UVA in computer science: email waw3s@virginia.edu; or me. jerome mcgann From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: Closure dates at Folger Shakespeare Library Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 09:32:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 403 (875) At the request of Georgianna Ziegler, Head, Reference Department, The Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC)--an institution that does not have access to the Internet (is *anyone* in western Massachusetts listen- ing?)--I am posting the following CLOSURE DATES for the Folger: Monday, January 18, 1993 (Martin Luther King Day). Wednesday, January 20, 1993 (Inauguration Day). Thursday, January 21, 1993 (this is a PREVIOUSLY UNANNOUNCED closure-- occasioned by the demands of scheduling a sit-down luncheon for 350 guests of President and Ms. Clinton). This is the first time since 1932 that an incumbent President of the United States will visit the Folger Shakespeare Library. It may also be the first time since 1963 that an incumbent President has been familiar with the *name* "Shakespeare." [This last is NOT a supposition expressed by Dr. Ziegler or by any other members of the Folger staff.] One supposes the last occasion of a Presidential visitation to have been President Hoover's attendance at an opening or a dedication ceremony when the Library was new. Please note these dates and pass them on to people who may not see this notice but whom you expect to be in Washington trying to use the Folger Shakespeare Library during the week of January 18th. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: John T. Harwood <JTH@psuvm.psu.edu> Subject: Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 11:41:15 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 404 (876) The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition July 7-10, 1993 The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, now in its 12th year, is a four-day gathering of teachers and scholars. It offers a generous mixture of plenary and special-interest sessions in a relaxed atmosphere; a chance for learning, leisure, and reflection on composition and rhetoric; and an extended opportunity to discuss professional concerns with nationally known speakers and interested colleagues. Each year the conference features plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, workshops, and roundtable discussions on topics of current interest. In addition, three special sessions will be offered on Saturday morning: (a) The Rhetorical Functions of Narrative in Literary and Nonliterary Discourse, (b) Teaching the New Stylistics, and (c) Advances in Computers and Writing. Call for Papers The program committee invites proposals for papers and workshops. Submit a one-page description plus a 250-word abstract to appear in the conference program (see below). Multiple submissions are encouraged. Please identify each proposal as a: -paper -whole session -workshop On each proposal, please include (for each speaker) -the presentation title -speaker's name -speaker's professional affiliation -speaker's home address (current and after June 1) -speaker's home phone number (current and after June 1) -speaker's electronic mail (E-mail) address (if you have one) If you are willing to chair a session, please let us know that, too. Send your proposals by April 5 to Davida H. Charney, 117 Burrowes Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802-6200; phone (814) 865-9703 or (secretary) 863-3066; e-mail to IRJ at PSUVM.PSU.EDU; fax to (814) 863-7285. TO REQUEST A PRINTED CONFERENCE BROCHURE, INCLUDING HOUSING AND REGISTRATION FORMS, CONTACT DAVIDA CHARNEY AS ABOVE. Although we receive a great many proposals, we can accept only about one hundred papers. We will announce this year's program in early May. Papers You may propose a single 20-minute paper on subjects involving rhetoric and composition. Especially welcome are extensions, applications, and critiques of the work of our featured speakers. Other possible topics include rhetorical theory; the composing process; technical or business writing; advanced composition; ESL; writing across the curriculum; the history of rhetoric; teaching methods; writing and gender; collaborative learning; tutoring and writing labs; multiculturalism; connections among reading, writing, and speaking; computers and writing; legal, political, or religious rhetoric; literacy; language and stylistics; basic writing; social implications of writing; writing in the workplace; rhetorical criticism; rhetoric and literature; testing and assessment; and the administration of writing programs. Preference will be given to proposals that not only motivate an issue, but also indicate a substantive scholarly or research approach and point to interesting conclusions and implications. Be sure to include a 250-word abstract along with your one page description. Whole-session Panels You may propose an entire session, typically consisting of three or four related papers, on any of the topics listed above. Proposals should include 250-word abstracts and one-page descriptions for each talk, plus a cover page briefly describing the relationships among the papers. Workshops You may propose a 90- or 120-minute workshop on any of the topics listed above. We especially welcome workshops on innovative pedagogical techniques and on state-of-the-art applications of educational computing. Strong preference will be given to workshop proposals that clearly incorporate hands-on, interactive involvement of the participants. In addition to a one-page description, include a 250-word abstract summarizing the goals and structure of the workshop. Saturday Morning Sessions On Saturday morning, participants will have a special opportunity to concentrate for an extended period on one of three important areas: Rhetorical Functions of Narrative in Literary and Nonliterary Discourse, Teaching the New Stylistics, and Advances in Computers and Writing. You may submit a proposal for any of the following: Rhetorical Functions of Narrative in Literary and Nonliterary Discourse Since Aristotle and Quintilian, narrative has stood in uneasy but necessary relation to rhetoric, alternately enjoying ascendance and falling out of favor as a focus for inquiry. Interest in narrative has resurfaced in contemporary theories of rhetoric and composition which treat scientific, poetic, political, and cultural texts. Two current theorists of narrative and rhetoric, Don Bialostosky and Debra Journet will be chair/respondents for this session. We invite paper proposals on any aspect of the issue, including special instances of narrative as a suasive tactic in literature, in political texts, or in specific cultural sites; the historical links between narrative and rhetoric; or the value of narrative theory for writing and/or writing pedagogy. To propose a presentation for this session, follow the guidelines under 'Call for Papers.' Give your proposal a title and add the label: Saturday Morning--Narrative. Teaching the New Stylistics Recent composition theory has increasingly and unduly neglected such formal elements of discourse as linguistic register, figurative language, sentence style, and form. Rather than representing empty formalisms or concerns that only enter the writing process in late stages of revision, these elements can be studied and taught as generative tools of imagination, invention, and discovery. This session led by Marie Secor (Penn State) and Jeanne Fahnestock (University of Maryland) will feature workshops and papers that will illustrate new techniques of stylistic analysis and strategies for using them in the writing classroom. To propose a paper or workshop for this session, follow the guidelines under 'Call for Papers.' Give your proposal a title and add the label: Saturday Morning--Stylistics. Advances in Computers and Writing The most advanced work on computers and writing draws on and contributes to current thoeries of the writing process, social and cultural contexts, and writing pedagogy. Dave Kaufer will chair this session that will feature hands-on demonstrations and talks on new applications of computer technology for addressing issues in writing. Proposals are welcome on technological approaches to such topics as: collaborative writing, support of writing processes, effects of hypertext, classroom applications, text analysis, and multimedia. To propose a talk or demonstration, follow the guidelines under 'Call for Papers.' Give your proposal a title and add the label: Saturday Morning--Computers and Writing. Plenary Session Speakers Michael Leff, our keynote speaker, is professor of communication studies at Northwestern University. A specialist in the history of rhetoric, his recent work pursues the relationship between traditional rhetoric and current problems in criticism, especially tracing the influences of political texts on later writers. His recent publications include the co-edited Texts in Context: Critical Dialogues on Significant Episodes in American Political Rhetoric (1989), 'Burke's Ciceronianism' in The Legacy of Kenneth Burke (1989), and 'Things Made by Words: Reflections on Textual Criticism' in Quarterly Journal of Speech. He has contributed numerous chapters to books and collections such as The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences (1987), Speech Communication in the Twentieth Century (1985), and Medieval Eloquence: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Medieval Rhetoric (1978). He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Rhetoric Society of America and editor of Rhetorica. Don Bialostosky is Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Toledo. His research bridges literary and rhetorical theory, particularly in the study of dialogics, such as in his Making Tales: The Poetics of Wordsworth's Narrative Experiments (1984) and Wordsworth, Dialogics, and the Practice of Criticism (1992). He is currently working on a book on dialogics and rhetoric and an annotated bibliography of Bakhtinian criticism. He and Steven Mailloux (U Cal, Irvine) are working on a book-length project which will map out a vision of English Studies and the centrality of rhetoric within it. He has published numerous articles and chapters on poetics and teaching, and is a contributing author to the forthcoming Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. His professional activities include serving on the editorial boards of The Bakhtin Newsletter and the Rhetoric Society Quarterly and on the NCTE Commission on Literature. Henry Giroux holds the Waterbury Chair Professorship in Secondary Education at Penn State. His numerous publications have earned him a reputation as one of the outstanding scholars in pedagogy today. His Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life (1989), Teachers as Intellectuals (1988), Education Under Siege (1986), and Theory and Resistance in Education (1984) have been named by the American Educational Studies Association as some of the most significant books in education. His most recent book, Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education (1992), reflects his constant concern with multiculturalism and politics in education. His major works often focus on writing and critical thinking in social sciences and the education of teachers. His articles on reading, writing, literacy, and political discourse, appearing in such journals as Journal of Education, College Literature, and Journal of Advanced Composition, indicate his long-standing interest in writing pedagogy and theory. Featured Speakers Debra Brandt is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studies literacy and its relationship to epistemology, reading and writing, sociology, and testing methodology. These combined interests are central in her recent Written Communication article 'The Cognitive as the Social: An Ethnomethodological Approach to Writing Process Research.' Her work on literacy and its many aspects has appeared in The Right to Literacy (1990), Responding to Writing (1989), and College English and her book, Literacy as Involvement: The Acts of Writers, Readers, and Texts (1990). Nan Johnson is professor of English at Ohio State University. Her research centers on the popularization of rhetoric in America and the history of cultural attitudes toward rhetorical performance by women, culminating in her book, 19th Century Rhetoric in North America (1991). Her work on these issues has also appeared in chapters such as 'Ethos and the Aims of Rhetoric' in Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse (1984) and articles such as 'Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in Canada' in College English. Other articles and reviews on rhetoric and composition studies have appeared in Rhetorica, Rhetoric Review, Quarterly Journal of Speech, ADE Bulletin, English Quarterly, and in the anthology edited by James Murphy, The Rhetorical Tradition and Modern Writing (1982). Debra Journet, professor of English at the University of Louisville, studies narrative as an outlet for scientists to describe work that other genres do not accommodate. Her fruitful conjunction of technical discourse and literary theory has appeared in such journals as Technical Communication Quarterly, Written Communication, and Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. Her co-edited volume, Research in Technical Communication (1985), won an NCTE Award for Excellence. She has served as director of undergraduate, graduate, and technical writing programs and is currently serving on national technical communications committees in the NCTE and Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. David Kaufer, associate professor and associate head of the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University, specializes in the various facets of argumentation, both theoretical and pedagogical. His forthcoming book, Communication at a Distance: The Influence of Print on Socio-Cultural Organization and Change, and articles in journals such as Philosophy and Rhetoric and Journal of Advanced Composition explore academic argumentation and advance our theories about why certain arguments prevail. To help writers learn to argue and collaborate in their own writing, he has co-developed a range of computer tools and has co-authored the textbook Arguing [deleted quotation] Martin Nystrand, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researches composition theory and history and instructional methodology. His book Structure of Written Communication: Studies in Reciprocity between Writers and Readers (1986) and edited collection What Writers Know: The Language, Process, and Structure of Written Discourse (1982) have been recognized as significant contributions to the understanding of the relationship between readers and writers. His forthcoming publications include 'From Discourse Communities to Interpretive Communities' in Exploring Texts and 'Social Interactionism versus Social Constructionism' in Language, Thought, and Human Communication. He begins editorship of Written Communication in 1993. Social Events In addition to good papers and good talk, the Penn State Conference offers various occasions for participants to relax, eat, and get to know each other. On Wednesday evening, July 7, you are invited to a dessert reception on campus. An outdoor barbecue dinner is planned for Thursday, July 8, at a rustic retreat not far from State College, where you can hike, pitch horseshoes, play volleyball, and enjoy the music of the Allegheny Mountain String Band (square dancing is encouraged). A wine and cheese party will be held after the concluding plenary session on Friday. The conference is held concurrently with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, one of the largest events of its kind in the country. More than four hundred jury-selected exhibitions-- paintings, ceramics, etchings, leather work, textiles, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, and more--line the streets of State College and the sidewalks of campus. Jazz bands, rock groups, mime troupes, fiddlers, and string quartets perform on outdoor stages; indoors are films, plays, and special art exhibits. Leisure Activities The Penn State campus and surrounding Nittany Valley offer facilities for camping, swimming, fishing, hiking, tennis, and golf. Within an hour's drive of State College are boating at Stone Valley, swimming at Whipple Dam State Park, fishing at Black Moshannon State Park, and hiking at Alan Seeger State Forest. History buffs will enjoy nearby Bellefonte, a town of fine nineteenth- century stores and houses, and Curtin Village, a reconstruction of an iron foundry, master's mansion, and workers' cottages. Additional information about these and other local activities is included in the conference registration packet, or is available upon request. Time and Location This conference will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 7 and will end at noon on Saturday, July 10. It will be held on Penn State's University Park Campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The campus is located in the center of Pennsylvania on Routes 26 and 322, south of Interstate 80. It is on the main east-west route of both the Greyhound and Fullington Trailways bus lines. USAir Express and United Express serve the University Park Airport, located five miles from campus; rental cars, limousines, and taxi service between the campus and the airport are available. You may qualify for special airfares by staying in town Saturday night. Accommodations You may arrange for housing in one of three ways: 1. You may stay in a University residence hall Wednesday through Friday nights or Tuesday through Saturday nights. If you stay Wednesday through Friday nights (three nights), the total cost is $41.25 (double occupancy). Family members are welcome to stay in the residence hall at the same $41.25 rate. No charge is made for infants if you provide bedding. You may list a preferred roommate on the registration form; otherwise, roommates will be assigned. A limited number of single rooms are available at $57 (three nights). If you request a single but one is not available when your application arrives, you will be assigned a double room. If you stay Tuesday through Saturday nights (five nights), the total cost is $68.75 (double occupancy) or $95 (single occupancy). The rules and procedures listed above also apply to those staying for five nights. Please note: We regret that we cannot offer daily rates for University housing. Fees remain the same for all or any part of the conference. To register for housing in a University residence hall, complete and return the attached registration form by June 21. Space may not be available after the June 21 deadline, so please register early. You can pay for your room in advance by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard or request to bill employer (accompanied by a letter of authorization). Or you may pay by check or with cash when you arrive. You may purchase meals at the residence hall cafeteria or at local restaurants both on and off campus. 2. You may stay at one of the following State College hotels/motels at special conference rates. To reserve a room, call the hotel/motel directly and identify yourself as a Rhetoric and Composition Conference participant. The rates below do not include the 6% sales tax. Reserve as early as possible--a limited number of rooms has been set aside. Rooms and conference rates may not be available after June 5. Days Inn Penn State. 240 South Pugh Street. (800) 258-3297 or (814) 238-8454. Rates: single $67-$125; double $77-$135. The lower rates apply to July 6-8, higher rates to 'peak' Arts Festival dates July 9-10, with a two-day minimum stay. (Within walking distance to campus.) Holiday Inn Penn State. 1450 South Atherton Street. (814) 238- 3001. Rates: $60 per room per night for one to four persons. (Not within walking distance to campus.) 3. You may arrange your own housing. A list of local hotels and motels will be sent along with your registration acknowledgment. Call early; the number of rooms is limited and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts brings many visitors. Rates for the festival weekend may be higher than usual. Fee and Registration The $110 fee ($90 for graduate students, lecturers, and retired faculty) covers registration, materials, and three social events. It may be paid by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, or request to bill employer (accompanied by a letter of authorization). We regret that we cannot offer daily rates for conference registration. Fees remain the same for all or any part of the conference. To register, complete the attached form and return it to Penn State by June 21. Those who register in advance will be notified of program changes. Registrations will be acknowledged by mail. Vehicles parked on campus must exhibit valid parking permits. To receive a parking permit, check the appropriate space on the registration form and add the amount shown to your fee payment. Refunds will be made for cancellations received by June 21. After that, the individual or organization will be held responsible for the fee. Anyone who is registered but cannot attend may send a substitute. University Policies Cancellation--The University may cancel or postpone any course or activity because of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a program is canceled or postponed, the University will refund registration fees but cannot be held responsible for other costs, charges, or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines or travel agencies. Smoking--Penn State has adopted a policy of no smoking in its buildings, offices, classrooms, and conference facilities (including Keller Conference Center). For More Information About program content: Davida Charney 117 Burrowes Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-6200 phone (814) 865-9703 secretary (814) 863-3066 FAX (814) 863-7285 E-mail to IRJ at PSUVM.PSU.EDU About registration and housing: Roger Maclean 409 Keller Conference Center The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-1304 phone (814) 863-6106 FAX (814) 865-3749 From: Thomas B. Ridgeway <ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0397 E-Text Query (1/10) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 12:00:10 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 671 (877) John Haviland of Reed enquires re Sanskrit (or Hungarian) e-texts: A small sample of Sanskrit e-texts is available for anonymous ftp from blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in the directory pub/indic (Brihatsamhita, Panini Sutras, Buddhacarita and Saundaryalahari to be specific). These are encoded in the proposed Classical Sanskrit Extended standard for encoding romanized Indic languages. For more discussion on this and related matters, I refer you to the listserv group Indology-l, based at liverpool.ac.uk Tom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas Ridgeway, Director, Humanities and Arts Computing Center/NorthWest Computing Support Center 35 Thomson Hall, University of Washington, DR-10 Seattle, WA 98195 phone: (206)-543-4218 * Ask me about * Internet: ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu * Unix TeX * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Sanskrit and Hungarian E-texts Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 16:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 672 (878) Regarding John Haviland's request for Sanskrit and Hungarian e-texts, I was able to find a few with a quick search in Georgetown University's CPET (Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text). I have included a list below, beginning with the ten categories under which the data is classified, and followed by info on projects with Sanskrit e-texts and one project with Hungarian e-texts. I hope this information is useful to many HUMANISTs. If you are in search of other e-texts, the Georgetown CPET may be of use to you as well. The CPET database can be accessed via Telnet or modem, or if you send me particulars on what you are looking for I can do a quick search for you and email the results. In any case, if you would like more information on this service, just send me a note. Paul Mangiafico, project assistant Center for Text & Technology Georgetown University pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu **** CATEGORIES OF CLASSIFICATION **** 0. Identifying acronym or short reference. 1. Name and affiliation of operation (with collaborators noted). References to any published description. 2. Contact person and/or vendor with addresses (including telephone and email if possible). 3. Primary disciplinary focus (and secondary interests) [e.g. Literature, Language, Linguistics, Music, Art, etc.]. 4. Focus: time period, location, individual, genre, or medium. 5. Language(s) encoded; [English, French, German, et. al.]. 6. Intended use(s) [e.g. textbank, database, bibliography] with Goal (or statement of purpose) and Size [number of works, or entries, or citations]. 7. Format(s), including choice of sequential text or database excerpts, file formats, analytical programs and programming languages, text markup and encoding schemes, hardware and operating systems, etc. To what extent are the formats consistent throughout the archive? 8. Form(s) of access: if online, what policies? If tape, what track, bpi, block size, labels, parity setting? If diskette, what size and operating system or microcomputer? If CD-ROM, what format? What software is needed for accessing? Is it provided with the package? Availability and price. 9. Source(s) of the archival holdings: encoded in-house, or obtained from elsewhere (where)? Textual authority used for encoding? Titles of the works held, bibliographical information on them. **** PROJECTS WITH SANSKRIT E-TEXTS **** Bamberg (Otto Friedrich Universita%t)/ Thesaurus of Texts in Ancient Indo-European Languages CPET#184 0. THESIETEXT (Thesaurus of Texts in Ancient Indo-European Languages) 1. Thesaurus Indogermanischer Textcorpora; Universitat Bamberg, Germany See Journal "Die Sprache," Vol. 32/2 2. Dr. Jost Gippert Universita%t Bamberg, Orientalistik Postfach 1549 D-W-8600 Bamberg, Germany 3. Literature, language, linguistics, history 4. From beginning of literacy to 17th century; Eurasia 5. Old Indic (Sanskrit), Old Iranian (Avestan, Old Persian), Hittite, Tokharian, Old Germanic, Greek (Ancient), Italic languages, Armenian (Old), and several other I.- E. languages. 6. Textbank 7. Sequential text; encoding scheme of DOS, WordCruncher, and WordPerfect 5.1 8. Access on diskettes, CD-ROM (planned) 9. Encoded by various scholars in different parts of Europe. Hamburg (Univ)/ Sanskrit medical encyclopaedias CPET#191 1. Sanskrit medical encyclopaedias 2. Prof. R.E. Emmerick Iranian Studies University of Hamburg Germany 3. Medicine 4. Caraka, Susruta, Astangahrdaya, Astangasamgraha, and the Siddhasara of Ravigupta 5. Sanskrit Tu%bingen (Seminar fu%r Indologie und Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft)/ Tu%bingen Parana Project CPET#308 1. Tu%bingen Parana Project. Peter Schreiner, Renate So%hnen, Heinrich v. Stietencron. Publications Indicies and Text of the Brahmapurana. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz [1987] 2. Professor Dr. Heinrich v. Stietencron Seminar fu%r Indologie und Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft Mu%nzgasse 30 D-7400 Tu%bingen Germany Tel. 0049-7071-292675 3. Indology (Indian studies), Sanskrit 4. Classical Hinduism; Puranas, Brahmapurana 5. Sanskrit 6. Published indicies on microfiche; deposit of the input with the Oxford Text Archive has been announced but not yet carried out. The Brahmapurana is a single Sanskrit text with ca. 14000 verses. 7. Straight-forward trans-literation with marking of sandhi, nominal compounds, references; TUSTEP format (ASCII format possible). TUSTEP programs for KWIC-index, reserve index word forms etc. 9. Encoded in-house. Zurich (Univ)/ Sanskrit texts CPET#268 1. Sanskrit texts 2. Prof. Peter Schreiner Abteilung fu%r Indologie Universita%t Zu%rich Ra%mistr. 68 CH-8001 Zu%rich Switzerland tel. 0041-1-2572036 3. Indology, Sanskrit, Hinduism, Indian philosophy 4. Visnupurana, Manu, Sakuntala, Asvaghosa, Buddhacarita, Gaudapada-Karika, Adisesa, Paramarthasara, Bhagavadgita, Narayaniyam, Mahabharata, Svetasvatara-Upanisad. 5. Sanskrit 6. deposit with Oxford Text Archive intended 7. Straight-forward trans-literation with marking of sandhi, nominal compounds, references; TUSTEP format (ASCII format possible). TUSTEP programs for KWIC-index, reserve index word forms etc. 8. Presently none 9. Encoded in-house TX Austin (University of Texas)/ Thesaurus Linguae Sanskritae CPET#101 1. Thesaurus Linguae Sanskritae, University of Texas 2. Prof. R. Lariviere University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 tel. (512) 471-5811 5. Sanskrit 9. Texts include Mahabharata and Ramayana **** PROJECT WITH HUNGARIAN E-TEXTS **** PA Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon Univ)/ CHILDES Database CPET#95 0. CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) 1. Childes Database, Carnegie Mellon Univ See "The Child Language Data Exchange System: An Update," Journal of Child Language, [1990]. Snow, Catherine. "The Child Language Data Exchange System", ICAME Journal (No.14). Bergen, Norway: Norwegian Computing Center [April 1990]. Carterette, E. & Jones, M.H. Informal Speech. Berkeley: University of California Press [1974]. MacWhinney, B. & Snow, C. "The Child Language Data Exchange System", Journal of Child Language (Vol.12, pages 271-296). [1985]. 2. Brian MacWhinney Department of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITNET: brian@andrew.bitnet Internet: edu%"brian@andrew.cmu.edu" 3. Linguistics; psycholinguistics 4. Transcripts of children's dialogue 5. English, Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slobin, Spanish, Tamil. 6. Database of 40 sets of corpora of parent-child and child- child interactions from children speaking (13 languages in total); the corpora are divided into six major directories: English, non-English, narratives, books, language impairments, and second language acquisition; includes three major tools for child language research: (1) the CHILDES database of transcripts, (2) the CHAT system for transcribing and coding data, and (3) the CLAN programs for analyzing CHAT files; 140 million characters (140 MB). 7. Database excerpts; available on floppies and tapes; detailed coding scheme has been devised and the data are put in that format 8. (Planned) CD-ROM 9. Obtained from researchers From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0391 History Profession OnLine (1/310) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 0:18:34 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 673 (879) Historians On-Line: that's anice looking project --- but where have you people been ? Though I am in English, I belong to THREE international computer networks, all using Internet, all concerned with history as well as with literature. All of them are inhabited by medievalists, from all over the world. I get as many as 75 notes per day from these networks, and discussions are frank, open (sometimes a bit ruffled), and fascinating. I'm glad that your group is finally joining the civilized world -- but don't pretend you are starting up something new. From: Erwin Welsch <EWELSCH@macc.wisc.edu> Subject: Electronic Resources for European History Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 09:23 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 674 (880) Perhaps the following may be of interest to readers of HUMANIST: The first version of a guide called "Electronic Sources for West European History and Culture" is now available through the FTP site ra.msstate.edu. It has the title european.guide in the subdirectory pub/docs/history/resources. The guide identifies listservers and electronic newsletters or ejournals in European history and related fields (particularly literature), describes two history text archives, and will be expanded in future versions to include other electronic sources and resources. Corrections, comments, or additions are welcome. Erwin K. Welsch West European History Librarian Memorial Library University of Wisconsin-Madison EWelsch@WISCMACC.Bitnet EWelsch@vms.macc.wisc.edu From: Jean Schumacher <THOMDOC@BUCLLN11.BITNET> Subject: On-line dictionary Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 08:46:40 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 675 (881) Mau I ask you to post the following on HUMANIST? Thanks by advance. We are looking after an on-line version of the LONGMAN Dictionary of contemporary English. Does it exist? If yes, where can we find it? And how much cost it? Thanks in anticipation. Jean Schumacher CETEDOC Universit© Catholique de Louvain B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium email: Thomdoc@Bucclln11 or Schumacher@TEDM.UCL.AC.BE From: <THEOBIBLE@STMARYTX> Subject: address query Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 21:57 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 676 (882) Does anyone know an e-mail address for Mikail McIntosh in Austin, Texas? Thanks. Charlie Miller: theobible@stmarytx.bitnet or theobible@vax.stmarytx.edu From: Richard Bear <RBEAR@OREGON> Subject: Concordancing Date: 09 Dec 1992 09:15:26 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 677 (883) Does anyone know where I can find a shareware or freeware MS-DOS tool resembling WordCruncher or Micro-OCP in output? I need to demonstrate the usefulness of this sort of thing in an English department that has theory on the brain. Mixing search functions and file-building functions in a word processor via macros does the job, but very slowly and awkwardly... rbear@oregon.uoregon.edu From: Mike Theisen <THEISEN@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> Subject: adress-request Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 18:35:53 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 678 (884) Hallo, does anyone know an email-adr in Peking? Please post directly to me. Thanks. Mike From: Oxford Text Archive <archive@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Keats Letters in electronic form Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 12:36:35 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 679 (885) Does anyone know of the availability of an electronic edition of John Keats' letters? Rollins' printed edition (2 vols, ?1957) seems to be the standard one -- surely, by now, someone has got round to scanning or typing it in? If you have or know of anyone who has, please get in touch with EDWARDSD@OX.AC.UK.... Lou Burnard Oxford Text Archive From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Encryption tools in archives? Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 16:04:35 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 680 (886) A colleague is looking for a shareware encryption program. I know there are such things in the archives, but I'm not sure where to look. From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: double jointed babies Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 17:49 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 681 (887) Well, now we come to it. I am sorry for the brevity of my previous question. The line comes from a manuscript play from the mid-1650s in which a very stupid countryman is being asked to take on several commodities, including Jews' harps, and "new fashioned double-jointed babies with springs between their legs to make them go along." I assume they are some sort of mechanical toy. Does anyone know what they are? Thanks in advance. William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU From: Shirley Senoff <UGU00279@VM.UoGuelph.CA> Subject: Lists on Comparative Literature Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 11:20:56 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 682 (888) I am new to this list, and am wondering if there are any lists out there on Comparative Literature. I thought this would be a good place to ask. I would appreciate any leads fellow HUMANISTS may have on this. Thanks in advance, Shirley Senoff University of Guelph ugu00279@vm.uoguelph.ca From: Roland Hjerppe <rhj@ida.liu.se> Subject: Re: 6.0399 Address Queries (2/36) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 11:52:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 683 (889) For those in need of email addresses of Europeans, and others, it might be helpful to know that there is a service called Paradise, a COSINE X.500 Directory service pilot, available by telnetting to paradise.ulcc.ac.uk or (128.86.8.56) on internet, typing dua at the login prompt, and using the help facilities thereafter. It has some minor crinkles, you cannot search for a persons name only, you have to specify a country and an organization. Organizations that are in the database can, however, be browsed on a country basis. The total number of entries for Europe was appr. 240 000, and for the rest of the world appr. 560 000, according to the May 1992 report on the project. A result might look as follows (one of the recent requests) Sweden Universitetet i Stockholm Romanska sprak Gunnel Engwall electronic mail engwall_g@rom.su.se Roland Hjerppe LIBLAB Dept. of Computer and Information Science Link|ping University S-581 83 Linkoping Sweden Internet: rhj@ida.liu.se T. +46 13 281965 BITNET: rhj@SELIUIDA F. +46 13 142231 From: "J.J.Higgins - Education" <J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0395 Computers and Instruction (1/56) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 14:38:35 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 684 (890) I wonder if Lynda Williams, who wrote about using disks to distribute worksheets and model answers, has started a series on ways of using computers in instruction. Here is another contribution. One of the subjects I teach is phonetics, and at the end of the first term all students write a practical test, with items on finding homophone pairs, identifying words in phonetic transcription, writing words in transcription, marking the silent or linking r-s in a text (this is Great Britain), marking syllables which contain schwa vowels, marking weak forms of function words, identifying stress patterns, and marking tonic syllables in short dialogues. After I have handed back the work, I go through it publicly, displaying the text in Chiwriter (it has to be WYSYWYG on screen as well as paper, so I can't use Word Perfect) using an overhead projector panel. I type in model answers as we go, together with notes on anything a student raises, alternatives they suggest, and so on. By the end of the hour we have a fully annotated fair copy, partly created by the students themselves. I print out one copy on the printer in my office and pin it up on a board. Anyone wanting a personal copy can borrow the original and take it to the photocopy room. Perhaps we are not making enough use yet of OHP panels. John Higgins J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Re: 6.0390 Quote Queries (3/150) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 23:46:44 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 685 (891) There is a complete concordance of the works of Aquinas compiled by Father Busa, the founding father of Humanities computing. He started his project in 1948. Results have been published between 1974 and 1979 in 49 volumes by Frommann-Holzboog in Stuttgart, along with the 7 volumes of Aquinas' works. The project was called the "Index Thomisticus". More on that in Chum, 18(2), 1984, in an article by Dolores, M. Burton. Michel Lenoble lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca From: KROVETZ@cs.umass.EDU Subject: Souls Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 16:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 686 (892) I don't know the reference for Acquinas, but the notion of a soul entering the embryo after forty days comes from the Talmud. Bob From: <BLARSWWY@UIAMVS.BITNET> Subject: roylaties Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 12:57 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 409 (893) TO: Authors of linguistics and language course texts and other knowledgeable parties: What is the going rate for author's royalties and advances from major commercial publishers for course texts? I have posted this query on two other lists: LINGUIST and ADS-L and have received only ten replies, although there was general interest in seeing a summary of the results. A summary of ten doesn't seem that useful, so I hope that readers of this list will respond. Based on information already received, it would be useful to know whether your experience is fairly recent (say within the last five years) or not, whether your test is fully authored (as opposed to edited) and to know the full royalty even if it had to be split with other editors/authors, how the royalty was structured with respect to number of copies sold (does it kick in immediately? does it increase after so many copies are sold?), whether the binding was soft or hard, whether you got a better rate because it was a later edition, whether you got a better rate because you are well-known, whether you got a better rate because your topic was "hot", what your discipline is. If you published with a minor commercial press or with an academic press, please so indicate. Also, I will assume that the royalty is based on the publishers net (i.e. the price paid by the bookstore) rather than the list (cover) price unless you indicate otherwise. Please send me any information you have, anonymously if you like, and I will post a brief summary on all three lists and make a longer summary available to anyone who requests it. In both cases, I will treat publishers names, identifying information, and your name confidentially. Please respond to one of the following: Bitnet: BLARSWWY at UIAMVS.BITNET Internet: robert-wachal AT uiowa.edu Phone: 319-335-0208 S/mail: R. S. Wachal, Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240-1408 From: NADELHFT@MAINE Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 11:34:15 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 687 (894) The following announcement introduces what is expected to become an annual conference: Call for papers for the first annual conference on NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY focussing on WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, 1840-1880 June 3-5 1993 sponsored by The WASHBURN HUMANITIES CENTER in association with the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine The Washburn Humanities Center welcomes the submission of papers representing a broad range of disciplines. Topics might include but are not limited to the general subjects of religious reform, abolition, men's and women's Civil War service, travelers, participation in Reconstruction, art, architecture, material culture, fiction, and to individuals such as Neal Dow, Dorothea Dix, Elihu and Cadwalladar Washburn. The Center encourages the submission of complete two or three person sessions. The annual Washburn Humanities Conference is designed to illuminate the social, cultural, political, and economic history of northern New England, the region's impact on the nation and the nation's on the region. Future topics, more focused after the initial conference, will be: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: NATIVE-AMERICANS AND WHITES; ALCOHOLISM AND TEMPERANCE IN RURAL AMERICA; ARISTOCRACY MIDST THE DEMOCRACY: GREAT FAMILIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC. The Conference will be held at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 445 acre site containing a restored one room school house, farmer's cottage, free standing library (housing the extensive Washburn family collections), a 200 seat 1828 Universalist Church, and the 1867 Washburn mansion. Submit 250 word abstracts by January 24 to: Jennifer Perlof Washburn Humanities Center Norlands RFD 2, Box 1740 Livermore Falls, ME 04254 Phone: (207) 897-4366 Previously published material should not be submitted. You may also contact me: Nadelhft@Maine From: John Seidel <0004898223@mcimail.com> Subject: Society for Disability Studies Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 04:45 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 688 (895) CALL FOR PAPERS SOCIETY FOR DISABILITY STUDIES The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) will hold its sixth annual convention, June 17-19, 1993 in Seattle, Washington. SDS is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization established to promote interdisciplinary research on humanistic and social scientific aspects of disability and chronic illness. TOPICS This announcement solicits abstracts for individual paper presentations or panels. A wide range of topics are relevant to disability studies as approached from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, including: policy, history, media, communications, literature, teaching, statistics, data, research, methods, gender, self image, perceptions, attitudes, advocacy, activism, culture, sexuality, ADA, law, civil rights, family, social integration, and more. ABSTRACTS To have your paper or panel considered, please submit a 1-2 page developed abstract including author(s), affiliations(s), mailing address(es), title of paper or proposed panel. Abstracts will be refereed. Abstracts will only be accepted by snail mail, postmarked by *January 30, 1993*. Send abstracts to: Mitchell P. LaPlante ATTN: SDS Annual Meeting Institute for Health and Aging University of California 201 Filbert Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94133 Please include a stamped self addressed envelope for reply. QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For queries you may send e-mail to LAPLANTE@UCSFVM.UCSF.EDU or call (415)788-8915 or Fax (415)362-0258. All presenters will be expected to pre-register for the conference. Please feel free to make hard copies, post on office bulletin boards, and distribute to colleagues. This message is being posted to ANTHRO-L, QUALRS-L, HUMANIST, BACKS-L, DEAF-L, DISRES- L, COMSERVE, MOBILITY, NURSE-L, SLLING-L, SMDM-L. Please distribute this to any other e-mail networks that might find this call for papers relevant or appropriate. From: NEHRES@GWUVM Subject: NEH Archival Research Opportunity Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 09:27:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 411 (896) Please post the following message to any relevant e-conferences which you may moderate. Thank you. _________________________________________________________________________ Special Opportunity for Archival Research The National Endowment for the Humanities has undertaken an initiative to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy and to celebrate the spread of democratic institutions in our own time. In pursuit of this initiative, the Endowment now announces a special opportunity for scholars seeking support for individual or collaborative research to be undertaken in archives abroad. The Endowment is especially interested in projects reflecting emerging opportunities for research in recently opened archives in newly-democratized countries, such as the former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe or the republics of the former Soviet Union. Projects may address topics in any field of the humanities. Applications will be reviewed on the basis of the significance of the project for the humanities and the importance of the proposed archival research to the completion of that project. Grants will provide limited support for travel (to a maximum of $2,800), living expenses (not to exceed $1,250 per month), and research expenses (including duplication of materials). The proposed grant period must be three or more weeks in duration, and the total request cannot exceed a maximum of $20,000. This special opportunity is offered under the current guidelines for the Division of Research programs, and applications will be evaluated according to the "Evaluation Criteria" published in the Guide to the Division of Research Programs (1992): p. 24. Applicants for this special opportunity should submit a narrative description of the project (not to exceed 5 single-spaced pages) outlining the methodology and workplan of the proposed archival project, explaining the importance of the archival collection(s) to be visited and the research materials to be consulted, and demonstrating the impact and significance of the project for the humanities in general. Applicants should also indicate how access to the research collection(s) will be secured. A completed application for this special opportunity will consist of the project narrative, a copy of the applicant's resume (together with resumes of collaborators, if applicable), and a one-page itemized budget, providing an estimate of the total costs of the proposed research (not to exceed $20,000). Applicants should submit seven (7) copies of the completed application. Applications may not be submitted to NEH by means of a FAX machine or via electronic mail. The complete application package should be addresed to Special Opportunity for Archival Research and mailed to: Interpretive Research Program Division of Research Programs, Room 318 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20506 telephone 202-606-8210. Inquiries about the program may be directed through e-mail to NEHRES@GWUVM.GWU.EDU (INTERNET) or NEHRES@GWUVM (BITNET). E-mail messages should list "Archival Research Opportunity" in the subject line. The first deadline for receipt of applications is January 11, 1993; thereafter proposals will be reviewed on a bi-monthly basis, subject to availability of funds. From: lewis@research.att.com (David Lewis) Subject: Call For Papers: ACM TIS Special Issue on Text Categorization Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 16:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 412 (897) Some readers of HUMANIST may find this of interest. Text categorization arises in the humanities when coding historical or literary textual data and mixed text/numeric data into categories, categorizing people and other entities by associated textual data, etc. --dave **************************************************************************** Call For Papers Special Issue on Text Categorization ACM Transactions on Information Systems Submissions due: June 1, 1993 Text categorization is the classification of units of natural language text with respect to a set of pre-existing categories. Reducing an infinite set of possible natural language inputs to a small set of categories is a central strategy in computational systems that process natural language. Some uses of text categorization have been: --To assign subject categories to documents in support of text retrieval and library organization, or to aid the human assignment of such categories. --To route messages, news stories, or other continuous streams of texts to interested recipients. --As a component in natural language processing systems, to filter out nonrelevant texts and parts of texts, to route texts to category-specific processing mechanisms, or to extract limited forms of information. --As an aid in lexical analysis tasks, such as word sense disambiguation. --To categorize nontextual entities by textual annotations, for instance to assign people to occupational categories based on free text responses to survey questions. ACM Transactions on Information Systems is the leading forum for presenting research on text processing systems. For this special issue we encourage the submission of high quality technical descriptions of algorithms and methods for text categorization. Experiments comparing alternative methods are especially welcome, as are results on deploying systems into regular use. Five copies of each manuscript should be submitted to either of the special issue editors at the addresses below: David D. Lewis Philip J. Hayes AT&T Bell Laboratories Carnegie Group, Inc. 600 Mountain Ave. Five PPG Place Room 2C409 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA USA hayes@cgi.com lewis@research.att.com Submission June 1, 1993 Notification October 1, 1993 Revision February 1, 1994 Publication mid-1994 The July 1990 issue of TIS contains a description of the style requirements. **************************************************************************** David D. Lewis email: lewis@research.att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories ph. 908-582-3976 600 Mountain Ave.; Room 2C409 Murray Hill, NJ 07974; USA From: Edward Kovach <kovach@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu> Subject: scanning Classical texts Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:03:39 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 689 (898) I recently joined this list. Please excuse me, if these questions have been recently discussed. I have several questions concerning electronic scanning of Classical texts. At the present time, I'm attempting to scan some Latin texts. I'm using a HP ScanJet Plus attached to a Gateway2000. I scan enlarged xeroxed copies of the text, which is from a 100+ year old book. My results have been very mixed. I've also attempted to train the scanner to "read" the Greek alphabet with minimal success. My questions: 1. Has anyone used much scanning in their research? If so, how successful were you? (There have been times that a good typist could have typed the text in less time.) 2. What references (i.e. articles, etc.) helped you improve your scanning techniques? Or was it just practice? 3. What success have you had with training the scanner to read Greek? If you have been successful, how have you done it? 4. A Latin spell checker would greatly aid my scanning. Are there any available? If so, from whom? I appreciate any input I can get. Thanks in advance! Ed Kovach <kovach@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu> From: Joel Elliott <elliott@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> Subject: max weber e-texts Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:59:39 +0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 690 (899) hello, Does anyone know of any electronic texts of Max Weber? Has there been any announcement that the (projected) 33 vol. _Gesamtausgabe_ (Mohr/Siebeck; Ed. H. Baier et al) might be released in electronic form? More generally: for those interested in secondary litertaure on weber, what are your favorite sources and why? Have just enjoyed reading Alan Sica's _Weber, Irrationality, and Social_ (U of California, 1988) and am working through Lawrence A. Scaff's _Fleeing the Iron Cage: Culture, Politics, and Modernity in the Thought of Max Weber_ (U of California, 1989). (Why does U California Press generate so much literature on Weber?) Have also immensely enjoyed Rogers Brubaker's _The Limits of Rationality: An Essay on the Social and Moral Thought of Max Weber_ (G Allen & Unwin, 1984). responses welcomed... Joel Elliott Department of Religious Studies 101 Saunders Hall, CB #3225 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599 joel_elliott@unc.edu or elliott@gibbs.oit.unc.edu From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: Prospects for computing humanists Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 08:45:12 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 691 (900) Stephen Clausing and others made some excellent points about the lack of job prospects for humanists with a background in computing. There is another side of the issue of humanities computing that I see as the Dean of a College of Liberal Arts. At Dakota State University, our mission is to use computers throughout the curriculum. Art courses cover computer graphics; English students learn to write with computers; they use computers for the analysis of literature. English majors are required to learn to program (in SNOBOL4 or in Icon). Students in social science use computers for simulations. There is a class for Health-PE majors to learn to write programs for their applications. When we need to hire faculty, it is *very* difficult to find people with a sound subject background and anything more than superficial knowledge of computing. If we advertise for an Assistant Professor of English, we will receive 60 or 80 or 100 applications, but only two or three will know more about computing than word processing, and perhaps only one will be able to program. The situation is starting to change (and it will change), but if it is true that a humanities graduate finds it difficult to locate a position where an understanding of computing can be put to use, it is also true that it is difficult for a university to hire a Ph.D. or M.F.A. in the humanities with significant computer knowledge. -- Eric Johnson ERIC@SDNET.BITNET johnsone@dsuvax.dsu.edu Dean, College of Liberal Arts Dakota State University From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: cybernetic devilry Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:59:59 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 692 (901) Norman Hinton, Mark Olsen, and John Lavagnino have, I think, said some interesting things in their recent contributions to the discussion on humanities computing (Humanist 6.0385). With the indulgence of my fellow Humanists, I would like to keep the subject alive for a bit longer. I'm glad to do so with Olsen's agreement that Humanist's purpose is well served thereby, but I must take issue with his calling it "collective navel gazing" -- or omphalopsychosis, as it is technically known. The OED (s.v. gazing, navel, omphalopsychic) would seem to confirm my sense that this is usually, if not always, a derogatory term. Whatever the truth of its origins ("to engage in meditation or contemplation"), navel-gazing in Anglo-American culture seldom means anything other than "to be complacently parochial or escapist" (OED s.v. "navel" 1a[b]). Several of us are trying hard precisely to demolish complacent parochialism and escapist tendencies in our professions and institutions. Vigorous discussion following upon and fostering equally vigorous contemplation is an essential tool in such creative activity. If that sort of contemplation is what's meant by "navel-gazing" then I plead guilty and heartily recommend the activity to you all. Omphalophilia? In an earlier note I echoed John Burrow's suggestion that our introspective anxieties about humanities computing might be leavened with patience. Olsen rightly points out that calls for patience can be a way of evading the issues, but impatient, premature assessment of failure is equally effective. Anything, in fact, can be used to evade what it supposedly addresses -- but here the waters get too deep for my purposes, so I beg leave to swim back into relative shallows. (Whew!) Furthermore, such assessment of failure can cloak a serious and currently not uncommon attack on a necessary conditions for challenging scholarship in the humanities: uninterrupted time. Which is not to accuse Mark of devious intentions, merely to note a tendency in the argument. I'd be much more worried about a whole 20 years' worth of humanistic number- and word-crunching having gone by without a major revolution if, like Hinton, I were not immersed in exciting computer-assisted scholarship and did not turn up new projects each month -- more than I can handle in two lifetimes. Forgive the possible hybris (feeling one's oats to a provocative degree), but I know from direct experience that humanities computing has not failed and will not fail, institutional myopia notwithstanding. Twenty years indeed! That's very little time in any sane assessment of the cultural and intellectual effects of a major technology. With apologies to my good friend and respected colleague Yaacov Choueka (organizer, ALLC conference, 1988), the tools are almost here, not quite, but the results are coming nevertheless, even if we have to use an ungodly concatenation of wordprocessing, spreadsheets, concordancers, and miscellaneous user-hostile utilities to get them out. Having counselled patience, let me now become impatient, again. One of the characteristic faults of a revolutionary is to condemn what he does not have so he can get it for himself, later, after the revolution is over and the possessors have become the dispossessed. With this fault in mind, I'd like to retract my banquet metaphor (what humanities computing has not been invited to) and substitute another that I now realise is both less intellectually dangerous and more socially useful. I suspect that what we in the demi-monde of disciplines want, or should want, is the chance to get into a proper kitchen, where there's space and time enough for skill in cooking to be developed and show what it can do. A pleasure then both to serve our colleagues and to eat! I am, again, arguing on the side of nurture rather than nature -- what we are, what we are capable of doing as a product more of environment than innate tendencies. Yes, a limited perspective, but essential to the equation by which a field is justly assessed. Again I beg forgiveness -- this has already gone on too long. So just let me say that I recognize the truth in Lavagnino's note about the move away from traditional scholarship in some of the traditional departments. This is something we can address with our "cybernetic devil" (see Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell). Willard McCarty From: Eduard Hovy <hovy@ISI.EDU> Subject: Workshop announcement: Burning Issues in Discourse Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 18:41:46 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 415 (902) NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP on BURNING ISSUES IN DISCOURSE Maratea, Italy 13th - 15th April, 1993 Directors: Prof. Donia Scott (ITRI, University of Brighton) Dr. Eduard Hovy (ISI, University of Southern California) Objectives: Researchers of computational discourse are currently grappling with issues that in many cases are also being addressed, and perhaps even solved, in other subdisciplines of linguistics. The aim of this workshop is to facilitate cross-disciplinary interactions, and simply to learn from one another. The intention is not to produce a grand new theory, but rather to inform one another about the facets of the problem and available methods of addressing them. Among the issues to be discussed are: 1. Multi-Party Discourse: The collaborative construction of a coherent discourse involves several factors that complicate the single-speaker picture. How well do current theories account for these phenomena? Can they be used in computational systems? What needs to be added, and how can the open questions be addressed in testable ways? 2. Discourse Segmentation: Coherent discourse is structured. What does this structure look like? How are the structural segments defined? What are the relevant units of segmentation? How are their boundaries signalled, and what information do the boundaries constrain? What role does communicative intentionality play in the segmentation? 3. Intersegment Relatedness: Discourse segments are related in particular ways to give structure to the discourse. What is the nature of the intersegment relations? What relations do people use, and how can suggested relations be validated? Is it possible to construct grammars of discourse using these relations? 4. Information in Discourse: Information is not presented randomly within discourse segments, and segments themselves are not randomly ordered. What governs the flow of information? What is the difference between notions such as Topic, Theme, Focus, and Given? How does information presentation (by the speaker) influence information access (of the hearer)? 5. Discourse Structure and Syntactic Form: How do discourse and syntactic structures relate? How do they constrain one another? How can one identify correlations between them and specify the correlations as rules for, say, automated discourse generation? 6. Tools, Techniques, and Experimental Methodologies: How can theories of discourse be empirically verified? All the above mentioned topics can benefit from the development and application of objective testing techniques. What techniques and methodologies exist? What aspects of discourse do they best address? Principal Participants: Nicholas Asher (Univ. of Austin) Robert de Beaugrande (Univ. of Vienna) Wallace Chafe (Univ. of California) Herb Clark (Stanford Univ) Eva Hajicova (Charles Univ.) Eduard Hovy (ISI/USC) Julia Hirschberg (Bell Laboratories) Jerry Hobbs (SRI Menlo Park) Steve Isard(Univ. of Edinburgh) Hans Kamp (Univ. Stuttgart) Julia Lavid (Univ. of Madrid) James Martin (Univ. of Sidney) Manny Schegloff (Univ. of California) John Sinclair (Univ. of Birmingham) Donia Scott (ITRI, Univ. of Brighton) Deidre Wilson (Univ. College London) The total number of participants will be limited to about 50. Publication: The proceedings of this workshop will be published in the NATO ASI series. Location: The workshop site, Acquafredda di Matatea (Italy), is situated on the coast in the Golf of Policastro, one of the most beautiful places in the Mediterranean. The nearest international airports are in Naples (200km) and Rome (400km). There are fast trains to Maratea from Rome and Naples. Accomodation: The cost of the hotel, including meals, will be LIT 400,000 (approx. $300 or 200) per person, based on double occupancy. There is a surcharge of LIT 100,000 for single occupancy. Fee: There is no registration fee for members of academic institutions and a nominal fee of LIT 100,000 ($75, 50) for other participants. Application: Due to the nature of the workshop, only a limited number of participants can be accomodated. Interested participants should send a short vita, mentioning their present nationality, and a short statement of (a) their approach to and perspectives on each of the discussion issues outlined above and (b) which among these is the most burning issue(s) for them. A deposit of 100 will be required, issued as a cheque (in pounds sterling) payable to "NATO ARW". The deposit is returnable to non-accepted applicants. Participants must stay for the entire period of the workshop. Closing date for applications is 31 December 1992. No special application form is required. Successful applicants will be informed by 18 January 1993. Applications and requests for further information should be directed to: Dereen Taylor, Research Administrator, IT Research Institute, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4AT tel: (+44 -273) 642900 fax: (+44 -273) 606653 email: burning.issues@itri.bton.ac.uk From: Anthea Tillyer <ABTHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> Subject: Re: Erroneous 'Clinton address' -- help prevent spread Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:58:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 693 (903) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The correct address for Clinton/Gore is:75300.3115@compuserve.com Anthea Tillyer City University of New York ABTHC@CUNYVM.BITNET ABTHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU From: "Henry Raine" <BM.FSL%RLG@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> Subject: Folger closing update Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 11:07:47 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 694 (904) The Folger Shakespeare Library notifies readers of a change in their former announcement. The library will be closed to readers for the Clinton lunch on Tuesday, January 19, *not* Thursday January 21. As stated previously, the library will also be closed on Monday, January 18, and Wednesday, January 20 for Martin Luther King Day and the Inauguration. Henry Raine Folger Shakespeare Library BM.FSL@RLG.BITNET From: Joseph Raben <JQRQC@CUNYVM> Subject: Re: 6.0408 Rs: E-Addresses; Instruction; Aquinas on Souls (4/88) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:46:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 695 (905) Apropos of Michel Lenoble's mention of Roberto Busa's Index Thomisticus, it should be known that it has now been issued on a CD ROM with hypertext softw software. A notice of it will appear in January on SCHOLAR. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: something like WordCruncher/Micro-OCP Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:19:05 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 696 (906) Richard Bear asks (Humanist 6.0407) for something in the public-domain that resembles WordCruncher and Micro-OCP -- i.e. a text-retrieval, concordancing, and analytic tool. Tact, developed at the University of Toronto, may be precisely what he needs. It is (I make bold to say) likely the best of its kind and is available via anonymous-ftp from epas.utoronto.ca, in /pub/cch/tact/. The manual exists only in printed form, however, and is a necessity. It can be obtained from Tact Distribution, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto, Ont. M5S1A5 Canada; inquire by sending e-mail to cch@epas.utoronto.ca. Also available from this source is a valuable publication on Tact, _A Tact Exemplar_, CCH Working Papers 1. Tact is also the subject of a discussion group, Tact-L, which I run and to which I will gladly add anyone -- but you must ask. Tact-L currently has over 100 members world-wide. Yes, I know this is advertising, but it is gentle, and none of us here makes any profit from recovery of costs by sale of the manual and monograph. Willard McCarty From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: RE:6.0407 (8/102) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 15:45:58 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 697 (907) In Message Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:15:24 EST, Elaine Brennan <EDITORS@BROWNVM.brown.edu> writes: [deleted quotation] WordCruncher itself is available in a crippleware (the call it shareware) version, suitable for your uses, on many BBSs. You can get it from PC-SIG as Disks 3000 and 3015, if I mistake not, from Public Software League (Houston) as Disk #7697, and you can ftp it from a number of university sites; ask Archie. From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0407 Qs: E-Texts; Addresses; Quotes; S/W; Lists (8/102) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:23:12 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 698 (908) [deleted quotation] There is a concordance package TACT which should answer your needs. There is a list, TACT-L, devoted to it, at TACT-L@UTORONTO.BITNET. The software is available at no charge, but the manual is a purchase item: [deleted quotation] From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Faculty fellowships for CALL & F.L. methodology Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 11:41:08 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 418 (909) The Dartmouth College-Dana Foundation Collaborative will take place on the campus of Dartmouth College from June 21 to August 12, 1993. Goal: to improve the teaching of language and culture in the United States. Features: * collaboration on computer-assisted and video language instruction projects; * collaboration with colleagues from Dartmouth and from other four-year liberal arts institutions; * educational theories seminar conducted by Professor John Rassias; * immediate opportunity to implement newly acquired methdology; * publication of individual and collaborative efforts. Eligibility: applicants must be full-time faculty at private, four-year institutions located in the United States of America. Contact: John Rassias, 6071 Wentworth Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3526. Or by E-mail: Mary_Bachman@mac.dartmouth.edu. Deadline for applications: January 31, 1993. From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: androgynous mind Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 11:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 699 (910) Can anyone help by telling me where in Coleridge's writings he discusses the an drogynous mind? From: csmith@epas.utoronto.ca (Claire Smith) Subject: TUSTEP Installation Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:56:26 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 700 (911) This is a cry for help to TUSTEP users. On behalf of Professor Lawrence Miller, Prof. of English at St. Michael's College, he would like to find out some instructions on installing TUSTEP. Is there a special directory structure? The manual has not been of help. From: "David Zeitlyn, Soc. & Cult. Anthropology, U of Oxford" Subject: Stop words in English and French Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:01:24 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 701 (912) Dear Humanists, are there standard lists of "Stop words" (words that are not to be indexed/sorted when indexing, concording and dictionarising). If there are I would greatly appreciate being told where I can obtain (elecronic for preference) copies of the lists for English and French. many thanks for your help Seasonally David Z From: John Rakestraw <JRAKESTR@UGA> Subject: Email address at Hebrew Univ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:47:50 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 702 (913) I'm seeking an email address for Michael S. Berger, currently doing post-doc research in religion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Thanks in advance for any info sent directly to me. John Rakestraw Philosophy and Religious Studies Wesleyan College Macon, GA 31297 912/474-7057, ext. 231 From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: WHY DON"T WE? Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 1:33:05 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 703 (914) Why don't we, as researchers interested in computing and the humanites, put in common our own bibliographical references. In so doing, each and everyone of us would be able to search them and contact any HUMANIST member/author to get e-copies of his or her e-text(s) by e-mail. This would greatly facilitate the dissemination of information among our scientific community. Perhaps some of you may have ideas as to how this could be concretely achieved. (FTP - BBS?) Michel. -- From: LORNE HAMMOND <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: MAPPING IDEAS Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 11:13:37 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 704 (915) I have been reading Alan Pred and working with old grants files. What interests me is how to "map" the flow of ideas over time between universities. By this I DO NOT mean logging contents of e-mail, rather the shifting direction of research and curriculum. Any suggestions for odd items that might be useful for theory? My background is history. Thanks. Lorne Hammond University of Ottawa From: Malcolm.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: funding technology projects Date: 21 Dec 92 14:00:02 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 421 (916) At my institution, we will shortly be announcing the availability of special, one-time funding for projects that apply computing technology to some aspect of the curriculum. I have been charged with setting up the program, and so was wondering if anyone in the assembled audience can refer to me folks who have run successful programs of this type. This may be naive, but I'd like to avoid the problems that have plagued some courseware projects in the past (narrowness of each project's focus; a splintering of funds into so many directions that the project as a whole lost momentum and cohesion). Ideally, this funding would result in a few projects that would give us some direction in applying of computing technology to our educational efforts. Investment in physical infrastructure (such as classrooms) as well as "informational infrastructure" (keyboarding or other kinds of data acquisition support) would be supported. Any pointers to others or advice would be most welcome! thanks very much Malcolm Brown Dartmouth College mbb@dartmouth.edu From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: NEACH 13 Jan: Jan Werner/HYPERTEXT Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 0:25:28 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 422 (917) NEACH: The Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities invites you to hear JAN WERNER on HYPERTEXT IN PRACTICE on Wednesday, January 13, 1993, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 26A of the IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, New York City. He will discuss issues, decisions, and strategies in preparing and using hypertext, including comparing hypertext to information retrieval, when not to use hypertext, and how to select among types of hypertext software, and he will demonstrate different hypertext structures and how to get data into hypertext form. Don't miss it! Jan Werner is chair of the New York Consultant's Forum and has held several offices in NYAC. He is an independent consultant and head of Jan Werner Data Processing, a firm specializing in survey research and opinion polling. Please put these NEACH dates in your calendar: (future dates to be confirmed) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=== Wednesday, Jan. 13: Jan Werner, Hypertext in Practice =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=== Tuesday, Feb. 23: Michael Sperberg-McQueen, The Text Encoding Initiative Thursday, Mar. 11: John E. Thiesmeyer, "Editor" and Style Checker Software Best wishes for the New Year. And please forgive any multiple postings. --Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) .............................................................................. An Invitation to Support NEACH through Membership for 1993: If you wish to join NEACH for 1993, the regular annual rate is $15. However, you can save $10 by joining or renewing NEACH and the national ACH at the same time. A. Rates: NEACH regular $15 Active rate NEACH special 10 Emeritus, student, or inactive rate ACH & NEACH 65 ACH Regular rate ($60) plus $5 for NEACH ACH & NEACH 50 ACH Emeritus/student rate ($45) plus $5 B. Indicate whether you prefer to receive monthly meeting notices by E-mail or by first-class mail. Please provide your name, e-mail address, and first -class mail address. Please send your check payable to NEACH in US dollars to Nan Hahn, NEACH Treasurer, 322 Second St., Dunellen, NJ 08812 (USA). ............................................................................. From: Lelio Camilleri <CONSERVA@IFIIDG.FI.CNR.IT> Subject: announcement Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 11:34:42 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 423 (918) CALL FOR PAPERS & COMPOSITIONS X COLLOQUIUM ON MUSICAL INFORMATICS Milan, December, 2-4, 1993 A.I.M.I. - Associazione di Informatica Musicale Italiana & L.I.M. - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione Universit degli Studi di Milano INTRODUCTION TO THE COLLOQUIUM The Colloquium on Musical Informatics is an international biennial meeting of researchers in computer applications to music, organised by the Italian Association of Musical Informatics and by local partners. Previous editions (held in Pisa, Milano, Padova, Pisa, Ancona, Napoli, Roma, Cagliari, Genova) showed an increasing interest in this area, proved by the number and the quality of scientific contributions and the appearance of computer music systems providing tools for new aesthetic solutions. The special topic of this 10th edition is musical informatics and hypermedia systems. Contributions to the Colloquium can be of the following kinds: scientific papers, posters, demonstrations, compositions. Proceedings of the Colloquium will be edited. SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS ISSUES - Music Assisted Composition - Automatic Composition - Music Theory & Formal Tools - Artificial Intelligence & Music - Computer Assisted Musicology - Music Analysis by Computer - Digital Sound Analysis, Processing & Synthesis - Computer Music Systems & Subsystems - Acoustics & Psychoacoustics - Musical Information Graphic Representation - Multimedia Composition & Performance - Hypertexts & Multimedia within Musical Informatics - Videoclip - Musical Texts Filing & Recognition - Music Teaching through Computer - Activity Reports from Research Laboratories PROCEEDINGS All contributions accepted for presentation at the Colloquium will be included in the Proceedings. Instructions to Authors will be communicated together with the communication of contribution acceptance. Proceedings will be available at the Colloquium. Contributions will be in English or Italian. A brief summary in English should be included as well. These summaries will be considered for publication in the Newsletter Surveys of IEEE Computer Society Task Force on Computer Generated Music. EVENTS Several events will take place at the X Colloquium on Musical Informatics, including: - a panel supported by IEEE Computer Society Task Force on Computer Generated Music - a presentation of the Italian National Research Council Project "Intelligent Music Workstation" - invited lectures on advanced research topics by researchers from leading research centres - evening computer music concerts - multimedia performances - the annual general meeting of the Italian Association of Musical Informatics CONTRIBUTIONS Papers, posters and demonstrations can be submitted to the Organising Committee of X C.M.I. sending: a) an extended abstract in English of two pages approx., type- written or printed; b) a cover page with the following information: title of contribution, authors, affiliation, address, kind of contribution (paper, poster, demo), technical requirements for presentation, addresses for contacts (mail address, E-mail, phone, fax). Standard equipments (personal computer + MIDI synthesiser + sound amplification and diffusion) will be available, shared for all demonstrations. Any other equipment will be provided by participants, who must get in touch with the Organising Committee. Compositions can be submitted to the Organising Committee of X C.M.I. sending: a) written description of the most relevant musical, technical and methodological features, in English of two pages approx., type- written or printed; b) a cover page with the following information: title of the composition, authors, affiliation, address, duration, composition date, date and place of tape realisation, equipment used, assistants and technical executors, tape velocity and tail/head (for open-reel tapes only), address for contacts (mail address, E-mail, phone, fax); c) tape registration of composition; tapes should be open-reel (1/4", two-tracks) or DAT, recorded without noise reduction devices. The Organising Committee of X C.M.I. assures the public execution of the musical tapes selected by the Musical Committee. However, for live performances it will be possible to take advantage of instrumentalists of the Chamber Ensemble of the University of Milan (Director M! Angelo Paccagnini). Composers who are interested in live performances can contact M! Angelo Paccagnini directly. DEADLINES 3/15/93: Arrival of extended abstracts (scientific papers, posters, demonstrations); 4/15/93: Scientific papers, posters & demonstrations acceptance notification; 5/31/93: Arrival of music compositions and descriptions; 7/31/93: Music compositions acceptance notification; 7/15/93: Arrival of final scientific papers in camera-ready format; 9/15/93: Arrival of final descriptions of compositions, posters & demonstrations in camera-ready format. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Mario Baroni (University of Bologna) Antonio Camurri (University of Genova) Jacques Chareyron (University of Milano) Giovanni De Poli (University of Padova) Goffredo Haus (University of Milano) Aldo Piccialli (University of Napoli) Sylviane Sapir (IRIS) MUSICAL COMMITTEE Lelio Camilleri (Conservatorio of Bologna) Mauro Graziani (University of Padova) Alessandro Melchiorre (Civic Music School of Milano) Angelo Paccagnini (University of Milano) Nicola Sani (RAI-SAT) ORGANISING COMMITTEE Goffredo Haus Angelo Paccagnini Isabella Pighi Dante Tanzi PROCEEDINGS EDITORS Goffredo Haus Isabella Pighi CONTACT & SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO: Comitato Organizzatore del X Colloquio di Informatica Musicale c/o L.I.M. - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione Universita' degli Studi di Milano via Comelico, 35 I-20135 Milano (Italy) phone: +39 2 55006.338 / .382 / .380 (answering machine) fax: +39 2 55006.373 E-mail: MacLim@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Subject: Summary Version, OFFLINE 40 Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 13:34:48 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 424 (919) <<O F F L I N E 4 0>> SUMMARY VERSION coordinated by Robert Kraft [15 December 1992 Draft, copyright Robert Kraft] [HUMANIST, IOUDAIOS, RELIGION, etc., 23 December 1992] [Religious Studies News 8.1 (February 1993)] [CSSR Bulletin 22.1 (February 1992)] [codes: <t>...</(t)> titles, <emph>...</> emphasis, <h>/<h1>/<h2>...</(h)> levels of headings.] ---------------------- OFFLINE is sponsored by the Computer Assisted Research Group (CARG) of the SBL. Thus it should cause no surprise that the initial section of the current column reports on the activities and plans of CARG as discussed at the recent annual meetings in San Francisco. With the growing awareness and use of electronic tools and resources in the scholarly communities, CARG feels that adjustments in its goals and procedures are in order. Ray Harder outlines some of the thinking of the steering committee. If you have comments or additional suggestions, now is a good time to make them known. Once again, this column is heavily dependent on the information made available on the electronic networks. The major way the editor gathers items of possible interest is by offloading them from the network and by requesting similar input from his electronic advisory group. Thus is seemed only reasonable to focus here on some new sources of information about how to use the networks, especially as provided in the hardcopy book by Ed Krol (described by Dan Lester) and in the electronic compilation about to become hardcopy as well by Michael Strangelove. At this point it also made sense to insert a notice about changes in the goals and procedures of Michael Strangelove's electronic "CONTENTS" list, as well as the invitation from Jim O'Donnell for participation in the new electronic "preprint/paraprint" project. Note that in listing electronic addresses, a Bitnet address has only one element to the right of the "@" sign, while Internet addresses have at least two elements, with "." as the separator. Normally Bitnet addresses will be listed first in what follows. Flowing quite naturally from the discussion of general sources of electronic information is the specific example of biblical software packages and data that can be acquired without charge from the networks. Here Michael Strangelove briefly surveys the materials, followed by the more detailed description by Robert Weiss of one of the most extensive such packages -- The OnLine Bible. Although its primary target audience would seem to be pastors and students of a relatively conservative Protestant Christian orientation, many of the texts and tools included in this growing data bank are also valuable for biblical scholars and other academics. It is possible to purchase many of the same materials separately on diskette or on a CD-ROM (e.g. "The New Bible Library" just announced by Ellis Enterprises and IBM for $495 [half price for orders to the end of 1992]), but for people who can learn to manipulate the networks, the alternatives offered there are very attractive and will continue to become even more enticing. To this discussion of biblically oriented tools, is also appended the notice from Pat Graham of a new electronic discussion group focussing on biblical developments in the Persian period. The next section, dealing with data archives, starts with an item concerning an old friend trying to keep up with the times. The Oxford Text Archive (OTA) is perhaps the best single resource for electronic textual material in the world, and although it has often been mentioned in OFFLINE, details have been sparse. That is corrected in this issue, with Lou Burnard's current description of the project -- including the possibility of receiving some OTA texts via the networks, without charge. The standard order form has not been included below, but is easily obtained from OTA if needed. Another way of exploiting the electronic data is provided by the Georgetown Center and its database of electronic archives. A radically streamlined list of "religion" type projects throughout the world is included below, based on the data provided by Paul Mangiafico. Finally, in this category of collecting and identifying data, announcements of a proposed new archive for history of philosophy texts (from Eric Palmer) and of sources of electronic information on European history (from Erwin K.Welsch) are appended. OFFLINE 40 closes with a glimpse of activities in a related discipline, history. The proposed H-Net project aims at bringing more cohesion and effective operation to that field by exploiting the possibilities of electronic communication. A brief summary of Richard Jensen's proposal should provide us with much to think about in relation to our own disciplinary interests. ----- <h>Notes from 1992 CARG Meetings</>, by co-chair Raymond G. Harder (5614 Cambridge St., Montclair, CA 91763; 909-983-4713; rharder@eis.CalState.EDU) ----- <h>General Information about Using the Networks</> <h1>Book Notice</>, by Dan Lester (Associate University Librarian, Boise State University, Boise ID 83725; 208-385-1234; ALILESTE@IDBSU, ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU) Recently FedEx delivered our copy of Ed Krol's <t> The Whole Internet: User's Guide & Catalog</> direct from the publisher, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This latest publication in their renowned Nutshell Handbook series is worth every penny of the $24.95 list price. The ISBN is 1-56592-025-2. O'Reilly can be reached at 103 Morris St., Suite A, Sebastopol CA 95472, or 800-998-9938. ----- <h1>Announcement of Increased Availability of <t>The Electric Mystic's Guide</t></h1>, by Michael Strangelove (Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa; 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA; 613-747-0642; 441495@UOTTAWA; 441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA) ----- <h1>Changes to the Contents Project</>, from Michael Strangelove [address as above] ----- <h1>Electronic Pre-Print and Para-Print Databases: an Invitation to Collaboration</>, from James J. O'Donnell (University of Pennsylvania; jodonnel@sas.upenn.edu) ----- <h>Network Resources for Biblical Studies</> <h1>Bible Software on the Net</>, by Michael Strangelove [address, etc., listed above] ----- <h1>Online Bible Version 6</>, described by Robert Weiss (University at Buffalo; PSYROBTW@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu) [and slightly updated with comments from David Reimer] A major new release of "The OnLine Bible" (=OLB) is now available. It can be obtained by: ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) cd /doc/bible/ibm-pc (or cd /doc/bible/mac) get readme.txt All MS-DOS version files are in the directory /doc/bible/ibm-pc [53 separate files, mostly 360 K each!] and the Mac version is in /doc/bible/mac. Obtaining the files involves a significant investment of time. ----- <h1>New List on Biblical Materials in the Persian Period</>, announced by Matt Patrick Graham An unmoderated list devoted to interdisciplinary approaches to biblical texts and related literature of the Persian Period (6th-4th centuries BCE) has been formed. Subscription requests (SUB PERSIA-L YOURFULLNAME) may be sent to LISTSERV@EMUVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU (internet). ----- <h>Locating and Accessing Electronic Texts and Data</> <h1>Oxford Text Archive Information Update</>, by Lou Burnard (Oxford University Computing Service, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, UK; voice +44 (865) 273 238; fax +44 (865) 273 275; archive@vax.ox.ac.uk) ----- <h1>Electronic Texts in Religion [November 1992]</>, extracted by Paul Mangiafico (PMANGIAFICO@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu) from the Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET) at the Center for Text & Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057 Following is a list of electronic text projects that may be of interest to scholars in the field of religion. This list was created by a simple search of the CPET database using keywords such as bible, biblical, theology, religion, islam, patristics, and so forth. The information in CPET is organized according to the eleven headings (fields) that appear below, and projects are listed in alphabetical order by geographic location. In the interests of space, the information has been reduced by the OFFLINE editor to its bare essentials below, with focus on projects that do not deal primarily with biblical materials. The complete information for this and similar searches is available from Georgetown. ----- <h1>Call for Texts, for the American Philosophical Association Electronic Text Archive Project</>, adapted from a posting by Eric Palmer (University of Utah; epalmer@cc.utah.edu) that appeared on the Humanist, Philos-L, sci-tech-studies, and Hopos lists, with permission to repost as appropriate. ------ <h1>Electronic Resources for European History</>, from Erwin K. Welsch (West European History Librarian, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison; EWelsch@WISCMACC; EWelsch@vms.macc.wisc.edu) ----- <h>Other Uses of the Networks</> <h1>Integrating the Field: the H-Net Proposal</>, extracted from the "H-Net Planning Document (version 3.1; Dec 6, 1992)" by Richard Jensen (Professor of History, U of Illinois, Chicago, 60680; 615-552-9923; U08946@uicvm; u08946@uicvm.uic.edu) <-----> Please send information, suggestions or queries concerning OFFLINE to Robert A. Kraft, Box 36 College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6303. Telephone (215) 898- 5827. Internet address: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (please note that the previous BITNET address is no longer operational). To request printed information or materials from OFFLINE, please supply an appropriately sized, self-addressed envelope or an address label. A complete electronic file of OFFLINE columns is available upon request (for IBM/DOS, Mac, or IBYCUS), or from the HUMANIST discussion group FileServer (BROWNVM.BITNET). OFFLINE is also being made available by ftp and/or gopher on the ccat.sas.upenn.edu site. Contact the coordinator for details. //end #40 Summary Version// -------------------- [A complete version of this publication is now available through the fileserver, s.v. OFFLINE 40. You may obtain a copy by issuing the command -- GET filename filetype HUMANIST -- either interactively or as a batch-job, addressed to ListServ@Brownvm. Thus on a VM/CMS system, you say interactively: TELL LISTSERV AT BROWNVM GET filename filetype HUMANIST; if you are not on a VM/CMS system, send mail to ListServ@Brownvm with the GET command as the first and only line. For more details see the "Guide to Humanist". Problems should be reported to David Sitman, A79@TAUNIVM, after you have consulted the Guide and tried all appropriate alternatives.] From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU <Arjan.Loeffen@let.ruu.nl> Subject: Re: Humanities computing: merely a hobby? Date: 23 Dec 1992 15:47:06 +0000 (GMT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 425 (920) Long note on the discussion: "Humanities computing: merely a hobby?" I received a collection of positions in the general discussion headed "Humanities computing: merely a hobby?". I have put down my interpretation of the discussion in the form of statements (see section 1, below). To compare these statements to a more formal investigation on the dilemma(s) described, I would like to report on a rather 'quick' evaluation I did about a year ago on the use of electronic texts in humanities research in the Netherlands (see section 2, below). It might interest the reader, as I feel these findings may put some local problems in a different light. Finally, I will try to specify what I think the profession of a 'computer humanist' should be (section 3, below). I will indicate the dilemma's as noted in section 1 in the following sections 2 and 3 by placing them between brackets. Section 1: The HUMANIST Discussion I see the discussion (which started to my knowledge by a letter of Stephen Clausing, but has been going on for some time already) as circulating around the following statements, not in chronological order: THE OFF-KICK: 1- There Are No Jobs In Humanities Computing Stephen Clausing states: "if humanities computing is to be more than a gentleman's sport, somebody has got to start creating jobs for this field." ON JOBS: 2- We Are Not The Right Person At The Right Place Donald Spaeth states: "Although there *are* occasionally posts for humanities computing folk, they tend to be in computer centres rather than subject specialisms." 3- We Can't Find The Right Person For The Job Eric Johnson states: "When we need to hire faculty, it is *very* difficult to find people with a sound subject background and anything more than superficial knowledge of computing." IDENTITY: 4- We Don't Show What We're Worth Mark Olsson states: "there has been a consistent failure among the practitioners of humanities computing to rock the boat; to produce results of sufficient interest, rigor and appeal to attract a following among scholars who *do not* make extensive use of computers." 5- We Are Hybrids Donald Spaeth states: "Appointment committees wishing to introduce computing methods into their departmental teaching cannot expect to do it with topical specialists who have done a bit of word-processing and databases / statistics / concordancing in their PhD thesis. They need specialists in humanities / literary / historical computing." CIRCUMSTANCE: 6- We Don't Have The Tools Herbert Stahlke states: "The problem is that much humanities research requires the study of records that have not been digitized or the use of natural language, the analysis of which is also beyond the reach of current applications."; Oliver Berghof states: "who among HUMANISTs could name programs which have allowed them to improve their research ? More specifically, who has been using programs which do not collect data, but help to analyze them?" 7- We Don't Get Through To Our Collegues Herbert Stahlke states: "A much more serious problem, however, is the lack of recognition given to colleagues who make a serious effort to use computing to improve their teaching and research."; Mark Olsen states: "scholars in our home disciplines (literature, history, etc.) seem to be able to safely ignore the considerable literature generated by humanities computing research over the years. [...] When we publish results that our non-computer using colleagues read, all the rest will follow." 8- It's Not Local To Computing; It's A General Problem John Lavagnino states: "it's part of a general decline in the value placed on traditional scholarship" SELF ESTEEM: 9- Humanities Computing Is Scientifically Irrelevant Willard McCarty states: "[Our scientific results should not be] definitive proof that Shakespeare did or did not write Shakespeare's works, nor in literary studies anything remotely like what is applauded in the more properly quantitative fields Olsen listed. What, then? Can we say, here, now? Can we articulate the intellectual nature of humanities computing or point to studies that do?" 10- Humanities Computing Does Not Generate Relevant Results Mark Olsen states: "A recent paper in L&LC noted that "the numbers have been crunched for about twenty years now" but it remains "difficult to see the point of the exercise." So, how patient should we be? Another twenty years before laying down the cards to see what we're holding?" BASIC FLAWS: 11- We Don't Have A Theory Mark Olsen states: "Indeed, it is my firm belief that the technology allows us to rethink the notion of "textuality" and the relationship of text to context (discursive, social, and political). And provide solid, verifiable results based on new theoretical models, allowing us to test and (hopefully) improve critical theory. Humanities computing should be in the lead of rethinking textuality precisely because the technology allows us to treat text as a radically different object of research." 12- We Have Lost Our Dream And Have Become Realists Paul Falzer states: "The scientist qua scientist, like the businessperson and the bureaucrat, have abandoned the dream [of personal computing, a dream of individuality, independence, and flexibility] and rushed headlong into a brave new world of interconnected MIPS and bits. I think that the humanist can do better." (So, who dares to put on a happy face?) Section 2: The Report On Text Directed Computer Based Research In The Netherlands. The report (interviews held in dec 1990 - may 1991, report published januari 1992 -- in Dutch) is based on talks with 24 scolars that more or less represent humanities computing in the Netherlands. The report ends with two chapters that have been written on the basis of between- the-line remarks during the interviews. The central statement is that text directed computer research does not really come out as a serious field of scientific research. These are the findings, of course according to my own interpretation. - We Don't Cooperate (4, 5, 7, 10, 11) Cooperation is essential to the emancipation of text directed computerresearch. Such cooperation should exist between universities and companies, as well as between universities themselves. - Universities And Companies Don't Cooperate "What we have developed so far *cannot* be interesting to companies" (Hans Voorbij). We do not get a feeling for one anothers wishes and possibilities. We do not adhere to the format (in general) companies wish our findings and products to be exchanged. The immediate effect of this dilemma is, that universities and companies do things double. An example is the PENELOPE parser, an in-house syntactical parser, part of a text critiquing system alias style checker, developed by IBM. This also -- maybe even more painfully-- applies to universities themselves. As an example, three Dutch universities have actually developed three syntactical parsers at the same time. - Not Clearly Related Disciplines Don't Cooperate We do not connect with faculties that do have electronic texts or will benefit from them. Examples are the faculty of law, medicine, social sciences, and with libraries. Note: In a report written in 1989 by the Dutch Bureau for Libraries and Information Services (NBBI) it is stated, that one of the principal problems in information services is to *retrieve* information, rather than to process it. The committee defines some focus points in solving the problems libraries have to get the information in store to the people. Remarkably, they do not conclude that attention should be drawn to the retrieval engine itself, nor to adaptions to structured or even superficially enriched documents. All conclusions focus on external aspects such as book-exchange between libraries, long distance connections, in- line reservations and applications, bibliographies on CD-ROM, Expansion of controlled vocabularies, and document delivery. I have not found a word about querying mechanisms, document type support, autoatic abstracting, and other fields of improvement that may call for humanities expertise. Even the knowledge exchange between computer sciences and humanities is limited. It really is an exception if such a contact exists. In Nijmegen, a special curriculum has been defined integrating both faculties (sciences), mainly (but not only) supporting computer supported linguistic research. This, however, took a *very long time* as people from both sciences had to get used to eachother --imagine people of computer science and literature getting together. - Clearly Related Disciplines Don't Cooperate Even within obviously related disciplines contacts are sparse. Linguists do not realize that, nor how, their material may be interesting to text research; the same holds for results of text research, to be incorporated in linguistic research. It is however clear that such mutual interests exists. E.g., synchronic linguistic theories based on old manuscripts will benefit from critical studies of such sources. In Amsterdam, such linguistic variability research is conducted under the supervision of one person who actually knows something of both fields. Part of general problem of not cooperating also lies in too little documentation on software products developed, no attention for software portability / compatibility, and of course not financing time spent in getting to know current research projects (which really takes some time). - We Do Not Educate Adequately We hardly integrate education in text directed computerresearch. We may distinguish two types of researcher: the humanities researcher getting aquainted to the computer, and the computer researcher planted in a humanities environment. Both are forced to go into the host discipline more than superficially (see also section 3, below). Because this usually is a very ad hoc thing, time and money is waisted -- every single person does not only have to walk the same strech again, but will probably fall into the same pitfalls. And, which is more, they never get on the same (interlectual) level as that of the host (the guest you never get used to -- an intruder). "You might easily oversee some essential things. It will always be somewhat amateuristic. What we need is people who have had an integrated education, and therefore are no amateurs." (Jan Aarts). Happily, some educational projects have emerged recently: the Nijmegen project mentioned, a humanities computing specialization in Utrecht, Groningen and Amsterdam. The specific field of text & computer has not emerged yet. For instance, document information systems are only the topic of a single course in Tilburg, Delft and Utrecht, while to my firm belief modelling and formalizing the proces of retrieval of information from textual sources should pre- eminently be located in humanities research. And even then: does the *software* available support scientific education well enough? What exists above, may come down. But if there's not much intelligent software to be found in research, how much will be available in education? And if the software is fixed on specific 'jobs' (as it generally is), what kind of creativity may be expected from the student? (Don't tell me OCP does a fine job. Let's be honest, isn't OCP really a relic, a reminder of Days Gone By? -- A.L.) Note: as will be the case in other countries, university policies may inhibit even such a thing as exchanging students to get a feel for some other type of research, e.g. to let a student do some courses (do a 'specialization') on computer use in his/her own field of study. Just to mention the fact that faculties and sections are financed on the basis of the number of students that subscribe to the individual courses. (A.L.) - There's no tradition (5, 7, 11, 12) A second factor is the lack of a computer tradition in several disciplines. Conventional methods sustain: they work, why change? - The Computer Is A New Thing In the HUMANIST discussion, Paul R. Falzer writes: I am reminded of a colleague, a senior faculty member who had adamantly refused even to work at an electric typewriter prior to the arrival of a dusty old 8088 a few weeks ago. He asked me what he could do with it and as I began telling him a few stories his eyes got a big as saucers. I brought him a simple shareware text editor, installed it, and gave the .exe file the name of his youngest daughter. To everybody's amazement, he's using the thing and has gotten excited about learning how to use it better. The last I heard, he was looking into the price of scanners. This nicely describes what in practice does hardly ever occurs. People still have something like computer fear: it's a polluting or even threatening object, to be banned from the field. Even if people get over this idea, they usually use the computer as a typewriter (as the story goes). "It's hard for people to realize you can some something systematical with the thing" (Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen). Large parts of (large) financial resources for the computerization of the humanities in the Netherlands (in 1989) have been spent on PC's, cables and the sockets they rest on -- to be used for ever for Word-Perfect. Hardly something to get the show on the road. Or to get emancipated. For instance, the money was *not* used to educate people, or even to instruct them. - MRT Is A New Thing Even if the computer is recognized as a relevant tool, new problems arise. People tend to start building corpora (note that the research aimed at describing electronic text research in particular) without much knowledge on text enrichment strategies, OCR, markup and the like. Moreover, people start doing everything by hand. Even if people accept the time consuming proces of manual input, other people do not think this is of any scientific relevance. Not every scolar is handed the time to build machine readable sources. Another thing is, that it is assumed that the use of conventional systems (DBMS, statistical packages, word processors) may give more instantaneous results. This does not hold for far reaching, well modelled text research on MRT corpora. Partly because the tools are not available, or are not powerful enough. Many people start working with several packages at the same time, one for this job, another for that, etcetera. People use the *wrong* packages. And if the computer beeps, they leave it as a friend who wasn't a real friend anyway. Third, people tend to first start building MRTs and *after* that to formulate questions. Often they have to re-evaluate the whole text: remove CRLFs, inserts tags, replace hyphens by codes, etc. Again, no experience means twice the time. - Paying For It All Is A New Thing The lack of 'tradition' or insufficient knowledge on computing in general puts a brake on requests for investments by the authorities in respect of hardware, software, and persons. This especially holds for modern language research. Humanities computing funds are really put through to linguistic research, as that community is more extrovert in its computational needs. Ben Salemans (Nijmegen) and Eep Talstra (Amsterdam) point out that it is very hard to get philological research financed by the main scientific financer in the Netherlands, NWO (Dutch Scientific Research, a governmental institute). This is partly due to the lack of experience with such projects. NWO has even until recently not been willing to finance software development at all. It will be clear, that this is not a stimulating situation. Minimal funds for humanities computer has some immediate effects: - Small research environment (people, time). - No time to get oriented (and, therefore: doublures). - The tendency to specialize, because there's not time to be creative (and possibly fail), to elaborate on a specific thing some more (which could result in new types of research), etc. - Resarch projects tend to be 'bare', i.e. no time for documentation, dissimination of software and the like. - Single sided and conventional hard- and software purchase (the secretary knows WP, so WP it is), and no people to go along with it. Printers tend to sit there in the back of a deserted room, dusty, rusty -- when the ribbon has worn out. - No modernization of existing environment (waiting two years to get a mail connection). That was about it. In the same report, I have pointed out some general objectives (fully under my own responsability), I'd like to copy here: - Get Together It seems clear that cooperation on several levels is neccessary for sensible text directed research. This may avoid doublures, early failures, use of too expensive or ineffective methods, etc. Such cooperation should be broad, not between collegues in the first grade only. See above. - Get Wise Students have to get aquainted with computers and software at an early stage, preferrably regarding their use within their own field of study. For those interested, a specialized curriculum should be offered that aims at the convergance of different fields of knowledge. For instance, Language and Computing, Text and Computing, Art History and Computing, Law and Computing, whatever. For text itself, this curriculum should give attention to computational, linguistic, textual and informational problems, models and implementations. As stated above, such a curriculum should include available general scientific tools (exactly this has brought me to my current research on a textbase management system for humanities computing -- the lack of a general working environment inhibits the most important strategies mentioned, both for scolars and students). - Get Realistic Two points on getting realistic about computing humanities, that should be heard not only by collegues, but also by planners, foundations, and institutions that ultimately have the money. - People Need Time To accept something like a start-up time for text entry, in which special attention is drawn to text encoding, software tools, and automation in general, will in the long run not only earn back the time investment, but also improve the texts and related results. This start-up time also includes shopping time: what's out there, can I use it, can I get it. - Software Development Can Be Scientific The development of software and corpora is a valid scientific aim, has every kind of scientific ring to it, and should be seen as scientific work. One should not see it as a by- product of a more conventional scientific quest. Section 3: What Humanities Computing Should Be After this very long resumee, I will try to point out what in my current opinion should be the goal of humanities computing. I believe that --to go back to the initial question: "How do I get a job"-- this may clear out some misunderstandings, and define the profession. Because, to get a job, you need a *profession*. I could put my opinion in one sentence: Make Clear Where You Stand. I am convinced that if we stick to a clear field of expertise people will know when to look for us, and when not; what to expect and what not. And --probably most important-- people will know what their own role is in cooperating with us. We are (roughly) inbetween two sciences: humanities and computer science. (5, 7, 9, 10, 11) - We are not -professionally- humanists. We don't have the time (and maybe not even the inclination) to get into serious research: we know what goes in and what comes out. We even know the paths to get there. But we do not know the ins and outs, the individual decisions involved. We do not have the creativity to select specific paths when several present themselves. We are not able to conduct humantities research on the level expected by its conventional community. - We are not computer scientists. We know how to use computers, we are able to describe, test, evaluate and use software and hardware that is relevant to our field. We may even be able to program the computer to create some nice software. But we are not into building applications as-is. We do not have the time to do so. We have not been trained to do so. We are not into processors, memory management, mathematical proofs, communication protocols, whatever defines the actual technical stuff used to solve non-technical problems or fulfill non-technical needs. It is our profession to link the two: technical products and non-technical models, use, research, people. To specify what considerations apply for implementations that are to be used by specific users, here: humanists. To show the impact of technical development on traditional and non- traditional research, such as resp. textual criticism and document retrieval; the way relational systems may be used in historical research; the way corpora should be encoded, and how such enrichment should be queried to fulfill humanist needs; the way musical patterns may be represented by encoding schemes. Things like that. We know something of both areas. That's, to my opinion, not only our strength, but should also be our research focus: building the bridge. Get the two together. There are enough traditional scientists who are willing to cooperate. It's the fear that the line between expertises will be blurred --that automation will take over, that traditional research will be overridden by bits and bytes-- that keeps these scientists from our rooms, our publications, our software. We should make clear that computers add something to the field, and not replace or destroy. It's our publications that do not describe the problems and possible solutions such that they may be read, understand, and incorporated by humanities researchers. They do not eliminate the misunderstandings. They rather endorse them. Personally, I have chosen to focus on describing a text directed research environment. I will describe as exactly as possible what a scientist who professionally uses textual sources in humanities reseach (with a focus on literature) will expect from a computer program. What his/her sources are. What kind of tools he/she uses. How these tools may be emulated by software modules. What the relation my be between these modules. What kind of abstract system lies behind all these tools and sources. In fact, I focus on the model behind textual analysis. To this end, I must have knowledge both on humanist research where textual sources are involved, as well as models defined by information / computer science. In this particular case, I will try to link the object oriented model to every day needs in humanities research. Thanks for reading this (long) statement. Hope it helps in some way. Arjan Loeffen 3rd year PhD Student Historical / cultural information science University of Utrecht, The Netherlands LOEFFEN@LET.RUU.NL From: gin490@cdc835.cdc.polimi.it () Subject: Re: La guerra italiana civile Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 11:02:06 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 426 (921) Lines: 21 lpicci@weber.ucsd.edu (Lucio Picci) writes: [deleted quotation] Torna al Kinotto! Non sfumare via cosi` Saluti annebbiati Giovanni From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: WHY DON'T WE...? Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 10:35:26 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 427 (922) [deleted quotation] -- Interesting. Needs a lot of thought: 1) People keep their bibl. refs. in 50 different formats, from a word processor file (WP, Word, NB, etc. etc.) to a variety of bibl. programs (Pro-Cite, Papyrus, Library Manager, NB's Ibid, and a dozen others we can all name off the tops of our heads). A common repository would *either* have to be straight ascii *or* use an agreed program. Since we'd be retrieving cites through the network, common sense dictates straight ascii but in a set format that could be poured into a variety of bibl. bibl. formatting programs (does such a format exist?) 2) Someone would need to donate the disk space, and system management time. An existing ftp site sounds like a good idea; the procedures for getting into them are standard and widely known. I get the impression that a BBS restricts access more; is this true, or is it just that most of the ones I know of are commercial and I therefore avoid accessing them? 3) People would upload whole bibliographies. How do we update them? I can't see myself sending off my entire bibliography on subject X whenever I add a citation or two to it (and therefore I can't see others doing so either :-) ). How do we retrieve from them? Would people be looking for specific references, or for the bibliography amassed by a specific scholar, or for all references on a subject, or what? In other words, should they be kept in the repository in the form sent, as separate files, or merged into a searchable database? I suspect the latter; but then we're not talking ftp or bbs; we're talking about library software to run a catalog accessible from the internet. That's $$$, even if it's a small program run on a PC, and system management time. Nonetheless it's an intriguing idea. Just imagine having access to a "catalog" of all the books and articles read over the past n years by even a selection of the people active in a given field, searchable by author, title, journal, date, subject, and inputting scholar... Not to mention a source that includes the work currently in preparation and available by email from the author, if you know about it. Now, on a related theme, wouldn't it be nice to have an updated list of people working in the various fields, searchable by name or by subject interest (who's working on the Arab-Byzantine coins right now? Perhaps there's a doctoral student digging up some interesting information/ideas that s/he won't publish for another 3 years but would love to discuss; perhaps s/he has published, but in some obscure numismatic journal that I never see?) Of course a lot of us like to think that we know all the people in our own field; what always bothers me is this nagging feeling that we're wrong... Judy Koren, Haifa. From: ko (Kemal Oflazer) <ko@trbilun.bitnet> Subject: Announcement of a List on Natural Language Processing In Turkish Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 18:05:02 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 428 (923) Dear Colleagues We announce the formation of a mailing / discussion list for natural language processing and computational linguistics studies on the Turkish language. Detailed information follows. Kemal Oflazer Cem Bozsahin Bilkent University Middle East Technical Univ. Computer Engineering Department Computer Engineering Dept Bilkent, ANKARA, 06533 TURKIYE Ankara, TURKIYE e-mail: ko@trbilun.bitnet bozsahin@trmetu.bitnet fax: (90) 4 - 266-4126 tel: (90) 4 - 266-4133 ------------------------------------------- Turkish Natural Language Processing Discussion Group The purpose of this list is to form a discussion group on natural language processing (nlp) studies on the Turkish language. We welcome all submissions that are on, or related to, (a) computer-based analysis or synthesis of turkish, (b) application of linguistic theories to the language, (c) linguistic tools and their applicability, (d) implications/adaptation of current computational linguistic models to turkish (e) announcements of relevant events (seminar, colloquia, etc.) (f) announcements of software tools and databases such as parsers, morpholgical analyzers, MRD's and lexicons, Turkish text corpus, etc. The list is not moderated at this time. Contributions may be in Turkish, English or any other language that may find an audience in the group. To subscribe, please send a message to: listserv@trmetu.bitnet with sub bildil <your name> <your lastname> in its body. To post articles, send your message to : bildil@trmetu.bitnet ----- End Included Message ----- From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Announcement Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 15:44:56 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 429 (924) UNIVERSITY OF EXETER September 15-18 1993 International Conference Francois Mauriac An international conference on the work of Francois Mauriac is to be held at the University of Exeter, September 15-18 1992. The theme is `Francois Mauriac au carrefour de la culture europeenne'. For further details, write to: Professor John E. Flower, Department of French, University of Exeter, Queen's Building, EXETER, EX4 4QH, UK. or by e/mail to cameron@exeter.ac.uk From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Association for History and Computing UK conference Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 16:12:23 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 430 (925) Please circulate: NEW HORIZONS IN HISTORICAL COMPUTING SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HISTORY AND COMPUTING UNIVERSITY OF YORK, 25 - 27 MARCH 1993 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Association for History and Computing seeks to act as a forum for all those interested in the development of IT applications in research and teaching in History in universities, colleges, schools, archives and museums. The 1993 conference of the UK branch of the association will concentrate on 'new horizons' in historical computing in the following areas: * The application of new technologies - inter-active multi-media packages - innovations in CDI editing - innovations in GIS applications * The opportunities offered by new, easier to use, commercial software packages - database systems - text analysis * The application of IT in meeting the challenge of teaching increased student numbers - Computer Assisted Learning in History - After TLTP, what next? * A focus on new work by graduate students * The development of new research tools for Historians. - bibliographies - archives - KLEIO - the Sites and Monuments' Record * New developments in genealogy and family history. The cost of the conference will be around 89 pounds sterling, including a registration fee of 15 pounds. Reductions will be available for non-residents. If you are interested in attending this conference, or would like to exhibit or contribute to one of the conference sessions, please contact: Dr E. Royle Department of History Vanbrugh College University of York Heslington York YO1 5DD Telephone: 0904 - 432974 E-mail: ER1@uk.ac.york.vaxa From: HIGAB@EGFRCUVX Subject: Teacher's Stress Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 14:02 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 705 (926) A doctoral candidate wants to get information about new and effective psychotherapeutic techniques ( counseling program, coping skills, relaxation technique...etc.) that can help in decreasing teachers' stress. She prefers those techniques which can be described in clear steps, so she can apply them in her study. She will acknowledge your help in her dissertation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please, write your name; address and e-mail address. Happy New Year Ahmed K. Higab, Ph.D. The National Center for Educational Research Cairo, Egypt Bitnet: HIGAB@EGFRCUVX From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: Information on archives Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 9:20:48 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 706 (927) For archives, I am seeking addresses, preferably e-mail, for this archive. Records for G.E. Mueller, who was Ordinarius for Philosophie for 1 year (1880-1881) at Tchernowsky (Cernauti, Chernovtsy, Austro-Hungarian name, Czernowitz), now part of the Ukraine, but it was Austria-Hungary at that time, in particular the independent area of Bukovina. Where are the archives? Are they in Wien (because the central government took them back in 1918?), or Budapest (because Bukovina was then considered part of Hungary?), or Bucharest (because Cernauti was part of Romania from 1918 to 1944?), or Kiev (because after 1944, it was part of the Ukraine?), or Moscow (because everything was moved to Moscow), or just simply in Chernovtsy?. Please reply to haupt@pilot.njin.net since I am not a member of this group. Thanks in advance... From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Russian frequency dictionary Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:38:57 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 707 (928) I'm looking for a Russian frequency dictionary to use with the Reading Edge -- the latest Kurzweil reading machine for the blind. Any ideas about sources? -- Christopher Bader From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Russian e-mail Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:03:52 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 708 (929) I'm trying to send mail to an address in Russia, and it bounces with the message "Unresolvable mail address". Any pointers? Thanks. -- Christopher P.S. The actual address is val@querty.msk.su From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: e-mail to U. of Manchester Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 11:14:41 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 709 (930) I have an e-mail address for Jeremy Lawrance at the U. of Manchester--but it doesn't work: MFPXXJL@MBR.AC.UK (although he gave it to me with the suffixes reversed MFPXXJL@UK.AC.MBR I think that everything is correct except "MBR". I would be grateful for any help. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: LEONARD MARSH <marsh@LEMOYNE.BITNET> Subject: HORNS Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 12:33:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 710 (931) I am doing research in Renaissance literature which deals in part with the image of the HORN as it relates to marriage and sex. Specifically, I am looking for texts (or bibliography) which support the horn as the sign of cuckoldry and possibly of male genitalia. Additionally (and possibly not unrelat ed), is the image of the HORN AS FILTER OF THE WORD in the act of communication. Any textual reference containing simultaneously the horn with sexual and verbal intercourse would be a real payoff. Any and all ideas would be greatly appreciated. Leonard Marsh MARSH@LEMOYNE Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY From: siggen@cs.rpi.edu Subject: SIGGEN Workshop on discourse relations Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 18:08:21 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 432 (932) CALL FOR PAPERS INTENTIONALITY AND STRUCTURE IN DISCOURSE RELATIONS 21 June 1993 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA A workshop sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN) of the Association for Computational Linguistics TOPICS OF INTEREST: Over the last few years, discourse structure relations (often called "rhetorical relations") have been extensively discussed in the text planning community. Two of the best known text planning architectures, McKeown's TEXT and the ISI text planners, have explicitly and successfully incorporated the idea of a bounded set of semantically meaningful, domain-independent relations between discourse units. At the same time, computational work on text structure development and analysis has highlighted the need for intentionality (often called "communicative goals") as well. The precise relationship between the rhetorical and intentional types of knowledge is unclear. Making the issue even more difficult, the theoretical status and essential nature of rhetorical relations has never been clearly articulated, and while communicative goals have been linked with Speech Acts and intentionality in general, the precise territory of such goals has also never been defined. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different fields, including discourse understanding, discourse generation, and linguistic discourse analysis, and to debate and explore the issues involved. In particular, the workshop will address the following questions: 1. What is the evidence for the existence of rhetorical relations? What types of rhetorical relations are there? 2. What is the evidence for the existence of intentions? What types of intentions are useful to identify for communication? 3. What is the precise relationship between these two types of knowledge? Do intentional and rhetorical relations perform different functions (though they may be related), or are rhetorical relations the realizations of intentions, or should rhetorical relations be discarded as simply a misconstrual of intentions proper? 4. How do rhetorical relations interact with representations of Speaker's and Hearer's beliefs and desires? 5. How are rhetorical relations used in discourse understanding? How are linguistic clues and world knowledge brought to bear? Note that this is not a workshop on a particular theory of rhetoric, but on the theoretical foundations and implications of theories of discourse structure and intentionality. FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: Submissions are sought that address one or more of the questions outlined above; they should be presented as position papers, with reference to the author's own work. Submissions should be by email (ASCII files) and should not exceed 2 ASCII pages (exclusive of references). Submissions should be sent to rambow@unagi.cis.upenn.edu. Authors without access to electronic mail should send submissions to: Owen Rambow Department of Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania IRCS, Suite 400C 3401 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA 19104, USA Tel: (215) 898 0334, FAX: (215) 573 2048 SCHEDULE: Submissions are due March 1, with notification by April 5. WORKSHOP INFORMATION: The workshop is being held in connection with the 31st Meeting of the ACL (22-26 June 1993). Attendance will be limited to 35-40 participants. The emphasis will be on discussion; invited speakers and selected position papers will act as anchors in the debate. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Judy Delin (University of Sussex), Eduard Hovy (ISI), Johanna Moore (University of Pittsburgh), Owen Rambow (University of Pennsylvania) From: ko (Kemal Oflazer) <ko@trbilun.bitnet> Subject: PC-KIMMO specification for Turkish Morphology Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 18:06:06 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 711 (933) A full scale two-level description of Turkish morphology based on 24K root words and implemented using PC-KIMMO is now available from Bilkent University Archive Server (bilserv@trbilun.bitnet). To get a copy of this description, send mail to bilserv@trbilun.bitnet with contents send turklex.tar.Z The UNIX version 1.08 of the public domain program PC-KIMMO is also available from the same archive using the commands send pckimmo.tar.Z send pckimmo.man.Z To get more information about Bilkent Archive Server send the command send help to the same server. Please let us know of any problems. Kemal Oflazer Bilkent University Computer Engineering Department Bilkent, ANKARA, 06533 TURKIYE e-mail: ko@trbilun.bitnet fax: (90) 4 - 266-4126 tel: (90) 4 - 266-4133 From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: History Graduate Programs: 1992 US News Ranking Date: 04 Jan 1993 21:58:37 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 712 (934) US News and World Report rankings of PhD programs in History, 1992. 137 History department heads and directors of graduate study ranked each program in terms of "reputation for scholarship, its curriculum and the quality of its faculty and graduate students." The highest score = 5 = "Distinguished"; "Strong" = 4; "Good" = 3; "Adequate" = 2 "Marginal" = 1. (Bad schools presumably got a 1.) An abridged version of the report appeared in US News & World Report on March 23, 1992. This listing comes from Change magazine (Nov/Dec 1992) pp 20-45 esp pp 28-30 (see also some highly critical letters, pp 46- 52.) Economics, English, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology departments are also ranked. Departments that surged or fell 20 places or more from a similar survey in 1982 are noted. Richard Jensen CAMPBELLD@APSU.bitnet Rankings (same score = tie, listed alphabetically) RANK POINTS SCHOOL CHANGE since 1982 1 4.9 Berkeley (up or down 20+ places) 1 4.9 Princeton 1 4.9 Stanford 1 4.9 Yale 5 4.6 Chicago 6 4.5 Harvard 6 4.5 Johns Hopkins 6 4.5 Michigan 9 4.4 Columbia 9 4.4 Cornell 9 4.4 UCLA 9 4.4 Wisconsin 13 4.3 North Carolina 14 4.2 Duke 15 4.1 Penn 16 4.0 Brown 16 4.0 Indiana 16 4.0 Northwestern 16 4.0 Virginia 20 3.9 Texas 21 3.8 Illinois- Urbana 21 3.8 Rutgers 23 3.7 Minnesota 23 3.7 Washington (Seattle) 25 3.6 Emory 26 3.5 Iowa 27 3.4 Brandeis 27 3.4 Cal-Irvine up 43 27 3.4 Cal-San Diego 27 3.4 CUNY Graduate School 27 3.4 Maryland 27 3.4 Ohio State 33 3.3 Cal/Davis 33 3.3 Cal/Santa Barbara 33 3.3 Claremont 33 3.3 NYU 33 3.3 Pitt 33 3.3 Rice 33 3.3 Rochester 33 3.3 Vanderbilt 33 3.3 Washington (St Louis) 42 3.2 Florida up 27 42 3.2 William & Mary 44 3.1 Binghamton 44 3.1 Carnegie Mellon up 21 44 3.1 Kansas 47 3.0 Arizona 47 3.0 Colorado up 21 47 3.0 Stony Brook 47 3.0 Tulane 51 2.9 Boston U 51 2.9 Georgetown up 35 51 2.9 Illinois-Chicago 51 2.9 Michigan State 51 2.9 Notre Dame up 25 51 2.9 Southern California 57 2.8 SUNY Buffalo 57 2.8 Cal/Riverside up 26 57 2.8 Cal/Santa Cruz 57 2.8 Delaware 57 2.8 Mass-Amherst 57 2.8 Missouri down 22 57 2.8 Oregon 57 2.8 Syracuse 65 2.7 Boston College up 21 65 2.7 Connecticut 65 2.7 Louisiana State 65 2.7 Nebraska 65 2.7 New Mexico 65 2.7 Penn State 71 2.6 Bryn Mawr 71 2.6 Hawaii 71 2.6 Kentucky 71 2.6 Purdue 71 2.6 Temple down 23 76 2.5 American 76 2.5 Case Western Reserve 76 2.5 Fordham 76 2.5 George Washington 76 2.5 Oklahoma 76 2.5 South Carolina down 21 82 2.4 Cincinnati down 21 82 2.4 Miami (Ohio) 82 2.4 New Hampshire 82 2.4 Northern Illinois 82 2.4 Tennessee 82 2.4 Utah 88 2.3 Alabama 88 2.3 Arizona State 88 2.3 Catholic 88 2.3 Houston 88 2.3 Kent State down 26 88 2.3 Texas A&M 88 2.3 Washington State 88 2.3 Wayne State 96 2.2 Florida State down 21 96 2.2 Kansas State 96 2.2 Loyola (Chicago) 96 2.2 Marquette 96 2.2 St Louis 101 2.1 Brigham Young 101 2.1 Howard 103 2.0 Miami (Florida) 103 2.0 West Virginia 105 1.9 Arkansas 105 1.9 Auburn 105 1.9 Colorado-Denver 105 1.9 Toledo down 23 109 1.8 Ball State 109 1.8 Bowling Green 109 1.8 Drew 109 1.8 Texas Christian 109 1.8 Texas tech 114 1.7 Akron 115 1.6 Illinois State 115 1.6 Memphis State 115 1.6 Mississippi State 115 1.6 North Dakota 115 1.6 North Texas down 25 120 1.5 Northern Arizona 121 1.3 Southern Baptist Seminary 121 1.3 Southwestern Baptist Seminary 123 1.1 Middle Tennessee From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: ISO y-umlaut condundrum Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 09:45:41 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 713 (935) This is something I've wondered about for a long time so I thought I might see if anyone out there knew the answer... The very last character in the ISO 8859/1 character set (which is used in Windows and Sun Unix) is a lower case y with an umlaut. I don't know of any European languages that use a y-umlaut. Is it possible that this character is supposed to be the Dutch ij ligature and was misunderstood as y-umlaut? Alternatively, do the Dutch sometimes use y-umlaut instead of ij? -- Christopher Bader From: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET Subject: Searching WordPerfect documents in Greek Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 714 (936) A colleague at Dumbarton Oaks asks the following question. If you prefer, you may send an email reply to me and I'll forward it. Mike Neuman (neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu) We are typing long documents in Greek with WordPerfect 5.1 and the Greek language module. Would anyone know of a software package that has been designed for or can be adapted to searching WordPerfect documents in Greek? Thanks. Dr. Lee Sherry Dumbarton Oaks 1703 32nd St. NW Washington, DC 20007 (202) 342-3255 -voice (202) 342-3207 -fax From: "Robert S. Kirsner" <IDT1RSK@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: Info re Fate of "minor" languages Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 10:45 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 715 (937) Dear Reader, I would appreciate if you could send the following information to me at idt1rsk@mvs.oac.ucla.edu: [1] The email address of the Modern Language Association [2] Names, addresses, and email addresses of scholars who are involved IN ANY EFFORTS by the MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION or the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA to SAFEGUARD PROGRAMS IN SO-CALLED "MINOR" OR "CRITICAL" LANGUAGES AND CULTURES AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES DURING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS. Thank you very much. I would be grateful for an IMMEDIATE response. Cordially, Robert S. Kirsner Department of Germanic Languages UCLA From: John Price-Wilkin <jpw@sansfoy.lib.virginia.edu> Subject: Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 13:56:27 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 716 (938) I'm trying to locate a collection of data and the person responsible for it. I've been told that someone named Donald Sherman (Stanford?) received funding in the 70's to do some computer work with John Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary (1800). I'd like to locate the data, if it does exist, and Donald Sherman. Can anyone provide me with leads? --- John Price-Wilkin Information Management Coordinator jpwilkin@virginia.edu Alderman Library University of Virginia jpw@sansfoy.lib.virginia.edu NeXTMail From: cwoodill@epas.utoronto.ca (Christopher Woodill) Subject: Re: 6.0427 Rs: Bibliograpies online? (1/67) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:56:30 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 717 (939) [deleted quotation] In using telecommunication programs, we have programs for converting BBS lists into various formats for dialing directories for different programs (ie. Telix, procomm, etc.) which have different formats. Could not such a program be written for this case as well? You could scan in standard bibligraphic formats or standard data base files, and then get the program to convert them to any desired format. Christopher From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: WHY DON'T WE (Part II) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:50:23 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 718 (940) To give one more detail about the idea I had that we, HUMANIST, should find a way of making OUR OWN bibliographies available to the rest of the research community, let me just say that by OUR OWN I meant the articles, papers and books we may have written ourselves and not the bibliographies we might have gathered. The ultimate goal was to be able to ask any member of the list for a e-copy of his/her text to be sent to us by e-mail. More ideas? -- From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U., (908) 932-2741" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0427 Rs: Bibliograpies online? (1/67) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:20 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 719 (941) --Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Rather than creating a bibliography list, with all the potential problems and ambiguities Judy Koren mentioned, it might be preferable to do something librarians have talked about from time to time: use the existing bibliographic utilities, and provide fields which allow annotation according to use of the bib. record. I.e. bring quality indicators to the bib. records. Pages of illustration. From: Roger Fajman <RAF@cu.nih.GOV> Subject: RE: DELPHI connects to the Internet Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:25:07 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 720 (942) We have an anonymous FTP service here on CU.NIH.GOV. Any user is able to create a directory and make anything they want available. We have other agencies as users too. For example, GAO has made some of their reports available, as has the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The same files are also available through an email server. For information on how to use the server, send email with HELP as the body or subject to SERVER@CU.NIH.GOV or SERVER@NIHCU (BITNET). Note that this is not a LISTSERV. Roger Fajman Telephone: +1 301 402 1246 National Institutes of Health BITNET: RAF@NIHCU Bethesda, Maryland, USA Internet: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: Mailing List on Statistics, Natural Language, and Computing Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 09:57:46 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 436 (943) ************************************************************ Mailing List on Statistics, Natural Language, and Computing ************************************************************ We will be maintaining a special-purpose mailing list to provide a platform for - discussing technical issues, - distributing abstracts of new papers, - locating and sharing information, and - announcements (workshops, jobs) related to corpus-based studies of natural language, statistical natural language processing, methods that enable systems to deal with and scale up to actual language use, psycholinguistic evidence for the representation of distributional properties of language, as well as applications in such areas as information retrieval, human-computer interaction, and machine translation. Special care will be taken to keep uninformed or redundant messages to a minimum. To be added to or dropped from the distribution list send a message to empiricists-request@csli.stanford.edu. Contributions should go to empiricists@csli.stanford.edu. Martin Roscheisen roscheis@cs.stanford.edu David Yarowsky yarowsky@unagi.cis.upenn.edu David Magerman magerman@watson.ibm.com Ido Dagan dagan@research.att.com ************************************************************ From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Russian frequency dictionary Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:30:24 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 721 (944) According to a recent research I did about frequency dictionaries, I came across one title that might be of some interest: Josselson, Harry Hirsch (1906- ) The russian word count and frequency analysis of grammatical categories of standard literary russian, New York: Kraus, 1967. Call Number: UCD Main Lib PG2680.j6 1967. Michel. -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: horn(y) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:56:31 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 722 (945) Indispensible to an inquiry about horns in the Renaissance is the Greco-Roman classical background. Once good place to begin is with the remarkable book, _The Origins of European Thought about the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate_ by Richard Broxton Onians (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1951), reprinted by Arno Press in 1973 and, I recall, now available in paperback. It is obsessive, and likely to give the reader mental indigestion (wait until you see the footnotes and their protohypertextual interconnections!), but no scholar of the sort who asked the question about horns can think thoroughly without it. Well, almost. Willard McCarty From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: janet (not my favorite activity) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 8:50:15 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 723 (946) I was recently poking around a librarians newsgroup and came upon instructions for getting on a Glasgow library bulletin board which was interesting. the directions were telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk login: janet hostname: uk.ac.glasgow.bubl terminal type: vt100 It seems to me that you might have to go explicitly through the nsf gateway to get to janet, so an address might require loginname!uk.ac.xx@sun.nsf.ac.uk Faulhaber's problem really needs an internet guru. Ed Haupt From: SANDRAK@ALBNYVMS.BITNET Subject: Crusades announcement Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:23 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 439 (947) To HUMANIST editors: Would you kindly announce this call for papers? Thank you. SUBMISSIONS INVITED for a volume entitled THE CRUSADES REVISITED Articles are invited for a collection of essays reassessing the Crusades from any humanistic vantage point: *literature of the Crusades *literature about the Crusades *the Crusades in the fine arts (music, painting, etc.) *rewriting the history of the Crusades from marginalized viewpoints *religious perspectives on the Crusades *the enduring effect of the Crusades *the language of Crusading *women and the Crusades *Crusaders on the stage etc. Articles will be reviewed for a volume aimed for publication in 1995, the 900th anniversary of the onset of the Crusades. Please use new MLA style. Deadline for submission is May 1, 1993. Address Professor S. Fischer, Department of English, University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, NY 12222; call 518-442-4092; bitnet address "Sandrak@albny.vms" or internet at "sandrak@albany.edu". Inquiries invited. From: Bob Kosovsky <kos@CUNYVMS1.BITNET> Subject: Lists for faculty members Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:47:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 724 (948) Are there any interesting lists intended primarily for faculty members of colleges and universities, dealing with issues of teaching, of dealing with administration and colleagues, etc.? Thanks for any responses. Bob Kosovsky Graduate Center -- Ph.D. Program in Music(student)/ City University of New York New York Public Library -- Music Division bitnet: kos@cunyvms1.bitnet internet: kos@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions. From: FREEDMPH@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu Subject: images of peasants Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 14:22:43 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 725 (949) I wonder if I might ask a rather naive question about images of rustics in medieval Spanish literature? Apart from pastourelles, I don't know offhand of that many instances where they are depicted in the way that they appear in German literature as objects of satire (Schwank) or as the frightening "other" in French romances such as Yvain or Robin et Marion. Could you suggest any inventories of themes, or places to look? I ought to know this sort of thing better than I do Thanks. Paul Freedman ----- End Included Message ----- From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Housing in Paris? Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 09:24:20 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 726 (950) A junior colleague of mine with a wife and small child has just received an NEH grant to spend next year studying in Paris. The problem is that all the housing he has found costs more than the modest grant will support ($1000 a month and up). Can anyone help him find a two-bedroom apartment in Paris, reasonably priced and livable? From: Paul Pascal <paulpasc@u.washington.edu> Subject: y-umlaut Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:56:12 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 727 (951) In answer to Christopher Bader's question about the y-umlaut included in standard character sets, that character is sometimes used to indicate syllabification in, for example, French names such as Louys and Ysaye (second y), where it is, strictly speaking, not an umlaut but a diaeresis. Paul Pascal University of Washington From: Richard Giordano <rich@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> Subject: JANET nodes from US Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 12:43:49 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 728 (952) [deleted quotation] I think the directions you read are a bit out of date. For about a year now JANET has been running Internet Protocols, which means that you can mail, telnet, rlogin and ftp UK sites using a standard IP address without explicitly going through the nsf-net gateway. In the past, you explicitly went through a gateway to convert the Internet protocols to JANET (X.25 and X.400) protocols. JANET now runs both. It could be that Glasgow has not yet installed Internet software, but I doubt that. Rich Giordano Computer Science University of Manchester From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0434 Qs:: ISO; S/W for W/P; Languages; Walker's Dict (4/80) Date: 13 Jan 1993 08:37:27 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 729 (953) re: y-umlaut conundrum, it could also be y-diaeresis, as in the transcribed Greek non-diphthong alpha upsilon e. g. in the Persian name Artay"ctes at the very end of Herodotus. re: my old school and running-mate Bob Kirsner's query about "minor" languages, I have in class now an African-American student whose passions include Afrikaans, a language he unabashedly calls "beautiful", and, while I have no e- or other addresses or concrete advice, I second Bob's implied call for attention to these languages and cultures, budget crunch or no budget crunch. Owen Cramer From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <U35395@UICVM> Subject: re: 6.0434 Qs: ISO y-diaeresis Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 10:25:11 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 730 (954) On Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:00:55 EST, in Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0434, Tuesday, 12 Jan 1993, Christopher Bader asked: [deleted quotation] According to ISO 6937-2:1983, y and Y with diaeresis/umlaut, which have character identifiers LY17 and LY18, are used in French and Welsh. -C. M. Sperberg-McQueen From: Geoff.Koby@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0434 Answer: ISO Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 12:35:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 731 (955) Yes, the Dutch DO sometimes use what looks remarkably like a y-umlaut to represent the <ij>, because the diphthong represented by this digraph is considered one letter. (Witness the spelling/capitalization of the river IJ, the inland sea IJsselmeer, where the capital IJ (both letters) could be replaced by a capital Y-umlaut [but usually is not]). Geoff Koby, U Michigan Germanic Languages, Geoff_Koby@um.cc.umich.edu From: Jim Kelly <JRKJAN8@GWUVM> Subject: Rare Books Conference Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 09:04:37 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 442 (956) Exhibiting Rare Books, a one-day conference, will be held at the S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 19, 1993, from 9:00am to 3:30pm. The morning program will be centered on addresses by Peter VanWingen (Library of Congress), Rachel Doggett (Folger Shakespeare Library), and Nancy E. Gwinn (Smithsonian Institution Libraries); the afternoon program will consist of small group presentations and discussions on preservation issues, exhibition design, interpretation, planning, publications, and financial considerations. The cost is $35 and includes registration, morning coffee, and lunch. Attend- ance is limited to 75. For further information and/or a registration form, please contact Jim Kelly at (202) 994-6848; JRKJAN8@GWUVM.Bitnet or Deirdre Stam (202) 319-6277; STAM@CUA. EDU.Internet From: sheizaf rafaeli <sheizafr@shum.cc.huji.ac.il> Subject: Computer mediated communication -- research project Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 15:36:20 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 443 (957) INVITATION TO JOIN ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT This is an invitation to join an exciting ongoing research project, on the use of electronic mail discussion lists. A large group of scholars, from numerous universities, is engaged in a collaborative study of discussion lists. This is a last-chance offer to jump on the bandwagon. For over eight months, a group of several dozen researchers has been discussing the state of computer-mediated discussion groups, and the state of research on such groups. We are now collaborating in a large, comparative survey of such groups. The method of choice is content analysis of a representative sample of messages, groups and discussion threads, across different networks. The project has produced, so far: * A unique research experience: A large group of previously unaffiliated researchers has undertaken (and is carrying out) a collaborative study. The research is run, so to speak, on stage. * A joint bibliography: Hundreds of citations about the subject matter have been collected and are shared. * Hypothesis list: A rather elaborate set of theories and hypotheses has been formulated regarding the experience, quality, longevity, nature structure and impact of computer-mediated groups, and their structural and social characteristics. * Policy deliberations: We have painstakingly developed treatments of such thorny issues as the ethics of studying online public lists, the ownership of data resulting from such collaboration, sampling procedures in the study of online groups, etc. * Some financial support from industry. * A pretested codebook. * Several conference papers. But the best is yet to come. We are about to begin the full-fledged data collection stage. Thus, now is probably the latest oppportunity to join in. Take part in the data collection and analysis phases. If the computer-mediated exchange of ideas is a process that intrigues you, if you have ideas about what makes online groups tick (or sick), if you think this is a topic ripe for empirical, content-analysis comparative study, and if you would like to join work in this project, please contact one of us: Sheizaf Rafaeli Fay Sudweeks Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Sydney sheizafr@shum.cc.huji.ac.il fays@archsci.arch.su.edu.au From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: WHY DON'T WE... Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 16:42:29 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 444 (958) [deleted quotation] Also an interesting idea, but does it answer the problem Michel brought up? What "existing bibliographic utilities" are you talking about? If you mean library catalogs, what does it give me that I don't already have? I can already search a library catalog for works by so-and-so; but not, usually, for articles, nor can I answer questions such as "who's interested in such-and-such right now?" Or do you mean the bibliographic-reference-managers, e.g. Procite, Papyrus, etc.: but they're for a PC. What do all of us accessing the Internet from a VAX, IBM, Unix workstation etc. do? Sorry, I guess I sound dumb, but I don't really understand what's being talked about here. Could Peter be more specific? Judy Koren, Haifa. From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM.CSI.IT> Subject: is WordCruncher dead? Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 00:03:21 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 732 (959) In the review of the italian section (if I can say so) of PC-SIG (sort of a distribution of PD and shareware software) I saw announced, at 11.000 lire each (less than 10 dollars), two disks containing WordCruncher Index and WordCr uncher View. I wonder if this means that WordCruncher is dead and Johnston and Company (the US distributor) is out of business (I tried the fax number they gave last year, but the fax machine says: NO CARRIER). If anyone has any news (I'd like to get the announced WordCruncher 5.0 for Wind ows), I'd like to know. Please, if you answer on the list, CC: your message to me: these days I read lists mail not regularly. Many thanks. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.BITNET | phone & fax 39-11-837262 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Quote needed quickly! Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 10:53:53 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 733 (960) Help! I've done the unforgiveable thing, and copied down a quotation from a secondary source without checking it against the original RIGHT AWAY! And now I need to be able to cite it. The passage in question is by Claude Levi-Strauss, and is allegedly from _Tristes Tropiques_. It speaks of ". . . that crucial moment in modern thought when, thanks to the great voyages of discovery, a human community which had believed itself to be complete and in its final form suddenly learned . . . that it was not alone, and that in order to achieve self-knowledge, it must first of all contemplate its unrecognizable image in this mirror." I have searched my own copy of the first translation of _Tristes Tropiques_ (_A World on the Wane_, 1961), and the library's copy of the fuller 1974 translation, and cannot find this passage to save my life. My original note says "(trans. 1979)"; to my knowledge no translation was published in that year, but this might refer to a new edition with a new preface by Levi-Strauss, or something. Searching the library catalogues of the larger institutions on-line, I cannot trace such an edition, but perhaps someone out there knows this material, and can help me. A deadline approaches, and I'm crossing my fingers. Perhaps it would be a good idea to reply to me personally, and not to the list, though I'll post the reference if anyone else is interested. And thanks! Germaine. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: RVHORIK@rulcr1.LeidenUniv.nl Subject: Request for information Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 18:26 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 734 (961) In 1989 the E-mail "Recurring errors in ICR scanning" by Dott. Cesare Brizio of the Galileo Centro Studi at Cento (Italy) was placed on the Humanist list. The article describes the use of optical character recognition (OCR) software to convert Renais- sance literature to machine readable files. I would be very happy if someone could provide me with his (E-mail) adress. The Netherlands Historical Data Archive (NHDA) examines the possibilites to convert historical (printed) sources with the help of OCR. We would like to get in contact with people/insti- tutes who also use this technique to "read" historical material. Please respond to the following adress: R. van Horik Netherlands Historical Data Archive University of Leiden The Netherlands E-mail "Rvhorik@Rulcri.Leidenuniv.Nl" From: CBEARD@prime.mhsl.uab.edu Subject: Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ Date: 20 Jan 93 16:28:18 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 735 (962) This is being cross-posted. Please forgive the inconvenience of receiving duplicate messages. Recently a university colleague from the English faculty asked me to try finding ANY information about a religious society known as The Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ. It seems to have been in existence around the time of Chaucer. The only thing she has been able to find on it is a dissertation written at Nebraska in 1971 by Muriel Anderson Brown, and I've found nothing more. Please send any other information to me at one of the email addresses below, since I may not be a member of the list to which this is posted. Thanks. Craig Beard +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Craig W. Beard, Head of Reference Services | | Internet: cbeard@prime.mhsl.uab.edu | | BITNET: slb2009@uabdpo | | Phone: (205) 934-6364 | | __________________________________________ | | ________ | | | | / | \ Mervyn H. Sterne Library | | | | /____|_____/ The University of Alabama at Birmingham | | | |/ | \ 917 South 13th Street | | \_____/ |_____/ Birmingham, AL 35294-0014 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: ARTFL PhiloLogic New Release Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 10:53:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 446 (963) ARTFL American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 1050 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois (312) 702-8488 artfl@artfl.uchicago.edu ARTFL is planning to release a new version of PhiloLogic used to access the Treasury of the French Language database. Before making it generally available to our users, I am inviting current ARTFL users and other interested individuals to assist us in testing the new system and expanded data set. The new system has a number of important features, which include: * phrase searching * full regular expression pattern matching * indexing on proper names and accented characters * statistical generation * inflected verb searching, and * more flexible KWIC display. The 130 new texts incorporated into this version of the database include the works of Moliere, Racine, Corneille, Rabelais and other 16th and 17th century texts. Please feel free to contact me with questions about the new system or if you would like to take part in the testing process. Documentation and bibliographies for the new release are available only in electronic form at this time. Thank you very much for your interest. Mark Olsen Assistant Director (312) 702-8687 mark@gide.uchicago.edu From: yarowsky@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (David Yarowsky) Subject: WORKSHOP ON VERY LARGE CORPORA Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:40:27 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 447 (964) WORKSHOP ON VERY LARGE CORPORA: ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES Call for Papers WHEN: Tuesday, June 22, 1993 (just before ACL-93) WHERE: Ohio State University Sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Chemical Abstracts, Mead Data Central (MDC), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Corpus linguistics is a hot topic, and for good reason. Text is more available than ever before. And, consequently, it is easier to use corpus data more effectively than it was in the 1950s, the last time that empiricism was in fashion. All of this data provides a great opportunity, as evidenced by all of the recent activity in Europe, Asia and America. How large is ``large''? Large can mean anything from about 10^4 words to 10^9 words. This workshop will bring together a range of people working at a range of different points along this scale. We expect to hear from industrialists who routinely deliver products based on tens of billions of words of text, and from academics who will tell us about recent advances in text analysis. The discussion will hopefully push the academics to think about even larger corpora, and the industrialists to think about somewhat more ambitious analysis techniques. Authors should submit three copies of a full-length paper (5-10 pages) to the program chair by April 1, 1993. Paper submissions are strongly preferred over electronic submissions. Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent out by May 1, 1993. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) Text Analysis Techniques: - ``robust'' parsing - part of speech tagging - sense tagging - identification of phrases - collocation - morphology - discourse structure Applications: - Information Retrieval (IR) - Recognition: Speech, OCR, handwriting, etc. - Spelling Correction - Translation - Lexicography Program Chair: Kenneth Ward Church AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2b422 600 Mountain Ave Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA tel: 908-582-5325 fax: 908-582-7550 email: kwc@research.att.com From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography, 1993 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 12:56:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 448 (965) The University of Pennsylvania announces that the 1993 A. S. W. ROSENBACH FELLOW IN BIBLIOGRAPHY is JAMES N. GREEN, Curator of Printed Books at The Library Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Green will deliver the Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library of the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, March 16, Thursday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 23, 1993. Mr. Green's topic is "BOOK PUBLISHING IN EARLY AMERICA." His first lecture will discuss "Colonial Beginnings: Benjamin Franklin and Robert Bell" (March 16). His second concerns "The Transformation of the 1790s: Mathew Carey and Mason Locke Weems" (March 18). His third is entitled "Charvat Reconsidered: Literary Publishing to 1825" (March 23). Lectures will begin promptly at 5:30 P.M. Receptions will follow the talks. Mr. Green speaks in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Gallery on the sixth floor of the Library, located at 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. The Library's public entrance is from Locust Walk, inside the Penn campus. Lectures are free and the public is invited to attend. Nearby parking is available. James N. Green has published widely on the American book trade. His work concentrates on the late Colonial and early national periods. He is a designated contributor to the Collaborative History of the Book in America, forthcoming under the auspices of the Program in the History of the Book in America of the American Antiquarian Society. He is also a member of the Editorial Board working on this project and of the Advisory Committee to its parent Program. In addition, he is a contributor to the planned history of the book in Britain, to be published by Cambridge University Press. Currently Book Review Editor of *Rare Books and Manuscripts Librar- ianship* and Councillor of the Bibliographical Society of America, Mr. Green is also past President of the American Printing History Association and has served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Mission of The New-York His- torical Society. He has organized conferences and meetings for the American Printing History Association and the American Library Association. A graduate of Oberlin College, Mr. Green earned advanced degrees from Columbia and Yale Universities. Prior to assuming his duties at The Library Company of Philadelphia, Mr. Green was a librarian at The New England His- toric Genealogical Society in Boston and at The Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago. In addition to his duties at The Library Company, he also teaches courses in the art and history of the book at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. For additional information, please call 215 898 7088. Daniel Traister, Curator of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone); 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: WordNet 1.3 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:43:30 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 449 (966) *** Update: WordNet Version 1.3 is now available *** WordNet Version 1.3 is now available. The WordNet database is close to 10.5 megabytes, exclusive of the search code. The entire package is approximately 12 megabytes, depending on your system. The WordNet search code is distributed in binary form only, and is presently available for Sun-4, Sun-3, NeXT, DECstation, Macintosh and PC architectures. An X Windows interface is available for Sun-4, Sun-3, DECstation and NeXT (please note that this is NOT a NeXTStep application - you must have X Windows for the NeXT in order to use the X Windows interface). A Microsoft Windows interface is available for the PC. A command line interface is also provided for all architectures except the Macintosh. If you are currently using an earlier version of WordNet you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to version 1.3. Many small bugs and inconsistencies in both the database and search software have bee corrected, and the database coverage has been expanded. Adverbs have been added with this release. The documentation has also been expanded and updated. Summary of changes: Updates to database - additional coverage, cleanup Addition of adverbs Better handling of inflected endings Bug fixes in search code and morphology code We prefer that you ftp the WordNet system via anonymous ftp from clarity.princeton.edu. The packages are located in the subdirectory 'pub'. A README file in this directory contains essentially a copy of this release notice, explaining which files to ftp for each platform. ************************************************************************** * IF YOU FTP WordNet, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO wordnet@princeton.edu SO WE * * CAN UPDATE OUR RECORDS AND KEEP TRACK OF OUR USERS FOR FUTURE MAILINGS * * AND RELEASES. * ************************************************************************** To ftp the UNIX version of WordNet 1.3, ftp the following files: wn1.3.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.3 for UNIX systems in compressed tar format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code for Sun-4, Sun-3, DECstation, and NeXT, and documentation. Installation instructions and a Makefile are included. Man pages are provided as unformatted troff files. To ftp the PC (DOS) version of WordNet 1.3, ftp the following files: readme.pc README file for PC installation. wn.arc PC version in ARC format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code (command line and Microsoft Windows interfaces), and documentation. Installation instructions and installation batch file, and a batch file for running WordNet are included. Man pages are provided in a format which can be sent to the line printer. arc.exe arc program needed to 'unarc' the PC version. If you already have this on your PC you do not need to ftp this file. To ftp the Macintosh version of WordNet 1.3, ftp the following files: readme.mac README file for Macintosh installation. MacWordNet1.3.sit.bin Macintosh version in Stuffit format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code, and documentation. Man pages are provided in Postscript format. UnStuffit-Deluxe-TM.bin Unstuffit program needed to unpack the Macintosh version. If you already have UnStuffit on your Macintosh, you don't need to ftp this file. Papers and WordNet documentation only: wn1.3man.tar.Z WordNet 1.3 documentation (man pages) only as unformatted troff files. 5papers.tar.Z troff paper describing WordNet project in compressed tar format. An ASCII (nroff formatted) version of the paper is included. If you need a PC or Macintosh version on diskette, or do not have access to ftp, we will provide WordNet on magnetic media. There is a charge of $25 for PC diskettes (high density only, either 3 1/2" or 5 1/4"), $25 for Macintosh diskettes (high density 3 1/2" only), $30 for 8mm tape, and $50 for 1/4" cartridge tape (QIC-24 or QIC-150). Please send a check, payable to Princeton University, along with a request for a specific format to: Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory 221 Nassau Street Princeton, NJ 08544-2093 Attn: Laura Hawkins If you have received an earlier version of WordNet on magnetic media, you may return the media to us and receive an upgrade for $10. To receive a printed, bound copy of "Five Papers on WordNet", please send $6 to the address above. (We do prefer that you ftp this document if possible.) If you are running on an unsupported platform or have a need for the source to the WordNet search code, please send mail to wordnet@princeton.edu. We will consider requests for source code on an individual basis. The same is true for the semantic concordance. Please address all mail concerning WordNet to wordnet@princeton.edu. We will try to respond in a timely manner. If you have received this message and do not wish to remain on the WordNet mailing list, please send a request to be deleted from the mailing list. From: Cathy Ball <CBALL@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Phonetics/phonology Position at Georgetown Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:02:56 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 736 (967) The Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University invites applications for a tenure-track position in linguistics, at the assistant professor level, beginning January 1994 or possibly August 1993. Applicants should have a PhD in linguistics and a commitment to research in PHONETICS AND THEORETICAL PHONOLOGY. The successful candidate will take an empirical approach using data from natural speech. Applicants with demonstrable research interests, as well as graduate and undergraduate teaching ability, in the relation of phonetics/phonology with other areas (applied linguistics, computational linguistics, discourse analysis, morphology/syntax and variation analysis) will be preferred. Send letter of application, CV, representative publications, and three letters of recommendation to: Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1068. Deadline for full consideration of applications is April 1, 1993. Georgetown is an AA/EO employer. From: Ted Hansen <G00050@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU> Subject: Job opening: Position description Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 737 (968) Computer Specialist in English Assistant Professor of English. Specialization in one or more areas of computer applications in English beyond word- processing. Tenure track. Required qualifications: doctorate in English; background to teach upper-division and graduate courses in composition/rhetoric and/or literature; demonstrated skills in one or more areas of computer expertise, such as composition and electronic networking, computer-based research in literature or discourse analysis, research design. Professional publications, presentations, workshops drawing on computer experience desirable. Responsibilities include 4/9 time in general education courses: freshman composition and literature. Send letter, _vita_, official undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and 3 to 5 letters of recommendation to Professor Richard Robinson, Search Committee Chair, English Department, St. Cloud State University, 720 Fourth Avenue South, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498. Postmarked deadline: March 15, 1993. Women, minorities, and applicants with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. AA/EO. From: Briony Williams <briony@cstr.ed.ac.uk> Subject: New List Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:59:04 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 451 (969) WELSH Language Bulletin Board ----------------------------- The WELSH-L bulletin board aims to foster the amicable discussion of questions of the Welsh language, Welsh culture, history, and politics, and to offer a forum for speakers and learners of the Welsh language. Both Welsh and English may be used. Users are encouraged to exchange their opinions in Welsh, if they can, and special consideration may be given to Welsh learners expressing themselves in Welsh. The emphasis will be on Welsh as a living language, and Welsh culture as actually lived out in Wales at the present day. Discussions of Celtic myth in general, the relationship between Celtic paganism and Anglo-Saxon Wicca, etc. will probably find a more ready audience on the CELTIC-L bulletin board at IRLEARN.UCD.IE. If there is an interest in expanding the range of topics to include discussion in and about the language and culture of Welsh's close sister languages, Breton and Cornish, WELSH-L will be able to serve as a forum for that as well. To subscribe to WELSH-L, send the following message SUBSCRIBE WELSH-L <your full name> to LISTSERV by TELL (VM) or by SEND (VAX/VMS) or by MAIL. If you send your subscription request by MAIL, send the mail to LISTSERV@IRLEARN from EARN, BITNET, etc. LISTSERV%IRLEARN.UCD.IE@UK.AC.EARN-RELAY from JANET LISTSERV@IRLEARN.UCD.IE from other networks In cases of difficulty, contact one of the list owners: EVERSON@IRLEARN.UCD.IE BRIONY@CSTR.ED.AC.UK From: kell@seq1.loc.gov (Kathryn D. Ellis) Subject: Vatican Exhibit at Library of Congress Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 18:16:21 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 452 (970) ANNOUNCING a new ONLINE EXHIBIT from THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ROME REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE an Exhibit at the Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Available by anonymous FTP from seq1.loc.gov (140.147.3.12) /pub/vatican.exhibit ROME REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE presents some 200 of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps--many of which played a key role in the humanist recovery of the classical heritage of Greece and Rome. The exhibition presents the untold story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance. The exhibit will be on display in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress from January 8, 1993 through April 30, 1993. The online exhibit will be available by anonymous FTP indefinitely. The exhibit is divided into nine (9) sections: The Vatican Library, Archaeology, Humanism, Mathematics, Music, Medicine & Biology, Nature Described, A Wider World I: How the Orient Came to Rome, and A Wider World II: How Rome Went to China. Each section consists of its own sub-directory within the /exhibit directory and contains the exhibit text for that section and separate JPEG image files for each object. This online exhibit includes not only objects from the Library of Congress exhibit, but also the alternate objects (brought from Rome to be used if there were a problem with one of the primary objects) and items omitted later in the planning process. This exhibit will be of interest to Medieval and Renaissance scholars in particular, but also to art historians, historians of science or medicine, early music scholars, students of the humanist movement, students of printing and the printed word, theologians, scholars of both Far and Near Eastern studies, and to librarians and information professionals. Please get the README file for details on what files this exhibit contains. If you have questions about how to use FTP, speak to your local computer support person. If you have questions or comments about the CONTENT of the exhibit, please write to vatican@kell.loc.gov while if you have any questions or comments on the SYSTEM please contact me. -- K.D. Ellis ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ K.D. Ellis Special Projects Office Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-9100 Internet: kell@seq1.loc.gov ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: "Paul R. Falzer" <mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> Subject: Computer Applications: A Request for Replies Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:15:36 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 738 (971) In a recent posting on the subject of humanities computing, I posed a question and solicited replies via email. To date, I have received only a few responses; consequently, I would like to repeat the question and solicit more replies: Here's a test: besides your word processor, what is the single application that is most important to your work? I am asking about an application, not a system, disk, or file management utility. I am excluding communication software, unless it does something besides hooking you into a mainframe, uploading and downloading your files. I am asking you to restrict your answer to stand alone programs, and thus to exclude what essentially are appendages to your word processor. If you wish to respond, I would appreciate your identifying one (only one) application that meets the conditions noted above. I also would appreciate a description of the application and a brief account of how you use it. Paul R. Falzer Internet: mfprf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu Bitnet: mfprf@ecnuxa.bitnet From: William Winder <winder@unixg.ubc.ca> Subject: Soviet block: political impact of computers Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 13:15:14 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 739 (972) I am trying to track down a discussion about the role of computers in the recent disintegration of the Soviet block. If I remember correctly, the argument that was presented had two parts: 1) the West did not fall to communism because computers changed the structure of the proletariat -- computers are a new exploitable "workforce" that will progressively replace the proletariat, or at least allow the capitalist to maintain control of the workforce; 2) the Soviet block could not develop computer technology quickly enough because there was no freedom of information, and the computer revolution in the West depended more on the grassroots innovations of personal/academic computing than on a more elitist industrial computing. (As an example: UNIX) I'm afraid I might have read this in something like NewsWeek, while waiting in the dentist's office! However, I would greatly appreciate any leads to where I might find a discussion of this case, or more generally the impact of the computer on important political or social trends. I will summarize for the List. Bill Winder, Dept. of French, U.of British Columbia, Winder@unixg.ubc.ca From: ian@epas.utoronto.ca (Ian Lancashire) Subject: MTAS by FTP Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:45:30 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 740 (973) Micro Text-Analysis System (MTAS), both executables and Turbo Pascal 4 source, is now accessible by FTP from the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto. The host is epas.utoronto.ca and the usual conventions apply name: anonymous password: [your Internet/Bitnet address] Look in the directory /pub/cch/mtas MTAS is a batch MS-DOS program that does basic frequency lists, generates distribution and density graphs, and produces type-token statistics for western European languages, including Greek. It comes with modifiable help files and has proved useful both in individual research and in the teaching of elementary text analysis. From: Christopher Currie <ccurrie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0441 Rs: ISO Y-Umlaut; JANET from the US (5/97)[ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 10:05:14 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 741 (974) [deleted quotation] From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 742 (975) [deleted quotation] Some Glasgow sites are on the Internet, but Bubl (which should eventually be bubl.gla.ac.uk, one presumes) doesn't appear to have been registered yet. Nor has the UK NISS gateway, which provides a way of getting to Bubl and other services. So there is probably no alternative to trying the nsfnet gateway, which tends to be overused, and to following the original instructions. This is a typical example of the way heavy science/computing gets preference over humanities/information services. If you want IP access to BUBL (which is a very useful service) you need to lobby for it. But it ought to be here soon anyway. Christopher Currie ccurrie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: Quote needed quickly Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:12 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 743 (976) The quote Germaine Warkentin asks about is from Tristes Tropiques (New York, 1979), p.102. From: Charlie Creegan <Charlie.Creegan@lambada.oit.unc.edu> Subject: Q: James Macpherson correspondence Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 11:27:48 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 744 (977) An unnetworked colleague asks: For a biography and possible edition of the letters of James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scottish poet and historian, author of _Poems_of_Ossian_: Any information as to the location of unpublished correspondence to or from Macpherson would be appreciated. (Major research libraries, especially in the UK, will of course be canvassed separately) Any information as to E-sources which might be helpful in furthering the above project would be appreciated--archives, lists, discussion lists of the period. Please send replies to the poster; I will summarize and repost any information which might be helpful to others with similar projects regarding other figures. Thanks. Charles Creegan NC Wesleyan College Rocky Mount NC 27804 USA (internet) charlie.creegan@bbs.oit.unc.edu From: "L. Dale Patterson" <LDPATT01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU> Subject: Estonian Bible Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:10:30 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 745 (978) Associate Archivist PHONE: (502) 588-6674 A colleague of mine is looking for an Estonian bible in electronic format. Does anyone know where one may be found? Thanks. Dale Patterson Associate Archivist University of Louisville Bitnet : ldpatt01@ulkyvm Internet: ldpatt01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu From: Allen Michie <engak472@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> Subject: Inaugeration Poem Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:38:30 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 746 (979) Can anyone tell me if some resourceful scribe has produced an electronic text of the poem "The Rock, the River, the Tree" which Maya Angelou read so well at Clinton's inaugeration? I would like to use it as a teaching text this semester, and I fear it may not be available in print for months. Thanks for any assistance. --Allen Michie, Emory University From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0449 WordNet 1.3 (1/133) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:24:13 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 747 (980) What is WordNet? In general, communications to lists ought to include at least enough information so that users outside the particular discipline or in-group can know what the topic is about. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0443 Research Project on computer discussion lists (1/65) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:52 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 748 (981) Quick question: do you not need the consent of participators as part of "human research"? Leslie Morgan From: "MARCUS BANKS, ISCA, OXFORD" <banks@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: References for on-line catalogues Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:59:58 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 749 (982) I am currently writing a grant application to support the construction of an on-line, world-wide access catalogue of archival materials (pre-war ethnographic film footage, in fact). I am not a librarian or information scientist, and so am searching for one or two references to convince more traditional colleagues (ie. non computer-using) that this is a worthwhile project. I am not so much looking for a literature on how-to- do-it (though that would be helpful), but rather for published research results that show that databases/catalogues like this have a valuable role to play. Can anyone help? If so, many thanks. Perhaps I should add that I intend to catalogue all the material I can find, wherever it is located; the catalogue will act as a centralised source of information on a widely-scattered set of archives. Marcus Banks, Oxford --------------------------------------------- Marcus Banks Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology 51 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6PE banks@vax.ox.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------- From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET> Subject: RE: 6.0294 NEH (1/54) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:59 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 750 (983) Does anyone know the origin of the characterization "roman a' clef"? Hoke Robinson, Memphis From: D Mealand <ewnt05@castle.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Sichel distribution Date: 25 Jan 93 15:55:36 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 751 (984) Just a query to see if someone knows of a good succinct and incisive discussion of the use of the Sichel distribution for stylometry. Please send the info to me direct as I do not always get to the humanist file here before some of it is wiped. David Mealand **************************************************************************** David L. Mealand * Bitnet: D.Mealand%uk.ac.edinburgh@ukacrl University of Edinburgh * Office Fax: (+44)-31-220-0952 Scotland,U.K. EH1 2LX * Office tel.:(+44)-31-225-8400 ext.221/217 **************************************************************************** From: LETTVA@RULMVS.LEIDENUNIV.NL Subject: OTAS Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:58 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 752 (985) Sometime ago Oxford University Press advertised with the forthcoming program OTAS (Oxford Text Analysis System). Recently I enquired when it would be available and received the following answer: "I am afraid this publication is not after all being developed by Oxford University Press". Does anybody know what happened and if there is any chance that it will come after all? Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen Dept of Comparative Linguistics Universiteit Leiden PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands, LETTVA@rulmvs.LeidenUniv.nl From: CZBU000 <CZBU@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: request Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:51:39 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 753 (986) Could you please post this on the Humanist Line. Thank-you "Academic Couple on Sabbatical, September 1993-June, 1994 seeking furnished house to rent in Santa Cruz area or in the Santa Rosa area in Northern California (minimum 2 bedrooms) We would also be happy to house-sit for anyone going on leave during this period." Dr. Ron Burnett, Director, Graduate Program in Communications McGill University, E-mail: CZBU@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA Voice: (514) 398-4110 Fax: (514) 398-4934 From: CLEARY at OUACCVMB Subject: Date: 21 January 93, 22:06:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 754 (987) Sub: Institute for the Humanities OU is studying the posibility of beginning an Institute for the Humanities as an undergraduate degree program. I am interested in receiving information concerning Humanities offerings in higher education. Info can include but is not limited to: philosophy of, program designs, course offerings and descriptions, syllabi, etc. Please email me direct. I am not currently a member of this list. Thank you, D.L. Cleary at OUACCVMB.BITNET From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0455 Inauguration poem Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:48:45 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 755 (988) The St. Louis Post-Dispatch pubished the entire text of Angelou's poem the day after the inauguration, and I bet the NY Times did as well...of course, you are denying royalties to the author when you use such sources for classroom distribution ! From: "Joseph B. Monda" <monda@seattleu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0455 Text Qs: Angelou; Estonian Bible; Macpherson (3/53) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:59:39 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 756 (989) Angelou's pem was printed in the New York Times January 21 Joe Monda Seattle University From: KESSLER <IME9JFK@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0455 Text Qs: Angelou; Estonian Bible; Macpherson (3/53) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 21:59 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 757 (990) In the first place, the text of that "poem,: was printed in full in the NY Times, as well as the LA Times. But it is a very bad piece of work, and full of elementary errors of diction and thought; it is prose and bad prose, not poetry, and if considered poetry, then it is a melange of bad Whitman imitation conflated with third hand Sandburg, which is weak stuff too. As thought and logic, it is really 5th rate derivation from much better poets; as propaganda, it is silly, as text, it should not be taught except for mawkish sentimentality and mushy sensibility. M.A. is from Arkansaw, and that seems to have been sufficient reason to have it happen. Pity. The word Inauguration should be spelled that way, even in Georgia. Sorry, but I was terribly ashamed of the affair myself. As one wag in Washington put the events of last week, it was Shlock-around-the-Clock. As another put it, Elvis lives! Ah well, at least we have astrophysics t o comfort us, as to standards of civilization. Kessler/ at UCLA. Go ahead, protest. But, still, if the term "sinking in verse" means anything, from the 18th century, that was a good example of nonsense. From: Jack Kolb <IKW4GWI@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0455 Text Qs: Angelou; Estonian Bible; Macpherson (3/53) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 00:09 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 758 (991) Here's a copy (apparently correct) of Maya Angelou's poem which I picked up off the GEnie system. Since it was downcopied (from Prodigy?), I suppose it's in the public domain, but I wouldn't count on it. Sub: MAYA ANGELOU'S INAUGURAL POEM Here is the text of the inaugural poem written by Maya Angelou delivered at Bill Clinton's swearing-in: A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens Of their sojourn here On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, Come, you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny, But seek no haven in my shadow. I will give you no more hiding place down here. You, created only a little lower than The angels, have crouched too long in The bruising darkness, Have lain too long Face down in ignorance. Your mouths spilling words Armed for slaughter. The Rock cries out today, you may stand on me, But do not hide your face. Across the wall of the world, A River sings a beautiful song, Come rest here by my side. Each of you a bordered country, Delicate and strangely made proud, Yet thrusting perpetually under siege. Your armed struggles for profit Have left collars of waste upon My shore, currents of debris upon my breast. Yet, today I call you to my riverside, If you will study war no more. Come, Clad in peace and I will sing the songs The Creator gave to me when I and the Tree and the stone were one. Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your Brow and when you yet knew you still Knew nothing. The River sings and sings on. There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew The African and Native American, the Sioux, The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh, The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher. They hear. They all hear The speaking of the Tree. Today, the first and last of every Tree Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River. Plant yourself beside me, here beside the River. Each of you, descendant of some passed On traveller, has been paid for. You, who gave me my first name, you Pawnee, Apache and Seneca, you Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then Forced on bloody feet, left me to the employment of Other seekers--desperate for gain, Starving for gold. You, the Turk, the Swede, the German, the Scot ... You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought Sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare Praying for a dream. Here, root yourselves beside me. I am the Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I the River, I the Tree I am yours--your Passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, and if faced With courage, need not be lived again. Lift up your eyes upon The day breaking for you. Give birth again To the dream. Women, children, men, Take it into the palms of your hands. Mold it into the shape of your most Private need. Sculpt it into The image of your most public self. Lift up your hearts Each new hour holds new chances For new beginnings. Do not be wedded forever To fear, yoked eternally To brutishness. The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change. Here, on the pulse of this fine day You may have the courage To look up and out upon me, the Rock, the River, the Tree, your country. No less to Midas than the mendicant. No less to you now than the mastodon then. Here on the pulse of this new day You may have the grace to look up and out And into your sister's eyes, into Your brother's face, your country And say simply Very simply With hope Good morning. From: gxs11@po.CWRU.Edu (Gary Stonum) Subject: Re: Inauguaration poem Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:13:34 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 759 (992) Several slightly different versions of Maya Angelou's poem (and discussion about which is right!) are available in the rec.arts.books section of Usenet. Gary Lee Stonum English Department Case Western Reserve University From: Mark Glazer <MG6BE8@PANAM> Subject: Contemporary Legend Conference Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:20 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 459 (993) P E R S P E C T I V E S O N C O N T E M P O R A R Y L E G E N D The Eleventh International Conference Bloomington, Indiana May 11-15, 1993 The International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR) is pleased to announce that it is to host the Eleventh International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Conference at the Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington, Indiana from the eleventh to the fifteenth of May 1993. First held in 1982 at the Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, Sheffield, England, thes e meetings have provided scholars working in this area with a forum for the exchange of ideas and with an opportunity to keep in touch with current research . The Society has published a number of books, and the journal Contemporary Legend was initiated in 1991. The 1993 meeting is to be organized as a series of seminars, at which the majority of individuals attending will present papers and/or contribute to the discussion sessions. If you wish to participate in the conference, please forward a title, a four hundred word abstract for your paper, and a conference fee of $60.00 to reach the convener at the address below by March 1, 1993. Similarly, if you would like to propose any special discussion sessions or events, please do not hesitate to get in touch. For further information regarding the conference, please contact: Mark Glazer, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Texas - Pan American, 1201 West University Drive Edinburg, Texas, 78539, U S A. Telephone: (512) 381-3551 Fax: (512) 381-2177 E-Mail: MG6BE8@PANAM.BITNET or MG6BE8@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU (Internet) P E R S P E C T I V E S O N C O N T E M P O R A R Y L E G E N D The Eleventh International Conference Bloomington, Indiana May 11-15, 1993 A 400 word (i.e. two double spaced pages) abstract is required for papers, panels, forums and workshops. Please attach three copies of your DOUBLE-SPACED abstract to this page. FOR PAPERS: 1. Name of author:________________________________________________ 2. Title of paper:_______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 3. Is this paper being submitted as part of a proposed panel? Yes __________ No _________ 4. If this paper is being submitted as part of a panel, forum or workshop, please supply the following information: Session organizer:_____________________________________________ Session title: ________________________________________________ FOR PANELS, FORUMS, AND WORKSHOPS: 1. Session organizer:____________________________________________ 2. Session title: ________________________________________________ 3. Names of all participants, in the order in which they will give their presentations: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ P E R S P E C T I V E S O N C O N T E M P O R A R Y L E G E N D The Eleventh International Conference Bloomington, Indiana May 11-15, 1993 ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM Name: Mailing Adress: REGISTRATION FEES CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES Please check membership category: [ ] ISCLR Member $ 60.00 [ ] Nonmember (Includes ISCLR membership fee) $ 78.00 [ ] Student $ 30.00 I enclose a check for $ _____ made payable to ISCLR. From: BushC@BYUVAX.BITNET Subject: Looking for "Ulysses" Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:39:07 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 760 (994) A colleague is looking for "Ulysses" in electronic text form. The Oxford Text Archive seems to have other works by James Joyce but not "Ulysses". Can anyone give us other leads? ---------- Charles D. Bush EMail: BushC@Yvax.BYU.EDU Humanities Research Center HRCChuck@BYUVM.BITNET 3060 JKHB Brigham Young University Phone: 801-378-7439 Provo, Utah 84602 Fax: 801-378-4649 From: Woo-Hyung CHANG <CHANG@DMSWWU1A.BITNET> Subject: search a List for SCORE Date: Mit, 27 Jan 93 11:38:21 MEZ X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 761 (995) Hi, Is there a List for MSDOS software "SCORE"? (i.e. SCORE-L) "SCORE" is a musical note program. Thank You! From: Susan Hockey <HOCKEY@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: CETH 1993 Summer Seminar on Electronic Texts in the Humanities Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 461 (996) CENTER FOR ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN THE HUMANITIES Electronic Texts in the Humanities: Methods and Tools The Second Annual Summer Seminar at Princeton University, New Jersey August 1-13, 1993 organized by The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities, Princeton and Rutgers with the co-sponsorship of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, University of Toronto The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (CETH) is again offering an intensive two-week seminar during August 1993. The seminar will address a wide range of challenges and opportunities that electronic texts and software offer to teachers, scholars and librarians in the humanities. Discussions on the capture, markup, retrieval, presentation, transformation, and analysis of electronic text will prepare students for extensive hands-on experience with illustrative software, e.g., MTAS, Micro-OCP, WordCruncher, Tact, and hypertext. Resources on CD-ROM and Internet, such as the OED, Perseus, CDWORD, and several large textual collections in classical Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and English, will be demonstrated so that participants may make informed evaluations of their significance in the light of current and future technologies. Approaches to markup, from ad hoc schemes to the systematic design of the Text Encoding Initiative, will be surveyed and considered. The focus of the Seminar will be practical and methodological, with the immediate aim of assisting participants in their own teaching, research, and advising. It will be concerned with the demonstrable benefits of using electronic texts, with typical problems and how to solve them, and with the ways in which software fits or can be adapted to common methods of textual study. Participants will be expected to work on coherent projects, preferably of their own devising, and will be given the opportunity to present them on the last day. Throughout the Seminar, the instructors will provide assistance with designing projects, locating sources for texts and software, and solving practical problems. Ample computing facilities will be available 24 hours per day. A small library of essential articles and books in humanities computing will be on hand to supplement printed seminar materials, which include an extensive bibliography. Special lectures will describe current research in the field and address research topics, as well as the role of the library in the use of electronic texts. The Seminar is intended for faculty, students, librarians, technical advisers, and academic administrators with direct responsibilities for humanities computing support. It assumes basic computing experience but not necessarily with the application of computers to academic research and teaching. The number of participants will be limited to 30. Provisional Schedule Week 1, August 1-6, 1993 Sunday, August 1. Registration and introductions Monday, August 2. The electronic text a.m. What electronic texts are and where to find them; survey of existing inventories, archives, and other current resources. History of computer-assisted text analysis in the humanities. Introduction to simple concordancing with MTAS, including practical session. p.m. Creating and capturing texts in electronic form; keyboard entry vs. optical scanning. Demonstration of optical character-recognition technology. Introduction to text encoding, surveying ad hoc methods, e.g. COCOA, WordCruncher, TLG beta code; problems of these methods. Practical exercise in deciding what to encode in typical texts. Tuesday, August 3. Concordancing a.m. A focussed look at computer-assisted concordance generation; types of concordances, their specific advantages and disadvantages. Alphabetization, character sequences, sorting, and forms of presentation. Introduction to Micro-OCP; practical session in its use. p.m. Further work on concordancing with Micro-OCP. Wednesday, August 4. The interactive concordance a.m. Indexed, interactive retrieval vs. batch concordance generation. Textual problems and interpretative approaches particularly suitable to an interactive system; the continuing use of concordances in hardcopy. Preparation of text for indexed retrieval; differing roles of markup and external "rules"; kinds of displays and their augmentation through post-processing. Introduction to Tact. p.m. Practical work using Tact: simple markup, compilation of a textual database, and methods of inquiry. Thursday, August 5. Stylistics; SGML a.m Stylistic comparisons and authorship studies using concordance tools; basic statistics for lexical and stylistic analysis. Case studies, e.g. Federalist Papers, Kenny on Aristotle, Burrows on Jane Austen. p.m. Introduction to the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). Document structure and SGML elements. Start-tags, end-tags, and empty tags. Document type declarations. Group tagging of simple examples. SGML entities and their uses: character representation, boilerplate text, file management. Introduction to TEI Core tags and base tags for prose. Group tagging of examples using TEI tags. Friday, August 6. SGML and TEI a.m. The TEI Header: documentation for electronic texts. The file description; the encoding description; the text profile; the revision history. Overview of the TEI DTDs: base tag sets, additional tag sets, and auxiliary document types. p.m. Using TEI in practice. Overview of available commercial and public-domain software (the latter will be distributed to participants). Creating TEI texts; validation; processing. Tools for processing SGML texts: commercial and public-domain. Examples: translating a TEI text into COCOA (for OCP), Word-Cruncher format, TACT format. Practical session creating and validating TEI-conformant texts. Week 2, August 9-13, 1992 Monday, August 9. Scholarly editions a.m. Overview of tools for preparing critical editions. Constructing glossaries and material for commentary; application of Micro-OCP and/or Tact. Collation; single-text vs. multiple-text methods. Overview of software tools. Introduction to Collate. p.m. Electronic publication. Discussion of methods and implications. Tuesday, August 10. Electronic Dictionaries a.m. The electronic dictionary; from machine-readable dictionary to computational lexicon. What the New OED and other online dictionaries can do for the scholar. Uses of lexical knowledge bases in text retrieval. Building a simple online lexicon with Tact. p.m. Individual project work. Wednesday, August 11. Hypertext a.m. Hypertext and hypermedia: techniques of presentation and organization of textual data for analysis; possible combinations of hypertext and concordancing methods. Reading and writing the hypertextual book; hypertextual note-taking and annotating. Practical introduction to constructing a hypertext. p.m. Further practical session on building a hypertextual system. Demonstration and discussion of Perseus, StorySpace and Voyager texts. Thursday, August 12. Evaluation; Projects a.m. Review of the previous week's work. Discussion on the limitations of existing software. Advanced analytical tools not commonly available, e.g. pattern recognizers, lemmatization systems, morphological analyzers, parsers; overview of these. The contributions of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence, and where research in these areas is headed. Examination of some existing resources. p.m. Completion of project work. Friday, August 13. Projects a.m. Presentation of participants' projects. p.m. Concluding discussion of basic questions. What from a scholarly and methodological perspective is to be gained? What are the probable effects on research and teaching? What can one learn from the collision of automatic methods with intuitive perceptions? What it is the role of humanities computing: merely an efficient facilitator of traditional work or a fundamental component for pursuing new questions? Where do we go from here with software, and with its application? How can the machine better assist us in educating the imagination? The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities was established in October 1991 by Rutgers and Princeton Universities with external support from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. As a national focus of interest in the U.S. for those who are involved in the creation, dissemination and use of electronic texts in the humanities, it also acts as a national node on an international network of centers and projects which are actively involved in the handling of electronic texts. Developed from the international inventory of machine-readable texts which was begun at Rutgers in 1983 and is held on RLIN, the Center is now reviewing the records in the inventory and continues to catalog new texts. The acquisition and dissemination of text files to the community is another important activity, concentrating on a selection of good quality texts which can be made available over Internet with suitable retrieval software and with appropriate copyright permission. The Center also acts as a clearinghouse on information related to electronic texts, directing enquirers to other sources of information. Instructors The seminar will be taught by Susan Hockey and Willard McCarty, with assistance from Michael Sperberg-McQueen (SGML and TEI), Elli Mylonas (Hypertext) and staff of Computing and Information Technology, Princeton. Susan Hockey is Director of the Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities. Before moving to the USA in October 1991, she spent 16 years at Oxford University Computing Service where her most recent position was Director of the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Textual Studies. At Oxford she was responsible for various humanities computing projects including the development of the Oxford Concordance Program (OCP), an academic typesetting service for British universities, and OCR scanning. She has taught courses on humanities computing for fifteen years and has given numerous guest lectures on various aspects of computing in the humanities. She is the author of three books and numerous articles on humanities computing and has been Chair of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing since 1984. She is a member (currently Chair) of the Steering Committee of the Text Encoding Initiative. Willard McCarty has been active in humanities computing since 1977. With its founding Director, Ian Lancashire, he helped to set up the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, University of Toronto, of which he is now the Assistant Director. He was the founding editor of Humanist, the principal electronic seminar for computing humanists, and has edited several other publications in the field. He regularly gives talks, papers, and lectures throughout North America and Europe. McCarty took his Ph.D. in English literature in 1984; his current literary research is in classical studies, especially the Metamorphoses of Ovid. In support of a forthcoming book, he has an electronic edition of that poem underway for the text-retrieval program Tact. Elli Mylonas is a Research Associate in Classics at Harvard University, and is currently the Managing Editor of the Perseus Project. She has co-taught tutorials on "Teaching with Hypertext" at the Hypertext meetings in San Antonio and Milan (1991, 1992). In addition to coordinating the Perseus Project, her responsibilities cover the creation and structuring of the textual component of the project, and working together with the user interface designers and documentation specialists. She is the project leader for Pandora, a Macintosh search program for the TLG and PHI disks. Elli Mylonas is a founding member and one of the two organizers of CHUG (Computing in the Humanities User's Group), a humanities computing seminar that has been meeting biweekly at Brown University for the last 4 years. She is also on the Text Representation Committee of the Text Encoding Initiative, where she has worked on identifying SGML structures for tagging reference systems, drama and verse in literary texts. She has published and spoken on hypertext, descriptive markup and literary texts, and the use of computers in education. C. M. Sperberg-McQueen studied Germanic medieval literature in the comparative literature program at Stanford University; since 1980 he has been working to bring computing technology to bear on problems of textual research. In 1985 and 1986, he served as a consultant for humanities computing in the Princeton University Computer Center; since 1987 he has worked at the academic computer center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is now a senior research programmer. He is a member of the steering committee, and the editor in chief, of the Text Encoding Initiative. Fees The cost of participating in this Summer Seminar will be $895, including tuition, use of computer facilities, student accommodation, breakfast and lunch at Princeton for the two weeks, and banquet and reception. Students pay a reduced rate of $795. For those who prefer hotel accommodations, the cost is $645 to cover tuition, lunch, the banquet and reception, and $565 for students. There will be 24-hour access to networked microcomputers in the student accommodation throughout the seminar. Application Procedure To apply for participation in this Summer Seminar, submit a one-page statement of interest. The statement should indicate (1) how participation in the Seminar would be relevant for your teaching, research, librarianship, advising or administrative work, and possibly that of your colleagues; (2) what project you would like to undertake during the Seminar, or what area of the humanities you would most like to explore; and (3) the extent of your computing experience. Applications must be attached to a cover sheet specifying your name, current institutional affiliation and position, postal and email addresses, and phone and fax numbers, as available, as well as natural language interest and computing experience. Currently enrolled students must also include a photocopy of a valid student ID. E-mail submissions should have a subject line `Summer Seminar Application'. The statement must be received by the reviewing committee, consisting of members of the Center's Governing Board, by APRIL 15, 1993, at the address below. Those who have been selected to attend will be notified by May 15, 1993. Payment will be requested at this time. Summer Seminar 1993 Center for Electronic Texts phone: (908) 932-1384 in the Humanities fax: (908) 932-1386 169 College Avenue bitnet: ceth@zodiac New Brunswick, NJ 08903 internet: ceth@zodiac.rutgers.edu USA From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: WordNet Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 12:05:43 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 462 (997) I recently forwarded a note to Humanist about the availability of a new version of WordNet via ftp. Apparently and to my surprise, many Humanists had never heard of WordNet, and sent a flood of mail to the address included in the posting (and to me as well in some cases). As a result, I have been asked to post the following description of WordNet for the information of those who inquired. *************** WordNet is an on-line lexical reference system for English, organized as a semantic net. Its design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are organized into sets of synonyms, each representing one underlying lexical concept, and are logically grouped such that words in the same synonym set are interchangeable in some contexts. WordNet contains both individual words and collocations (such as "fountain pen" and "take in"). Semantic relations link the synonym sets to one another, and include (but are not limited to): hypernymy/hyponymy, antonymy, entailment and meronymy/holonymy. *** Update: WordNet Version 1.3 is now available *** WordNet Version 1.3 is now available. The WordNet database is close to 10.5 megabytes, exclusive of the search code. The entire package is approximately 12 megabytes, depending on your system. The WordNet search code is distributed in binary form only, and is presently available for Sun-4, Sun-3, NeXT, DECstation, Macintosh and PC architectures. An X Windows interface is available for Sun-4, Sun-3, DECstation and NeXT (please note that this is NOT a NeXTStep application - you must have X Windows for the NeXT in order to use the X Windows interface). A Microsoft Windows interface is available for the PC. A command line interface is also provided for all architectures except the Macintosh. We prefer that you ftp the WordNet system via anonymous ftp from clarity.princeton.edu. The packages are located in the subdirectory 'pub'. A README file in this directory contains essentially a copy of this release notice, explaining which files to ftp for each platform. ************************************************************************** * IF YOU FTP WordNet, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO wordnet@princeton.edu SO WE * * CAN UPDATE OUR RECORDS AND KEEP TRACK OF OUR USERS FOR FUTURE MAILINGS * * AND RELEASES. * ************************************************************************** To ftp the UNIX version of WordNet 1.3, ftp the following files: wn1.3.tar.Z WordNet Version 1.3 for UNIX systems in compressed tar format. This includes the WordNet database, binary installation of search code for Sun-4, Sun-3, DECstation, and NeXT, and documentation. Installation instructions and a Makefile are included. Man pages are provided as unformatted troff files. To ftp the PC (DOS) version of WordNet 1.3, ftp the following files: readme.pc README file for PC installation. wn.arc PC version in ARC format. 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From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0458 Rs: Angelou's Inaugural Poem (5/185) Date: 27 Jan 1993 16:51:51 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 762 (998) Kessler's intemperate response does remind me that Robert Frost *didn't* read his inaugural poem in 1961, claiming (or feigning) sun-blindness at the podium; instead he recited from memory "The Gift Outright", a no doubt much better and non-laureatistic poem. This suited the Augustan pretensions of the Kennedy administration: cf. Horace Satires I.5 where the poet similarly suffers a bout of blindness when it comes time to "see" the bigwigs of the Augustan administration then. Owen Cramer Colorado College From: Martha Parrott <Martha_Parrott@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: flaming prose Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:34:41 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 763 (999) "M.A. is from Arkansaw, and that seems to have been sufficient reason to have it happen. Pity. The word Inauguration should be spelled that way, even in Georgia." And the word Arkansas should be spelled that way, even in California. What is it they say about casting the first stone? Martha Parrott University of Toronto From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: ACH ALLC Message Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 09:06:36 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 764 (1000) Comparative Literature University of Alberta The 14th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA /AILC) will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 15-20, 1994. The theme of the Congress is LANGUAGES AND DIVERSITY: LANGUAGES, CULTURES, SOCIETIES/LITTERATURE ET DIVERSITE: LANGUES, CULTURES, SOC IETES. There will be the following sections: I Literature and Identity, II Foreign and Domestic Contacts, II Literay Genres, Language, and Culture, IV Literature and Other Forms of Cultural Expression, V Regional Studies, VI Metho ds and Paradigms of Comparative Literature and Cultural Diversity; Workshop I Literary Theory, Workshop II Translation and Cultural History: Identity, Diver- sity, Transfer; Round Table I Film and Literature, Roundtable II Literary Theor y and Women's Ethnic Minority Writing, Round Tanle III Readership Research, Round Table IV Literature and the (Natural) Sciences, Round Table V Comparative Literature and Its Journals. Please send abstract not exceeding 300 words to XIVth Congress of the ICLA/AILC, Research Institute for Comparative Literatu re, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., T6G 2E6, Canada, no later than April 31, 1993. Regards, S. Totosy From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences 1993 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 12:03:23 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 765 (1001) I have just learned that the Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences is to be held at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 18-21 May, but the aside gave no other details. Can anyone provide a contact address/email for the conference organiser or for the Social Science Computing Association? Many thanks, Don Donald Spaeth Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History University of Glasgow From: NADELHFT@MAINE Subject: LATIN AMERICA POSITION Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:05:46 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 766 (1002) LATIN AMERICA. Colonial or national period. One-year term appointment. Assistant Professor, pending administrative approval, in Ph.D. granting department, starting 1 September 1993. Ph.D. preferred. Five course load for the year. Salary competitive. Screening of material to begin March 5, 1993. Send letter of application, resume, and three letters of recommendation to Jerome Nadelhaft, Chair, Department of History, University of Maine, 5774 Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5774. AA/EOE. PLEASE distribute this announcement to colleagues and advanced graduate students not members of HUMANIST. From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: English (compositon) position Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 06:13:52 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 767 (1003) Position in English (Composition) at Dakota State University Madison South Dakota Pending approval, Assistant Professor of English, tenure track to teach composition, Freshman and Junior level, with an occasional course in creative writing or literature (expertise in contemporary lit., adolescent/children's lit, or minority lit especially desirable). Four course load per semester; strong commitment to teaching undergraduate writing at all levels essential. Ph.D. in English required. Background in computer-assisted writing important. Located 55 miles NW of Sioux Falls, Dakota State University is a small state-supported school which integrates computer technology in all curricular areas. By March 15, 1993, send complete dossier (C.V., letter of application, graduate transcript, and three letters of reference) to Eric Johnson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Dakota State University, Madison, SD 57042. DSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Interviews at CCCC planned. From: Scott Kelley <AA0345@UOKMVSA.BITNET> Subject: Grad Student Conference Date: Mon, 01 Feb 93 01:38 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 768 (1004) Dear Editors: I'd like to pass along a call for papers to all interested graduate students in the humanities for our Second Annual Graduate Student Conference at the University of Oklahoma. The text of the announcement is as follows: CALL FOR PAPERS The Student Association of Graduates in English Studies (S.A.G.E.S.) invites you to its Second Annual Conference, Saturday, April 10, 1993, at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. The topic for this year's conference is "The Rhetoric of the Text." We would like to explore how meaning is constructed, influenced, de-constructed, warped, translated, or transcended in a text by the form(s) through which it is presented. Sub- topics for sessions could include but should not be restricted to Film, Live Performance, Poetry, Short Story, Novel, Rhetoric, Mass Media, Popular Culture, The Plastic Arts, and The Oral Tradition. Presentations should be 15-20 minutes in length. Please submit 100 word abstracts by Friday, March 5, 1993 to: Susan Biles E-Mail to: Department of English SKELLEY@UOKMVSA.BITNET 760 Van Vleet Oval University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 Last year's conference featured Susan Gubar as keynote speaker. This year's speaker has yet to be confirmed, but we have several candidates expressing an interest. Registration fees are also undetermined but should be less than $20, which will include dinner with participants. From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: MLA-ACH call for papers Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 17:40:56 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 769 (1005) CALL FOR PAPERS The ACH will be organizing two sessions at the 1993 Modern Language Association Convention, Toronto, December 27-30, 1993. Proposals are invited for the following topic: "Software for the Study of Literature: What is available, how it is used, perspectives for the future." Please send papers or abstracts by February 28, 1993 to FORTIER@UOFMCC.BITNET. Please note that participants in the MLA Convention must be members of the Modern Language Association no later than April 1, 1993. From: irl@glas.apc.org Subject: Lexical Texts Analysis Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:40:54 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 467 (1006) Large text (ASCII) files such as whole books (fiction, humanities,science) in electronic form are considered. - *Total list* of all word occurences in the text is generated. - Having some general idea of what key words we are intersted in, we select them from this list, making *partial word lists* (PWL): names, words from specific problem areas etc; from several up to about 200-250 words can be included in one PWL. - For given PWL we are to build: (1) a set of all contexts (paragraphs/lines) where the PWL member words occured; * words index, telling on which book pages these occurences took place. The problem is to perform these activities effectively: concordance word crunchers I know need up to analysed_text_volume *10..30 for some service indexes, which makes the search process not practical for real books. - The solution is to introduce markup into the text searched: the words of interest are supplied with special markers, which is done OK with the help of some context-replacement routines I have developed. - Having markupped files, we may extract only markers- containg lines which form the needed set of contexts. This extraction may be done with the help of GREP routine, for instance - and with turbo efficiency also. - Index is generated from the markupped files/set of contexts with the help of the routine I produced. This technique was used to analyse the text of "The Possessed" novel by Dostoyevsky with respect to possession lexicology: to have, to possess, to acquire etc. (imet', vladet', priobretat'...) The idea was inspired by Fromm's "To Have or To Be?" concept of possession. According to Fromm's semantics, to posssess means (a bit roughly) to possess property/goods, NOT abstract properties as in logic/computer science for instance. The "possession" PWL for the novel was built, as well as a set of contexts and an index for about 200 occurences of the words in this list. For each word occurence its usage model was built. For example, "to have" in the context "I had a terrible headache after discussion with Ivanov" is modelled as "to have headache". The complete set of such usage models for the words in the given PWL in the given text provides us the understanding of the semantics of these words with respect to the text. As for the novel, the semantics of "possession" in it appeared to be very interesting and seems to give considerable insight into Dostoyevsky's trail of thought. It seems to be compatible with logic/computer approach - and quite incompatible with Fromm's! ******** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JLD1@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: Italian List? Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 11:15:20 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 770 (1007) Advice please. (1) Is there an Italian discussion list in the UK? (2) Is there an Italian discussion list anywhere? (3) If there is *not* such a list in the UK, which UK university would be prepared to host such a list? Please reply to me directly by email. Thanks. John Dawson, University of Cambridge Computing Service. Internet: JLD1@phx.cam.ac.uk Janet: JLD1@uk.ac.cam.phx From: AEVANS@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: Dear Humanists: Date: 29 Jan 1993 08:30:23 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 771 (1008) I need a bit of help: have any of you, in your readings, ever happened upon a "photo in a dead man's (or woman's) eye"? I have discovered this intriguing image (no pun intended) in Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's "Clair Lenoir" and in Jules Verne's _Les Freres Kip_, and I am virtually certain that it must have appeared in other literary works during the latter part of the 19th century or the early part of the 20th. But I am having very little luck in finding it. Any suggestions would be immensely welcome. Art Evans, Dept. of Romance Lang. DePauw Univ., Greencastle, IN 46135 tele (317)658-4758 e-mail: aevans@depauw.bitnet From: rkelley@URSINUS.BITNET Subject: Undergraduate Listservs/Discussion Nodes Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 10:20:41 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 772 (1009) I am searching for listservs or discussion nodes which emphasize and encourage participation by undergraduate researchers and artists. We would like to involve our students in electronic communications, and want forums which they can share in. I know that I have seen, for example a group which emphasized undergraduate creative writing, but I cannot find the reference. Does anyone know of creative/research-oriented lists friendly to undergraduates? Rob Kelley Ursinus College Ursinus College From: <MIZRACHI@HUJIAGRI> Subject: Neareastern Archaeoastronomy ? Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:38 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 773 (1010) Hi netters, Prof. Anthony Aveni from Colgate University and I have been conducting for the past 4 years a study of the Astronomy and the Geometry of a Megalithic monument in the Golan Heights called Rujm el-Hiri(See Biblical Archaeolgy Review, July-August 1992). We are looking for references on similar studies from the Neareast preferably of fourth-second millennium site (our site is dated to the third millennium BC)... Also, we are looking for references on Historical and Ethnographical sources (or work of synthesis) that deal with Neareasten Astronomy - preferably in traditional/agricultural/phalahin contexts.... Finaly, any intersting sources on Geometrical Alignments (to mountains etc.) wi be usefull... THANKS Any help would be appricaited. Dr. Yonathan Mizrachi Dept of Anthropology, Harvard University School for Educational Leadership, Jerusalem, Israel Mizrachi@HUJIAGRI From: Michael Hawley <mike@whammo.media.mit.edu> Subject: Plato Date: Sun, 31 Jan 93 15:06:58 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 774 (1011) Plato, and I think Socrates (and probably others) scorned the advent of written media -- the usual argument was that scrolls would be like a crutch for the mind (instead of a bicycle?). Can someone supply a few pithy quotes? thanks, Michael From: KESSLER <IME9JFK@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0463 Further Responses on Angelou's Inaugural Poem (3/44) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 23:02 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 469 (1012) Ms P thinks we dont know how to spell Arkansas in California, in this city of many Okies and Arkies. Snide will get you nowhere; rap on he knuckles from a wouldbe schoolmarm? Yes'm, as Huck Finn might have replied. We knows how the word is spilt. Frost of course "said' his poem, "The Gift Outright," and if one saw that on the tv one realized the old man was a bit flustered, what with the light and stiff cold breeze, trying and trying to get his papers visible, until he resolved on the better work, as it turned out. I like the suggestion about The Kennedy's August pretension, really I do: the parallel is neat, the son of the gangster, Joe, the son who seems to have bought that extra 50, 000 or so votes that poor Tricky Dickie didnt protest, that purchase of W Virginia in the primary, etc. Wonderful and true to form for the Kennedy clan. I might have recalled a better kitsch version of the same sort of thing, very popular pseudo-folk ish stuff from WW II, "The Ballad for Americans," "the house that I live in, et c." a Norman Corwin sort of effusion, perhaps actually by him, no, it couldnt be, my friend has better taste, some tinpan alley character (dont make type caps, Ms Parrott, please, it's late). One might have gone through some of the miserable text to show in detail its mawkish horrors of incompetence, but really. As it happened, I was lecturing on Frost the week before the Inauguration, and that helped me into shock when the Angelou thing actually happened. We are headed for a slough of despond, starting with the new NEH appointment. Helas! But, it will be interesting in its own tawdry way. Barbra Streisand & Co, will set our cultural standards, since they are after all, our elite. Easy to defend them from Toronto; a bit harder here in LALA land. Heigh Ho, and away we go. But let us be friends, all of us here on this list of alert folks. JK From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: TEXT Technology Date: Sun, 31 Jan 93 07:32:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 470 (1013) Readers of this list who would like to receive a complimentary copy of the most recent issue of the journal TEXT Technology should send a request to me by email at eric@sdnet.bitnet or johnsone@columbia.dsu.edu, or send a request to me by regular mail to the address listed at the end of this message. TEXT Technology publishes articles and reviews about all facets of using computers for the creation, processing, and analysis of texts. It is designed for academic and corporate writers, editors, and teachers. The bi-monthly journal contains timely reviews of software for writing and publishing, discussions of applications for the analysis of literary works and other texts, notices of significant events in computing around the world, bibliographic citations, and much more. Submissions of articles and reviews are welcome. They should be sent as ASCII files via e-mail to the Editor, Eric Johnson, at ERIC@SDNET.BITNET, or they may be submitted on MS-DOS disks sent to Eric Johnson TEXT Technology 114 Beadle Hall Dakota State University Madison, South Dakota 57042, USA From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: NEH Summer Seminars Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 09:01:09 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 471 (1014) This list has been posted before, but it is an important opportunity for many, and this is the time to remind those who might be interested that finished applications for these seminars, for college teachers, independent scholars, and others qualified to do the work of a given seminar, are due to the directors on 1 March, so *now* is the time to express interest, get application forms, and start preparing. Jim O'Donnell Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania 1993 Summer Seminars for College Teachers Participants receive a stipend of $3,200, $3,600, or $4,000, depending on the length of the seminar. Application deadline: March 1, 1993; Announcement of awards: March 29, 1993 Application forms and information about individual seminars available from the directors at the addresses below. Information about the program is available from the Endowment at 202/606-8463. **ANTHROPOLOGY** GEOFFREY WHITE and LAMONT LINDSTROM Institute of Culture and Communication East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 *The Politics of Culture and Identity: Pacific Island Perspectives* (eight weeks) **ARTS** ROBERT G. CALKINS Department of Art History Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 *Narrative and Synthesis in Medieval Book Illumination* (seven weeks) DALE KINNEY and BIRGITTA WOHL Department of History of Art Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 ***Spolia**: Ancient Artifacts in Medieval Re-Use* Location: American Academy in Rome (seven weeks) JONATHAN D. KRAMER Department of Music c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *The Temporal Art of Music* (eight weeks) LEWIS LOCKWOOD Department of Music Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 *The Beethoven String Quartets* (seven weeks) STEPHEN MURRAY Department of Art and Archaeology c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *Gothic in the **Ile-de-France*** Location: Paris (eight weeks) **ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE** WILLIAM L. ANDREWS Hall Center for the Humanities University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 *The Slave Narrative Tradition in African-American Literature and Culture* LLOYD F. BITZER Department of Communication Arts 6156 Vilas Hall University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53706 *Invention in Classical and Modern Theories of Rhetoric* (six weeks) LESLIE BRISMAN Department of English c/o Yale Summer Programs/NEH Box 2145--Yale Station New Haven, Connecticut 06520 *The Bible as Literature: Theory and Practice* (seven weeks) LEO DAMROSCH Department of English Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 *Rousseau and Blake: Inventing the Modern Self* (seven weeks) JOSEPH C. HARRIS and THOMAS D. HILL Department of English Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 ***Beowulf** and the Reception of Germanic Antiquity* (eight weeks) JAMES OLNEY Department of English Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 *W.B. Yeats--The Poet as Autobiographer* Location: County Sligo, Ireland (six weeks) RALPH W. RADER Department of English University of California Berkeley, California 94720 *The Emergence and Development of the English Novel* (seven weeks) THOMAS P. ROCHE Department of English Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08544 *Epic Romance: Virgil, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser* (seven weeks) DANIEL SCHWARZ Department of English Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 *Theoretical and Critical Perspectives on the Modernist Tradition* (seven weeks) JOHN SITTER Department of English Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 *Eighteenth-Century Satire and Theories of Satire* (seven weeks) STEPHEN SPECTOR Department of English State University of New York Stony Brook, New York 11794 *Absence and Presence: The Jew in Early English Literature* (seven weeks) MARTIN STEVENS c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *Chaucer in the Twentieth Century: Codicology, Historiography, Interpretation* (eight weeks) ALBERT WERTHEIM Department of English Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405 *Contemporary Literature from Africa, the West Indies, and the Pacific* (eight weeks) EVERETT ZIMMERMAN Interdisciplinary Humanities Center 3591-B Library University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106 *Eighteenth-Century Historiography and Fiction* (seven weeks) See also: History--Doyle **FOREIGN AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE** RUSSELL A. BERMAN Department of German Studies Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 *Inventing Germany: Cultural Symbols and National Fictions* (eight weeks) MARCEL M. GUTWIRTH Department of French Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041 *Comic Theory and the Art of Comedy* (six weeks) RANDOLPH D. POPE Department of Romance Languages Washington University St. Louis, Missouri 63130 *Spanish Autobiography in the European Context* (eight weeks) See also: English and American Literature--Bitzer, Damrosch, Roche **HISTORY** ALAN CAMERON c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *Pagans and Christians in the Fourth Century* (six weeks) PHILIP D. CURTIN Department of History The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21218 *Social and Economic History of the Plantation Complex, 1450-1890* (eight weeks) DON H. DOYLE Department of History Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 37235 *Southern History and Faulkner's Fiction* (seven weeks) GREGORY L. FREEZE Department of History Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 *Church and Society in Modern Russia, 1860-1930* Location: Moscow (eight weeks) TONY R. JUDT Institute of French Studies 15 Washington Mews New York University New York, New York 10003 *Rethinking European History, 1945-89* (eight weeks) THOMAS KESSNER Department of History Graduate School/University Center City University of New York 33 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 *The Making of Modern America, 1918-41* *Seminar designed for, but not limited to, two-year-college teachers* (six weeks) ROGER L. NICHOLS Department of History University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 *Current Issues in Native American History* (six weeks) ELIZABETH PLECK Center for Research on Women Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 *Women and American Politics, 1920-88* (seven weeks) JEFFREY B. RUSSELL Interdisciplinary Humanities Center 3591 Library University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106 *Late Antique and Medieval Conceptions of Heaven* (six weeks) MICHAEL F. STANISLAWSKI Department of History c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *History of Zionism, 1870-1948* (eight weeks) HENRY A. TURNER Department of History c/o Yale Summer Programs/NEH Box 2145--Yale Station New Haven, Connecticut 06520 *The German Experience of Partition and Reunification* (seven weeks) DAVID J. WEBER Department of History Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 75275 *Colonial North America: New Approaches to Its Hispanic Past* (seven weeks) DONALD E. WORSTER Hall Center for the Humanities University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 *The American West: Environment and History* (six weeks) See also: English and American Literature--Zimmerman Politics and Society--Brown, Hamburger Religious Studies--O'Donnell **PHILOSOPHY** MICHAEL E. BRATMAN Department of Philosophy Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 *Intention* (six weeks) ROBERT C. CUMMINS Department of Philosophy University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 *Mental Representation* (seven weeks) THOMAS E. HILL, Jr. Department of Philosophy University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 *Kant's Moral Philosophy* (eight weeks) **POLITICS AND SOCIETY** BERNARD E. BROWN Political Science Program CUNY Graduate School/University Center 33 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 *Modern French Politics* Location: Paris (seven weeks) JOSEPH HAMBURGER Department of Political Science c/o Yale Summer Programs/NEH Box 2145--Yale Station New Haven, Connecticut 06520 *Victorian Political and Social Thought: The Intelligentsia and Modernity* (eight weeks) DONALD P. KOMMERS Department of Government University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 *American Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective* (seven weeks) AARON WILDAVSKY Survey Research Center University of California Berkeley, California 94720 *Political Cultures* (seven weeks) **RELIGIOUS STUDIES** GARY A. ANDERSON and MICHAEL E. STONE Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 *The Adam and Eve Narrative in Christian and Jewish Tradition* (eight weeks) JAMES J. O'DONNELL Department of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 *Augustine and His Influence* Location: Bryn Mawr College (six weeks) GEORGE SALIBA c/o Summer Session Office 419 Lewisohn Hall Columbia University New York, New York 10027 *Islam and the Scientific Tradition* (seven weeks) HUSTON SMITH c/o Director of Special Studies Pacific School of Religion 1798 Scenic Avenue Berkeley, California 94709 *The Esoteric Dimension of Religion: Four Case Studies* (eight weeks) See also: English and American Literature--Brisman, Spector History--Cameron, Freeze, Russell **1993 Summer Seminars for College Teachers** The National Endowment for the Humanities is pleased to announce that forty-seven seminars for college teachers and independent scholars will be offered during the summer of 1993. Each year, the Summer Seminars for College Teachers program provides teachers at undergraduate institutions (and other scholars without the resources of a graduate department) with a unique opportunity for advanced study or research in their fields or in fields related to their interests. In 1993, places will be offered to 564 participants at institutions across the United States plus two in Paris, one in Rome, and one in Ireland. During the summer, participants will work together in an area of mutual interest under the direction of a distinguished scholar. They will have access to the collections of a major library, will discuss a body of common readings with their colleagues in the seminar, and, outside the seminar, will pursue individual research or study projects of their own choosing and design. Seminar topics are broad enough to encompass a wide range of interests while remaining central to the major ideas, texts, critical concerns, and approaches of the humanities. This year's seminars are six, seven, or eight weeks long. Participants receive a stipend to help cover travel to and from the seminar location, books, and research and living expenses; the stipend is $4,000 for participation in an eight-week seminar, $3,600 for a seven-week seminar, and $3,200 for a six-week seminar. Application instructions and forms, as well as detailed information about the subject matter and requirements of individual seminars, are available directly from the seminar directors at the addresses indicated on the following pages. The application deadline is March 1, 1993, and the announcement of awards will take place on March 29, 1993. General information about the Summer Seminars for College Teachers is available from the Division of Fellowships and Seminars, Room 316, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC 20506 From: Ann Okerson <ann@cni.org> Subject: Economics of Research Libraries Date: Mon, 1 Feb 93 20:39:51 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 472 (1015) 1 February 1993 NEW STUDY ADDRESSES THE ECONOMICS OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Association of Research Libraries announce the publication of a major study of the economics of research libraries. *University Libraries and Scholarly Communication* addresses the present and future of scholarly communication and surveys the "library landscape ... in its collecting, operating, financial, and electronic dimensions." Reflecting the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's long-standing commitment to support the evolution of research libraries, the study provides careful analysis of trends in such key variables as the volume of acquisitions, the worldwide pool of publications from which such acquisitions were made, prices of monographs and journals, and library expenditures. Using data from 24 major research libraries in the United States, *University Libraries and Scholarly Communication* examines these trends. The study appears at a pivotal point in the evolution of research libraries. The explosion in the quantity of desirable published material and a rapid escalation of unit prices for those items are jeopardizing the traditional library research mission of creating and maintaining large self-sufficient collections for their clientele. At the same time, the rapid emergence and development of electronic information technologies make it possible to envision different ways of organizing collections and services the library has traditionally provided. *University Libraries and Scholarly Communication* provides extensive analysis of these two critical issues confronting research libraries today, calling for circumspection and a view beyond short-term management as an effective strategy for addressing these critical issues. The study was prepared for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation by Anthony M. Cummings, Marcia L. Witte, William G. Bowen, Laura O. Lazarus, and Richard H. Ekman and published and distributed by the Association of Research Libraries. *University Libraries and Scholarly Communication* is available for $8.00 per copy, which covers shipping and handling. Prepaid orders should be sent to the Association of Research Libraires (ARL), Publications Department, Dept. #0692, Washington, DC 20073-0692. For information about special rates for multiple orders, contact Gloria Haws (202-232-8656. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) represents the interests of the 120 libraries that serve major North American research institutions. ARL operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and as an agent for collective action to influence the forces affecting the ability of these libraries to meet the future needs of scholarship. Members include large university libraries, the national libraries of the United States and Canada, and a number of public and independent libraries with substantial research collections. -------------- From: "John M. Unsworth" <JMUEG@NCSUVM> Subject: PMC 3.2 is available Date: Tue, 02 Feb 93 20:43:36 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 473 (1016) The January, 1993 issue of PMC is available: an abbreviated table of contents follows. For further information, please see the note at the end of this message. John Unsworth Co-editor, _Postmodern Culture_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE P RNCU REPO ODER E P O S T M O D E R N P TMOD RNCU U EP S ODER ULTU E C U L T U R E P RNCU UR OS ODER ULTURE P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER ULTU E an electronic journal P TMODERNCU UREPOS ODER E of interdisciplinary POSTMODERNCULTUREPOSTMODERNCULTURE criticism ----------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 3, Number 2 (January, 1993) ISSN: 1053-1920 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --listing of editors and editorial board deleted-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS AUTHOR & TITLE FN FT Masthead, Contents, and CONTENTS 193 Instructions for retrieving files Barrett Watten, "Post-Soviet Subjectivity" WATTEN 193 Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, from _Phosphor_. Tr. DRAGOMOS 193 Lyn Hejinian and Elena Balashova Jerome McGann, Vitaly Chernetsky, SYMPOS-1 193 Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Mikhail Epstein, Lyn Hejinian, Bob Perelman, Marjorie Perloff, A Symposium on Russian Postmodernism, Oct. 26-Nov. 25, 1992 Marjorie Perloff, and Mikhail Epstein, two SYMPOS-2 193 draft essays circulated as part of Postmoder Culture's symposium on Russian Postmodernism Vladislav Todorov, "The Four Luxembourgs" TODOROV 193 (fiction) Wendy Wahl, "Bodies and Technologies: _Dora_, WAHL 193 _Neuromancer_, and Strategies of Resistance" Alan Aycock, "Derrida/Fort-da: Deconstructing AYCOCK 193 Play" Kathleen Burnett, "Towards a Theory of BURNETT 193 Hypertextual Design" POPULAR CULTURE COLUMN: Honoria, "Introducing Mail Art: A Karen Elliot interview with Crackerjack Kid and Honoria" POP-CULT 193 REVIEWS: Stuart Moulthrop, "Deuteronomy Comix." A review of Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_. REVIEW-1 193 Jon Thompson, "Consuming Megalopolis." A review of Celeste Olalquiaga's _Megalopolis: Contemporary Cultural Sensibilities_. REVIEW-2 193 Philip E. Agre, "Sustainability and Critique." A review of Will Wright's _Wild Knowledge: Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment_. REVIEW-3 193 Susan J. Ritchie, "Constructing an Archipelago: Writing the Caribbean." A review of Antonio Benitez-Rojo's _The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective_. REVIEW-4 193 James Morrison, "Hitchcock: The Industry." A review of Robert E. Kapsis's _Hitchock: The Making of a Reputation_. REVIEW-5 193 Josephine Lee, "Cookbooks for Theory and Performance." A review of Case, Sue-Ellen and Janelle Reinelt, eds. _The Performance of Power: Theatrical Discourse and Politics_, and Reinelt, Janelle G. and Joseph R. Roach, eds. _Critical Theory and Performance_. REVIEW-6 193 Glen Scott Allen, "Baptismal Eulogies: Reconstructing Deconstruction from the Ashes." A review of Jacques Derrida's _Cinders_, tr. Ned Lukacher, and Jacques Derrida's _The Other Heading: Reflections on Today's Europe_, tr. Pascale-Anne Brault & Michael B. Naas. REVIEW-7 193 LETTERS: Vaillancourt-Rosenau and Foley, an exchange LETTERS 193 NOTICES: Announcements and Advertisements NOTICES 193 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --Abstracts and other information deleted-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: contact the editors at PMC@NCSUVM or PMC@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU. Please include your name in all correspondence. E-mail subscription is free: disk and fiche are available for a fee, from Oxford University Press, the journal's publisher. From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: useful history lists Date: 01 Feb 1993 15:08:51 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 474 (1017) [copy freely & circulate & send along corrections to H-Net at u12923@uicvm.bitnet] H-NET Guide to History Lists on Bitnet February 1, 1993 --BITNET address theme of list listname@node (where node = name of computer host) 1. AFAM-L@UMCVMB African-American Research 2. AFAS-L@KENTVM African American Studies and Librarianship 3. AHC-L@DGOGWDG1 Association for History & Computing 4. ALBION-L@UCSBVM British and Irish History [low activity] 5. AMLIT-L@MIZZOU1 American Literature [very active] 6. AMERCATH@UKCC History of American Catholicism. 7. AMERSTDY@MIAMIU American Studies 8. American-Studies@uk.ac.mailbase Am Studies (Britain) Send a message (no subject) to uk.ac.mailbase containing the single line: subscribe American-Studies Firstname Surname (i.e.: subscribe American-Studies Richard Jensen 9. amwest-l@dosuni1 American West [low activity] 10. ANCIEN-L@ULKYVM History of the Ancient Mediterranean 11. ANSAX-L@WVNVM Anglo Saxon [very active, technical] 12. ARCHIVES@INDYCMS Archives & Archivists [active] 13. ASEH-L@TTUVM1 Am. Soc. of Environmental Historians 14. Brithist@ers British History & ERS test list 15. c18-l@psuvm 18th century history & culture [active] 16. CHINA@PUCC Chinese Studies 17. CLASSICS@UWAVM Classical Greek and Latin 18. CLIO-L@MIAMIU Economic history [inactive] 19. EARAM-L@KENTVM Society of Early Americanists (inactive?) 20. EMEDCH-L@USCVM The Early Medieval China 21. emhist-l@rutvm1 early modern Europe [inactive?] 22. EPP-L@BUACCA Albert Einstein Papers and Discussion 23. Erasmus Renaissance & Reformation Studies send message to bowen@vm.epas.utoronto.ca [internet address] 24. ESPORA-L@UKANVM Spain/Portugal 25. FICINO@UTORONTO FICINO Renaissance/Ref. 26. FRANCEHS@UWAVM French history [low activity] 27. grmnhist@uscvm German history 28. HABSBURG@PURCCVM Austrian History since 1500 29. HISLAW-L@ULKYVM History of Law (Feudal, Common, Canon) 30. HISTEC-L@UKANVM History of Evangelical Christianity 31. history@psuvm Generic history [very active; semi-pop] 32. history-methods@UK.AC.MAILBASE methods [Internet] 33. HOPOS-L@UKCC History of Science 34. HPSST-L@QUCDN History and Philosophy of Science 35. HTECH-L@SIVM History of Technology [active] 36. HUMANIST@brownvm Humanists (once terrific, now mostly announcements) 37. IBYCUS-L@USCVM Ibycus (Ancient Greek) 38. ISLAM-L@ULKYVM History of Islam 39. JUDAICA@TAUNIVM Judaic Studies 40. L-CHA@UQAM Canadian Hist. Association 41. MEDFEM-L@INDYCMS medievalist feminists 42. MEDIEV-L@UKANVM Medieval 43. MEDTEXTL@uiucvmd Medieval Texts, Philology, Codicology 44. MILHST-L@ukanvm Military History [active; semi-popular] 45. PSRT-L@MIZZOU1 Pol Science/ constl law book reviews [good] 46. POLI-SCI@RUTVM1 Political Science Digest 47. RENAIS-L@ULKYVM Renaissance 48. ROOTS-L@NDSUVM1 Genealogy 49. rushist@dosuni1 Russian History 50. SEDIT-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU Editors of scholarly editions [Internet] 51. SEASIA-L@MSU Southeast Asian Studies 52. shaker@ukcc Shakers 53. SHARP-L@IUBVM History of Authorship, Reading 54. SOCHIST@UCBVM New Social History 55. SHOTHC-L@SIVM History of Computing 56. sovhist@dosuni1 Soviet History 57. T-ASSIST@UNMVMA Teaching assistants (all departments) 58. VWAR-L@UBVM Vietnam War [history, pop culture very active] 59. WMST-L@UMDD Women's Studies. 60. WORLD-L@UBVM World History [active, non-eurocentric] 61. WWII-L@UBVM World War II From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Re: 6.0468 Qs: Lists; Astronomy; Quotes Date: 01 Feb 1993 15:47:58 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 775 (1018) Re the image, photo in a dead man's/woman's eye: it would be helpful to have something of a context AND the original. But: perhaps it relates to the more or less common practice of photographing dead people? (A la death mask.) --Bob Dawson French-Italian University of Texas, Austin RDawson@UTxVM [BITNET] RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu [Internet] From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Tim Unwin) Subject: La Rochefoucauld: Maxims Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 14:27:43 +0800 (WST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 776 (1019) Does anyone know of any university courses in which La Rochefoucauld's *Maximes* are used (either in the original or in translation), other than in straight seventeenth-century French literature courses? Or is it only the mythical 'general reader' who now reads this delightful author? I should be very grateful for any information. With thanks. Tim Unwin The University of Western Australia tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au From: Oxford Text Archive <archive@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: OTA ceases distribution of electronic joyce texts pending copyright Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1993 18:03:52 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 476 (1020) The Oxford Text Archive recently received a letter apparently on behalf of the Estate of James Joyce which asserts that the bulk of Joyce's works are still covered by copyright, despite the widespread impression that they are not. The letter points out that Joyce's posthumous works are copyright for fifty years from the *date of first publication* in Europe, and for 75 years after their first US publication in the US. Since Joyce's major works were not legally published in the US for several years after their appearance in Europe, the Estate asserts (for example) that Ulysses remains in copyright in the US until at least 1997, the Wake until 2014 etc. The position with respect to Canada and other countries outside the EC is entirely unclear. The letter asks us to confirm that we will cease providing texts by network or diskette into territories where those works remain in copyright. It is my belief that to ignore this request would be extremely foolish, though there are clearly several aspects of the situation which need to be more carefully examined. For the moment, pending their resolution, I deeply regret to have to announce that we are ceasing distribution of all Joyce texts in electronic form, despite their continued appearance in the catalogue. We hope to resume normal service as soon as possible! Lou Burnard Oxford Text Archive 1 Feb 1993 From: Susan_A_HANDELMAN@umail.umd.edu (sh12) Subject: Job Announcement Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 20:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 777 (1021) Assistant Professorship in Rabbinic Literature and Thought The University of Maryland at College Park (a suburb of Washington, D.C.) is seeking an assistant professor in the general area of Rabbinic Literature and Thought. Candidates' specialty should fall chronologically either in the Second-Temple period of the Talmudic period down to the gaonate. Candidates' research should include strong emphasis on work with primary texts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and preferably, Greek as well. Duties will include teaching of undergraduate survey courses and upper level text courses dealing with Judaism, rabbinic literature and the history of the Second Temple and late antique period. The candidate will also be expected to participate in the development of our graduate program. Candidates must have Ph.D. in hand before undertaking their duties. Preference will be given to candidates with teaching experience. This is a tenure-track position. Interested candidates should submit a cv, samples of written work, and recommendations by March 15 to: Dr Bernard D. Cooperman c/0 Department of History University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-7315 The University of Maryland is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and minority candidates. From: Stuart Lee <STUART@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK> Subject: CTISS Vacancy (Oxford) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 93 10:35 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 778 (1022) ___________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ___________________________________________________________________ Computers in Teaching Initiative Support Service PROGRAMMES MANAGER This new post will support the work of CTISS and the Association For Learning Technology in promoting the use of computers in teaching in higher education. The post will include managing workshops, editing newsletters, promotion and fund raising, and deputising on occasions for the Head of CTISS. Applicants should be graduates with experience of teaching, preferably in higher education. They must be self-motivated and be able to express ideas clearly on paper and in public speaking situations, and have a confident and communicative personality. A thorough knowledge of microcomputer capabilities is essential. Familiarity with teaching and learning applications of computers would be an advantage. This is a fixed-term post for one year in the first instance. The salary will be on the Research Support 1A scale (12,638 - 20,140 pa) for academic-related staff, according to age and experience. Further details and application forms may be obtained from Mrs Judith Thompson, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, (tel: 0865-273230, e-mail: JUDITH@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX). Closing date for the submission of applications is 23 February 1993. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computers in Teaching Initiative Support Service 13 Banbury Road Phone: +44 865 273273 Oxford OX2 6NN Fax: +44 865 273275 United Kingdom Email: ctiss@vax.ox.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: <BURT@BRANDEIS> Subject: RE: 6.0475 Q/A: Photos in Dead Eyes; Maxims Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 15:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 779 (1023) In Dixon's novel _The Clansman_ the protagonist reconstructs the image of the rapist from a reflection in the dead woman's eyes. John Burt Brandeis University From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0475 Q/A: Photos in Dead Eyes; Maxims (2/30) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1993 16:50:28 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 780 (1024) Re. "photo in a dead man's/woman's eye": I thought the request was for sources using the concept, not "what does it mean?" Can't help with sources. But since others are suggesting meanings, here's what I automatically thought it meant: when you look in a person's eye you can see, reflected on the cornea, an image of what the person is looking at. I assumed the "photo in a dead person's eye" referred to a superstition/belief that when a person died, the last thing s/he was looking at became "fixed" on his/her cornea (i.e. the reflection of the object did), and would therefore remain in the eye even if you moved the person's body. I've never heard of such a superstition myself, but I was sure the reference must be to the image you see on a person's eye. (Hey, has nobody else gazed into an Other's eyes lately... :-) -- or is it that you aren't focussing on the picture of the kitchen sink reflected there?) Judy Koren, Haifa. From: Richard Tuerk <TUERK@ETSUACAD> Subject: Re: 6.0474 History-Associated Lists (1/75) Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 14:12:56 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 781 (1025) The list AMERSTDY@MIAMIU is extremely inactive. Most of the messages on it are from people trying to get off. It is supposed to be a moderated list, so the listserv cannot allow people off, nor can it set various mail options. Apparently, the list was started in connection with some course that no longer is being taught. Richard Tuerk East Texas State University tuerk@etsuacad From: David Chesnutt <N330004@UNIVSCVM> Subject: Resources for American History Date: Wed, 03 Feb 93 14:20:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 479 (1026) A colleague has asked that I query the list for leads to electronic resources (Opitical Disks, CD-ROM, etc.) which might be appropriate for use with a freshman survey course in U.S. history (17th-20th centuries). Many thanks... David From: 6500lc01@UCSBUXA.BITNET (Lorna Clymer) Subject: NEH Summer Seminars Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 10:32:14 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 480 (1027) *********************************************************** Announcing: 1993 NEH SUMMER SEMINARS These summer seminars may be of particular interest to those concerned with eighteenth-century culture. If the brief descriptions given here are of interest, please inquire further from the listed director. Stipend: $3600. Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 1993. Note: U.S. citizens and long-term residents only are eligible. ****** **ROUSSEAU AND BLAKE: INVENTING THE MODERN SELF** Harvard University June 14 - July 30 Directed by Leo Damrosch A study of the imaginative roots of modern notions of the self, placing Rousseau and Blake in dialogue with each other and with later writers. Applications are invited from persons interested in a wide range of fields, such as literature, history of ideas, philosophy, psychology, art history. Applications and further information: Leo Damrosch, English Department, Warren House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Telephone messages: (617) 630-0333. ****** **THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW** University of California at Berkeley June 15 - July 29 Directed by Ralph W. Rader A consideration of the novel as a sharply distinctive, historically emergent form which develops in its mainline "plotted suspense" structure through several stages, from _Pamela_ through the Richardson-to-Austen novel of moral action, the Victorian "baggy monster" novel, and the early modern novels of Hardy and Conrad, before this structure, in effect an objective fantasy, gives way to the classic modern novel of transfigured reality as written by Joyce, Woolf, and Lawrence. Applications and further information: Ralph W. Rader, English Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Fax inquiries: (510) 642-8738. ****** **EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SATIRE AND THEORIES OF SATIRE** Emory University June 14 - July 30 Directed by John Sitter A reconsideration of satiric poetry and prose from 1690-1760 in light of the period's philosophic strains and recent theories of satire, irony, and parody. Readings include works by Swift, Shaftesbury, Pope, Locke, Prior, Berkeley, Hogarth, Henry Fielding, Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Johnson. College teachers and independent scholars in literature and adjacent fields are welcome to apply. Applications and further information: John Sitter, English Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: (404) 727-6420; fax: (404) 727-2605. ****** **EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HISTORIOGRAPHY AND FICTION** University of California at Santa Barbara June 21 - August 6 Directed by Everett Zimmerman An examination of the interrelationships of history and fiction in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain, with a focus on the ways experience is structured to make it intelligible. The proposed readings include texts by Ricoeur, Hume, Gibbon, Defoe, Sterne, and Scott. Applications are invited from those interested in literature, history, and related fields. Applications and further information: Everett Zimmerman, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, 3591 Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Telephone messages: (805) 893-3907; e-mail: ezimmer@humanitas.ucsb.edu *********************************************************** From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: COMPUTERWORLD Article on computers in the humanities Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1993 17:55 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 481 (1028) I just saw an article in the Feb. 1, 1993, issue of _ComputerWorld_ entitled "Technohumanities 101." It mentions William Wulf, a CS professor at the University of Virginia (and the new Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at UVA); Edward Ayers, professor of history at UVA; and Jerome McGann, UVA professor of English; and James O'Donnell at the Center for the Computer Analysis of Texts at the University of Pennsylvania. There's also a box describing the need for SGML and the notice that WordPerfect will "introduce a conversion program that will convert text files into SGML format in accordance with industry-standard or user defined rules" later this year. Mary Dee Harris 202/387-0626 (voice) Language Technology 202/387-0625 (FAX) 2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: Karla Saari Kitalong <KITALONG@MTUS5.cts.mtu.edu> Subject: seeking suggestions for intro humanities course Date: Thu, 04 Feb 93 19:19:55 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 482 (1029) Next year I'm scheduled to teach an introductory course for undergraduate Humanities majors (primarily scientific and technical communication, but some liberal arts, too). I would like the course to split into two components, the first being an exploration of the role of the humanities- type in a technological society/engineering college, and the second part being what can a person with a humanities degree DO for a living? That being the case, I am looking for 2 different kinds of books that would be accessible to first-year students. For the first section, Postman's _Technopoly_ might work, but I'm afraid it's a little too critical of tech- nology. In previous years, people have used Snow's _Two Cultures and a Second Look_, which I'm also considering, but I fear it may come down too strongly on humanists. I'm looking for suggestions that provide a balance between the two extremes. I see the writings for this part of the course consisting of journal entries or short response papers leading to class discussion. For the second part of the course, I may ask the students to take a career aptitude/interest test, then write a short paper (either interview or library research) in which they find out more about one of the careers that shows up on their profile. [deleted quotation]on readings, critiques of the course layout and assignments, and any suggestions people care to offer. Please reply privately; I will summarize responses to the list. ------------------------ Karla Saari Kitalong ------------------------------ Academic Support Specialist - Department of Humanities Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 ----------------------------------------- E-mail: kitalong@mtus5.bitnet * kitalong@mtu.edu Voice: work - (906) 487-3262 * home - (906) 482-3656 ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Eiteljorg Nick <neiteljo@cc.brynmawr.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0474 More history lists Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 8:19:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 782 (1030) Omitted from the previous posting were, I think, two archaeology lists which might be of interest: ARCH-L@tamvm1.bitnet and AIA-L@cc.brynmawr.edu Nick Eiteljorg From: "Brian Nielsen" <bnielsen@merle.acns.nwu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0479 Q: E-Resources for American History (1/6) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 11:14:38 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 479 (1031) An electronic resource in U.S. history definitely worth looking at carefully is the American Memory Project, being developed at the Library of Congress. Our institution is one of a number of test sites, funded from various sources, including Apple Computer, LC, and, I believe, IBM... The Library of Congress is using CD-ROM, laserdisk, and other electronic media to make available parts of their unique collections that have up to now not received the kind of library processing that would make them especially useful. We're working with it in connection with our American Culture program (prof. Carl Smith -- cjsmith@nwu.edu) and the univ.library. Brian Nielsen Instructional Technology Group Academic Computing & Network Services Northwestern University phone: 708 491-2170 fax: 708 491-3824 internet:b-nielsen@nwu.edu [deleted quotation] From: Kelly Ann Tetterton <kat6b@minerva.acc.virginia.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0476 OTA Halting Distribution of E-Joyce (1/26) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 93 19:04:02 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 783 (1032) What can the Joyce people hope to gain by this? And how does this affect Kidd's edition? -- Kelly Tetterton, Etext goddess From: AEVANS@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: photos in dead eyes Date: 05 Feb 1993 11:42:18 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 784 (1033) To all Humanists: Thanks for the varied replies to my query on a "photo in a dead person's eye." As Judy from Haifa correctly surmised, this image (no pun intended) found in several late-19th and early 20th century fictional texts derives from certain scientific experiments conducted on the retina in Germany around 1877-78--where it was discovered that (in certain circumstances) the dead eye will retain the image of the last object viewed before death occurred. Soonafter, in France and England (I'm not sure about Germany) and later in the USA, this "fact" was used by novelists of various types for various purposes--detective fiction, science fiction, even propaganda fiction (e.g., T. Dixon's _The Clansman_, as mentioned) and soon became a "lieu commun" in the arsenal of literary imagination. Somew hatintrigued by this (admittedly morbid) piece of literary/scientific history , I have spent the past couple of months chasing down its origins, its different manifestations, and its evolution. A modern variant--for those of you who watched the premier episode of the TV "space opera" last month called SPACE RANGERS--consists of "reading" a dead person's brain for similar images using high-tech scanners. I hope to write up a short article on the topic in the near future. In the interim, any additional references/citations on this would be sincerely appreciated. To give you a hint of the variety of authors where this topos occurs: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Kipling, Verne, Maurice Renard, James Joyce, Thomas Dixon, Jules Claretie, Stanislaw Lem, Cleveland Moffett, Richard Slee, et al. Any others out there?? Art Evans aevans@depauw.bitnet From: Louis des Tombe <destombe@let.ruu.nl> Subject: EACL 1993 Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 11:45:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 485 (1034) Registration European ACL 1993 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Contrary to what was announced in earlier communications, 'early' and therefore cheaper registration will still be possible until March 1, 1993. The programme is almost finalized and will be published before mid-February. EACL 1993 chair. From: Susan Hockey <HOCKEY@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Possible and impossible queries Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 14:23 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 785 (1035) The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities is now making plans to provide some texts for access over the Internet. Our focus is on scholarly texts in the humanities and we want to provide texts with software that really addresses the concerns of humanities scholarship. I would like to find out from HUMANISTs what queries (or tasks) they would like to perform on electronic texts, which they have been unable to do with existing software tools and text databases. In order to keep this discussion focussed, anything to do with printing or screen display should be excluded. Anything else, whether big or small, is of interest. Please do not be constrained by what you know of existing tools, although it's often useful to start by comparison with those. Susan Hockey Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities Rutgers and Princeton Universities From: RICH@HOOVER.BITNET Subject: health bibliography Date: 05 Feb 1993 11:04:13 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 786 (1036) A colleague here at the Hoover would like help for a project relating to nursing. He would like to know what online resources are monitoring the Department of health and Human Services in Washington, including whether there is a source for their publications and an updated bibliography of department publishing. He would also probably find useful any ftp sites with nursing materials, any groups disucssing the history and moral/ethical/financial side of nursing and health matters, and a source of Federal Register issues that could be accessed electronically. Many thanks for the help -- I suspect the information has some general interest, especially with the way health is being made a major issue of the new administration. Paul Rich Hoover Institution, Stanford rich@hoover.bitnet From: "Serge Trottein" <UROB001@FRORS31.BITNET> Subject: Biblio on astrological images Date: 08 Feb 93 00:09:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 787 (1037) I am interested in locating recent studies (last 10 years or so) on 12th-16th-century astrological images, especially those which discuss representations of the seven planets and their terrestrial influence (i.e. the Planets and their "Children"). Also, is anyone familiar with a book by Eliana Carrara on the Schifanoia frescoes? It doesn't yet seem to be in European libraries, but was mentioned in a recent publication. Many thanks in advance for your bibliographic suggestions. -Serge Trottein <urob001@frors31.bitnet> From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Identifying a quotation Date: Tue, 9 Feb 93 19:02:30 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 788 (1038) Someone has asked me to identify the following lines. It looks, or sounds, somewhat like late 19th or early 20th century to me. Any suggestions? "Silken membranes span his path, fingerprints in dew, Denizens of twilight lands, humbly beg him through, Mother Nature's bastard child, shunned by leaf and stream, An alien in an alien land, seeks solace within dreams." Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: maurizio lana <LANA@ITOCSIVM.CSI.IT> Subject: writing with a word processor (an old debate) Date: Sun, 07 Feb 93 21:29:24 ITA X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 789 (1039) I remeber that some 3 years ago, a debate arose about that report saying that texts written with a Mac were simpler and poorer, from syntactical point of vue, than those written onto a PC. Could anyone help me to find the messages related to that debate? What about database function allowing to retrieve only desidered messages? Thank you. Maurizio MAURIZIO LANA | E-MAIL: LANA@ITOCSIVM.CSI.IT | fax 39-11-899 0458 CISI - Universita' di Torino - V. S. Ottavio 20 - 10124 Torino Italy From: "Dr. Gerd Willee" <UPK000@DBNRHRZ1> Subject: announcement Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 10:30:11 MEZ X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 487 (1040) Jahrestagung 1993 der Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische Datenverarbeitung (GLDV) Universitaet Kiel, 3.3.-5.3.1993 Sprachtechnologie: Methoden, Werkzeuge, Perspektiven P R O G R A M M Mittwoch, 03.03.93 ab 8.00 Anmeldung 09.00:Einleitungspanel: Linguistische Datenverarbeitung/Computerlinguistik Selbstverstaendnis einer Disziplin Leitung: Prof. Dr. W. Lenders, Univ. Bonn Teilnehmer: I. Batori (Koblenz), H. Haller (Saarbruecken), H.J. Neuhaus (Muenster), B. Rieger (Trier) Sektion Quantitative Linguistik (Leitung: Reinhard Koehler): 10.30:Koehler, R.: Einheiten, Dimensionen und Masse 11.00:Schmidt, P.: Metrisierungsmoeglichkeiten in der Morphosyntax 11.30:Leopold, E.: Linguistische Anpassungsprozesse in der Zeitdimension 13.30:Altmann, G.: Ranghaeufigkeitsverteilungen 14.30:Boroda, I.: Einheiten und Messungen musikalischer Texte 15.00 Kaffeepause Freie Vortraege (parallel: Software / Linguistik) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 15.30:Seewald, U.: Objektorientierte Programmierung als Werkzeug der Linguistischen Datenverarbeitung 16.00:Lutz, H.-D.: Software-Ergonomie fuer Sprachsoftware 16.30:Marx, J.: Der Einsatz natuerlichsprachlicher Komponenten in einer multimodalen Benutzerschnittstelle fuer Werkstoffdatenbanken ----------- 15.30:I. Batori / M. Volk (Koblenz): Grammar engineering und linguistische Forschung 16.00:Domenig, M. et al.: Werkzeuge zur Akquisition und Verwaltung von morphologischem und phrasealem Wissen 16.30:Weber, N.: Computergestuetzte Analyse von Definitionstexten in einem deutschen Woerterbuch 17.00:Begruessung und Empfang durch die Universitaet Kiel Donnerstag, 04.03.92 ---------------------------------------------------- Sektion Fuzzy Linguistik (Leitung: Burghard Rieger) 09.00:Rieger, B.: LLAMA*) - ein Pilotsystem zum referentiellen Sprachlernen mit unscharfem Bedeutungserwerb 09.30:Badry, B.: Sprachliche Unschaerfe und ihre experimentelle Modellierung in LLAMA 10.00:Reichert, M.: Cluster-Strukturen der Zwischenrepraesentationen in LLAMA 10.30:Galle,M.: Methodische Grundlagen und formale Voraussetzungen der praktischen Auswertbarkeit sehr grosser linguistischer Corpora (VLLC)**) *) LLAMA := Language Learning And Meaning Acquisition **) VLLC := Very Large Linguistic Corpora (> 10exp7 running words) 11.00 Kaffeepause Sektion Maschinelle Uebersetzung (Leitung: Johann Haller) 11.30:Schwall, U.: METAL - Fortschritte und neue Entwicklungen 12.00:Roesner, D.: Multilinguale Generierung aus Wissensbasen 14.00:Bruckert, F.: LOGOS in Europa - der neue Uebersetzerarbeitsplatz 14.30:Haller, J.: CAT2 - vom Forschungssystem zum praeindustriellen Prototyp 15.00:Schubert, K.: Zwischen Benutzerschulung und Wissenschaft. Sprachtechnologie in der Uebersetzerausbildung. 16.00:GLDV-Mitgliederversammlung Abendveranstaltung Freitag, 5.3.93 Sektion Maschinelle Korpora (Leitung: Winfried Lenders) 09.00:Wothke, Klaus: Statistisch basiertes Wortklassentagging an deutschen Textkorpora - einige Experimente 09.30:Schroeder,B.: Fragen der Repraesentativitaet linguistischer Korpora 10.00:Willee, G.: Erfahrungen mit morphologischem Tagging am Beispiel des LIMAS-Korpus 10.30:Lenders, W.: Tagging - Formen und Tools 11.00:Treffen der Arbeitskreise Gegen 13.00 Ende der Tagung Informationen Teilnahmegebuehren: Nichtmitglieder................DM 150,-- Mitglieder.....................DM 100,-- Studenten (Nicht-Mitglieder)...DM 75,-- (ohne Proceedings) Studenten (Mitglieder).........DM 50,-- (ohne Proceedings) Bei Anmeldung nach dem 25.02. erhoeht sich die Teilnahmegebuehr um DM 30,--. Bitte ueberweisen Sie die Teilnahmegebuehr auf das Konto mit der Nr. 25 291 170 bei der Sparkasse Kiel, BLZ 210 501 70, und geben Sie als Stichwort "GLDV-93" an. Wir bitten Sie, Zimmerreservierungen selbst vorzunehmen. Organisation: GLDV-93 c/o Dr. Horst P. Puetz Germanistisches Seminar Universitaet Kiel Olshausenstr. 40 D-W-2300 Kiel, FRG email: ger07 @ rz.uni-kiel.dbp.de fax: +49 431 880 1524/1512 ____________________________________________________________ | | | Dr. Gerd Willee | | Institut fuer Kommunikationsforschung und Phonetik | | Universitaet Bonn | | Poppelsdorfer Allee 47 | | | | D-W-5300 Bonn 1 Tel.: +49 228 73 56 20 | | Fax: +49 228 73 56 39 | | internet: willee @ uni-bonn.de | |____________________________________________________________| From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: Conf. on Database and Expert Systems Applications Date: September 6-8, 1993 Location: Prague, Czechoslovakia X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 488 (1041) AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Use and development of database and expert systems can be found in all fields of computer science. The aim of DEXA 93 is to present a large spectrum of already implemented or just being developed database and expert systems. The conference will offer the opportunity to extensively discuss requirements, problems, and so lutions in the field. Contributions should cover new requirements, concepts for implementations (e.g. languages, models, storage structures), management of meta data, system architec tures, and experiences gained by using databases and expert systems in different areas of applications. The conference should inspire a fruitful dialogue between developments in practi ce, users of database and expert systems, and scientists working in the field. SUGGESTED TOPICS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The papers are solicited on applications including, but not limited to the follo wing topics: CASE Knowledge Engineering CIM Legal Information Systems Communications Machine Learning/Knowledge Aquisition Computer Cartography Medical Information Systems Data Protection Multimedia Databases Databases in the Humanities Museum Information Systems Databases on Supercomputers Natural Language Interfaces/Processing Deductive Databases Object-Oriented Databases Design Tools Office Information Systems Distributed Applications Parallel Database Systems Environmental Inf. Systems Scientific/Engineering Applications Expert Systems Architecture Social/Governmental Information Syst. Heterogeneous Systems Spatial Databases Historical Databases Statistical Databases Hypertext/Hypermedia Uncertainty Handling Information Retrieval Visual Interfaces INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Submit four copies of a double-spaced paper (with an abstract and key words)limi ted to 15 pages (long paper), or to 8 pages (short paper) to: Prof.Dr. Vladimir MARIK Phone: (+42 2) 293107 Czech Technical University Fax: (+42 2) 290159 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, email: marik@lab.folk.cvut.cs AI Group Technick 2 CS - 166 27 Prague 6 Czechoslovakia All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings (Springer Ve rlag). Extended revisions of selected papers will be published in the Journal "Applied Data & Knowledge Engineering", Springer Verlag (Editor in Chief: A Min Tjoa). ORGANIZING COMMITEE Chairman: R.R. Wagner, FAW, Austria Local Organization: Z. Kouba, L. Lhotska, O. Stepankova, T. Vicek, Prague, CSFR PROGRAMME COMMITTEE General Chairman: A Min Tjoa, University of Vienna, Austria Chairman: V.Marik, Czech Technical University, CSFR H. Afsarmanesh, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands H.J. Appelrath, University of Oldenburg, Germany K. Bauknecht, University of Zrich, Switzerland T. Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool, Great Britain J. Bing, NRCCL Oslo, Norway I. Bratko, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia B. Croft, University of Massachusetts, USA W.S. Cellary, Technical University of Poznan, Poland J. Debenham, University of Technology, Australia P. Drazan, RIKS Maastricht, The Netherlands J. Eder, University of Klagenfurt, Austria A.L. Furtado, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F. Galindo, University of Zaragoza, Spain G. Gardarin, INRIA, France F. Golshani, Arizona State University, USA G. Gottlob, Technical University of Vienna, Austria E. Hajicova, Charles University, SCFR I. Hawryszkiewycz, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia P. Henderson, University of Southampton, GB K. Hirota, Hosei University, Japan J.-K. Hong, IBM Tokyo, Japan D. Hsiao, Naval Postgraduate School, USA M. Jarke, University of Aachen, Germany M. Kamel, Naval Postgraduate School, USA Y. Kambayashi, IMEEL, Japan G. Kappel, University of Vienna, Austria D. Karagiannis, FAW Ulm, Germany P. Krohs, University of Duisburg, Germany J. Lazansky, Czech Technical University, CSFR J. Liebowitz, George Washington University, USA F. Lochovsky, HKUST, Hongkong V. Lum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong G. Mller, University of Freiburg, Germany J. Motiwalla, University of Singapore, Singapore M.-A. Neimat, HP Laboratories, USA E. Neuhold, GMD-IPSI, Germany S. Nishio, University of Osaka, Japan A. Olive, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain G. Ozsoyoglu, University Case Western Research, USA M. Papazoglou, National University, Australia G. Quirchmayr, University of Linz, Austria I. Ramos, Technical University of Valencia, Spain C. Rolland, University Paris I, France C.-R. Rollinger, University of Osnabrueck, Germany N. Roussopoulos, University of Maryland, USA F. Saltor, Facultat d'Informatica, Spain A. Sernadas, University of Lisbon, Portugal E. Simon, INRIA, France J.C. Smith, University of British Columbia, Canada D. Specht, Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Berlin, Germany K. Tanaka, Kobe University, Japan C. Thanos, IEI-CNR, Italy C.H. Thoma Ciba-Geigy, Switzerland C. Van Dorsser, ORIGIN, The Netherlands K. Vidyasankar, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada IMPORTANT DATES Papers due: February 28, 1993 Notification of acceptance: April 30,1993 Camera-ready copies: May 31, 1993 From: Dan Fass <fass@cs.sfu.ca> Subject: PACLING-93 invited/accepted papers + registration information Date: 8 Feb 93 10:16 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 489 (1042) INVITED/ACCEPTED PAPERS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION PACLING '93 First Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference April 21-24 (Wed-Sat) 1993 The Harbour Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada CONFERENCE AIMS PACLING '93 will be a workshop-oriented meeting whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among Pacific Rim countries, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange showing openness towards good research falling outside current dominant "schools of thought," and on technological transfer within the Pacific region. GUEST SPEAKERS, TITLES AND BRIEF ABSTRACTS "An Overview of JPSG -- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese" Dr Takao Gunji, Osaka University, Japan An overview of an ongoing project called JPSG (Japanese Phrase Structure Grammar) is presented. JPSG is an implementation of ideas from recent developments in the phrase structure grammar formalism, such as HPSG, applied to the Japanese language. Even though JPSG shares many aspects of grammatical formalization with HPSG, we have adopted a number of extensions and modifications in our development. We use an extended notion of unification -- constraint unification -- which takes into account declarative constraints, in addition to feature structures, so that the same declarative description can be used both for generation and recognition. "Industrial Strength NLP: The Challenge of Broad Coverage" Dr George E. Heidorn, Microsoft Research, USA To achieve apparent natural language understanding in consumer products, the underlying NLP system will have to be very robust. It will be expected to do more than a limited task in a limited domain. The NLP group at Microsoft Research is developing a system which is intended to be a central component for ubiquitous NLP. This work is still in its early stages, but we do have a system of some interest that runs on Windows 3.1 and produces reasonable logical forms for a fairly wide range of English text. This talk will describe the various facets of the work we are doing and show some of the results we have obtained to date. "Language Generation for Multimedia Explanations" Dr Kathleen R. McKeown, Columbia University, USA Multimedia information systems have the potential to greatly increase the effectiveness with which information is communicated. Whether language, visual media (e.g., pictures, charts, figures, etc.) or some combination are more appropriate for communication can depend on the kind of information being communicated, on user ability or background, and on the situations in which information is communicated. Our work on COMET (COordinated Multimedia Explanation Testbed) has as its goal the interactive generation of explanations that fully integrate and coordinate text and graphics, all of which is generated on the fly. In this talk, I will focus on three ways in which COMET coordinates its text and graphics: 1. cross references from text to graphics, 2. coordination of sentence and picture breaks, and 3. influence from one media on realization in another. ACCEPTED PAPERS (Confirmation of acceptance is still to be received from the authors of some accepted papers; groupings of papers are tentative.) *** Morphology, Phonology and Prosody *** "Parsing Indonesian Morphology Using Syllable-Based Model." Hammam R. Yusuf, Agency for the Assessment & Application of Technology, INDONESIA and University of Kentucky, USA. "Learning Vocabulary for a Register Vector Parser." David R. Astels & Bruce A. MacDonald, University of Calgary, CANADA. "Understanding Spoken English Using a Systemic Functional Framework." C. Rowles, X. Huang, M. de Beler, J. Vonwiller, R. King, C. Matthiesson, P. Sefton & M. O'Donnell, Telecom Research Laboratories/ Sydney University, AUSTRALIA. "An Experimental Discourse-Neutral Prosodic Phrasing System for Mandarin Chinese." Gina-Anne Levow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. *** Parsing -- General *** "Context-Free Grammar Parsing by Message Passing." Dekang Lin & Randy Goebel, University of Manitoba/Alberta, CANADA. "Parsing With Principles" David LeBlanc, Henry Davis & Richard Rosenberg, Tilburg University/ University of British Columbia, NETHERLANDS/CANADA. "Recovering a Logical Form Representation Using a Single-Pass Principle-Based Parser." Carl Alphonce, University of British Columbia, CANADA. *** Parsing -- Language-Specific *** "Grammar of Sino-Japanese Words." Nagiko I. Lee, Canadian International College/University of British Columbia, CANADA. "On Processing Empty Categories in English and Japanese." Tadao Miyamoto & Joseph F. Kess, University of Victoria, CANADA. "A Maximum Conditional-Probability Method and Bootstrapping-Acquisition of Simplified Markov Models for Japanese Word Succession." Toru Hisamitsu & Yoshihiko Nitta, Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory, JAPAN. *** Semantics and Cognitive Modelling *** "Handling Real World Input by Abduction." Loke Soo Hsu, Chew Lim Tan & Zhibiao Wu, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE. "An Image-Schematic System of Thematic Roles." Dekai Wu, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HONG KONG. "Beyond Deterministic Lexical Disambiguation." Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Carleton University, CANADA. "A Meaningful Approach to Natural Language Processing." Sait Dogru & James R. Slagle, University of Minnesota, USA. *** Pragmatics and Discourse *** "Constraint of the Japanese Conjunction "shikashi (but)." Tatsunori Mori & Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yokohama National University, JAPAN. "Reconciling Sharp True/False Boundaries With Scalar Vagueness." Alice I. Kyburg & Lenhart Schubert, University of Rochester, USA. "A Computational Formalism for Syntactic Aspects of Rhetoric." Marzena Makuta-Giluk & Chrysanne DiMarco, University of Waterloo, CANADA. "What's Going on in these Advertisements? -- A Case Study of Indirect Speech." Paul Wu Horng Jyh, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE. *** Natural Language Generation/Explanation *** "A Prototype of English Sentence Generation System Based on SD-form Semantics Model." Guifeng Shao, Masahiro Wakiyama, Sei-ichiro Kamata & Eiji Kawaguchi, Kyushu Institute of Technology/Kitakyushu National College of Technology, JAPAN. "Natural Language Explanation of Natural Deduction Proofs." Francis Jeffry Pelletier & Andrew Edgar, University of Alberta, CANADA. "The Placement of Examples in Descriptions: Before, Within or After the Text." Vibhu O. Mittal & Cecile L. Paris, Information Sciences Institute/ University of Southern California, USA. *** Natural Language Generation/Planning *** "Deciding Appropriate Query Content According to Topic Features." Yukiko Ishikawa & Tsuneaki Kato, NTT Network Information Systems Laboratories, JAPAN. "Planning Utterances with Prominence." Shozo Naito & Akira Shimazu, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, JAPAN. "Coordinating Ideational and Textual Resources in the Generation of Multisentential Texts in Chinese." Licheng Zeng, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA. *** Machine Translation and Machine Assisted Translation *** "Translation of Metonymy in an Interlingual MT System." Takahiro Wakao & Stephen Helmreich, New Mexico State University, USA. "Lexical Choice in Machine Translation." John Phillips, National Language Research Institute, JAPAN. "Tuning of a Machine Translation System to Wire-Service Economic News." Teruaki Aizawa, Naoto Katoh & Masoko Kamata, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, JAPAN. "The Integration of MT and MAT." Robert Frederking, Dean Grannes, Peter Cousseau & Sergei Nirenburg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. *** Document Structure and Language Learning Aids *** "Cooperative Understanding of Natural Language and Picture Patterns in Drill Text." Tsutomu Endo, Hidehiro Ohki & Kazuhiro Takaoka, Oita University, JAPAN. "CWORDER: An Experimental Chinese Word Information Retrieval System for Language Learning Aids." Yu Zeng & John N. Crossley, Monash University, AUSTRALIA. "Why Johnny Can't Read the Screwiest Writing System in the World and How to Help Him Learn: On the Necessity of Japanese<->English Hyperdictionaries." Harvey Abramson, University of Tokyo, JAPAN. *** Information Retrieval/Extraction and Large-Scale Lexical Resources *** "Automatically Deriving Structured Knowledge Bases from Online Dictionaries." William Dolan & Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft Corporation, USA. "Information Retrieval Based on Paraphrase." Peter Wallis, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUSTRALIA. "The Diderot Information Extraction System." Jim Cowie, Takahiro Wakao, Louise Guthrie & Wang Jin, New Mexico State University, USA. "Text Analysis: How Can Machine Learning Help?" Stan Matwin & Stan Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa, CANADA. *** Tools and Environments *** "Graphical Interaction with Constraint-Based Grammars." Jo Calder, Simon Fraser University, CANADA. "STAS - A Relation For Comparing Tree Traversals of Grammar Processing Algorithms." Miroslav Martinovic, New York University, USA. "A Parallel Processing Environment for Natural Language Applications." Hsin-Hsi Chen & Jiunn-Liang Leu, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN. POSTER SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, COMPUTER FACILITIES Approximately 6 people are being invited to present posters. Invited speakers and authors of accepted papers are being encouraged to give demonstrations of their systems. The conference is providing Mac, IBM, NeXT and SUN machines for demonstrations. Conference attendees will be provided with guest e-mail facilities during the conference. LOCATION OF CONFERENCE AND HOTELS The conference will take place at the Harbour Centre, the recently opened extension of Simon Fraser University at 515 West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver. PACLING has secured special rates with three hotels, each only a few minutes walk from the Harbour Centre and from downtown shops, restaurants and nightlife. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION Full registration fees for the conference, besides attendance at conference sessions and use of guest e-mail facilities, include: * copy of the conference proceedings * reception * banquet * day trip to Whistler Village, home to two of the finest skiing areas in North America, Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains; the village and surroundings are very picturesque; the village has many shops and restaurants; skiing is still good in April, weather permitting (ski passes not included in registration fee). REGISTRATION CATEGORY REGISTRATION FEE until March 15 after March 15 Full registration, reduced rate: (full time student or unemployed) CDN$105 US$88 CDN$135 US$115 Full registration, standard rate: (everyone else) CDN$210 US$175 CDN$270 US$230 Partial registration -- reception, banquet and day trip only: CDN$75 US$63 CDN$95 US$80 (partner of conference attendee) The registration fees include all taxes. We would prefer Canadian funds, but US funds are acceptable. Please pay by one of the following methods: 1. bankers draft or cheque in Canadian dollars drawn on a Canadian bank, 2. bankers draft or cheque in US dollars drawn on an American bank, 3. VISA card or MasterCard (please supply full name, card type, card number and expiry date). Please make bankers drafts and cheques payable to Simon Fraser University. Send your payment, complete with your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if applicable) to: Fred Popowich email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Registration tel: (604) 291-4193 School of Computing Science fax: (604) 291-3045 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 For further information on the conference and on local arrangements, contact: Dan Fass email: fass@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Publicity and Local Arrangements tel: (604) 291-3208 Centre for Systems Science fax: (604) 291-4424 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 ATTENDEES WITH VISA DIFFICULTIES We are aware that some individuals may experience difficulties obtaining a visa. If people have paid for registration and then are not able to obtain a visa, their registration fee will be refunded. Unfortunately, hotel deposits probably cannot be refunded. HOTEL REGISTRATION INFORMATION Preferential rates have been negotiated with three downtown hotels at 82, 65 and 43 Canadian dollars per person per night. A minimum deposit equal to one night's accomodation is required. Conference registrants should establish their own contact with hotels -- please don't include money for hotel rooms with your conference registration. Attendees should aim to book rooms by Monday March 15th if possible as the earlier they book, the better the room they are likely to get. The phone numbers given below include the regional but not international code. People sending faxes or telephoning from outside North America should check their country's international code for calling Canada. When attendees contact hotels, they should mention the PACLING '93 convention in order to obtain PACLING's special rates. All prices given below are in Canadian dollars and include national and provincial taxes unless otherwise stated. HOTEL #1: Ramada Renaissance Hotel, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 3T3. Fax: (604) 689-4358. Telephone: (604) 689-9211. Toll free in Canada: 1-800-268-8998. Toll free in USA: 1-800-228-9898. Single CDN$81.90 (CDN$70 + 17% taxes) Two beds or double CDN$111.15 (CDN$95 + 17% taxes) Typical breakfast CDN$10.50 + tax and gratuities Comments -- This 432 room hotel is located on Vancouver's waterfront six blocks from the Harbour Centre. Rooms have colour televisions, telephones and individual heating. Ask for a room with a harbour view. The hotel has a restaurant, several lounge bars, a fitness club, sauna and indoor pool. Transportation is provided to and from Vancouver International Airport. -- The Ramada has given us very generous convention rates. Although Ramada has a worldwide reservation system, only the Vancouver hotel knows about PACLING's special rates, so please contact the hotel directly. If you contact the hotel, don't forget to mention that you are booking rooms as part of PACLING '93. HOTEL #2: Days Inn Vancouver Downtown, 921 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1M2. Fax: (604) 681-4335. Telephone: (604) 681-7808. Toll free in Canada and USA: 1-800-325-2525. Single CDN$64.35 (CDN$55 + 17% taxes) Two beds CDN$81.90 (CDN$70 + 17% taxes) Typical breakfast CDN$7.00 + tax and gratuities Comments -- This 85 room hotel is very centrally located in the heart of Vancouver's financial district, four blocks from the Harbour Centre. Rooms have colour televisions. Few rooms have a view. Rooms at the back of the hotel may be quieter than those at the front. A restaurant and bar are on the hotel site. A health club with sauna and squash facilities is located one block from the hotel. -- Please contact the hotel directly. If you do, please mention that you are booking rooms as part of PACLING '93 in order to get our special convention rate. HOTEL #3: The Hotel at the YWCA, 580 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 2K9. Fax: (604) 681-2550. Telephone: (604) 662-8188. Toll free in BC and Alberta: 1-800-663-1424. Single with hall bathroom (women only) CDN$42.90 (CDN$39 + 10% taxes) Single with shared bathroom (men and women) CDN$49.45 (CDN$45 + 10% taxes) Two beds with hall bathroom (women only) CDN$55.00 (CDN$50 + 10% taxes) Two beds with shared bathroom (men and women) CDN$58.30 (CDN$53 + 10% taxes) Typical breakfast (self-serve) CDN$4.50 + tax Comments -- This 169 room hotel also has a central downtown location, six blocks from the Harbour Centre. Some rooms have a view. Request a room with a bay view above the 10th floor as it is quieter up there. Rooms don't have televisions (there are TV lounges every other floor). Singles are a good size, but do not have sinks. Twins are a bit cramped. Self-serve restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is a pool and fitness centre for women only. -- Please contact the hotel directly and mention that you are part of PACLING '93. PACLING '93 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Members: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) (Chair) Nick Cercone (University of Regina, Canada) Christian Matthiessen (University of Sydney, Australia) Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University, USA) Local Members: Dan Fass (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Paul McFetridge (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Fred Popowich (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Roland Sussex (Queensland University, Australia) Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University, Japan) Advisors: Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada) Observers: Minako O'Hagan (New Zealand Translation Center, New Zealand) SPONSORS Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication interest group of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan; the Australian Computer Science Society; Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of Canada; the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University; Centre for Systems Science. From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" <CXFW@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: FrameMaker Reviewer Required Date: Sat, 06 Feb 93 16:53:10 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 790 (1043) ***** AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN ***** from the COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM c/o Todd Blayone, Editor Birks Building McGill University 3520 University Street Montreal, PQ - Canada - H3A 2A7 _________________________________________________________________ -- Seeking Qualified Individual to Perform FrameMaker Review -- The _Computer-Assisted Research Forum_ (_CARF_) is an independent, reader-friendly bulletin for academics and educators in the humanities. It is currently published three times during the academic year at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. _CARF_ is seeking a qualified individual to perform a review of FrameMaker (for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows) to be published in the Spring/Summer 1993 edition. This individual is a humanities teacher/scholar with significant desktop publishing (dtp) experience. Furthermore, he/she will be have access to (and be familiar with!) both Macintosh and PC (Windows-based) systems. Upon completion of the review, the selected individual will be asked to retain a copy of FrameMaker (Macintosh version), and will receive a complimentary _CARF_ subscription. Interested parties are asked to respond via electronic mail to cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca. Thanks, Todd Blayone Editor, _CARF_ From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Software recommendations Date: Mon, 8 Feb 93 18:10:18 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 791 (1044) I have tried to put together the following list of software packages as a guide to students in my course on computing & Spanish language and literature. The guiding principle was to recommend first packages supported by our Wokstation Support Group, then those that I know to be in widespread use either here or elsewhere, finally those about which I have heard Good Things from someone. I would be very grateful for (1) additions and corrections to the existing list (2) additions to the KINDS of software packages listed here. Since I am basically a UNIX/DOS person, the Mac recommendations are rather thin. I will incorporate suggestions and send this around again in its final form. Charles Faulhaber Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese UC Berkeley cbf@athena.berkeley.edu **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** This is a list of recommended software packages for the Macintosh and DOS environments. Packages supported at Berkeley are ranked ahead of others. The dates at the head of some of the packages are the dates of messages in which the recommendation was made. Microsoft and Claris software is available from The Scholar's Workstation to registered students and staff of UC Berkeley at academic discounts. Abbreviations: TSW = The Scholar's Workstation (41 University Hall) WSG = Workstation Support Group (264 Evans Hall) MACINTOSH Anti-virus software: ? Backup software: ? Bibliographical software: Pro-Cite with Bibliolink. UC standard to download citations from GLADIS & MELVYL (TSW $119) Also recommended: 4/17/91 EndNote Plus (Niles & Associates, 2000 Hearst St. suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94709. (510) 649-8176. nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us) Communications software: MacKermit (available from WSG) White Knight Microphone II Concordances: ? Data Base Management: Hypercard (TSW $80) Foxbase+ (TSW $144) FileMake Pro (TSW $162) Desktop publishing: ? Dictionaries: Claris International Spelling Dictionaries (German, Spanish, French) (TSW $25 each) ALKI Software, 300 Queen Anne Ave. N. Suite 410 (206) 286-2600 $99.95 per dictionary [Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish] File compression (either 1-time or resident, to save space on hard disk) Stuff-It Compact Pro Autodoubler File translation mac > pc / pc > mac maclink plus UUTool 2.3.2 FTP (File Transfer Protocol). To retrieve files from remote locations: Fetch (available from WSG) Graphics programs: ? Indexing packages: ? Linguistic Analysis: ? Mail: Eudora. Interface to UNIX mail. For networked machines only. Will automatically binhex and de-binhex Macintosh files to send across the network. (available from WSG) Memory Manager: ? Outline software: ? Screensavers: ? SGML encoder/parser: ? Spread sheets: Excel (TSW $113) Statistical packages: SPSS Statgraphics Text Analysis: ? Text retrieval: ThoughtPattern. Bananafish Software (bananafish@applelink.apple.com) Gofer Text Editor: ? Textual Criticism: COLLATE (Peter Robinson, Oxford) Utilities (file management, backup, calendars, calculators...): ? Word processors: Microsoft Word (TSW $113) WordPerfect 6/26/90 Linguist's Software (P.O. Box 508, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580 (206) 775-1130) (non-Roman fonts)) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DOS Anti-virus software: ? Backup Software: PCTools Bibliographical software: Pro-Cite with Bibliolink. UC standard to download citations from GLADIS & MELVYL. (TSW $119) Also recommended: 1/24/92 Papyrus (Research Software Design, 2718 SW Kelly Street, Suite, 181 Portland, OR 97201 (503) 796-1368 D5295@applelink.apple.com) 7/3/91 Library Master (Balboa Software, 61 Lorraine Dr., Willowdale, Ont. M2N 2E3, Canada. (416) 730-8980. hahne@epas.utoronto.ca) 4/17/91 EndNote Plus (Niles & Associates, 2000 Hearst St. suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94709. (510) 649-8176. nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us) Communications software: MsKermit (available from WSG) Procomm Concordances: Micro OCP (Oxford University Press, Walton St., Oxford OX2 6DP, UK) Data Base Management: FoxPro for Windows (TSW $119) FoxPro for DOS (TSW $119) Filemake Pro for Windows (TSW $162) Microsoft Access (TSE $119) Paradox (TSW $58) (scaled down version) Desktop publishing: Ventura Dictionaries: Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows (TSW $71) File compression (either 1-time or resident, to save space on hard disk) pkzip/pkunzip Stacker File translation mac > pc / pc > mac maclink plus UUencode/UUdecode UUxfer20 FTP (File Transfer Protocol). To retrieve files from remote locations: ? Graphics programs: ? MacPaint (TSW $30) MacDraw II (TSW $78) Indexing software: 7/10/90 NLCindex (Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610) 7/10/90 Cindex (Indexing Research, P.O. Box 18609, Rochester, NY 14618 (716) 461-5530) Linguistic Analysis: ? Mail: NuPop. Interface for UNIX mail. For both networked and dial-in use. Will allow word-processing files to be sent to remote users. (Available from WSG). Memory Manager: QEMM Blue Max Outline software: ? Screensavers: After Dark SGML encoder/parser: ? Spread sheets: Excel for Windows (TSW $113) Statistical packages: SPSS Statgraphics Text Analysis: TACT (U. of Toronto). There is a special version available for texts tagged according to the system of the Medieval Spanish Seminary (U. of Wisconsin) Contact Ian Lancashire (ian@epas.utoronto.ca) MTAS (U. of Toronto). Via anonymous ftp epas.utoronto.ca in /pub/cch/mtas. "a batch MS-DOS program that does basic frequency lists, generates distribution and density graphs, and produces type-token statistics for western European languages, including Greek. It comes with modifiable help files and has proved useful both in individual research and in the teaching of elementary text analysis." [Ian Lancashire] Text Editor: Kedit V Edit Plus MS-DOS Editor (comes with Windows). Size of editable texts is limited by available memory. Textual Criticism: UNITE (Francisco Marcos Mari'n, U. Auto'noma de Madrid)) Utilities (file management, backup, calendars, calculators...): PCTools Norton Utilities Windows 3.1 (TSW $72) Word processors: WordPerfect Nota Bene Word for Windows (TSW $113) Word for DOS (TSW $81) Multi-Lingual Scholar (Gamma Productions, 710 Wilshire Blvd. suite 609, Santa Monica, CA 90401). Especially useful for non-European character sets. cbf@athena.berkeley.edu From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: CSS '93 Announcement Date: Tue, 09 Feb 93 10:34:19 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 491 (1045) I asked for details about the CSS conference a couple of weeks ago, so thought I would pass on what I learned. My thanks to Wendy Plotkin for forwarding this information to me. ****************************************************************************** Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers Computing in Social Sciences 1993 (CSS93) Conference May 19-21, 1993 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CSS93 will be the fourth annual conference of the Social Science Computing Association (SSCA). The purpose of SSCA, which is an interdisciplinary organization, is to promote the development of computing within the social sciences through organized activities and the interchange of ideas, data, teaching materials, experiences, research results, and other resources. The term "computing" is interpreted in a broad sense encompassing information technology and electronic networks using computers. SSCA encourages those interested in social science computing to attend CSS93. The theme of CSS93 is, "GRAND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES ". To take advantage of the hospitality of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and its director, Dr. Larry Smarr, CSS93 will have as its theme grand challenges for the social sciences. Grand challenges are problems of national importance which often require high performance computing for their solution. Numerous grand computing challenges have already been designated in the physical sciences and are receiving federal research support. CSS93 will help introduce social scientists to the world of high performance computing and possibly lead to SSCA proposals for funding for social science grand computing challenges (e.g., in global climate change policy analysis; pollution prevention and waste management; health care; education; family research; international competitiveness; urban development; disease control,; etc.). CALL FOR PAPERS CSS93 solicits original papers which report new research, survey or review emerging trends, research in progress, proposed research projects, or innovative applications. All papers relating to Social Sciences and Computing are welcome. Past topics have included high performance computing, artificial intelligence, database management, networks, GIS, visualization, socioeconomic modeling, analytic methods, hypermedia, and policy impacts of computing. If you wish to submit a paper, please send an abstract limited to 200 words to Program Committee Chairperson, Bruce Tonn, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37831-6207 (615-574-4041; fax 615-574-3895) by October 31, 1992. Abstracts could also be submitted electronically by e-mail to Bruce Tonn at BET@edbet.ed.ornl.gov or BET@ornlstc.bitnet. All submitted papers must include a cover sheet containing name, address, telephone number, FAX and email address of the person to whom correspondence regarding the paper should be addressed. Authors will be notified concerning acceptance of the paper for presentation by December 31, 1992. Authors will be required to have their papers available for distribution at the conference. The Program Chairperson will arrange for pre-presentation peer review of papers if so requested by the author(s). Post-conference opportunities for publication include the Association's journal, Social Science Computer Review, and a book to be published by the Univeristy of Illinois Press. CALL FOR "PROBE" PROJECTS One goal for CSS93 is to showcase several social science applications of high performance computing. NCSA will assist selected social science researchers in establishing projects that 'probe' the benefits for social science of NCSA HPC resources. Assistance will be provided in three levels: high, medium, and low. At the minimul level, NCSA will provide accounts on appropriate computers (e.g., Cray, Connection Machine, etc.). At the next level, NCSA will also provide some instruction about appropriate software, such as post-processing data analysis and/or graphics or scientific visualization software that is available to the user. At the highest level, NCSA staff will work closely with the principal investigator to implement the application. In all cases, participating researchers will have the goal of presenting the results of their efforts at the conference. If you are interested in working with NCSA on a probe project, please send a one page description of the project, indicating what level of support is requested, by September 31, 1992 to Prof. Vernon Burton, 4143 Beckman Institute-NCSA, 405 N. Mathews, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, e-mail: hpcsocsc@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Please copy e-mail applications to amichael@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu. At this point in time, the plans are for 3-4 highest level projects, 6-7 mid-level projects, and approximately 12 minimum support projects. Notification of selected projects will be made by October 30, 1992, at the latest, and work will begin immediately upon notification. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS, ETC. CSS93 also solicits proposals for paper sessions, panel discussions, poster sessions, and tutorials. These suggestions should be sent to Bruce Tonn. Anyone wishing to demonstrate software systems at the conference are encouraged to contact the Organizing Committee Chairperson, Vernon Burton. You are encouraged to submit any other ideas for the conference and to become involved! More information will soon follow in succeeding announcements. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: NEACH Tues 23 Feb: TEI (Sperberg-McQueen) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 93 20:24:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 492 (1046) NEACH: The Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities (please forgive any multiple postings) invites you to hear: MICHAEL SPERBERG-MCQUEEN speak on TEI: the Text Encoding Initiative Tuesday, February 23, 1993, at 1:30 p.m. Room 25A of the IBM Building 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, New York City. His talk, entitled "The TEI: What It Is, Where It Is Going, And Why You Should Care," will explore the TEI project, problems of electronic representation of texts, the nature of text markup languages, SGML, and some concrete examples of encoding both simple and difficult texts. Don't miss it! Dr. Sperberg-McQueen is co-editor of the TEI project with Lou Burnard. He is a senior research programmer of the computer center of the University of Illinois in Chicago. He earned a PhD in medieval German literature in the comparative literature program at Stanford, and was formerly at Princeton University, where he headed humanities computing services, and at which time he was a member of the NEACH advisory board. Please put these special NEACH dates in your calendar: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tuesday, Feb. 23: Michael Sperberg-McQueen, Text Encoding Initiative -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thursday, Mar. 11: John E. Thiesmeyer, "Editor" & Style Checkers All NEACH meetings are free and open to the public. ........................................................................ An Invitation to Support NEACH through Membership for 1993: If you wish to join NEACH for 1993, the regular annual rate is $15. However, you can save $10 by joining or renewing NEACH and the national ACH at the same time. A. Rates: NEACH Regular $15 Regular NEACH Special 10 Emeritus, student, or inactive ACH & NEACH 65 ACH Regular ($60) plus $5 for NEACH ACH & NEACH 50 ACH Special ($45) plus $5 for NEACH B. Indicate whether you prefer to receive monthly meeting notices by E-mail or by first-class mail. Please provide your name, e-mail address, and first-class mail address. Please send your check payable to NEACH in US dollars to Nan Hahn, NEACH Treasurer, 322 Second St., Dunellen, NJ 08812 (USA). --Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: tvs@etal.ucl.ac.be (Thierry van Steenberghe) Subject: Announcement: linguistic insecurity Date: du 10 au 12 novembre 1993. X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 493 (1047) Lieu: universite de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique) Envoi du titre de la communication: avant le 1er mars 1993. Contact: Prof. Michel FRANCARD Faculte de Philosophie et Lettres College Erasme B.-1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE Tel.: ++ 32 - 10 - 474978 Fax.: ++ 32 - 10 - 472579 E-mail: <valibel@frwa.ucl.ac.be> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Tracy C. Pettit" <tcp8h@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu> Subject: Advertisement Date: Mon, 8 Feb 93 17:04:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 494 (1048) Director, Institute for Advance Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia. The Director of the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities will lead an effort in the application of technology to research, scholarship and creative activities in the humanities. The Director will work closely with the Vice-Provost for Research, the Chief Information Officer and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to develop a leadership role for the Institute in the area of application of technology in the humanities. Responsibilities will include development and implementation of a plan for obtaining the necessary financial and technical resources. The Director will also hold an academic appointment in a humanities department at a rank appropriate to his/her academic credentials. Applicants should forward a curriculum vita and a statement of experience and goals in the area of technology applied to the humanities to: Richard J. Sundberg, Chair; Search Committee: Director; 419 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22901. Review of credentials will begin March 15, 1993. The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. Please respond only through postal mail. From: Interpersonal Computing and Technology <IPCT@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: Interpersonal Computing and Technology - Vol. 1 No. 1 Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 09:28 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 495 (1049) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### January, 1993 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 1, Number 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV1N1 on LISTSERV@GUVM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts 4. Editorial Board 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher IPCT-J Readers, Welcome to the first issue of IPCT-J! It is almost one year ago this week that the idea for this electronic journal was first conceived. I was hired by Georgetown University in January 1992, in part, to direct the Center for Teaching and Technology (CTT) at the Academic Computer Center. Simply stated, the mission of the Center is to promote the integration of computers and other instructional technology in the higher education classroom. Within that framework is included the vision of tapping the expertise available from scholars throughout the world, to discuss their common interests, to learn from one another, to share their expertise and to pool their experience toward the solution of common problems. In the course of discussion we decided that a scholarly peer- reviewed journal could be a valuable part of promoting the mission of the CTT. As we continued to articulate this idea, we thought that an electronic journal distribution might be the most immediate and practical way of implementing this goal. To that end, a scholarly discussion group (SDG) was created to help in finding of an editorial board, potential contributors and subscribers. The original list announcement commented on this goal: Besides creating a forum for the topics of interest noted above, another interest of the CTT is to publish a scholarly, refereed international journal. To that end, the IPCT-L will develop a subscription list and act as a resource to develop the community necessary to review articles and recommend editorial policies as these publishing goals move forward. It is with pride and a sense of accomplishment on the part of many persons that I announce this first issue of the Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal. Submissions for future issue are requested on topics including: the use of electronic networks in the classroom; electronic publishing; the use of electronic networks and information exchange; library applications of electronic communication; professional relationships carried on via electronic communication; and the use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government. Technological articles will be considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration. Contributions to IPCT-J can be submitted by electronic mail in APA style to: Gerald Phillips, Editor IPCT-J GMP3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU This issue contains seven articles and is an example of the mix of topics and styles that is our goal to achieve in each issue. The editors hope you find this and future issues of IPCT-J useful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or comments. Regards, Zane Berge Director, Center for Teaching and Technology Georgetown University BERGE@GUVAX.BITnet or BERGE@GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command given after the article abstract to LISTSERV@GUVM. To retrieve the article as a e-mail message add F=MAIL to your interactive message, or send an e-mail note in the following format: To:listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu ---------------------- GET NAME IPCTV1N1 The GET command GET IPCTV1N1 PACKAGE will retrieve the entire issue. (WARNING: This will send all files below with a total of 5866 lines.) Instructions for anonymous ftp will be announced on IPCT-L@GUVM by February 15, 1993. The listserv's Internet address is LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Contents Stimulating Learning with Electronic Guest Lecturing Morton Cotlar and James N. Shimabukuro, University of Hawaii To retrieve this file GET COTLAR IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT The use of electronic guest lectures to stimulate thinking among students and to induce their interaction was explored. This technique, like other applications of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in education, shows promise. It can improve quality of instruction while adding convenience attributable to asynchronicity. However, the degree to which students interact in meaningful ways seems related to the style of the lecture. Three different lecturers addressed a graduate course and evoked markedly different degrees of response. The style of each lecture was analyzed to explore the relationship between style and responsiveness. Extraordinary findings showed that the extent of personalization and readability strongly influence responsiveness. Replications of this kind of study are needed to validate the findings. Lines: 834 ********** Virtual Relationships: the Solitary World of CMC Thomas W. Loughlin, SUNY at Fredonia To retrieve this file: GET LOUGHLIN IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT Computer-mediated communication has begun to produce many interesting side effects relative to how people communicate with each other when using this medium. One of the more interesting is the feeling a person gets upon realizing that, while sitting alone in front of a computer screen, one is literally connected to thousands of people at once. This article dis- cusses the implications and overtones related to the idea idea of "virtual solitude." Lines: 331 ********** Networks and Networking: a Primer mauri p. collins, The Pennsylvania State University To retrieve this file: GET COLLINS IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT A user-friendly introduction to networks and networking, with an emphasis on explaining what network and networking terminology means. Includes instructions on how to use FTP and TELNET, and addresses for some basic network sources of information. Lines: 658 ********** The Network Classroom R. William Maule, University of San Francisco To retrieve this file; GET MAULE IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT This paper discusses the role of the new computer communications technologies in education, specifically addressing (1) modern networking systems, (2) strategies for implementing network-based communications, and (3) public online information resources for the classroom. Lines: 826 ********** Toward a Policy for Managing the Use of Computer Mediated Communication in the Workplace Douglas J. Swanson, The University of Oklahoma To retrieve this file: GET SWANSON IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT Within the past decade, there has been tremendous growth in the number of businesses and not-for-profit organizations which have become equipped with computers and have empowered workers to use them to communicate. This new form of on-the-job empowerment is known as Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). CMC's use has resulted in greater production and performance in the workplace. It has also resulted in an increased amount of tension observed between management and subordinates. This tension is evidenced through accounts of people's behavior in the workplace-- specifically, accounts of members of management who perceive a lessening of their ability to control the actions of subordinates who use CMC to communicate on the job. These members of management have indicated a need for greater control over CMC, to help bring the CMC process and the subordinates who use it into the workplace hierarchial system. Subordinates, on the other hand, have reported that they enjoy the social and technical freedom they obtain for themselves through CMC--and that they want to preserve their ability to apply CMC skills and technology in the workplace as they see fit. Subordinates often report, however, that the management hierarchy stands in the way of this process by impeding access to CMC or limiting its content. Lines: 1260 ********** Starving at the Banquet: Social Isolation in Electronic Comminication Media Barret S. Caldwell and Lilas H. Taha, University of Wisconsin, Madison To retrive this article: GET CALDWELL IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT The rise in use of electronic computer-mediated communications systems (CMCS) has been suggested to provide benefits for members of small groups in increasing the amount of communication and reducing social isolation in organizational and other settings. However, social and technological issues related to CMCS use may in fact increase the perceived social isolation experienced by users of CMCS. This paper defines isolation in the context of communication access and information exchange. Included in this context are characteristics of communications media and organizational tasks which vary in amount and content of communication supported. CMCSs vary in their ability to support these communications, and use of a system which cannot adequately support the communications needs of the group will fail to allow efficient and successful use of the CMCS in the group process. Suggestions are provided for future research and for relevant criteria to establish bases of CMCS requirements to support productive group process. Lines: 602 ********** The Electronic Library in Higher Education: An Overview and Status Report Joel A. Cohen, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY To retrieve this file: GET COHEN IPCTV1N1 ABSTRACT F. W. Lancaster (1978) predicted that electronic information systems would replace paper-based systems in the sciences by the year 2000. The role of the library and librarian would radically change. To what extent is the prediction valid for non-scientific disciplines? What are the motivating factors for such a claim? With the year 2000 quickly approaching, what is the status of this prediction? To what extent would the accuracy of this prediction threaten the future of library operating budgets and building programs? How is the electronic age affecting library and information services on college and university campuses? Lines: 978 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board Publisher: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Editor: Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University) Editorial Board: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University) Managing Editor: Mauri Collins, M.A. (Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University) Associate Editors: Manuel E. Bermudez, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida) Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. (Professor of Management, University of Hawaii) James A. Danowski, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago) Paulo A. Dasilva, Ph.D. (Chairman, Systems and Computation Graduate Program, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Gordon Dixon, M.Sc., F.B.C.S. (Editor-in-Chief, Literary and Linguistic Computing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) William F. Eadie, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge) Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, OECD Division, Department of Technology, Southwest Texas State University) Bradley Erlwein, Ph.D. (Research and Development, Zenith Data Systems) Mark Evangelista, B.S. (Telecommunication System Programmer, Georgetown University) Allan G. Farman, Ph.D.(Professor, Radiology and Imaging Science Division, University of Louisville) Mark G. Gillingham, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Education, Washington State University, Vancouver) Dennis S. Gouran, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, the Pennsyl- vania State University David Alan Grier, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Systems and Director of Honors Education, George Washington University). Thomas S. E. Hilton, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business Information Systems and Education, Utah State University) Ken Hirsch, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, California State University - Sacramento) Theodore S. Hopf, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University) Alice Horning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics, Oakland University) Lawrence Johnston, B.A. (Manager, Operations, Office of Telecommuni- cations, Computer, and Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University. Donald H. Kraft, Ph.D. (Professor, Computer Science, Louisiana State University) Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University Robert McKenzie, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Radio, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA) Cecelia G. Manrique, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse) Maurice C. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. (Assistant Director, Academic Computing, University and Community College System of Nevada, Las Vegas) Kristine Morrissey, Ph.D. (Curator, Michigan State University Museum) Ann Okerson, MLS (Director, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, Association of Research Libraries) David Raitt, Ph.D. (System Engineer, System Design Section, European Space Agency - ESTEC) David E. Sims, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island) David L. Schroeder. Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of MIS, Valparaiso University) Gary L. Stonum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, Case-Western Reserve University - Delaware County Campus) Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (Assistant Faculty and Distance Education Specialist, Centre for Distance Education, Athabaska, Alberta University John W. Wooten, Ph.D. (Educational Technology Coordinator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus) ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Copyright Statement Interpersonal Computing and Technolog Journal: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1993 USA. All articles in this publication may be cited under the fair use provision, provided proper bibliographic information is used including name of author, title of article, date and journal identification. Libraries may include this publication, in paper or electronic form, in their collections at no charge. Authors retain the copyright for all articles in this publication. Any commercial use of this journal in whole or in part by any means is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author(s) and IPCT-J. ____________________________________________________________________________ From: GZIEGLER@AMHERST.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0482 Intro Humanities and Computing Course (1/36) Date: 05 Feb 1993 17:39:29 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 792 (1050) Hi--this is Georgianna Ziegler at the Folger. Why not have a few people visit your class during the second half who have careers combining the humanities with computerization? Folks in art history are doing very interesting things with interactive videos, and of course, your local reference librarian should be a good resource person to call in. Good luck! From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: American History CD-ROM Date: Sat, 6 Feb 93 11:56:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 793 (1051) The Bureau Development, Inc. publishes a CD-ROM containing over 100 books on American history: Bureau Development, Inc. -- 141 New Road -- Parsippany, NJ 07054 -- 800-828-4766. I have used it and found it satisfactory for my admittedly modest purposes. It should certainly suffice for an undergraduate class. From: Abbie Angharad Hughes <abbies@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: 6.0474 Rs: Photos in Dead Eyes; History Lists (3/42) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 93 6:09:21 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 794 (1052) It was in1876 that Boll discovered a red pigment in the retina of a frog left in the dark. Kuhne recognised that the retina was acting like a photographic plate and that this pigment (visual purple - now rhodopsin) bleached in light. He found that alum preserved differential bleaching and used rabbit eyes set looking at a window as "cameras"; removing the eye, soaking the retina overnight in alum and then finding an image of the window the next visible on the retina in the hemisected eye cup. There is a famous picture of this made in 1878 and you will find the whole story laid out in a nice article by George Wald in Scientific American 1950 - "Eye nad Camera", this article is one of those collected in the Sci. Am. Readings "Perception: mechanisms and models". The "developed" retinas were called "optograms". Wald mentions having read a detective story as a boy in which the face of the killer is recovered from a photograph of his image on the retina of the dead man's eye. Now I am not sure whether my memory is playing tricks but I think I have seen such a story somewhere in my collection but it is just possible that this is a false memory from Wald's statement or an account elswhere. As to reality, Kuhne did obtain the eye of a guillotined man in 1880 and developed an optogram on the retina of one eye. Wald illustrates it, but what is was has not been established. It is very unlikely that even a modern verison of such a technique would obtain an image with significant detail and the eyes would probably need to be stabilised for a significant time to avoid overlap and blurring. I dont think that this area has been touched upon since the 1880s; I will try to identify the story, but it was a topic of very great interest at the time and I imagine it has been employed on many occaisons since. Abbie Hughes, Melbourne (abbies@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au) From: <BCJ@PSUVM> Subject: Re: 6.0484 Rs: Joyce E-Text Reaction; Photos in Dead Eyes (2/37) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 19:28 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 795 (1053) In the early 1970s I heard an urban legend about new technology that could read voices and words somehow captured in the outer surfaces of paint in a room where conversations had taken place. The origin may have been in an Orwellian science fiction story -- but the capacity for folk paranoia is nearly limitless, and not bound to any era. Kevin Berland Penn State From: Robert Braham <rmb@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> Subject: Photos in Dead Eyes Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1993 21:26:33 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 796 (1054) [deleted quotation] Art Evans asks for additional lit. refs on the image, as it were, of photos in dead eyes. Well, I think closely related (and think of the nice midrash/commentary you can do to relate it closer) is in the novel _Red Dragon_, written by I-don't- know-who-but-the-same-guy-who-wrote-_Silence of the Lambs_. In there (sorry to give away a good grisly plot point--stop reading now if you care) the detective makes his first break on id'ing the mass murderer by dusting for fingerprints (a photo, sort of) on the eyes of the corpses, who themselves have been arrayed to "look" at further scenes of mayhem. Hope you find this tidbit enjoyable. Good luck on your project. BTW, I'd be willing to bet you'd find similar thought in medico/theological works from Med-Ren on Last Rites and other similar works; there is a whole literature on preparing for death (real, up-to-the-minute death), and I would think they would suggest what to have in your eyes, and therefore perhaps afterwards, at the moment of death. -- Robert Braham | Graduate School of the City University of New York | Internet: RMB@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu | 1315 Third Ave., 4D | | Bitnet: RMB@cunyvms1.bitnet | New York, NY 10021 | | Fidonet: 1:2603/105 Voice/data/fax: (212) 879-1026 | | Blahblah disclaimer: Why anyone would think this would | | represent the Graduate School of CUNY is beyond me | From: Roy Flannagan <FLANNAGA@OUACCVMB> Subject: Folk Wisdom Query Date: 03 February 1993 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 497 (1055) I am reproducing below two small collections of folk wisdom. My question to Humanist is "Are they fraudulent?" "Desiderata" ("dated 1692") Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, for they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons--they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career: however humble: it is a real possession in the changing fortune of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of treachery. But let that not blind you for what virtue there is: many persons strive for high ideas and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born from fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle on yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be; and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its shame, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful, strive always to be happy. (This copy was given to me just today by a student, and I have corrected a few bits of spelling ["counsel" for "council"] and punctuation [adding commas after introductory clauses]. The title suggests something to be longed for. I have heard various accounts of its origin. It is supposed to be American, an engraving on the wall or on a tombstone in a New England church. If it is to be considered as coming from 1692, I worry about the use of the "Keep interested," about the idioms "exercise caution" and "be gentle on yourself." But I haven't been into the {OED} yet to try to determine when the various idioms entered English usage.) ____________ "17th Century Nun's Prayer" LORD, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody: helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest Lord that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others' pains, but help me to endure them with patience. I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessing [lessening?] cocksureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet; I don not want to be a Saint -- some of them are so hard to live with -- but a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected place, and talents in unexpected people. And, give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so. AMEN (My copy is "Published by Tim Tiley Ltd., 57 Cheltenham Rd., Bristol B56 5RR." It is hand-lettered in italic script and "Designed by Noreen Littleton, Member of the Guild of Gloucestershire Craftsmen, England." The copy I have has at the bottom "The title of this prayer is traditional, the source is unknown." I bought it in Winchester Cathedral. I am suspicious of its being a "Nun's Prayer," my first question being "Where was the nun in seventeenth-century England?" I worry again about the idioms "straighten out ... affairs" and "vast store" of something, and "it seems a pity." So far as I know, checking the OED this time, there is no adjective "lessing;" that might represent a scribal error.) Can any one of our linguists or collectors of corpora or idioms attempt to authenticate or debunk either of these--are they real or are they fakes? Roy Flannagan Department of English, Ohio University From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0486 Qs: E-Texts (Oxford, S. Hockey) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 13:19:53 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 797 (1056) Since you want us to dream, of course I would like to be able to lemmaztize English texts, with the ability to produce either lemmatized OR non-lemmatized concordances, word lists, etc., at will. Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Martin Raish <MRAISH@BINGVMB> Subject: Re: 6.0490 Software Recommendations Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 10:30:03 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 798 (1057) I am using a nice package that includes a file manager, disc optimizer, back-up program, menu/shell, and virus detector. It is the Q-DOS Collection from Gazelle Systems. It includes Q-DOS 3, OPTune, Back-It 4 -- all well-known products -- plus the other (newer) programs, all wrapped into a nice package so that everything works well with everything else. Oh, it also has an editor. Martin Raish "Computers are useless. Main Library, Box 6012 They only give you answers." Binghamton University -- Pablo Picasso Binghamton NY 13902-6012 From: John Morris <JMORRIS@UALTAVM> Subject: Re: 6.0497 Query: Folk Wisdom or Bunk? Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 12:41:52 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 799 (1058) I forget how I know this, but my own folk memory seems to recall that the "Desiderata" was written and distributed in the first third of the 20th century to parishoners of a church in Boston, Mass. that was built in 1692. The "Desiderata" was widely distributed as a poster in the 1960s when a great many people felt like a "child of the universe." John Morris, <JMORRIS@UALTAVM.BITNET> University of Alberta <jmorris@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca> From: "Brian Nielsen" <bnielsen@merle.acns.nwu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0497 Query: Folk Wisdom or Bunk? Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 7:33:52 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 800 (1059) I'm pretty sure the "desiderata" is of quite recent origin. Penned by a Unitarian minister in 1960's, was reprinted MANY times on posters in that era. Sorry, don't have a cite. Brian Nielsen Instructional Technology Group Academic Computing & Network Services Northwestern University phone: 708 491-2170 fax: 708 491-3824 internet:b-nielsen@nwu.edu From: Karl Van Ausdal <VANAUSDALK@APPSTATE.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0497 Query: Folk Wisdom or Bunk? Date: 10 Feb 1993 09:30:49 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 801 (1060) Item 1114 in _Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service_, edited by Suzy Platt (Library of Congress, 1989, and available in most depository libraries), identifies the author of "Desiderata" as Max Ehrmann, and the date as 1927. It was published in _The Poems of Max Ehrmann_ (1948) on p. 165. There is an explanation of the confusion about the 1692 date. One printing says that it was found in Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, MD. 1692 is the date of the founding of the church, and the poem was widely reprinted with that date. For the curious there is further discussion of the history of the text in this reference book. Karl Van Ausdal vanausdalk@appstate.bitnet Music Library vanausdalk@conrad.appstate.edu Appalachian State University voice (704) 262-2389 fax (704) 262-6446 From: Thomas Izbicki <izbicki@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0497 Query: Folk Wisdom or Bunk? Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 13:33:16 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 802 (1061) Desiderata, among its possible attributions, is reported here in Baltimore as having been found written on a piece of paper left at Old Saint Paul's (Episcopal) on Charles Street. There were nohouses for nuns in England after the Reformation until well after the time "assigned" the Nun's Prayer. From: mcc@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu (George McClintock) Subject: MLA and collective bargaining Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 16:11:33 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 500 (1062) Dear Humanists, The following quotation is taken from the Modern Language Association Newsletter, Spring 1993, Page 6. "_Request to Support the Formation of Faculty Unions._ The Council received a request to issue a statement supporting the formation of faculty unions but decided that, because of the diversity of legal regulations and opinions on this issue, it would not be appropriate for the MLA to take a stand." What does "to take a stand" signify? Is the MLA refusing to declare a moral position for or against collective bargaining? What constitutes "the diversity of legal regulations and opinions" created by collective bargaining? Given that the MLA promotes both curricular and ideological diversity in its publications, what is the significance of its failure to publish the request subsequently denied by its Executive Council? I would appreciate any comments you may have about this topic. Many thanks, George /********************************************************** * George McClintock || mcc@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu * * The opinions expressed are those of the author and do * * not reflect the opinions or policies of the CUNY GSUC. * ***********************************************************/ From: 00hfstahlke@BSUVAX1.BITNET Subject: Mac vs. PC Date: 10 Feb 1993 14:09:00 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 803 (1063) The article addressing writing on PCs and Macs in composition courses is Halio, Marcia Peoples. "Student Writing: Can the Machine Maim the Message?" _Academic Computing_. January, 1990. Halio indicates that further research of a more controlled sort was in progress, but I don't know if that has been published. One of the critical differences seemed to be the command line interface versus GUI, and I'd be interested in hearing whether that distinction might have faded with the widespread use of MS Windows. Herb Stahlke Ball State University From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: indentifying a quotation Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 22:05 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 804 (1064) I believe the poem William Schippers asks about is by Zoe Baird's former babysitter. From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: dead heads Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 11:52:49 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 805 (1065) speaking of uses for dead peoples' heads... i have always wanted to get historical data on the story of dr guillotine (or some french physcian) holding up the severed heads and asking them questions. the story goes that they had devized a system of yes/no eye blinking and were able to communicate that this form of beheading did not really hurt much and that some some heads could continue communicating for a few minutes after severation. from what we know of brain death from blood starvation and facial ennervation, this might be possible for a few who could handle the psychological shock. the claim is that only some guillotined heads would blink back in comprehensible manner. stan . 1: the check is in the mail stankuli@UWF.bitnet === 2: i will respect you in the morning º º 3: i won't ...(well, you know this one)... --- 4: he's only just a good friend 5: -- universal lies From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: image in the eye Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 08:27:49 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 806 (1066) There are very old roots to the notion of an image in the eye; they may be found in writings about or associated with mirroring. For several leads see an article of mine, "The Shape of the Mirror", in Arethusa 22.2 (Fall 1989): 161-95. Willard McCarty From: epalacio@sas.upenn.edu (Eric Palacio) Subject: Conference on Jean Genet Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 20:49:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 502 (1067) Some Humanists might be interested by the following annoucement. -------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Colloque international JEAN GENET; LITTERATURE ET POLITIQUE Samedi 17 avril 1993 Amphitheatre, 105 Lauder-Fischer Hall L'enjeu du colloque est de montrer en quoi les ouvrages de Genet parus apres sa mort renouvellent notre vision de l'oeuvre complete, deplacent la notion de litterature engagee, et remettent en question les rapports entre litterature, politique et morale. SEANCE DU MATIN - 9 H. Presiding: Michele Richman (University of Pennsylvania) Philip Watts (University of Pittsburgh), "Genet et la presse: ruptures et proximites." Edmund White (Paris, Biographe de Genet), "Genet et l'Europe." Patrice Bougon (Univ. of Pennsylvania & Paris VIII), "Poetique d'_Un captif amoureux_." Gisele Child-Olmsted (Loyola College, Baltimore MD), "Black on White: War and Words in Genet's Political Writings." SEANCE DE L'APRES-MIDI - 14 H Presiding: Gerald Prince (University of Pennsylvania) Scott Durham (Northwestern University), "Genet: Politics and Postmodernity." Jean-Michel Rabate (Umiversity of Pennsylvania), "Position du franc-tireur: de _Pompes funebres_ a _Un captif amoureux_." Annie Cohen-Solal (Attachee culturelle de l'Ambassade de France), titre a preciser. Satoshi Ukai (Univerisite de Hitotsubashi, Tokyo), "Porter la nuit: une lecture d'_Un captif amoureux_." Albert Dichy (Paris, Institut Memoire de l'edition contemporaine), "Des _Paravents_ a _Un captif amoureux." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organise par The French Institute for Culture and Technology of the University of Pennsylvania, avec la participation du Center for Cultural Studies et du Department of Romance Languages. Reservation possible pour le dejeuner. S'adresser a: French Institute 401 Lauder-Fischer Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330. Pour tous renseignements concernant le colloque, priere de s'adresser a: Patrice Bougon Department of Romance Languages University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 telecopie (215) 898 0933 telephone (215) 387 8530 From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: jump rope rhymes Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 16:24:50 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 503 (1068) an electric valentine to all the girls on internet... , ... :``..': : ````.' :''::' a couple weeks ago i put a comment ..:.. : .'' : on kidsnet@pittvms about wanting to ``. `: .' : see some jump rope rhymes online. and : : : : someone replied that gopher fun&games : : : : music lyrics could find about 6 or 7 : : : : of them. someone gave me reference : : :..''''``::. to some hardcopy folklore literature. : ...:..' .'' .' .' .::::' uncharacteristicly (for me) i did :..'''``::::::: go to the library and the folklorists ' `:::: claimed over 600 jump rope rhymes `::. preserved. this may seem like a lot `:: to hardcopy scholars. since each rhyme :::. is rarely 300 bytes long, this seemed ..:```.:'`. ::'`. a trivial amount of text to me. so i ..' `:.: :: started typing my own textbase to see. .: .:``::: .: ..'' ::: apparently, jump rope rhymes are a : .'' :: recent vintage. the scholars agree : :: that boys used to jump rope in 19th : century, but they did not chant while doing it. changes in female garments permitted girls to start jump roping around 1890. they brought with them clapping songs which adapted to the rhythm established by the rope. in english-speaking cultures, the boys stopped jump rope when the girls started. most of the text is from this century and is a predominantly feminine heritage. now, having gone through every jump rope source in UWF library, i have 233 of them online. this amounts to barely 70K of text. anyone who is interested may download them from internet and do with them as you will. i would like to add any new or interesting variants if you : will send them to me. surely : ftp UWF.cc.UWF.edu with all the interest in rap : login: stananon chants, the children must have : password: stananon many newer ones to contribute. : set ftp to: binary this text just cries out for : > get jumprope.zip hypertextual organization. i : would write one so kids could access the rhymes they like, if there is interest from the networks for this task. i still have some technical work to do to make this a machine-readable corpus for scholars, but it would be nice to have it available for children to use and contribute. it is their text afterall, we adults are only secondary consumers. stan I am a little sailor girl Dressed in yellow. . This is the way stankuli@UWF.bitnet === I treat my fellow. º º I kiss him and I hug him --- And I kick him in the pants. And that is the end Of my romance. From: FRI001@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK Subject: Student Computers Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 14:02:13 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 807 (1069) Some of non-British Humanists may be aware of the crisis facing Higher Education funding in Britain (government funding for `marginal' Arts and Humanities students is being reduced by 30%, for example). One immediate consequence is a cutback in our already overstretched computer provision for students (at the moment one workstation for every 30, and getting worse). It is now being suggested that all students be required to equip themselves with a wordprocessor/PC/Mac *at their own expense*. I think I remember a similar scheme having been tried in the States (at Brown?). What happened? From: CUINB1@Jetson.UH.EDU Subject: Technology and Humanities Date: 13 Feb 1993 22:06:05 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 808 (1070) Let me try this again. Hi! I am currently trying to develop a course including English History and technology for possible use next year and a possible dissertation study. I have been researching the use of technology in literature (slim pickings there) and now I need to find if there are any studies using history and technology in high school classes. I have been teaching technology in literature study and developed a number of lessons and ways to use computers, video cameras, still videos, CD-Rom etc. to juniors. Now, I want to combine the three areas and teach a two hour block. Currently, I have access to a lab one day a week. Because of the curriculum setup, I would be teaching world history and American literature. It is not an setup, but I think it is workable. The research I have done so far has included a number of studies by Hawisher, Selfe, Marcus mostly on composition. I have some ideas for using databases in both the history and the literature segments of the course, but I really want to integrate the two fields. Does anyone have any ideas for the combination or know of studies on combination courses already in progress? I could also use some information on a rational for teaching language arts and social studies in a block even without the technology component. Please reply directly to me unless there is a general interest in this. Thanks in advance. Janice Kelso CUINB1@jetson.uh.edu From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) Subject: (Degree) programs by email Date: 14 Feb 93 19:05:40 JST (Sun) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 809 (1071) # mailx -s "(Degree) programs by email" kidsnet@pittvms.bitnet <<!EOF! I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask the question but I'm interested in getting a list of (degree) programs that can be obtained by email. If you have any information on this would you please send me email? Thanks, Dave p.s. If referring to some ftp/telnetable host, please include the IP address (numbers) if possible. -- Dave McLane JUNET/BITNET: davidg@aegis.or.jp Internet: davidg@aegis.org Nagaokakyoshi, Kyoto Japan Tel: +81-75-951-1168 Fax: +81-75-957-1087 From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Re: 6.0501 Rs: PC v. MAC; Quote ID; Eyes (2) Date: 11 Feb 1993 17:37:25 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 810 (1072) Re severed heads communicating: It was I think Charlotte Corday (or her head, rather) what was supposed to have blushed (with shame) after decollation [is that word right?] and being slapped by the executioner. (Who would blame her?) --Bob D. --Bob Dawson French-Italian, University of Texas, Austin; (512) 471-5531 RDawson@UTxVM [BITNET] RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu [Internet] From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: 6.0499 Rs: Folk Wisdom or Bunk (4/63) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 10:04:57 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 811 (1073) Am I old-fashioned or what? The 1692 attribution of the *Desiderata* is obviously phoney, but why should that make it bunk? It is like setting out to prove that *Hamlet* is not worth reading, because it was not written by Shakespeare himself but another man who happened to be called Shakespeare. Just read it! Despite all its sham, it is still a beautiful text. As for nuns, I am seldom privy to their prayers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Tim Unwin Email tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Department of French Studies The University of Western Australia Nedlands Tel +61 9 380 2174/6 WA 6009 Fax +61 9 380 1080 Australia From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: Re: 6.0500 Q: MLA on Collective Bargaining (1/30) Date: 11 Feb 1993 17:33:46 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 812 (1074) Higher education (all education?) is in trubs around the country. Ony [Only] people who stick up for themselves get anywhere. Individuals cannot do that effectively. Therefore the nec. and urg. of collective thrusts. However, there seem to be too many people in the prof. who are out *only* for themselves, some who are actually very good at it, and probably would view collective action as directly contrary to their own interests. *Much* more cld be said.... I think the MLA should have the guts to speak out. Avanti il popolo! --Bob D. --Bob Dawson French-Italian, University of Texas, Austin; (512) 471-5531 RDawson@UTxVM [BITNET] RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu [Internet] From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0500 Q: MLA on Collective Bargaining (1/30) Date: 12 Feb 1993 07:22:25 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 813 (1075) Support the formation of unions means the AF of T, I think; the alternative is a chapter of AAUP (or else a purely local association or the university's committee structure). The difference between the "association" and the "union" goes way back in teaching and it may still be more than trivial--perhaps MLA, whose purpose has to do with the Fach not the wages, working conditions and job security, of faculty people, is right to stay out of this? Owen Cramer Colorado College From: robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) Subject: Cloud of Unknowing, Etext Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 21:31:12 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 507 (1076) If anyone can supply a pointer to a source for the ME version of The Cloud of Unknowing, I'll be deeply appreciative. Or, even a significant segment of the etext would be helpful. Thanks, RCC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Cover BITNET: zrcc1001@smuvm1 ("one-zero-zero-one") 6634 Sarah Drive Internet: robin@utafll.uta.edu ("uta-ef-el-el") Dallas, TX 75236 USA Internet: zrcc1001@vm.cis.smu.edu Tel: (1 214) 296-1783 Internet: robin@ling.uta.edu From: David Bantz <D-Bantz@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0504 Student Computers Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 17:14:33 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 814 (1077) FRI001@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK wrote: [deleted quotation] A very few institutions in the states formally require students to purchase computers, though many recommend or otherwise foster such ownership. Among those formally requiring students to have their own computers: Dartmouth College, Drexel University (Macintosh) At many institutions, entering students are given advice, recommendations and/or discounts on particular models of computers; at Chicago, for example, entering students receive information on the uses of computers at UC, available public facilities, and a series of recommended models available for purchase through the University. Or experience (broadly reflective of many institutions) is that a (slight) majority purchase, with Macintosh the overwhelming choice. David Bantz <D-Bantz@UChicago.edu> From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0504 Qs: Student Computers; Teaching; E-Mail Degrees (3/72) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 19:03 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 815 (1078) Well, things are no better in the good old US of A. I came from a meeting with the Director (Mis-Director) of Academic Computing Services (it is a question if he would recognize an academic if he bit him in the bottom) during which we were told that we could only have an Internet connection if our departments (in my case, English) paid something like $1,000.00 per connection. We were also told that it was impossible to have a dial-up connection to Internet. We were told that that was true thoroughout the net. Can any one verify this? Thanks, and do not let us let down our friends and allies in the UK and elsewhere. William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU Department of English Northern Illinois University From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 6.0504 Qs: Student Computers; Teaching; E-Mail Degrees (3/72) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 23:03 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 816 (1079) Re: students required to buy computers our good friend FRI001 (Fri for short) in the UK has asked about US experience in this respect. Briefly: Drexel and one or two other places about 5 years ago did indeed set up a requirement. The movement in the past years however has been away from a requirement and more toward a two-fold attempt to deal with undergraduate needs: 1. Provide as many workstations (PCs, etc.) in public areas as poss- ible. This allows a good deal of control over uniformity of technology base, software, instructional patterns, and the like. It also (if funding is available, which it often isn't) allows for upgrades of equipment as needed, whereas if the student is required to buy as a 1st-year then in his/her final year he/she is very likely to have a behind-hand machine. I recognize that the difficulty of doing this is what prompted Fri's question. 2. Make it as easy as possible for students to buy machines at advantageous prices: provide a computer store with plenty of options, with good consultants (related to the computing service and to the instructional component of the university), and with deals made with vendors for good prices. I am told that this latter, which we take for granted in the US, is not a prominent feature of the UK situation. I wonder if the Universities there could band together to make something like it happen--it's in everyone's best interest. Again, I recognize that I am proposing something that is difficult in the UK scene. That may be how it is. I hope this helps. From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0490 S/W: FrameMaker Reviewer; Gen'l Recommendations Date: 15 Feb 93 15:41:19 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 817 (1080) I received Mr. Faulhaber's inquiry relative to PC and Mac based tools for the scholar's kitbag -- while I understand that TACT and MicroOCP are excellent products, I suggest that WordCruncher is worthy of inclusion. It is used throughout the world, is capable of indexing, retrieving, and analysing text in any character-based language, and has been in use for years. There is a Windows version in the offing, and a Mac version is under develop- ment as well. It is commonly and commercially available. For anyone who needs further information on the product, or its whereabouts, contact me directly. James W. Johnston From: L.R.A.Melton@open.ac.uk (Laury Melton) Subject: Free Use of Distance Education Database Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1993 11:18:10 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 818 (1081) A colleague has passed to me a copy of the Hunmanist message no. 0504 of Sunday 14 Feb 93, which contains a request relating to degree programmes available by e-mail (Dave McLane). I don't know of any which use only this medium, but he and possibly some of your other readers may like to know of our database of distance education courses, institutions and literature. This is normally available only to subscribers, over the Interenet. But we are offering a free use week shortly so that potential users can try it out. See notice below. Most of the courses and programmes on offer are by institutions in Commonwealth countries, largely for their own nationals, but some Australian and Canadian institutions offer courses externally. Laury Melton, International Centre for Distance Learning Open University, UK ******************************************************************* Open University International Centre for Distance Learning Distance Education Database - Happy Week During the week 26th February through 5th March, ICDL will offer free trial use of its online distance education database. To take advantage of this you can access the Open University computer through the Internet. You can Telnet to ACSVAX.OPEN.AC.UK (137.108.48.127 or 137.108.48.8 or 137.108.48.9 ) and login with the Username ICDL. During the above week the Account Code HAPPY and Password 123456 will give access to the database. Other routes to the OU are via the IPSS/PSS NUA 23428440015630, JANET DTE number 000041500030 (UK.AC.OPEN.ACS.VAX) or IXI number 204334504891. You need to be using a VT100 compatible terminal or VT100 emulation on a microcomputer. The database contains directory information on 600 distance teaching institutions, information about 22,000 distance taught programmes and courses, and bibliographic information on 4,400 items of literature. ****************************************************************** From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0499 Rs: Folk Wisdom or Bunk (4/63) Date: 15 Feb 93 15:53:53 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 819 (1082) You "humanists" are indeed an exasperating bunch. You hem and haw about the origin of Desiderata (which is unlikely to have been written ca 1692, I grant you), without ever giving pause to whether or not it is of value. My God, and you wonder why computing in the humanities is considered a viable carrer path, when you often behave like a bunch of brilliant children, wrapped up on the patina of life without plumbing its depth. Wherever wisdom is found, it has value. Who cares where it came from? From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Textual criticism in Italian Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 11:15:48 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 510 (1083) The MLA's Committee on Scholarly Editing has asked Mary Speer (French, Rutgers) and me to organize a panel for the Toronto meeting on scholarly editing in the Romance Languages. We would like to present three papers, covering the state-of-the-art in Italian, French, and Spanish, a variety of periods, and a variety of textual approaches. Between us we have a pretty good idea of what's going on in French and Spanish in this country, and we have been in contact with a number of people about possible participation. We need help with Italian. We are looking for someone who (preferably) edits modern Italian texts, is familiar with current Italian practical and theoretical concerns, and might be interested in participating. Must be an MLA member or be willing to join by 1 April. I would be very grateful for any responses, either from those who might be interested or from those who can think of someone we should talk to. Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: <U5985@WVNVM> Subject: In a Different Voice? Date: Monday, 15 Feb 1993 14:20:01 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 511 (1084) I am currently engaged in a seminar on Piers Plowman at West Virginia U., and have been distracted by c.III.68-76 (Pearsall), or c.IV.68-76 (Skeat). It seems to me that the voice which is present in these lines is not the regular narrative voice or the voice of any character involved in the action. In his notes to the text, Pearsall states of 68-76, "This digression, totally intrusive in the allegorical drama, is inspired not by any objection to beautifying churches but by the need to castigate those who have their names recorded for pride's sake and who think that money can buy God's favor." Yes, this explanation is fine, but there is no reference made to the different voice which is speaking here. This is the only instance of the voice which I have found in Passus III, and I have not seen it occur anywhere else in the poem yet either (Although I have only reached P.VIII). I consider the voice at c.III.68-76 (c.IV.68-76 Skeat) to be that of a "second narrator," and would like to know if anyone has any thoughts or information in regard to the significance of this passage, knowledge of the presence of similar passages in the poem, or awareness of research directed toward the matter of a second narrative voice in Piers-- thus far I have not had any luck, and would appreciate any help that may be offered, even if it were to tell me that this is a wild goose chase! --Greg McNamara From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0506 Rs: MLA and Collective Bargaining (2/36) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 21:12:31 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 820 (1085) I am an AFT member: I didn't intend to be, but it happened on our campus and I must say it has been not only better than I thought but even useful and worth preserving, although our Administration's response to Unionization has been almost dysfunctional on occasion. I have long since given up on expecting anything at all from the MLA, even common sense. I recall the days when we were trying to get it to even admit that the VietNam War was going on....naturally the response was "that does not concern the profession". No use trying to fight that fight again, but as far as I can see, the MLA is good for only one thing, the Annual Bib. I know a lot of medievalists who have stopped even pretending that the MLA is interested in our scholarship, though some hang in there, and I certainly wish them the best of luck. But I'm much happier without the MLA. The annual meeting at Kalamazoo does more for me as a medievalist than any 10 MLA meetings I ever attended. Thanks again for the Bib, MLA -- otherwise, no thanks. (I'm sorry to have had to say this, especially when thinking of my dear friend John Fisher, and all he did for the profession while working so hard for the MLA. John, if you are reading this, I certainly did not mean you!) Norman Hinton From: Jim_Cahalan <JCAHALAN@IUP.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0506 Rs: MLA and Collective Bargaining (2/36) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1993 12:45 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 821 (1086) The MLA should be openly supportive of faculty who chose to unionize. No one (and no organization) can truly "stay out of" politics. The MLA did not stay out of politics in the case of would-be reactionary NEH appointments, and it should not do so in the case of the right of faculty to collective bargaining. Politics is always with us, whether we like it or not; it's in the air we have to breathe in order to stay alive. As for Owen Cramer's remark that the only alternative to AFT and AAUP chapters is a "purely local association or the university's committee organization," allow me to point to the union I belong to: APSCUF, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, which since the 1970s has represented thousands of faculty at the 14 state-owned universities in our state. APSCUF is not a chapter of either the AFT or the AAUP (both admirable organizations, in my opinion), though it has maintained affiliations at one time or another with both. Nor is it "purely local." There are probably other such examples. Jim Cahalan, English Department BITNET: JCAHALAN@IUP 110B Leonard Hall, Internet: jcahalan@grove.iup.edu Indiana University of Pennsylvania FAX: 412-357-6213 Indiana, PA 15705-1094 Tel: (412) 357-2262 From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0508 Rs: Internet Dial-up Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 15:51:09 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 822 (1087) I dial up Internet from home every day and so do hundreds if not thousands of people all over the world. Your Guru is a quack. BTW, Bitnet and Internet also can interface via dialup. You just need better information. Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Bob Hariman <RH0661R@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU> Subject: student computers Date: 15 Feb 1993 15:54:24 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 823 (1088) Several years ago Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa set out to become a Macintosh computer intensive university. The first steps included giving all faculty and staff mac pluses, with strong support services, etc., and encouraging students and faculty/staff to purchase machines that were available at substantial discounts. Student labs also were set up, and increased yearly. Lots of additional hardware also was provided to faculty and staff. Then all dorm rooms for first year students were equiped with a machine and printer and vax hookup. Now all dorm rooms are being equiped. There have been few complaints. rdh From: Andrew Lakritz <AL6HENGF@MIAMIU> Subject: Re: 6.0508 Rs: Student Computers (3/79) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 08:21:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 824 (1089) Regarding Student Computers and e-mail access: At my university integration of computers and course-work proceeds on an ad hoc basis. In the English department, for instance, several sections of first year writing are given in one of the two computer labs (one IBM, the other Mac). One of my colleagues is now teaching a graduate course making use of e-mail, each student having an account and access to a computer lab near the academic computing center. Connection to the main-frame (and thus to the Nets, to the VAX, and to our library on-line catalogue, as well as to HYTELNET) is simple and inexpensive. To connect an office computer to the main-frame via a hard-wire connection costs the department $100; many of my colleagues have modems however (a little slower) the department purchases at about $75 a piece. I also can connect to the main-frame from my home, at no charge. In other departments computer use may proceed on a more sophisticated level (ma th, decision sciences), but nearly every student has access either to their own or a university computer. We also have a student purchase plan at the book- store. Andrew Lakritz Miami U of Ohio AL6HENGF @ MIAMIU From: ksalzber@seq.hamline.edu (Kenneth Salzberg) Subject: Re: 6.0508 Rs: Student Computers (3/79) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 08:48:42 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 825 (1090) In partial answer to William P. Williams' query: I have no idea how much our school's internet connection costs the school - it is, however, a charge for the _school's_ connection, without regard to which department does, or doesn't have memebers who use it. It is quite possible to have a "dial-up" connection to the internet, if by "dial-up" you mean a connection from one's home, or other location outside the "interconnected" university environment. Even small schools, like ours, can do it. What your computer center needs to do is to install a modem or 4 on some outside phone lines, which modems are connected to the computers that are connected to the internet. I am typing this at my school computer that is conntected to our sequent computer by a "data switch" that operates at 9600 baud and, by using a "higher" band than the analog phone line in my office, ca use the same phone line and still allow phone calls in and out while I am connected to the central computer. (the sequent is, in turn, connected to the internet through the U. of Minnesota's computer center.) From home, I call our modem phone number, am limited to 2400 baud (since that is the speed of the modems our school bought) and can connect to the same sequent computer. That connection, since it uses a modem at home ties up our home phone line, and is slow, so I try to do most of my work from here. We may, someday soon, get faster modems, I may, someday in the distant future, get a second phone line at home, and a faster modem, and be able to connect at the same rate as with the data switch. If you can convince your computer people to install faster modems at the university end of this connection, it would give you the option of the faster connection. Good luck. ****************************************************************** Kenneth Salzberg ksalzber@hamline.edu Hamline University (612)641-2354 School of Law ****************************************************************** From: David E. Latane <dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu> Subject: Victorians Institute Meeting Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 12:00:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 515 (1091) First Notice and Call for Papers -- Victorians Institute Meeting 1993 The 1993 Meeting of the Victorians Institute will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 15-16. THEME: "Scientific Fantasy and Fantastic Science." Many nineteenth-century scientific formulations seemed as "fantastic" as the genres (detective, mystery, supernatural) which owed part of their continuing evolution to them. In what ways were important scientific discoveries of the nineteenth century represented, redacted, or distorted in the literature of the day? What came of the synthesis of nineteenth-century science and literature? Broad topics of investigation include: - Historical Views of Science and Technology - Theoretical Formulation and the Legislation of Identity (Sexual, Racial, Social) - Scientific, Social, and Literary metaphors - Science as Myth -Scientific Facts, Literary Fictions - Literary Form, Textual Strategy, and the Creation of Knowledge - Structure, Language and Rhetoric of Scientific Discourse - Modern and Postmodern Heirs of the Nineteenth-Century Fantastic - Postmodernist Approaches to Nineteenth-Century Science and Literature. For further information contact: Beverly Taylor, VI Conference Department of English, CB #3520 UNC-CH Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520 or David Latane President, Victorians Institute Dept. of English VCU Richmond, VA 23284-2005 dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu --David Latane' From: <SMURTHWAI@HARTFORD> Subject: Q: IPA software available? Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 19:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 826 (1092) Does anyone on Humanist know where I might find shareware/freeware versions of IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and fonts? It seems that someone a few months back mentioned that they knew of one. Any help would be appreciated. ********************************************************* John Smurthwaite, Ph.D. University of Hartford smurthwai@hartford.bitnet Foreign Languages smurthwai@uhavax.hartford.edu 200 Bloomfield Ave. Phone:(203)768-4317 West Hartford, Ct. 06117 ********************************************************** From: Kelly Caldwell <UGG00324@VM.UoGuelph.CA> Subject: e-texts of EBB Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 01:49:05 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 827 (1093) Does anybody know of a location which might have e-text copies of the works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning? I'm looking specifically for _Aurora Leigh_, and have tried the Archives at Oxford, and the wwp@brown, but so far I've struck out. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. From: simionat@unive.it Subject: Greek fonts in MS Word 5.0 Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 10:07:11 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 828 (1094) A friend of mine is writing his dissertation on law matters using MS Word 5.0 for PC and would like to insert quotations from classical Greek law books. Is this too tricky for a computer beginner to accomplish? Of course he wouldn't like the ALT+0xxx way. If you reply to Humanist, please forward to me directly as well. Thanks. ___________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 30123 Venezia, ITALY email: simionat@unive.it ___________________________________________________________________ From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0504 Qs: Student Computers; Teaching; E-Mail Degrees Date: 15 Feb 93 16:11:21 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 517 (1095) teaching American History in High Schools: Here is a reprint of an article written by Mike Lamonico, a High School Shakespeare teacher who is using WordCruncher and an electronic version of the Riverside Shakespeare, also a History Microcomputer Review about a product called The Constitution Papers. While these do not provide an (a) ready made solution to the challenge of creating coursework from the many disparate elements out there, it may help Reply-To: "James Johnston - Vox (801) 756-1111, Fax (801) 756-0242" EMAIL: If sending from BITNET attmail.com!johnstonj If sending from Internet RFC 822: j_johnston@attmail.com If sending from Internet UUCP: attmail.com!johnstonj THE FOLLOWING THREE ARTICLES WERE WRITTEN BY MR. MICHAEL LAMONICO, EXPLAINING HIS USE OF WORDCRUNCHER AND AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF HOUGHTON-MIFFLIN'S RIVERSIDE SHAKESPEARE. 1. TEACHING SHAKESPEARE WITH A COMPUTER, By MICHAEL LAMONICO Teaching Shakespeare with a computer sounds like an oxymoron. The very idea of high school students exploring the language of the foremost writer in history on a high tech machine seems ludicrous. My colleagues scoffed at the idea, thinking that the mechanization of this process would result in nothing more than lists of meaningless data. In a way this was my first reaction when I first heard of WordCruncher, a concordance and text retrieval program combined with The Riverside Shakespeare's Complete Works. But after convincing my school to order this program in 1988, my teaching has undergone a radical change, and I have spread my discoveries to teachers everywhere. [ ... text deleted by editor ... ] THE CONSTITUTION PAPERS A REVIEW REPRINTED FROM THE HISTORY MICROCOMPUTER REVIEW, FALL 1991 User-friendliness: Excellent Level of use: High school and college. Documentation: Extensive, includes a thirty-seven page manual in addition to online help. Overall effectiveness: Outstanding. Brief Description: A series of over forty-one documents related to American constitutional development selected by the staff of Johnston & Company, Electronic Publishers. Historians often recoil from the consistent student criticism that both high school and college survey history courses are tedious and boring. While certainly not all history teachers nor their courses are flat and lifeless, one cannot ignore the common student perception that the study of history is irrelevant and unescapably dull. Scientists capture the interests of their students through well-devised experiments, social scientists emphasize the impact of their disciplines on the modern world, but how can historians bring the long "dead" past to life? One way to dramatically augment student experience is to place historical documents in their hands. Students may have little interest at first in reading in a survey text about the debates at the Constitutional Convention but to present them with the actual words of John Adams or Alexander Hamilton appears to open a new window into the past. By gathering dozens of documents related to the development of American constitutional government and placing them in electronic form, Johnston & Company provide one way for American historians to dramatically enhance the classroom experience of both high school and college students. [ ... text deleted by editor ... ] -------------------- [A complete version of this announcement is now available through the fileserver, s.v. WRDCRNCH REVIEWS. You may obtain a copy by issuing the command -- GET filename filetype HUMANIST -- either interactively or as a batch-job, addressed to ListServ@Brownvm. Thus on a VM/CMS system, you say interactively: TELL LISTSERV AT BROWNVM GET filename filetype HUMANIST; if you are not on a VM/CMS system, send mail to ListServ@Brownvm with the GET command as the first and only line. For more details see the "Guide to Humanist". Problems should be reported to David Sitman, A79@TAUNIVM, after you have consulted the Guide and tried all appropriate alternatives.] From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0509 Rs: Folk Wisdom or Bunk Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 19:52:41 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 829 (1096) I'm sorry, but I think "Desiderata" is not bunk, but junk. Badly written, low-level junk. Let's just look at the notorious first phrase: "Go quietly amid the noise and haste..." Pseudo-parallellism: what does it mean to "go quietly amid...the haste" ? Would it make equal sense to say "Go slowly amid the noise?" Unstyle, Beautiful Writing Department, with the resonance and lift of a particularly pretentious corporate report. As to the date, I don't like things that fly false colors: what, after all, does 1696 have to do with the text ? Is it being presented to us as a marvelous piece of preserved wisdom from the deep past ? Im not surprised to hear that it was written by an American clergy8man: it is in the spuriously pious tradition of Peale, Fosdick, Marshall, Shean, et al: Chamber of Commerce of the soul. Humanists spend their time with the likes of Chaucer, Donne, Herrick, Bunyan, etc., and know genuine piety and affective writing when they see it. "Desiderata" is bovinely placid anyhow: who says quiet is be4tter than noise, and on what grounds ? Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: VILLERS@OUACCVMB Subject: folk wisdom Date: 16 Feb 1993 , 11:14:20 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 830 (1097) I was rather disappointed at the comments of Unwin and Johnson regarding the origins of the Desiderata. Of course it has value. The object of the query, particularly for the scholars interested in the origin of texts was certainly a valid one. Since everyone appears to agree that the text is recent, could that sort of thinking have occurred in the 1600? Why? Anne Villers Villers@ouaccvmb.bitnet Athens, Ohio From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0509 Re: Desiderata Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 09:37:40 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 831 (1098) Since several subscribers have praised the Desiderata, let me counter by saying that it has always seemed to me a load of Polonian rubbish, and I have never been able to read more than a few lines without experiencing nausea. It's right in there with that bit about "Everything important in life I learned in daycare, .." (approximately) Noisily yours, ... From: "Allen Renear, Brown Univ/CIS, 401-863-7312" <ALLEN@BROWNVM> Subject: Student Computers Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 21:09:59 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 832 (1099) Brown made a very deliberate decision not to require computer purchases but instead to focus on making computers available in public clusters. We like to think we have one of the highest, if not the highest, ratio of public computers per student in the country. We believed that that was the best way, at the time, to provide fair and equitable access to computing resources at an institution that was also very committed to promoting academic technology. But a large installed base of public computers is indeed a very expensive asset, primarily due to the cost of maintenance and replacement. The great thing about student ownership is that the machines aren't on your books and are always fairly current. (Of course by the 4th year you'll need some upgrades and mayber even replacements for some users, but few schools plan on much less than a 5 year cycle in any case). And as required equipment can be figured in calculations of student out-of-pocket expenses loans and grants that are based on those calculations can be used to cover the purchase. Many have argued that this creates a fairer and more equitable arrangement than what obtains when there is no requirement. After all, more and more students every year arrive with computers, or buy them anyway. A purchase requirement can actually help level the field by releasing grant and loan funds (mostly loan I think) for the purchase. And, moreover, the money saved by the university can be used for other things. Like financial aid. Or the Patrologia Latina Database. Well...like financial aid. I believe Dartmouth discovered, though, that with each 1st year class buying the current consumer best buy the typical student machine quickly outpaced the typical faculty machine. From: <THEOBIBLE@STMARYTX> Subject: RE: 6.0514 Rs: Student Computers and Internet Dialup Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 21:41 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 833 (1100) Just for information, at ST. Mary's U in San Antonio I have almost exactly the same set-up that Kenneth Salzberg describes for Hamline. We are also using part of an NEH grant for Foreign Languages across the Curriculum to teach one section of Introduction to Computers with a Spanish component, teaching our students the technical language of computing in Spanish, and putting them in touch with Spanish-language BB's and E-mail throughout Latin America. The same could obviously be done in any other language if we had professors who knew other languages. Charlie Miller, St. Mary's U, San Antonio From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall) Subject: R: on Student Computers Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 14:19:13 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 834 (1101) Hi, I'm only a week behind on Humanist, sorry for the late response to: [deleted quotation] This can save you money and give the students better service (albeit at their own expense) if you're careful about a couple of major, major points. (1) Set standards and enforce them. Don't just tell students 'go buy a computer'; pick a model (or models if you absolutely must, but keep the range small) and arrange with a vendor for as steep discounts as possible for your students, and stick with it. Your support will be easier, students will have a predictable environment, and your curricular uses can count on computer access. (2) You MUST provide for network connections in some way, and bear in mind that any scheme that involves students connecting with their own computers - in dorms, at home via modems, whatever - will be >$ to your institution than providing some lab connections. (3) Hidden costs - software, access to specialized machines, individual networking charges (very pricey in the DOS world for not much service) really add up. Figure them out and be honest with the students about them. There's also the possibility of doing a chargeback to students in the form of a mandatory 'lab fee' for computer access. That's not quite the way we do things here, but if you have no money in your budget, you have no money, and the lab fee would at least ensure equal access to everyone by spreading the cost among everybody and not simply having those who can afford to buy their own computer and those who cannot. At Swarthmore, even though we've been an all-Mac school for some time, we haven't yet made owning a computer a requirement. This despite the fact you couldn't go a day and a half without needing one for a class. Why not? There would be some good reasons for doing so...the central budget for "public" access computers and staff to run them could be cut some or repurposed, all students would have relatively equal and stress-free access to a needed resource, the student gets a moderately resaleable asset when they leave, and the base of computers at the school automatically gets upgraded to the newest technology in a four-year span (which is the maximum time you want to hold on to computing technology anyway). Instead of running public access, your staff could concentrate on 'backbone' technologies like networking and on special educational uses (multimedia stations, et al). So what's the hold-up? Here, Financial Aid. Our Sr. Admin seems to think that requiring a computer would also require the College providing one for our 40%+ students who are on financial aid, so the college would effectively have to buy half a million bucks of computers a year indirectly. As long as it's not a requirement they can stick to the fiction that the students currently have "equal" access even though the half who can afford computers have already purchased them and the other half jostle one another at finals time (mind you, I'm not complaining because we're very well-funded). This strikes be as very strange because Financial Aid here also accounts for a huge book budget every semester and a rather hefty (four digits) allowance for "personal items" which I understand to mean is to cover everything from roll-on deodorant to change for pizza. Why this stuff is in a financial aid allotment and a computer isn't is beyond me. The real bottom line is that adding even $300 a year in costs (assuming a $1200 computer spread out over four years; not counting software, repairs, disks etc.) is more than most colleges want to add to tuition because the current conventional wisdom is that the 'market' for a college education can't stand anymore price increases. This isn't any cash-strapped state school: we're one of the premiere colleges in the country and the tuition shows it (and covers barely half the expenses, the endowment covering more). Sign o' the times. - Matt Wall@cc.swarthmore.edu Humanities Coordinator Swarthmore College From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD.BITNET> Subject: R: 6.0516 IPA Fonts Date: 16 Feb 1993 11:38:52 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 835 (1102) SMURTHWAI@HARTFORD asked about IPA fonts in 6.0516. Tim Montler's most recent (March 92) set for WordPerfect 5.1 and HP LaserJet printers is available by anonymous FTP to ftp.unt.edu in pub/micro/ibm/phonts.zip These have good installation notes, and are worth looking at. While on the subject, however, what are people using and recommending for IPA fonts in Windows? Peter Lafford 602/965-2679vox -0135fax Manager, Humanities Computing Facility Lang & Lit Bldg. LLB-325 Arizona State University <Peter.Lafford@ASU.edu> Box 870302 <PLafford@ASU.bitnet> Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 or <IDPAL@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU> From: "Evan L. Antworth 214/709-2418" <ANTWORTH@am.dallas.sil.org> Subject: R: IPA software available? Date: 17 Feb 1993 09:14:03 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 836 (1103) The SIL Encore IPA fonts are a set of scalable IPA fonts containing the full International Phonetic Alphabet with 1990 Kiel revisions. Three typefaces are included: SIL Doulos (similar to Times) SIL Sophia (similar to Helvetica) SIL Manuscript (monowidth) Each font contains all the standard IPA discrete characters and non-spacing diacritics as well as some suprasegmental and puncuation marks. Each font comes in both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats. The fonts are available for both Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. They are freeware. The Macintosh fonts are available by FTP from: sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/font/sil-ipa.hqx. mac.archive.umich.edu /pub/mac/system.extensions/font/type1/silipafonts.sit.hqx The Windows fonts are available by FTP from: msdos.archive.umich.edu /pub/msdos/mswindows/fonts/sil-ipa.zip The fonts can also be ordered on diskette (including printed documentation) for $5 (plus postage: $2 in US, $5 outside US) from: SIL Printing Arts Department 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. phone: 214-709-2440 fax: 214-709-3387 ------------- Evan Antworth Internet e-mail: antworth@am.dallas.sil.org, evan@sil.org phone: 214/709-2418 fax: 214/709-2433 From: S.A.Rae@open.ac.uk (Simon Rae) Subject: RE: 6.0509 Rs: Distance Education; Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 17:31:10 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 837 (1104) A colleague, L.R.A.Melton@open.ac.uk (Laury Melton), at the Open University posted a note inviting 'Free Use of Distance Education Database'. Unfortunately the Internet numbers that he quotes contain one that will probably not work and two that there is a remote possibility will not work (why oh why can't you get a straight YES/NO answer from Computer Services?). The following should be correct: [deleted quotation] * NOTICE - the 137.108.48.127 number previously quoted is NOT a good number to try. One thing I did get from my friendly system guru is that a number (like 137.108.48.127) is given to a specific machine ... when the machine goes so does the number. The address (like ACSVAX.OPEN.AC.UK) is relatively constant and will be pointed at the relevent piece of machinery by some cunning software. At the OU we are in the process of changing computers so all our NUMBERS (but NOT our ADDRESS) may change in the near future (but not before 5th March hopefully!). [deleted quotation] Cheers ------ Simon Rae, User Services Officer, | S.A.RAE@OPEN.AC.UK (Internet) Academic Computing Service, | S.A.RAE@UK.AC.OPEN (JANET) The Open University, Walton Hall, | phone: (0908) 652413 Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. | fax: (0908) 653744 From: Virginia Knight <ZZAASVK@cms.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk> Subject: In the mind's eye Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 09:46:32 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 838 (1105) A related topos to the one about an image being visible in a dead eye is the idea that an image seen at the moment of conception or later in pregnancy can affect the appearance of the resulting child. This is traced by Michael Reeve in an entertaining article 'Conceptions' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society for 1989. Virginia Knight University of Manchester From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0508 Rs: Student Computers (3/79) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 16:30:35 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 839 (1106) Re: Dial-up connections to Internet: Technically, your mis-director is right, but I don't think he's talking about what you are. Q: Can you have a dial-up connection to the Internet? A: No, because to be "on the Internet" a machine has to behave like a computer: it has to have an Internet address, run the TCP/IP software, etc. A PC can do this; a dumb terminal can't. A dial-up connection, through a modem, actually works by having the PC run software that makes it pretend to be a dumb terminal (e.g. Kermit; Crosstalk; ProComm, etc.) Then all it can do is make a phone call to a "real" computer and log in to an account on that, just like a dumb terminal does. BUT, if the question is: Q2: can I, via a modem, use the Internet? A2: of course you can! Dial to a computer connected to the Internet on which you have an account, log in to your account; use the telnet, ftp etc. commands on the computer you've logged in to. NOTE: this is how we do it from home, where the only cables around were put in by the phone co. BUT if you're in your office, check if the department isn't wired to the campus Ethernet. If it is, buy an Ethernet card ($150 over here, probably not more than $100 in the US), plus into an Ethernet port; get the TCP/IP software (which should be distributed for free by your campus computer center, eg the Clarkson package, CUTCP, is public-domain and most campuses use it), get your local network guru to set it up for you (nontrivial if you're new to the field, but once s/he's done one, you can do the rest of the PCs in your dept.) -- hey presto, you're a computer on the Internet, you don't need to dial up any more. The $1000 charge sounds strange to me. Perhaps it was for wiring your dept. up to the campus Ethernet? If you need to pull wires, could be reasonable. If it was merely for the priviledge of getting a username and minimum disk space on one of the university computers (so you can dial in to them and use the Internet from there), I'd say you need a meeting with whoever the director's boss is, pronto... Good luck! Judy Koren, Elyachar Central Library, Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. From: David Denison <MFCEPDD@fs1.art.man.ac.uk> Subject: Message for HUMANIST Date: 17 Feb 93 16:43:53 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 840 (1107) THE SECOND G. L. BROOK SYMPOSIUM: MANCHESTER, 31 MARCH-2 APRIL 1993 THE BIBLE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO 1500 This residential conference is organised by the English Department of the University of Manchester. It will run from the evening of Wednesday 31 March until tea-time on Friday 2 April. The venue is Langdale Hall near the University. A list of speakers and their provisional titles follows. We have allowed some space in the programme for a session of short contributions (ten minutes each) on the topic `Uses of the bible text as a literary source'. Short contributions on Middle English topics are still welcome; please write with details as soon as possible to Miss Maxine Powell, Department of English, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (phone 061 275 3145). *************************************************************************** S P E A K E R S Malcolm Godden (keynote address): The trouble about Sodom: English responses to biblical sex Robert Adams: Medieval anti-semitism and Chaucer's `new Rachel' John Alford: The bible as a rhetorical source of inventio in Rolle, Chaucer, Langland John Anderson: Scriptural quotation as working method in Piers Plowman Jodi-Anne George: The use of the Book of Daniel in Old and Middle English literature Gerald Hammond: What was the influence of the medieval bible on the sixteenth- century bible? Conrad Lindberg: Literary aspects of the Wyclif bible Roy Liuzza: Who read the gospels in Old English? Richard Marsden: Old English biblical poetry: beyond the bible Peter Meredith: Direct and indirect use of the bible in medieval English drama Barbara Raw: Verbal icons in late Old English Hugh White: Book's bold speech and the archana verba of Piers Plowman B Passus 18 *************************************************************************** COSTS 10 registration (payable now) + 70 (postgraduates 40) full residence fee, payable by 23 March. Enquiries and payments (cheques payable to `University of Manchester') to Maxine Powell. From: Jim Kelly <JRKJAN8@GWUVM> Subject: Conference announcement Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 09:08:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 841 (1108) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- There are still a few places remaining for the 19 March conference entitled "Exhibiting Rare Books" which is to held at the Smithsonian Institution's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. The registration fee is $35 and includes morning coffee and lunch. For further information, please contact Jim Kelly, Catalog Dept., Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 202 994-6848; 202 994-1340 (fax); JKRJAN8@GWUVM.Bitnet; JRKJAN8@GWUVM.GWU.EDU. Internet From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: Library lecture series Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 12:53:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 523 (1109) 1993 ROSENBACH AND GATES LECTURES In March, the University of Pennsylvania Library sponsors two lecture series. Both are free and open to the public. ROSENBACH LECTURES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY The first announcement repeats an announcement already made. JAMES N. GREEN, Curator of Printed Books at The Library Company of Philadelphia, will present the 1993 ROSENBACH LECTURES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY on Tuesday, March 16, Thursday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 23. Speaking about "BOOK PUBLISHING IN EARLY AMERICA," Mr. Green first discusses "Colonial Beginnings: Benjamin Franklin and Robert Bell." His second lecture concerns "The Transformation of the 1790s: Mathew Carey and Mason Locke Weems." His third, en- titled "Charvat Reconsidered: Literary Publishing to 1825," looks anew at the views on this subject of an older Rosenbach Fellow. Lectures will be held in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Gallery on the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-6206; enter the Library from Locust Walk). They will start at 5:30 P.M. Receptions will follow. Mr. Green has published widely on the early American book trade. He is both a contributor and an advisor to the collaborat- ive history of the book in America, in progress at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, and to the history of the book in Britain, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. He has served two terms as President of the American Printing History Association and is a Member of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America. He has also served the American Library Asso- ciation and The New-York Historical Society. A graduate of Oberlin College, his advanced degrees come from Columbia and Yale Univer- sities. In addition to his duties at The Library Company, Mr. Green teaches courses in the art and history of the book at the University of the Arts. GATES LECTURES At almost exactly the same time, ALAN SINFIELD, Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex in Brighton, Eng- land, will deliver the 1993 GATES LECTURES. Professor Sinfield's lectures, intended (like the Rosen- bach Lectures) for eventual publication, are on the general topic of "CULTURAL POLITICS." He will speak on Monday, March 15 ("Shakespeare and Subordinate Reading"), Wednesday, March 17 ("Art as Cultural Production"), Friday, March 19 ("Un-American Activit- ies: Tennessee Williams and Manliness"), and Monday, March 22 ("Lesbian and Gay Subcultures: Reading the Truest Poetry"). His lectures will also be presented at 5:30 P.M. in the Rosenwald Gal- lery (6th floor) of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. A pioneer in the field of cultural studies, Mr. Sinfield is a prominent literary scholar. He works mainly on Shakespeare and the modern institutions that help produce him; post-1945 Brit- ish politics and culture; early modern culture, especially Protes- tantism; lesbian and gay cultures; and Tennyson and poetic lan- guage. He has been involved in controversy around "cultural materialism," a movement in English studies that stresses the political implications of literary writing; and as convenor of an M.A. program featuring lesbian and gay studies, "Sexual Dissidence and Cultural Change." His most recent book, *Faultlines* (pub- lished last year in the United States by the University of Califor- nia Press) deals with many of the themes, literary and political, which have occupied his attention during his enormously productive scholarly and public life. It elicited a review in the *Sunday Telegraph* by an Oxford don asking "Why should public money pay for Professor Sinfield?" The Gates Lectures honor the memory of Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. Mr. Gates was Secretary of the Navy and later of Defense during the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower. He later served President Gerald Ford as Liaison (with the rank of Ambassador) to the People's Republic of China. His papers are held by the Department of Special Collections. Previous speakers in this series have included President Ford and David Eisenhower. Like the Rosenbach Lectures, the Gates Lectures are administered by the University of Pennsylvania Library. For additional information, please call 215 898 7088. From: EACL 1993 <eacl93@let.ruu.nl> Subject: EACL93: Provisional Programme Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 13:50:09 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 524 (1110) EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93 THIRD NOTIFICATION -- PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME The European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics will hold its Sixth Conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from Wednesday to Friday, 21-23 April 1993, preceded by two days of tutorials on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20. General Conference Chair: The conference is co-chaired by Steven Krauwer, Michael Moortgat and Louis des Tombe (OTS, Utrecht). Programme Committee: Anne Abeille (University of Paris), Ted Briscoe (University of Cambridge), Ken Church (AT T Bell Laboratories), Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania), Ewan Klein (University of Edinburgh), Andras Kornai (CSLI, Stanford), Jan Landsbergen (IPO, Eindhoven), Uwe Reyle (University of Stuttgart), Anne de Roeck (University of Essex), Remko Scha (University of Amsterdam), Susan Warwick-Armstrong (ISSCO, Geneva). Local Organization Coordinator: Renee Pohlmann (OTS, Utrecht). Tutorials Coordinator: Jan van Eijck (CWI, Amsterdam). Student Session Programme Committee: The Committee is co-chaired by Anne-Marie Mineur and Yvon Wijnen (Utrecht University), and consists of David Beaver, Morten Christiansen, Shona Douglas, Tomaz Erjavec, Alistair Knott, Carl Vogel (University of Edinburgh), Josef van Genabith (Essex University), Frank Piron (University of Freiburg), Patrizia Paggio (University of Kopenhagen), Melina Alexa (UMIST, Manchester), Kjetil Strand (University of Oslo), Uli Schatz, Juergen Oesterle (University of Muenchen), Irene Pimenta Rodrigues (University of Lisbon), Jochen Doerre (University of Stuttgart), Paolo Cattaneo (IDSIA, Lugano). The final programme is now being prepared, and a full time schedule will be published shortly. This announcement provides an overview of the contents of the main programme, and includes registration information and forms. Please note that the early registration period has been extended to 1 March, but note also that hotel accommodation cannot be guaranteed after this date! PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME TUTORIALS (Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 April): Each tutorial consists of an introductory class on Monday (3 hours), and an advanced class on the same topic on Tuesday (3 hours). There are 4 tutorials: (1) Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof (University of Amsterdam): Uses of Dynamic Logic in NL Processing (2) Hans Uszkoreit (University of Saarbruecken): Recent Developments in Unification-based NP Processing Tutorials (1) and (2) will take place in parallel. (3) Mark Liberman (University of Pennsylvania): Statistical Methods in NL Processing (4) Applications of Complexity Theory (teacher to be announced) Tutorials (3) and (4) will take place in parallel. MAIN PROGRAMME (Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 and Friday 23 April): INVITED SPEAKERS: (1) Ken Church (AT&T) (2) Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) (3) Third speaker to be announced PAPERS: Below we list the papers that have been accepted for EACL93 (including papers on the reserve list). Note that not all authors have confirmed their participation yet. Area: SYNTAX AND CL Doug Arnold, Toni Badia, Josef van Genabith, Stella Markantonatou, Stefan Momma, Louisa Sadler, Paul Schmidt: Experiments in Reusability of Grammatical Resources Bernd Abb, Michael Herweg and Kai Lebeth: The Incremental Generation of Passive Sentences Area: LEXICON, MORPHOLOGY Harald Trost: Coping with derivation in a morphological component Adam Kilgarriff: Inheriting Verb Alternations Josee Heemskerk: A probabilistic context-free grammar for disambiguation in morphological parsing Hideki Kozima and Teiji Furugori: Similarity between Words Computed by Spreading Activation on an English Dictionary Area: DATA-ORIENTED CL Yves Schabes, Michael Roth and Randy Osborne: Parsing the Wall Street Journal with the Inside-Outside Algorithm Rens Bod: Using an Annotated Corpus as a Virtual Grammar Didier Bourigault: An Endogeneous-Corpus Based Method for Structural Noun Phrase Disambiguation Masaki Kiyono and Jun-ichi Tsujii: Linguistic Knowledge Acquisition from Parsing Failures Pim van der Eijk: Automating the Acquisition of Bilingual Terminology Antal van den Bosch and Walter Daelemans: Data-Oriented Methods for Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion Area: AI-RELATED METHODS IN CL Donna M. Gates and Peter Shell: Rule-based acquisition and maintenance of lexical and semantic knowledge Susan McRoy and Graeme Hirst: Abductive explanations of dialogue misunderstandings Geoffrey Simmons: Tradeoff between Compositionality and Complexity in the Semantics of Dimensional Adjectives Area: PARSING AND COMPLEXITY Alain Lecomte: Efficient Proof-Nets for Parsing Patrick Blackburn and Edith Spaan: Decidability and Undecidability in stand-alone Feature Logics Mark-Jan Nederhof: Generalized left-corner parsing K. Vijay-Shanker, David J. Weir: The use of shared forests in TAG parsing Gosse Bouma and Gertjan van Noord: Head-driven parsing for lexicalist grammars: experimental results Peter Staudacher: New frontiers beyond context-freeness: di-grammars and di-automata Atro Voutilainen, Pasi Tapanainen: Ambiguity resolution in a reductionistic parser Area: LOGIC AND CL Juergen Wedekind and Ronald M. Kaplan: Type-driven semantic interpretation of f-structures Olivier Bouchez, Olivier Istace, Jan van Eijck: A strategy for dynamic interpretation: a fragment and an implementation Mary Dalrymple, John Lamping and Vijay Saraswat: LFG semantics via constraints Marcus Kracht: Mathematical Aspects of Command Relations Martin Boettcher: Disjunctions and inheritance in the context feature structure system Patrick Blackburn, Claire Gardent and Wilfried Meyer-Viol: Talking about trees Martin Emms: Parsing with polymorphism Koen Versmissen: Lambek calculus, modalities and semigroup semantics Glyn Morrill and Teresa Solias: Tuples, Discontinuity, and Gapping in Categorial Grammar Daniele Godard and Jacques Jayez: Towards a proper treatment of coercion phenomena Area: MORPHOLOGY, PHONOLOGY, SPEECH Scott Prevost, Mark Steedman: Generating contextually appropriate intonation Ajit Narayanan, Lama Hashem: On abstract, finite-state morphology Lynne J. Cahill: Morphonology in the Lexicon Marc van Oostendorp: Formal properties of metrical structure Area: MACHINE TRANSLATION Ronald M. Kaplan and Juergen Wedekind: Restriction and Correspondence-based Translation Area: SEMANTICS Sheila Glasbey: A computational treatment of sentence-final 'then' Claire Gardent: A unification-based approach to multiple VP ellipsis resolution E. Hajicova, H. Skoumalova, P. Sgall: Identifying topic and focus by an automatic procedure Andrew Kehler: A Discourse Copying Algorithm for Ellipsis and Anaphora Resolution Tim Fernando: The donkey strikes back Michael White: Delimitedness and trajectory-of-motion events Joke Dorrepaal: On the notion of uniqueness Alex Lascarides, Jon Oberlander: Temporal connectives in a discourse context Tadashi Nomoto and Yoshihiko Nitta: Resolving Zero Anaphora in Japanese STUDENT PAPERS: Johan Bos: VP Ellipsis in a DRT-implementation George C. Demetriou: Lexical Disambiguation Using CHIP (Constraint Handling in Prolog) Paola Monachesi: Object clitics and clitic climbing in Italian HPSG grammar Michael Schiehlen: Localising Barriers Theory Hadar Shemtov: A Translation Tool for Dealing with Updated Documents Manfred Stede: Lexical Choice Criteria in Language Generation POSTERS and DEMOS: The following poster and demo submissions have been accepted by the programme committee. A number of submissions (not listed here) is waiting for confirmation by the authors. I. Aduriz, E. Agirre, I. Alegria, X. Arregi, J.M. Ariola, X. Artola, A. Diaz de Ilarraza, N. Ezeiza, M. Maritxalar, K. Sarasola and M. Urkia: A morphological analysis based method for spelling correction Eric Wehrli and Mira Ramluckun: ITS-2: an interactive personal translation system Gabor Proszeky and Laszlo Tihanyi: Helyette: Inflectional Thesaurus for Agglutinative Languages Dario Bianchi, Rodolfo Delmonte and Emanuele Pianta: Understanding Stories in Different Languages with GETA_RUN Gunnar Eriksson and Gunnel Kallgren: Demonstration of software for annotation and automatic disambiguation Atro Voutilainen and Pasi Tapanainen: Ambiguity resolution in a reductionistic parser Shinichi Doi, Kazunori Muraki and Shinichiro Kamei: Long Sentence Analysis by Domain Specific Pattern Grammar David Clemenceau and Emmanuel Roche: Enhancing a Large Scale Dictionary with a two-level System Robert Frederking, Ariel Cohen, Dean Grannes, Peter Cousseau and Sergei Nirenburg: The PANGLOSS MARK I MAT system Laila Dybkjaer, Niels Ole Bernsen, Hans Dybkjaer: Maximising Naturalness Dirk Heylen, Andre Schenk and Marc Verhagen: A Constraint-based Representation Scheme of Collocational Structures Gabor Proszeky and Laszlo Tihanyi: Helyette: Inflectional Thesaurus for Agglutinative Languages Atro Voutilainen and Pasi Tapanainen: Ambiguity resolution in a reductionistic parser REGISTRATION INFORMATION NOTE THE EXTENSION OF THE EARLY REGISTRATION PERIOD!!!!!!!! Conference: The registration fee will be 275 Dutch guilders for ACL-members, and 165 guilders for students and unemployed members. Registration forms and payment should be received by 1 March 1993. The fees include one copy of the proceedings and an invitation to the reception. | until 1 March | after 1 March | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard rate | | | ACL member (dues paid | | | for 1993) | 275 Dfl | 385 Dfl | Non-member (includes | | | membership for 1993) | 335 Dfl | 445 Dfl | Reduced rate (full time | | | students and unemployed) | | | ACL member (dues paid | | | for 1993) | 165 Dfl | 230 Dfl | Non-member (includes | | | membership for 1993) | 210 Dfl | 275 Dfl | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorials: The tutorial fee will be 100 Dfl. per tutorial if registered before 1 March, 1993. After 1 March, the fee will be 130 Dfl. Please note that only people who register for the conference will be eligible to take part in the tutorials. | until 1 March | after 1 March | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard rate | 100 Dfl | 130 Dfl | Reduced rate (full time | | | students and unemployed) | 70 Dfl | 100 Dfl | --------------------------------------------------------------------- If a registration is cancelled before 1 April, the registration fee, less 50 Dfl for administrative costs, will be returned. Please note: We regret that we cannot accept any registrations by email. Send your registration and payment by (air)mail. Accommodation: The organisation has reserved a number of hotel rooms in Utrecht, close to the conference site. Cheaper accommodation is offered outside Utrecht. Travelling time will not be more than an hour. Please return the application for hotels as soon as possible. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed if applications with full payment are not received by 1 March. Payment: All payments must be made in Dutch guilders. - You can send us - together with your registration form - a cheque or banker's draft payable to: Faculteit Letteren RU, UTRECHT - You can transfer the appropriate amount to our bank account: Faculteit Letteren RU Account no 55 50 74 897 ABN-AMRO Bank Neude 4 3512 AD UTRECHT Reference : EACL93 registration fee A copy of the bank transfer should be sent to us together with your registration form. Make sure you add transfer charges. - You can use MasterCard/Eurocard and VISA credit cards. Participants from Eastern European countries: A limited number of grants will be available for participants living in Eastern European countries. These grants include free registration and accommodation, and a daily allowance of 50 Dfl. Authors of accepted papers will have priority. Please provide full details concerning affiliation and participation of your institution in EC exchange programmes such as TEMPUS. GENERAL INFORMATION Social Events: The participants will be offered a reception on Tuesday 20 April. A banquet featuring Indonesian `Rijsttafel' will be held on Thursday the 22nd. Space limitations restrict the number of participants; first come first served. The banquet fee is 60 Dfl. Venue: The conference site is located in the centre of Utrecht, 10 minutes walk from Utrecht Central Station, which in turn is located at 50 minutes by train (30 by taxi) from Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol). Addresses: General address for all communications with Programme Committee, Organizing Committee, Student Session Committee and Tutorials Coordinator: EACL93 [relevant committee/coordinator], OTS, Trans 10, NL-3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. 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Send this form, with full payment, before 1 March 1993 to: EACL93 Organizing Committee, OTS, Trans 10, NL-3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: (31)30-536377. Fax: (31)30-536000. Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl. From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: E-text information via Gopher and FTP Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 16:30 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 525 (1111) We thought this announcement might be of interest to your community. It is also being sent to a number of other discussion groups in the library and humanities communities. Paul Mangiafico, project assistant Center for Text & Technology pmangiafico@guvax.bitnet Academic Computer Center, 238 Reiss pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu Georgetown University tel: 202-687-6096 Washington, DC 20057 USA fax: 202-687-6003 CPET DIGESTS NOW AVAILABLE VIA GOPHER AND FTP For the past four years, Georgetown University's Center for Text & Technology (CTT), under the aegis of the Academic Computer Center, has been compiling a directory of projects that create and analyze electronic text in the humanities. A relational database accessible via the Internet, Georgetown's Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET) includes information on more than 350 projects throughout the world. Now digests of project information -- organized by humanities discipline and by language of the electronic text -- can be read, searched, and retrieved by means of the Internet's protocols for Gopher and anonymous FTP. There are digests for 40 different languages, as well as for linguistics, literature, philosophy, biblical studies, and a variety of others, ranging from Medieval and Renaissance studies to Archaeology, African studies, and Buddhism. GOPHER - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESS The CPET digests are organized into subdirectories on Georgetown University's Gopher server. If you have never used Gopher, you may wish to consult your local Internet expert to determine whether you have access to Gopher client software or to obtain for instructions for using it. At many locations, one simply types the word GOPHER at the system prompt of the networked mainframe. Once inside the main Gopher directory, look for CPET files under: Other Gopher and Information Servers North America USA Washington, DC Georgetown University Please note that the menu item for Washington, DC, appears alphabetically after Washington state and not after Delaware. On the Georgetown server look into the directory CPET_PROJECTS_IN_ELECTRONIC_TEXT, where you will find the following files and subdirectories: 1. CPET_DIGESTS_INTRODUCTION.TXT (information on the digests) 2. CPET_INTRODUCTION.TXT (information on the CPET database) 3. CPET_USER_GUIDE.TXT (how to access the on-line database) 4. DIGESTS_DISCIPLINES.DIR (digests organized by discipline) 5. DIGESTS_LANGUAGES.DIR (digests organized by language) The filenames of the digests have as extensions the approximate size in kilobytes of each file; filesize will determine the length of time needed to acquire the file. Before retrieving any of the digests, please read the introductory file (CPET_DIGESTS_INTRODUCTION.TXT). FTP - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESS The digests are arranged in a similar structure in Georgetown's FTP server. To survey the digests, first enter the following command from your system prompt: ftp guvax.georgetown.edu (or ftp 141.161.1.2) When requested, login with the username ANONYMOUS and a password according to the formula YOURNAME@YOURSITE. Once within GUVAX, at the ftp prompt ( often either ftp> or * ), change directories as follows: ftp> cd cpet_projects_in_electronic_text Then if you then enter a directory command -- DIR -- you will find the same files and subdirectories that are described in the preceding section of these directions on gopher. To inspect the other directories in a subdirectory, change directories again. Do not enter the .DIR extension or the version number, and distinguish between hyphens and underscores when typing the filenames. For example, at the prompt enter a command such as the following: ftp>cd digests_disciplines To explore further the directory structure and the file contents, enter the commands to show the directory (DIR) or to change the directory (CD) as often as necessary. Note: some subdirectories contain more than one complete screen of filenames, so when you enter a dir command, the initial contents of the subdirectory may scroll off the screen. To stop the scrolling, use whatever device your system permits. For example, with VAX VMS one would use CTRL-S (that is, hold down the CTRL key and press the S key) to stop scrolling and CTRL-Q to continue scrolling. To retrieve a file, type at the ftp prompt the command GET followed by the name of the file (with the filename extension) that you wish to retrieve. For example, ftp> get finnish.17K A system message will confirm that the file has been transferred to your computer (more specifically, to the directory from which you invoked ftp). To leave FTP, enter at the prompt the command BYE. ftp> bye If you have any questions or comments on this service, or would like to learn more about CPET and Georgetown's Center for Text and Technology, please contact us at the address below. Georgetown Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET) Center for Text & Technology Academic Computer Center, Reiss 238 Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057 USA tel: 202-687-6096 fax: 202-687-6003 Contacts: Paul Mangiafico, CPET Project Assistant pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu Dr. Michael Neuman, Director, Center for Text & Technology neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu From: Prof Norm Coombs <NRCGSH@RITVAX.BITNET> Subject: Making your campus computing disability accessible Date: 17 Feb 1993 08:34:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 526 (1112) Below is an announcement of a survey instrument which has been prepared to assist college campuses in making all of their computing facilities accessible to persons with disabilities or to help them learn what they need to do to accomplish this gol. Norman Coombs nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Please pass along to your relevant campus personnel. The EASI Way to Assess Your Access Adaptive Computing Evaluation Kit THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT--If the Americans with Disabilities Act has left you guessing as to what you are required to do to meet the needs of students, faculty and staff with disabilities, let EDUCOM/EUIT'S Project EASI give you some ideas and guidelines that will help you meet both your campus needs and the spirit of the ADA. We are offering the "Adaptive Computing Evaluation Kit for Colleges and Universities." This comprehensive kit, which was designed to help schools complete the computing component of the ADA-required self-evaluation of colleges and universities, has an overview of legal issues and an Adaptive Computing Self-evaluation Background Checklist to help schools evaluate what type of services they offer and what type of services they should be offering. The Checklist is an excellent reference point for launching a long-term, strategic plan for the implementation of adaptive computing services on your campus. This checklist will also be useful in the future, as a document you can use to monitor your progress in providing adaptive computing services. The kit also includes a User Needs Survey, which will help you determine what types of services your disabled population requires. Finally, the kit includes a short evaluation form that schools can sumbit as the computing part of the self-evaluation survey required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. With the payment of the applicable license fee for the Adaptive Computing Evaluation Kit, campuses may receive one-half hour of phone consultation about the information in this kit. The consultation will be with one of EASI's consultants, many of whom have already helped implement a successful adaptive computing program at a college or university campus. This kit is available on paper or through electronic mail and is offered on the "shareware" concept. You are encouraged to distribute for information and examination, any form of this kit at no obligation. If you choose to use any portion of the document to benefit your institution, EDUCOM requires payment of the following licensing fees. For campuses with 5,000 or fewer students (fte) the license fee is $150. For campuses with more than 5,000 students (fte), the license fee is $250. There is a 10% discount for EDUCOM-member institutions. You may examine this document electronically or on paper. There is a $10 handling charge if you wish to examine this kit on paper. For more information on EASI's "Adaptive Computing Evaluation Kit for Colleges and Universities," please contact CSMICLC@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU or call Carmela Castorina at (310) 640-3193. This kit can also be obtained by using anonymous ftp from host um.cc.umich.edu and changing to the EASI sub directory. Get the file named ada.kit. Nothing in this kit should be treated as providing any legal advice. EASI urges that you consult your campus legal department or 504/ADA Compliance Office for legal advice prior to implementing any of this kit. From: Charles L. Creegan <ccreegan@uncecs.edu> Subject: Humanities labs Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 11:03:25 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 527 (1113) The following query was originally posted to some usenet groups. It is reposted here with permission of the original author, who is not a HUMANIST subscriber. [deleted quotation] From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: non desiderata Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 17:02:20 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 842 (1114) There are two problems here: (1) that Desiderata should attract so much attention, and (2) that the attention lavished on it should appear without apparent restraint or constraint on Humanist. Polonius centre stage, indeed. Have we not better drama, better desires? Willard McCarty From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Desiderata Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 18:31:58 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 843 (1115) I have hesitated to write because I do not have the facts at my fingertips, but I recently the `poem' in book form for sale with a note that specified an author and a copyright date of about 1927. It belongs to the genre of mildly inspirational journalism. I would be happy to be contradicted, but the information presented was clear, specific, and convincing. Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: caedmon@violet.berkeley.edu Subject: 15th Annual U.C. Celtic Conference Program Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 09:43:33 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 529 (1116) FIFTEENTH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CELTIC CONFERENCE March 5-7, 1993 FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993 Third Floor of Wheeler Hall--North Wing Registration English Department Lounge (331 Wheeler Hall) 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Session I Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall) 3:00 p.m. Edgar Slotkin (Department of English, University of Cincinnati) The Interpretation of Folktales: Bengt Holbek and Sean O' Conaill's Iolann Airiminic Robert Tracy (Department of English, UC Berkeley) Three Nines are Seventeen, or, The Origin of the Ulster Sunday: Notes on Ces Noinden Break 4:45 p.m. Session II Maude Fife Room 5:00 p.m. William Sayers (Sidney, British Columbia) Severed Heads Under Conall's Knee Karen E. Burgess (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) The Post-Diluvian Exploits of Adam's Head Tanya Lane (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) Heb Enw, Heb Arfau, Heb Wraig: Men, Women and Marginality in Math vab Mathonwy Paula Powers Coe (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) Looking at Caesar's Gaulish Pantheon Entertainment & Edibles English Lounge 7:00 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1993 Mathematics Department Lounge (1015 Evans Hall) Coffee and Pastries 8:30 a.m. Session III 9:15 a.m. Joseph Falaky Nagy (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) The Irish Herald Sean O' Coilea'in (University College Cork) The Haven Roars for Spouse or Patron: an Examination of the Poem "Geisid Cu'an" Break 10:45 a.m. Session IV 11:00 a.m. Angelique Gulermovich (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) A Garment of Silk Brocade About Her: Clothing in the Four Branches Patrick J. Ford (Department of Celtic, Harvard) Liber T in B" Cuailgne or Liber T in B" Cuailgne Lunch (Host Yourself Off-Campus) Noon Session V 2:00 p.m. Ann Matonis (Department of English, Temple University) The Welsh Bardic Grammars as Genre: Taxonomies or Synonymies? Break 3:00 p.m. Session VI 3:15 p.m. Denise Filios (Department of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley) The Empress and the Grail: An Analysis of the Grail and Sovereignty in Part II of Peredur Leslie Jones (Folklore & Mythology Program, UCLA) The Call of the Wild: Owein's Shamanic Madness Pamela Morgan (Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley) John Muir and the Great Chain of Being: Metaphors and the Environment Break 4:45 p.m. Session VII 5:00 p.m. Joe Grady (Celtic Studies Program, UC Berkeley) Verb and Verbal Noun in Irish Orin D. Gensler (Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley) Insular Celtic Syntax and Hamito-Semitic: Substrata and Typology Banquet Plearn Thai Cuisine (2050 University Avenue) 6:45 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1993 Mathematics Department Lounge (1015 Evans Hall) Coffee and Pastries 8:30 a.m. Session VIII 9:15 a.m. Angela Bourke (University College Dublin) Keening as Theater: Synge and the Irish Women's Lament Gildas Hamel (Department of French, UC Santa Cruz) The Kontadenno ar Bobl of F.M. Luzel Break 10:45 a.m. Session IX 11:00 a.m. Alfred P. Smyth (Keynes College, University of Kent) Saintly Monks or Worldly Prince-Abbots? Sinead Ni Shabhlain (Archaeology Program, UCLA) Church, Community and Parish in Late Medieval Ireland Mark Hall (Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley) Irishmen & Vikings: The Case of Hiberno-Norse Ironworking From: Jon Crump <jjcrump@u.washington.edu> Subject: preliminary CSANA conference program Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 13:32:31 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 530 (1117) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA AND UW HUMANITIES COLLOQUIUM: "BY WORD OF MOUTH" THURSDAY, APRIL 22 7:30-8:00 PM REGISTRATION (KaneHall) 8:00-9:30 FORMAL OPENING OF CSANA AND COLLOQUIUM LECTURE (Kane Hall) PATRICK FORD (Harvard University) "From Oral to Literary:The Route of the Tain" FRIDAY, APRIL 23 8:00-8:30 AM REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 8:30-10:00 SESSION ONE (McCarty A) JESSICA HOOKER (University of Cambridge): "The Legend of Ami and Amile as a Source for the Mabinogi of Pwyll?" DARA HELLMAN (University of California at Los Angeles): "Articulation and pre (Non)-Verbal Communication in Gereint vab Erbin and Erec et Enide" CHARLES MCQUARRIE (University of Washington): "From Manannan to Bercilak: The Green Knight and the Celtic Otherworld God (a study in functional analogues)" SESSION TWO (McCarty B) SHANNON MCRAE (University of Washington): "Madness, Vision, and Ecstasy: the Cailleach in the Works of Clarke and Yeats" JAMES RODERICK MACDONALD (Aberdeen University): "The Survival of the Gaelic Language in North Carolina" LESLIE JONES (University of California at Los Angeles): "Druidic Knowledge: Reconstructing Lost Traditions" 10:00-10:30 BREAK 10:30-12:00 SESSION THREE (McCarty A) TOBY GRIFFEN (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville): "The Mesotomic Syllable in Old Welsh Poetry" LENORA TIMM (University of California at Davis): "Ha breman n'eo ket tout a fait an dra-se: An Examination of Breton-French Code-Switching" ORIN GENSLER (University of California at Berkeley): "Typology and the Celtic/Hamito-Semitic Problem: A non-impressionistic Method" SESSION FOUR (McCarty B) BENJAMIN HUDSON (Pennsylvania State University): "Celtic Kings and English Lordship" FREDERICK SUPPE (Ball State University): "Sizing Up 'Sais': Comments on the Cultural Meaning of the Welsh Soubriquet, 1050-1300" WILLIAM SAYERS (University of Victoria): "Management of the Celtic Fact in the Icelandic Landnamabok (The Book of Settlements)" 12:00-1:30 (CSANA Executive Board Meeting) 1:30-2:30 CSANA/COMP. LIT. SEMINAR (McCarty A & B) Text: DAFYDD JENKINS, The Law of Hywel Dda: Law-Texts from Medieval Wales Edited and Translated 2:30-4:00 SESSION FIVE (McCarty A & B) CATHERINE MCKENNA (Queens College CUNY): Title to be announced ANNE MATONIS (Temple University): "Glossing the Middle Welsh Generic Lexicon" ELISSA R. HENKEN (University of Georgia): "History, Memory, and Welsh Nationalism" 4:00-4:15 BREAK 4:15-6:15 SESSION SIX (McCarty A & B) LAWRENCE ESON (University of California at Los Angeles): "The 'Three Leaps of Luachair': Leaping and Cosmogonic Heroism in the Career of St. Moling and Parallels in Early Irish and Indo-European Tradition" MARIA TYMOCZKO (University of Massachusetts at Amherst): "A Tradition of Speaking for Women" BETTE-JANE CRIGGER (The Hastings Center): "One Is the Loneliest Number: The Oenchiniud of Early Irish Law" PETER FLYNN (University College Cork): "The Content Markup of Irish Historical and Literary Texts" 8:00-9:30 UW HUMANITIES COLLOQUIUM: "BY WORD OF MOUTH" LECTURE (Kane Hall) JOSEPH HARRIS (Harvard University): Title to be announced SATURDAY, APRIL 24 8:00-9:00 AM CSANA BUSINESS MEETING 9:00-10:00 LECTURE (McCarty A & B) JAMES MALLORY (Queen's University, Belfast): "The Rise and Fall of Emain Macha" 10:00-11:30 SESSION SEVEN (McCarty A & B) ROSALIND CLARK (Saint Mary's College): "Irish Analogues of Beowulf" DOROTHY ANN BRAY (McGill): "Caedmon and the British Tradition" MARTIN E. HULD (California State University, Los Angeles): "Oral and Scribal Tradition in Early Celtic and Germanic Manuscripts: Evidence from Ystoria Peredur fab Efrawg, Sir Orfeo and Beowulf" CSANA AND "BY WORD OF MOUTH" JOINT SESSION 1:00-2:00 LECTURE (Kane Hall) THOMAS CHARLES-EDWARDS (University of Oxford): "Literacy in the Vernacular: Irish and Welsh in the Early Middle Ages" 2:00-2:15 BREAK 2:15-3:45 PANEL (Kane Hall) EDGAR SLOTKIN (University of Cincinnati): "Celtic Oral Stylistics: The State of the Art" DANIEL MELIA (University of California at Berkekey): "What Did These Guys Think They Were Doing? Scribal Intervention in Irish Vernacular Saga" JOSEPH FALAKY NAGY (University of California at Los Angeles): "Hearing Mabon" 3:45-4:00 BREAK 4:00-5:00 LECTURE (Kane Hall) KATHERINE O'KEEFFE (Notre Dame): "Theorizing the Oral/Literate Continuum" 5:00-6:30 RECEPTION (Faculty Club) 6:30 TRANSPORTATION TO RESTAURANT 7:00 CSANA BANQUET SUNDAY, APRIL 25 8:00-10:00 AM SESSION EIGHT (McCarty A) VICTORIA VELSOR (Columbia University): "Tradition, Text, and Thing: The Celtic Charter?" KAARINA HOLLO (Harvard University): "St. Mo Laisse of Daiminis and his Book" MICHAEL J. CURLEY (University of Puget Sound): "Some Unedited lectiones from the Life of Saint Nonita, Mother of Saint David: A Text and Its Context" KEVIN LYNCH (Central Conneticut State University): "The 'Neckless Christ-Crucified' Motif on a Group of Early Irish High Crosses" 10:00-10:30 BREAK 10:30-12:00 SESSION NINE (McCarty A) PAULA COE (University of California at Los Angeles): "The Very Image of Macha: Taking a Look at an Aniconic Icon" THERESE SAINT-PAUL (University of Texas): "The 'Death By Thirst' Motif in Celtic Myth and Arthurian Literature" ANGELIQUE GULERMOVICH (U. of California at Los Angeles): "A Few Words About Some Little Thing: Ryw Bethan -- The Comparative Evidence" 1:00-3:00 LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE (Brechman Auditorium) ROBIN HUW BOWEN (Welsh Triple Harpist)* *Sponsored by the Puget Sound Welsh Association. Tickets available for purchase at the door. Someone gently reminded me that I had failed to provide certain important information about the conference whose program I just posted. To wit, the place and date. The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. It will begin on the evening of Thursday April 22, and end Sunday afternoon, April 25. further information about accommodations, transportation and whatnot can be had from me at the e-mail address below or from the Conference organizer, Robin Stacy Department of History DP-20 University of Washington Seattle, Wa. 98195 -- Jon Crump jjcrump@u.washington.edu From: DUSKNOX@IDBSU Subject: Re: 6.0527 Query: Humanities Teaching (1/26) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 15:08:51 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 844 (1118) I'm not really sure what Professor Littlefield is after when he asks about a Humanities Lab. My upper division history students do history by reading lots and lots of stuff, thinking it through, then writing up their conclusions. We already have our lab -- it's called the Library. There's nothing about our discipline that would be enhanced by having a special room with computers in it. Except . . . access to the Internet. But even here, the ideal would be having a desk in the library with a computer on it. Next best, and more realistic, would be having internet access from home or dorm. A room full of computers and printers offers no special charm for the history student. Even things like CD drives, scanners and the like live in labs mostly because they're still a bit expensive. Eventually, even these services will be in the home or dorm room where they belong. Can anyone else think of a reason for a Humanities Lab? Ellis "Skip" Knox dusknox@idbsu.idbsu.edu PC Coordinator & Faculty Computer Lab Supervisor Professor of History Boise State University Boise, Idaho From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0519 Rs: Student Computers (3/139) Date: 17 Feb 1993 17:49:22 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 845 (1119) Well, here at Colorado College we don't require computer purchase, the college bookstore sells Macs, the College owns lots of DOS machines, with a good fiber optic network now reaching into dorms, and very few Macs with computing people pointing out their drawbacks but with students continuing to prefer them. Student aid issue would arise but with a smallish student body it surely could be worked out (Swarthmore people tell Laura Talbot hi from me: my son, class of '93, didn't buy a computer and made a bit of a name for himself tapping noisy disk drives with a hammer or something, back about two years ago). Right, the network is important and a big investment; when students discover the Internet, WAIS etc., there's a kind of revelation that makes it worth the investment. Owen Cramer From: David E. Latane <dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0527 Query: Humanities Teaching (1/26) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 9:02:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 846 (1120) V.M. Littlefield asks the following question about teaching in the Humanities: [deleted quotation] I think this begs the question of the validity of the analogy. I teach British Romantic poetry. In what sense is it possible for my students to "do" British Romantic poetry in a way that a student can "do chemistry"? Do I fly them to Britain, bus them to Hampstead, stick them in a garden at night to have them think of suicide while listening to nightingales? The laboratory for "doing" Romantic poetry--and it seems to me that it is very student centered--is the same as it's always been. 1) armchair, 2) reading lamp, 3) book, 4) student willing to read book. I'm sure, however, that we'll hear how this isn't possible anymore, and that students must go sit in front of several thousand dollars worth of intermedia computer equipment and learn to link up with their fellow students and the network. D. Latane' dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu From: Jim_Cahalan <JCAHALAN@IUP.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0527 Query: Humanities Teaching (1/26) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 11:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 847 (1121) In response to V.M. Littlefield's forwarded query about student-centered teaching in the humanities, I shamelessly recommend PRACTICING THEORY IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE LITERATURE COURSES, ed. James M. Cahalan and David B. Downing (National Council of Teachers of English [phone 1-800-369-6283], 1991). While focused on the teaching of literature, it deals with student-centered approaches extensively and in ways that could be employed in humanities courses in general. Essayists include David Bleich, John Clifford, Brook Thomas, Louise Smith--a cast totally 22 scholars and teachers through the U.S. Jim Cahalan, English Department BITNET: JCAHALAN@IUP 110B Leonard Hall, Internet: jcahalan@grove.iup.edu Indiana University of Pennsylvania FAX: 412-357-6213 Indiana, PA 15705-1094 Tel: (412) 357-2262 From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Women in the Renaissance: Patrons and Poets Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 08:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 848 (1122) To those in the Baltimore-Washington area, our Symposium on Monday, March 22 may be of interest. Loyola College is in Baltimore. If you take 695, take the Charles St. exit south to The Cathedral of Mary our Queen (approx. 1/2 mile after Northern Parkway, on your left). There will be buses to the Loyola Campus, just under a mile south. (No parking on campus.) The Symposium is free and all are welcome. Monday, March 22: Language, Literature and Society Symposium, sponsored by The Humanities Council and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, starting 12:45 PM in McGuire Auditorium. Patrons and Poets: Women in the Renaissance Petrarch's Feminine Authority and Stampa, Labe' & von Reiffenberg Professor William J. Kennedy, Cornell University The Ennobling Power of the Word Professor Fiora Bassinese, University of Massachusetts, Boston The Resistance to Fiction: Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre and Mary Roth Professor Maureen Quilligan, University of Pennsylvania Women in Music During the Renaissance Professor Ruth L. Drucker, Towson State University with sopranos Elizabeth Knauer and Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw All talks will be held in McGuire Auditorium; a reception follows. If you would like more information, please contact Leslie Morgan, (410)-617-2926. From: PS<pschmid1@cc.swarthmore.edu> Subject: Council/Editors of Learned Journals Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 15:40:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 849 (1123) [deleted quotation] PS Peter Schmidt Dept of English Swarthmore College Swarthmore PA 19081 215-328-8156 or -8152 (Dept office) PSCHMID1@CC.SWARTHMORE.EDU "Zelda's idea: the bad things are the same in everyone; only the good are different." --from F. Scott Fitzgerald's notebooks From: bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Barry W. K. Joe) Subject: Telephone/Email address Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 21:00:14 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 850 (1124) Can anyone on HUMANIST help me with an email address or phone number for Lloyd Anderson Ecological Software Washington, D.C. I understand Prof. Anderson is a linguist. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Barry W. K. Joe e-mail: bjoe@spartan.ac.brocku.ca * * Germanic & Slavic Studies Tel: (416) 688-5550 ext. 3314 * * Brock University Fax: (416) 688-2789 * * St. Catharines, Ontario * * CANADA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.DBP.DE Subject: Levi-Strauss and Durkheim quotations Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 08:59+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 851 (1125) I am editing the papers of the late Karl Leyser for publication and find in one of them the following: ritual can be a language in a literal sense to convey <quote> a conceptual apparatus for intellectual operations at an abstract and metaphysical level </quote>. The passage quoted is attributed to Levi-Strauss, but with no reference given. In another passage, it is said that: Durkheim, Radcliffe-Brown and Marcel Mauss assumed that every action belonged to one of two kinds: <quote> mystical, non-utilitarian and sacred, or rational, common-sense, utilitarian and profane. </quote> This doesn't seem to be Radcliffe-Brown or Mauss, so it must be Durkheim. I'm sure neither of these quotations should be too hard to track down; trouble is, the library here in Munich for obvious reasons doesn't have the English translations of Levi-Strauss and Durkheim. If anyone can identify either of these quotations easily with title and page reference and drop me a line to tell me, I'd be most grateful, and would of course duly acknowledge. Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0520 Rs: Fonts (2/69) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 09:07:01 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 852 (1126) In connection with Evan Antworth's comment on the availability of IPA TrueType fonts for Macs and in the MS Windows environment for PCs, it may be useful to know that there is a way to use TrueType fonts in plain DOS. There is a package called TrueType for DOS, by MicroLogic, that can be used to install TrueType fonts in MS Word (for DOS) and WordPerfect, as well as some other packages by the same vendors (MS Works, PlanPerfect, etc.). It allows the user to print from these packages using TrueType fonts in any appropriate point size on a number of different printers. I don't recall the whole list, but it does support at least HP LaserJets, Postscript lasers, and (in graphics mode) various dot matrix printers. TrueType for DOS comes with its own set of 36 TrueType fonts, but the attraction in the present context is that it can also install additional TrueType fonts like the ones in the SIL-IPA package. I've used TrueType for DOS some with MS Word and an HP LaserJet, and found the results satisfactory. The main problem with TrueType for DOS that I've noticed is that the installation tool doesn't like my Logitech mouse driver. One problem with using the SIL-IPA fonts that I've noticed is that there is no accompanying screen font, so that you don't see the characters on the screen. Since the SIL-IPA package wasn't designed to work with straight DOS, the absence of a screen font is not unexpected. You can create your own with a little patience and a tool like the Duke Language Toolkit. Another problem is that the SIL-IPA characters are at least partly in the upper ASCII range that can't be keyed easily from a standard keyboard. So the DOS user has to find a way to modify the keyboard, perhaps by using a tool like SIL's Keyswap (not ideal for use with MS Word 5.5). In MS Word you can also use the alt key + number of the keypad approach. -------------- The recommendations above are my own, and do not reflect the practice or policy of my employer. From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0520 Rs: Fonts (2/69) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 09:15:18 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 853 (1127) As an SIL affiliate Evan Antworth doesn't mention it, for fear of violating Internet rules on advertisement of commercial products, but the freeware SIL-IPA package has a commercial big brother SIL Encore Fonts, with the same fonts but upwards of 900 phonetic characters, not just a 256 character implementation of IPA. It is $63 with postage and handling. It includes things like nasal hooks that are important in Americanist orthographies, but beyond the pale in IPA. It also includes a more complete PC character set. ----------------- The recommendation above is my own, and does not reflect the practice or policy of my employer. From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: A new list: VICTORIA Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 15:54:29 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 535 (1128) Announcing a new electronic discussion list: VICTORIA--The Listserv of Victorian Studies VICTORIA is an electronic conference devoted to the interdisciplinary field of Victorian Studies and dedicated to the sharing of information and ideas about any and all aspects of 19th-century British culture and society. Covering a period even longer than the reign of its namesake (say, 1790 to 1914), VICTORIA equally welcomes the contributions of students of literature, art, social history, gender studies, politics, publishing, intellectual history, or what-have-you. For the most passionate devotee of literary theory as well as the most hardheaded empiricist, VICTORIA provides that beloved Victorian thing, a "cheap luxury," in the shape of a free electronic forum for the exchange of research ideas and queries, notices of recent books and articles, conference listings, and job announcements, and for lively discussion of any issues, large or small, that bear on the study of 19th-century Britain. To subscribe to VICTORIA, simply send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@IUBVM (the BITNET address) or LISTSERV@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU (the Internet address). Leaving the subject heading blank, let the body of the message consist of the line SUB VICTORIA [your first name] [your last name] That's all there is to it. To post a message to the list, send it to VICTORIA@IUBVM (BITNET) or VICTORIA@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU (Internet). If you have any questions or comments about VICTORIA, please feel free to contact either of us at the addresses below. Patrick Leary Glenn Everett History Department English Department Indiana University U. of Tennessee at Martin PLEARY@IUBACS.BITNET IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET PLEARY@UCS.INDIANA.EDU EVERETT@UTKVX.UTK.EDU Glenn Everett English Department University of Tennessee at Martin ivaa@utmartn.bitnet From: Laine Ruus <LAINE@vm.utcc.utoronto.ca> Subject: IASSIST conference 1993 Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 19:47:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 537 (1129) With all normal apologies for duplication: IASSIST/IFDO'93 Openness, Diversity and Standards: Sharing Data Resources The International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) will hold its 19th annual conference in conjunction with the International Federation of Data Organisations (IFDO) in Edinburgh over the period 11 - 14 May 1993. This is the first time that the conference has been held in the UK. The Conference spans the 3 days 12 - 14 May and addresses the concern of IASSIST and IFDO members for managing and sharing computer-readable data during a time of rapid change. This theme highlights the value of openness in sharing data, the richness of diversity among data sources and the standards by which data might be exchanged across disciplinary and national boundaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Conference Programme (2nd Revision) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Day Tuesday 11 May Morning Concurrent sessions What is a data library & how to start one UNIX: introduction Storage media & handling multimedia collections Afternoon Concurrent sessions Computer-readable data - a challenge for the archivist Advanced UNIX: shell scripts, perl, awk, admin & user utilities Internet - making contact with networked data resources Evening Welcome reception ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 1 Wednesday 12 May Morning Plenary Session OPENNESS & ACCESS Concurrent sessions Open access to public data Bibliographic Control of Computer Files: past & future, an international report Data libraries - the new, the reformed & the specialised: delivering data for secondary analysis Afternoon Concurrent sessions Service access to national Census data Access to electronic records: automation & archives Views on metadata Evening Icebreaker evening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 2 Thursday 13 May Morning Plenary Session WELCOME DIVERSITY Concurrent sessions International comparative research Diverse uses of electronic records Diverse media for data exchange and / or service delivery Roundtable lunches Discussion groups on pre-set topics Afternoon Panel discussion Diverse or convergent paths What course for social science data archives & data libraries, including 'New Directors for Old Archives' Poster sessions Evening Conference dinner & Ceilidh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 3 Friday 14 May Morning Plenary Session COOPERATION THROUGH STANDARDS Concurrent sessions Standards for metadata & data documentation: data creation & publication The electronic book - new standards Cross-national standards for industrial & occupational classifications IASSIST Business Lunch Afternoon Concurrent sessions Standards for metadata & data documentation: computer-readable codebooks & delivery to the user Archival responsibilty for research data: towards professional standards Standards for data exchange & access: words and images Evening Depart for Highland Weekend ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Registration Fees Pounds Sterling Conference & Workshop 150 * Conference only 130 * Workshop only 75 One Day Attendance 75 (* Deduct 25 pounds if you have paid 1993 IASSIST subscription at time of booking.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Special events Welcome reception Tuesday 11 May The Keeper of the Scottish Record Office has kindly invited us to hold our Welcome Reception in HM General Register House on Princes Street. The Presidents of IASSIST and IFDO will welcome delegates, to meet new and intending members and to renew friendships with existing members of both organisations. Icebreaker Wednesday 12 May The evening starts with a tour of Edinburgh, highlighting the city's historic and sometimes murky past. We then cross the River Forth to the Queensferry Lodge Hotel in the Kingdom of Fife for a buffet meal. On the return journey we shall have an excellent view of the illuminations on the Forth Bridge. (The cost to non-delegates is 15 pounds) Conference dinner Thursday 13 May This will be held in the splendid Assembly Rooms in the Georgian part of Edinburgh, a short walk from the Carlton Highland Hotel. For this we have arranged a whisky tasting followed by a meal, and then a live band, country dancers and traditional Scottish entertainers will lead us into a Ceilidh. (The cost to non-delegates is 20 pounds) Highland weekend Friday 14 May to Monday 17 May A post-conference weekend has been organised in the Scottish Highlands, staying at the Isles of Glencoe Hotel at Ballachulish, Argyll. The cost of the weekend is an additional 135 pounds for twin / double rooms, 182 pounds for single room and 53 pounds for a child sharing parent's room. Further information is given in the accompanying leaflet. Early booking is advised as places are strictly limited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh attractions The ancient and historic Capital of Scotland, Edinburgh is a superb location in which to attend a conference: it is close to both sea and hills and reputed to offer the 'best quality of life in the UK'. In addition to its famous Castle, Edinburgh is renowned for its fine art galleries, Royal Botanical Gardens, Zoo and numerous architectural as well as gastronomic and musical delights. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, has advanced computing and networking facilities; it is a major UK university with an international reputation in the social sciences and the new information sciences. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Transport There are regular air services from USA, Canada and Europe to Scotland (Glasgow & Edinburgh) and also connecting flights to Edinburgh from London (Gatwick, Heathrow or Stansted). There is a frequent bus service from Glasgow Airport to Edinburgh. The train journey from London to Edinburgh takes under five hours. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Accommodation The Conference will be held in the Carlton Highland Hotel which is situated near the Royal Mile in the centre of Edinburgh. Rooms have been reserved and special rates negotiated for IASSIST/IFDO'93 delegates at the Carlton Highland, single or twin rooms, and at two other nearby hotels, the Scandic Crown and the Old Waverley, with a special rate for single rooms only. The allocation of rooms is held until 28th February only and early booking is advisable. IASSIST/IFDO'93 rates in pounds sterling Twin room per night Single room per night Carlton Highland Hotel 90 68 North Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1SD Tel: +44 (0)31 556 7277 Fax: +44 (0)31 556 2691 Scandic Crown Hotel - 68 80 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TH Tel: +44 (0)31 557 9797 Fax: +44 (0)31 557 9789 Old Waverley Hotel - 60 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2BY Tel: +44 (0)31 557 4648 Fax: +44 (0)31 557 6316 Please note that prices include a full Scottish breakfast and local taxes and that tea and coffee making facilities are available in every room. Bookings should be made directly with the hotel of your choice, quoting the IASSIST/IFDO'93 Conference. Alternative accommodation There are many other hotels, guest houses, bed & breakfasts and self catering establishments located in central Edinburgh. For further information please contact Edinburgh Marketing Central Reservations Department 3 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 2QP Tel: +44 (0)31 557 9655 Fax: +44 (0)31 557 5118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Personnel Charles Humphrey, IASSIST President Paul de Guchteneire, IFDO President Peter Burnhill, Programme Committee Co-Chairman (IASSIST) Eric Tanenbaum, Programme Committee Co-Chairman (IFDO) Alison Bayley, Local Arrangements Committee Chairman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Booking procedure Bookings should be made on the enclosed booking form and returned to Alison Bayley, Data Library, The University of Edinburgh Main Library Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Payment Payment may be made in pounds sterling as follows: 1 personal cheque payable to IASSIST/IFDO'93 (except from France) 2 Eurocheques payable to IASSIST/IFDO'93, each not to exceed 100 pounds 3 Bank Transfer to Bank of Scotland, 32A Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HU for credit of IASSIST/IFDO'93 Account 00135889 at Branch 80-02-24 4 Visa or Mastercard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Further information For further information on conference attendance, paper presentation or the poster session, please contact either: Peter Burnhill, Programme Committee or Alison Bayley, Local Arrangements Committee Data Library, The University of Edinburgh, Main Library Building George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland, UK tel +44 (0)31 650 3301 FAX +44 (0)31 662 4809 e-mail iassist93@edinburgh.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IASSIST membership To join IASSIST please write to Martin Pawlocki (Treasurer IASSIST), c/o Institute for Social Research, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1484 USA, enclosing a cheque or money order for US$40 payable to IASSIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Booking form IASSIST/IFDO'93 19th Annual International Conference, Edinburgh, May 11-14 1993 Booking Form (please use one form per delegate & photocopy as necessary) Family name Telephone |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| First name/initials Title Fax |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Organisation / Institution / Company |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Address |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Country Postal / zip code |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Email |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Registration (pounds sterling) Conference & Workshop 150 _______ Conference only 130 _______ Workshop only 75 _______ One day attendance on ______________ 75 _______ Non-delegate ticket(s) for Icebreaker @15 _______ Non-delegate ticket(s) for Conference Dinner @20 _______ Non-delegate membership of University Club @2.75 _______ Total _______ Deduct 25 if you have paid 1993 IASSIST membership _______ I enclose / shall arrange payment in pounds sterling as follows: |_| Personal cheque payable to IASSIST/IFDO'93 (not acceptable from France) |_| Eurocheques, each not to exceed 100 pounds, payable to IASSIST/IFDO'93 |_| Bank Transfer to Bank of Scotland, 32A Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HU, Scotland, UK for credit of IASSIST/IFDO'93 Account 00135889 at Branch 80-02-24, Telephone +44 (0)31 243 5870 |_| Visa |_| Mastercard number |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| expiry date |_|_|_|_| billing address (if different from above) |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Signature date To be returned to: Alison Bayley, Data Library, Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Laine G.M. Ruus Bitnet : laine@utorvm Data Library Service Internet : laine@vm.utcc.utoronto.ca University of Toronto ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: First Network-Accessible Dissertation Available Date: Wed, 17 Feb 93 18:44:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 538 (1130) _______________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Announcing the First Network-Accessible Disseration Now Available _______________________________________________________________ Volume 2.004 ISSN 1188-5734 _______________________________________________________________ February 13, 1993 The CONTENTS Project is pleased to announce the electronic publication of the first complete, network-accessible dissertation: ASTROLOGY AND JUDAISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY Submitted to the Faculty of Miami University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of History by Lester J. Ness Miami University Oxford, Ohio, 1990 The abstract and table of contents follows retrieval instuctions. [deleted quotation] FTP to panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) Directory: /pub/religion/ as the files: astrology-and-judaism-dissertation.txt astrology-and-judaism-biblio.txt FTP login: anonymous Password: your full e-mail address Also available as a low ASCII text via the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV fileserver as the files: ASTROLGY DISS-1 (note spelling carefully) ASTROLGY DISS-2 ASTROLGY DISS-3 ASTROLGY DISS-4 ASTROLGY DISS-5 ASTROLGY BIBLIO from Listserv@uottawa or Listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Send the command to either of the above addresses, interactively or as a mail message. Do not use the REPLY command to send this file request. Do not send this file request to the address CONTENTS@uottawa or CONTENTS@acadvm1.uottawa.ca. Those on BITNET can send the GET command interactively by typing the command: TELL LISTSERV AT UOTTAWA GET file name (VM/CMS users) or SEND LISTSERV AT UOTTAWA GET file name (VAX users) Internet-only users cannot use the above command. _______________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT ASTROLOGY AND JUDAISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY by Lester J. Ness The goal of this dissertation will be to explain how it was that the Jews of the Hellenized world adopted and adapted astrology. There will be a focus on the zodiac mosaics found in the synagogues of Byzantine period Israel. The dissertation will begin with a chapter on the origins of astrology in Mesopotamia. There we will see how astrology grew from the beliefs that the planets manifested the gods, and that one could predict the gods' wills by predicting, mathematically, the planets' motions. The result was the first horoscopes. The second chapter will tell how the Hellenistic world adopted the Mesopotamian practice and blended it with Greek science to produce the mathematical "scientific" astrology familiar to most twentieth century readers. The following third chapter will show how astrology's religious side fared in the Hellenized Near East. The planets were important gods, astrological art was used to praise the gods, and to portray their power and ability to care for the world and their worshippers. Horoscopes and astrological magic allowed one to communicate with the gods and persuade them to help one through life. Chapter four will deal with Jewish astrology, both "scientific" and "religious." We will examine a variety of Jewish writings from the Hellenized Near East to demonstrate that Jews did indeed practice astrology. We will conclude that Jews adapted the polytheistic assumptions of astrology to their own monotheistic world-view by interpreting the planet gods as planet angels, beings superior to humans, but subordinate to the one genuine god, YHWH. The fifth and final chapter will discuss the various zodiac mosaics, both as archaeological sites and as works of art, and the various theories which try to explain what they meant. Finally, we will conclude that, since the planets are the subordinates of YHWH, administering His will in the world as part of His creation, the zodiac mosaics are best explained as indirect portrayals of God. The sun and the zodiac signs were His creatures. They carried out His commands. They were the satraps of His cosmos. Thus, they were appropriate visual substitutes for the God whom even Moses might not see. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS v LIST OF MAPS ix Chapter INTRODUCTION 1 1. ASTROLOGY IN MESOPOTAMIA 3 2. HELLENISTIC SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY 68 3. ASTRAL RELIGION 110 4. JEWISH ASTROLOGY 160 5. ASTROLOGY IN SYNAGOGUE ART 215 BIBLIOGRAPHY 281 ______________________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that archives and disseminates research and pedagogical material of relevance to Religious Studies. Its goal is to provide free FTP and LISTSERV archiving of quality scholarly material and to also provide a comprehensive directory of network accessible resources for Religious Studies in a wide variety of mediums. Electronic subscriptions are free: to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0527 Query: Humanities Teaching (1/26) Date: 18 Feb 93 22:04:28 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 854 (1131) Dr. Frank Colson, author of the University of Southampton's HiDES Project has developed a compelling an important method of delivering historical data has developed a platform, HiDES, the Historical Document Expert System, that bears evaluation. It has been well-received throughout the UK's h Humanities community and we are doing as much as we can to promote it in the US as well. Additional information can be obtained through this e-mail address. From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Re: 6.0531 Rs: Humanities teaching lab; Student Computers (4/89) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 20:50:46 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 855 (1132) In response to V.M. Littlefield's query and to the replies by a number of colleagues I ask what this membership thinks of the work on the History Workstation described & demonstrated in depth by Manfred Thaller at the ALLC-ACH '90 conference (Siegen, Germany). An article by him on this subject appeared shortly thereafter in a special German-project-oriented issue of _Computers and the Humanities_ (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Regards, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College (NH) Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: 6.0531 Humanities teaching lab Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 12:11:01 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 856 (1133) Professor Littlefield asks how computers might be used to enhance learning in the humanities by enabling students to "do" their subject. This issue is very topical in Britain now. Broadly speaking, there are two answers in play. First, the British government is spending 7.5 million pounds this year on its Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, in which consortia of institutions are developing teaching materials for various subjects. Most of the consortia are attempting to produce open-learning materials in which multimedia authoring software is used to provide students with a wealth of information on a topic, including text, extracts from books, photos, drawings, animations, and moving video. The idea is that students explore these at their own speed, pursuing issues that interest them. The humanities have done relatively badly out of this, but consortia have been funded in the Modern Languages, Music and Archaeology. This is not a new idea, by any means. A well-known early example is Intermedia, the Brown University research project. A UK software research project working in the field is Microcosm (University of Southampton). We historians wouldn't mind getting a slice of the TLTP pie! To complete the picture, TLTP is likely to be funded for another two years at the same or higher basis. Moving away from multimedia, IT applications themselves provide a means of helping students to "do" a humanities subject. The science analogy isn't a bad one; we used it in an article on "the laboratory approach" to teaching history a year ago. One frustrating aspect of history teaching is that undergraduates usually read their history through secondary rather than primary sources. In doing so, they learn important critical skills, but they're not really doing history as a professional would; that involves reading documentary sources. At Glasgow and many other institutions in the UK, we've taught students to use computers to analyse historical sources, in the form of databases and texts. Source analysis and data modelling are important components of such courses, and the database makes accessible data that would be difficult for the student to understand in any other way, either because the source is too massive (e.g. the census), is in manuscript (and therefore difficult for the untrained eye to read), or is in a foreign language. One database used here, for example, is in danish; a relational database provided an easy means of translating occupations. I should stress that these courses are not in quantitative methods; they are in source analysis, data management, and simple analysis. What goes in a "typical" lab will depend upon the approach one takes. A multimedia lab might require networked 486s, a CD-ROM player, stations with 8Mb plus of RAM, and multimedia software, e.g. Toolbook, Authorware Professional, Coursebuilder, Microcosm -- there are plenty to choose from! Or similar with Macs; I know less about these, but gather that a Quadra is needed if you want to show moving video (the lesser machines will show it but it will look jerky). For development work you'll need a method of grabbing the images. This isn't my field, so I'll leave it to others to provide details. For the source-based approach I described: 486s or Mac IIs, scanner and OCR software, database management software (Paradox or an equivalent), text-based flat database (ideaList or Notebook), text retrieval/analysis software (TACT, WordCruncher, OCP) would make a good start. A spreadsheet provides a useful way of doing simple statistics and graphics, and will take input from a database management system. I must confess to having some concerns about the multimedia route; this is due to the dislike of many British history lecturers of any attempt to package learning, even by assigning specific books to read. Skip Knox has a point here. The cost of replicating the library in a multimedia system to give the student true open/discovery learning would be astronomical. Donald Spaeth Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History University of Glasgow 1 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: French Women Writers, 1500-1980 Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:42:47 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 540 (1134) I am requesting some assistance from you to identify a list of significant French women writers who published from 1500 to the present. I am putting together a grant application to an agency to enter about 200 or so texts into the ARTFL database. We have every expectation, judging from some preliminary discussions, that this project will be funded. Sometime ago, as part of my study of gender representation in French, I did a study of the make up of the current ARTFL database. My results were startling: The lack of female authors is particularly noticeable.25 Only thirty of the 588 authors in the ARTFL database are women, representing some 3.8 percent of the total number of titles in the database (67 of 1760).26 The most frequent female authors include M. C. d'Aulnoy, Mme de Stael, Mme de Riccoboni, and G. Colette. The sample of female authors is skewed in important ways, most particularly in that it is much older than the database in general, being reflected in the number of titles published by women in each century. Sixteen of the 280 titles (5.7 percent) in the ARTFL sample for the 17th century are by women and 4.3 percent in the 18th century. The number of female authors declines to 13 of the 573 titles (2.2 percent) in the 19th century and rises to four percent in the 20th century. This is a glaring omission which I feel needs to be corrected. As a first step in preparation of this proposal, I would like to assemble a list of prospective authors/titles that should be included. ARTFL will assemble a committee of specialists on French women writers who will select the final sample, but this will be done at the beginning of the project. Please respond by e-mail to me (not to the list). I would appreciate a listing that has AUTHOR TITLE PUBLICATION DATE for each work on a seperate line (accents are not necessary). Let me thank all of you who can assist me in this matter in advance. Mark Olsen ARTFL Project From: pwright@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Phyllis Wright) Subject: Oxford English Dictionary Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 15:54:27 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 857 (1135) I have a feeling that I recently saw something about the OED being available on the Internet. Am I dreaming? If anyone has any information about this, would you please let me know. Many thanks From: "M. R. Sperberg-McQueen 996-3205" <U15440@UICVM> Subject: ? for the bible experts: Nob & Gibeon Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 16:13:02 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 858 (1136) I'm studying a play based on 2 Sam 21 (in which the Gibeonites are avenged). My NIV Bible indicates that Saul's crime against the Gibeonites is recounted only in 2 Sam 21:2, where there's a vague reference to Saul's having attempted to wipe out the Gibeonites. My playwright seems to think that there is more precise information on this crime against the Gibeonites: he argues that it consisted (at least in part) in Saul's killing of the priests of Nob (1 Sam 22:6 ff.)--he says at one point that the priests' blood that was then spilled was Gibeonite blood. My question is: Were the Priests of Nob in fact Gibeonites? Is my playwright's interpretation reasonable? traditional? based on misunderstanding? sloppy? Thanks for your help. Please send responses to me directly: U15440 @ UICVM. Marian Sperberg-McQueen From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Language Teaching Software Date: Fri,19 Feb 93 09:59:24 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 859 (1137) I recently had a request for information about IBM PC or Apple software that teaches Ancient Greek and Bahasa Indonesia, if any list member has such information I should appreciate it if it could be sent to me at cameron@exeter.ac.uk Many thanks Keith Cameron From: ATWILLW@VXC.UNCWIL.EDU Subject: e-mail addresses of American Lit discussions Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 860 (1138) I am interested in electronic discussion lists about 20th century American literature. Are there any current Internet addresses circulating? Please contact: Bill Atwill Dept. of English UNCW Wilmington, NC 28409 From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Efficiency in PC-KIMMO Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 11:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 861 (1139) I know lots of folks know about PC-KIMMO and I'm sure lots have tried. Is there any one who has really used it in text analysis or natural language processing applications that would be willing to answer some specific questions for me? Please reply directly to me and I'll summarize for the list if there's sufficient interest. Mary Dee Harris, Ph.D. 202/387-0626 (voice) Language Technology, Inc. 202/387-0625 (FAX) 2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Marc Bizer) Subject: computing people pointing out the drawbacks of Macs Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 19:29:25 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 862 (1140) Dear Humanists, Owen Cramer notes that at Colorado College the computing people there point out the "drawbacks" of Macs to students who nevertheless continue to prefer them. I'd be interested to know what their arguments against Macs are. Of course, PCs continue to be cheaper because of the much greater competitive market, but the gap is narrowing. All of the other arguments put aside, it seems to me that Macs are far superior in an area which is important to students: INTERNET access. Thanks to MacTCP-based programs which can even run over phone lines with SLIP, Macintosh users have wonderful front-ends such as Eudora (a mail handler), Gopher, and WAIS all of which can operate simultaneously. Please correct me if I'm wrong. TCP is hardly a standard on PCs, unfortunately. Sincerely yours, Marc Bizer From: "Clarence F. Brown" <CB@PUCC> Subject: Canticle for Leibowitz Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 15:27:29 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 863 (1141) If ever a booksellers' rubric damaged the fate of a book it happened when Walter Miller's marvelous novel A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ was dubbed Science Fiction. After loving the book for years, I have finally put it on the syllabus for a course. In preparing to read it with students, I began to make translations of the numerous passages in Latin, but now it has occurred to me that someone somewhere must have done this, and perhaps even published it. Is there a Humanist among us, perhaps a spiritual descendant of Abbot Arkos, who can aid me in my inquiries? Clarence Brown, Professor of Comparative Literature Department of Comparative Literature Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544 (609) 258-4027 (FAX: 258-1873) <CB@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU> From: "J. Russell Perkin" <RPERKIN@SHARK.STMARYS.CA> Subject: Two questions Date: 19 Feb 93 13:53:41 AST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 864 (1142) I wonder if anyone could help me with either of the two following questions. I am trying to find out about the first as quickly as possible, so I'd be grateful if anyone who has the answer could reply to me personally; the second is not so urgent. (1) Why is Death, in Zora Neale Hurston's _Their Eyes Were Watching God_, described as having "huge square toes"? The answer is probably something I should be embarrassed about not knowing, but I can't find any reference to it in the criticism I have at hand. It came up in a course I'm teaching, and I'd like to be able to answer a student's question about it. (2) I think I remember reading somewhere in Fredric Jameson the statement that Dreiser and Dos Passos are the two great unrecognized 20th century American novelists. Is this a case of my memory playing tricks, or did he actually say that? (I've looked in all his works without success, though the indexes are not complete, as I've also discovered). J. Russell Perkin From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: The year "0" Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 11:07:26 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 865 (1143) Dear Humanists, Can anyone tell me whether there is a definitive statement or at least a set of "tendencies" regarding what Christian sects in the U.S., Canada, France & Germany regard as year "0"? Is it commonly associated with the birth of Jesus or the death of Jesus? My American & Canadian students in French class seem somewhat divided on the subject; the majority claims claim the latter. Thanks in advance, Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College/Univ. Sys. of NH Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: UNIX newsgroups Date: Sun, 21 Feb 93 11:36:37 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 866 (1144) I'm looking for newsgroups dealing with Latin America, and I know that lots of them exist (e.g., for Peru, Chile, Colombia, etc.), but I don't find them when I access NEWS through rn. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: "John D. Jones" <6563JONESJ@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU> Subject: Lists in French Date: 21 Feb 1993 16:59:15 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 867 (1145) A colleague of mine would like to know if there are any lists pertaining to French culture, literture, philosophy etc. which are conducted in French or, at least, in a bi-lingual setting. You can send information to me (6563jonesj@vms.csd.mu.edu) or to my colleague, Richard Taylor (6297taylorr@vms.csd.mu.edu). Thanks for any help John D. Jones Philosophy Department Marquette University From: 00hfstahlke@BSUVAX1.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0541 Qs: Bible; S/W; Lists; PC-Kimmo; Mac tools (6/95) Date: 19 Feb 1993 13:20:13 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 868 (1146) [deleted quotation] I hope we can shortly get past the religious wars between PC users and Mac users. Our environment at Ball State, as at many places, I'm sure, has no choice but to support both. We have found that, once the initial computer learning curve is past and users get into more sophisticated applications, there is little difference between reasonably configured machines of either type. All of the things Marc Bizer describes as convenient on the Mac are just a convenient on the PC on my desk because we have made common sorts of software tools available to the entire campus. I use both VAXmail and WordPerfect Office Mail for Windows, depending on what screen I happen to be in at the time. I can get to gopher and WAIS when I need them, and I can get SLIP access if I want it--I just haven't needed it yet because I have other pursuits in the evening and on weekends, like family, community activities, and hobbies. I may change my mind the next time I have to go out of town for an extended stay, but that's a ways off, given the state of our budget. I've also used Macs for these same purposes at a middle school project I'm involved with. Internet access is not particularly easier one way or the other; it's a matter of what you are used to. Herb Stahlke Associate Director University Computing Services Ball State University From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu Subject: 6.0541 Qs: Bible; S/W; Lists; PC-Kimmo; Mac tools (6/95) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 16:38:00 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 869 (1147) In response to Marc Bizer's comments on the use of Mac or PC' on Internet, the differences between the two are disappearing. The Mac is easier to use when using FTP because the TCP/IP program for the Mac and Fetch allow the end user to browse by just using the mouse. Frequently I cannot go back to the root directory when browsing from the DOS platform. But Gopher and Wais are just as available on the DOS platform, and can be installed through a menu system which renders the potential command complexities transparent. I have not seen Eudora, but the local LAN Mail system we are using works just fine on both Macs and PC's. Finally I am puzzled by the claim that TCP is not a standard on the DOS platform. We are using Clark University's TCP packet drivers which work fine on our 3Com and Novell LANs. Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu Subject: Reasons for a Humanities Lab Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:49:00 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 870 (1148) As the person who provides technical support for any networked computer in the School of Humanities at SFSU, I can give practical reasons for having a Humanities Computer Lab or Media Center, or whatever one may want to call it: Students, or faculty for that matter, are not necessarily computer literate and must be shown how to operate the machines and the software. Some CALL programs require at first fairly intensive support of lab personnel. Taking care of glitches, hardware problems etc. is much easier if the computers are in a single room. It is much easier to keep an eye on peripherals CD-ROM players, Laserdisk players, etc. in a single room. In general security is much improved by keeping the equipment in a single room. I have the impression that Skip Knox imagines the use of stand-alones-- that is how I read the phrase "access to Internet." I would argue that in the long run it is cheaper to get a license for limited copies of software that is regularly used than to install a single copy in every station. We have only 45 copies of WordPerfect and use Saber Meter to limit access to 45 concurrent users. If it turns out that 45 copies are not sufficient, we can purchase more but we do not need to install a copy on each of the 150 machines we have in the building. Networking a lab is cheaper than running twisted pair to stations located in different nooks and crannies of a building. I might add that neither the School of Humanities nor any other school on campus ever imagined that its computer facilities would be located in the library where its equipment paid out its own budget would no longer be defined as its own. Furthermore, not all courses in the School of Humanities are library intensive and yet may require the use of computers. Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0531 Rs: Humanities teaching lab; Student Computers (4/89) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 10:15:30 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 871 (1149) Let us take up English Romantic poetry. Would it not be useful to have a collection of texts (say the hideously expensive Chandwick-Healey collection) and a sophisticated text analysis program, like TACT, and set students to comparing imagery in Wordsworth vs. Keats? Or using Richard Rust's poetry program which allows students systematically to highlight a certain feature and see how it is echoed throughout the poem? Can you do this on paper? You bet. Will it take longer on paper and be far less precise? You bet. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: <BCJ@PSUVM> Subject: New List: Latin & NeoLatin Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 18:15 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 545 (1150) Announcing a new electronic discussion group: LATIN-L, a forum for people interested in classical Latin, medieval Latin, Neo-Latin -- the languages of choice are Latin (of course) and whatever vulgar languages you feel comfortable using. Please be prepared to translate on request. The field is open -- name your topic! To subscribe, BITNET users send an interactive message: TELL LISTSERV@PSUVM SUB LATIN-L <your name> INTERNET and other domain users, send a message (without a subject line) to LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU -- the note should read: SUB LATIN-L <your name> Send messages to LATIN-L@PSUVM or LATIN-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Ave atque vale -- Kevin Berland for LATIN-L From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re "connecting" to Internet and SLIP Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 12:43 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 872 (1151) Recently a discussion centered on what it really meant to be "connected" to the Internet. I referred to the SLIP (serial link Internet protocol) as a possible means for a dial-up connection; following is some text from the Mac Gopher client software which uses the terminology to talk about a specific possibility; it may help some readers grasp the relationships involved: [deleted quotation]connection to a Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) server, if you have proper SLIP software to use with MacTCP. This includes Versaterm's SLIP link (by Lonnie Abelbeck, sold thru Synergy Software), MacSLIP and perhaps others later. I find that GopherApp is useable even at 2400 baud, though I don't recommend that slow a speed for browsing lengthy documents. See the Gopher Prefs dialog to set a long TCP timeout for SLIP."< --pg From: Malcolm.Brown@Dartmouth.EDU (Malcolm Brown) Subject: OED on the Internet Date: 19 Feb 93 22:01:15 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 873 (1152) In response to Phyllis Wright's question -- is the OED on the Internet -- the answer is yes and no, depending on how you look at it. You can license a version that comes on tapes from Oxford University Press (the text source is a mere 580 megabytes in size), you can license PAT to search it, and you can make it available at your site over the network. I believe several universities have done so, and both Dartmouth and Stanford have developed Mac-based front ends for this kind of arrangement. In this respect, the OED is on the network. Network access, however, is restricted to one's site. Not only does the OU Press require this limitation, Open Text Systems (makers of PAT) does as well. We recently discovered that Open Text considers it a violation of the network license to use PAT to deliver text retrieval services to points beyond one's site. Malcolm Brown Dartmouth mbb@dartmouth.edu From: K.C.Cameron@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 6.0540 French Women Writers 1500--> (1/44) Date: Sat,20 Feb 93 12:08:12 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 874 (1153) In response to Mark Olsen's recent request for information about French Women Writers, 1500-1980, it may be of general interest to know about the Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature, edited by Claire Buck, Bloomsbury Publishing Co, London, 1992. This publication has general essays on French women writers in the first section and then detailed bio/bibliographies in the second. Keith Cameron University of Exeter, UK. From: harryfox@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Fox) Subject: Re: 6.0541 Qs: Bible; S/W; Lists; PC-Kimmo; Mac tools (6/95) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 21:07:39 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 875 (1154) The playwrite who refers to the destruction of Gibeonites at Nob has good bases. Rashi's commentary to The Babylonian Talmud Berachot 12b says that is so-- however, they were not the Priests of Nob but the attendants of them-- the hewers of wood and the drawers of water. David had to deliver 7 descendants of Saul to the Gibeonites to atone for Saul's infringement of Joshua's oath since he had 7 of them killed. Rashi: It was said to David at the end of his life when there was a famine for 3 years and David enquired of the Lord to know its cause-- and he was informed that God had told Saul and the house of blood -- "for you killed the Gibeonites." He had killed the Priests who had nourished the Gibeonites since Joshua had made them the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar.... The interpretation is based on 2 Sam 21 vs 6-9. Herb Basser (harryfox@epas.utoronto.ca) From: ruben@garnet.berkeley.edu (Ruben Zelwer) Subject: Re: UNIX newsgroups Date: Sun, 21 Feb 93 15:56:09 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 876 (1155) Charles, Re: ---------------------- I'm looking for newsgroups dealing with Latin America, and I know that lots of them exist (e.g., for Peru, Chile, Colombia, etc.), but I don't find them when I access NEWS through rn. Is there something I'm missing? --------------------- They are all in the soc.culture groups. There is soc.culture.latin-america and others for some specific countries. Try % rn -q soc.culture --Ruben From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 877 (1156) Switching my hats for a moment, I'd like to follow up on the comments various people have made about possible uses for e-texts (this is not an academic question, per se, for me, since one of the issues I'm struggling with at this very moment is how to make versions of electronic texts available, what those versions should/could/might contain, and what uses would be made of them). Charles Faulhaber mentioned poetry in particular: blankety-blank's reference to student's finding "star" in x poem and "star" in y poem and making an (albeit incorrect) comparison between them suggests that these poems would at the least be indexable by word usage. What else? how would you find it most useful to have a large volume of poems created by a single author handled? As a single unit, or as separate items that can be followed one after another by opening multiple files? Or in pre-selected units chosen by someone else? All of the above? Something else? would you want links or markers or indications that other works by the same author are available? should that be available only from an author index or would you want it somehow tied to the text file or files? How would you prefer to see information about different printings of the same text handled? layered into a single file but separable because of mark-up? each version in a separate file with links indicated to the other versions of the same file? a single text file followed by a list of the emendations in each of the other printings of that text? How much (if any) ancillary material would you like to see provided (chronology, links with other authors of the period, etc.), especially for texts you expect students to work with or that you're unfamiliar with? For prose texts, again, how would you prefer to see them organized and indexed? Do you have different standards for works that you're familiar with as opposed to works you're not? How important is screen display? the ability to download a version of the text? are you willing to pay for texts that are otherwise unavailable except on the net? once you've captured a text, what else do you do you want to be able to do with it? Read it, count From: Elaine Brennan <ELAINE@BROWNVM> Subject: E-Ooops of a Major Sort Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:13:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 547 (1157) Please ignore the message I just sent out; I had forgotten that mail from my individual account can go straight out on Humanist, rather than visiting the editors account first, where it could be corrected, placed in its proper context, and otherwise corralled and kept from intruding such unruly behavior upon the network. Elaine From: TSTERNER@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: Opportunity for Research Date: 23 Feb 1993 10:19:58 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 548 (1158) OPPORTUNITY FOR MEDIEVALIST-HUMANIST-OLD FRENCH SCHOLAR Family of recently deceased professor invites inquiries from scholar interested in completing remaining small section of a textual edition of the British Library Old Royal Collection manuscript 20.D.1 (a manuscript in Old French dating from Naples ca. 1340 and dealing with the Trojan War story), and also preparing suitable introduction and possibly doing translation into English. Scholar would have free access to professor's extensive library of microfilmed manuscripts and other sources, along with free maintenance on premises (virtually on DePauw University campus) during project, if desired. Undertaking might well lend itself to being a master's or doctoral thesis. Inquire of Dr. Selden, Administrator, at (317)653-5874 or by E-mail to TSTERNER@DEPAUW. From: David E. Latane <dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0544 Rs: Humanities Labs (2/62) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 93 13:21:06 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 878 (1159) [deleted quotation]What worries me is that students will use the database to write papers comparing the imagery of poems that they haven't read. So the database fetches up the word "star" from the middle of "Prometheus Unbound" and the word "star" from the middle of "Endymion," and you'll get a perfectly precise bit of muck. I'm all for having computers and texts on them, but at the risk of sounding like an old fuddy-duffy I do fear that people will use them to generate lots of student "input" and avoid the hard task of actually getting the students to read complex, difficult texts. David Latane' dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu From: Elaine M Brennan <ELAINE@BROWNVM> Subject: Humanities Labs and E-Texts Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 13:55:10 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 879 (1160) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Switching my hats for a moment, I'd like to follow up on the comments various people have made about possible uses for e-texts (this is not an academic question, per se, for me, since one of the issues I'm struggling with at this very moment is how to make versions of electronic texts available, what those versions should/could/might contain, and what uses would be made of them). Charles Faulhaber mentioned poetry in particular: David Latane's reference to student's finding "star" in "Endymion" and "star" in "Prometheous Unbound" and making an (albeit incorrect) comparison between them suggests that these poems would at the least be indexable by word usage. What else? It also suggests some of the perils that will face the scholar/teacher who wants to use electronic materials with students -- what kinds of accommodations to traditional assignments might you consider making when working with electronic texts rather than with <insert standard anthology of your choice here>? How would you find it most useful to have a large volume of poems created by a single author handled? As a single unit, or as separate items that can be followed one after another by opening multiple files? Or in pre-selected units chosen by someone else? All of the above? Something else? Would you want links or markers or indications that other works by the same author are available? should that be available only from an author index or would you want it somehow tied to the text file or files? How would you prefer to see information about different printings of the same text handled? layered into a single file but separable because of mark-up? each version in a separate file with links indicated to the other versions of the same file? a single text file followed by a list of the emendations in each of the other printings of that text? How much (if any) ancillary material would you like to see provided (chronology, links with other authors of the period, etc.), especially for texts you expect students to work with or that you're unfamiliar with? For prose texts, again, how would you prefer to see them organized and indexed? Do you have different standards for works that you're familiar with as opposed to works you're not? What would Charles Faulhaber's "sophisticated text analysis" program do? If you had the say of it, what might it include? what features of the texts would you want that text analysis program to be able to find and do something with? or would you prefer that it operate on raw text? Peter Graham refers to the problems of using texts that are out of copyright. What if there's not (and never has been) a thoroughly edited version of a particular text? What (if any) features from a collated edition might you find important in an electronic version of that text? How important is screen display? the ability to download a version of the text? What's important to you that I'm forgetting? Elaine Brennan, Assistant Director Brown Women Writers Project From: 00hfstahlke@BSUVAX1.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0542 Qs: Latin; Netnews; French Lists; Year 0 (5/90) Date: 22 Feb 1993 13:51:16 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 880 (1161) [deleted quotation] Without getting into a lot of arcana, the year of Jesus' birth is generally agreed to have been between 6 BCE and 4 BCE to reconcile the historical references. The year "0" in a BC/AD scheme corresponds to what used to be thought of as the year of Jesus' birth. The year of Jesus' death is, of course, equally problematical and was probably before 30 CE. I have never heard it suggested that that might have been the year "0", and I suspect your students' uncertainty reflects the same sort of cultural ignorance I ran into one day when I heard some students arguing whether 1776 was in the 17th or 18th century. Herb Stahlke Ball State University From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: no year 0 Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 10:13:09 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 881 (1162) i do not know if you are looking for information on the system of keeping dates in christian cultures, or if you are trying to ascertain the beliefs of contemporary christians sects? these are distinct. if the former, there is a very good article in this month's _doctor dobb's journal_ on date keeping and conversions between julian and gregorian date systems. at least this article will tell you when most of those countries adopted gregorian time keeping. most people agree there was never a year 0 (that 1 BC was followed by 1 AD). since there is no historical data concerning the life of christ which would allow us to precisely establish the beginning date, pope gregory decided in 1582 to reset the calender so easter coincided with the same season as it did during the council of nicaea in 325 AD. apparently this is the earliest historical event which mentioned the celebration of easter in relation to an equinox. so they dropped a bunch of days in october of 1582 to get things set to that timed event. that is essentially the point of calibration for our modern european time keeping. the gregorian calender did not get completely accepted even in europe until 1925 or so. if you are interested in the contemporary beliefs of sects... i would not even try to make a guess at what is believed by who. stan stankuli@UWF.bitnet . === god created time so everything would not happen at once º º god created space so everything would not happen to me --- -- lament of the overburdened From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0542 Qs: Latin; Netnews; French Lists; Year 0 (5/90) Date: 22 Feb 1993 14:50:54 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 882 (1163) Year 0: no such thing, because the dates go from 1 *before* the event to 1 *after*; the event (as is being discussed on ELENCHUS lately) was defined by Dionysius Exiguus, the inaugurator of this era, as the *incarnation*, which might well mean the conception, of Jesus. Since Dionysius chose a slightly late date for this event, relying on the tradition of the church at, I believe, Antioch rather than a somewhat more accurate tradition at Alexandria, we customarily put the birth of Jesus a few years *B*C Owen Cramer Colorado College From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 6.0543 Rs: PCs and Macs Faceoff Again (2/63) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:33 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 883 (1164) Not to continue religious wars, but to ask--I've had the impression that a lot of shareware and freeware on the net is developed for the Mac (and of course for Unix) and a good deal for DOS, but not much for Windows -- e.g. gopher clients, WAIS clients, ftp GUI interfaces, compression tools, and the like. And my impression also is that GUIs are the way we will be going rather than the command-line interface. I'd appreciate comment from someone who knows more about what Windows network development is going on. --pg From: allegre@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Allegre Christian) Subject: Re : FRENCH LISTS Date: Mon, 22 Feb 93 17:25:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 884 (1165) From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 885 (1166) [deleted quotation] Based at the University of Montreal, started a year ago by Prof. Michel Pierssens, the only french list about french literature and culture is: Balzac-l address: balzac-l@cc.umontreal.ca Balzac-l is not a listserv, it is unmoderated. It has approx. 150 members in the US, Canada, France, britain, the Netherlands and Australia. Languages: french and english. To subscribe: send a note to : Balzac-l-request@cc.umontreal.ca (co-owned by Michel Pierssens and Christian Allegre, Departement d'etudes francaises, Universite de Montreal). Ch. Allegre From: spahaut@ulb.ac.be (Serge J. Pahaut) Subject: French woman writers periodization Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 21:32:29 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 886 (1167) To the attention of Mark Olsen, please do NOT miss Christine de Pisan; if your chronology has to be changed, do it. ******************************************************************************** Serge Pahaut Universite Libre de Bruxelles (CP 231) Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique ******************************************************************************** Phone (Home - keeps messages) (32)(2) 647 02 75 Phone (University, direct) (32)(2) 650 59 97 Phone (University, Secretary) (32)(2) 650 55 40 Fax (University) (32)(2) 650 57 67 ******************************************************************************** From: Dan Fass <fass@cs.sfu.ca> Subject: : PACLING '93 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 93 20:28:57 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 552 (1168) INVITED/ACCEPTED PAPERS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION PACLING '93 First Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference April 21-24 (Wed-Sat) 1993 The Harbour Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada CONFERENCE AIMS PACLING '93 will be a workshop-oriented meeting on computational linguistics whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among Pacific Rim countries, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange showing openness towards good research falling outside current dominant "schools of thought," and on technological transfer within the Pacific region. GUEST SPEAKERS, TITLES AND BRIEF ABSTRACTS "An Overview of JPSG -- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese" Dr Takao Gunji, Osaka University, JAPAN An overview of an ongoing project called JPSG (Japanese Phrase Structure Grammar) is presented. JPSG is an implementation of ideas from recent developments in the phrase structure grammar formalism, such as HPSG, applied to the Japanese language. Even though JPSG shares many aspects of grammatical formalization with HPSG, we have adopted a number of extensions and modifications in our development. We use an extended notion of unification -- constraint unification -- which takes into account declarative constraints, in addition to feature structures, so that the same declarative description can be used both for generation and recognition. "Industrial Strength NLP: The Challenge of Broad Coverage" Dr George E. Heidorn, Microsoft Research, USA To achieve apparent natural language understanding in consumer products, the underlying NLP system will have to be very robust. It will be expected to do more than a limited task in a limited domain. The NLP group at Microsoft Research is developing a system which is intended to be a central component for ubiquitous NLP. This work is still in its early stages, but we do have a system of some interest that runs on Windows 3.1 and produces reasonable logical forms for a fairly wide range of English text. This talk will describe the various facets of the work we are doing and show some of the results we have obtained to date. "Language Generation for Multimedia Explanations" Dr Kathleen R. McKeown, Columbia University, USA Multimedia information systems have the potential to greatly increase the effectiveness with which information is communicated. Whether language, visual media (e.g., pictures, charts, figures, etc.) or some combination are more appropriate for communication can depend on the kind of information being communicated, on user ability or background, and on the situations in which information is communicated. Our work on COMET (COordinated Multimedia Explanation Testbed) has as its goal the interactive generation of explanations that fully integrate and coordinate text and graphics, all of which is generated on the fly. In this talk, I will focus on three ways in which COMET coordinates its text and graphics: 1. cross references from text to graphics, 2. coordination of sentence and picture breaks, and 3. influence from one media on realization in another. ACCEPTED PAPERS (Confirmation of acceptance is still to be received from the authors of some accepted papers; groupings of papers are tentative.) *** Morphology, Phonology and Prosody *** "Parsing Indonesian Morphology Using Syllable-Based Model." Hammam R. Yusuf, Agency for the Assessment & Application of Technology, INDONESIA and University of Kentucky, USA. "Learning Vocabulary for a Register Vector Parser." David R. Astels & Bruce A. MacDonald, University of Calgary, CANADA. "Understanding Spoken English Using a Systemic Functional Framework." C. Rowles, X. Huang, M. de Beler, J. Vonwiller, R. King, C. Matthiesson, P. Sefton & M. O'Donnell, Telecom Research Laboratories/ Sydney University, AUSTRALIA. "An Experimental Discourse-Neutral Prosodic Phrasing System for Mandarin Chinese." Gina-Anne Levow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. *** Parsing -- General *** "Context-Free Grammar Parsing by Message Passing." Dekang Lin & Randy Goebel, University of Manitoba/Alberta, CANADA. "Parsing With Principles." David LeBlanc, Henry Davis & Richard Rosenberg, Tilburg University/ University of British Columbia, NETHERLANDS/CANADA. "Recovering a Logical Form Representation Using a Single-Pass Principle-Based Parser." Carl Alphonce, University of British Columbia, CANADA. *** Parsing -- Language-Specific *** "Grammar of Sino-Japanese Words." Nagiko I. Lee, Canadian International College/University of British Columbia, CANADA. "On Processing Empty Categories in English and Japanese." Tadao Miyamoto & Joseph F. Kess, University of Victoria, CANADA. "A Maximum Conditional-Probability Method and Bootstrapping-Acquisition of Simplified Markov Models for Japanese Word Succession." Toru Hisamitsu & Yoshihiko Nitta, Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory, JAPAN. *** Semantics and Cognitive Modelling *** "Handling Real World Input by Abduction." Loke Soo Hsu, Chew Lim Tan & Zhibiao Wu, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE. "An Image-Schematic System of Thematic Roles." Dekai Wu, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HONG KONG. "Beyond Deterministic Lexical Disambiguation." Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Carleton University, CANADA. "A Meaningful Approach to Natural Language Processing." Sait Dogru & James R. Slagle, University of Minnesota, USA. *** Pragmatics and Discourse *** "Constraint of the Japanese Conjunction "shikashi (but)." Tatsunori Mori & Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yokohama National University, JAPAN. "Reconciling Sharp True/False Boundaries With Scalar Vagueness." Alice I. Kyburg & Lenhart Schubert, University of Rochester, USA. "A Computational Formalism for Syntactic Aspects of Rhetoric." Marzena Makuta-Giluk & Chrysanne DiMarco, University of Waterloo, CANADA. "What's Going on in these Advertisements? -- A Case Study of Indirect Speech." Paul Wu Horng Jyh, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE. *** Natural Language Generation/Explanation *** "A Prototype of English Sentence Generation System Based on SD-form Semantics Model." Guifeng Shao, Masahiro Wakiyama, Sei-ichiro Kamata & Eiji Kawaguchi, Kyushu Institute of Technology/Kitakyushu National College of Technology, JAPAN. "Natural Language Explanation of Natural Deduction Proofs." Francis Jeffry Pelletier & Andrew Edgar, University of Alberta, CANADA. "The Placement of Examples in Descriptions: Before, Within or After the Text." Vibhu O. Mittal & Cecile L. Paris, Information Sciences Institute/ University of Southern California, USA. *** Natural Language Generation/Planning *** "Deciding Appropriate Query Content According to Topic Features." Yukiko Ishikawa & Tsuneaki Kato, NTT Network Information Systems Laboratories, JAPAN. "Planning Utterances with Prominence." Shozo Naito & Akira Shimazu, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, JAPAN. "Coordinating Ideational and Textual Resources in the Generation of Multisentential Texts in Chinese." Licheng Zeng, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA. *** Machine Translation and Machine Assisted Translation *** "Translation of Metonymy in an Interlingual MT System." Takahiro Wakao & Stephen Helmreich, New Mexico State University, USA. "Lexical Choice in Machine Translation." John Phillips, National Language Research Institute, JAPAN. "Tuning of a Machine Translation System to Wire-Service Economic News." Teruaki Aizawa, Naoto Katoh & Masoko Kamata, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, JAPAN. "The Integration of MT and MAT." Robert Frederking, Dean Grannes, Peter Cousseau & Sergei Nirenburg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. *** Document Structure and Language Learning Aids *** "Cooperative Understanding of Natural Language and Picture Patterns in Drill Text." Tsutomu Endo, Hidehiro Ohki & Kazuhiro Takaoka, Oita University, JAPAN. "CWORDER: An Experimental Chinese Word Information Retrieval System for Language Learning Aids." Yu Zeng & John N. Crossley, Monash University, AUSTRALIA. "Why Johnny Can't Read the Screwiest Writing System in the World and How to Help Him Learn: On the Necessity of Japanese<->English Hyperdictionaries." Harvey Abramson, University of Tokyo, JAPAN. *** Information Retrieval/Extraction and Large-Scale Lexical Resources *** "Automatically Deriving Structured Knowledge Bases from Online Dictionaries." William Dolan & Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft Corporation, USA. "Information Retrieval Based on Paraphrase." Peter Wallis, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUSTRALIA. "The Diderot Information Extraction System." Jim Cowie, Takahiro Wakao, Louise Guthrie, Wang Jin & James Pustjovsky, New Mexico State/Brandeis University, USA. "Text Analysis: How Can Machine Learning Help?" Stan Matwin & Stan Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa, CANADA. *** Tools and Environments *** "Graphical Interaction with Constraint-Based Grammars." Jo Calder, Simon Fraser University, CANADA. "STAS - A Relation For Comparing Tree Traversals of Grammar Processing Algorithms." Miroslav Martinovic, New York University, USA. "A Parallel Processing Environment for Natural Language Applications." Hsin-Hsi Chen & Jiunn-Liang Leu, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN. POSTER SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, COMPUTER FACILITIES Approximately 6 people are being invited to present posters. Invited speakers and authors of accepted papers are being encouraged to give demonstrations of their systems. The conference is providing Mac, IBM, NeXT and SUN machines for demonstrations. Conference attendees will be provided with guest e-mail facilities during the conference. LOCATION OF CONFERENCE AND HOTELS The conference will take place at the Harbour Centre, the recently opened extension of Simon Fraser University at 515 West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver. PACLING has secured special rates with three hotels, each only a few minutes walk from the Harbour Centre and from downtown shops, restaurants and nightlife. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION Full registration fees for the conference, besides attendance at conference sessions and use of guest e-mail facilities, include: * copy of the conference proceedings * reception * banquet * day trip to Whistler Village, home to two of the finest skiing areas in North America, Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains; the village and surroundings are very picturesque; the village has many shops and restaurants; skiing is still good in April, weather permitting (ski passes not included in registration fee). REGISTRATION CATEGORY REGISTRATION FEE until March 15 after March 15 Full registration, reduced rate: (full time student or unemployed) CDN$105 US$88 CDN$135 US$115 Full registration, standard rate: (everyone else) CDN$210 US$175 CDN$270 US$230 Partial registration -- reception, banquet and day trip only: CDN$75 US$63 CDN$95 US$80 (partner of conference attendee) The registration fees include all taxes. We would prefer Canadian funds, but US funds are acceptable. Please pay by one of the following methods: 1. bankers draft or cheque in Canadian dollars drawn on a Canadian bank, 2. bankers draft or cheque in US dollars drawn on an American bank, 3. VISA card or MasterCard (please supply full name, card type, card number and expiry date). Please make bankers drafts and cheques payable to Simon Fraser University. Send your payment, complete with your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if applicable) to: Fred Popowich email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Registration tel: (604) 291-4193 School of Computing Science fax: (604) 291-3045 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 For further information on the conference and on local arrangements, contact: Dan Fass email: fass@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Publicity and Local Arrangements tel: (604) 291-3208 Centre for Systems Science fax: (604) 291-4424 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 ATTENDEES WITH VISA DIFFICULTIES We are aware that some individuals may experience difficulties obtaining a visa. If people have paid for registration and then are not able to obtain a visa, their registration fee will be refunded. Unfortunately, hotel deposits probably cannot be refunded. HOTEL REGISTRATION INFORMATION Preferential rates have been negotiated with three downtown hotels at 82, 65 and 43 Canadian dollars per person per night. A minimum deposit equal to one night's accomodation is required. Conference registrants should establish their own contact with hotels -- please don't include money for hotel rooms with your conference registration. Attendees should aim to book rooms by Monday March 15th if possible as the earlier they book, the better the room they are likely to get. The phone numbers given below include the regional but not international code. People sending faxes or telephoning from outside North America should check their country's international code for calling Canada. When attendees contact hotels, they should mention the PACLING '93 convention in order to obtain PACLING's special rates. All prices given below are in Canadian dollars and include national and provincial taxes unless otherwise stated. HOTEL #1: Ramada Renaissance Hotel, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 3T3. Fax: (604) 689-4358. Telephone: (604) 689-9211. Toll free in Canada: 1-800-268-8998. Toll free in USA: 1-800-228-9898. Single CDN$81.90 (CDN$70 + 17% taxes) Two beds or double CDN$111.15 (CDN$95 + 17% taxes) Typical breakfast CDN$10.50 + tax and gratuities Comments -- This 432 room hotel is located on Vancouver's waterfront six blocks from the Harbour Centre. Rooms have colour televisions, telephones and individual heating. Ask for a room with a harbour view. The hotel has a restaurant, several lounge bars, a fitness club, sauna and indoor pool. Transportation is provided to and from Vancouver International Airport. -- The Ramada has given us very generous convention rates. Although Ramada has a worldwide reservation system, only the Vancouver hotel knows about PACLING's special rates, so please contact the hotel directly. If you contact the hotel, don't forget to mention that you are booking rooms as part of PACLING '93. HOTEL #2: Days Inn Vancouver Downtown, 921 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1M2. Fax: (604) 681-4335. Telephone: (604) 681-7808. Toll free in Canada and USA: 1-800-325-2525. Single CDN$64.35 (CDN$55 + 17% taxes) Two beds CDN$81.90 (CDN$70 + 17% taxes) Typical breakfast CDN$7.00 + tax and gratuities Comments -- This 85 room hotel is very centrally located in the heart of Vancouver's financial district, four blocks from the Harbour Centre. Rooms have colour televisions. Few rooms have a view. Rooms at the back of the hotel may be quieter than those at the front. A restaurant and bar are on the hotel site. A health club with sauna and squash facilities is located one block from the hotel. -- Please contact the hotel directly. If you do, please mention that you are booking rooms as part of PACLING '93 in order to get our special convention rate. HOTEL #3: The Hotel at the YWCA, 580 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 2K9. Fax: (604) 681-2550. Telephone: (604) 662-8188. Toll free in BC and Alberta: 1-800-663-1424. Single with hall bathroom (women only) CDN$42.90 (CDN$39 + 10% taxes) Single with shared bathroom (men and women) CDN$49.45 (CDN$45 + 10% taxes) Two beds with hall bathroom (women only) CDN$55.00 (CDN$50 + 10% taxes) Two beds with shared bathroom (men and women) CDN$58.30 (CDN$53 + 10% taxes) Typical breakfast (self-serve) CDN$4.50 + tax Comments -- This 169 room hotel also has a central downtown location, six blocks from the Harbour Centre. Some rooms have a view. Request a room with a bay view above the 10th floor as it is quieter up there. Rooms don't have televisions (there are TV lounges every other floor). Singles are a good size, but do not have sinks. Twins are a bit cramped. Self-serve restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is a pool and fitness centre for women only. -- Please contact the hotel directly and mention that you are part of PACLING '93. PACLING '93 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Members: Naoyuki Okada (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) (Chair) Nick Cercone (University of Regina, Canada) Christian Matthiessen (University of Sydney, Australia) Yorick Wilks (New Mexico State University, USA) Local Members: Dan Fass (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Paul McFetridge (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Fred Popowich (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Roland Sussex (Queensland University, Australia) Hiroaki Tsurumaru (Nagasaki University, Japan) Advisors: Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada) Observers: Minako O'Hagan (New Zealand Translation Center, New Zealand) SPONSORS Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication interest group of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan; the Australian Computer Science Society; Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems of Canada; the Advanced Systems Institute of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University; Centre for Systems Science. From: Thomas Zielke <113355@DOLUNI1.BITNET> Subject: Official Introduction of The History Network Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 16:41:52 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 553 (1169) The History Network - Official Announcement (please re-distribute and circulate) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friends and colleagues, it is a great honour and a pleasure to me to send out this document which shall give you some information about The History Network. With best regards, Thomas Zielke Secretary General The History Network -----(cut here)------------------------------------------------------ The History Network is an international collaborative effort by academic historians, graduate students and undergraduates interested in history to maximize the potential of Bitnet and Internet. Conceived by Thomas Zielke, listowner of History-L, in 1992, it has quickly evolved into a viable organization devoted to dissemination of the resources and education required to bring historians into the world of electronic communications. Zielke is the Secretary-General of the entire organization. Its seven divisions and their responsibilities are: 1. Organization: set agenda for Division Director conferences, gather statistics, resolve inter-Divisional conflicts, manage legal affairs, handle relations with governments, governmental agencies, and networks, and represent History Network at conferences. Thomas Zielke is director by virtue of the charter of the History Network calling for the Secretary General to be the ex officio head of this divsion. 2. Resources: develop and disseminate information on distribution sites (FTP, Gopher, WAIS, Veronica), digital materials collection and development, and access to data bases. Donald Mabry is director. 3. Scholarly Exchange: facilitate new and ongoing discussion lists and conferences, including posting of publications and notices. The Directorship is still open. 4. Technical Development, responsible for software development, list operation enhancement, journal and conference presentation methods, and technological adaptation. Skip Knox is Director. 5. Education: recruitment, network training, demonstrations, manuals and handbooks and more). Richard Jensen is Director. 6. Professional Standing: promote recognition of electronic efforts of historian, including electronic publication and service credit; represent History Network at converences and conventions; offer organizational support; general publicity. The Directorship is still unfilled. 7. Finance: Fund-raising for History Network. The Director is Richard Jensen. A Secretary who will function in a role similar to a Deputy Director was appointed in the latter half of February, Charlie Dell is filling the post. A Historian/Archivist are still needed. The original mission of the History Network was articulated by Zielke, who took over the first major history discussion group on Bitnet, HISTORY, and created a more professional list with active participation by a variety of history-oriented individuals. In "History at Your Fingertips, Electronic Information and Communications for Historians," a paper given at Lawrence, Kansas, in September, 1992, he proposed a History Network via e-mail, FTP and Telnet that will facilitate electronic access for historians, help create and technically support specialized history lists, provide FTP and Gopher sites for documents to be stored by historians and accessed by other historians from anywhere in the world, and provide a much faster means of exchange between history scholars of ideas, information, and places to look for deeper documentation on a specific subject. Zielke articulated some long range goals as well. Eventually, an FTP site should support every history list created. We should create more history lists so that eventually every aspect of history will have its own list. Zielke envisioned collaboration or close cooperation with groups like the Gutenberg Project (which distributes e-copies of older public domain books), the Humanities Computing faculty at UC-Santa Barbara, and the Canadian Historian's Association. Eventually there will be a number of sites where papers, bibliographies, lectures, maps, and graphics will be stored, accessible to the ever-widening number of people with net access. Presently, there are two history-related FTP sites, at Mississippi State University and at the University of Kansas. Zielke's paper concluded with two ideas that perhaps are the germ of why the History Network has really been formed: only a very small segment of history professionals use to any degree the tools of computers and electronic communication/data retrieval; and secondly most historians do not yet recognize the potential (or even the legitimacy) of electronic documents and e-mail. The History Network was developed at the same time as another similar effort known as H-Net was being planned at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Richard Jensen, professor of history, and two graduate students were planning a project for training historians about the nets, and using history materials drawn from the networks. Jensen argued that half of the academic historians in the US have a powerful computer on their desks. Many graduate students have one, or have convenient access. The analogy is the Model T Ford, whose owners owned a wonderful machine, but used it only to drive to church on Sunday. H-Net's main goal is to get historians to use their computers for communications and analysis, as well as the word processing with which most have become comfortable. H-Net is working with the American Historical Association and other established history groups, and with college and university history departments, to provide faculty training in the communications capabilities of PCs. Its training materials will be published on the History Network. H-Net has been officially endorsed by the AHA, the Organization of American Historians, and the Southern Historical Association, and will run training workshops at their annual conventions. H-Net will set up a BBS system, which historians can call into (via Internet or telephone) to obtain a menu of files and discussion groups. The BBS will provide "newsletter" like services for the profession as a whole, including announcements of conferences and fellowships, postings of job vacancies, and reports on convention proceedings. The major new source H-Net will create is a combined retrospective index to the major history journals. Editors spend a great deal of effort to compile highly sophisticated indexes of their journals - indexes that go far beyond authors and titles. It will obtain the diskettes used in recent years, and scan the printed indexes of other years. The result will be a large on-line source that will be accessed by a key word search. Students and scholars will use it (free) to gain much better access to the contents of the major history journals. Richard Jensen came well-prepared for this task, having had directed the Newberry Library Summer Institutes, which trained about 600 historians in the 1970s and early 1980s in the new social history, quantification, and mainframe computers. Good ideas come in pairs, as historians of science have long noted. Instead of disputing the territory, the History Network and H-Net have joined forces, with H-Net becoming the Education Division of the History Network. The History Network is barely two months old, and will need the participation of professionals, grad students and undergraduates alike to grow and prosper. The Network promises to serve the history community of the 21st century in ways commensurate with the changes in technology, communication and history itself. The History Network idea promises to link historians together worldwide, speeding messages, creating connections, sharing work and ideas, making personal contacts, and exploring new ways to use the incredibly powerful computer and communications technology of our time. All kinds of talent are needed and desired; many people could join the volunteers already working on the project in a variety of areas, or suggest an angle or project we have not thought about. Volunteers interested in helping out in any of the divisions can send a note to the division director, or directly to the History Network at: HN-ASK-L@UKANVM. Any ideas or projects you may have in mind could be channeled through a Division director, or directly to Thomas or Charlie. The History Network planning committee members are currently: 1) Thomas Zielke, U. of Oldenburg (Germany), 113355@DOLUNi1.bitnet 2) Kevin Berland, Pennsylvania State U. BCJ@PSUVM.bitnet 3) Jim Cocks,U. of Louisville, JACOCK01@ULKYVM.bitnet 4) Charlie Dell, U of Missouri, Kansas City, CDELL@vax1.umkc.edu 5) Lydia Fish, SUNY at Buffalo, FISHLM@SNYBUFVA.bitnet 6) Richard Jensen, U. of Illinois Chicago, u08946@UICVM.bitnet 7) Larry Jewell, Purdue U., jewell@MACE.CC.PURDUE.EDU 8) Ellis "Skip" Knox, Boise State U, dusknox@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU 9) Agnes Kruchio, U. of Toronto, kruchio@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA 10) Don Mabry, Mississippi State U, djm1@RA.MSSTATE.EDU 11) Lynn Nelson, U of Kansas, lhnelson@UKANVM.bitnet 12) Bob Pasker, San Francisco State U, bob@HALFDOME.SF.CA.US 13) Wendy Plotkin, U of Illinois Chicago, u15608@UICVM.bitnet 14) Kelly Richter, U of Illinois, Chicago, u59611@UICVM.bitnet 15) Bayla Singer, bsinger@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0531 Rs: Humanities teaching lab; Student Computers (4/89) Date: 24 Feb 93 01:16:28 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 887 (1170) While I am certainly do not advocate the death of the printed book, I believe that significant and valuable work can be done with the aid of electronic texts and text retrieval/analysis software. There are several institutions throughout the world which are exploring just what student interaction with our electronic community will ultimately look like -- nonetheless, many agree that it is a foregone conclusion that the E-book will soon be just another element of the scholars toolkit. There are simply too many things that can be done with the computer that take significantly more time without. For instance, concordance programs can simplify the often laborious process of building a concordance. While a library may be considered a humanities laboratory, if its holdings are confined merely to the paper, or to electronic documents without humanities specific tools, then institutions are failing to integrate technology that can make the educational experience more valuable. No one in their right mind suggests that we toss generations of tried and true humanities scholarship. Nonetheless, the creation of humanities labs in a university environment is a necessary and valuable addition to the arsenal of tools with which educators capture and stimulate the minds of their students! From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 6.0549 Rs: Humanities Labs and E-Texts (3/123) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 15:07 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 888 (1171) I think it's important to distinguish between problems that are new to the electronic environment and those that, like poor texts, have always been with us. For example, David Latane' worries about students misusing the electronic texts to avoid reading the full text; well, what's new. And Elaine Brennan asks "what if there's not (and never has been) a thoroughly edited version of a particular text?"< Well, then we're back to square one anyway. As the Wodehouse line goes, "Well, if you don't know what a pig is, then we have a great deal of tedious spadework to do." --pg From: John Lavagnino <LAV@BRANDEIS> Subject: Humanities e-texts Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 22:04 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 889 (1172) David Latane' writes: [deleted quotation] I have to wonder whether we'd really think very highly of such a paper. Surely it would have to say more about these works than that there's stars in both; this sort of search is a way to get some leads, but it doesn't write criticism for you. I think I can tell when a student hasn't read the text, and I don't see that the situation is different when it's an electronic text. But suppose the student starts with Shelley and fetches up a poem for comparison that's not by Keats, but by Helen Maria Williams, or Leigh Hunt, or Felicia Hemans. I'll still be able to tell whether the student's read the poem or not, but to do that I may have to go out and read a poem I've never seen before, by a poet I may never have heard of and would never have assigned. The student, in other words, may find it rather easy to get the jump on me in this world, and start doing things that test my knowledge of the period rather severely. Certainly some students may just turn this into another way of writing bad papers; but others may find it invigorating to explore the trackless wilderness beyond "Endymion." In any case, we shouldn't be looking for tools that do our thinking about literature for us; they aren't going to be forthcoming, in any case. What this sort of collection gives us is a way to generate and test ideas quickly, and a way to extend our studies from the familiar stuff into the wider context of contemporary verse. But it doesn't confer the faculty for seeing what's interesting and what's not---that still needs to be taught the old way, I think. John Lavagnino, Department of English, Brandeis University From: William Kemp <wkemp@s850.mwc.edu> Subject: re: humanities labs, etexts Date: Wed, 24 Feb 93 21:55:31 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 890 (1173) Elaine asks more questions than I can possibly think about, so I'll try to stick to a simple point or two that I almost understand. Most questions I've seen about etexts in humanities labs (others as well as Elaine's) are too easy in that they assume a single answer or push too quickly beyond the question of access to etexts into speculation about how etext "should" be formulated. For me, access to text and the forms in which etext might appear are quite separate questions. First, I want access to minimally edited, orthographically accurate texts of early/significant editions of major literary works. I want (and have got), for example, Q1, Q2, and F1 of HAMLET, in old spelling, so that I can present to students the raw material of literary study. My Shakespeare students already have a conservatively edited modern edition of Shakespeare's plays; that's the text I tell the bookstore to sell them. I wouldn't teach without it, because it offers up the plays packaged for American college students; it has good introductions, helpful pictures, decent semantic glosses. But it *is* packaged, and it fosters the notion that HAMLET is what David Bevington says HAMLET is -- that the words of the play are what Bevington has decided the words of the play are. But in a fundamental way, they're not. HAMLET is two quarto texts and one folio text, each of them significantly different from the others. In plain fact, no single HAMLET exists, and I see no reason why even undergraduate students should be spared that inconvenient fact. So I use etexts for an assignment which knocks Bevington's props out from under them. I also use Michael Best's Hyperstacks SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND TIMES as a way of getting students to look at more background stuff than they otherwise would unless I talked about it and tested them on it. So that's another lab use -- a complete package, devised by someone else, which I simply take off the shelf. A third use would be one I devise myself, preferably using accurate etext of the literary work I'm interested in -- etext I get from someone else, since keying in novels, plays, and epics is not a worthwhile activity unless one can foresee some specific, significant reward. For this use I again want plain, accurate text with minimal SMGL marking to indicate its organization. Once I get that plain text, if I figure out other things I want to do with it, I can mark it up myself for my own purposes. I like two things about etext: we can make it accurate and preserve the accuracy through countless replications of the text for different purposes; and we can replicate the text, adding hyperlinks or more levels of SGML marking, as we develop new, specific uses for the text. But I think the starting place ought to be a plain, clean, accurate etext; that's the foundation for everything. And yes -- I would gladly pay for etexts of works unavailable otherwise. In fact I do pay for etexts of works also available in print, because I do different things when I read a page and when I use a screen. Bill Kemp Mary Washington College Fredericksburg, Va. wkemp@s850.mwc.edu From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: Humanities Labs and E-Texts Date: 24 Feb 93 23:53:37 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 891 (1174) do the right thing .... ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I was interest in your inquiry re: electronic texts, since that is the business I am in. I recently attended CATH 92 in Manchester, and came away with the conviction that electronic text publication will be successful only when three factors are combined: 1 -- Definitive, scholarly editions must be availble, preferably from an internationally recognized press. 2 -- They must be accompanied by a reasonable text retrieval and analysis program. Clearly, my bias is that WordCruncher is adequate for an awful lot of applications and people. 3 -- The price must be affordable. While it is well and good for Chadwyck- Healy to suggest that 6,000 poetry texts at a mere $5.00 each is a bargain, the entry level price of $30,000 is not designed to promote electronic scholarship. I am looking at a price beneath $10.00. My question to you is, do you agree, if not, why? I am assembling a product line that has all of the above attributes, and am not terribly far off from releasing it. One bit of help from the academic community would be deeply appreciated. What texts do you want? I am convinced that in the very near future, literature will be taught with the aid of electronic texts. These products will not replace the printed versions, but merely broaden the educational arsenal. Please tell me what you think, what you have learned so far, and anything else that comes to mind. Thank you. P.S. Elaine, I note that this is going directly back to you. If you would be so kind as to forward on to the HUMANIST LIST, I would be grateful. JJ From: CHUCK TAYLOR <CTAYLOR@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU> Subject: Bibliographic Software Date: 24 Feb 1993 08:56:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 892 (1175) A colleague recently asked me to recommend a software package for taking extensive notes on one's reading and for keeping track of bibliographic references. Pro-Cite came to mind but I thought I would post the question. Has anyone used *Research Notes* or similar packages? Recommendations? Please send e-mail to Charles S. Taylor Department of Philosophy Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 ctaylor@wsu.bitnet ctaylor@desire.wright.edu From: rdelucca@rosemary.it.jhu.edu (Robert DeLucca) Subject: History of Lit. query Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 12:34:07 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 893 (1176) Hello all, I'm looking for as many examples as I can of writers (I'll keep the field as broad as I can) who upon completion of or in the thick of a work, stated in a letter, journal etc. that they did not understand what they had done or were doing. That somehow the work was the result of an unconscious process. Could even be a tired novelist who simply declares that his own meaning has somehow escaped him, for the moment. I mainly intend writers who did NOT make a practise of "automatic" writing. Names, and names and places in texts appreciated. Thanks! --- Robert de Lucca ........................... Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies The Johns Hopkins University .............. Baltimore, MD ............................. ........................................... rdelucca@rosemary.it.jhu.edu NeXTmail ok. robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ................. Voice: (410) 727-8213 ..................... From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: OFFLINE 41 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 23:18:38 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 556 (1177) Here is the latest. As you will note -- or already know -- we finally have the ccat.sas.upenn.edu gopher and ftp site working, although we've been concentrating on gopher. As people learn to use these tools, it may take some pressure off of some listserv archives, where some materials (like OFFLINE) might currently be duplicated. Progress. Bob ===== ---------------------- <<O F F L I N E 4 1>> coordinated by Robert Kraft [24 February 1993 Draft, copyright Robert Kraft] [HUMANIST, IOUDAIOS, RELIGION, etc., 25 February 1993] [Religious Studies News 8.2 (May 1993)] [CSSR Bulletin 22.2 (April 1993)] [codes: <t>...</(t)> titles, <emph>...</> emphasis, <h>/<h1>/<h2>...</(h)> levels of headings.] ---------------------- This installment of OFFLINE continues the message that if you are not yet on "the net," you are missing out on a great deal (of course, in return, you may be saving your sanity, not to mention a lot of time that might also be used to advantage elsewhere). The observation bears repeating: the long awaited "information explosion" associated with the "new technologies" is upon us with a vengeance. And the net is where it is at with special ferocity. Previous issues of OFFLINE have addressed such matters as finding affordable links to the Internet, getting to library resources remotely, electronic scholarly discussion groups, tools and archives available from the net, and some of the growing frustrations of trying to take advantage of this explosive technology. A recurring complaint, or plea, has been for tools and services that will help organize and facilitate access to the desired treasures. Much still needs to be done in this area, but among the bright lights now appearing on the horizon is a series of access assisting programs (awkwardly, it seems to me, called "clients," which operate as the relatively less active part of a "client-server" relationship on the network; my local "client" accesses the central "server"), one of which will be highlighted in this column. <h>Appeasing the Non-Networked</> For those of you who, for whatever reason, have not chosen or have not been able to connect to the net, please do not feel abandoned by all this net-related hoopla. There are still lots of other things going on in the computing for humanists world. Indeed, a new publication has just crossed my desk that promises to take up some of the slack left by us net enthusiasts: it is called <t>Computer-Assisted Research Forum: A Reader-friendly Bulletin for Academics and Educators in the Humanities</>, edited by Todd J. B. Blayone at McGill University (cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca). It plans to appear three times during each academic year at a cost of $10 Canadian ($8.50 US). The PO address is Birks Building, McGill University, 3520 University Street, Montreal PQ-H3A 2A7, Canada. The first issue appeared in Fall 1992 with articles on bibliographic programs (comparative review, part 1), graphics-mode and multilingual word processors for DOS, and (of course) something on e-mail. The current issue, which arrived as a complimentary copy, adds discussions on language learning, on text analysis software for the Mac, and (of course) on electronic discussion groups. Looks quite promising. Similarly, coverage in the more established newsletters that deal with humanities computing as mentioned in previous columns deserves to be kept in view. Indeed, Eric Dahlin has done such an impressive job with his REACH (Research & Educational Applications of Computers in the Humanities) Newsletter of the Humanities Computing Facility of the University of California at Santa Barbara CA 93106-3170 that he has also taken over as editor of the Newsletter of the ACH (Association for Computers and the Humanities), using the same address. Readers would do well to keep their eyes on these and similar hardcopy sources of information -- which also appear in electronic form on the networks (contact hcfidahl@ucsbuxa.bitnet or @ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu), to which this discussion now turns. <-----> Please send information, suggestions or queries concerning OFFLINE to Robert A. Kraft, Box 36 College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6303. Telephone (215) 898- 5827. Internet address: KRAFT@CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU (please note that the previous electronic address is no longer preferred). To request printed information or materials from OFFLINE, please supply an appropriately sized, self-addressed envelope or an address label. A complete electronic file of OFFLINE columns is available upon request (for IBM/DOS, Mac, or IBYCUS), or from the CCAT.SAS.UPENN.EDU Gopher (see above), or in part from the HUMANIST (BROWNVM.bitnet) or IOUDAIOS (YORKVM1.bitnet) ListServ facilities. //end #41// -------------------- [A complete version of this newsletter is now available through the fileserver, s.v. OFFLINE 41. You may obtain a copy by issuing the command -- GET filename filetype HUMANIST -- either interactively or as a batch-job, addressed to ListServ@Brownvm. Thus on a VM/CMS system, you say interactively: TELL LISTSERV AT BROWNVM GET filename filetype HUMANIST; if you are not on a VM/CMS system, send mail to ListServ@Brownvm with the GET command as the first and only line. For more details see the "Guide to Humanist". Problems should be reported to David Sitman, A79@TAUNIVM, after you have consulted the Guide and tried all appropriate alternatives.] From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0550 Rs: Year 0 (3/71) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 08:31:14 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 894 (1178) In regard English-speaking students' confusion over the base event in the various Christian (European) dating schemes, I suspect that misanalysis of A[nno] D[omini] as A[fter] D[eath] may have something to do with it. It is a bit confusing that AD is based on a Latin phrase, while B[efore] C[hrist] is based on an English phrase (in English usage!). From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 6.0550 Rs: Year 0 (3/71) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 15:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 895 (1179) Minor point: I think the confusion about the calendar starting from Jesus' putative death arises from childhood; for what it's anecdotally worth, I remember in my school the confusion being that A.D. stood for After Death. I remember my teacher in 4th grade enlightening me. --pg From: robert_judd@csufresno.edu Subject: Re: humanities active learning Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 15:27:17 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 896 (1180) The active learning scenario a few days ago struck a chord with me as music teacher. It is common in this discipline to promote active learning by "pastiche" composition, i.e. writing (e.g.) a string quartet in the style of Mozart; not to create a fine work of art but to force one to study Mozart's quartets (and Haydn's and Beethoven's) in order to achieve the immediate goal, and thereby come to a greater understanding of Mozart's work (the "real" goal). What about the analogy? I would disagree with those who suggest that trying to convince students to read "great poetry" for its own sake is a matter of telling them to sit and read. An active-learning scenario analogous to music would be pastiche poetry: write a "Shakespeare sonnet", e.g. To do the assn. effectively one has to know the real things pretty well. The goal isn't to produce replicas of great poetry, but to get students to learn the real things. Has anyone done such a "pastiche" experiment? Bob Judd robert_judd@zimmer.csufresno.edu From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: ACH-ALLC 93 Conference Announcement Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 11:02 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 558 (1181) To: classics@uwavm.BITNET, english@utarlvm1.BITNET, litsci-l@uiucvmd.BITNET, history@finhutc.BITNET, alf-l@yorkvm1.BITNET, ioudaios@yorkvm1.BITNET, philosop@yorkvm1.BITNET, linguist@tamvm1.BITNET, pacs-l@uhupvm1.BITNET, humanist@brownvm.BITNET, index-l@bingvmb.BITNET, libres@kentvm.BITNET, gutnberg@uiucvmd.BITNET, ln@frmop11.BITNET, modbrits@kentvm.BITNET, scholar@cunyvm.BITNET, shaksper@utoronto.BITNET, e-hug@dartcms1.BITNET, tei-l@uicvm.BITNET, ficino@utoronto.BITNET, lm_net@suvm.BITNET, literary@ucf1vm.BITNET, medtextl@uiucvmd.BITNET, reed-l@utoronto.BITNET, seelangs@cunyvm.BITNET, aibi-l@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Message-id: <01GVAICV3GCW9EFCR4@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> X-Envelope-to: humanist@brownvm.BITNET X-VMS-To: @ACHCONF.LIS X-VMS-Cc: NEUMAN,PMANGIAFICO THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES THE ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE JUNE 16-19, 1993 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DC On behalf of the Executive Committees of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, we cordially invite you to attend the fifth annual joint international conference, to be held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., June 16-19, 1993. This conference is the major forum for discussion of the preparation, encoding, and use of character-based electronic text and for computer-based research in literature, linguistics, and related humanities disciplines. It will feature presenters from fourteen countries and include eighty papers on the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, on the development of significant new materials and tools for humanities research, and on the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Hugh Kenner, Franklin and Calloway Professor of English at the University of Georgia, and Clifford Lynch, Director of Library Automation at the Office of the President, University of California. A special feature will be a series of sessions, organized by the library community, on electronic resources for the humanities. Other attractions include a forum on the Text Encoding Initiative and encoding with SGML, a software fair, banquet, vendor display, and optional text-analysis workshop. Georgetown University, situated along the Potomac River in an historic district that predates our Nation's Capital, is the site for the conference. Domestic flights arrive at Washington National Airport, and taxi service (approximately $12) is recommended for the short ride to your accommodations in Georgetown. International flights arrive at Dulles Airport (40 miles away), and a shuttle service ($16 one-way, $26 round-trip) provides transportation into downtown Washington. In the city you will find that taxi service is reasonably priced; a ride to Georgetown from downtown will cost approximately $7. Parking in Washington is prohibitively expensive, so participants are urged to take public transportation to the conference. American Airlines will offer domestic-flight discounts of 5% off all relevant fares for conference participants flying to and from Washington, DC between June 12th and June 22nd. To obtain this discount, call the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 1- 800-433-1790 and specify the Star Number S1463FS for ACH-ALLC93. The Association for Computers and the Humanities is a professional society for scholars working in computer-related research in literature and language studies, history, philosophy, and other disciplines of the humanities. Individual membership is $60 US a year and includes a subscription to Computers and the Humanities (six issues a year) and the ACH Newsletter (four issues a year). The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing was founded in 1973 as an international association to promote the development of literary and linguistic computing. Membership is by personal subscription to the journal Literary and Linguistic Computing, which is published by Oxford University Press, Pinkhill House, Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford, OX8 1JJ. Subscription rates for 1992 are L30 (UK) or $57 (rest of the world). On-site registration will be held from 9 am to 9 pm at the ACH- ALLC93 Conference Headquarters in Copley Formal Lounge beginning June 15th and extending throughout the conference. At 6 pm on June 15th, a welcome cocktail party for participants will be held on the upper-level esplanade of the Leavey Conference Center. The conference will commence with an opening session on Wednesday, June 16th, at 9 am in Gaston Hall. Occasional reports of interest to participants will be accessible by Internet, either through the Georgetown University Gopher server (in the ACH_ALLC93 directory) or by anonymous ftp from guvax.georgetown.edu (141.161.1.2) in directory ACH_ALLC93. Options for accommodations at the conference include: 1. Village C Residence Hall on campus. $50 a night (single) or $25 a night (double). Air conditioned with private bath, daily linen service. Furnishings Spartan but clean. Staff assistance. Telephones and televisions in common areas only. 3- minute walk to conference sessions. Optional meal plan available on campus at $20 a day. Access to gym and pool available at $10 a week. 10-12 minute walk to Georgetown shopping and restaurants. Vending machines on site. Parking available at $10 a day, $30 a week. Extensions of reservations at the conference rate are available for several days before and after the conference. 2. Leavey Conference Center Hotel on campus. $115 a night (single), $130 (double) with sales tax @ 11% plus $1.50 a night occupancy tax. Full services and plush furnishings of a new and luxurious conference hotel. 3-minute walk to sessions. Access to gym and pool available at $5 a day. 13-15 minute walk to Georgetown shopping and restaurants. Restaurants on site. Parking available at $9 for a 24-hour period. Extensions of reservations at conference rate depend upon availability; contact the hotel soon at the address below. 3. Georgetown Inn (in business district). $95 per room a night (single or double) with tax at 11% plus $1.50 a night. Complimentary continental breakfast and parking. Air conditioned with private bath. Atmosphere and furnishings of a small, recently remodeled hotel. Service from front desk and concierge. Telephones and television in rooms. 10-15 minute walk (up slight incline) to campus and sessions; free conference van service at regular intervals. No access to gym or pool. In the heart of tourist and shopping district. Restaurants on site and nearby. Extensions of reservations at conference rate depend upon availability; contact the hotel soon at the address below. REPLY FORM Please return to: Dr. Michael Neuman, Local Organizer ACH-ALLC93 Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 Country code: 1 phone: 202-687-6096 fax: 202-687-6003 Internet: ach_allc93@guvax.georgetown.edu (Details provided below will be used to compile the Conference List of Participants. Please enter your name and affiliation as you would like them to appear on your badge.) Your Name: Institution/Affiliation: Title: Surface-mail address: City, State or District, Postal Code, and Country: Telephone: Fax: Email: Software Fair: Please check here if you would like to demonstrate a product or project. Yes ___ Then specify requirements for operating system, RAM, hard disk space, special graphics or controller cards, or software platform needed for your demonstration. FEES Please enter relevant amounts (in US$) and return this form with your remittance to the address above. Registration status: Amount Regular registration $140 ___ Member of ACH or ALLC in good standing 100 ___ Spouses, companions 30 ___ Graduate students 30 ___ One-day rate (Specify day and date) 70 ___ Other approved designation (Please specify) ___ Late registration surcharge (after June 1) 20 ___ (Cancellation penalty after May 15): $20 Registration includes access to all program sessions, special-interest-group meetings, software fair, exhibits, and inter-session refreshments. Membership fee: Association for Computers and the Humanities at $60 ___ Assoc. for Literary and Linguistic Computing at $57 ___ Banquet (7:30 p.m. Thursday 6/17/93) Number ___ at $38 ___ Name of guest _____________________________________ Please note any dietary restriction: Residence hall* at $50 per night (single) or $25 (double) Number of nights ___ at nightly rate $ ___ = Total: ___ If double, please include name of the other person: Arrival/check-in date: Departure/check-out date: Check-in at Village C Residence Hall beginning Tuesday, June 15 at 9 am or (by prior arrangement). GRAND TOTAL for registration, membership fee, banquet, and residence-hall lodging ___ Method of payment in US$ (Please do not send cash.) Check or money order (enclosed) ___ Payable to: Georgetown University Credit card (Mastercard or Visa) ___ Card number _____________________ Expiration date _________________ Name as it appears on card _____________________ * For alternative lodging, please make your reservation before May 15, 1993 at hotel or conference center directly. Reservations at conference rate may not be available after May 15. GU Conference Center The Georgetown Inn 3800 Reservoir Road, NW 1310 Wisconsin Avenue NW Box 2315 Hoya Station Washington, DC 20007 Washington, DC 20057 Phone from USA and Canada Phone from USA and Canada 800-424-2979 800-446-9476 From other countries [deleted quotation] 1-202-687-3232 Fax: 202-625-1744 Fax: 202-687-3291 Be sure to mention ACH-ALLC93 when making reservations, and confirm the conference rate listed under options for lodging. Please check here if arranging your own accommodations. ___ Program Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University International Program Committee: Thomas Corns, University of Wales (ALLC) Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH) Jacqueline Hamesse, Universit/e catholique de Louvain- la-Neuve (ALLC) Susan Hockey, Center for Electronic Text in the Humanities (ALLC) Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH) Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH) Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) Local Organizer: Michael Neuman, Georgetown University From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: note-taking software Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 21:46:41 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 897 (1182) The best commercial note-taking software I know is Endnote Plus. This software is wiser than its own manual, which does not make its genius visible. In Endnote (for Mac and MS-DOS) you can design your own input templates as well as those for output, which means that, for example, you can specify a note as the entity instead of a book, article, collection of essays, etc. One of the first things I did with EndNote was to define as structure like this: Headword Quotation or summary of source Commentary on source Keywords Reference Location I then imported about 2000 notes previously taken with software I wrote some years ago. Then I designed a series of output templates that allowed me to generate various transformations of the notes with Nota Bene codes automatically inserted. Very little effort on my part was called for. We have yet to see, however, anything as good as NoteCards, written by a trio of computer scientists at Xerox PARC several years ago but never ported to common platforms. For reasons I do not fully understand, the challenging problem of designing an adequate note-keeping system has not attracted the interest it deserves. One part of the answer may be that note-taking is a very individual matter, another that computer screens of common platforms are not nearly large enough to allow for an adequate work space. Still, such limitations should not inhibit research. A significant part of this research is sociological, that is, investigating in detail how scholars take notes. The authors of NoteCards were very clever, but as far as I know they did very little if any sociological investigation beforehand. They did try out the system on a graduate student in modern political-military history, but one student is hardly enough. Here at Toronto a colleague of mine has developed a rather interesting piece of note-keeping software for Macintosh, but it is still unfinished and so unavailable to the public at large. (He is free to correct me on this point.) In the process of designing the software, he and I interviewed a dozen local researchers, and so discovered how individual note-keeping habits actually are. The diversity did not inhibit us, but it did suggest that a much more professionally conducted sociological survey might be done on a larger group. Perhaps such a survey has been done, in which case I would be glad to hear of it. In any case, much very interesting cross-disciplinary work would seem to be awaiting the right set of people. Further discussion, particularly if it is more enlightened that this dark soul can manage, would I'm sure be welcome to the assembled company. Willard McCarty From: stigle@cs.unca.edu Subject: Bibliographic Software Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 10:31:31 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 898 (1183) In response to Chuck Taylor's request for information on bibliographic and note-taking software, I have fairly detailed information about Pro-Cite, EndNote Plus, and Reference Manager available in three separate files of about 10KB apiece, which I can either post to the Humanist or send in response to requests by email. I am working on a similar file for Papyrus, which is a bibliographic program someone interested in extensive note-taking might want to consider. Papyrus allows you to attach an unlimited number of notecards to each reference. Each notecard can have a title, keywords, a reference back to a specific passage (page number, line number, section number, or whatever) in the original reference, as well as up to 8000 characters of notes. Papyrus is available from Research Software Design in Portland, OR. They do have an email address: RSD@Applelink.apple.com, and have been quite prompt in replying to questions or requests for more information by email. --sue Sue Stigleman University of North Carolina at Asheville stigle@cs.unca.edu From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall) Subject: The hard work of poetry? Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 13:52:42 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 899 (1184) David Latane' makes the following good point a few numbers back: [deleted quotation] A couple of responses... (1) I think the quality of the papers will clarify who did the reading and who didn't; the computer merely enables the discovery of fortuitous correspondences, it can't analyze the underpinnings of meaning and imagery. No way is a student going to 'accidentally' come up with a decent analysis based on the computer search results unless they do a little further contextual reading. (2) Using the TLG as a more familiar example, this kind of searching frees up a lot of time - a LOT of time - spent wondering "I wonder if there's a pattern..." and frees the student up to start looking at "why". It's all a matter of how one constructs the exercises and introduces the technology in relationship to the literature. Remember, an INDEX is just a simpler form of the same technology! I remember a Shakespeare course I took, we were asked to trace color imagery through several plays. I spent a week and a half re-reading plays I'd already read two to twenty times -- or rather skimming plays I'd already read -- to find the hundred occurrences of "green". I had just enough time left to write a completely facile paper about the beauty of nature and the parallelism of complimentary colors (no comments, please, this was a long time ago). If I'd been able to get all the citations in an half hour, I would've had to spend a wee bit more time actually thinking about the imagery involved. In other notes for poetry lovers... We've been using Voyager's "Poetry in Motion" CD this semester in our Poetry Workshop. This is a wonderful if simple collection of contemporary poets reading their works, some with interviews, presented on-screen via QuickTime movies in a Hypercard stack. The full text of the poem - as performed or as published at your option - is displayed at the same time. At $30 it was a great way of both introducing the vitality of poetry performances and getting the kids interested in computer-assisted text annotation. (We may have a few students actually creating their own multimedia poems later this semester.) Highly recommended for those of you with access to a Mac and a CD drive. - Matt (wall@cc.swarthmore.edu) From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: 6.0557 Rs: Humanities Active Learning Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 15:52:44 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 900 (1185) Robert Judd wrote: [deleted quotation] Since so much of classical education up until the nineteenth century was exactly this sort of forced imitation (of Horace, Cicero, Cato, etc.) it has long been out of favor; although it returns every now and then, since it is an effective means of learning rhetorical structures. Glenn Everett English Department University of Tennessee at Martin ivaa@utmartn.bitnet From: "Simon A. Rakov, Maguire and Kirshner Fellow, University Subject: E-Swift? Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 22:15:19 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 901 (1186) Dear HUMANIST readers, Does anyone have or know of an electronic text of Jonathan Swift's _Gulliver's Travels_? Early edition preferred, but any will do. Thanks muchly. Please reply to the address below. Yours, Simon Rakov rakov@vax.ox.ac.uk From: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Louvain Bible/Talmud/doctrine/pseudo-Messiahs/abbreviation/address Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 12:23:32 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 902 (1187) 26th February 1993 Dear Colleagues: Could anyone please provide help or advice re the following queries? (1) Where could I find the 1646 and 1698 editions of the Bible de Louvain? (a) According to the anonymous author of an 18th-century French clandestine pamphlet, it is stated in these bibles that the Spirit had, to to speak, dictated the Scriptures to the authors of the sacred books, even down to the spelling. (b) I also need to look, in both editions, at the text (translation), notes and commentary on the following passages: Daniel 9.2, Matthew 19.16-17, Mark 10.17, Luke 18.18-19. (c) If a location for the 1698 edition can be found, I would write to request a photocopy of volume 1 page 136. (2) The same writer states: 'several rabbis believed that the earthly paradise was in Jud a'. Does anyone recognize this, and if so, could they very kindly give me a reference, or source to follow up? (3) According to the same author, it is a tenet of Christian doctrine that 'the reward of the righteous is the presence and the contemplation of God'? Here again, I'd be most grateful for chapter and verse (could it possibly be Pascal?) (4) Among pseudo-Messiahs after the time of Jesus, this same author mentions OCCOLAMPADE and ZUINGLE (possibly misspelt)? Can someone help to trace these two? (5) Much easier (!): what is the equivalent abbreviation in French of the English " ff." (following pages) (6) I'd very much like to know if there is an e-mail address for Mrs Bettye Chambers, of NW Washington DC, to whom, at the suggestion of Prof. J.-F. Gilmont, I should like to write. Greetings from 'down under'! Andrew Hunwick Andrew (Dr Andrew Hunwick) Department of French Studies University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Australia Tel. +61 9 380 2169/2174 Fax. +61 9 380 1080 e-mail: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au From: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: bulletin boards/Bar Kocheba Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 12:00:37 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 903 (1188) 28th February 1993 This is a sort of PS to my earlier queries (my grateful thanks to those who have answered already!). (1) I'd be very grateful to know e-mail addresses of any bulletin boards devoted to BIBLE STUDIES and to EDITING TEXTS. (2) Does anyone happen to know the source for the idea (erroneous) that the Book of Revelation (AD95) was intended as an attack on the pseudo-Messiah Bar-Kocheba, leader of the second Jewish rebellion (AD 131-135) ? Andrew (Dr Andrew Hunwick) Department of French Studies University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Australia Tel. +61 9 380 2169/2174 Fax. +61 9 380 1080 e-mail: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au From: Charles.Hadley@cism.univ-lyon1.fr Subject: E-Text Rhyming Dictionary? Date: 01 Mar 1993 18:10:22 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 904 (1189) Does anyone know of an e-version of rhyming dictionary? The request is from a colleague who also likes to write songs in his spare time. (Lucky him that he should have some spare time!) Thanks Charles Hadley Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III home: 39 rue Conde 69002 Lyon France home phone: +33 78 92 82 14 From: arb1@ukc.ac.uk Subject: NEW JOURNAL Date: Mon, 01 Mar 93 16:45:23 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 905 (1190) LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE is an new journal that specialises in all areas of stylistics, text linguistics and literary theory and pedagogy. Edited by Mick Short, Katie Wales and Tony Bex, it includes refereed articles, debates on new and controversial research, and book reviews For a FREE copy of Volume 1 (1992; 2 issues), write to Judy Higgins, Longman Higher Education, Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, U.K. Telephone (0279) 623212, Fax (0279) 431059. From: DUNCANEW@LUB001.LAMAR.EDU Subject: Texas Medieval Conf. call for papers Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 16:10:19 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 906 (1191) CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE TEXAS MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION hosted by OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 9-12, 1993 As always, papers on all medieval topics are welcome. This year, we are especially soliciting papers and sessions on... Medieval Philosophy in Colonial Latin America and the Southwest Medieval Philosophy in General Medieval Art, Music, Literature, and Culture in Colonial Latin America and the Southwest Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Please submit paper and session abstracts by JUNE 15, 1993 to Professor Madeleine Pepin Philosophy Department Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th Street San Antonio, TX 78207-4689 PHONE: (512) 434-6711, ext. 230 FAX: (512) 436-0824 or by e-mail to DUNCANEW@LUB001.LAMAR.EDU Thanks, Edwin Duncan (Lamar Univ.) Vice President Texas Medieval Association From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: March 11 NEACH: "Editor" Checker Date: Wed, 24 Feb 93 8:10:19 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 907 (1192) NEACH: THE NORTHEAST ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & THE HUMANITIES invites you to hear Elaine and John Thiesmeyer talk on EDITOR and OTHER STYLE CHECKERS on _Thursday_, March 11, 1993, at 1:30 pm in Room 25A The IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, New York City . The Thiesmeyers will discuss several text-checking programs, including _Grammatik_, _Correct Grammar_, _RightWriter_, and _Editor_. Their talk will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of such grammar-checking packages and on the nontrivial problem of evaluating their usefulness, both in classroom and in private applications. The Thiesmeyers are codevelopers of _Editor_, published by the Modern Language Association and scheduled for a new edition this summer. Elaine Thiesmeyer is Associate Professor of Language and Literature at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she has also done postgraduate work in computer science. John Thiesmeyer is Professor of English at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. The Thiesmeyers have published articles on various topics involving computers and writing. Please note this special NEACH date in your calendar: _THURSDAY_, Mar. 11: John & Elaine Thiesmeyer, "Editor" & Style Checkers All NEACH meetings are free and open to the public. --Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: "Louis E Janus-1" <janus@staff.tc.umn.edu> Subject: DISC-NORDIC announcement Date: Wed, 24 Feb 93 09:23:48 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 908 (1193) -------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 'DISC-NORDIC' DISCUSSION LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- A new discussion list has been established, which will serve scholars who are interested in the Social Sciences and Humanities focusing mainly on the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). 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Special thanks to our colleagues at the University of Minnesota for their willingness to launch and shepherd the project! Janet E. Rasmussen Nebraska Wesleyan University From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0557 Humanities Active Learning (3/44) Date: 26 Feb 1993 9:41:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 909 (1194) Re: Bob Judd's question on writing music in the style of Mozart, poetry in the style of Shakespeare, etc.: This was (and is still) done all the time in Latin composition classes, in which students are exhorted to try to write in the style (e.g.) of Cicero, or Tacitus, or whomever. Such assignments are usually considered the bane of a Latin student's existence, but for those who can pull the trick off, it's very beneficial. MW === Mark F. Williams Internet: WILM@calvin.edu Classical Languages Voice: (616) 957-6293 Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA 49546 From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: History of Lit Query Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 10:31:53 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 910 (1195) Writers talking about the 'unconscious process': surely one of the most famous examples is Rimbaud's 'Lettre du Voyant' of 1871 -- not, I think, that he claims poetry is purely the result of an unconscious process, but rather that it seizes and deliberately exploits that unconscious process to a creative end. In a very different context, I also remember a fascinating television interview given by John Fowles (couldn't begin to give a precise reference, but probably about 15 years ago on the BBC) where he talked about the writer's alter ego, and claimed that the reason good writers made bad critics was because they could not quite grasp the creative processes going on within them. Tim Unwin, University of Wester Australia. From: BLOCH al <albloch@cs.concordia.ca> Subject: Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 12:04:42 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 564 (1196) Having enjoyed many of the goodies on HUMANIST as a spectator for many moons, I'll jump in with several feet and ask a few myself; who knows, I might even start a row! (I'll never forget the Pakistani professor houseguest whose way to enjoy my parents' dinner parties was to drop some outrageous assertion, then sit back and watch how the fur flew.) 1.) I'm trying to get a feel for life in rural Bohemia in the 16th - 19th Centuries; it occurred to me that the research of others might appear in relatively palatable form as historical novels. I lucked out and found Diane Pearson's 1975 _Csardas_, which gives quite a picture of Hungary (and environs) during and after the First War; close, but no cigar. Any more pertinent suggestions (fiction or otherwise)? 2.) My expert reference librarians are not aware of the existence of any index of fiction by historical era or region; would this make a good thesis project for some frustrated library scientist, or what? 3.) My Trekkie son has begun to infect me with Roddenburriasis; one aspect of the Star Trek subculture which impresses me is the facility with which any number of seemingly unrelated authors manage to ring the changes on standardized sets of characters and relationships, much like so many chess players creating uncountable games using the same pieces. My query, for those who studied literature while I read it: is there a jargon term for this phenomenon? If so, what are its concomitants or implications? How prevalent is the phenomenon of multiple authors contributing to a corpus of disparate stories based on a common list of Dramatis Personae? (I guess the Bible might offer a jumping-off point, being composed by some two-score individuals at least, over a period of some 16 centuries, all dealing with God and man; the 4 Gospels even share the same characters in detail, from different angles.) 4.) I read (in Joseph Wechsberg's 1971 _Prague,_the_Mystical_City_, pg. 161) of a collection of 15th Century Hussite `fighting and mocking songs' under the title of _Jistebnice_Cantional_, some of which were written and/or composed by Jan Hus himself, a precursor of Luther in hymnody as well as in general effect on society. I might happen upon a copy in a second-hand store in Prague this summer; but I don't read Czech. Anybody know how many of Hus' hymn tunes are presently available, or which of his hymns exist in English translation? It would also be of value to see what folk were singing then, even if Hus didn't write it. (Jistebnice is a tiny burg half-way between Prague and Czeske Budejo- vice, east of the Vltava; must have figured in Hussite history?) This should be enough to keep the juices flowing for a while. Alan N. Bloch, MPH, MS; Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Department of Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada albloch@cenparmi.concordia.ca From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: Visiting Researcher Position at SICS Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 13:01:16 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 565 (1197) Sender: roscheis@Csli.Stanford.EDU The Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) announces the opportunity of visiting as a guest researcher for a period of time ranging from a month to a year, according to the guest researcher's own preferences. SICS is located just north of Stockholm, Sweden. The visiting researcher will be working with the Natural Language Processing group, which currently consists of four persons: Ivan Bretan, Bj|rn Gamb{ck, Jussi Karlgren and Christer Samuelsson. The main focus of the group is developing a Swedish Natural Language system based on the SRI Core Language Engine (CLE) and using this as a vehicle for other NL research activities. The group has gained recognition in the fields of machine translation and applying machine learning techniques to NLP. Current activities include developing advanced prototypes for Swedish industrial companies in the fields of automatic spoken language translation, support systems for human translation, and information retrieval mixing NLP and statistical methods. The basic research focuses on improving the Swedish NL system; on developing self-organizing language models, using both statistical methods and machine learning techniques; and on applied research in the field of multi-modal (NL-graphical) interfaces. A variety of projects can be conceived depending on the visitor's length of stay and his or her special competence and preferences. One scenario is the visitor taking part in one or several of the activities mentioned above. Another is for example extending the system to cover a foreign language (German, French, Japanese ...). A visiting researcher should be interested in and have competence in several of the following areas: -- self-organizing language models -- machine translation -- grammar development -- multi-modal interfaces -- robust text processing (skimming, part-of-speech identification) The main programming languages of the group are (SICStus) Prolog and C. To apply for the position or to receive more information, contact: Christer Samuelsson Swedish Institute of Computer Science Box 1263 S-164 28 Kista Sweden Email: nlp@sics.se Phone: +46 8 752 15 00 Fax: +46 8 751 72 30 Applicants should send the following items (preferably by email): 1. Curriculum vitae (name, address, degrees with school, date, and major, work experience, etc.) 2. List of publications, patents, awards, etc. 3. The name and (email) address of two professional references. 4. A statement describing the kind of research you would like participate in here. If you are interested in this position, please contact us before March 8, 1993. From: JLANCASTER@AMHERST.BITNET Subject: Book Review Editor for PBSA sought Date: 01 Mar 1993 20:33:35 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 911 (1198) The Bibliographical Society of America seeks a Book Review Editor for its quarterly Papers, to begin immediately. The Book Review Editor will be responsible for all matters relating to book reviews for the journal (under the general direction of the Editor), including writing short notices. The Book Review Editor should be widely familiar with scholarship in analytical, descriptive, physical and textual bibliography, and related fields such as the history of the book, and should be a regular reader of the major journals in these fields. Access to a computer, a fax machine, and the Internet is highly desirable. The Society will pay an honorarium to the Book Review Editor, as well as reimbursing all direct expenses. For further details, or to submit a nomination (of yourself or others), please address: John Lancaster, Chair BSA Publications Committee P.O. Box 775 Williamsburg, Mass. 01096 Telephone: 413-542-2299 (work); 413-268-7679 (home) FAX: 413-542-2662; Internet: jlancaster@amherst.edu From: Hugh Ruppersburg <HRUPPERS@UGA> Subject: MLA Session Announcement Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 14:13:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 912 (1199) Call for Papers -- MLA 1993 Celtic Languages and Literatures This year's topic is "Nationalism in the Celtic Sphere." We invite papers dealing with expressions of nationalism in and through oral and written Celtic literatures. Please send abstracts to: Elissa R. Henken Department of English Park Hall University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Deadline: March 15, 1993 From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: A Raleigh edition? Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 09:12:10 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 913 (1200) Does anyone know if a new edition of the poems of Sir Walter Raleigh is in the works, or being contemplated? Many thanks for any information. GW. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: allegre@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Allegre Christian) Subject: Address Pr. Roy Prior Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:44:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 914 (1201) Has anyone had any recent contact with Prof. Roy PRIOR ? He is probably in a departement of French, somewhere in english-speaking Canada. His last known address was in Victoria, B.C. Please send mail directly to me: allegre@ere.umontreal.ca Thanks, Ch. Allegre Dept d'etudes francaises U. de Montreal From: allegre@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Allegre Christian) Subject: Latin Spell Checker! Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:56:40 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 915 (1202) A member of Balzac-l, not member of this list, is looking for a Spell-checker for Latin. Ha has large bodies of texts scanned under Readstar 6 and can't find a spell-checker. Replies to Humanist, or directly to me : allegre@ere.umontreal.ca or to Prof. Gerard Verroust : Verroust@frpv11.bitnet Thanks. Ch. Allegre U. de Mtl From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Roddenberry's World and Others' Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 07:29:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 916 (1203) Alan Bloch writes: [deleted quotation]In science fiction and fantasy fandom and publishing, this is currently called a "shared world." It began, in a sense, with authors developing a consensus of what Mars might be like based on Schiaparelli's mistaken observations and Lowell's proselytizing starting in the late 19th c. Robert Heinlein's "future history" which he actually created on unrolled brown wrapping ppr began to appear as stories about 1940 and soon became a standard future history for other writers who were poaching. Much later, the Roddenberry phenomenon arose in obvious response to the practices of tv writing but also because the novelizations sold. Some people (e.g., Robert Asprin with his *Thieves' World*) then began designing fictional "universes," writing rules for them, and publishing books-by-many-hands set in them. This clearly parallels the development of complex Role Playing Games which have massive "bibles" to guide the players in their own inventive questing. Finally, some authors, like Anne McCaffery, who have created "universes" for their own serial novels (a phenomenon pushed by publishers after the initial success of Tolkien's Ring Trilogy) have actually begun to license the use of their worlds to other authors. But, hey, why not? Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor both used a world made up by others and didn't even bother paying a licensing fee. Cheers! Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0564 StarTrek Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 9:41:03 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 917 (1204) On a group of dis[arate authrs using/treatig the same characters and settings: the Arthurian legend is the easiest example to point to. If you are interested in St and ST-TNG ("The Next Generation") you might liketo consult _Star trek: An Annotated Guide to Resources on the Development, the Phenomenon, the People, the Television Series, the Films, the Novels, and the REcordings_ by Susan R. Giberman. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1991. My University library had a copy and I imagine manyothers will as well. Every thng from gushing fanzine notes to serious psychological/psychiatric analyses. There is also David ("Trouble with Tribbles") Gerrold's paperback on Star Trek, which is long out of date but has a good analysis of how Roddenbury and company rang the changes on the personnel , technology, setting, etc. (the word "formula" is most ofe\ten used in pop culture criticism for this sort of thing, but see also John Cawelti's book on genres in pop fiction: I don't hve the title here but I think it was U of Michigan Press) Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Charles L. Creegan <ccreegan@uncecs.edu> Subject: Star Trek as Multiple Author Universe Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 11:30:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 918 (1205) There are two reasons I know of for the multiple author universe phenomenon in the case of Star Trek. One is trivia fanaticism, of course: trekkies pushed the original authors of this universe to specify it fully by insisting on answers to questions the authors hadn't thought of. The other reason is even more mundane. At least in the case of the TV series and authorized books, the creators generated a "bible" of correct practice and terminology, and by virtue of controlling what works are accepted they ensure that everyone sticks to it. In the case of the original show, at least, this often meant that the script editors did substantial rewrite on non-conforming scripts. It's still an interesting phenomenon, but I don't think there's any further metaphysical explanation! Charles Creegan NC Wesleyan College From: Mark Ritchie <AVFILM2@watdcs.UWaterloo.ca> Subject: New journal announcement Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 13:38:31 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 569 (1206) Announcement: New journal KINEMA and call for manuscripts KINEMA is a new international journal discussing film arts and media using the audiovisual language. KINEMA will inquire into their history, theory and aesthetics to advance a better understanding of these influential cultural matters. KINEMA is published quarterly at the University of Waterloo, (Ontario), Canada, starting with two special issues in 1993. One of its major aims is to consider the cinema and audiovisual media as global phenomena possessing a wealth of diverse conventions which have yet to be explored. KINEMA will strive to address questions relevant to astute readers world-wide. Editor: Jan Uhde Associate Editor: Gerald Pratley Articles, Reviews and Notes are accepted in English and French and must conform to the MLA Style sheet. Des articles, comptes rendus et notes sont acceptes en anglais et francais et doivent etre conformes aux regles de l'Association des Langues Modernes (MLA Style Sheet). Manuscripts written on WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1, WPWIN or any WP-compatible wordprocessor are welcome (3.5"/9cm DD or HD diskettes). All correspondence, including subscriptions, manuscripts, and advertisements should be submitted to: The Editor, KINEMA Fine Arts (Film Studies) University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1, Canada Tel: (519) 885-1211 ext. 3709 (or 2442) FAX: (519) 888-4521 Please attach to each article a short biographical note about the author. Subscription information: Canada CAD 6.00 single copy CAD 20.00 annually CAD 30.00 institutions USA USD 6.00 single copy USD 20.00 annually USD 30.00 institutions Other USD 8.00 single copy USD 26.00 annually USD 35.00 institutions Introductory offer (valid until 30 June 1993): Spring 1993 issue at reduced price (including postage): Canada CAD 4.00 USA USD 4.00 Other USD 5.00 Advertising rates: Full page: CAD 50.00 Half page: CAD 35.00 Quarter page: CAD 20.00 FROM THE SPRING 1993 ISSUE Peter Cowie: "Sexual Antagonism in Early Bergman" Gerald Pratley: "The Future of Two Festivals" Michal Quigley: "The Encounters in Agnes Varda's Vagabond" Rod Stoneman: "Love, Music, Compromise: the Pop Promo" Paul Tiessen: "Eisenstein, Joyce, and the Gender Politics of English Literary Modernism" Fred Marshall: "Interview with Akira Kurosawa" W. Mark Ritchie | Tel: (519) 888-4070 Media Librarian | Fax: (519) 888-6197 Audio-Visual Centre | University of Waterloo | Internet: avfilm2@watdcs.Uwaterloo.ca ******** From: JGALRON@aleph.lib.ohio-state.edu Subject: Thesaurus Design for Information Systems Date: Friday, May 14, 1993 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 570 (1207) Time: 9:00am - 5:00 pm 9:00 - 9:30 Registration and Coffee 9:30 -10:40 Formulation of Descriptors 10:40 -11:00 Break 11:00 -12:30 Term Relationships 12:30 - 1:45 Lunch 1:45 - 3:00 Thesaurus Format 3:00 - 3:20 Break 3:20 - 4:40 Thesaurus Management 4:40 - 5:00 Questions and Answers Place: Sixty East Club 60 East 42nd St. New York City (The Lincoln Building, opposite Grand Central Station, 27th floor) Fees: $100 Covers the seminar, lunch, coffee breaks, and handouts $55 for students and St. John's University staff $5 for .6 Continuing Education Units (optional) Preregistration fees (until April 26, 1993) $90 regular $50 students and SJU staff Seminar Instructor Bella Hass Weinberg currently chairs the committee of the National Information Standards Organization that is revising the standard on thesaurus construction. She is a Past President of the American Society of Indexers, and is active in the American Society for Information Science. As a Professor in the graduate Division of Library and Infor- mation Science at St. John's University, she teaches courses in indexing and abstracting as well as information science. Dr. Weinberg consults on the design of largescale indexing and thesaurus projects. She has done research on thesaurus structure under a grant from the National Science Foundation and has published extensively on linguistics and information science. _______________________________________________________________________ For further information, write or call: Dr. Emmett Corry, Director Division of Library and Information Science St. John's University Grand Central and Utopia Parkways Jamaica, New York 11439 Fax. (718)380-0353 Tel. (718)990-6200 ----------------------------------------- Receipts will be mailed only upon request. Cancellation and refund requests will be honored if made by May 7, 1993 and are subject to a $10 processing fee. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==== THESAURUS DESIGN FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS May 14, 1993 Registration Form Please type or print in block letters. Today's date:__________________ Name:__________________________________________________________ Title:_________________________________________________________ Organization:__________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________________ City, State, Zip_______________________________________________ Daytime Phone:_________________________________________________ Social Security Number (for those requesting Continuing Education Credit)__________________________________________________ Lunch Choice: Chicken:______________ Fish:_______________ Vegetarian:___________ Kosher:_____________ ________ $90 Preregistration fee (must be received by April 26, 1993) ________ $100 Registration fee ________ $ 50 Preregistration fee for students and St. John's University staff (until April 26, 1993) ________ $ 55 Registration fee for students and St. John's University staff ________ $ 5 for .6 Continuing Education Units (optional) ________ Total enclosed Checks should be made payable to: St. John's University and mailed by May 7, 1993 to: Thesaurus Seminar Division of Library and Information Science St. John's University Jamaica, New York 11439 From: CSHUNTER at UOGUELPH Subject: Date: 8 March 93, 09:44:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 919 (1208) RE: NEACH Symposium on EDITOR: Would it be possible for someone who attends the NEACH session this Thursday to post a summary to HUMANIST? I, for one, would be very interested in the most current information in EDITOR and other such editing/checking software. * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * | | |Professor C. Stuart Hunter, cshunter@uoguelph.bitnet| |Graduate Coordinator, cshunter@vm.uoguelph.ca| |Department of English, cshunter@cosy.uoguelph.ca| |University of Guelph, cshunter@tcosy.uoguelph.ca| |GUELPH, Ontario, 519-766-0844 (FAX)| |CANADA, N1G 2W1 519-824-4120 x 6317 (voice)| | | * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * | In the beginning | | God created the land | | so that sailors would have | | somewhere to visit. | * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * == * From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM> Subject: Zip Query Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 01:43:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 920 (1209) A colleague of mine has an old, low powered DOS machine with two drives and no hard drive. He wants to know where to get a copy of PKUNZIP which will work sans hard drive and with 640K. The current version requires a hard drive, apparently. Any ideas, anyone? Many thanks. --Pat From: Knut Hofland <knut@x400.hd.uib.no> Subject: Query: Automatic identification of thesaural relations? Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 19:16:33 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 921 (1210) Is there any work being done on the automatic identification of thesaural relations? Bibliographic references would be appreciated. The work of Hearst and Justeson on the disambiguation of such relations is already known of. Knut Hofland Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Harald Haarfagres gt. 31, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Phone: +47 5 212954/5/6, Fax: +47 5 322656, E-mail: knut@x400.hd.uib.no From: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: bulletin board music studies Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 13:30:28 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 922 (1211) March 3, 1993 Could someone please advise me whether there is an e-mail bulletin board for MUSIC STUDIES? Andrew (Dr Andrew Hunwick) Department of French Studies University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Australia Tel. +61 9 380 2169/2174 Fax. +61 9 380 1080 e-mail: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.AU@uunet.uu.net From: Rainer Henrich <K145310@CZHRZU1A> Subject: Re: 6.0561 Qs: T-Texts; Misc.; Rhyming Dict; BBs (4/115) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 09:10:10 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 923 (1212) On Mon, 1 Mar 1993 14:32:53 EST you said: From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 924 (1213) [deleted quotation] Johannes Oecolampadius (Husschin), 1482-1531, leading reformer in Basle, and Huldrych (Ulrich) Zwingli, 1484-1531, leading reformer in Zurich. Rainer Henrich, lic. theol. ************************* Bullinger-Briefwechseledition ********** ********** Institut fuer Schweizerische ********** ********** Reformationsgeschichte ****** ****** Kirchgasse 9 ****** ****** CH-8001 Zurich / Switzerland ********** ********** Tel. 01 / 257 67 54 ********** ********** Telefax 01 / 262 14 12 ************************* From: Janis Ernest Svilpis <jsvilpis@acs.ucalgary.ca> Subject: response to HUMANIST Vol. 6, No. 0561 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 13:05:28 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 925 (1214) In item 2, Andrew Hunwick asks, among other things, about "OCCOLAMPADE" and "ZUINGLE," whom his author calls pseudo-Messiahs after the time of Jesus. The likeliest candidates would be Johannes Oecolampadius (1482-1531) and Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531), both of whom were reformers who differed with Luther on the interpretation of the Lord's Supper. I hope this helps. Janis Svilpis From: Alan D Corre <corre@convex.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Enjoying God eternally Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 10:52:59 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 926 (1215) A classic Jewish source for this concept is in the Babylonian Talmud, tractate berakhoth 17a. The request was for Christian sources, but this is clearly very similar: Rav was accustomed to say: "The future world is not like this world. In the future world there is no eating and drinking, no procreation, no business dealings, no jealousy, no hatred and no competition. But the righteous sit, with their crowns on their heads, and enjoy the splendor of the divine presence, as it is said: And they saw God, and they ate and drank (Exodus 24.10)." From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall) Subject: Voyager Co. address Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:17:57 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 927 (1216) a couple of people asked me for the address of the Voyager company in response to my earlier posting on the "Poetry in Motion" CD. It is: Voyager Company 1351 Pacific Coast Highway Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA (310) 451-1383 They will send you a catalog on request, and you can order direct. Many of their products are available from third parties at slight discounts, although I've also had problems with back orders when going that route. - Matt From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: EMG: Networked Organizations and Associations UPDATE Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 20:53:37 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 573 (1217) Networked Organizations and Associations Relevant to Religious Studies The following is a listing of the electronic mail addresses of networked organizations, academic associations, scholarly presses, software companies, archival/textual projects, and commercial services directly relevant to Religious Studies (from the Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume Two). Please let me know if you wish to be removed from this list. Also, please inform me of any academic organizations, publishers, associations, university departments, learned societies (and so on) of relevance to Religious Studies that have an e-mail contact address and do not appear on this list. I am aware that the following listing is far from complete. If you are aware of errors in this listing, or are aware of entries that should be included, please contact the author (441495@UOTTAWA or 441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA). Please note that these addresses have not yet been verified. This list may be forwarded and freely disseminated. Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive AIATSIS@PEG.PEGASUS.OZ.AU (within Australia) AIATSIS@PEG.APC.ORG (outside Australia) American Arab Scientific Society M. Hashem Sherif MHS@HOMXA.ATT.COM The American Jewish Information Network, Inc. AJIN Board of Directors AJIN@ISRAEL.NYSERNET.ORG Alan Stein, Chairman STEIN@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU American Oriental Society Jonathan Rodgers JONATHAN_RODGERS@ UM.CC.UMICH.EDU GDZT@UMICHUM American Schools of Oriental Research Rudolph Dornemann DORNASOR@JHUVM James Flanagan JWF2@PO.CWRU.EDU Pam Turner TURNASOR@JHUVM Bene Brak (ATM)/ Biblical Concordance in Hebrew BOYARIN@TAUNIVM CDWord Project Robin Cover ROBIN@LING.UTA.EDU ROBIN@UTAFLL.LONESTAR.ORG Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT) Robert A. Kraft KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Centre d'Analyse et de Traitment Automatique de la Bible Prof. Joseph Shatzmiller, Directeur CATAB@FRSUN12 Center for Studies in Oral Tradition CSOTTIME@MIZZOU1.BITNET CSOTTIME@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU Centre de Traitement Electronique des Documents (CETEDOC) THOMDOC@TEDM.UCL.AC.BE Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies Robert A. Kraft KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank Dr T. Matthew Ciolek or Mr Dave Ritchie COOMBSPAPERS@ COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU.AU Ecunet Merrill Cook PresbyNet Administrator Interconnect Director for Ecunet MCOOK%PCUSA01@UUNET.UU.NET The Georgetown Center for Text and Technology Margaret Friedman MFRIEDMAN@GUVAX MFRIEDMAN@GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU Global Jewish Information Network Dov Weiner, Director VINER@BGUVM.BGU.AC.IL Greek Tutor Program John Hurd HURD@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA Institute for Information Retrieval and Computa- tional Linguistics Yaacov Choueka CHOUEKA@BIMACS CHOUEKA@BIMACS.BUI.AC.IL International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies Eugene Ulrich FBASC@IRISHMVS The Israel Project at Nysernet Avrum Goodblatt, Director GOODBLAT@ISRAEL.NYSERNET.ORG Chaim Dworkin, North American Cordinator DWORKIN@ISRAEL.NYSERNET.ORG CHAIM@LINC.CIS.UPENN.EDU Warren Burstein, System Administrator WARREN@ISRAEL.NYSERNET.ORG WARREN@ITEX.JCT.AC.IL Jewish Inscriptions Project Dr. Douglas R. de Lacey DEL2@UK.AC.CAM.PHX DEL2@PHX.CAM.AC.UK The Leiden Armenian Database Dr. J.J.S. Weitenberg LETTJW@HLERUL2 Library Master / Balboa Software Harry Hahne, President HAHNE@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA Multi-Linguae Software / Gamma Productions Linda Brandt 72567.1343@COMPUSERVE.COM Michigan Project for Computer- Assisted Biblical Studies Dr. H. Van Dyke Parunak VAN@ITI.ORG Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Robert M. Whiting, Managing Editor WHITING@FINUH WHITING@CC.HELSINKI.FI Oxford Text Archive Alan Morrison and Lou Burnard JANET: ARCHIVE@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX ARCHIVE%UK.AC.OX.VAX@UCL-CS.ARPA The Packard Humanities Institute Brigitte R. Comparini XB.M07@STANFORD PresbyNet Merrill Cook PresbyNet Administrator Interconnect Director for Ecunet MCOOK%PCUSA01@UUNET.UU.NET Priceton Theological Seminary/ Qumran Machine- Readable Non-Biblical Texts Q2835@PUCC Project Gutenberg Michael S. Hart, Director National Clearinghouse for Machine Readable Texts HART@UIUCVMD HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU The Responsa Project Uri J. Schild, Director SCHILD@BIMACS.CS.BIU.AC.IL Scholars Press SCHOLARS@EMORYU1 SCHOLARS@UNIX.CC.EMORY.EDU Society of Biblical Literature SBLEXEC@EMORYU1 SBLEXEC@UNIX.CC.EMORY.EDU Talmud Text Database The Saul Liberman Institute for Talmudic Research F12016@BARILAN.BITNET Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Theodore F. Brunner, Director TLG@UCI TLG@ORION.OAC.UCI.EDU END OF E-MAIL ADDRESS LIST (RELIGIOUS STUDIES) Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet/NREN Business Journal BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Bible de Geneve Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 13:25:42 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 928 (1218) March 3, 1993 Further to earlier queries, I'd like to ask whether colleagues can help me with a contactable location for an early copy of the Bible de Geneve. The anonymous author of the 18C ms. on which I'm working refers to the 'Bible of 1561', and I assume he means the Geneva Bible. There are two passages I need to check: MATTHEW 19.23-24. Here, my author says, 'chameau' was replaced with 'cable'. LUKE 21.21. My author claims to be quoting from the Geneva Bible's commentary on this verse. I'd like to know what changes, if any, he has made: 'Il arriva par un terrible jugement de Dieu que tous les Juifs firent alors le contraire de ce que Jesus leur dit ici, puisqu'ils se rendirent de tous cotes a Jerusalem, et qu'il semblait que la divine justice les poursuivit pour les reunir en un seul lieu, et les sacrifier tous ensemble a la vengeance.' Again, antipodean salutations. Andrew (Dr Andrew Hunwick) Department of French Studies University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Australia Tel. +61 9 380 2169/2174 Fax. +61 9 380 1080 e-mail: ahunwick@uniwa.uwa.edu.AU@uunet.uu.net From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Casiodoro de la Reina Bible translation Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 11:27:46 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 929 (1219) Does anyone have or no of the existence of an electronic transcription of Casiodoro de la Reina's Spanish translation of the Bible? Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Mark Olsen <mark@TIRA.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: French News Wire Feed Query Date: Thu, 4 Mar 93 10:09:40 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 930 (1220) I am looking for samples of any French news wire feeds, preferably European, for lingusitic research. I have a large sample of AP newswire and want something similiar for French. Thanks. Mark Olsen Assistant Director ARTFL Project University of Chicago (312) 702-8687 From: David Owen <OWEN@ARIZVMS.BITNET> Subject: Date: 04 Mar 1993 14:43:49 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 931 (1221) I should like to ask readers of this list if they know of the availability of any electronic texts of Descartes' work in the original languages. I am aware of the texts of ELEMENTA, PRINCIPIA and REGULAE being available in Latin from Penn (for details, see the list of Electronic Texts in Philosophy on the Humanist fileserver), but would like to know if others are available. Please reply directly to me. Thanks for your help. David Owen University of Arizona From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Louis XIV's ritual Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 10:08:49 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 932 (1222) A colleague of mine, Noelene Bloomfield, has asked me if I would put the following question to members of Humanist: Does anyone know why, according to the historian J. Levron, Louis XIV's valet placed several drops of "esprit-de-vin" (ethyl alchohol) on the King's hands before the latter crossed himself with Holy Water, as part of his morning ritual? With thanks, in advance, for any suggestions. Tim Unwin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Tim Unwin Email tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Department of French Studies The University of Western Australia Nedlands Tel +61 9 380 2174/6 WA 6009 Fax +61 9 380 1080 Australia From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: ReCALL Software Guide Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 13:46:21 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 933 (1223) Issue No. 3 of the ReCALL Software Guide (February 1993) is now available. It lists around 530 items of software for use in language learning, indexed under languages and under 8 categories (e.g. dictionaries & translation tools; language for specific purposes). The price is: 7 pounds sterling within the UK 9 pounds sterling in Europe 12 pounds sterling elsewhere Prices include postage. Cheques should be made payable to the University of Hull - sorry, no credit cards. Contact: June Thompson CTI Centre for Modern Languages University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK Fax 0482 473816 From: <matsuba@writer.yorku.ca> Subject: Bibliographic Databases Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 08:51:11 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 934 (1224) I would be interested in hearing about people's experiences using electronic bibliographic databases--particularly the MLA both on line and on CD-ROM. I'm writing a paper for the MLA in Toronto looking at how the technology has changed and needs to change. My feeling is that the the weakness of the database lies in its reliance on keyword catagories for subject searches. While they are useful, they cannot catch the ways in which an article/book may be useful in areas outside the discipline for which it was written. This situation is, I think, particularly problematic now that interdisciplinary studies is moving into the forefront of studies in the humanities. My own experience in working on my dissertation is an example. I've been looking at how critics determine allusion in a selction of Shakespeare's plays. My goal is to understand the processes that enter in determining what is an allusiona nd what is not. I combine intertextual theory (a la Riffaterre and others) with computational lingusitics to come up with my models of how allusion works. But I have been discovering that there are related materials that never showed up in my original MLA searches. Things like game theory (in both the mathematical construction and Lyotardian mode), cognitive science, and the philosophy of language. My decision to pursue these other lines of approach came because of backgrounds in computer science and linguistics that I have acquired over time. But I could not rely on the computerized bibliography to point me in these directions. But I noticed that in a number of cases, articles in the these "new" areas did include items in their bibliographies that were in my other sources. I began to think that it might be possible to use the bibliographies of articles and books as the basis for an expert system that would expand the capabilities of electronic bibliographic databases. At the same time, there also has to be a balance by which we can avoid being flooded by too much information. I believe that a hierarchical system that combines keyword searches with something based on the bibliographic references in each work may be a viable solution to the problem. I'd be interested in hearing what other HUMANISTS have to say. Stephen Naoyuki Matsuba Graduate Programme in English York University, Canada From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Conference on TRADITIONS OF COMMENTARY Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 21:21:02 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 576 (1225) Announcing a Conference on TRADITIONS OF COMMENTARY University of Pennsylvania Saturday, April 3, 1993 All sessions will be held in Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 36th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA. Admission is free. PROGRAM 9:45 am Introduction Matthew Santirocco, University of Pennsylvania 10:00 Ludo Rocher, University of Pennsylvania "Layer Upon Layer: Sanskrit Commentary and Supercommentary" 11:00 Daniel Selden, University of California, Santa Cruz "Lem(m)ata: Commentary as Cultural Production in the Hellenistic World" 12:00 David Stern, University of Pennsylvania "Midrash and the Genre of Commentary" 1:00 pm Lunch 2:30 E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania "The Rediscovery of the *Glossa ordinaria*" 3:30 Everett Rowson, University of Pennsylvania "Philology on Vacation: Commentary and Parody in the Arabic Tradition" 4:30 James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania "The Once and Future Scholiast" This conference is sponsered by the Humanities Council of the University of Pennsylvania, with generous support provided by Dr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Strauss in honor of Ms. Bernice Haas. From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Updated List of E-serials (From Third Edition) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 22:05:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 577 (1226) Here is an updated list of e-serials that I have (mostly) confirmed as active. This is from the forthcoming third edition of the Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. This edition will be available in four to eight weeks (hopefully) - please do not ask for draft copies. - Let me know if you know of e-serials that should be included below. Thank you kindly, Michael Strangelove _____________________________________________________________________ Section 2: Electronic Journals 1. AIDS Book Review Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2. Arachnet Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture . . . . . . 33 3. Architronic: The Electronic Journal of Architecture. . . . 33 4. AXE: Revue electronique de la litterature quebecoise et francophone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5. Bean Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6. Bryn Mawr Classical Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7. Catalyst: The Community Services Catalyst. . . . . . . . . 36 8. Distance Education Online Symposium (DEOSNEWS) . . . . . . 37 9. Education Policy Analysis Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 10. EJOURNAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 11. Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic (EJASA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 12. Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 13. Flora Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 14. Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century. . . . . . . . . 41 15. IOUDAIOS Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 16. Issues In Science and Technology Librarianship. . . . . . 42 17. Journal of Computing in Higher Education. . . . . . . . . 43 18. Journal of Fluids Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 19. Journal of the International Academy of Hospitality Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 20. Journal of Technology Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 21. Journal of Undergraduate Research . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 22. Law and Politics Book Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 23. LIBRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 24. MC Journal - Journal of Academic Media Librarianship. . . 47 25. MeckJournal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 26. Modal Analysis: The International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 27. Music Theory Online (MTO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 28. New Horizons in Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 29. Online Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication. 50 30. Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials . . . . . . . . 51 31. Pirradazish: Bulletin of Achaemenian Studies. . . . . . . 52 32. Postmodern Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 33. Postmodern Jewish Philosophy BITNETWORK . . . . . . . . . 53 34. PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 35. Psychology Graduate Student Journal: The PSYCGRAD Journal (PSYGRD-J) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 36. PSYCOLOQUY: A Refereed Journal of Peer Commentary in Psychology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science . . . . . 56 38. RD: Graduate Research in the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 39. Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS . . . . 58 40. Scientist, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 41. SOLSTICE: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 42. Surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Section 3: Electronic Newsletters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 43. Acquisitions Librarians Electronic Network (ACQNET) . . . 64 44. A & G Information Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 45. ALAWON: The ALA Washington Office Newsline. . . . . . . . 66 46. ALCTS Network News (AN2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 47. Amateur Computerist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 48. Amazons International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 49. American Arab Scientific Society Newsletter . . . . . . . 68 50. American Psychological Association's Research Funding Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 51. Andrew View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 52. Armadillo Culture: The Journal of Modern Dasypodidae. . . 69 53. Arm The Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 54. ARTCOM Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 55. Automatome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 56. BEN (Botanical Electronic News) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 57. Between the Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 58. Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin (BLAB) . . . . . 72 59. Blind News Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 60. Braille Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 61. Braille Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 62. Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 63. Bulletin of the General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 64. Cache Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 65. CACTUS Newsletter (Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 66. Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 67. CCNEWS - Campus Computing Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . 76 68. CERFNet NEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 69. Chaos Digest (ChaosD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 70. ChE Electronic Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 71. Chile News Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 72. China News Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 74. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter (CFS- NEWS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 75. Citations for Serial Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 76. Class Four Relay Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 77. Computer Science Center Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 78. Computer Underground Digest (CuD or Cu-Digest). . . . . . 81 79. Computing and Network News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 80. Computists' Communique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 81. Consortium Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 82. Copt-Net Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 83. CORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 84. Cosmic Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 85. CPSR/PDX Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 86. CRTNet - Communication Research and Theory Network. . . . 85 87. ctt-Digest: The comp.text.tex Newsgroup Digest. . . . . . 86 88. Cult of the Dead Cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 89. Current Cites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 90. Cyberspace Vanguard Magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 91. Dargonzine - The Magazine of the Dargon Project . . . . . 88 92. DATA ENTRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 93. Dateline: Starfleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 94. DDN Management Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 95. DECNEWS for Education and Research. . . . . . . . . . . . 90 96. Delaware Valley Rail Passenger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 97. Deutschland Nachrichten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 98. DevelopNet News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 99. Disaster Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 100. Donosy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 101. Drosophila Information Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . . 93 102. DYRDYMALKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 103. EDUPAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 104. EFFector Online - The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 105. Electronic AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 106. Electronic Hebrew Users Newsletter (E-Hug) . . . . . . . 95 107. End Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 108. Energy Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 109. Energy Research in Israel Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . 97 110. ENEWS - an International Newsletter on Energy Efficiency Issues in the Developing Countries . . . . . . . . . . . 97 111. EDUPAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 112. Erofile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 113. Ethnomusicology Research Digest. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 114. EUVE: Electronic Newsletter of the EUVE Observatory. . . 99 115. Fathers And Children for Equality (FACE) Newsletter. . . 99 116. FactSheet Five - Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 117. FARNET Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 118. Federal Information News Syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . 101 119. Fineart Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 120. Florida Extension Beekeeping Newsletter. . . . . . . . . 102 121. FOREFRONTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 122. French Language Press Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 123. Fulbright Educational Advising Newsletter (FULBNEWS) . . 104 124. FutureCulture FAQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 125. GLOSAS News (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulating Association) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 126. GNET - Global Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 127. GNU's Bulletin: Newsletter of the Free Software Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 128. Groch z Kapusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 129. Handicap Digest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 130. HICNet Newsletter (MEDNEWS - The Health InfoCom Newsletter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 131. High Weirdness by Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 132. Holy Temple of Mass Consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 133. Hot Off the Tree (HOTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 134. ICS Electrozine: Information, Control, Supply. . . . . . 110 135. IHOUSE-L International Voice Newsletter Prototype List . 110 136. IMPACT ONLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 137. Information Networking News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 138. Instant Math Preprints (IMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 139. Internet/NREN Business Journal: Commercial Opportunities in the Networking Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 140. Internet Monthly Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 141. Intertext - An Electronic Fiction Magazine . . . . . . . 115 142. IR-LIST Digest (IR-L Digest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 143. I.S.P.O.B. Bulletin YSSTI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 144. Jonathan's Space Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 145. Kanji of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 146. KIDLINK Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 147. Laboratory Primate Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 148. Leonardo Electronic News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 149. Link Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 150. List Review Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 151. LymeNet Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 152. MAB Northern Sciences Network Newsletter . . . . . . . . 120 153. Material Science in Israel Newsletter. . . . . . . . . . 121 154. Matrix News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 155. MichNet News (previously Merit Network News) . . . . . . 122 156. MICnews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 157. Navy News Service (NAVNEWS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 158. NEARnet Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 159. NEARnet this Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 160. NetMonth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 161. Network Audio Bits and Audio Software Review . . . . . . 124 162. Network News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 163. Newsbrief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 164. Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues . . . . . . . . . . 126 165. Newsline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 166. NIBNews - A Monthly Electronic Bulletin About Medical Informatics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 167. NLSNews Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 168. OFFLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 169. Old English Computer-Assisted Language Learning Newsletter (OE-CALL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 170. Organized Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 171. People's Tribune (Online Edition). . . . . . . . . . . . 130 172. Phirst Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 173. PIGULKI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 174. Practical Anarchy Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 175. Principia Cybernetica Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 176. Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 177. Project Gutenberg Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 178. Public-Access Computer Systems News. . . . . . . . . . . 134 179. Purple Thunderbolt of Spode (PURPS). . . . . . . . . . . 134 180. QUANTA - Science, Fact, and Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . 135 181. Radio Havana Cuba Newscast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 182. REACH - Research and Educational Applications of Computers in the Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 183. ReNews (RELCOM NEWS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 184. Rezo, bulletin irregulomadaire du RQSS . . . . . . . . . 137 185. RFE/RL Research Institute Daily Report . . . . . . . . . 137 186. RFE/RL Research Institute Research Bulletin. . . . . . . 138 187. Risks-Forum Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 188. RSI Network Newletter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 189. SCHOLAR: Natural Language Processing . . . . . . . . . . 140 190. Scope News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 191. Scream Baby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 192. SCUP E-MAIL News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 193. Sense of Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 194. Simulation Digest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 195. Simulations Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 196. Socjety Journal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 197. Somalia News Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 198. SOUND News and Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 199. Sound Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 200. South Florida Environmental Reader . . . . . . . . . . . 145 201. South Scanner Satellite Services Chart . . . . . . . . . 145 202. SpaceViews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 203. SunFlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 204. SURFPUNK Technical Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 205. TapRoot Reviews Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 207. Temple ov Psychick Youth On-Line Transmission. . . . . . 148 209. Temptation of Saint Anthony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 212. Terminometro Electronico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 213. TeXMaG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 214. TeX Publication Distribution List. . . . . . . . . . . . 152 215. TidBITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 216. TREK-REVIEW-L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 217. Tunisian Scientific Society Newsletter . . . . . . . . . 154 220. University of Missouri - Columbia Campus Computing Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 221. Unplastic News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 222. Week in Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 223. Windows Online Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 224. World View Magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet/NREN Business Journal BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Electric Gaia Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 23:05:02 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 578 (1227) I am trying to develop an idea that occurred to me over a year ago while in some god-forsaken hotel in Kansas City, and thought HUMANIST to be a good place to start. I want to write about the implications of the gradual convergence of two separate systems and conceptual worlds. These "systems" are Gaia, as understood in popular terms as a self-regulating biosphere (and, by extension, universe); and the Net (or Matrix), the emerging global "virtual community" of computer networks, from BBSs to Free-Nets, to the Internet itself. As these conceptual worlds gain ground and combine in the popular imagination, will we witness the emergence of what I have named "Electric Gaia" - the technologically-facilitated growth of a new form of global consciousness or self/group identity that could be said, in a metaphorical sense, to give consciousness to Gaia itself? Given this "research question" I will probably explore the implications of an emergent Electric Gaia on issues surrounding self and group identity, the impact of "virtual community" upon one's relationship with the physical self and other bodies. Further threads of inquiry would look at the possibility of an existential schizophrenia, unique to the individual who participates in Electric Gaia, that might arise in light of two radically different experiences of time/space and the "other". I am sure that these ideas have been expressed in some manner elsewhere, and am trying to compile a reading list that would help be become more familiar with the implications of "virtual community" (as far as computer mediated communication is concerned) for self/group identity, and any discussion of the emerging Net/Matrix with the Gaia hypothesis in mind. If you have any suggestions, please contact me directly at the address below. Thank you kindly, Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet/NREN Business Journal BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Prof Norm Coombs <NRCGSH@RITVAX.BITNET> Subject: Shelley's child custody litigation Date: 07 Mar 1993 16:56:29 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 935 (1228) I am interewted in obtaining any references to P.B Shelley's court battle to win custody of his children following the death of Harriet. To jog your memory, Shelley who was opposed by Harriet's sister, lost the case. The judfge awarded custody to a sea captain and his wife, giving PBS liberal visitation which he never apparently exercised. Are there any detailed records or accounts about the matter? norman nrcgsh@ritvax From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: dislocation Date: Sat, 6 Mar 93 09:05:07 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 936 (1229) I am teaching a course in translation, and we often find that we must translate English into English after we have translated German into English. What I mean is this: We often use an "Anglo-Saxon" noun, but its corresponding adjective must be latinate: mouth -> oral, tongue -> lingual. This is, in fact, ubiquitous in noun -> adjective formation in English. It gives you fits in translation, where eine muendliche Pruefung `a mouthal test' has to be rendered as `an oral examination'. Sometimes the adjective may seem recherche, as in lung -> pulmonary, bear -> ursine, but the poverty of English adjectives forces us into (Martinet's) formations such as ending -> desinential, since English does not have an adjective of ending, which German handles so easily: Endungs-e `desinential e'. Sometimes the answers are so recherche as to belong in crossword puzzles; fishing -> piscatorial or halieutic; hunting -> cynegetic; tailor -> sartorial, though the last one gets used in cliches such as `sartorial splendor'. To the question: I cannot remember having seen this discussed at any length, though Ernst Leisi does have some pages in his book on the history of English. I am probably, as is my accustomed wont, just missing some treatment known to every schoolboy. Does anyone know of a treatment? PS I should note that we have other such things in English, such as Scott's examples of food: mutton for sheep meat, beef for cow meat, veal for calf meat, venison for deer meat, even lapin for rabbit meat, but none of these is so widespread as the use of Latin (and Greek) roots (a kind of suppletion) in making adjectives for nouns. From: Alice Klingener <klingene@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> Subject: History and Sociology Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 12:25:50 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 937 (1230) A colleague has asked me to post this for him. He is interested in intellectual history, and has a somewhat hazy recollection of an intellectual dispute where one camp (followers of Comte?) divided the world of knowledge into twenty categories, with history being a minor facet of sociology, and the other camp (followers of Renan? Durkheim?) subordinated sociology to history in a similar scheme. He has tried to track this down in various sources, with no success. Please post any suggestions to me privately. Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Alice Klingener (klingene@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu) Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois From: "Richard L. Goerwitz" <goer@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: accents in machine-readable Bibles Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 14:57:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 938 (1231) I've just written an LALR(1) grammar of Tiberian Hebrew prose accentual signs that parses in the same direction that the text is read, and still does so deterministically. It essentially creates a binary tree based on Wickesian dichotomies. Errors are detected and reported in a user-friendly fashion (something hard to do with the usual reverse-parsing methods). Right now the grammar works for the Leningrad MS, as recorded in BHS. With modifications, it could be made to work for a wide-range of Tiberian family MSS, and could be useful in analyzing their systematic differences. It would also be useful in uprooting typos quickly and effectively. It runs very fast. I am wondering whether there are any other internet-accessible cantillated Hebrew texts I could adapt it to, or run it as-is on (if they follow the Michigan-Claremont betacode labelling scheme and use the accent-numbering conventions used there). If anyone has any texts they would like me to adapt the parser to, or run the parser on, please drop me a line. Richard Goerwitz 5410 S. Ridgewood Ct., 2E Chicago, IL 60615 goer@midway.uchicago.edu From: FLAHERTY@CSUSYS.CTSTATEU.EDU (Tom Flaherty) Subject: Greek Software ? Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 15:18:13 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 939 (1232) I am looking for an electronic index of software that might be helpful in the teaching of ancient greek to undergraduates. This might include tutorials, electronic workbooks, etc., for either DOS or Mac platforms. Any leads will be appreciated. Thanks, --Tom +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Thomas B. Flaherty flaherty@ccsu.ctstateu.edu | | Planning and Institutional Research Office: (203)827-7305 | | Central Connecticut State University FAX: (203)827-7200 | | New Britain, CT 06050 USA Home: (203)666-3210 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: "Janice H. Kaufman" <jhk4b@faraday.clas.virginia.edu> Subject: request Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 10:29:54 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 940 (1233) I am a graduate student in French at the University of Virginia preparing to present an authorship study at the African Literature Association Convention in Guadeloupe April 16-23. For this study, I am seeking the help of someone competent in the Peulh language as well as French. For my computerized analysis of the texts, I need help inserting punctuation (sentence markers) into the French version of a poem written by Bakary Diallo in his native Peulh and translated by him into French. I am not a member of this newsgroup, so please respond to me at: Janice H. Kaufman jhk4b@virginia.edu From: Nate Johnson <LHT@CORNELLA> Subject: subscription Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 20:48:34 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 941 (1234) A friend of mine is looking for the historical context for a phrase which came up in my research on John Henry Newman. In his autobiographical writings, Newman structures an important moment in his religious experience around a phrase, "sinning against the light." Has anyone come up on other uses of this phrase or something very close to it in other contexts, either 19th century or before? From: PERICLES@TEMPLEVM Subject: James Joyce query Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 03:43:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 942 (1235) Is there a James Joyce discussion group? I'd be grateful for any info on how to subscribe. Thanks, Dan Tompkins From: "Leslie" <JOHNSTLM@flis.utoronto.ca> Subject: request for information Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 09:25:06 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 943 (1236) I am doing research on computer assisted instructional programs for the humanities, and in particular those programs developed for students in the History of Art. The Humanist was referred to me as a possible source of information. If anyone has information on this topic or can direct me to another source would they be kind enough to e-mail me at: johnstlm@flis.utoronto.ca Thank you very much. Leslie Johnston From: simionat@unive.it Subject: Old English fonts sought Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 15:29:48 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 944 (1237) I know this has been asked already in the past, but the Spires database does not report any positive answer. I would need OE fonts for use with WinWord 2.0, so TT or ATM - also for the Mac - would be allright. If you reply to the list, please forward directly to me as well, thanks. ___________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Univeristy of Venice Computing centre fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY ___________________________________________________________________ From: John Lavagnino <LAV@BRANDEIS.BITNET> Subject: Bibliographic Databases Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 15:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 945 (1238) Stephen Naoyuki Matsuba <matsuba@writer.yorku.ca> writes: [deleted quotation] Indices to bibliographic citations exist: the version for our field is called the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. What's new in this contribution is the suggestion that it be combined with something like the MLA bibliography in one system, which would certainly be something new. John Lavagnino, Department of English, Brandeis University From: Roland Hjerppe <rhj@ida.liu.se> Subject: Re: 6.0575 SW: CALL; Bibliographic Databases (2/68) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 21:38:38 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 946 (1239) [deleted quotation] It seems that you haven't encountered the citation indexes, Scienec Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, from Instiute for Scientific Information, in which you can find out, updated on a quarterly basis since the late 60's, who has been cited by whom, and do a lot of interesting studies, e.g. find out how much your professors are cited. In the A&HCI case the sources are "1 300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals", in the SSCI case the sources are 1 500 social science journals. In addition you might consult e.g. Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts that covers appr. 1 000 journals. These databases are available e.g. through Dialog. Talk to your librarian. Re keyword searches: there is much more you can and should utilize, e.g. title words, abstracts, if available, etc. A proper literature search, using printed indexes as wellas bibliographic databases requires forethought in terms of thinking through what it is you are searching for, planning and imagination, and usually redoing two or three times on the basis of what was found the first times. The first paradox of information retrieval: The need to specify that which you don't know in order to find it. Roland Hjerppe LIBLAB Dept. of Computer and Information Science Link|ping University S-581 83 Linkoping Sweden Internet: rhj@ida.liu.se T. +46 13 281965 BITNET: rhj@SELIUIDA F. +46 13 142231 From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD.BITNET> Subject: RMMLA '93 (Denver) Call for papers Date: 12 Mar 1993 11:16:08 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 947 (1240) I am posting this for a colleague not on Humanist: RMMLA CALL FOR PAPERS ROCKY MOUNTAIN MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE DENVER, CO., OCTOBER 14-16, 1993 "Computers in Literature and Languages" Have you developed an interesting application of computer technology in your own research or teaching in languages and literature. Consider sharing your work and experiences with your colleagues at the RMMLA conference in Denver, October 14-16, 1993. Topics might include: on-line resources for doing research in languages and literature, the INTERNET and the language scholar, computer assisted instruction, humanities computer labs, using e- mail systems for collaboration or instruction, electronic dictionaries and translation tools, interactive programs for foreign language instruction, special software for the language scholar, etc. Share your expertise and help introduce the power of this technology to our eager colleagues. To submit a proposal you must be a member of RMMLA or willing to join by April 1 ($20.00 per year, no geographical restrictions). You must read your paper in person and may read only one paper at the conference. Submit a one page proposal with title by the March 25 deadline to: Dr. Jerome E. Coffey Department of English Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717-0230 TEL: 406-994-5327 FAX: 406-994-2422 E-mail: UENJC@TERRA.OSCS.MONTANA.EDU You will be notified of acceptance by April 1. The RMMLA has made special arrangements with the Executive Tower Inn to host the conference. First class accommodations will be provided conferees at the very reasonable rate of $59.00 per night. Many cultural and sightseeing opportunities will be offered attendees and the Rocky Mountains are delightful in the early autumn. Hope to see you in Denver. From: NADELHFT@MAINE Subject: call for papers Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 14:13:29 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 948 (1241) For those of you in departments, please post the following Call for Papers AND please bring it to the attention of Colleagues, graduate students, and any others you might think would be interested. Call for papers for a multidisciplinary conference on ETHNIC CONTACTS IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, the ATLANTIC PROVINCES, and QUEBEC sponsored by the University of Maine History Department August 12-14, 1993 in connection with an exhibit of photographs collected by Judith Goldstein for Crossing Lines: Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities (Morrow, 1992) Papers are solicited from ALL DISCIPLINES (history, anthropology, literature, art, media and film studies...) on any topic dealing with ethnic contacts in Northern New England, the Atlantic Provinces, and Quebec. Expected, hoped for papers, would discuss such matters as the history of various groups, their interaction, conflict, assimilation, ethnicity in general, ethnic stereotyping, gender and ethnicity, ethnic identity, the mobilization of ethnicity, 'imagined communities,' shifting ethnic boundaries, ethnogenesis, and teaching about ethnicity. Send 250 words abstracts by April 9th to: Jerome Nadelhaft History Department University of Maine 5774 Stevens Hall or by E-Mail to Nadelhft@Maine PROPOSALS FOR ENTIRE PANELS/SESSIONS ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME. (Relatively) low cost university housing and meals will be available. LASTLY, I would appreciate hearing privately of appropriate ANTHROPOLOGY BULLETIN BOARDS (and addresses) to send this notice to. From: error sender <DEADMAIL@IBM-B.RUTHERFORD.AC.UK> Subject: Multiple authorship universes Date: 9 Mar 1993 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 949 (1242) It's all very well to talk of authors using characters that have appeared elsewhere - but what about the idea used in *At Swim Two Birds* by Myles na gCopalleen (aka Brian Nolan, Brian O Nualain et al). This book was first published in 1939. Among other things it points out that it is wasteful of an author to create new characters when so many fictional ones have already been brought into being. Why not recycle some of them into new situations? This idea was far ahead of its time - it must surely recommend itself to an age as concerned as ours is with the conservation of scarce resources. Johannes de Tauriprato From: jmueg@unity.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: 6.0568 Rs: Multiple Author Universes (3/91) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 17:26:44 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 950 (1243) The query about Star Trek seems like a good opportunity to point out the value of re-reading Foucault's essay on the death of the author in light of television (possibly by the light of the television). John Unsworth From: error sender <DEADMAIL@IBM-B.RUTHERFORD.AC.UK> Subject: Computer Laboratories Date: 9 Mar 1993 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 951 (1244) I noted a mention of the HiDES project in a mailing recently. It's run by Dr Frank Colson, whose e-mail address is HII007@uk.ac.soton.ibm. He will I am sure be happy to provide info to all interested. HiDES stands for Historical Document Expert System, and that's essentially what it is. From: George Byrnes <BYRNES@ADMIN.HumberC.ON.CA> Subject: Re: 6.0571 Electronic Queries: S/W; Nets; Reports (4/68) Date: Tue, 09 Mar 93 11:51:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 571 (1245) On Mon, 8 Mar 1993 16:17:39 EST you said: [deleted quotation]You might try the extract.exe program available from the Library of Congress (ftp 140.147.3.12 /pub/vatican.exhibit). This is a menu-driven unzipper that even creates a subdirectory below the zipped file for the unzipped files. I haven't experimented with the limitations you mention but it should work. If it doesn't work for your colleague, it's worth having for yourself. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GEORGE BYRNES, HUMAN STUDIES/LAKESHORE, HUMBER COLLEGE 3199 LAKESHORE BLVD. W., TORONTO, ON. CANADA M8V 1K8 BITNET: BYRNES@HUMBER INTERNET: BYRNES@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA PHONE: (416) 252-5571 X3324 FAX: (416) 252-8842 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Directory of Online Scholars of Religion Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 10:16:21 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 585 (1246) _______________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Annoucing Revised Edition of DOORS Directory of Online Scholars of Religion _______________________________________________________________ Volume 2.008 ISSN 1188-5734 _______________________________________________________________ March 11, 1993 This document contains an alphabetical list of names, e-mail addresses, surface mail addresses, and special interests of on-line scholars of Religion. Compiled by Henry Leyenhorst (524830@acadvm1.uottawa.ca). [deleted quotation] FTP to panda1.uottawa.ca (137.122.6.16) Directory: /pub/religion/ as the file: religion-scholars-email-directory.txt (low ASCII text) FTP login: anonymous Password: your full e-mail address Also available as a low ASCII text via the CONTENTS Project LISTSERV fileserver as the file: SCHOLAR DIRECTRY (note spelling carefully) from Listserv@uottawa or Listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca Send the command to either of the above addresses, interactively or as a mail message. Do not use the REPLY command to send this file request. Do not send this file request to the address CONTENTS@uottawa or CONTENTS@acadvm1.uottawa.ca. Those on BITNET can send the GET command interactively by typing the command: TELL LISTSERV AT UOTTAWA GET SCHOLAR DIRECTRY (VM/CMS users) or SEND LISTSERV AT UOTTAWA GET SCHOLAR DIRECTRY (VAX users) Internet-only users cannot use the above command. ______________________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that archives and disseminates research and pedagogical material of relevance to Religious Studies. Its goal is to provide free FTP and LISTSERV archiving of quality scholarly material and to also provide a comprehensive directory of network accessible resources for Religious Studies in a wide variety of mediums. Electronic subscriptions are free: to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: Scott Stebelman <SCOTTLIB@GWUVM> Subject: INTERNET Teaching Aid and Humanities Bulletin Board List Date: Wed, 10 Mar 93 16:25:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 586 (1247) Recently I have given workshops to humanities faculty on how to navigate the INTERNET. I prepared a 45 page guide, entitled "Electronic Communication and the Humanities Scholar," which was given to each participant. The guide included the following sections: 1. What Is The INTERNET? 2. How to Enter the BITNET/INTERNET Network 3. How to Send Mail to Another Individual 4. Reading Your Mail 5. Subscribing to Electronic Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals 6. Searching Library Catalogs on the INTERNET 7. Sending Files from Your Computer to Another Computer 8. Downloading a BITNET/INTERNET File onto Your Computer 9. FTP 10. List of Humanities Bulletin Boards, Electronic Journals, and Newsletters Anyone interested in reading or using this guide can anonymous ftp it at the following address: gwuvm.gwu.edu The file name is: bitwork.fac The guide was composed in WordPerfect and is a binary file. Therefore you will need to issue the "binary" command before the "get" command. You may also need software to download it as a binary file from your mainframe to your pc. If you would like to ftp only the List of Humanities Bulletin Boards, Electronic Journals, and Newsletters, that file name is: BBS.$ It exists as an ASCII file, so the binary command is unnecessary. If you have any questions or difficulties, please let me know. Scott Stebelman The Gelman Library The George Washington University scottlib@gwuvm From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Books in Print in NOTIS? Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 17:39:09 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 952 (1248) I believe I know that Bowker has offered to let any library using the NOTIS e-catalogue system have the tapes to load the contents of Books in Print with their regular catalogue. My own feeling is that this would be a Great Good Thing, though I gather librarians are reluctant. Does anyone know an internet-accessible NOTIS-driven catalogue that *has* put the Books in Print material on line? Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: rbh@ukc.ac.uk Subject: request Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 11:02:29 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 953 (1249) I teach English at the University of Kent. Strangely enough, I also teach basic computing skills to first-year students. (By "basic" I mean up to unix shell programming, awk, WordPerfect for Windows, etc.) Among the skills that students acquire is the ability to e-mail. One of the troubles I have experienced in the past is getting them motivated into learning some of the esoterics of e-mail. This lack of motivation is understandable, since the most obvious person to e-mail is the student at the next terminal. (Their eyes say to me, "So why not talk to them?" Curiously, they will "talk" and "conf" to their neighbour. The mechanics of those programs, however, are pretty simple, and the commands unchallenging.) Is there anyone out there in computerland who is teaching during late April, May or June a computing course the students in which might be interested in mailing fellow humanities students? (I'm teaching c.75 students, each one for one hour per day, five days a week, {groups of 12}. They are all humanities students. The degree courses which these students are following are highly varied. Film and History. English and Classical Civilization. Italian and History. Etc. Plus all kinds of "straight" degrees.) Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Roger Hardy (rbh@ukc.ac.uk) Lecturer in English and American Literature University of Kent at Canterbury Canterbury, Kent, UK From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: Die Brandung Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 12:45 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 954 (1250) Can anyone familiar with Berkeley in the 80's send me some information (privately if you prefer) on who the various characters in Martin Walser's novel _Die Brandung_ "really" are? Michael Ossar Kansas State University MLO@KSUVM From: Richard Barney <AA3727@UOKMVSA.BITNET> Subject: Early Modern Culture Conference Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 17:40 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 955 (1251) I'm passing on this announcement in the hope that members of the list can join us next fall. Richard Barney University of Oklahoma aa3727@uokmvsa.backbone.uoknor.edu -------------------------Text-of-forwarded-mail-------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS * EARLY MODERN CULTURE, 1492-1848 * October 8-10, 1993 Norman, Oklahoma The Inaugural Conference of the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies (GEMCS) Conference Organizers: Richard Barney, Hunter Cadzow, Lennard Davis, Aparna Dharwadker, Susan Green, Robert Markley, Catherine Peaden, Ronald Schleifer, and Melanie Wright We are pleased to announce the first conference of a new organization for the study of culture from the Renaissance to the mid-19th century. We invite people working in a wide range of disciplines to join us in creating the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies. The impetus for this new group grows out of a need for an interdisciplinary organization that spans the Early Modern period and is interested in the way issues such as race, class, gender, the body, sexuality, science, nationalism, and imperialism are being reshaped by recent work in critical and cultural theory. The rubric of cultural studies enables us to encompass a variety of disciplin- ary fields and theoretical approaches, among them anthropological, rhetorical, historical, literary, economic, legal, and sociological studies, as well as feminist, materialist, multiculturalist, gay/lesbian and bisexual, and other directions in political and aesthetic theory. In defining the Early Modern period broadly to include the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and early 19th century, we hope to foster an exchange of ideas across the traditional boundaries of historical specialization. In addition, we also want to encourage work which concentrates on noneuropean cultures, or which brings a noneuropean perspective to other issues. The immediate goal of the group is to hold annual conferences, and eventually to publish a journal in the field. At the conference, we plan to explore nonhierarchical forms of self-governance and conference organization, partly in order to provide junior faculty and graduate students a greater than usual role in the formation of a professional organization. We encourage all members of the academic and nonacademic community to join us in an exciting and experi- mental endeavor. CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Group invites proposals for the conference in two areas: I. Individuals or groups can submit proposals for papers, panels, workshops, and other nontraditional formats which will consider issues in or approaches to specific aspects of Early Modern culture. II. Individuals or groups can submit proposals to participate in sessions which will consider organizational topics such as the structure of GEMCS, interdisci- plinarity, future conference formats, the potential of electronic networking, and publication in the field (including the possibility of a new journal). Please send one-page abstracts or proposals by MAY 1, 1993 to: Lennard Davis Department of English 607-777-2754 SUNY Binghamton FAX: 607-777-2408 Binghamton, NY 13902 E-mail (bitnet): davis@bingvaxa For a brochure on the conference details, contact: Richard Barney Department of English 405-325-4661 University of Oklahoma FAX: 405-325-5068 Norman, OK 73019 E-mail: aa3727@uokmvsa.backbone.uoknor.edu We would appreciate your passing on this announcement to other lists and/or people. From: JLANCASTER@AMHERST.BITNET Subject: Emma Willard symposium Date: 13 Mar 1993 21:37:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 956 (1252) ** Emma Willard and the Changing Tradition of Women's Education ** A symposium sponsored by the Amherst College Library to celebrate the gift of a collection of Emma Willard Family Papers Saturday, March 27, 1993, at 1:30 p.m. Stirn Auditorium, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. Keynote address: Nina Baym (Univ. of Illinois), "Emma Willard: Master Spirit, Woman's Body" Discussion of an archival microfilm project: "Finding Emma Willard: The Scattered Records of an Active Woman's Life" Lucy Townsend (Northern Illinois University) Barbara Wiley (Librarian, Emma Willard School) Panel discussion: "Emma Willard's Legacy: Issues in Women's Education Today" Robin Robertson (Principal, Emma Willard School) Karin H. O'Neil (Associate Head, The Williston Northampton School) Lorraine Kavanagh (Instructional Director, Amherst Regional High School) Moderator: Polly Longsworth (Author, "The World of Emily Dickinson"; graduate of the Emma Willard School) An exhibition of Emma Willard's letters, diaries, and other documents will be on display in the Robert Frost Library, where a reception will be held following the talks and discussion Free lunch at 12 noon, preceding the symposium, in Merrill Dining Commons. [Seating for lunch is limited; call (by March 19) 542-2299 for reservations (or e-mail to: jlancaster@amherst.edu).] From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Translation Problems Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 14:32 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 957 (1253) As Prof. Marchand points out, English is a difficult language in many ways, and translating into it is no exception. The particular problem of selecting the proper adjective is only a part of the general problem of dealing with noun phrases overall. The immediate solution (?) is to consider that in some of Marchand's examples, colloquial English and often more formal English as well, would translate the adjectives as nouns modifying nouns. I would refer to a 'lung exam' more often than a 'pulmonary examination', and so on. This problem is not restricted to translation. In understanding English, one must parse NPs within NPs. An example I heard yesterday on the TV talking-heads show, Inside Washington, occurred when one of the commentators referred to 'unnecessary base closings', which was misinterpreted by another of the commentators as [NP [ADJ 'unnecessary] [NP [N 'base'] [N 'closings']]] when it should have been [NP [NP [ADJ 'unnecessary] [N 'base']] [N 'closings']]. So it's not just computers that have trouble with this situations. There is some research being done on this subject, but it is quite difficult. Mary Dee Harris From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 958 (1254) [deleted quotation] Indeed, Robert Anton Wilson did just this when he incorporated De Selby (and his various commentators, biographers and critics) in the extensive footnotes of his "Historical Illuminatus" trilogy. De Selby is the fictional philosopher invented by Flann O'Brien (aka Myles na gCopalleen, Brian O'Nolan, &c) in the metaphysical footnotes of _The Third Policeman_. The shared-world figure is made possible by a view of fiction as placed within history. In realistic novels we sometimes meet or hear mention of famous historical figures, and in historical novels we often find these figures, well known from other fictional and historical narratives, as major characters. Figures such as De Selby are pseudohistorical, whereas in Star Trek (a series which originally was based upon the premise of the Starship Enterprise being one of many such starships boldy going etc.) the characters which are shared are not historical, not even in the sense that they have a really major role to play in their own history (which is of course the history of their own political unit, not of the many single worlds they interfere with). I guess it is this last transposition of the structure which makes the grade as "truly" shared worldedness. There are various legal problems in this connection - some fantasy authors have lately been sued by spin-off writers, who using an already created world (with permission), have placed in it new features and characters which then have been used again by the original author ("without permission"). The secondary authors have then sued the primary authors. Complicated, isn't it. (The case I am referring to is Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series). Johan Schimanski (johan.schimanski@inl.uio.no) working on Ph.D. project "An Intercourse of Nationality and Genre in Welsh Literature after 1700" - General and Comparative Literature, Univ. of Oslo, Norway. - tel. +47-work 22854037 fax 22857100 home 22563945 cats 67541460 From: tmaddox@netcom.com (Tom Maddox) Subject: Re: 6.0578 Electric Gaia? (1/43) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 14:21:38 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 959 (1255) Michael Strangelove asks: [deleted quotation] A similar notion occurred to me some years; however, because I write fiction, that is the way I expressed my ideas about it. The story, "Spirit of the Night," was published in _Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine_ in September, 1987. If you cannot find it, let me know and I'll send you a copy (paper, alas--I don't have it on disk). Tom Maddox tmaddox@netcom.com From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Re: 6.0578 Electric Gaia? (1/43) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 93 12:38:50 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 960 (1256) [deleted quotation] Michael - I was not thinking of the Net as self-regulating (I agree with you), it is more likely to become a locus of imultinational corporate power and the primary tool for manipulating the consumer in the next century. [deleted quotation] On the one hand, you are right - I have had the same experience, personality does embed itself even in a minimalist medium such as low ascii. On the other hand, there is the MINITEL phenomenon of individuals (numerous) who are able to construct multiple ascii personalities in diverse electronic contexts over an extended period of time - so here we see that the video display terminal has become theatre and lends itself to the Self-as-actor (someone mentioned a sci-fi novel to me that develop this thread with two children/geniuses who created two distinct Net personalities to manipulate global opinion). Thanks for the comments. Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet/NREN Business Journal BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: srlclark <srlclark@uxb.liverpool.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0578 Electric Gaia? (1/43) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 10:17:34 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 961 (1257) Michael Strangelove's eletric Gaia could be discussed on PRNCYB. PRNCYB@EARN.BINGVMB is concerned with the Principia Cybernetica Project. Contact Cliff Josslyn (CJOSSLYN@EDU.BINGHAMTON.CC.BINGVAXU) or Francis Heylighen (FHEYLIGH@BE.AC.VUB.VNET3). The style here is for long papers to be posted and then criticised by whoever wishes a word. Memes, cognition, sociobiological explanations of altruism have been recent topics. I've given the addresses in the form used on JANET. Stephen Clark Liverpool From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: 6.0578 Electric Gaia? (1/43) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 09:20:17 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 962 (1258) Comparative Literature University of Alberta The concept of system as applied to literature and, in general, to social interaction, has a large corpus. As applied to literature I published an articl e in the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 19.1-2 (March-June 1992): 21-93, with a sizable bibliography. Some of the works I selected for the bibliography go in the direction you take. (Most of them are in German, though.) There is an international organization, IGEL, people who work with the Empirical Theory of Literature. Some of the scholars working in this area also think along the lines you propose. I suggest you read my article and see if you find anything useful. I will send you our IGEL newsletter. Regards, Regards, S. Totosy From: W Schipper <schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Subject: Re: 6.0584 Rs: HIDES; S/W (2/38) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 23:48:36 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 963 (1259) [deleted quotation] I use a 2 drive, no HD Toshiba, with 640 kb RAM, and am using pkzip and pkunzip v. 2.03g with no problem at all. The program fits easily on a 720 kb diskette, and on a HD diskette I even have space for a uuencoder and uudecoder program, plus a "front-end" menu program for pkware. It can be downloaded from the Simtel20 database via anonymous ftp in subdirectory pd1:[msdos.zip]. The Simtel address is: wsmr-simtel20.army.mil The program comes in a self-extracting format. It is of course the shareware version. For $45.00 you can register the program and get a complete manual as well as upgrades when they become available. Bill -- ....................................................................... W. Schipper Email: schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Department of English, Tel: 709-737-4406 Memorial University Fax: 709-737-4000 St John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7 ........................................................................ From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0584 Rs: HIDES; S/W (2/38) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 15:52:37 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 964 (1260) Re: PKUnzip: I've never tried unzipping to a floppy, but the *documentation* on my current copy of PKUnzip says it's perfectly possible: just specify a path to unzip to. You have 2 options: a) Assuming the zipped file is in A:, from the B> prompt write unzip a:filename -- the files will go onto B: This is the way I do it, only from the C> prompt, so the files go into the current directory on C: b) From the A> prompt, write: unzip filename b: The documentation says this should work, if I remember correctly; but I've never done it this way and would recommend the first method. To unzip subdirectories you have to add the -d flag (unzip -d a:filename). Ask Archie where PKUnzip is, if your site only has a version that requires a hard disk; you'll probably dig up a couple of versions back from the newest one. My own version is perhaps a year old, and as said it specifically documents using it on a 2-floppy system as well as a hard disk. Only problem is that a lot of packages contain more stuff than will fit on one floppy, and PKUnzip has no provision for changing disks in the middle. Judy Koren, Haifa, Israel. From: Jack Kolb <IKW4GWI@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0580 Qs: S/W; E-Lists; Fonts; Sinning; Hist of Art (6/91) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 93 23:42 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 965 (1261) Surely Newman's line is a version of what I thought was a fairly standard expression, "sin against the light"; I immediately thought of its use by Mr. Deasy, referring to the Jews, in chapter 2 of Joyce's *Ulysses*: --They sinned against the light, Mr. Deasy said gravely. And you can see the darkness in their eyes. And that is why they are wanderers on the earth to this day {lines 361-63 in the Corrected Text}. But having spent a few minutes looking for a common source (admittedly a desultory look at 11:30PM Sunday night), I'm not sure how standard it is. Gifford's note (in *Ulysses Annotated*) isn't very helpful: In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, John the Baptist is "sent to bear witness of that Light {Jesus}. That was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" (1:8-9). Mr. Deasy's phrase rests on the assumption that the Jews not only refused that Light (Jesus' presence and message) also demanded that it be extinguished by crucifixion {p. 38}. I'd be interested in hearing any other responses, publically or privately, to this query. By the bye, I'm working on Arthur Henry Hallam, Tennyson, Browning and Joyce. Jack Kolb Dept. of English UCLA From: DGPAZ@CLEMSON.BITNET Subject: Sinning Against the Light Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 11:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 966 (1262) I encourage you to write to Dr. Sheridan Gilley, Department of Theology, University of Durham, U.K., who I am sure can 'enlighten' you. Denis Paz Department of History Clemson University South Carolina, U.S.A. From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Re: 6.0584 HiDES Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 15:58:31 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 967 (1263) For those of you trying to contact HiDES, I believe that the correct email address is HII005@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK. This is the address of the director, Dr Frank Colson. Donald Spaeth From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: EMG: USENET Religious Studies Newsgroups Date: Sun, 14 Mar 93 10:43:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 592 (1264) The following is from Volume Two of the Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet. Please inform me of any corrections or additions. - Michael Strangelove, 441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca ___________________________________________________________________ USENET -- General Information USENET is actually a worldwide network of over 10,000 hosts and 300,000 users. Unlike BITNET and Internet, USENET is not an academic network. Most of USENET's sites are commercial, but advertising is strictly forbidden on USENET. USENET supports one service only, called news or newsgroups, and is available at most Internet sites. Unfortunately, USENET newsgroups are largely unavailable to BITNET sites. There are over 300 different newsgroups available, but not all sites carry all newsgroups. The following section provides information on all Religious Studies related newsgroups. It should be noted that many USENET newsgroups have little academic value as communication and research forums. As there are a number of different software platforms for reading USENET newsgroups, this guide cannot give specific details on accessing and reading USENET newsgroups. Users should take local courses and obtain manuals on their site's USENET news reader. Note: If you have access to both USENET and Internet e- mail, USENET is generally preferable as a method of access, as it requires fewer network resources per additional subscriber. For those who do not have access to USENET, Internet and BITNET subscription information is given for newsgroups that are duplicated (gatewayed) as lists or interest groups. The following helpful information files can be found in the newsgroup news.announce.newusers. All of the following are recommended reading for all USENET users. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette Hints on Writing Style for USENET What is USENET? Rules for Posting to USENET Other useful USENET information files are: List of Moderators This is a list of active moderated newsgroups and their moderators. These are newsgroups where each posting is screened by a moderator before being forwarded to the entire newsgroup. List of Active Newsgroups, Part I and II This is a directory of over 300 currently active USENET newsgroups. Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part I, II and III This is a list of mailing lists primarily available through Internet and UUCP networks. This directory does not include BITNET LISTSERV Lists. Introduction to news.announce This is a description of the newsgroup news.announce. News.announce is a newsgroup that posts important announcements about USENET. All USENET users should subscribe to this newsgroup. List of Periodic Informational Postings, Part I and II Many newsgroups contain articles that are posted on a periodic basis. These articles tend to be general information files useful to novice and experienced users. The List of Periodic Informational Postings, Part I and II documents the majority of these periodic postings. This list is a good directory to information files that exist on USENET newsgroups. Accessing USENET Documents The above USENET documents can be found in the newsgroup news.newusers.questions and read from within a USENET newsreader. Theses documents can also be retrieved via FTP from the node pit- manager.mit.edu (18.172.1.27) in the /pub/usenet/news.answers/ directory. They can also be retrieved via mail, send a mail message to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu containing the command HELP for more information. USENET Religious Studies Related Newsgroups The following is a listing of all newsgroups of interest to Religious Studies fields. These groups are divided into moderated and umoderated groups. In moderated newsgroups each posting is screened by a moderator before being forwarded to the entire newsgroup. Moderated Newsgroups To post to a moderated newsgroup, send your article to the Submission Address. The newsgroup moderator will then forward your posting to the group. Inappropriate submissions will be returned with an explanation. In some cases submissions may be sent directly to the newsgroup, where it will be automatically forwarded to the moderator. Discussion of the Baha'i Faith -- soc.religion.bahai Submission Address: Direct to soc.religion.bahai or to bahai-faith@oneworld.wa.com The newsgroup will act as a non-threatening forum for discussing and sharing information about the tenets, history, and texts of the Baha'i Faith. Prior to its formation there was a good amount of traffic on this topic in other newsgroups; this group provides a "single point of contact" for such discussion. Examples of posts that fall within the group's scope are: The Baha'i Faith's relation to other religions; relevance of Baha'i principles to current world events/problems; analysis of particular scriptural passages or themes; and general questions and answers. The soc.religion.bahai newsgroup is gatewayed to USENET from the moderated Internet mailing list, bahai-faith, which shares soc.religion.bahai's policies. Those without USENET access should address subscription and unsubscription requests to bahai-faith-request@oneworld.wa.com. Moderator: Aaron Nabil Eastlund, nabil@cse.ogi.edu Christianity and Related Topics -- soc.religion.christian Submission Address: Moderator: Charles Hedrick, christian-request@aramis.rutgers.edu Discussions of Eastern Religions -- soc.religion.eastern Submission Address: sre@cse.ogi.edu religion-islam-request@ncar.ucar.edu The aim of the newsgroup is to provide a forum for the discussion of Eastern metaphysics, theology, and logic. The word eastern in the title of the newsgroup signifies religions with origins in South/South-East/Far-East Asia. For example, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism, and so on. All people, no matter what their religious background, can post articles in this newsgroup. Articles about western religious systems (Judaism/Christianity/Islam) are also welcome if the aim is to make objective comparisons of these systems with those discussed in this newsgroup. Moderator: Aaron Nabil, nabil@qiclab.scn.rain.com Discussions of the Islamic Faith -- soc.religion.islam Submission Address: religion-islam-request@ncar.ucar.edu This newsgroup is for the discussion of issues directly relating to Islam. This includes theology, comparative studies with other religions, announcements of Islamic conferences and sources of information for Muslims, Ramadan, and so on. Academic language must be used. Verbal abuse, personal attacks, flames, profanity or insults will not be forwarded for posting to the group. Moderator: Asim M. Mughal, mughal@romeo.caltech.edu Unmoderated Newsgroups To post to umoderated newsgroups, simply send you mail message directly to the newsgroup via USENET. The titles of these newsgroups are descriptive of their focus. Christian Music, Contemporary and Traditional -- rec.music.christian Esoteric and Minority Religions and Philosophies -- talk.religion.newage Evolutionism versus Creationism -- talk.origins Jewish Culture and Religion -- soc.culture.jewish Religious, Ethical and Moral Issues and Implications -- talk.religion.misc END OF FILE From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: 6.0590 Rs: Electric Gaia Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 06:47:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 968 (1265) [deleted quotation]The novel Michael Strangelove refers to is probably *Ender's Game* by Orson Scott Card. It won the 1986 Hugo Award as best SF novel of the year. Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: Jim Campbell <jmc@poe.acc.virginia.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0587 Qs: E-NOTIS; Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 09:32:49 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 969 (1266) [deleted quotation] At the Univ. of Virginia Library, we've been negotiating with Bowker not about adding BIP to our catalog, but about networking their CD-ROM of BIP, Ulrich's, and Whitaker's BIP. It would be possible, but a real mess, to add a changing database like BIP to your catalog, though libraries using NOTIS could consider putting BIP in the Multiple Database or InfoShare systems. These databases are maintained separately from the catalog, but accessible from the same frontend and with the same search system and commands. The separate maintenance makes it easier to load new data and especially to take down the superseded data. Running the data separately also allows it to be password protected, unlike the catalog. Bowker, like most database vendors, believes that unlimited Internet access would cut into its sales and requires restrictions on use. The big problem though isn't where you put the database, it's Bowker's pricing scheme. If all you want to do is make BIP available within one building, say your main library, the price is fairly reasonable. But you're then charged the full price again for each additional building from which the data is accessible. One would hope the price would top out somewhere, but we haven't found that point yet. - Jim Campbell (campbell@virginia.edu) From: Jack Kolb <IKW4GWI@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0591 Rs: Sinning Against the Light Date: Mon, 15 Mar 93 20:58 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 970 (1267) My response to the query about Newman's "sinning against the light" was not meant to be self-promoting: I identified my research interests for the Victorian group, to whom I meant to respond directly. From: Jean-Pierre Laurent <jplaure@imag.fr> Subject: IJCAI-93 Infos Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 17:49:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 594 (1268) *************************************************************** * INFORMATION ABOUT IJCAI-93, USING THE EMAIL IJCAI SERVER * *************************************************************** The IJCAI server contains the Conference Brochure of IJCAI-93 and the list of accepted papers. To access to this information, you have to send mails to the IJCAI server, as follows: * First, to obtain the content of the IJCAI server, send a mail to ijcai-serv@imag.fr the subject can be empty (or anything you want), the content must be: index You will receive a reply with the list of all available files in the IJCAI server (name and brief description of the content). * Second, to receive the file NAME, send a new mail at the same address : ijcai-serv@imag.fr the subject is again empty or anything you want, the content must be : get NAME You will receive a reply with the content of the file NAME. *************************************************************** -- JP Laurent From: Ken Sanderson <RENSANDE@IDBSU> Subject: Book reviews on line? Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 09:21:05 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 595 (1269) A colleague would like to know whether there are any academic libraries or bulletin boards which have book reviews or bibliographies of book reviews on-line. The Boston Library Consortium has a very useful on-line service that lists tables of contents for journal articles--but is there something comparable for book reviews? Thanks for any help. -------------------|-----+---------|-------------+------------------------- Ken Sanderson RENSANDE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU English Department (208)-385-1232 Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 "...their rock is not as our Rock." (Deuteronomy 32:31) "Gonna send out a worldwide hoodoo . . ." (C. Berry) From: blheym@mail.wm.edu (Berna Heyman) Subject: Seminar Announcement Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 14:35:49 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 596 (1270) SCHOLARLY HUMANITIES COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE LOCATION: College of William and Mary, Campus Center WHEN: 8:30-5:30, Tuesday, April 20, 1993 FOR: Humanities scholars, librarians, students, interested citizens COST: Free, optional lunch for $8.00 ** Registration must be received by APRIL 12, 1993 ** PURPOSE: "Scholarly Humanities Communications in the Electronic Age" will explore the challenge and the promise that new communications media hold for humanistic scholarship. The ways in which scholars gather and evaluate information, the ways in which they obtain and use texts, the ways in which their research findings are disseminated, the ways in which texts can be enriched by information in other media, and the tools they use for these activities are changing as telecommunications systems and computers, once the exclusive province of technicians and scientists, become commonplace in humanities scholars' offices. "Scholarly Humanities Communication in the Electronic Age" will examine the implications of these changes for scholars, their students, and the society at large. SPONSORSHIP: "Scholarly Humanities Communication in the Electronic Age," one of many observances in honor of the tercentenary of the College of William and Mary has been underwritten in part by grants from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy and the Council on Library Resources. "Scholarly Humanities Communication in the Electronic Age," has been planned and is sponsored by the staff of the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary with the assistance of faculty members and public officials. SPEAKERS: * Stanley Katz (President, American Council of Learned Societies) "Electronic Information and Its Implications for Higher Education: The Leap from 1693 to 1993 and Beyond" * Paul Gherman (Special Assistant to the Vice President for Information Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) "Evolving Library Models for Support of Humanities Scholarship" * Avra Michelson (National Archives Administration) "From the Current Tercentenary to the Next Decade: Projections for Libraries and Humanities Scholars" * Susan Hockey (Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities, Rutgers and Princeton Universities) "The Promise and Reality of Electronic Texts in the Humanities" CASE STUDIES: * Judy Ewell (Department of History, College of William and Mary) Electronic Journal * Robert Fehrenbach (Department of English, College of William and Mary) Online Bibliographic Database * Trotter Hardy (Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary) Electronic Bulletin Board * David Seaman (University of Virginia) Electronic Text Center * Gary Smith (Department of Modern Languages and Literature, College of William and Mary Multimedia Resources PANEL DISCUSSIONS * Intellectual Property Rights * Textual Integrity and Archiving * Electronic Literacy For more information or to register for the seminar, contact: *********************************************** * Berna L. Heyman * * E.G. Swem Library, Box 8794 * * College of William and Mary * * Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794 * * (804) 221-3089; fax (804) 221-3088 * * BLHEYM@MAIL.WM.EDU * *********************************************** From: Frank Wm Tompa <fwtompa@daisy.uwaterloo.ca> Subject: Call for Papers -- New OED Conference Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 16:45:17 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 971 (1271) CALL FOR PAPERS MAKING SENSE OF WORDS 9th Annual Conference of the University of Waterloo Centre for the New OED and Text Research September 27 - 28, 1993 St. Cross Building Oxford, England The Ninth Annual Conference of the University of Waterloo Centre for the New OED and Text Research, jointly sponsored by the University of Waterloo and the Oxford University Press, will be held at St. Cross Building (with accommodations at St. Edmund Hall), Oxford, England, on September 27-28, 1993. This year's conference will focus on computational solutions to problems of equivalence among words and phrases. Within lexicog- raphy, one of the most important problems in this area is one of grouping equivalents: sifting through corpus citations to form sense groups. Within lexicology and computational linguistics, there are problems of finding equivalents: matching citations to dictionary senses, aligning one dictionary's senses with another's, and aligning parts of texts with their translations. In related fields, there are problems of forming equivalents: generating translations, expanding full-text queries to include synonyms, and tailoring texts to suit specific audiences. Conference participants will again include researchers from com- puter science and the humanities, as well as representatives from publishing houses and other industries. Papers presenting original research on theoretical and applied aspects of the theme are being sought. Typical but not exclusive areas of interest include computational lexicology, computational linguistics, syntactic and semantic analysis, computational lexi- cography, lexical databases, computer-assisted translation, and online reference works. Submissions will be refereed by the program committee listed below. Authors should send seven copies of a detailed abstract (5 to 10 pages) by April 27, 1993, to: Prof. Frank Tompa, Program Chair UW Centre for the New OED and Text Research University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 or email: newoed@uwaterloo.ca or fax: 519-885-1208 Late submissions risk rejection without consideration. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by June 18, 1993. A working draft of the paper, not exceeding 15 pages, will be due by July 16, 1993, for inclusion in proceedings which will be made available at the conference. Program Committee Beryl T. Atkins (Oxford University Press) Kenneth Church (AT&T Bell Laboratories) Eduard Hovy (University of Southern California) Nancy Ide (Vassar College) Robert Ingria (BBN Laboratories) Frank Tompa, Chair (University of Waterloo) From: Laura Davis-Clapper <LDAVIS1@KENTVM> Subject: Call for Papers Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 11:30:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 972 (1272) Hello. Would you please post the following call for papers. Thanks. CALL FOR PAPERS Midwest Modern Language Association Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota November, 1993 "The Young Adult and the Adult Reader's Response to Young Adult Works of Literary Realism" This topic may be interpreted very broadly. Two possible directions to take it are as follows. What is the gap, or what is the overlap, between your response to a work you read as an adolescent, such as *The Secret Garden* or *Anne of Green Gables*, and your reading of the text as an adult? What are the implications of these differences for how we understand and teach young adult fiction? How do young adult readers respond to the romantic elements in works that are classified as the New Realism? *The Outsiders*, for instance, is the work that virtually begins the New Realism, and yet the way that the members of the Curtis family, and the extended family members of the gang, care for one another is highly romanticized. Further, Ponyboy and Johnny are able to redeem themselves for the murder they have committed through their heroic rescue of the schoolchildren from the burning church. If *The Outsiders* is a "problem novel," what does it tell its audience about how real-life problems are solved? Do young adult readers feel emburdened or empowered by their reading of feats of heroism in works of literary realism? Again, the topic may be interpreted according to your views on young adult fiction. Please send responses (proposals) by April 5, to Laura Davis-Clapper Institute for Bibliography and Editing 1118 Library Kent State University Kent, OH 44242-0001 e-mail: LDavis1@ KentVM (bitnet) or LDavis1@KentVM.Kent.Edu (Internet) Phone: (216) 672-2092 From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0595 Q: OnLine Book Reviews Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 21:46:49 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 973 (1273) The Bryn Mawr Classical Review reviews books dealing with Greco-Roman antiquity before anybody else does, and is distributed electronically. Contact LISTSERV@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU to subscribe. If you have any trouble, contact the editor, Jim O'Donnell (jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu). David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: 6.0595 Q: OnLine Book Reviews (1/18) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 15:46:24 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 974 (1274) [deleted quotation] Yes, the CARL system has recent _Choice_ book reviews on line. Telnet to pac.carl.org; when you get through, pick #60. If you are familiar with this journal, you know that the reviews are very short--one brief paragraph. Glenn Everett English Department University of Tennessee at Martin ivaa@utmartn.bitnet From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0595 Q: OnLine Book Reviews (1/18) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 19:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 975 (1275) What is this Boston LibraryConsortium on-list service with lists of tables of contents? Is it commercially available? I haven't heard of it. Please give more information! Leslie Morgan From: Susan Brandt <sbrandt@u.washington.edu> Subject: Seeking Perugian Poets Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 16:45:13 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 976 (1276) I am currently seeking poetry by poets that originate from Perugia, Italy. As a member of the Literary Center in Seattle, Washington, we are working on our latest publication called "The Poem & The World". This 4 volume work will include poetry from the 19 sister cities of Seattle. Perugia, Italy is one of Seattle's sister cities and I am interested in receiving poetry (any subject) from poets of this city before May 1, 1993 so that the editorial board has plenty of time to chose poems and have them published in "The Poem & The World" by August. We hope to distribute this publication at the World Expo in Taejon, Korea (another Seattle sister city) at that time. I would appreciate receiving any information you might have regarding existing Perugian poets that I might contact. Please feel free to pass this information onto any interested parties. All poetry in these volumes will be published in the native language of the poet as well as an English translation, therefore we would be glad to receive an English translation of Italian poems directly from the poet so that the poet may choose the most appropriate translation. However an English translation is not required. Please send inquiries, information and poems to: sbrandt@hardy.u.washington.edu or send to: Susan Brandt Editorial Board "The Poem & The World" 4461 Woodland Park Avenue North Seattle, Washington U.S.A. From: bwillis@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: French 'rose' Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 10:55:07 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 977 (1277) Can anyone tell me why we have 'rose' in French when by normal development we would have 'reuse'? Did people really not talk about roses during the middle ages, being content to call them flowers, until a period of heightened sophistication in the 12th century and a new approach to horticulture reintroduced the word in latinate form? Or was horticulture still alive and well throughout the dark ages but only practised by a certain elite with a knowledge of Latin? Only in monasteries? Does anyone know of a text containing 'reuse'? Brian Willis the University of Western Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] From: Pierce@hf.uib.no Subject: Query Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 11:00:20 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 978 (1278) I am forwarding this request for information on behalf of my colleague Lars Mortensen. Answers may be sent to me: pierce@hf.uib.no or directly to: Lars.Mortensen@hf.uib.no We will be very appreciative of any assistance. Thanks in advance! ---------------------- Forwarded Message -------------------------- Has anybody heard of anyone putting the neatly formalized system for calculating desired sentence endings in medieval Latin prose into a spread-sheet or other intelligent device? The system I am thinking of is the one worked out by Tore Janson in his book on Medieval Prose Rythm (Stockholm 1975). It would be an obvious thing to do, but I do not want even to think about the trouble if some competent person(s) have already done it. In any case I would go for an unsatisfactory simplified model. It would be nice to have the full system ready on a spreadsheet. You would just need to enter your figures, and whoops! - your author would be demasked. Lars.Mortensen@hf.uib.no University of Bergen Prof. Lars Boje Mortensen University of Bergen Klassisk Institutt Sydnesplass 9 N-5007 Bergen Richard Holton Pierce Professor of Egyptology Department of Classics (Egyptology) University of Bergen N-5007 Bergen, NORWAY Tlf: 05 21 22 86 (office) 05 18 27 30 (home) e-mail: pierce@hf.uib.no pierce@cc.uib.no hklrp at nobergen.earn From: Bill Beeman <WBEEMAN@BROWNVM> Subject: University Teaching Loads Survey Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 13:57:42 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 979 (1279) I would be grateful if members of this list could drop me a line and let me know the policy at their institution for teaching loads across the curriculum. The basic question is: Do all departments at your institution have the same basic teaching load requirement, or do some departments as a matter of university policy have lower/higher loads than others? Please send your reply directly to me, and thanks in advance. WBEEMAN@BROWNVM (Bitnet) WBEEMAN@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Internet) From: Ken Sanderson <RENSANDE@IDBSU> Subject: Job Opening: Writing Director Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 15:25:36 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 600 (1280) Please announce the following job opening: DIRECTOR OF WRITING, Rank Open, start fall 1993. Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition required. Demonstrated leadership abilities. Duties include faculty development, writing assessment, course development and course review at undergraduate and M.A. levels, and Writing Across the Curriculum. Work with department chair in staffing writing courses. Course load: 2-2, with research, service expectations. Send letter of application, current vita, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Carol A. Martin, Chairperson, English, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725. Fax: (208)-385-4373. Nominations and applications will be accepted through April 5, 1993 or until a suitable candidate is found. Boise State University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. -------------------|-----+---------|-------------+------------------------- Carol Martin, Chair AENMARTI@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU English Department (208)-385-3426 Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 From: Simon Katzenellenbogen <MFSHSSK@fs1.art.man.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0577 E-Serials List Date: 17 Mar 93 11:47:13 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 601 (1281) Re Michael Strangelove's draft list of electronic newsletters etc. There is a new Economic History Newsletter focusing on European history. Are you aware of this? If not, I will forward information. Simon Katzenellenbogen Department of History University of Manchester mfshssk@cms.mcc.ac.uk or mfshssk@fs1.art.man.ac.uk From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: Canadian ejournal: Online Modern History Review Date: 16 Mar 1993 13:42:55 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 602 (1282) the following was all downloaded from FREENET VICTORIA (to get this, telnet to FREENET.VICTORIA.BC.CA, and register as GUEST --------- Information about ONLINE MODERN HISTORY REVIEW (OMHR) ==>go abouthistory 1 General information 2 Style guide & sample 3 Note to reviewers 4 Notice to reviewers (Scoring manuscripts) 5 Notice to reviewers (Template for written assessments) 6 Statement of ownership --------------------------------------------------------- <ONLINE MODERN HISTORY REVIEW> ISSN 1181-1151 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On the eve of the 21st century it is essential that historians seize the latest technology to communicate the results of their research to colleagues and the general reading public. <ONLINE MODERN HISTORY REVIEW>, a refereed journal published in an electronic format, is designed to satisfy the needs of the modern scholar who wants convenient and immediate access to the latest historical research. 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Copyright (C) 1993 <ONLINE MODERN HISTORY REVIEW> Ecu Richmond Electronic Publisher Division of Texxen Consulting Limited Richmond, British Columbia, Canada From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: Australians reply with their own online history journal Date: 16 Mar 1993 13:45:11 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 603 (1283) <Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 21:08:43 +1000 (+1000) <From: Paul Turnbull <hipgt@jcu.edu.au> <Subject: CLIONET (Australia) CLIONET: an Electronic Journal / Network of History Dear Colleague: CLIONET grows out of a suggestion ventured at the October 1992 meeting of Heads of History Departments, that the AHA investigate publishing honours/postgraduate work through the medium of an electronic journal. Basically, the suggestion was that articles, research reports and reviews by honours students and postgraduates be put into an electronic format and sent to a designated location set up within AARNet (Australian Academic Research Network). This location would be made accessible to all members of the AHA - or indeed anyone with access to AARNet. Material could be read, and copies taken through file transfer to personal or departmental computers. The journal could even have an annual competition, in which readers voted for the work of honours and postgraduate students judged to be of exceptional quality. The five or so pieces of work gaining the most praise in the course of a year could be printed in hard-copy, perhaps in conjunction with a leading commercial/scholarly publisher. Even without a competition, good work might tempt a publisher. With the support of the Department of History and Politics at James Cook University, an electronic journal of history, CLIONET, has been established, and will be fully operational by late March 1993. Time and the support of historians across the country will determine whether it proves - as we hope - an innovative, positive, response to the problems of encouraging and disseminating historical scholarship in Australia. In the light of concerns raised at the last History Department Heads' Meeting, CLIONET is particularly keen to publish the work of younger scholars, but welcomes articles, reviews, etc. regardless of contributors' status or fields of research. In time, we would like to see the journal become the backbone of a national historical research network, facilitating exchange of data between researchers, providing access to textual, audio and visual sources in various metropolitan and regional centres, and perhaps even course materials for distance tertiary education. It could, we hope, come to inform mainstream Australian cultural debates, by making good history readily accessible to journalists working in print and other media, probably for an annual subscription fee. Specialist academic presses and journals, as we all know, are greatly constrained by the economics of quality publishing; and this influences editorial policy. Despite the hard work of editors to accommodate a wide variety of research interests and styles of historical scholarship, a significant amount of good work does not get published. Some journals simply do not have space. Articles take a long time to appear, especially when editors seek to improve the attractiveness of their journal by devoting issues to specific themes or methodological issues. Some editorial boards seem inclined not to risk the publication of work that is innovative or unusual in terms of style or methodology. Others go for theoretical innovations in ways which can count against writers who prefer to work with more conventional ideas of history. By creative use of technology, CLIONET will be run with a degree of editorial freedom and flexibility which very few print journals enjoy. The journal will be as long or short as the sum of the material received, while the cost will limited to print expenses at the user's end. In the long-term the journal will probably seek some contribution from users to editorial and host institution computing costs. But for the foreseeable future there will be no subscription charges. While several people have so far responded enthusiastically to the idea of an electronic journal, some concern has been expressed that work placed on AARNet, especially work in progress by honours and postgraduate students, might easily be stolen or plagiarised. Certainly, theft could occur. However, once contributions have been refereed or read, and made available to subscribers in electronic format, they have been published and are subject to current national and international copyright law. In its first year of operation, CLIONET will monitor the traffic of material to subscribers. This could also prove useful for authors who have concerns about their work being reproduced by subscribers for teaching purposes. Speedy publication of work in progress, while still in progress, or freshly completed, will, I suspect, not only serve to enhance research students' intellectual property rights; it will also greatly boost morale. The most rewarding experiences of long postgraduate years are often the times when feed-back is gained at conferences, or when senior colleagues give up precious time to read and comment on drafts. How much more rewarding it will be for current and future postgraduates to have a ready outlet for work in progress that might attract a wide range of unsolicited comments and criticisms from scholars in various parts of Australia. As to editorial policy, in the first instance, CLIONET will establish an editorial board and have articles put on open access after being appraised by at least two referees. Editors and referees will have to possess basic computer literacy, but there are a surprising number of respected scholars around Australia who do, and the number is growing. Given that CLIONET can in theory publish everything it receives in the course of a year, we plan, for the time being, to adopt a fairly liberal editorial policy. We are especially keen to produce reviews of important books as soon after their publication as is practicable. We feel there are persuasive historiographical grounds for editorial liberalism. We do not go as far as the anarchist philosopher Paul Feyerabend, in holding to a policy that "anything goes" in terms of content or style. Still, we aim to run a journal which takes full advantage of its freedom to encourage ideas at variance to, or incommensurate with, established disciplinary aims and procedures. Such a policy, coupled with the ability to publish critical comment and authors' replies to criticism within the space of a month, or perhaps even less, will, undoubtedly, spark some fascinating engagements and conceptual changes. There is also an important utilitarian argument for editorial liberalism in these post-Dawkins days. It will provide individual academics, departments, universities, state agencies and policy makers with much more realistic and useful indications of how historians are spending their time. Since the establishment of the new, unified national system of higher education, the historical profession has not responded as well as it might to key state agencies' concern with encouraging and measuring productivity. Many of us have doubts about the worth of the conceptual vocabularies of the new education culture. These doubts are not eased by consulting a growing literature on productivity and performance indicators in the humanities, much of which confirms what many suspected - i.e., so many factors must be appraised if one is truly to determine productivity that it would be lunacy by any criteria to try. Nonetheless, it could be a different style of folly to remain wedded to the aims and assumptions of the print culture of an earlier epoch. The transnational status of much scientific and technological research has meant, logically enough, that specialist publication profits from having an international pool of potential contributors and readers. The economic rewards for servicing this international information market are reflected in the fact that most of the world's leading scientific journals are the property of transnational media concerns. Not only is international scientific publication profitable, it has invested heavily in technologies designed to meet foreseeable demands for greater speed and accuracy in the publication of contributions. It only seems a matter of time before editions of the world's leading scientific journals will be written in digital code and distributed by pay satellite link. Meanwhile, the humanities face a situation in which recession has worked to compound the difficulties of publishing. And things could worsen if moves to impose uniform performance indicators across institutions result in publications in the humanities being weighted without regard to the realities of scholarly publishing. CLIONET will aim to be an important mechanism by which the real productivity of university and public historians can demonstrated. By publishing quickly and cheaply work that meets an agreed base set of criteria, the journal will provide individual researchers and departments with additional means to give funding bodies a more realistic account of the work they are undertaking, or wish to undertake. In this way, CLIONET might not only help strengthen individual and departmental applications for research funding, but also aid departments in many institutions to win greater funds through merit research and "claw-back" mechanisms. As mentioned above, the journal is seen as the first step in the evolution of a national history computer network. At James Cook, for example, the department has had an active publications program for over a decade. In the past five years we have moved from reliance on conventional printing to PC based desk-top publishing of histories and important collections of historical records. It seems logical to now explore the publication of history through electronic media. We are also commencing work on the electronic storage and retrieval of visual and oral sources for North Queensland history, and to date have the indexes to our extensive oral history collections in a format which allows them to be consulted on PCs within the department. In all likelihood, similar developments have occurred in other centres throughout Australia. Even more exciting are the possibilities suggested by recent innovations in the area of digital storage of documents, audio material and photographs. At James Cook we are already thinking of ways in which sources for the history of the region might be made available electronically to researchers and teachers across Australia. No doubt other departments have similar projects envisaged or under way; now we should begin working towards ensuring our respective projects are pursued with an eye to their eventual siting within a national history network. We propose to run CLIONET from the 1993 academic year, and now invite the submission of articles, reviews, comment etc. Contributions may be written in either straight ASCII code or as a Post-Script file from any word-processing language. They may be submitted via email or posted to us on a 3.5 inch disk. If submissions are on disk we ask that they be IBM compatible, but we will accept MAC disks if you cannot get access to a conversion program. Manuscripts in hard copy will only be accepted if they are typed in double spacing and are of a style that can easily be read by optical character reader. Contributors may follow their preferred conventions in respect of citation and bibliography. Preferred style guidelines will be available on request by the new year. CLIONET will reside in James Cook University's gopher, under "Academic Departments." Files may be read in either ASCII or Postscript versions. How copies of files are then printed or transferred to local networks will depend on what sort of hardware you have at your disposal. If you look in the JCU gopher now you will find a copy of this file you may print or down-load to your own machine. If you cannot use gopher software contact hipgt@marlin.jcu.edu.au At the end of each year of operation, all ClIONET files will be printed onto microfiche and deposited with the Australian National Library. Microfiche copies, complete with an index, will be made available for sale to interested libraries and researchers. We would be interested to hear from people willing to serve as readers, reviewers or being part of a working group dedicated to establishing a national history network. Most importantly, we would like to alert potential readers. If you are interested in receiving updates on the journal, simply register your email address with us. CLIONET, an Electronic Journal / Network of History James Cook University Q4811 email: hipgt@marlin.jcu.edu.au From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: New work on Dante (e- available) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 16:40:03 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 604 (1284) I'm pleased to distribute to several relevant lists the following announcement of an exciting venture in the electronic distribution of current and controversial scholarly work. I hope it will be the first of a variety of types of experiments in this vein. The files in question are available for anonymous ftp from the server ccat.sas.upenn.edu, in the directory /pub/recentiores, with the filenames BARLOW.README, BARLOW.1, BARLOW.2, and BARLOW.3. For gopher access, make an entry in your .link file : Type=1 Name=Recentiores Host=ccat.sas.upenn.edu Port=70 Path=ftp:ccat.sas.upenn.edu@/pub/recentiores/ I am very grateful to Colin Day, director, and Ellen Bauerle, acquisitions editor, at the University of Michigan Press, for their collaboration and support, and to Prof. Hollander for the original suggestion for e-distribution and of course for the substance of the work. James J.O'Donnell Department of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu Dante's Epistle to Cangrande: The Current Debate **Description and Copyright Notice** On 17-18 March 1993, the distinguished American Dante scholar, Professor Robert Hollander of Princeton University, delivered the Barlow Lectures at University College London, reviewing and reviving the controversy over the authenticity of the "Epistle to Cangrande" that offers grounds for divining Dante's own intentions for the interpretation of parts of the Divina Commedia. Against a recent trend to deny the authenticity of the letter, Hollander makes a strong and spirited case arguing in favor of authenticity. These lectures will form the basis for a book-length study to appear this summer under the aegis of the University of Michigan Press and its new monograph series, "*Recentiores*: Late Latin Texts and Contexts," edited by Professor James J. O'Donnell of the University of Pennsylvania. In order to stimulate discussion and provide timely reportage of the lectures, sure to be of wide interest to medievalists, the Press has arranged for a preview of the book to be made available now on the Internet. There are four files, of which the first duplicates this note in a BARLOW.README file, and the three substantial files (between 35 and 50K apiece) are BARLOW.1, BARLOW.2, and BARLOW.3. The lecture texts distributed now are only a part of the detailed presentation of argument and evidence that will make up the printed book. Scholarly users in particular should be aware that only the printed book will incorporate final revisions and corrections and the printed book should in all cases be used as the authoritative citation of the author's work. Anyone who wishes to be notified when the printed book is available should send e-mail to michael_kehoe@um.cc.umich.edu or regular mail to Michael Kehoe, The University of Michigan Press, 839 Greene Street, P.O. Box 1104, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. -- **IMPORTANT** -- COPYRIGHT NOTICE -- **IMPORTANT** -- The contents of the three lectures (BARLOW.1, BARLOW.2, and BARLOW.3) are copyright 1993 by the University of Michigan Press, which has permitted them to reside on equipment of the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts at the University of Pennsylvania for access by anonymous ftp and gopher clients. Any other electronic reformatting is by permission from the University of Michigan Press. Any copying is restricted by the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act. IN PARTICULAR, NO CHARGE MAY BE MADE FOR ANY COPY, ELECTRONIC OR PAPER, MADE OR DISTRIBUTED OF THIS MATERIAL WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS. NO COPY OF THIS MATERIAL MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THIS NOTICE. For further information, contact the University of Michigan Press, 839 Greene Street, P.O. Box 1104, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. THE BARLOW LECTURES Henry Clark Barlow (1806-76), who devoted the last quarter of his life to the study of Dante, endowed this lectureship at University College London by instrument of his will. Before the eve of the Second World War the Barlow Lectureship required some dozen lectures by the holder each year. Some Lecturers held the post for many years, the most notable of whom are perhaps Edward Moore and E. G. Gardner. Since the War the Lectures have been given on a more sporadic basis. Lecturers since 1947 include Colin Hardie, J. H. Whitfield, Carlo Dionisotti, Cecil Grayson, Kenelm Foster, Patrick Boyde, Maria Corti, and Giorgio Padoan. ROBERT HOLLANDER Robert Hollander, Professor in European Literature at Princeton University, has published several books and some four dozen articles concerning the work of Dante Alighieri. The former include *Allegory in Dante's "Commedia"* (Princeton 1969), *Studies in Dante* (Longo, 1980), *Il Virgilio dantesco* (Olschki, 1983), an edition (in collaboration with Jeffrey Schnapp and others) of Bernardino Daniello's commentary on the *Commedia* (UPNE, 1988), and *Dante's Epistle to Cangrande* (Ann Arbor, forthcoming). From 1979 to 1985 he served as the twelfth President of the Dante Society of America. He has also served as Vice Chairman of the National Council on the Humanities (1976-78) and as Chairman of the Board of the National Humanities Center (1988-91). He is the founder and director of the Dartmouth Dante Project, an on-line database of Dante commentaries. He is acting chairman of the board of the Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities. In 1988 he was awarded the gold medal of the City of Florence in recognition of his work on behalf of Dante. He is a founding member (1991) and currently president of the International Dante Seminar. From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: French libraries on-line Date: 19 Mar 1993 12:42:54 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 605 (1285) FYI France: Chamonix Library, and the Alps, online All it takes to put a library online over here is a modem. It's being done. A "latest" list of online French libraries is attached, and you'll see that there have been several recent additions. It's the ease of doing this here which is so amazing. The French government is continuing to invest heavily both in their national "Minitel" networked information system -- 7+ million terminals now, many millions more in Mac/pc "emulator" software packages, 17,000+ online services -- and in their libraries. There are rumors that much of this might end with the upcoming election of The Right, but there are other rumors that eventual privatization of, among others, France Telecom, might give it new energy and in fact expand it. 1) Chamonix Online The latest addition in online French libraries is the Bibliothe`que Municipale of Chamonix. If you can't get there yourself -- it's a beautiful little library, with one of the better-equipped children's rooms around, and an active and ever-changing program of lobby-exhibitions, all in one of the world's most spectacular valleys at the foot of the Aiguille Vert, the Aiguille du Midi, and Mont Blanc -- getting there virtually may be the next best thing. (Will they ever have a "virtual reality" experience of the Chamonix Valley? Hang-gliding down from the Aiguille du Midi, online.) To get to many of these newer French library services you just make a telephone call using a "V23" modem. No, that's not the standard used in the US or Canada, and I don't know how commonly-available "V23" modems are there: you can buy them for US $160 in nearly any computer store in Europe. Unfortunately these services canNOT be reached using the Minitel software diskettes distributed in the US by the Minitel Services Co. (telephones: 212-399-0080, 914-694-6266): you can reach most Minitel "kiosk" services -- "3614", "3615", even the French telephone books / annuaires e'le'ctroniques using "3614" then "AE" (French) or "ED" (English) -- but these newer library services bypass the "kiosk" system. So this is French "information overload" coming on: people here now are mounting online services and serving them out over normal telephone lines, using modems which they buy at the computer store, just the way they are on the Internet in the US. French networking is going to need some librarians / organizers / navigators soon, just as the Internet so badly needs them now. ____________________________ 2) Mountaineering Online Another item -- not online, unfortunately, but online isn't everything, yet -- is a mountaineering library which might be of interest to any Sierra Clubbers on the lists. The "Bibliothe`que / Centre de Documentation" of the "ENSA / Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme", has as its mission the coverage of "mountain sports, alpinism, rock-climbing, hiking, sking, ski-touring, skating, air sports, mountain-biking, white-water, bungi-jumping, ...", in all their manifestations, including, "history, technique and teaching, safety, physiology, training, medicine, environment and mountain ecology, economics, tourism, law,...". They have assembled: 6000 items, including books, guides, atlases; 300 journals (175 French, 125 foreign); a collection of topographic maps, both European and non-; vertical files of trek "itineraries"; clipping and photo-files; and other interesting things. They have an online national sports bibliographic database, to which they are a contributor, called "HERACLES", of which more details if anyone is interested. This "ENSA" library also is located in Chamonix, next door to the Bibliothe`que Municipale, in the giant sports centre (when you get to the town, look for the 1960s, pre-stressed concrete, looks-as- though-it-just-landed-from-Mars architectural nightmare -- every ski resort has one). Visits are by appointment. Address: Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme, Bibliothe`que-Documentation, B.P. 24, 74401 Chamonix Cedex, telephone: 50-55-30-08 ___________________________________ 3) The Me'diathe`que de l'IMAG, Grenoble Ever heard of "pro-active" librarians? How about library service based on Usenet? Grenoble's "IMAG / Institut d'Informatique et de Mathe'matiques Applique'es de Grenoble" was an early user of networked telecommunications -- library catalog "listings" to users in 1970, batch-loaded cooperative cataloging (with several other research libraries -- records were transferred each night via the Transpac telecom network) during the 1980s, all the problems of phenomenal growth in user access and demand in the late 1980s and now in the 1990s. By 1990 they had 235 workstations connected to the institute network, and a growing problem of information overload. Enter the library. They have developed their cataloging, available online, and they ported it to a UNIX platform in September 1991. Internet-access has been added, and the librarians make active reference and bibliography use of its capacities. File transfer projects are under way, notably with the science library at Carnegie-Mellon. Theses and teaching materials are cataloged and made available online. E-mail reference service is offered: the IMAG library receives about 15 e-mail reference questions per day now from its 700 users, all of whom have library resources, Internet access, and WAIS version 6.0 on their screens. Most interesting, however, of IMAG's successful attempt to interject library services into the midst of its institute's networking, is their imaginative use of Usenet. The library and the institute have mounted several Usenet newsgroups: Imag.me'diathe`que, for library announcements and discussion, Imag.officiel, for institute official business, Imag.revues, which indexes and annotates leading periodicals in the field, and actively supports Fnet.se'minaires, Misc.books.technical, News.announce.conference, Comp.research.Japan, Comp.doctechreports, and many other newsgroups. The IMAG librarian, Franc,oise Renzetti, sees librarians definitely as one of the professions, along with "computer scientists, mathematicians, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists...", which will "shape the evolution of the information carried on the networks" (Franc,oise Renzetti and Serge Rouveyrol, "Processus d'Innovation a` la Me'diathe`que de l'IMAG", _Bulletin des Bibliothe`ques de France_, t.37, no.2, 1992, pp.72-6). She puts the librarians' role in quotes, though, with question-marks: she is concerned -- a concern which I share -- that although the role is there for librarians to grasp, they might not grasp it, to the detriment both of themselves and of network users. IMAG is available to outsiders from WAIS servers. ___________________________________ 4) French Online Libraries note (updated as of March 15, 1993) (Merci to Jacques Faule of the BPI for initial help on this.) a) Minitel "kiosk" Libraries. The following French library opacs and services may be reached from anywhere via Minitel (free MAC or DOS diskettes for Minitel -- some downloading capacity now is available -- may be obtained in the US and Canada from voice telephone 914-694-6266, 914-399-0800). As some of you have discovered, access policies change (SIBIL no longer is available -- see 3617 PANCA). Access to all this is very INexpensive: 3614 TOLBIAC Bibliothe`que de France (info.-- no opac, yet) 3614 BMLYON Bib.Municipale de Lyon (info.+ opac) 3614 BIB Bib.Municipale de Grenoble (info.+ opac) 3615 ABCDOC Archives, Bibliothe`ques, Centres de Documentation (directory) 3615 BPI Bibliothe`que Publique d'Information (Centre Pompidou, Paris) (info.+ opac) 3615 DASTUM Photote`que Dastum (info.+ opac) 3615 MIRADOC Bibliothe`que Universite' de Metz (info.+ opac) 3615 VDP15 Vide'othe`que de Paris (info.+ opac) 3615 VILLETTE Me'diathe`que, Cite' des Sciences et de l'Industrie (info.+ opac) 3617 CCN Catalogue Collectif National des Publications en Se'rie (national union catalog, serials) 3617 PANCA Pancatalogue (national union catalog, books) b) Minitel "V23" Direct-Dial Libraries. The following French library services may be reached by a direct-dial telephone call, either from a Minitel which can do so (European terminals can, but US Minitel service distributed per the above cannot), or using a V23 modem (available in European computer stores). 22.97.11.11 Amiens, Bibliothe`que d' (info.+ opac) 90.49.38.88 Arles, Bibliothe`que Municipale d'(info.+ opac) 31.86.14.14 Caen, Bibliothe`que Municipale de (info.+ opac) 50.53.28.70 Chamonix, Bibliothe`que Municipale de (opac) (beginning April 1, 1993) 16.1.64.48.60.07 Chilly-Mazarin, Bibliothe`que de (info.+ opac) 16.1.42.77.19.16 IRCAM (Centre de Recherche Musicale, Centre Pompidou) (opac) 49.73.23.30 Niort, Bibliothe`que de (info.+ opac) 50.58.57.85 Sallanches, Bibliothe`que Municipale de (opac) 20.25.43.50 Tourcoing, Me'diathe`que de (info.+ opac) WAIS (only) IMAG / Me'diathe`que de l'Institut d'Informatique et de Mathe'matiques Applique's de Grenoble ---------------------------- Jack Kessler kessler@well.sf.ca.us From: Peter Scott U Sask Library Systems Dept <scottp@jester.usask.ca> Subject: Announcing "NARRATIVE" (fwd) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 07:39:56 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 606 (1286) A N N O U N C I N G . . . . . . . NARRATIVE: An International Conference & Electronic Forum This year's conference of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature will feature a concurrent Electronic Forum. The actual conference will take place in Albany, New York April 1-4, 1993. The Electronic Forum will begin a week before (March 24) and end the week after (April 9). Topics encompass narrative theory, literature, film & theater, politics, gender, race, history and much much more. Request a full listing of panel topics from the List Manager, Patricia Jackson, jacksp@rpi.edu. To subscribe send mail to LISTSERV@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU (Internet) or LISTSERV@RPITSVM.BITNET. Skip the subject line and type a one-line message: SUBSCRIBE INSC-L Your_Name. To post an article send mail to INSC-L@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU List Manager - Patricia Jackson, jacksp@rpi.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sponsored by: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Society for the Study of Narrative Literature Co-Sponsors: Siena College and Russell Sage College Affiliates: The College of Saint Rose, Skidmore College, Union College, State University of New York-Albany - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MAJOR SPEAKERS: Houston Baker, Jr. - "Sounding the Narrative of American Violence: Frederick Douglass and Rodney King" Don Bialostosky - "Would You Believe? A Wordsworthian Theory of (Short) Narrative Verse and Prose" Thomas Laqueur - "Bodies, Names, and Narratives of the Great War" Carolyn Merchant - "Women and Nature: A Declensionist Narrative?" Tania Modelski - "An Old Wives' Tale: Sexual Harassment and the Legitimation Crisis" From: TB0WPW1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 10:50 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 980 (1287) A colleague who is not on e-mail is looking for an inexpensive flat-share or sublet in London from July or September 1993 through June of 1994. Replies can come to me and I'll pass them on to him. Thanks William Proctor Williams TB0WPW1@NIU Department of English, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Illogical constructions Date: 18 Mar 93 18:56:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 981 (1288) [deleted quotation]wonder whether any rhetoricians in the, so to speak, radio audience know of a term for, or a treatment of, certain locutions that are immediately comprehensible even though utterly nonsensical, such as --"Haven't you ever seen [Comedian X]? He's just like Steve Martin, only more so." --"It doesn't matter--it's the same difference." --"I could care less what happens to her." (The last doesn't fit, since it has a logical meaning; the anomaly is that the meaning is exactly contrary to the one conveyed.) These are not oxymoronic, nor ironic. Any suggestions regarding their categorization and function, or, failing that, any other amusing examples? || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: 6.0598 Rs: Online Book Reviews Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 09:28:43 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 982 (1289) Comparative Literature University of Alberta The University Press of America just began to advertise its CD-ROM of a large number of journals' book reviews. This is not on-line but the list of journals whose book reviews are on the disk is impressive. Regards, S. Totosy From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0599 Qs: 'Rose' Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 9:56:16 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 983 (1290) Brian Willis is right about 'rose' being a learned loan-word. During the reign of Charlemagne, Alcuin attempted to reform Latin pronunciation, but most of the reforms were orthographical and Latin pronunciation was re-established only insofar as spelling helped. There were a number of other vernacular modifications which were avoided in the passage from Latin to French (see M.K. Pope, 'From Latin to Modern French", p. 231). There is no example of the form 'reuse' in Tobler-Lommatszch. From: ac853@medina.freenet.edu (Harry D. Liggett) Subject: GENEALOGICAL COMPUTING ARTICLE Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 08:01:04 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 609 (1291) I thought you might be interested in the cover article of Genealogical Computing magazine (Jan/Feb/Mar 1993) "What Internet Can Do for You." The article discusses genealogical applications, access to libraries and a little history. A paragraph that really caught my eye was this: "As a regular person you are not *entitled* to free access to Internet as you traditionally may have dealt with public libraries. This is the 90s folks, and the market economy is the way things are going. The free library is done and the gates of knowledge are fully open only to those with coins (or plastic cards) in their pockets." I hope he is wrong. Harry Liggett, 544 N. Firestone Blvd., Akron, OH 44301-2254 Internet: ac853@medina.cwru.edu FidoNet: 1/157.100.13 From: <S_NATALE@TWU> Subject: Texas Woman's University Library Newsletter Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 23:33 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 610 (1292) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Texas Woman's University Library has revived its newsletter DATA ENTRIES and has made it available in electronic form through free subscription over the Internet. DATA ENTRIES covers events at the Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library in Denton, Texas, as well as developments in the Woman's Collection (see below for more information about TWU's several special collections.) To subscribe to the quarterly newsletter, simply send a note requesting a subscription to one of the following addresses: s_natale@twu (BITNet) or s_natale@twu.edu (Internet) --- <<<<<:::::<<<<<-----*----->>>>>:::::>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-= TWU Woman's Collection Perhaps it's not surprising that Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, has a "woman's" collection in the library, but the fact that this collection is among the finest in the nation may be a surprise to many. Begun in 1932 at the behest of one of the university's presidents, biographies of significant women were collected to serve as role models for the students at Texas State College for Women, later to be called Texas Woman's University. Today, the Woman's Collection, housed at the Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library on the TWU campus, contains more than 42,000 books and periodicals, 2500 feet of manuscript and archival records, and approximately 20,000 photographs. In addition, the library acquires many of the large microfilm editions of manuscripts and printed collections published by other libraries and boasts a woman's clothing and textile collection. The historical manuscripts include the personal papers of Hermine Tobolowsky, the "Mother of the Texas Equal Legal Rights Amendment," Sarah Weddington (Roe v. Wade), and authors Claire Myers Owens, LaVerne Harrel Clark, and Edith Deen. In addition, the library has collected the records of significant women's organizations such as the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, The Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women, the American Association of University Women (Texas), and the Texas state archives of Delta Kappa Gamma. In addition, to add to its growing collection on women in the military, TWU acquired the records of the WASP, Inc., the veterans organization for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots who flew during World War II. The Cookbook and Menu Collection has become one of the major collections in the world since the acquisition of the Julie Benell Cookbook Collection and the greater portion of the Cookery and Gastronomy Library of Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs and Margaret Cook. The entire collection numbers approximately 12,000 volumes. TWU, the largest university primarly for women in the United States, has approximately 10,000 students and is located 35 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The Library houses more than three-quarters of a million items. For questions about the Woman's Collection, contact Dawn Letson at s_letson@twu.edu (Internet). <<<<<:::::<<<<<-----*----->>>>>:::::>>>>> To access the Texas Woman's University Library Collections via Internet: 1. TELNET to TWU.EDU 2. At the USERNAME: prompt enter IRIS 3. At the login: prompt press ENTER 4. At the ONLINE CATALOG Menu enter 1 To exit enter E from the Main Menu, then enter 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EOF TWU From: A BROOK <A_BROOK@carleton.ca> Subject: Scanner Problem Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 14:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 984 (1293) We would like to be able to use our scanner (Logitech Scanman 32) with out notebooks (IBM N51); it would be the ideal combination for library research. However, the Scanman requires a half-size expansion card and the notebook won't take such a thing, of course. I am sure others have confronted and solved a similar problem. I'd welcome any ideas. So far, Logitech has suggested a plug-in that lets one use the scanner through the parallel port and IBM thinks there is a case one can buy that will take expansion cards but the person I talked to could not find it in his catalogue. The latter suggestion is clearly worth pursuing further, but in the meantime I thought I (oops) I'd tapped the collective wisdom. fc rr c: Andrew Brook, Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, OTTAWA, Canada K1S 5B6 Ph: (613) 788-3597. E-mail: A_Brook@Carleton.CA (excuse the funny extras) From: PERICLES@TEMPLEVM Subject: a) Joyce; b) Stevens/Williams Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 04:44:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 985 (1294) a) Repeating an earlier posting: does anyone know of a James Joyce discussion group? b) And, is there a group dealing with Stevens & W.C.Williams etc? I had some questions about a piece on the economics of metaphor in the latest W.C.Williams Journal. (While I'm at it, could someone send me the e-mail address of Alan Filreis at Penn?) Dan Tompkins, Classics, Temple U. From: Joseph Jones <USERLJOE@UBCMTSL.BITNET> Subject: Dislocation, Bisociation Date: Sat, 20 Mar 93 12:49:24 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 986 (1295) Regarding the multiplicity of English vocabulary. While not limited to the noun/adjective pattern that Marchand points out, the entry under Bisociation in the Oxford Companion to the English Language may be of interest. Joseph Jones - University of British Columbia Library jjones@library.ubc.ca From: Paul Pascal <paulpasc@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Illogical constructions Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 17:09:51 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 987 (1296) With reference to David Hoekema's query about such illogicalities as "I could care less," there is a list of such items under the rubric STURDY INDEFENSIBLES in H. W. Fowler's *Dictionary of Modern English Usage*. This includes, for example, "I should not be surprised if it didn't rain." My own favorite is from an old popular "cowboy" song: "That song ain't so very far from wrong"--meaning it is absolutely right. Such incongruities used to be called Irish bulls, for reasons perhaps better left unexamined so soon after St. Patrick's Day. Many dictionaries (for example, the American Heritage and Webster's New International Second Ed.) still recognize the term and give amusing examples. If a better name is to be coined, perhaps *Marxism* would do, as they were very popular with the Marx Brothers, especially Chico. Paul Pascal Professor Emeritus, Classics DH-10 University of Washington / Seattle WA 98195 paulpasc@u.washington.edu From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Illogical constructions/Irish bulls Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 15:27:10 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 988 (1297) David Hoekema asks what one calls "illogical constructions" that we nonetheless understand immediately, like [deleted quotation]They're called "Irish bulls." That goes without saying. Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0607 Qs: Housing in London; Illogical Constructions Date: Sun, 21 Mar 93 21:44:02 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 989 (1298) "The same difference", I presume, is a simple malapropism (if th is the correct term) made up by conflation of two synonymous expressions (here "it's all the same" or "there's no difference"). Similar are such terms as "irregardless" and the one our teacher always excoriated, "the reason is because". As for "I could care less", I was always bothered by it when a person dear to me (my father-in-law) used to use it. I finally came up with a rationalization: "No amount of consideration of the matter will make me care more about it. I could only care less." Not, I think, very likely to be historically accurate as the source of the phrase. I note only that certain phrases with "not" seem to confuse people: whether, for example, a person who says "I am afraid he will not come" will be afraid if he does or does not come is a matter that seems to vary from language to language. In Greek, it could produce double negatives, and expressions which mean the same when negated as when asserted. The same, for that matter, is true of colloquial English, where "He don't got nothing" and "Nothing is what he's got" mean the same. In Hebrew, "Klum" "Lo Klum" and "v'lo Klum" all mean the same, although technically the first is "nothing", the second "not nothing", and the third "and not nothing". It's the same difference. But why should caring less cause such confusion? Maybe because of the implied negation in "less". Or maybe I should just admit to not knowing nothing. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: MICHAEL STRANGELOVE <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: EMG: Sacred and Primary Electronic Texts UPDATE Date: Sat, 20 Mar 93 13:50:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 613 (1299) The following is from The Electric Mystic's Guide, Volume One. Please let me know if there are any corrections or omissions. - Michael Strangelove (441495@acadvm1.uottawa.ca) __________________________________________________________________ Sacred and Primary Electronic Texts The following is a listing of all electronic, network-accessible sacred texts and primary texts of scholarly (or religious) interest that may be freely retrieved via FTP or LISTSERV. The Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Koran (also spelled Quran) are available at many sites and in a variety of formats, such as ASCII, zipped (.zip), compressed (.Z) and archived (.arc). The following section indicates where low ASCII versions of these sacred texts may be found on selected sites. For related programs see the section Software Programs for Religious Studies (page 93). This section also provides information on networked electronic versions of primary texts that are of use to the academic community. Note that the CCAT Gopher (ccat.sas.upenn.edu) is quickly developing into a major index and database of Religious Studies primary and secondary texts. This Gopher should be consulted for current information. The Bible (King James Version) Available as the files bible10.zip and bible10.txt from the Project Gutenberg archives via FTP to mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext92/ directory. Note that the available KJV bibles on the Net do not include the apocrypha. Nicene Creed. Various versions, English text (1991). Available from ORTHODOX, listserv@indycms as CREED ENGLISH1 and CREED ENGLISH2. The Book of Mormon Available as the files mormon13.txt and mormon13.zip from the Project Gutenberg archives via FTP to mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext91/ directory. Other Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) Materials: Doctrine and Covenants. Available as the file d-and-c.zip via FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/mormon/ directory. Pearl of Great Price. Available as pofgp.zip via FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the /pub/msdos/mormon/ directory. The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians (Recensions) English versions (includes short and long versions). Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp (Recensions) English versions (Cureton and Lightfoot-Harmer). Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans (Recensions) English versions (Cureton, TLG Greek edited by P. T. Camelot,, Lightfoot-Harmer edition; TLG Greek edited by F. X. Funk and F. Diekamp). Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. John Trevisa Corpus Transcriptions of works (translations from Latin) of John Trevisa (Defensio Curatorum, De Regimine Principum, Polychronicon, The Gospel of Nicodemus) are available via FTP to blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in the /pub/text/trevisa/ directory as the files: gospel.arc The Gospel of Nicodemus defensio.arc Defensio Curatorum regimine.arc De Regimine Principum polychro.arc Polychronicon Work on these texts is in progress, thus there are no notes at this point regarding the thoroughness of proofreading and so forth. See the README and fowler.his files for complete details on the state of these texts. The Kama Sutra The text of the Love Teachings of Kama Sutra, translated by Indra Sinha, is available as the file kama-sutra.Z from the Almanac archives via FTP to 128.193.124.2 (oes.orst.edu) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory. The Koran (Quran) M.H. Shakir's translation of the Koran is available as 114 individual ASCII text chapters via FTP to quake.think.com (192.31.181.1) in the /pub/etext/koran/ directory (note that when there are many files to be retrieved via FTP, use the command mget *.* to retrieve all files in the current directory. Ensure that you have sufficient disk space available on your e-mail account before using the command mget to retrieve a large amount of data.) It is also available via FTP to princeton.edu -- snake.mcs.kent.edu -- mcs.kent.edu -- hydra.unm.edu. The Koran and a related dictionary is also available as koran-dict.Z and koran.Z via FTP to oes.orst.edu (128.193.124.2) in the /pub/almanac/etext/ directory. This version contains a few typographical errors which are delineated in the file on-line-quran available via FTP to cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. Note that retrieving the Quran in 114 separate files is only one step in creating one's own electronic Quran for searching. Apart from the titles of each file, there are no headings (thus no real identifications) for the individual surahs (chapters). So one must intersperse the file headers with the file contents to recreate a useful consecutive text. A short file of various quotes from the Koran is also available via LISTSERV from listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuacad as PAKISTAN AL_QURAN. Other Islamic Studies Materials: American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library at cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) in the /amass/ directory. USENET Newsgroup soc.religion.islam Archive at cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5) in the /pub/comp.archives/soc.religion.islam/ directory. See the section Islamic Studies (page 70) for more details and resources. Paraleipomena Jeremiou (Recensions) English translation by R. A. Kraft and A. E. Purintun, (SBL Texts and Translations 1, Pseudepigrapha Series 1, 1972) and English translation by W. Newby, with R. A. Kraft. Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. Sanskrit Texts A collection of Sanskrit texts is available via FTP to ftp.bcc.ac.uk in the /pub/users/ucgadkw/indology/ directory. Available files are as follows: astadhyayi.zip Panini's Astadhyayi brhatsam.zip Varahamihira's Brhatsamhita buddhacarita.zip Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita iass.zip EGA/VGA fonts for CSX charset sanksaun.zip Sankara's Saundaryalahari The same files, but with characters encoded according to the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS) "Vienna Convention" or "Computer Sanskrit Extended (CSX)" character set will be found at blackbox.hacc.washington.edu in the /pub/indic/ directory. Available files there are as follows: bddhcrtm.zip Contains the TEI encoded text of the buddhacarita prepared by Peter Schreiner retranscribed in the CS/CSX encoding. brhatsam.zip Contains the transcription of Varhahamira's Brhatsamhita made available by Michio Yano and Mizue Sugita (based on the A.V. Tripathi Sarasvati Bhavan Granthamala edition) converted to Classical Sanskrit extended 8-bit encoding (CS/CSX). panini.zip Panini has the file sutrapat.csx, with the asthadhyayi in the Classical Sanskrit extended character set. saundary.zip Contains the Peter Schreiner transcription of Norman Brown's edition of Shankara's Saundarylahari (converted to CSX encoding). See the UPDATES document for complete information on these files. Note that they are still in the process of error correction. These files are also available (in the same form as on ftp.bcc.ac.uk) via LISTSERV, send the command INDEX INDOLOGY to listserv@liverpool.ac.uk for a complete list of available documents. Second Book of Ezra (Recensions) English versions. Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. The Tanach The Hebrew text of the Tanach is available via FTP to wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in the /wuarchive/mirrors3/archive.umich.edu/msdos/foreign_lang/hebrew/ directory as three files: tanach1.zip The Torah tanach2.zip The Prophets tanach3.zip The Writings [deleted quotation] heb-disp.zip An MSDOS utility program for displaying Hebrew letters on the monitor screen of a personal computer. reveal.zip An MSDOS utility program that counts occurrences of letters in the Tanach. The Two Ways (Barn. 18:1-21:9; Did. 1:1-6:2 Recensions) English versions. Available via the CCAT Gopher: gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Select Course Materials for Penn Humanities then Religious Studies then Early Judaism/Early Christianity Seminar. Urantial Texts There is over ten megabytes of texts in English and French available from the URANTIAL forum, concerned with the ideas presented in The URANTIA Book. For a complete list of these URANTIAL forum documents, retrieve the 00_INDEX.LST file via FTP to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the /pub/urantia/ directory. Searching for Word Patterns in Online Sacred Texts Keyword searches of selected sacred texts (and others) can be conducted online via the CCAT Gopher. Search results return the text section in which the keyword appears. These results can then be mailed to the user. To conduct searches, gopher ccat.sas.upenn.edu and select CCAT Text Archives and Related Material from Elsewhere. You will be presented with the following menu: CCAT Text Archives and Related Material from Elsewhere 1. Greek & Hebrew ALIGNMENT: Search pattern, please? 2. VULGATE: Search pattern, please? <?> 3. KJV BIBLE: Search pattern, please? <?> 4. RSV BIBLE: Search pattern, please? <?> 5. QURAN: Search pattern, please? <?> 6. SHAKESPEARE: Search pattern, please? <?> 7. MILTON: Search pattern, please? <?> 8. BK OF MORMON: Search pattern, please? <?> FYI -- Special Internet Connections A six page directory of special Internet archives and servers, written by Scott Yanoff, is available as the file inet.services.txt via FTP from csd4.csd.uwm.edu in the /pub/ directory. Searching for Online Sacred Texts with Archie The sacred texts listed above are available via FTP through many different hosts around the world. If the above locations are difficult to reach from your location you can find alternative locations by using an Archie server. Telnet to the nearest Archie server and login as archie. To conduct a search type prog keyword where keyword is the name of the desired text. Some appropriate keywords are bible, koran, quran, mormon, and tanach. If your site does not allow for Telnet sessions it is possible to search Archie by sending e-mail messages to the nearest server. Information on how to use Archie can be obtained by sending the command HELP as an e-mail message to archie@archie.mcgill.ca (or archie@any.node.below). Other helpful documents are What is Archie? (Richard Hintz, 1991), available via FTP as the file archie_guide.txt from the node hydra.uwo.ca in the directory /libsoft/ and the document Internet Archie Server Listing Service: A Reference Manual, (R.P.C. Rodgers, 1991), available via FTP as the file archieuser.gde from the node infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the /pub/soft/archie/ directory. There is also available Peter Deutsch's document, Archie - An Electronic Directory Service for the Internet, which can be retrieved as the file whatis.archie via FTP from the node ftp.sura.net in the /pub/nic/archie/docs/ directory. For detailed user instructions, see also the file archie.man.txt in the same directory. Archie will provide user information if you type the command help. It is possible to have your Telnet session search results mailed to you by typing the command mail your@address which causes the output of the last command to be mailed to the specified address or comma-separated list of addresses (replace your@address with your e- mail address. All the various Internet addressing styles are understood. BITNET sites should use the convention user@sitename.bitnet). If you use the command set mailto your@address before conducting any searches with the prog command, then the output of any search will be mailed to you upon entering the command mail. This is very useful if you intend to conduct a number of searches in one session. Archie Locations World Wide: archie.unl.edu (129.93.1.14) University of Nebraska in Lincoln server archie.sura.net (128.167.254.179) USA server archie.ans.net (147.224.1.2) ANS archie server (USA) archie.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.15) Rutgers U., Piscataway, New Jersey server archie.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3) Canadian server, original Archie server archie.au (139.130.4.6) Australian server archie.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) European server in Finland archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.11.3) United Kingdom server archie.cs.huji.ac.il (132.65.6.15) Israel server archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Far East server archie.wide.ad.jp (133.4.3.6) Japanese server archie.ncu.edu.tw (140.115.19.24) Taiwanese server Reading Texts Online The Bible, Koran and Book of Mormon can be read online via Telnet to the University of Maryland's Info Database. Telnet to info.umd.edu and login as info. Select Reading Room and then select Religion. It is possible to FTP the texts from this system but, due to the systems design, it is not altogether as easy as FTPing them from the above sites. The Koran, King James Version of the Bible and the Book of Mormon are also available for reading online from the Cleveland Free-Net. Telnet to freenet-in-a.cwru.edu or freenet-in-b.cwru.edu or freenet-in-c.cwru.edu and login as (2) Visitor, select (11) Library and then select (3) Electronic Bookshelf. These texts can also be read online via the CCAT Gopher at ccat.sas.upenn.edu. For More Information on Electronic Sacred Texts The following information files will help you locate electronic texts that are not available on the Net. Note that most of these texts are not free. Catalogue of Electronic Text Projects. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1990). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as PROJECTS ETEXTS. CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT) on CD-ROM Information File. (1991). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CLCLT CDROM and as CLCLT CETEDOC. Electronic Bibles and Biblical Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca as BIBLICAL E-TEXTS. Electronic Septuagint Studies Project Listing. (Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Georgetown University, 1991). Available from CONTENTS, listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca or listserv@uottawa as LXX- JUD E-TEXTS. List of Texts and Software Available from the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT). (1988). Available from HUMANIST, listserv@brownvm as CCAT COLLECTN. A current listing is available via Gopher to ccat.sas.upenn.edu. ______________________________________________________________________ The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS is an electronic journal that archives and disseminates research and pedagogical material of relevance to Religious Studies. Its goal is to provide free FTP and LISTSERV archiving of quality scholarly material and to also provide a comprehensive directory of network accessible resources for Religious Studies in a wide variety of mediums. Electronic subscriptions are free: to subscribe, send a mail message to Listserv@uottawa or listserv@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the text: SUBSCRIBE CONTENTS your name. Inquires regarding the CONTENTS project should be sent to the project director: Michael Strangelove Department of Religious Studies University of Ottawa 177 Waller, Ottawa K1N 6N5 (FAX 613-564-6641) <441495@Uottawa> or <441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA> From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0611 Qs: Scanner; Lists (2/38) Date: 22 Mar 1993 15:07:53 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 990 (1300) re portable scanners: Computer Shopper (March issue page 422), CAD Graphics is selling adapters for $99 and complete laptop scanners with ocr for $189. Richard Jensen From: "Daniel Traister" <traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu> Subject: RE: 6.0611 Qs: Scanner; Lists (2/38) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 15:26:01 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 991 (1301) Al Filreis's e-mail address is afilreis@mail.sas.upenn.edu@in Daniel Traister, Department of Special Collections Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215 898 7088 (phone) 215 898 0559 (fax) traister@a1.relay.upenn.edu@in (e-mail) From: "MARCUS BANKS, ISCA, OXFORD" <banks@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: RE: 6.0607 Qs: Housing in London; Illogical Constructions (2/30) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 09:23:09 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 992 (1302) David Hoekema asks about non-oxymoronic phrases such as "I could care less what happens to her." While not being able to help in the way he wishes, it is my understanding that of his three examples, this last is not found in British English (we would say "I couldn't care less..."). I've heard a similar construction in another N American phrase--which, needless to say, I can't recall just now--and have wondered how long this usage has been common - it's very confusing to British ears. I've also wondered sometimes why Clarke Gable said "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" (or something similar) with the stress on 'give' not 'damn'. Marcus Banks, Oxford, UK From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Caring -- less or not Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 11:26 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 993 (1303) I always thought that "I could care less" was formed by dropping the negative in "I couldn't care less." I've noticed many more situations recently in which these language phenomena occur. Are they more frequent or am I just noticing more? Mary Dee Harris, Ph.D. 202/387-0626 (voice) Language Technology, Inc. 202/387-0625 (FAX) 2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: Alan D Corre <corre@convex.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Illogical/negative expressions Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 15:56:04 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 994 (1304) An illogical phrase which has struck me in English is "Much good may it do you! (him etc.)" which, in my speech at least, is only used sarcastically, that is to say it is equivalent to "May you choke on it!" or some such negative wish. I only became aware of this when, after complimenting a good meal, I had a very old man say to me: "Much good may it do you!" and I realized that he meant literally what he was saying. In this instance the original meaning has been pushed out by the sarcastic usage. There is a similar situation with the phrase "escapado de mal" used by Spanish speaking Jews originally used to mean something like "May no harm befall him/her" especially when speaking of children if some reference was made to their cuteness, cleverness etc. Younger people, less prone to pious ejaculations, more often use it when, for example, someone overfills a plate or does some other greedy or outrageous act, so it is losing its original positive meaning and becoming negative. (I just asked a native Spanish speaker from northern Spain about this expression and she was unaware of it in either use.) With regard to the use of klum in Hebrew, I think the best development of negatives is seen in French. Late Latin ego non vadeo passum gives the French je ne vais pas "I do not go a step", where "step" adds emphasis. This usage comes to be generalized so that you can say je ne vois pas "I do not see..." where "step" is semantically inappropriate and has simply become a signal of the negative, and so it can be used in pas par la "not that way!" where the original negative ne/non has disappeared completely. In similar fashion LL ego non video rem "I don't see a thing" becomes French je ne vois rien. Rien then acquires a negative connotation i.e. nothing rather than thing, something, and may be used by itself. Another morpheme (causa > Fr. chose) moves in to fill the gap left by rem. It is interesting to note that in colloquial Arabic shi (< classical Arabic shay' "thing") is similarly used as a negative, but functioning like pas in French, ma shufet shi "I didn't go (a thing)" where the ma which is the true negative can be omitted. Now as to klum. I do not know for sure the etymology of this word, probably kul "all" + ma uma "whatever", but it was in any case originally positive, i.e. "something". But it underwent the same kind of change that I indicated for French and Arabic, having the negative connotation brush off onto it, and permitting its use as a negative without the explicit lo "not". From: Knut Hofland <Knut.Hofland@hd.uib.no> Subject: LEXA: Corpus processing software Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 16:11:03 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 615 (1305) Lexa, a set of programs for lexical data processing, written by Raymond Hickey, is now available from the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities for about 100 USD. The programs run under MS-DOS and comes on 4 diskettes with a manual of 750 pages in 3 volumes. To get more information and order form, send the following line to FILESERV@HD.UIB.NO send icame lexa.info This file can also be fetched with FTP og Gopher from nora.hd.uib.no in the catalogue icame. Knut Hofland Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Harald Haarfagres gt. 31, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Phone: +47 5 212954/5/6, Fax: +47 5 322656, E-mail: knut@x400.hd.uib.no Here is a short description of the programs written by the author. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Hickey, English Department, University of Munich, Germany Lexical Data Processing The present set of programmes is intended to offer a wide range of software which will carry out (i) the lexical analysis and (ii) information retrieval tasks required by linguists involved in the investigation of text corpora. The suite has been particularly adapted to be used with the corpus of historical English compiled at the University of Helsinki. The general nature of the software, however, permits its application to any set of texts, particularly those which are arranged in the so-called Cocoa format. Lexical analysis. The main programme, Lexa, puts at the disposal of the interested linguist the options he or she would require in order to process lexical data with a high degree of automation on a personal computer. The set is divided into several groups which perform typical functions. Of these the first, lexical analysis, will be of immediate concern. Lexa allows one, via tagging, to lemmatise any text or series of texts with a minimum of effort. All that is required is that the user specify what (possible) words are to be assigned to what lemmas. The rest is taken care of by the programme. In addition, one can create frequency lists of the types and tokens occurring in any loaded text, make lexical density tables, transfer textual data in a user-defined manner to a database environment, to mention just some of the procedures which are built into Lexa. The results of all operations are stored as files and can be examined later, for instance with the text editor shipped with the package. Each item of information used by Lexa when manipulating texts is specifiable by means of a setup file which is loaded after calling Lexa and used to initialise the programme in the manner desired by the user. Information retrieval. The second main goal of the Lexa set is to offer flexible and efficient means of retrieving information from text corpora. The programme Lexa Pat allows one to specify a whole range of parameters for combing through text files. By determining these precisely the user can achieve a high level of correct returns which are of value when evaluating texts quantitatively. A further programme, Lexa DbPat, permits similar retrieval operations to be applied to databases, for instance those generated by Lexa from text files of a corpus. Ascertaining the occurrence of syntactic contexts is catered for by the programme Lexa Context with which users can specify search strings, their position in a sentence, the number of intervening items and then comb through any set of texts in search of them. By means of the utility Cocoa it is possible to group text files of a corpus on the grounds of shared parameters from the Cocoa-format header at the beginning of each file in many text collections, e.g. the Helsinki corpus. All information retrieval operations can then have as their scope those files grouped on the basis of their contents by the Cocoa utility. In the design of the current suite of programmes, flexibility has been given highest priority. This is to be seen in the number of items, in nearly all programmes, which can be determined by the user. Furthermore, techniques have been employed which render the structure of each programme as user-friendly as possible (pull-down menus, window technology, mouse support, similarity of command structure between the 40-odd programmes of the set), permitting the linguist to concentrate on essentially linguistic matters. From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: Address Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 11:51:01 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 995 (1306) Could anyone out there in the ether provide me with information on articles on "the History Machine" constructed (?) by Stephan Greene and David Mellor (?) at Carnegie-Mellon. Failing that, does anyone have an E-Mail address for either of these gentlemen ??? Thanking you ************************************************************************ * Gregg Boalch E-Mail: Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au * * School of Information Systems Phern: (619) 351 2565 * * Curtin University of Technology Fax: (619) 351 3076 * * Snail: GPO Box U1987 * * ...seek grace, elegance and PERTH W. AUSTRALIA 6001 * * understanding in all things... _--_|\ * * / \ * * Here--->\_.--._/ * * v * ************************************************************************ From: <S_NATALE@TWU> Subject: Elizabeth Clare Prophet Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 20:53 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 996 (1307) Hello - I am in need of some assistance identifying exactly who Elizabeth Clare Prophet is. Along these lines, I am also in need of either how to reach her or where to find some literature that has been either written by or about her. All I know is that she is running a rather controversial church in Montana or Wyoming. The only piece on her with which I'm familiar is a brief article that appeared in _Gnosis_ in Fall of 1991. Can anyone help? All responses would be very helpful. Please respond to me personally at my address below. Many thanks, Joe Natale Texas Woman's University s_natale@twu s_natale@twu.edu From: jsolis@pucp.pe (Maquina interface AIX-VM) Subject: info.req. ref. peruvian colonial documen Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 17:29:53 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 997 (1308) DEAR EDITORS OF HUMANIST: I KINDLY REQUEST THE CIRCULATION OF THE FOLLOWING QUERY AMONG FELLOW HUMANIST SUBSCRIBERS: THIS MESSAGE IS OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE WHOSE FIELD OF RESEARCH IS THE HISTORY OF SPANISH AMERICA, ESP. THE COLONIAL PERIOD. A PERUVIAN HISTORIAN IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE "PARECER DE LOS COMISARIOS DE LA PERPETUIDAD" A.K.A. "FALLO DE CARVAJAL Y VARGAS, BRI- VIESCA DE MUNATONES, Y OTROS". THIS DOCUMENT DATES BACK TO 1560 AND HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN A COLLECTION TITLED "COLECCION DE DOCUMENTOS INEDITOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE ESPAN~A". ANY INFORMATION ON THE MATTER WILL BE APPRECIATED. ANTICIPATED THANKS, JORGE SOLIS DEPARTAMENTO DE HUMANIDADES PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU JSOLIS@PUCP.PE From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0604 New Work on Dante (e-available) (1/114) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 10:20:09 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 604 (1309) [deleted quotation] For gopher [deleted quotation]I do not knwo what this means: we make "gopher access" soimply by entering telnet gopher.(whatever) What is a .link file ? Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Lou Burnard <lou@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: SGML Tutorial available at a (special) price Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 20:05:49 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 617 (1310) INTERACTIVE SGML TUTORIAL NOW AVAILABLE [deleted quotation]Many readers of this list will have already come across Eric van Herwijnen's excellent introduction to SGML "Practical SGML" (published by Kluwer in 1990). A new hypertextual work derived from this textbook has recently been published by Electronic Book Technologies, which the TEI is very happy to be able to offer at a substantially discounted price. [deleted quotation]The DynaText SGML Tutorial demonstrates the uses and capability of SGML at the same time as teaching it in a simple, graduated manner. It has two parts: one is designed for the complete novice; one for the tyro. The reader is led gently through a series of exercises teaching the fundamentals of SGML, including DTD construction and parsing. 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[deleted quotation]Return this form with your payment to: [deleted quotation] TEI Orders Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN, UK [deleted quotation]Or by FAX to +44 865 273275 From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0614 Rs: Illogical/negative expressions Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 13:00:46 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 998 (1311) The English "Much good may it do you!" (which I've never heard used other than sarcastically) is paralleled by the French "Grand bien vous fasse!", which equally means the opposite of what it says. As Alan Core says, French illustrates very clearly how a "positive" word takes on a negative connotation. Apart from "pas", there were in Old French a number of others used to emphasise the negative "ne", which could stand perfectly well alone: "point", "mie" and "goutte", all of which still survive as independent nouns (and, of course, "ne...point" is still used as a negative). The process has gone so far that in spoken French the "true" negative "pas" is frequently omitted: "je vois pas", "je vois rien". The word "rien" preserved its true meaning ("thing") throughout the Old French period, and has not entirely lost it: "mettez un rien d'ail dans votre sauce", meaning "a hint", "a touch". What has changed, is that "rien" has become a masculine noun, whereas in Old French it was feminine. From: bwillis@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Illogical constructions Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 10:32:24 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 999 (1312) "Much good may it do him" exists in French also, doesn't it: "Grand bien lui fasse!" - with the same ironic force. Fascinating that Alan D Corre should have heard it used without irony. Anybody else? This one is perhaps not quite on the subject, but I can think of no better place to talk about it: In Australia it is becoming customary, especially among real estate people, to talk about something happening "on site" - where idiomatic English would say "on the site". And even on our excellent public radio, the ABC, they constantly say that some artist will be playing "in concert" or "in recital" when normal usage surely would be "at a concert", "at a recital". The only explanation that I can find for this irritating aberration is that there existed already homophonous expressions "on sight", "in concert" which by their brevity commended themselves to the trendy ear, always alive to opportunities for what Fowler calls "elegant variation", regardless of the fact that these expressions referred to quite dfferent things. "In recital" would simply have been calqued on "in concert" once it was established with its new meaning. "Playing violin/piano/saxophone" without the expected idiomatic "the" is another recent usage that I find irritating, but a bit less so because it can no doubt be traced back along a reasonably legitimate lineage through American Yiddish to German. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: proverbia ancipitia Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:45:42 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1000 (1313) First on Irish bulls. The OED2 observes that the term bull in that meaning was in use long before Irish was attached to it. They also point out that a worthy by the name of Edgeworth wrote _Essay on Irish Bulls_ in 1802. These and various other malapropisms get called congeries, litotes, etc. But I am interested for the moment in other moutons. I am teaching a class in how to translate, and I noticed to my horror that many of our proverbs can be taken to recommend opposite actions. For this I coined the term proverbia ancipitia (by which I do not mean two proverbs, but only one, a proverbium anceps); I know someone must have noticed this before. An example: A rolling stone gathers no moss. It is said in the old days that this recommends staying at home, but my 20 or so students to a man (and women) felt that it recommended keeping on the move. Another example of a non proverbial nature: To take a dare. This used to mean to chicken out, as in the old sneer: `Anyone who would take a dare would kill a dog and eat the hair,' ergo is a low-life (but that is also anceps). All my students felt that it mean to be bold and accept the challenge. Other examples? Literature on the subject? From: alan.young@acadiau.ca Subject: Scanner Problem Date: 25 Mar 93 09:40:34 AST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1001 (1314) This is in response to the question about using a scanner with a laptop computer that has to space for an expansion card. I recently purchased from Boffin Ltd (612 894-0595; 1-800 874-5030) a CAT Hand ScanAdaptor LPT. This small device plugs into the parallel port and comes with CAT Image Enhancer software that allows one to scan images via the parallel port using ones Logitech Scanman 32. The device is made by Computer Aided Technology Inc., 10132 Monroe Drive, Dallas, TX 75229. It has worked well for me, but users should be aware of the following: 1. the adaptor, though small, requires an electric power source. This isn't always handy in a library. 2. the parallel port on my Dell Notebook is somewhat recessed so that a sliding cover can go over it when one is in transit. The adaptor itself is wider than the normal printer cable and in my situation would not plug in firmly because it collided with the casing of the computer. It will still work, but it's a little insecure. However, normally the whole bag of tricks sits on the desk in my study where I have run an ordinary cable from the parallel port to an A/B switch box. To that box I have attached both my printer and the CAT adaptor, and I can switch between scanner and printer just by moving the switch. 3. I found the Image Enhancer Software, which creates a choice of TIFF of PCX files, a little limited. I generally use TIFF and then export the file to a different, more sophisticated image editor. Alan R. Young Young@ace.acadiau.ca From: "John D. Jones" <6563JONESJ@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0611 Qs: Scanner; Lists (2/38) Date: 24 Mar 1993 20:52:32 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1002 (1315) Re: Andrew Brooks query about using a Logitech Scanman with a notebook computer. I own a Scanman 256 and called Logitech about the possibility of using it with a notebook. The info I recieved was that unless the notebook has an expansion slot, it would not be possible to use the scanner. Apparently, the only notebooks which have expansion slots are quite expensive. The person in technical services said that there was no adapter to run the scanner off another port. However, she said that Logitech was working on a model of the Scanman which would be usable with a connecter so that it could run on a laptop which did not have an expansion slot. She did not know when that would be released, although she thought it might be toward the end of the year. It was her impression that one would have to but the newer version of the scanman for use with a laptop. that is, the converter would not work with existing Scanmans. (oops, but the newer version = buy the newer version) John Jones Department of Philosophy Marquette University From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: scanner for laptop Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 17:06:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1003 (1316) I have had some conversations with Envisions Solutions Technology. They are trying to develop a scanner for a notebook. They can be reached at (800)365-7226. I think they want to have one available in 2 weeks or so. I have no interest in this company. I found them in an INFOWORLD Direct for Dec. 1992. Ed Haupt From: Richard Giordano <rich@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> Subject: Miller's address Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 10:10:46 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1004 (1317) You've probably received a zillion replies, but in case you haven't... The Great American History Machine David Miller's net address is miller+@andrew.cmu.edu Don't forget to add that plus sign after Miller's name. /rich From: David Bantz <D-Bantz@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0616 Qs: Address Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 09:24:06 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1005 (1318) [deleted quotation] David W. Miller, "The Great American History Machine", _Academic Computing_ 3, pp. 28-29, 43-50 (October, 1988). The original Andrew (Unix) Workstation implementation has been ported to DOS by the University of Maryland's Academic Software Group led by Chad McDaniel <ckmd@umdd.umd.edu>. David Bantz <D-Bantz@UChicago.edu> Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 312-702-0822 (vox) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Length of A4 page Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 16:59:18 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1006 (1319) In order to make printing easier for European users of PhiloBiblon and its bibliographies of medieval Iberian literature, to be released later this year on CD-ROM disk, I need to know how many lines long a sheet of A4 paper is. The standard U.S. equivalent, 8.5 x 11 inches, is 66 lines long. I have been told that the A4 is 60 lines long, which I don't understand, since it's actually longer than the 8.5 x 11 (297 mm. vs. 280 mm., to be precise). Paper will be the last thing to be standardized, I suppose. Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley cbf@athena.berkeley.edu From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: GENEALOGICAL COMPUTING Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 13:27:18 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1007 (1320) Can anybody recommend the best available software for genealogical compilation on the Apple Macintosh. Thank you. Ahmad Ubaydli University of Cambridge From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Looking for Good Outstanding Biography of Goethe Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 07:18:13 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1008 (1321) Several years ago The New Yorker published a glowing review of a new biography of Goethe. I intended to borrow it when it appeared in our library, but evidently we never acquired it. Now, of course, I can't remember the title or author. Are there any experts out there that could recommend an outstanding recent biography so I could get it ordered? From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM> Subject: Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 21:52:04 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1009 (1322) Dear Humanists-- A colleague here is interested in finding listserv lists or other such virtual meeting places frequented by practicing poets. Any and all help will be appreciated. --Pat From: Joseph Raben <JQRQC@CUNYVM> Subject: Tutor for handicapped friend Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 09:40:31 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1010 (1323) I am seeking a tutor in the vicinity of Wallingford CT for a physically handicapped friend who is undergoing therapy at the Gaylord Rehabilitation Center. This young woman has full use of one hand, and the facility has an Apple II. My goal is to have her learn enough of the basic skills to move on to communications when she returns home to Long Island (propsectively in two months). Anyone interested (or knowing someone who would be interested) can send me e-mail at <jqrqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu> or call me at 212.628.7846. From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Grammatical illogicalities Date: 26 Mar 93 09:03:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1011 (1324) A few comments in response to the intriguing responses (some posted, others not) to my query on illogicalities, for which my thanks: (1) The locution "could care less" evidently rankles. (Cf. the American Heritage Dictionary, Third Ed., on why self-respecting grammarians choke on "hopefully" while contentedly swallowing parallel usages.) Responses to that one of my three examples outnumbered all others by a large margin, and many carried a weary sense of suffering under the calumny that the wicked inflict upon the linguistically righteous. To which I must respond, though it may be taken as betraying my (philosophical) guild: the notion that language must be logical is a delusion foisted upon the rest of us by over- ambitious grammaticians and logicians. We should be thankful that so much of natural language follows a coherent order so much of the time, not cavil at its illogicalities. (I find it impossible to maintain this detached attitude, however, when student papers contain such well-entrenched solecisms as "could of been" and "each person has their own perspective". If language may be inconsistent, so may I.) (2) Bruce Willis's complaints about "on site" and "in recital" seem to me unfounded. Both are well-established phrases that serve to distinguish one mode of performing an action from an alternative: we will build your cabinets on site, not in our workshop; Heinz Holliger will perform in recital, not as a soloist with an orchestra. "In concert" does have a peculiar ring to my ear, perhaps because it fails to sort out precisely the ambiguity that "in recital" resolves ("concert" covers any sort of public performance except staged opera), or perhaps because "in concert" is itself a well established usage in another context: "let us not work in isolation but in concert." The article with instruments is optional in most contexts: John Coltrane may equally well be said to have played the saxophone or simply to have played saxophone. These may well be trans- Oceanic differences of usage, parallel to the necessity of having an article in hand when going to (the) hospital, or remain in (the) hospital, in the U. S. but not among most of the Crown's present or former subjects. (3) I am grateful to several respondents for enlightening me concerning French negatives and their erstwhile sense, and would only add to F. W. Langley's comment about the disappearance of the first part in spoken French that "je ne sais pas" is a phrase spoken only by students in elementary French classes, whereas native speakers, achieving far greater efficiency than the "je sais pas" he reports, say what is best transliterated as "shpa." (The attendant shrug is, I believe, obligatory, the subsequent puffing out of the cheeks an optional addendum.) (4) No one has offered anything enlightening regarding my favorite illogicality, the nonsensical comparative. So I must explain it myself. On reflection it seems to mean, "having the qualities of X but in greater degree." Thus "like Steve Martin, only more so" has an obvious sense, as does the same phrase with the substitution of, say, Mel Brooks, Carl Sagan, William F. Buckley, or, to come closer to home, Leonard Jeffries or Katharine MacKinnon. (Assuming none of these examples stand at the limit of the possible exemplification of what they stand for.) But "just like George Bush only more so" makes no sense. (Whether there exist persons who exemplify it, and whether the world could survive another, are questions on which I shall not speculate.) In that case the problem is that the evoked identity is so diffuse, and changes from month to month. Someone of complex and multivarious qualities would also not support such a phrase. "His analysis is more Foucaultian than Foucault's" makes some sense. (Whether the referent does is another question I shall not address.) "More Rawlsian than Rawls," "more Wittgensteinian than Wittgenstein," or for that matter "more Kantian than Kant" would need a good deal of explanation. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: MILLARD@zodiac.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: 6.0612 Rs: Dislocation; Illogical Constructions (4/86) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 23:54 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1012 (1325) I hate to give an old Nixon hand any more credit than absolutely necessary, but William Safire has already disposed of the "I could care less" problem in one of his NY Times Sunday Magazine language columns. Can't remember the date of his piece on this, but he gives a decent reason for accepting the illogic of "I could care less" over the more logical of the two idioms. To state "I couldn't care less" about X, I'd be taking a literalist position: there is nothing about which I give less of a damn than X. X in this case lies at the extreme end of my continuum of apathy. To say "I could care less," on the other hand, I'm employing understatement rather than literalism: X is pretty far down my continuum of apathy, though not at the absolute end of it, and the listener (this is of course a common oral locution, rare in written language) is invited to imagine those incredibly uninteresting things that lie even further out on the continuum than X does. "Yeah, I *guess* I could care less about X... for example, if it were Y, about which I give not even a micro-damn." Safire rarely takes a descriptive/idiomatic choice over a prescriptive/literalist one, but he makes a rather refreshing argument for the former here. One corollary I don't remember him including is that a speaker whose pronunciation of "I could care less" places the rhythmic and dynamic emphases in the same places as in "I couldn't care less" is probably unaware of the difference between them and isn't consciously controlling the implicit understatement. I hear a speaker of "I couldn't care less" emphasizing "less," and becoming rather irate about it; the person who "could care less" probably uses less force toward the end of the sentence, if he/she is using the phrase to best effect. Less force naturally translates as more rhetorical power. Bill Millard, Rutgers millard@zodiac.rutgers.edu From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Addendum Date: 29 Mar 93 12:44:49 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1013 (1326) A colleague to whom I gave my previous posting on illogical comparisons pointed out that, contrary to my suggestion that "just like George Bush only more so" had no readily discernible application, it is in fact an admirably succinct characterization of Dana Carvey. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0618 Rs: Constructions; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 22:37:27 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1014 (1327) "On site" and "in concert" may be unusual constructions in Australia, but in the United States they are so common that I cannot even remember having heard "on _the_ site" or "in _the_ concert". Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Proverbs whose meaning has switched Date: Sat, 27 Mar 93 07:21:20 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1015 (1328) I've read that the original saying was "Feed a cold and starve (i.e. die) of fever":in other words don't eat a lot when you've got a cold. When the original meaning of sterven (cf. German sterben) got narrowed to dying of hunger, then merely to being very hungry, the saying got reinterpreted as "Feed a cold and starve a fever," resulting in advice opposite from the original saying. So much for folk wisdom. From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: Pro verbia Ancipitia Date: Sat, 27 Mar 93 07:42:05 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1016 (1329) [deleted quotation]Another phrase in common use which seems to me thoroughly ambiguous: "to my knowledge." I never know whether the speaker means "only as far as I know--don't look to me to tell you" or the diametric contrary: "Absolutely--I know everything about this incident and it cannot be otherwise than as I tell you." Glenn Everett English Department University of Tennessee at Martin ivaa@utmartn.bitnet From: Paul Pascal <paulpasc@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Proverbia ancipitia Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 15:29:14 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1017 (1330) With regard to James Marchand's interesting question about "proverbia ancipitia," I believe a case could be made for including under that heading Vergil's famous words in Georgics I.145: "Labor omnia vicit." This statement has fully acquired the status of a proverb, and is usually misquoted as "Labor omnia vincit" (so even in Harper's Latin Dictionary). The statement is generally taken as a eulogy of hard work. But in its original context, it refers rather to something like a fall from grace; Vergil begins the next line, after an ominous pause, with "improbus." Paul Pascal Professor Emeritus, Classics DH-10 University of Washington / Seattle WA 98195 paulpasc@u.washington.edu From: John Lavagnino <LAV@BRANDEIS.BITNET> Subject: Proverbia ancipitia Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 18:11 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1018 (1331) James Marchand writes: [deleted quotation] Robert Graves, *`Lars porsena,' or the future of swearing and improper language* (1926; revised 1935), in *Occupation: Writer* (New York: Creative Age Press, 1950), wrote: `Bloody' has as a matter of fact achieved a peculiar position among swear words. I have already remarked that it is merely an intensive of the general type as `awfully'; yet it corresponds more closely with the Greek *deta* or *de* (translated in the dictionaries as *verily*, or *forsooth*) and may be used verbally, adjectivally, adverbially, as an interjection, or as an enclitic, in such interruptive forms as `of bloody course' and `abso-bloody-lutely.' [...] Two men discussing plural votes. `What I says, is: *one man, one vote*.' `Whadyer mean?' `Clear, ain't it? *One man, one vote*. Fair's fair, ain't it?' `Can't make out whadyer mean, I can't, nohow.' `Seems to me what you want is your bloody ear-'oles syringed out! What I mean is: ``*one* bloody *man, one* bloody *vote*!'' ' `Aow! Now, why didn't yer say so fust of all?' The point of this old gag is that an intensive is often needed in English to clarify the accentual emphasis of certain sentences. There are, for example, a group of elliptical popular sayings whose familiarity makes us forget that when we first heard them as children they had to be explained to us. `Bloody' may well be legitimized one of these days as the missing intensive which shows where the accent falls. `Give a dog a bad name and bloody hang him'; `In for a penny, in for a bloody pound'; `Handsome is as handsome bloody does'; `Needs bloody must when the devil drives.' You don't agree? Then what about: `Stuff a cold and starve a fever?' Here popular misunderstanding has had a deleterious effect on the nation's health. Though usually read as two unrelated injunctions, it really means: `If you stuff a person who has a cold, he will get a fever and then you will have to starve him.' But put in a *bloody*: `Stuff a cold, and bloody starve a fever,' and nobody could go wrong. *Forsooth* is not bad in the context; but it is easier to tame a wild word to conventional use than to revive a dead one. John Lavagnino, Department of English, Brandeis University From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0621 Qs: A4 Page Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 12:58:07 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1019 (1332) We reckon an A4 page as 66 lines, but if you want a decent margin at top and bottom you can only get 60 lines (or less) on it. Whoever quoted you 60 lines was presumably taking margins into account, and referring to lines of actual text printable. Judy Koren, Haifa. From: "Gunhild Viden" <viden@trubaduren.hum.gu.se> Subject: Re. Length of A4-paper Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 09:48:01 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1020 (1333) The length of an A4-paper is 70 lines (297 x 210 mm.) Gunhild Viden Univ. of Goteborg, Sweden From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: A4, Goethe Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 1:01:52 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1021 (1334) A4 paper is quite well standard in Europe, I think. The A4 code is one I associate with D(eutsche) I(nstitut) fuer N(ormalisierung) and they have other standard sizes as well. Octane ratings and even lists of techy vocabulary have DIN sources. There's even a DIN journal. You can find the sizes in Wordperferct, which prints them in metric and (nonstandard) English. I think the 60 line convention may have something to do with the use of 1.5 line spacing as a standard, at least in German. The Goethe biography is by Nicholas Boyle, and I find it's approach, based on the centrality of the poetic work, wonderful. It is quite important to have the late 18th century cast of cultural characters firmly in hand, though, or else it's too much like War and Peace. Ed Haupt From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0621 A4 Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 22:41:28 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1022 (1335) The note about the length of A4 paper gives me a chance to ask something I have wondered about for years and years: why is it called A4 ? Are there other letters and numbers used for other sizes ? And what if anything is the rationale for such a system if it does indeed exist ? Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: JELLEMA@HOPE.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0621 Qs: Goethe Bio; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 08:35 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1023 (1336) The Goethe biography was by Nicholas Boyle: "Goethe: The Poet and the Age," Oxford. Published in 1991. From: dthel@conncoll.bitnet Subject: Goethe bio Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 16:01:13 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1024 (1337) The Goethe biography sought by Paul Brians, as no doubt others have pointed out, is Nicholas Boyle's _Goethe The Poet and The Age_, published in 1991 by Oxford. It is now available in paperback. It is the first volume of either two or three projected. Dirk t. D. Held, Connecticut College From: allegre@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Allegre Christian) Subject: Goethe Biography Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 14:00:23 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1025 (1338) The best "good outstanding Biography of Goethe" is of course: Nicholas Boyle, Goethe, The Poet and the Age Volume I: The poetry of Desire (1749-1790) Clarendon Press . Oxford, 1991 xx-807 pages It is now in paperback. Volume II might be out, I don't know. A thoughtful review of volume I was published by Richard Holmes in the NYRB (volume XXXVIII, Nr 17, October 24, 1991, p.3-5) Ch. Allegre From: "Andrew J. Bourgeois" <HABOURG@BROWNVM> Subject: Re: Looking for Good Outstanding Biography of Goethe Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 19:04:48 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1026 (1339) Paul Brians wrote: [deleted quotation] Perhaps this was Nicholas Boyle's _Goethe: the Poet and the Age_, Vol. I: The Poetry of Desire (1749-1790). (New York: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1991) . From: "David J. Bookbinder" <DB0965@ALBNYVMS.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0619 Rs: Scanners for laptops (3/68) Date: 26 Mar 1993 00:51:52 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1027 (1340) TENEX has a scanner that comes with an adapter that attaches to the parallel port of a PC. The scanner plus adapter is $184 or thereabouts. I just bought one, haven't had time to test it yet, but it comes with some OCR software, an image editor, and image-grabbing software for both DOS and Windows. I don't have their catalog handy, but TENEX has an 800 number which should be available from 800 information. -David Bookbinder From: <HVUAA@HUJIVM1> Subject: electric gaia Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 10:52 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1028 (1341) for the sci-fi forerunner of electric gaia see the soviet film SOLARIS From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL Subject: RE: 6.0616 Qs: Address; Prophet; Peruvian Documents; Gopher (4/105) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 13:11:30 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1029 (1342) Re. Norman Hinton's query about gopher instructions: "telnet gopher" is what you do as a gopher user without a "client" program: you telnet to a site that does run such a program (usually simply line-based, since they're catering to whoever telnets in, they can't assume your terminal is intelligent). The instructions about modifying your .link file referred to the "server" software that actually runs gopher. A gopher server keeps a file of the addresses to connect to: where everything is on the net. When you choose an item from the gopher menu, the program actually runs to this file, sees where it should be burrowing to, and makes the connection for you. As long as you keep within gopher, and don't choose a menu item which uses telnet (to a library catalog etc.) or ftp, you think you're getting menus from the server you've logged in to when in fact they're coming from all over the world. To modify a gopher menu (add an item or whatever), the system manager simply edits the .link file to add the info. about where to connect to and what to display as the text of the menu item. It's very easy and quick. But it has nothing to do with *users* of the gopher: it's transparent to them. You as a user simply connect to the gopher server (by telnet or via a client running on your own computer) and choose menu items. Incidentally, ".link" is the name of the addresses (links) file in the Unix gopher server: the initial period indicates a file that's run automatically when you log in; a server running on a VMS or DOS machine would have an address file with a different name, but the principle is the same. (NB I don't actually know if there are gopher servers for DOS; there are certainly gopher clients for DOS, which make life much easier: available free, I can dig up the ftp address if anyone's interested.) Judy Koren, Haifa. From: Kurt De Belder <DEBELDER@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu> Subject: Cetedoc Library of Christian Latin Texts on CD-ROM Date: 25 Mar 1993 17:51:48 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1030 (1343) Could someone direct me to reviews and/or articles on the Cetedoc Library of Christian Latin Texts on CD-ROM. I have checked _Humanities Computing_ and a few indexes including _Library Literature_ but was unsuccessful in my search. Please send your response to my e-mail address and not to the list. Thank you very much for your help. Kurt De Belder debelder@acf1.nyu.edu From: <MORGAN@LOYVAX> Subject: Paris connection Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 13:38 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1031 (1344) Dear collegues- I will be in Paris approx. June 15-Aug. 15 and would like to stay electronically plugged in. Is that possible through the Minitel system? (Since I'll be, I hope, renting an appt., I hope to not have to put out $$ to purchase setup equipment.) Is it possible to arrange for a "guest id" through the Sorbonne? (I'd be happy to consider doing something in return, if the task is appropriate.) Thanks for any help, leads, etc. Leslie Morgan (Morgan@loyvax.bitnet OR morgan@loyola.edu) From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1> Subject: Feminist studies of Abelard & Heloise Date: Sat, 27 Mar 93 07:25:10 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1032 (1345) A few years ago I read a brilliant and searing feminist analysis of the relationship of Abelard and Heloise. It was a chapter in a book of literary analysis by a single author--the one form of publication most difficult to trace through indexes. I have forgotten the name of the book and of the author, and a student of mine needs it. Anyone out there have any good recommendations. From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM> Subject: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 20:22:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 628 (1346) CALL FOR PAPERS WILLIAM TYNDALE--ENGLISH REFORMER CAROLINAS SYMPOSIUM ON BRITISH STUDIES WEST VIRGINIA UNVIERSITY--MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA OCTOBER 30-31, 1993 I have only recently learned that The Carolinas Symposium on British Studies has authorized a sepecial session at its upcoming annual meeting to be devoted to William Tyndale and his role in the Reformation. This session is in celebration of the sesquecentennial of Tyndale's birth. Papers are solicited on any aspect of Tyndale's work and achievement, and those preparing proposals should keep in mind that the Carolinas Symposium encourages interdisciplinary sessions with papers from scholars of literature, languages, rhetoric, history, art history, religious studies, cultural studies, and the history of ideas. The Symposium's general theme is "Revisions and Retrospectives in British Studies." In order to become part of the October program, I need to forward by April 15 specifics about the Tyndale session. I encourage you, therefore, to send to me by April 10 an abstract or a description of a presentation for the usual 20-minute reading time. Session participants will be notified in May whether their papers have been accepted. Because we must act in a timely fashion, I urge you to share this announcement with colleagues and graduate students. It is my genuine hope, despite the quick turn-around time, that we will be able to design an exciting session on Tyndale. SEND PROPOSALS OR INQUIRIES TO Dr. Rudolph P. Almasy Department of English PO BOX 6296 West Virginia University Morgantown WV 26506-6296 phone 304-293-5021 fax 304-293-5380 e-mail RALMASY@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU From: "Peter Graham, Rutgers U.; 908-932-5908" <GRAHAM@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0623 Proverbia (4/114) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 15:25 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1033 (1347) In my family, it's "feed a cold, feed a fever." From: YOUNGC@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0623 Proverbia (4/114) Date: 29 Mar 1993 15:07:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1034 (1348) "Love is blind" is another proverb whose meaning has shifted interestingly. When Jessica apologizes for dressing in boy's clothes to sneak out of Shylock's house, she says, "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves com- mit" (_Merchant of Venice_, II.vi.36-37). Nowadays it is more commonly used to mean something like, "lovers are blind to the faults of those they love." Charles Young From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: verba ancipitia Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 19:22:19 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1035 (1349) In answer to a private question. I borrowed the term proverbia ancipitia from the old notion of verba ancipitia (verbum anceps). In Latin you can say _fossa alta est_ `the ditch is deep', using the word _altus_ for `high'. In MHG you can use the word _e^re_ to mean both `honor' (an internal quality) and `reputation' (honor laid upon one). In a like manner _pri^s_ can be both `praise' and `praiseworthiness'. This is the way some etymologers explain such `cognates' as _burrow_ in English and Berg `mountain' in German. There must be many interesting examples in all languages. From: anthony@ccs.sogang.ac.kr (Anthony) Subject: Re: 6.0624 Rs: A4 Page (4/47) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 08:52:44 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1036 (1350) Origin? Sorry, no news. But the Xerox photocopiers in ubiquitous use here all offer copies in either A4 or B5 size, B5 being about half as large again as A4. Users of Wordperfect5.1 will know that laserprinters and deskjets etc are very happy to take A4 size individual sheets; the WP setup tells me that an A4 page is 8.27" by 11.69" but, perhaps because of its American origin, WP gives you a standard text size of 58 lines starting one inch down from the top of the page and with the last line 10.5 inches from the top of the page. Of course, it all depends on the size of the typeface you are using... but I suppose that you can use the extra margin at the bottom to fit in another two lines of the standard size. Hope this is useful, certainly A4 is the standard size fro sheet-fed printers (sorry) in this part of the world and, I suppose, most others. Alas, those with continuous feed printers (most highspeed printers and dot-matrix) have another size of page, somewhat shorter (WP gives it 54 lines of text with roughly an inch of margin top and bottom) and a fraction wider even when the perforated edge is removed. Since very many people will be using paper of this format, it seems impossible to pre-set texts for any one general paper-size. Anthony Teague, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: re: 6.0624 Rs: A4 Page Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 09:45:06 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1037 (1351) This discussion appears to highlight an on-going problem. Oversimplified, there are two sets of standards - English-speaking world (mainly US & UK) and the rest of the world. Here in Oz, we use the international standard (A4, B3 etc) for paper measure and we also adopted the metric standard some time ago. However, it is my understanding that these standards have met and are meeting strong resistance in the US and UK. It is a pity that so much time, energy and resources are wasted due to this lack of standardisation across cultures.... Gregg Boalch Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.DBP.DE Subject: Re: A4 Page Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 08:59+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1038 (1352) Norman Hinton asks: why A4? The answer is that you start with the largest sheet of paper, which is A0. If you divide such a sheet half-way down the long side you get two sheets of A1, which have (obviously) half the area of an A0 sheet, and (less obviously) exactly the same proportions, and so on down through A4 to at least A7. This is done by having height and breadth in golden section to each other. There are corresponding sizes for envelopes in B and C forms (though I must confess I've never managed to work out the differences - I think they cope with different ways of folding the paper). Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: "Gunhild Viden" <viden@trubaduren.hum.gu.se> Subject: Re. A 4 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:49:26 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1039 (1353) Re Norman Hinton's question: Yes, there is a system behind the A4. A3 is double A4, A5 is half A4, A6 is half A5 and so on. I have never seen larger than A3, but I guess there must be an A2 and A1 as well. I don't know what the basis for the figures are, but I guess it must be some measure that has been used in printing offices, folio or the like. There is a C system for envelopes: C4 takes A4 papers (i. e. is somewhat larger), C5 takes A5 papers etc. I suppose there should be a B system as well, but I have never heard of it. Gunhild Viden Univ. of Goteborg, Sweden From: Christopher Currie <ccurrie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Subject: Rationale of A4 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:18:38 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1040 (1354) [deleted quotation] It's an EC, not just a German, standard. Yes, there are other sizes. Each size is half the area of the next number below; thus A5 is half A4. A0 is the largest, presumably about 1188x840 mm. The long side is approximately root-2 times the short side, so that all the sizes are a similar shape, and two A4 sheets juxtaposed side by side make an A3 sheet. How they decided on the absolute module I don't know. In Britain we had just got used to that new metricated system when computers came in, all made to american standards and therefore with imperial measurements... So nothing fits. Christopher Currie ccurrie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE Subject: A4 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 14:18+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1041 (1355) (See enclosed) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The "mother of all formats" is DINA0 (deutsche Industrienorm, Format A0) = 1 sqrmtr. "4" indicates how often that standard format has been folded: A0 = 841x1189 mm, A1 = 591 X 841 mm etc. "A" indicates the "absolute" paper-format, "B" the "relative" format of related envelops etc. For a (not very entertaining) intro see: M. Klein, Einfuehrung in die DIN - Normen, 1985. Fritz Heberlein, Eichstaett From: "J. Russell Perkin" <RPERKIN@SHARK.STMARYS.CA> Subject: Inclusive language Date: 29 Mar 93 16:36:03 AST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1042 (1356) Responding to David A. Hoekema: [deleted quotation] "Could of" irks me a great deal too. But it is at least a phonetic transcription of what most people say. "Each person has their own perspective," on the other hand, strikes me not as a solecism but as an example of the inclusive usage I try to encourage my first-year writing students to adopt. J. Russell Perkin Department of English Saint Mary's University, N.S., Canada From: rand@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Rand David) Subject: Re: 6.0622, Grammatical illogicalities Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 18:52:48 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1043 (1357) David A. Hoekema is irritated by illogicalities such as "each person has their own perspective". I assume that he objects to the word "their" because it is plural, and would prefer "one's" or "his/her". I am no grammarian, just a techno-nerd, but I would like to make a case in favour of the construction as it stands. The alternatives are too awkward, at least for the spoken language. If "you" can be singular, then why not "they"? Why not accept they, their, etc. as non-gender-specific (is that a word?) singular? That is exactly how these pronouns are often used. For example: "I need help from someone. They would have to be patient." Just think how happy bisexuals would be if they could sing, without fear of reproach from grammarians, "Someday they'll come along, the person I love!" David Rand CRM, Universite de Montreal rand@ere.umontreal.ca From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0622 Illogicalities and Constructions (4/122) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:52:22 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1044 (1358) David Hoekema is right to point out that the most frequent spoken form of "je ne sais pas" is "she(i.e. e acute)pa", but it is not tru that "je ne sais pas" belongs exclusively to elementary French classes: it can still be heard from the mouths of the linguistically punctilious. As regards "in/to (the) hospital", both are commonly used in England, but I'm not sure that they are simply interchangeable: the use of the definite article does imply some degree of definition, suggesting that the speaker assumes that the hearer knows which hospital is referred to. By the way, it is anachronistic to refer to "present subjects of the Crown": my passport informs whomsoever looks at it that I am a British "citizen". The distinction is important to some of us. From: George Lang Subject: Caring, more or less Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 10:21:49 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1045 (1359) Romance Languages University of Alberta The running discussion on "caring less" has reminded me of a different aspect of the expression, at less according to the transactionally trained new age Berkeley mom who repeatedly corrected my use of the phrase. To questions of the type "Dad, can I go over to Johnny's to play" I would habitually respond "I don't care". This was of course the wrong message. What I meant was: "I _do_ care. I have considered the request, find it reasonable, but be home in time for supper". George Lang GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: Cetedoc CD-ROM Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 19:17:18 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1046 (1360) There is a good review of the Cetedoc CD-ROM of the Corpus Christianorum by Jim O'Donnell in Offline37, available from HUMANIST. From: "Clarence F. Brown" <CB@PUCC> Subject: Anticipatio Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 14:49:10 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1047 (1361) How do members of this list understand *homo unius libris*? When Augustine (I think) said Timeo hominem unius libris, did he not refer to an adversary who is dangerous because of having mastered his one book? But nowadays it seems to me that the man of one book is considered an easy mark because of his limited mental horizon. Clarence Brown, Professor of Comparative Literature Department of Comparative Literature Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544 (609) 258-4027 (FAX: 258-1873) <CB@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU> From: "Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D." <GMP@PSUVM> Subject: Query on Pronunciation Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 15:41 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1048 (1362) In an argument with a group of physicians about the pronunciation of the word "esophageal," the physicians pronounced the word ee'sofajeeul while others pronounced it eeso'fayjul. Random House dictionary gives both as alternate pronunciations. Taber's and Stedman's Medical Dictionaries give only the first as acceptable. It is an obscure point, but can anyone account for this variation? GMP3@PSUVM Gerald M. Phillips (Professor Emeritus), Speech Communication Trade and Applied Books Editor, Hampton Press Editor, IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century ISSN 1064-4326. Send submissions to GMP3 at PSUVM Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 Manuscripts are being accepted for the April, 1993 issue From: epalmer@CC.UTAH.EDU Subject: Roger Chartier query Date: Mon, 29 Mar 93 15:58:07 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1049 (1363) Humanists, A quick query, while I am attempting to get a course together: Roger Chartier's book, Cultural History, has an article about how historians such as himself view the discipline of 'history of philosophy'; this content is evident from the article's title, which I don't know. If you have a copy available where you are working at the moment, could you check to see if that article is printed elsewhere in English translation? Someone else has my library's copy of Cultural History, and I would like to get a copy quickly for my students to read. peace eric Eric Palmer Philosophy, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA (801) 581-8161 epalmer@cc.utah.edu From: slhi@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Sarah L. Higley) Subject: GEnie and Procomm Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 22:27:43 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1050 (1364) I am an internet user with ProComm who has just signed on for GEnie and I'm at sea. I need to know how to set my terminal for half duplex, my ASCII upload program for local echo, and then I need to know how to get Aladdin, be sure of my e-mail address (as far as I can tell, I haven't yet been assigned one although I can get into the program), and send and receive letters. Most importantly, I need to know if setting the parameters to half duplex and local echo is going to screw up my operations on internet. I have a 1200 bawd external modem; I *think* it's set to 7 data bits, 1 stop bit and even parity. I'm quite computer ignorant. PLEASE EMAIL ME PERSONALLY AS I NEVER EVER READ HUMANIST THESE DAYS. Haven't for years. Too many listservs, average daily mail is about two hundred letters. If there are any kind and knowing GEnie souls out there, send me some advice under the heading of "wise genie." That way I'll look at it and not delete it. Many many thanks! Sarah L. Higley, associate professor of English at the University of Rochester slhi@troi.cc.rochester.edu Any GEnie users in Rochester? With procomm? From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0631 Rs: Illogicalities; CETEDOC (6/96) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:44:06 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1051 (1365) [deleted quotation] Yes, I did put that badly, didn't I ? Just to clarify for folks who came in late, the remark I was responding to was that people (in Australia) "wrongly said 'in site' and 'in concert' when they meant "...THE...". So I meant that useage like "Garth Brooks in concert" and "on-site construction management" are, for better or worse, standard American English useages. About "could of" -- it is, of course, a spelled version of the perfectly normal reduction of "have" which we do not complain about in constructions like "you've". I guess if people spelled it "could've" (as some novelists do) there would not be quite such an outcry. But the problem is one of (quite acceptable) spoken English versus (illogically) non-acceptable writen English, as is so often the case.... Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: blspahr@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: 6.0631 Rs: Illogicalities; CETEDOC (6/96) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:35:42 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1052 (1366) I think we should all be careful about our suggestions for the colloquial pronunciation of "je ne sais pas" in standard Fr. I still remember the laughter which ensued from the Alsatian pronunciation of that old collaborator Pierre Laval, who used to refer to the newspaper "Je suis partout" as "Je chie partout"! Chez pah, mwa. Blake Spahr From: farmstro@epas.utoronto.ca (Frances Armstrong) Subject: Re: Caring less Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 20:29:03 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1053 (1367) Is the confusion about caring or not caring less connected with the confusing expression "Would you care to," as in "Would you care to have a drink?" Non-native speakers sometimes interpret this as meaning "Would having a drink be a problem for you--would it add to your cares?" From: "J.J. Higgins" <J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Genderless THEY Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 12:59:43 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1054 (1368) I think there is widespread acceptance, in Britain at least, for a genderless singular THEY in a context like this one: There's somebody waiting to see you, but they wouldn't give their name. This seems normal enough even when the speaker has seen the person waiting and knows if it is a man or a woman. J.Higgins@bristol.ac.uk From: Alan D Corre <corre@convex.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Proverbs whose meaning has switched Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 14:18:38 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1055 (1369) "Feed a cold and starve a/of fever" is a sentence of the type "provoke me and die" which implies a condition -- *if* you provoke me, you will die. I was surprised once to find that some people interpret the proverb "Spare the rod and spoil the child" (presumably based on Proverbs 13.24) as an injunction not to beat children, whereas in reality it is the reverse. Incidentally, in the north of England you can say "I'm starving of cold" where the original meaning as in German "sterben" is retained. My dictionary calls the "die" meaning "obsolete" and the "die of cold" meaning "archaic", but it is alive and well in Manchester, or was when I lived there many years ago. As to the word "bloody", I recall as a second former (= seventh grade, U.S.) how the whole class waited with bated breath as the French teacher translated "l'etendard sanglant est leve" since both "bloody" and "bleeding" were totally taboo at that time (1942). (If anything, "bleeding" was even worse than "bloody".) She got round it by saying "blood-stained". It took me some time to get used to the fact that Americans used the words publicly without qualms. Nowadays, of course, British TV, or should I say telly, resounds with bloodies. Maybe that's why so many Brits want to emigrate. From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0629 Rs: Further Proverbia (3/33) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 07:55 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1056 (1370) "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"-- has changed too. Proof meant testing, not a final result (like photo proofs). Maybe we should suggest this to someone as a thesis topic! Leslie Morgan From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 6.0630 Rs: A4 Paper Redux (6/115) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 11:14:05 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1057 (1371) Thanks to all of you who have enlightened us on A4. It turns out that in fact 11" form-fed paper is in fairly widespread use in Europe (probably because the original form-fed printers were of U.S. origin, so we can leave our 66 lines per inch alone for that. It will also work for sheet-fed printers, with the obvious caveat that printers using A4 paper will have larger bottom margins than those using 11" paper. I never cease to be amazed at the range of information HUMANIST can provide. Many thanks, Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: H.R.vanderLaan@RC.TUDelft.NL Subject: Re: 6.0630 Rs: A4 Paper Redux (6/115) Date: Thu, 01 Apr 93 17:30 WES X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1058 (1372) [deleted quotation] Yes, and a sheet A0 is exactly one square meter. [deleted quotation] One square meter in golden section has sides of 841 x 1189 millimeters. This leads to the following A-formats: A0 841 x 1189 A1 594 x 841 A2 420 x 594 A3 279 x 420 A4 210 x 279 A5 148 x 210 A6 105 x 148 etcetera [deleted quotation] One side of a sheet of B0 has a length of exactly 1000 millimeters. This leads to the following A-formats: B0 1000 x 1414 B1 707 x 1000 B2 500 x 707 B3 353 x 500 B4 250 x 353 B5 176 x 250 B6 125 x 176 etcetera Hans van der Laan (H.R.vanderLaan@RC.TUDelft.NL) From: CJONES@BENTLEY.BITNET Subject: Job opening Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 14:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1059 (1373) Director of Modern Language Learning Center Responsibilites include administration of language learning facility, training and supervision of peer tutors, teaching, and development of innovative foreign language instructional material using computer assisted instruction and other media. Applicants should minimally possess the MA or equivalent degree, native or near-native fluency, preferably in Spanish and at least one other foreign language, and experience in CAI, preferably on the Macintosh. This is an administrative appointment with faculty status, full benefits and competitive salary. Please send a resume, three letters of recommendation, and a representative portfolio by April 12 to: Dr. Kitzie McKinney, Department of Modern Languages, 101 Morison, Bentley college, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02154-4705. AA/EOE. From: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no (Jon Lanestedt) Subject: Windows equivalent to Voyager's Expanded Books Toolkit? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 12:21:42 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1060 (1374) Does anybody know if there exists a Windows equivalent (or something not too far from it) to the HyperCard-based authoring tool Expanded Book Toolkit from Voyager? Jon Lanestedt ----------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lanestedt Department of Linguistics University of Oslo Voice: +47-22 85 48 99 P.O.Box 1102 Blindern Fax: +47-22 85 69 19 N-0317 Oslo, Norway Email: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no ----------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Jones <USERLJOE@UBCMTSL.BITNET> Subject: Stretton's Beadle Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 16:34:38 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1061 (1375) Can anyone help in identifying the Victorian periodical (circa 1868) that contained the photocopied piece described below? Text of the piece begins mid-page with: Three Hours with the Boys' Beadle / By the Author of "Jessica's First Prayer" Hesba Stretton, aka Sarah Smith 1832-1911Ù. Pages are numbered 125-130. Preceding piece is verse (no title available) signed by L.G. Following piece is: Jeannie's Neighbors / Chapter III / By the Author of "Mattco," "The Twins of Montvert," &c. Page size is 19 x 12.5 cm; text is 16.5 x 9.5 cm enclosed in rules. Text has full running title at head of each page. Joseph Jones jjones@library.ubc.ca University of British Columbia Library From: rakov@(Simon Rakov) vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Persian transliteration Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:11:12 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1062 (1376) Dear HUMANISTs, A colleague here at Oxford is looking for a package for transliteration of Persian words into Roman characters, preferably for the PC. If there aren't any such packages for the PC, Mac information would also be appreciated. Any suggestions? Please reply to the GRAZYNA@VAX.OX.AC.UK and not to me. If you know of an interest list in Persian, or of any place that might have a Persian font, that would also be useful. Thanks very much! Yours, Simon Rakov rakov@vax.ox.ac.uk From: EACL 1993 <eacl93@let.ruu.nl> Subject: EACL93: Final Programme and Conference Information Date: Thu, 1 Apr 93 13:44:04 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 637 (1377) EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93-EACL93 Sixth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics 21-23 April 1993, Utrecht Hosted by OTS (Research Institute for Language and Speech) Overview of the Programme Invited Speakers * Ken Church (AT&T Bell Laboratories): ``Termworks: Tools for Human Translators'' * Ivan Sag (CSLI Stanford): ```Extraction' without Traces, Empty COMPs or Function Composition'' * Johan van Benthem (ILLC, University of Amsterdam): ``Grammar as Proof Theory'' Tutorials * Uses of Dynamic Logic in NL Processing Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof (ILLC, University of Amsterdam) * Recent Developments in Unification-based NL Processing Hans Uszkoreit (University of Saarbruecken) * Statistical Methods in NL Processing Mark Liberman (IRCS, University of Pennsylvania) and Yves Schabes (MERL, Cambridge, MA) * Complexity Issues in NL Processing Leen Torenvliet (ILLC, University of Amsterdam) Conference. Papers will be presented on a wide range of topics in Computational Linguistics. The programme features special sessions on * Data-oriented methods in CL and * Logic and CL. Student Session. This year for the first time, the EACL conference will include a student session. This session provides a forum for students to present work in progress. Information Session. An information session will be held on European Infrastructural Organisations (EACL, EAGLES, EAMT, ECI, ELSNET, FoLLI) with the cooperation of Susan Armstrong-Warwick, Norbert Brinkhoff, Roberto Cencioni, Maghi King, Ewan Klein, Erik-Jan van der Linden and Antonio Zampolli. Poster Sessions and Demonstrations. Authors will present and discuss their projects and/or demonstrate NLP-programs. Exhibitions. At the conference there will be a book exhibition by publishers in the field of CL (Walter de Gruyter & Co, Elsevier Science Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Cambridge University Press), demonstrations of commercial linguistic software (Silver Platter Information), and information desks of ACL and OTS. Additional Meetings. Two meetings will be organised in conjunction with EACL93: * a workshop on MT Lexicons, and * the General Assembly of the EAMT (European Association for Machine Translation). For information on these meetings see below. Parallel Activities. Workshop on MT Lexicons, Tuesday 20 April, 9.00-17.30 The workshop will consist of four moderated discussion sessions, with audience participation encouraged. The discussion topics are: * Lexical Semantics, General Lexicography and MT Lexicography. Bonnie Dorr (moderator), David Farwell, Martha Palmer, Antonio Sanfilippo, Clare Voss. * Economy of Lexicon Acquisition due to Generativity of the Lexicon. Ann Copestake, James Pustejovsky (moderator). * Metalanguages for Meaning Specification. Wilfried Hoetker, Petra Ludewig, Sergei Nirenburg (moderator), Boyan Onyshkevich, Patrick St-Dizier. * Automating MT Lexicon Acquisition James Cowie, Louise Guthrie (moderator), Judith Klavans, Yuji Matsumoto, Evelyne Tsoukermann. The size of the workshop is restricted by the available space. Participant slots are still available. They will be allocated on first come, first served basis. To request participation, please contact: Sergei Nirenburg Center for Machine Translation, School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 fax: 1-412-268-6298, e-mail: sergei.nirenburg@cs.cmu.edu General Assembly of the EAMT (European Association for Machine Translation), Thursday 22 April, 18.00-19.00 Non-members are welcome but will not have voting rights. For further information, please contact: Maghi King ISSCO 54 Route des Acacias CH-1227 Geneva Switserland email: king@divsun.unige.ch Other Information. Social Events. The City of Utrecht invites all participants of the EACL-93 Conference to a reception at the Town Hall, on Wednesday night, 18.30-20.00. The Town Hall is located at the Stadhuisbrug, in the centre of town. A banquet featuring Indonesian `Rijsttafel' will be held on Thursday. Space limitations restrict the number of participants; first come first served. The banquet fee is Dfl 60. Place: Indonesian Restaurant Djakarta, Lucas Bolwerk, a 5 minutes' walk from the conference site. Time: Thursday, 20.00. Demonstrations and Poster Sessions. Demonstrators who have contacted us for computer facilities will have the opportunity to install software on Tuesday afternoon. For information, contact our system manager, Jules van Weerden, email: Jules.vanWeerden@let.ruu.nl. Conference address. CSB-Building, Ottone Kromme Nieuwegracht 39, (across the street, opposite CSB) 3512 HD Utrecht, (31)-30-364515** **Note that this telephone number is the conference number, which will be operational only from Monday until Friday. Before 19 April, dial (31)-30-536377 for information. The conference site is located in the centre of Utrecht, 10 minutes walk from Utrecht Central Station, which in turn is located at 50 minutes by train (30 by taxi) from Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol). Parking in the centre of town is difficult and/or expensive. Conference Office. The office at CSB will be open for registration all days during conference hours, and also: * Sunday 18 April 18.00 - 20.00 (Ottone (N.B.!!)) * Monday 19 April 8.00 - 9.00 (CSB) * Tuesday 20 April 18.00 - 22.00 (CSB) * Wednesday 21 April 8.00 - 9.30 (CSB) You are encouraged to register on Sunday or Tuesday evening. An information desk at CSB will be open during all conference hours. On-site Registration. Registration is possible but no hotel mediation can be offered. The Tourist Information office (VVV) might be able to find accommodation in the city. Means of Payment. It is not possible to pay with, or exchange, foreign currencies at the conference. Please change at the airport or the exchange office at the Central Station (open on Sunday). The following means of payment are accepted: cash (Dutch guilders), credit card (Mastercard and Visa only) and Eurocheque. General addresses. If you want more information on the conference, or if you want to leave a message for one of the conference participants, please contact: Conference Office Before 19 April: During the conference (19-23 April): EACL93 EACL93 OTS CSB Trans 10 Kromme Nieuwegracht 39 NL-3512 JK Utrecht NL-3512 HD Utrecht The Netherlands The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 53 63 77 Tel: +31 30 364515 Fax: +31 30 53 60 00 Fax: +31 30 53 60 00 Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl Email: eacl93@let.ruu.nl For information on the ACL in general, contact Don Walker (global), or Mike Rosner (for Europe): Dr. Donald E. Walker (ACL) Dr. Michael Rosner (ACL) Bellcore, MRE 2A379 IDSIA 445 South Street, Box 1910 Corso Elvezia 36 Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland walker@flash.bellcore.com mike@idsia.uu.ch We all wish you a very pleasant conference, Steven Krauwer, Michael Moortgat, Louis des Tombe (Conference Chair) Anne-Marie Mineur, Yvon Wijnen (Student Chair) Renee Pohlmann (Local Coordinator) MAIN PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL: 09.30 OPENING 09.30-10.30 INVITED TALK: Ken Church 'Termworks: Tools for Human Translators' 10.30-11.00 Coffee Session: Data-Oriented Methods in CL (I) 11.00-11.30 'Parsing the Wall Street Journal with the Inside-Outside Algorithm' Yves Schabes, Michael Roth and Randy Osborne 11.30-12.00 'An Endogenous Corpus Based Method for Structural Noun Phrase Disambiguation' Didier Bourigault 12.00-12.30 'Linguistic Knowledge Acquisition from Parsing Failures' Masaki Kiyono and Jun-ichi Tsujii Session: Parsing/Complexity (I) 11.00-11.30 'The Use of Shared Forests in Tree Adjoining Grammar Parsing' K. Vijay-Shanker and David J. Weir 11.30-12.00 'Generalized Left-Corner Parsing' Mark-Jan Nederhof 12.00-12.30 'Ambiguity Resolution in a Reductionistic Parser' Atro Voutilainen and Pasi Tapanainen 12.30-14.00 Lunch Session: Data-Oriented Methods in CL (II) 14.00-14.30 'Using an Annotated Corpus as a Stochastic Grammar' Rens Bod 14.30-15.00 'Data-Oriented Methods for Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion' Antal van den Bosch and Walter Daelemans 15.00-15.30 'Automating the Acquisition of Bilingual Terminology' Pim van der Eijk Session: Computational Semantics (I) 14.00-14.30 'Temporal Connectives in a Discourse Context' Alex Lascarides, Jon Oberlander 14.30-15.00 'A Computational Treatment of Sentence-Final `then Sheila Glasbey 15.00-15.30 'A Semantics and Pragmatics for the Pluperfect' Alex Lascarides and Nicholas Asher 15.30-16.00 Tea Session: Data-Oriented Methods in CL (II - continued) 16.00-16.30 'Similarity between Words Computed by Spreading Activation on an English Dictionary' Hideki Kozima and Teiji Furugori Session: Computational Semantics (I -- continued) 16.00-16.30 'Identifying Topic and Focus by an Automatic Procedure' Eva Hajicova, Petr Sgall and Hana Skoumalova Information Session: 16.30-17.30 Information Session on European Infrastructural Organisations: EACL, EAGLES, EAMT, ECI, ELSNET, FoLLI' Susan Armstrong-Warwick, Norbert Brinkhoff, Roberto Cencioni, Maghi King, Ewan Klein, Erik-Jan van der Linden, Antonio Zampolli THURSDAY, 22 APRIL: 09.00-10.00 INVITED TALK: Ivan Sag 'Extraction without Traces, Empty COMPs, or Function Composition' 10.00-10.30 Coffee Session: Computational Semantics (II) 10.30-11.00 'A Unification-Based Approach to Multiple VP Ellipsis Resolution' Claire Gardent 11.00-11.30 'A Discourse Copying Algorithm for Ellipsis and Anaphora Resolution' Andrew Kehler 11.30-12.00 'Resolving Zero Anaphora in Japanese' Tadashi Nomoto and Yoshihiko Nitta 12.00-12.30 'The Donkey Strikes Back' Tim Fernando Session: MT/Reversibility 10.30-11.00 'Restriction and Correspondence-Based Translation' Ronald M. Kaplan and Juergen Wedekind 11.00-11.30 'Experiments in Reusability of Grammatical Resources' Doug Arnold, Toni Badia, Josef van Genabith, Stella Markantonatou, Stefan Momma, Louisa Sadler and Paul Schmidt Session: Parsing/Complexity (II) 11.30-12.00 'Head-Driven Parsing for Lexicalist Grammars: Experimental Results' Gosse Bouma and Gertjan van Noord 12.00-12.30 'Decidability and Undecidability in Stand-Alone Feature Logics' Patrick Blackburn and Edith Spaan 12.30-14.00 Lunch Session: A.I. Methods 14.00-14.30 'Abductive Explanations of Dialogue Misunderstandings' Susan McRoy and Graeme Hirst 14.30-15.00 'Rule-Based Acquisition and Maintenance of Lexical and Semantic Knowledge' Donna M. Gates and Peter Shell 15.00-15.30 'Tradeoff between Compositionality and Complexity in the Semantics of Dimensional Adjectives' Geoffrey Simmons Student Session (I) 14.00-14.30 'VP Ellipsis in a DRT-Implementation' Johan Bos 14.30-15.00 'Object Clitics and Clitic Climbing in Italian HPSG Grammar' Paola Monachesi 15.00-15.30 'Localising Barriers Theory' Michael Schiehlen 15.30-16.00 Tea Session: Logic and CL (I) 16.00-16.30 'Talking About Trees' Patrick Blackburn, Claire Gardent and Wilfried Meyer-Viol 16.30-17.00 'A Strategy for Dynamic Interpretation: A Fragment and an Implementation' Olivier Bouchez, Jan van Eijck and Olivier Istace 17.00-17.30 'Mathematical Aspects of Command Relations' Marcus Kracht Student Session (II) 16.00-16.30 'Lexical Disambiguation Using Constraint Handling In Prolog (CHIP)' George C. Demetriou 16.30-17.00 'Text Alignment in a Tool for Translating Revised Documents' Hadar Shemtov 17.00-17.30 'Lexical Choice Criteria in Language Generation' Manfred Stede FRIDAY, 23 APRIL: 09.30-10.30 INVITED TALK: Johan van Benthem 'Grammar as Proof Theory' 10.30-11.00 Coffee Session: Logic and CL (II) 11.00-11.30 'LFG Semantics via Constraints' Mary Dalrymple, John Lamping and Vijay Saraswat 11.30-12.00 'Categorial Grammar, Modalities and Algebraic Semantics' Koen Versmissen 12.00-12.30 'Tuples, Discontinuity, and Gapping in Categorial Grammar' Glyn Morrill and Teresa Solias Session: Phonology/Speech 11.00-11.30 'Generating Contextually Appropriate Intonation' Scott Prevost and Mark Steedman 11.30-12.00 'Morphonology in the Lexicon' Lynne J. Cahill 12.00-12.30 'Formal Properties of Metrical Structure' Marc van Oostendorp 12.30-14.00 Lunch Session: Logic and CL (III) 14.00-14.30 'Disjunctions and Inheritance in the Context Feature Structure System' Martin Boettcher 14.30-15.00 'Towards a Proper Treatment of Coercion Phenomena' Daniele Godard and Jacques Jayez 15.00-15.30 'Type-Driven Semantic Interpretation of f-Structures' Juergen Wedekind and Ronald M. Kaplan Session: Morphology/Lexicology 14.00-14.30 'A Probabilistic Context-Free Grammar for Disambiguation in Morphological Parsing' Josee S. Heemskerk 14.30-15.00 'Inheriting Verb Alternations' Adam Kilgarriff 15.00-15.30 'Coping with Derivation in a Morphological Component' Harald Trost 15.30-16.00 Tea Meeting: 16.00-17.00 ACL Meeting RESERVE PAPERS 'On Abstract, Finite-State Morphology' Ajit Narayanan and Lama Hashem 'Towards Efficient Parsing with Proof-Nets' Alain Lecomte 'The Incremental Generation of Passive Sentences' Bernd Abb, Michael Herweg and Kai Lebeth 'On the Notion of Uniqueness' Joke Dorrepaal 'Parsing with Polymorphism' Martin Emms 'Delimitedness and Trajectory-of-Motion Events' Michael White 'New Frontiers beyond Context-Freeness: Di-Grammars and Di-Automata' Peter Staudacher TUTORIAL PROGRAMME MONDAY, 19 APRIL and TUESDAY 20 APRIL: 09.00-10.30 'Uses of Dynamic Logic in NL Processing' Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof (ILLC, University of Amsterdam) 09.00-10.30 'Recent Developments in Unification-Based NL Processing' Hans Uszkoreit (Universitaet des Saarlandes) 10.30-11.00 Coffee 11.00-12.30 'Uses of Dynamic Logic in NL Processing' (continued) 11.00-12.30 'Recent Developments in Unification-Based NL Processing' (continued) 12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 'Statistical Methods in NL Processing' Mark Liberman (IRCS, University of Pennsylvania) and Yves Schabes (MERL, Cambridge MA) 14.00-15.30 'Complexity Issues in NL Processing' Leen Torenvliet (ILLC, University of Amsterdam) 15.30-16.00 Tea 16.00-17.30 'Statistical Methods in NL Processing' (continued) 16.00-17.30 'Complexity Issues in NL Processing' (continued) POSTER SESSIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL: 11.00-12.30 'Helyette: Inflectional Thesaurus for Agglutinative Languages' Gabor Proszeky and Laszlo Tihanyi 11.00-12.30 'A Morphological Analysis Based Method for Spelling Correction' I. Aduriz, E. Agirre, I. Alegria, X. Arregi, J.M. Arriola, X. Artola, A. Diaz de Ilarraza, N. Ezeiza, M. Maritxalar, K. Sarasola and M. Urkia 14.00-15.30 'A Constraint-Based Representation Scheme of Collocational Structures' Dirk Heylen, Andre Schenk and Marc Verhagen 14.00-15.30 'Understanding Stories in Different Languages with GETA-RUN' Dario Bianchi, Rodolfo Delmonte and Emanuele Pianta THURSDAY, 22 APRIL: 11.00-12.30 'The Linguistic Annotation System of the Stockholm-Umea Corpus Project' Gunnel Kallgren and Gunnar Eriksson 11.00-12.30 'INSYST: An Automatic Inserter System for Hierarchical Lexica' Marc Light, Sabine Reinhard and Marie Boyle-Hinrichs 14.00-15.30 'Ambiguity Resolution in a Reductionistic Parser' Pasi Tapanainen and Atro Voutilainen 14.00-15.30 'Long Sentence Analysis by Domain-Specific Pattern Grammar' Shinichi Doi, Kazunori Muraki, Shinichiro Kamei and Kiyoshi Yamabana 16.00-17.30 'ITS-2: An Interactive Personal Translation System' Eric Wehrli and Mira Ramluckun 16.00-17.30 'The PANGLOSS MARK I MAT System' Robert Frederking, Ariel Cohen, Dean Grannes, Peter Cousseau and Sergei Nirenburg FRIDAY, 23 APRIL: 11.00-12.30 'Knowledge Acquisition for a Constrained Speech System Using WoZ' Laila Dybkjaer, Niels Ole Bernsen and Hans Dybkjaer 11.00-12.30 'Natural Language Front-Ends to Databases: Design and the Customisation Bottleneck' Anne De Roeck 14.00-15.30 'Enhancing a Large Scale Dictionary with a Two-Level System' David Clemenceau and Emmanuel Roche 14.00-15.30 'Two-Level Description of Turkish Morphology' Kemal Oflazer From: "Saul Traiger" <traiger@cheshire.oxy.edu> Subject: CFP: Twenty-first Hume Conference Date: Thu, 1 Apr 93 10:11:27 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 638 (1378) Call for Papers TWENTY-FIRST HUME SOCIETY CONFERENCE UNIVERSIT DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" Rome, Italy June 20-24, 1994 Conference Co-Directors: Eugenio Lecaldano (Universit! di Roma "La Sapienza") David Fate Norton (McGill University) The Hume Society is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Twenty-first Hume Society Conference to be held at the Universit! degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" June 20-24, 1994. Papers may be on any aspect of Hume's writings, although the conference directors particularly encourage submissions on four themes: Hume and the Ancient World Hume and Common Sense Philosophy Hume and the History and Anatomy of the Passions The Reception and Study of Hume in Italy Papers should be no more than thirty minutes reading length with self-references deleted for blind reviewing; the author's name should appear only on a front cover sheet. Papers may be in English or Italian, but an abstract in English is required for all papers. Submit papers and abstracts in triplicate. Submissions must be postmarked by October 15, 1993. Send English language papers to: Professor Saul Traiger Executive Secretary of the Hume Society Department of Philosophy Occidental College Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA ! Send Italian language papers to: Professor Eugenio Lecaldano Dipartimento di Studi Filosofici ed Epistemologici Universit! degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Via Nomentana, 118 00161 Roma Italia From: Janis Ernest Svilpis <jsvilpis@acs.ucalgary.ca> Subject: Query: UNESCO accord on educational materials Date: Thu, 1 Apr 93 15:04:48 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 639 (1379) The Canadian government has recently imposed customs fees on packages entering Canada. (This is an effort to prevent Canadians from benefitting by cross-border shopping in the USA, which is itself a phenomenon partly created by the Canada-USA Free Trade Agreement.) These fees are charged on educational materials--examination copies of textbooks, scholarly books, educational software, and the like--and there are brokerage fees (and Goods and Services Tax on the brokerage service) occasioned by the customs fees. I and my colleagues at the University of Calgary are upset by this, since it aggravates the problems faced by Canadian educators and educational institutions in the current recession. I am trying to put together a substantial letter to the Canadian government protesting this practice. One of my colleagues recalls, vaguely, that there is a recent UNESCO accord on educational materials that adopts the principle that educational materials are not to be subject to duties, taxes, or fees when they cross international borders. She recalls also that Canada is a signatory to this accord. I have no expertise in this area, so documenting the UNESCO accord is not easy for me. Can anyone give me further details on this or on anything else that might be useful? Please reply to me directly, and thank you for your help. Janis Svilpis, Department of English, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada phone: (403) 220-6371 or 220-5470 fax: (403) 289-1123 Internet: jsvilpis@acs.ucalgary.ca From: DIANA PATTERSON <DPATTERSON@mtroyal.ab.ca> Subject: The Genderless They Date: 01 Apr 1993 13:01:56 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1063 (1380) I would like to put in a dissenting voice, here. I do not care much about the genderless quality of "they", but I care desperately about its number. When students refer to Someone who dropped their parcels, they often continute discussion in the plural. The students forget whom it is they are talking about. This raises some important issues, especially in court rooms, where many of my students expect to end up. I often tell them that a wiley lawyer could bring them quickly to their knees on the witness stand by pointing out that they seem to have been so drunk that they were unable to tell if one person or more were doing a deed. I consider that encouraging such mathematical errors is immoral. Diana Patterson Mount Royal College DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: Paul Pascal <paulpasc@u.washington.edu> Subject: Genderless singular 'They' Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 12:06:29 -0800 (PST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1064 (1381) Surely the *ne plus ultra* with regard to the genderless singular 'they' is a remark attributed to Yogi Berra (reliably, of course). He reported to a teammate that there had been some excitement--a streaker during a game. When asked whether it was a man or a woman, Yogi is said to have replied, "I don't know, they had a bag over their head." Paul Pascal Professor Emeritus, Classics DH-10 University of Washington / Seattle WA 98195 paulpasc@u.washington.edu From: DEL2@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: [6.0634 And More Proverbs (2/32)] Date: Fri, 02 Apr 93 10:24:16 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1065 (1382) Anent "I'm starving of cold" (Alan Corre's contribution recently), my Yorkshire grandmother used to say simply "I'm starved" meaning "I'm frozen". Is this a later or earlier development? And an Irish sister-in-law once caused great embarrasment when at the offer a drink she replied "I'm just after having one"; which was heard as "That's why I came" but meant "No thank you I have just had one". "Feed a cold and starve a fever", even as an implied conditional, is still ambiguous: "[If it is true that you should] feed a cold, [it is also true that you should] starve a fever"--that's the way to heal them; versus "[If you] feed a cold, [you will subsequently have to] starve a [resultant] fever". Any doctors in the group able to arbitrate? Regards, Douglas de Lacey, Cambridge. From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Illogicalities Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 11:42:08 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1066 (1383) The humour of Blake Spahr's story about Pierre Laval has nothing to do with an Alsatian accent: Laval was from the Auvergne, where an "s" sound is pronounced as a "sh". Whence another story, referring to the time when many of the (usually down-market) Parisian cafes were owned/run by Auvergnats: a well-dressed lady, collecting money for the charitable works of the diocese, enters such a cafe holding her collecting-box and says to the "bougnat" (as these Auvergnat cafe proprietors were called): "C'est pour l'eveche" [i.e *eyveychey*, diocese]. The "bougnat" replies: "Les veches ["veycheys"] chont dans le chou-chol" (or in standard French, "Les WCs sont dans le sou-sol"), much to the lady's embarrassment. From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: A general request Date: 1 Apr 93 19:56:44 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1067 (1384) May I make a general request that contributors to this list include a signature with their name (the one is common use by colleagues and friends, not the one used by their host system) and institutional or other location. On most e-mail systems it is quite easy to create a standard signature line or lines containing the relevant info; consult a local consultant for help. E-mail postmarks are even less informative than Postal Service marks (which themselves have dropped local identifiers, in the US); I puzzled for a while over where "Oz" was in a recent message concerning paper sizes, until I noticed the ".au" suffix indicating Australia. I think some users of e-mail are under the mistaken impression that clear identifiers are attached to their outgoing messages: to test this, send a message to yourself. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: menu software Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 20:50:53 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1068 (1385) I am looking for MS-DOS software that will allow me to construct a executable menu from which the user may gain access to a set of existing programs (.exe files). Some of these programs are interactive, others batch. The executable menu will need to be a TSR so that once one of the programs is finished, control returns to the menu. The TSR will either have to be very small or consist of a small kernel that loads a larger module when it is needed. It must have the capability to pass parameters, specified by the user, to the chosen program. I would prefer to have control over the design of the menu, although since I plan to run the suite of programs on a variety of machines, I cannot assume, say, VGA capabilities. Recommendations? -- or must I resort to a DOS batch file? Thanks. Willard McCarty University of Toronto From: Scott Stebelman <SCOTTLIB@GWUVM> Subject: 18th Century HyperCard Materials Date: Fri, 02 Apr 93 09:22:40 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1069 (1386) I have a faculty member who is putting together an interdisicplinary course on the 18th century. She would like to use hypercard, hypermedia, and other computerized materials to demonstrate architecture, painting, music, etc. of the period. Does anyone know where materials or programs for this period might be available? Thanks. Scott Stebelman George Washington University scottlib@gwuvm From: gxs11@po.CWRU.Edu (Gary Stonum) Subject: buying a printer in the US, to use in Europe Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 15:23:20 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1070 (1387) A colleague of mine needs advice on buying a cheap printer that she can use in Germany. Apparently, a Stylewriter she purchased in the United States will not work with the Germany electrical system and, so she has been told, something more or other than your basic US-to-Europe all-purpose plug adaptor and transformer is needed. Can someone with experience in these matters help out? Gary Lee Stonum English Department Case Western Reserve University From: Robin Smith <RSMITH@KSUVM> Subject: A4 paper and the Golden Section Date: Thu, 1 Apr 93 15:52 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1071 (1388) At the risk of being pedantic, may I point out that the ratio of the two sides of a piece of A4 paper is not an approximation of the Golden Section? The 'golden section,' or extreme-and-mean ratio, is the ratio between the segments of a line so divided that the whole line has to the larger segment the same ratio as the larger segment does to the smaller. That ratio is, in fact (1 + sqrt(5))/2 (half the sum of one and the square root of five), not the square root of two. The property a sheet of A4 paper has is that if it is halved across its long side, the ratio between the sides of the half-sheet is the same as the ratio between the sides of the full sheet. But this means that the long side of the original sheet has to the short side the same ratio as the short side to *half the long side*. For it to be in ex- treme-and-mean ratio, the long side would have to have the same ratio to the short side as the short side to the *difference between* the long and short sides. --Robin Smith Kansas State University From: blspahr@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: 6.0636 Qs: Persian Date: Thu, 1 Apr 93 14:58:50 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1072 (1389) [deleted quotation] Linguist's Software (POBox 580, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580 USA Tel 206-776-1130, Fax 206 771-5911) advertise a postscript font: LaserPersian 6.0.7 for $99.95. Blake Lee Spahr From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Street Stress Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 11:22:53 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 643 (1390) Writing recently to the British newspaper The Independent, a reader asked why we say *Oxford* Street, stressing the first word, but Park *Lane*, stressing the second. Another reader puts it down to what he calls "good old British snobbery", claiming that in the great suburban housing boom of the late Twenties and Thirties, people wanted to move away from streets, where "common" people lived, and into Avenues, Parks, Crescents and Walks, where "common" people did not live. Hence, the upwardly socially mobile would say, "We live in Acacia *Crescent*, not in a common old street like you." This explanation is not altogether convincing, but I honestly do not know whether the present stress pattern existed before the Twenties and Thirties. The practice seems to be the same throughout the English-speaking world: in the USA it is *Wall* Street, but Lexington *Avenue*. Are Americans as snobbish as the British about the name of the thoroughfare on which they live? How about Canadians, Australians? It is certainly true that in the UK, when a new housing development is built, the streets are never called "Street" or "Road", but "Avenue" (without a tree in sight), "Crescent" (if there is the slightest bend in the road), "Walk" (even though traffic thunders down it twenty-four hours a day), "Way", "Close", etc. Has anyone an alternative explanation to the one offered? From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu Subject: Menus (R) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 11:30:00 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1073 (1391) In response to Willard McCarty's query: My suspicion is that any menu system he uses will need batch files to some degree if he wants to use variables AND have the menu system consume little memory. Choices may depend on the LAN being used, but DOUGMENU for the Novell system is very popular and requires very little memory. A very big plus is that it is free. Another one is Mountain Menus which I find easier to manipulate because it has incorporated a menu building facility. But it is not free. I use batch files with Mountain Menus, and my impression is that Dougmenu does the same. Dougmenu can be found by using Archie and searching for dmenu168.zip. Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU From: FRN373B@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au Subject: Re: 6.0641 Qs: Signatures; Menu S/W; 18c HyperCard; Printer (4/73) Date: 04 Apr 1993 11:34:00 +1100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1074 (1392) In response to Willard McCarty's inquiry regarding an MS-DOS menuing system, the shareware program HARDMENU by Jim Haas is excellent. It may, however, require more memory than Willard has available for his purposes. HDM does allow the menuing system to unload from memory while other programs are running. If you're not adverse to a little programing, you might also consider another shareware product called HyperShell by Nick Taylor. Among other things, it allows the creation of a small TSR popup menuing system. Jack Burston From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu> Subject: Menu software Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 23:06:40 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1075 (1393) Willard, a few years ago I got some nice menu software from PBS in Columbus, Ohio. I don't seem to hve the discs here, so I'm not sure of the name. Is PBS still in business ? I have not seen a catalog for awhile. The software actually wrote interlinked adn subordinated batch files for you, was TSR, easy to use, and did not take up horrible amounts of disc space. Try the nearest Public Domain source. Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0641 Qs: Signatures; Menu S/W; 18c HyperCard; Printer (4/73) Date: 02 Apr 1993 22:33:54 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1076 (1394) McCarty's search for a TSR menu program for DOS might lead him to Lotus Magellan 2.0, which does many other clever things besides (like index all files for very fast searches). Richard Jensen U of Illinois Chicago u08946@uicvm.uic.edu From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: street stress Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 20:20:02 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1077 (1395) A well-known phenomenon of `juncture', as one used to call it in American linguistics of the 50s, is that familiar collocations change their stress, witness the American pronunciation of `Little House' (the TV series Little House on the Prarie), where the stress used to be on House, but now, since the series is so familiar, is placed on the Little. Henry Lee Smith, of Where Are You From? and American linguistic fame, used to do an entire song-and-dance on such phenomena. He would point out that the White House (accent on White) did not have to be white, a cedar chest (accent on the cedar) could be made of walnut, etc. When you teach American students the Swedish `tones', you can sometimes make use of this, telling them that bomull `cotton' is not the kind of wool but answers the question as to something about the tree, not TREE-wool, but tree-WOOL. Doesn't always work. From: DIANA PATTERSON <DPATTERSON@mtroyal.ab.ca> Subject: Street vs Lane vs Avenue Date: 02 Apr 1993 14:46:20 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1078 (1396) Oxford Street was called Oxford street because it was a straight road to the town of Oxford. A look at an historical atlas will show exactly how far back this goes, but it is well before the 17th century (which is as far back as I have evidence for in my office). Park Lane is also an old name. It was not a thoroughfare that was going anywhere, hence a Lane. It wandered near the park. The other issues about naming streets, crescents, and so on in North America in the 20th century have been addressed by papers by the American Name Society, and other Name Societies. A quick note to them using the Encyclopaedia of Associations might bring some more scholarly replies. Diana Patterson Mount Royal College DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: Street Stress Date: Sat, 03 Apr 93 07:17:10 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1079 (1397) A HUMANIST from the UK recently asked why "Lane" (in the address "Park Lane") is more heavily stressed than "Street" (in "Oxford Street"), and the writer asked if the practice is the same in the USA. To my ear, in the USA, "Lane" or "Way" are, indeed, more heavily stressed in "Park Lane" or "Park Way" than "Street" in "Park Street." The UK writer wondered if snobbery caused speakers to stress the Way or Lane, but not the lower-class Street. There may be a simpler explanation. Since more addresses are on a Street than on a Lane or Way, a listener will expect to hear "Street" as part of an address, but may not expect to hear "Way" or "Lane" and thus a heavier stress is put on these words to make it clear that it is "Park *Lane*." Note that "Street" could be stressed if the listener misunderstood: "No, stupid, I said I live on Park *Street*." -- Eric Johnson JohnsonE@columbia.dsu.edu From: Ken Laws <LAWS@ai.sri.com> Subject: Re: 6.0643 Q: Street Stress (1/24) Date: Sat 3 Apr 93 16:53:48-PST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1080 (1398) An alternative theory: [deleted quotation]to have different stress patterns on Lexington Street and Lexington Avenue. (This is carried to the extreme in African drum talk.) I would imagine that the the stress difference also helps to remind people that Lexington and Lexington Street are (in the typical case) equivalent, whereas Lexington *Avenue* is a different entity. Just guessing. :-) -- Ken Laws ------- From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0643 Q: Street Stress (1/24) Date: Sun, 04 Apr 93 16:07:55 IDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1081 (1399) I should think that the most obvious explanation for "Street" being unstressed is that since it is the most common term, it receives no stress; if you live on something other than a street, that fact also transmits "non-default" information, and receives a stress as well. (Here in Israel, the word "street" may be left out entirely: "I live on Rabbi Akiva", one might say, but a person who lived on Rothschild Boulevard would never say "I live on Rothschild"). It's not snobbery, just failing to stress the obvious. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: Re: 6.0643 Q: Street Stress (1/24) Date: Mon, 05 Apr 93 11:05:42 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1082 (1400) How about a common sense explanation: the default type is Street. So, when the thoroughfare is a street the emphasis is on its name, as in Oxford Street, but when the thoroughfare is another type the emphasis is on the type. Having grown up in the midwest where most thoroughfares are Streets, I find it difficult to remember what type a particular thoroughfare is. This can lead to confusion since British cities often have several throughfares with the same name but different types, e.g. Hyndland Street and Hyndland Road. The phenomenon is taken to extremes in Leeds, in the old back-to- back neighbourhoods, where you may find 8 or 9 thoroughfares in close proximity, all with the same name but each of a different type -- x street, x road, x lane, x avenue, x crescent, etc. Donald Spaeth From: Michael Metzger <MLLMIKEM@UBVMS.BITNET> Subject: "They" Date: 02 Apr 1993 16:56:25 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1083 (1401) There is another angle to "they" that has bothered me far longer than the gender/number phenomenon, that has only (relatively) recently shown up in my neck of the woods: For at least 15 years now, I have observed that students are reluctant to understand that a work of literature has a single, personal author or that a character has a particular identity. Thus, as often as not, a student will say in discussion, "They're saying here, 'To be or not to be ...'" Is there some hobgoblin out of Orwell at work here? Is there a deeper linguistic phenomenon behind this? Or am I simply cursed with especially dense and difficult students?! Michael Metzger (MLLMIKEM@UBVMS) From: Robin Smith <RSMITH@KSUVM> Subject: Singular and Plural Date: Sun, 4 Apr 93 16:03 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1084 (1402) I must confess that I am left quite unmoved by those who find it *illogical* (and not simply a violation of a convention of standard usage) to use 'they' as a generic singular. Here are two random points. In classical Greek, a neuter *plural* subject always (well, virtually always) takes a *singular* verb. That is, it is in effect a grammatical error to use a plural subject with a plural verb, sometimes. In Elizabethan usage, I am told, certain plu- ral subjects, usually for natural pairs ('eyes'), took singular verbs. And in any event, the singular-plural distinction is a matter of grammatical conven- tion: why is it any more logical to make a radical distinction between 'one' and 'more than one' than to cut three ways, as do languages with dual number, or for that matter to have one form for 'seventeen or less' and another for 'more than seventeen'? And as for Yogi Berra's comment about the streaker: the joke is in the si- tuation, not the syntax. Suppose he had said 'I don't know if it was a man or a woman; *he* had a bag on *his* head'? --Robin Smith From: David Bantz <D-Bantz@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Grammatical Illogicalities illustrated Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 10:02:49 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1085 (1403) David A. Hoekema: wrote [deleted quotation] J.J.Higgins writes: [deleted quotation] J. Russell Perkin writes: "Each person has their own [deleted quotation] Rand David writes: [deleted quotation] I spent some time browsing the O.E.D. (electronic version of course) for examples of such constructions. Without supposing that their inclusion constitutes unequivocal endorsement, it is interesting to see examples of such usage over a span of 400 years. Herewith are samples (I only made it through 'h' plus the entry 'their.') I've listed the main entry under which each quotation appears. Quotations from the OED illustrating the construction "Each.their." arch-fiend 1711 Ken Poet. Wks. II. 279 Each of the curst Arch-fiends their Legions led. a'warding, ppl. a. Giving judicial sentence, deciding. 1620 Rowlands Nt. Raven 20 Each of an honest friend did make his choyse, And bound themselues to their awarding voyce. bigamy b. 1635 J. Taylor (Water P.) Old Parr D j, Each man had many wives, which Bigamie, Was such increase to their Posterity. basketball 1898 Daily News 8 June 5/2 Vassar, Syracuse, Cornell, Wellesley, and Rosemary Hall have each their teams of girl basket-ball players. 'blotting-,paper 1612 Brinsley Lud. Lit. 29 Each to haue a blotting paper to keep their books from soyling, or marring vnder their hands. credulously 1882-3 Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 1236 Each may have received too credulously that statement which seemed to favor their own views. disrobe 2. refl. and intr. 1883 Gilmour, Mongols xviii. 211 You will notice that as they disrobe, that each and all wear at their breast charms. drum 6. as in cooking drum 1888 Pall Mall G. 10 July 13/2 A joint, a pair of chickens, a piece of salmon, with vegetables, each in their separate dishes... each 3. With reference to a sb. going before, or followed by of. Sometimes incorrectly with pl. vb. 1678 R. Barckat Apol. Quakers xi. S7.354 Each made it their work to retire inwardly to the Measure of Grace in themselves. ear (of corn) c.1665 P. E. Radisson Voyages (1885) 78 Each takes an ear of cone and putts in their mouths. ectomorph 1956 C. P. Snow Homecomings li 367 His profile confronted hers, each of them firm and beautiful in their ectomorphic lines. fancy 8.a. Capricious or arbitrary preference... 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa II. 315 Each..would interpret the opinions of Mahomet according to their owne fancie. fascine 1. Mil. A. 1688 Sir T. Morgan, Relat. Progr. France (1699) 14 The major-general.ordered the two battalions..each man to take up a long fascine upon their musquets and pikes. fraternity 4. A body or order of men. /*hence singular*/ 1703 Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 70 Each Fraternity have their Alters and Sanctuary. frequency 4. b. Physics, etc.... 1896 W. G. Woollcombe Pract. Work Physics III. 69 Take the average of these numbers for each fork to represent the ratio of their /*i.e., each fork's*/ frequencies. fumous obs 4. full of passion, angry, furious. 1684 H. More Answer 84 Each maintaining their cause with like fumous Animosity. graft 1. b. 1650 Fuller Pisgah 389 Each of them [pillars] having half a cubit of their shaft lost in their hight,... groove 6. groove-fellow, one of a company of men working a mine...in partnership. 1829 Glover's Hist. Derby I. 74 Each person or company possessing their meer or meers in partnership (called groove fellows). hack 2. b. Football 1866 Daily Tel. 7 Nov.., The practice of 'hacking'..consists in each side kicking their opponents' shins in so fearful and violent a mannier as to disable the players. hash 6. attrib. 1935 G. & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist VI. 168 Slim and Shorty each had two gold stripes on their left sleeve that Slim called hash marks because they were service stripes and stood for the number of years of free food they's had on Uncle Sam, he said. hoist 4. Naut. 1764 Veicht in Phil. Trans. LIV. 288 Each of these parts of the mast are divided as to length, and have their proper names.. the middle part...is often called the hoist, or hoisting part. their 3. Often used un relation to a sigular sb. or pronoun denoting a person... 13.. Cursor M. 389 (Cott.) Bath ware made sun and mon, AiJer wit Jer ouen light. C. 1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) l, Iche mon in thayre degre. 14.. Arth. & Merl. 2440 (Kolbing) Many a Sarazen lost their liffe. 1545 Abp. Parker Let. to Bp. Gardiner 8 May, Thus was it agreed among us that every president should assemble their companies. 1563 Win%et Four Scoir Thre Quest. liv, A man or woman being lang absent fra thair party. 1643 Trapp Comm. Gen. xxiv. 22 Each Countrey hath their fashions, and garnishes. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones vii. xiv, Every one in the House were in their Beds. 1771 Goldsm. Hist. Eng. III. 241 Every person..now recovered their liberty. A. 1845 Syd. Smith Wks. (1850) 175 Every human being must do something with their existence. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xli, A person can't help their birth. 1858 Bagehot Lit. Studies (1879) II. 206 Nobody in their senses would describe Gray's `Elegy' as [etc.]. 1898 G. B. Shaw Plays II. Candida 86 It's enough to drive anyone out of their senses. .................................. David Bantz <D-Bantz@UChicago.edu> Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 312-702-0822 (vox) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" <ERIC@SDNET> Subject: Question about Dickens Date: Sat, 03 Apr 93 07:19:27 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1086 (1404) I like to name the computer programs that I write after literary characters, esp. those in Dickens. I wrote a grammar and style checker that I called WACKFORD (after Wackford Squeers, the disgraceful teacher in _Nicholas Nickleby_) and later renamed StrongWriter (after Dr. Strong in _David Copperfield_); like the character in _Oliver Twist_, BROWNLOW is a program that processes text starting at the top of the page, "turning over the leaf when" it gets "to the bottom of a page, beginning at the top line of the next one, and going regularly on" until, at last, information about the text is collected. I wrote a program to compute and tabulate basketball statistics. I named the program after the only athlete I could remember in Dickens novels: a pugilist called The Game Chicken. Those who used my program didn't like that name very well, so I changed it to Rabbitt (after Updike's character). There must be athletes in Dickens novels other than The Game Chicken in _Dombey and Son_ that I am not remembering. Can someone tell me some names and references? Thanks in advance. -- Eric Johnson JohnsonE@columbia.dsu.edu From: Prof Norm Coombs <NRCGSH@RITVAX.BITNET> Subject: Fonts for Word: Hebrew and Greek Date: 04 Apr 1993 09:24:41 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1087 (1405) A friend wants oppinions on the best looking fonts to buy for microsoft word re Hebrew and Greek. Write to: nrcgsh@ritvax Norman Coombs From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Addendum and query Date: 2 Apr 93 18:00:24 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1088 (1406) Michael Hart notes that my advice to check for a signature block on outgoing messages by mailing to yourself is poor advice: what you get from your own mail program may differ substantially from what others see. Instead, mail to a colleague and ask him or her to tell you whether your name and address appear at the bottom. Alternatively, make it a practice to type them manually when writing to newsgroups or persons who are not regular correspondents. Sorry I overlooked this. (My own mailer program has the idiotic characteristic that, when set to save outgoing messages, it helpfully offers a screenful of messages with no information whatever about their addressees but with the sender, viz., myself, very clearly identified. Why the programmer thought most users would forget, each day, that "outgoing" means "sent by me" I do not know.) He also sent a query I could not answer but launch into the conversation: can anyone enlighten us on why Calvin and Hobbes are named "Calvin" and "Hobbes'? (This is not a query about Genevan and English parents but about certain cartoon characters.) || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: printer Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 20:09:54 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1089 (1407) I don't think that any American printer which depends on frequency will work in Germany, since the current is different. Two solutions: buy a rechargeable such as the Diconix and just recharge it. I can vouch for the fact that this works, since this is what I do when I go to Geramny. Or, I feel sure that a laser printer with a Franzus connector or transformer if you need one will work. Is it Jim Seymour who has the nice book on traveling with a computer? From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: printer Date: Sat, 3 Apr 93 13:40:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1090 (1408) Many pcs, notebooks, etc. now have automatically switchable powersupplies and all you need is a plug adaptor. I think all you need to do is ask whether the power supply is switchable. Ed Haupt From: George Lang Subject: Still more on A-4 Date: Sat, 3 Apr 93 12:05:10 MST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1091 (1409) Romance Languages University of Alberta Most interesting, this elegant discussion on the Platonic essence of A-4, but just yesterday a French graduate student here whose British M.A. was in its last technical stages desperately needed just two little sheets of the stuff (for a title page and a resume). Has anyone noticed the irony of this obsessive electronic conversation on the identity of a medium we have supposedly gone beyond? George Lang GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0623 Proverbia (4/114) Date: Sun, 04 Apr 93 15:34:20 IDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1092 (1410) Not quite anceps, but changed: I never appreciated the meaning of "honesty is the best policy" until I heard it paraphrased in Hebrew as, "the truth is the best lie," i.e., when dealing with a person who expects you to mislead him, the best thing to tell him is the truth -- he'll never guess that it is the truth. Once I had heard that in Hebrew, I remembered that "policy", as recently as the eighteenth century, meant "crafty politics", so that the English meant the same as the Hebrew -- and something quite different from the straight-arrow advice I had always taken it to be. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: "David M. Schaps" <F21004@BARILVM> Subject: Re: 6.0634 And More Proverbs (2/32) Date: Sun, 04 Apr 93 15:52:27 IDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1093 (1411) I doubt that any discussion of "bloody" can continue very long without the chestnut about Gilbert and Sullivan's _Ruddygore_, which the foulermouthed called _Bloodygore_ so often that the authors or producer (I don't know which) eventually changed it to _Ruddigore_, under which name it goes to this day. The story is that one chap asked Gilbert "How Bloodygore was doing?" Upon Gilbert's telling him that he meant "Ruddygore", he answered, "Same thing." (Perhaps he said "Same difference"). Gilbert told him that it was not. "For if it were," he continued, "then when I tell you I admire your ruddy countenance -- which I do -- I would be telling you that I admire your bloody cheek -- which I don't!" David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: David Bantz <D-Bantz@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: The length of a page Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1993 09:15:05 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1094 (1412) [deleted quotation] To reiterate the obvious, the "length" of a page in lines of text depends on the type size, style, margins, printer characteristics, whether a header is automatically added, and many more factors. It's pretty frustrating trying to match your software and printer to an arbitrary decision that looked pretty on the originator's particular configuration. Please do not make software or texts depend upon any specific number of lines per page (or characters per line for that matter). David Bantz <D-Bantz@UChicago.edu> Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 312-702-0822 (vox) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" <CXFW@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Subject: The Computer-Assisted Research Forum Date: Sun, 04 Apr 93 21:10:26 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 649 (1413) ____________________________________________________________________ COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM A Reader-friendly Bulletin for Academics and Educators in the Humanities ____________________________________________________________________ The Computer-Assisted Research Forum (CARF), in its second year, is currently a print-based bulletin published three times during the year. Intended Reader The humanities scholar-teacher and the student (from first year university/college/seminary to the doctoral level) are the focus of attention. Support staff will benefit from listening in. Disciplinary Focus CARF spreads its web across all areas of the humanities. Sug- gestions for articles and reviews, which can be sent by FAX or e- mail, are always warmly received. 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Scharper, Editorial Advisor McGill University _________________________________________________________________ TABLES OF CONTENTS, 1992/93 Fall 1992 * Nodes, Modems and Bauds?: E-mail in Plain English Bibliographic * Programs Compared: Part One (Library Master, EndNote Plus and Pro-Cite for the PC) * Graphics-Mode Word Processors for the PC: ChiWriter 4.1 and Multilingual Scholar 4.0 * Making WordPerfect Multilingual: ScriptureFonts 1.1 Winter 1993 * Electronic Discussion Groups: A Virtual University * Bibliographic Programs Compared: Part Two (Pro-Cite/Mac, EndNote Plus/Mac and Papyrus/PC) * Transparent Language: Perspectives on a Foreign Language Reading Tutor * Text Analysis: Part One. Bible-oriented Packages for the Macintosh (AnyText and macBible). Coming in 1993 * Text Analysis: Part Two. 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Send your subscription request with a cheque or purchase order to: Computer-Assisted Research Forum c/o Todd Blayone Birks Building McGill University 3520 University Street Montreal, PQ - H3A 2A7 Canada Please make cheques, in Canadian or US funds, payable to "CARF." _________________________________________________________________ Copyright 1993 by The Computer-Assisted Research Forum. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-7717-0256-6. Product reviews are based on independent first-hand evaluations. Manuscript submissions are welcome. The editor may be contacted electronically at cxfw@musica. mcgill.ca. From: Paul Herman <herman@fvc.bc.ca> Subject: Teaching second year metaphysics and epistemology Date: 3 Apr 93 16:33 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 650 (1414) Next Fall, I will teach a second year metaphysics and epistemology course, the first time my college has offered this course in over a decade. I would like to use original sources as well as a good text that introduces students to serious study of contemporary issues and positions. If possible, I would also like to use feminist and multicultural material. For example, I am considering having students do presentations on various non-traditional (i.e., non-Western European, non-male) approaches to classic problems; obviously, that presupposes students having some grasp of traditional approaches. Any recommendations for texts and readings, copies of course syllabi, assignments, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to me directly or to the list if you think it appropriate. If interest is expressed, I will summarize back to the list or to individuals who request it. My apologies for cross-posting this message to several lists in hopes of receiving a wide response. Thanks very much for any help. Paul Herman, HERMAN@FVC.BC.CA Department of Philosophy University-College of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada From: Mark Ritchie <AVFILM2@watdcs.UWaterloo.ca> Subject: UNESCO Accord Date: Sat, 03 Apr 93 18:21:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 651 (1415) I haven't encountered a UNESCO Accord on Books but there is one called the Agreement for Fascilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character (3rd General Session of UNESCO: Beirut, Lebanon; 1948). Materials certified under this agreement are permitted duty-free entry into Canada under Canadian Tariff Item 69615-1. Such materials must be accompanied by a certificate issued by the exporting country. In the USA there's someone at the State Department who issues the certificates. It used to be the USIA Information Officer. In Canada the NFB is/was responsible for Canadian materials being exported under Orders in Council P.C. 127 and P.C. 1964-832. W. Mark Ritchie | Tel: (519) 888-4070 Media Librarian | Fax: (519) 888-6197 Audio-Visual Centre | University of Waterloo | Internet: avfilm2@watdcs.Uwaterloo.ca ******** From: GZIEGLER@amherst.edu Subject: 17th-century Conference Date: 07 Apr 1993 12:29:52 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 652 (1416) The Renaissance Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst is hosting the following conference -- October 28-31, 1993. Europe and Whitehall: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1603-1685 This multidisciplinary conference examines the multiple connections existing between the English royal court and continental Europe during the seventeenth century. Topics will include: politics, literature, music, the performing arts, social networks, visual culture, diplomacy, and international relations. Workshop leaders include: Jonathan Brown, "Visual Culture" Robert D. Hume, "Theatre Production and Music" Arthur F. Kinney, "The Court seen through Literature" Gordon Schochet, "Political Thought" Lois G. Schwoerer, "Print Culture, Law and Ideology in the Restoration" Charles K. Smith, "Epicurean Discourse and Royalism" Speakers include: Martin Butler, Caroline Hibbard, Nancy Klein Maguire, Richard McCoy, Annabel Patterson, Jonathan Scott, R. Malcolm Smuts, J.P. Sommerville, James A. Winn For more information write to: Nancy Klein Maguire, The Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 - or R. Malcolm Smuts, Dept. of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrisey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617)287-6860 Phone: (617)287-6860 From: Ann Okerson <ann@cni.org> Subject: Publication of Proceedings Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 19:53:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 653 (1417) Hi, in case you might find it of interest, I am attaching the following publication announcement for a handful of e-lists, to use in full or excerpt if you like. This symposium on networked electronic publishing was held in December and co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and the American Association of University Presses, with support from the American Mathematical Society and the National Science Foundation. It brought together a number of different not-for-profit publishers as well as academics and librarians in a stimulating series of papers and discussions. Thanks for your interest. Ann Okerson/ARL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For additional information please contact: Ann Okerson, Director Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing e-mail: ann@cni.org Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks Proceedings of the Second Symposium December 5-8, 1992 The Association of Research Libraries announces the publication of Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks: Proceedings of the Second Symposium. The meeting and the proceedings were co- sponsored by the Association of American University Presses, with support from the American Mathematical Society and the National Science Foundation. The first symposium on scholarly publishing on the electronic networks was held in the spring of 1992. One publisher commented that the experience was "like being a deer caught in the headlights of an onrushing truck." But by the start of the second symposium, participants had survived the shock of the new. They came forward with well-formed experiments, prototype projects, and questions about the ways and means of making the new technology serve the demands of the scholarly and scientific community. The objective of Symposia has been to promote information-sharing and discussion among people interested in developing the potential of formal scholarly electronic publishing, with particular emphasis on not-for-profit models. Presenters also discussed developing collaborative plans for sharing electronic publishing expertise among organizations in the academic publishing chain. Presentations ranged from a deliberately visionary look at electronic publishing "the day after tomorrow" to very pragmatic discussions about what it takes to make electronic text that can be used in the current network environment. Common economic concerns were evident in many of the presentations and included questions on such issues as those of cost recovery and intellectual property laws in a new and evolving technological environment. A riveting 'lawyers tour' was given of the realities of the the copyright law and its interpretation and application. Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks was compiled and edited by Ann Okerson, Director of ARLUs Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing. It contains text or summaries of 17 papers presented at the symposium, as well as two supplemental papers. The Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing (OSAP) undertakes activities to understand and influence the forces affecting the production, dissemination, and use of scholarly and scientific information. The Office seeks to promote innovative, alternative ways of sharing scholarly findings, particularly through evolving electronic techniques for recording and disseminating academic and research scholarship. OSAP maintains a continuing educational outreach to the scholarly community in order to encourage a shared Rinformation conscienceS among all participants in the scholarly publishing chain: academics, libraries, and information producers. Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks Proceedings of the Second Symposium ISBN 0-918006-61-9 March 1993 182 pages, 8.5 x 11, pbk. ORDER FORM: Price (PREPAID orders only, Please): $20.00 U.S. Postage/Handling (Choose appropriate charge) North America: $4.00 Europe: $8.00 All Others: $12.00 Calculate TOTAL: Send check or money order payable to ARL to: Jeff Day, Program Assistant Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 From: "Barry W. K. Joe" <bjoe@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> Subject: WP51 and endnotes Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 15:17:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1095 (1418) A colleague in French is preparing a manuscript which is already 10 chapters in length. The style guide provided by the publishers specifies endnotes. My colleague has produced each chapter as a separate file with the endnotes at the end of each chapter. Her query is how to collate _all_ the endnotes at the end of the last chapter. The difficulty here is that the final product will be a little over 400 pages of screen text in length, and my experience with WP51 has shown that files of such length are problematic, so linking all the files, while possible, creates a different set of problems. Any suggestions? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Barry W. K. Joe e-mail: bjoe@spartan.ac.brocku.ca * * Germanic & Slavic Studies Tel: (416) 688-5550 ext. 3314 * * Brock University Fax: (416) 688-2789 * * St. Catharines, Ontario * * CANADA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From: Karl Van Ausdal <VANAUSDALK@APPSTATE.BITNET> Subject: Library quotations needed Date: 07 Apr 1993 09:14:50 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1096 (1419) We need your favorite quotations about libraries. For a library brochure, we are looking for a forcefully expressed short quotation that speaks to the power and influence of libraries and the variety of materials in them on the lives of a a diversity of users. A focus toward artistic or humanistic values and toward public libraries would be all the better. Precise citations will also help, so that we can more easily verify them. I would suggest replying directly to me, but I suspect there may be folks on the network who would like to know about them. Let your conscience be your guide. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Karl Van Ausdal vanausdalk@appstate.bitnet Music Library vanausdalk@conrad.appstate.edu Appalachian State University voice (704) 262-2389 fax (704) 262-6446 From: Allen Michie <engak472@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> Subject: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 09:30:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1097 (1420) Subject: [deleted quotation] For that matter, can anyone explain why the four Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles are named after Renaissance painters? From: walker@bellcore.com (Don Walker) Subject: ACL-93 Annual Meeting Program and Registration information Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 22:27:49 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 655 (1421) ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS 31st Annual Meeting ACL-93 22-26 June 1993 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA INVITED TALKS Planning Multimodal Discourse Wolfgang Wahlster, German Research Center for AI Transfers of Meaning Geoff Nunberg, Xerox PARC Quantificational Domains and Recursive Contexts Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts SPECIAL MEETINGS ACL Business Meeting with elections and voting on constitutional changes Student Member Lunch Meeting NOTICE CONTENTS PROGRAM INFORMATION TUTORIAL DESCRIPTIONS SPECIAL MEETINGS STUDENT SESSION INFORMATION REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS HOTEL INFORMATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION APPLICATION FOR RESIDENCE HALLS ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS 31st Annual Meeting 22 - 26 June 1993 Fawcett Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA PROGRAM TUESDAY, 22 JUNE - FAWCETT CENTER AUDITORIUM 12:00-5:00 Tutorial Registration, Lobby 2:00-5:30 TUTORIAL SESSIONS Brain and Language Helen Gigley and Steve Small Mathematics of Language: How to Measure the Complexity of Natural Languages Alexis Manaster Ramer and Wlodek Zadrozny 7:00-9:00 Tutorial Registration and Reception, Lobby WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE - FAWCETT CENTER AUDITORIUM 8:00-5:00 Tutorial and Conference Registration, Lobby 9:00-12:30 TUTORIAL SESSIONS Multimedia and Multimodal Parsing Kent Wittenburg Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval David D. Lewis and Elizabeth D. Liddy 12:00-9:00 EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, Room 10 & Exhibit Room LUNCH 1:30-1:45 OPENING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 1:45-2:10 Char_align: A Program for Aligning Parallel Texts at the Character Level 2:10-2:35 Aligning Sentences in Bilingual Corpora Using Lexical Information Stanley Chen 2:35-3:00 An Algorithm for Finding Noun Phrase Correspondences in Bilingual Corpora Julian Kupiec 3:00-3:30 BREAK 3:30-3:55 Structural Matching of Parallel Texts Yuji Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Ishimoto, Takehito Utsuro, & Makoto Nagao 3:55-4:20 Towards History-Based Grammars: Using Richer Models for Probabilistic Parsing Ezra Black, Fred Jelinek, John Lafferty, David M. Magerman, Robert Mercer, & Salim Roukos 4:20-4:45 Using Bracketed Parses to Evaluate a Grammar Checking Application Richard Wojcik, Philip Harrison, & John Bremer 4:45-5:15 BREAK 5:15-5:40 A Speech-First Model for Repair Detection and Correction Christine Nakatani & Julia Hirschberg 5:40-6:05 Gemini: A Natural Language System for Spoken-Language Understanding Mark Gawron, Doug Appelt, John Bear, Lynn Cherny, Robert Moore, & Doug Moran 7:00-9:00 RECEPTION WITH EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS THURSDAY, 24 JUNE - FAWCETT CENTER AUDITORIUM 8:00-5:00 Conference Registration, Lobby 9:00-7:00 EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, Room 10 & Exhibit Room 9:00-9:25 The Effect of Establishing Coherence in Ellipsis and Anaphora Resolution Andrew Kehler 9:25-9:50 Temporal Centering Megumi Kameyama, Rebecca Passonneau, & Massimo Poesio 9:50-10:15 Inferring the Semantic Scope of Operators Massimo Poesio 10:15-10:45 BREAK 10:45-11:10 Two Kinds of Metonymy David Stallard 11:10-12:15 Planning Multimodal Discourse ***INVITED TALK*** Wolfgang Wahlster, German Research Center for AI 12:15-1:45 LUNCH 1:45-2:10 A Unification-Based Parser for Relational Grammar David E. Johnson, Adam Meyers, & Lawrence S. Moss 2:10-2:35 Parsing Free Word Order Languages in the Paninian Framework Akshar Bharati, Vineet Chaitanya, & Rajeev Sangal 2:35-3:00 Principle-Based Parsing without Overgeneration Dekang Lin 3:00-3:30 BREAK 3:30-3:55 Lexicalized Context-Free Grammars Yves Schabes 3:55-4:20 Parallel Multiple Context-Free Grammars, Finite-State Translation Systems, and Polynomial-Time Recognizable Subclasses of Lexical-Functional Grammars Hiroyuki Seki, Ryuichi Nakanishi, Yuichi Kaji, Sachiko Ando, & Tadao Kasami 4:20-4:45 Feature-Based Allomorphy Hans-Ulrich Krieger, John Nerbonne, & Hannes Pirker 4:45-5:15 BREAK 5:15-5:40 Intention-based Segmentation: Human Reliability and Correlation with Linguistic Cues Rebecca J. Passonneau & Diane J. Litman 5:40-6:05 Language-Independent Anaphora Resolution System for Understanding Multilingual Texts Chinatsu Aone & Doug McKee 7:00-10:00 RECEPTION AND BANQUET Presidential Address: Fernando Pereira FRIDAY, 25 JUNE - FAWCETT CENTER AUDITORIUM 8:30-3:00 Conference Registration, Lobby 9:00-6:00 EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, Room 10 & Exhibit Room 9:00-9:25 Contextual Word Similarity and Estimation from Sparse Data Ido Dagan, Shaul Marcus, & Shaul Markovitch 9:25-9:50 Towards the Automatic Identification of Adjectival Scales: Clustering of Adjectives According to Meaning Vasileios Hatzivassiloglou & Kathleen McKeown 9:50-10:15 Distributional Clustering of English Words Fernando Pereira, Naftali Tishby, & Lillian Lee 10:15-10:40 BREAK 10:40-11:45 Transfers of Meaning ***INVITED TALK*** Geoff Nunberg, Xerox PARC 11:45-12:40 BUSINESS MEETING, ELECTIONS, & CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES See separate notice for description of special agenda items. NOMINATIONS FOR ACL OFFICES FOR 1994: President: Karen Sparck Jones, University of Cambridge Vice President: Doug Appelt, SRI International Secretary-Treasurer: Don Walker, Bellcore Associate Secretary-Treasurer: Judith Klavans, Columbia University Executive Committee (1994-1996): Ed Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute Nominating Committee (1994-1996): Fernando Pereira, AT&T Bell Laboratories 12:40-2:10 LUNCH STUDENT SESSIONS 2:10-2:28 A Flexible Approach to Cooperative Response Generation in Information-Seeking Dialogues Liliana Ardissono, Alessandro Lombardo, & Dario Sestero, University of Torino 2:28-2:46 Identifying Relevant Prior Explanations James A. Rosenblum, University of Pittsburgh 2:46-3:04 Responding to User Queries in a Collaborative Environment Jennifer Chu, University of Delaware 3:04-3:22 The Imperfective Paradox and Trajectory-of-Motion Events Michael White, University of Pennsylvania 3:22-3:40 Text Segmentation Based on Similarity Between Words Hideki Kozima, University of Electro-Communications 3:40-4:10 BREAK 4:10-4:28 How Do We Count? The Problem of Tagging Phrasal Verbs in PARTS Nava Shaked, The City University of New York 4:28-4:46 Raisins, Sultanas, and Currants: Lexical Classification and Abstraction via Context Priming David J. Hutches, University of California, San Diego 4:46-5:04 Guiding an HPSG Parser using Semantic and Pragmatic Expectations Jim Skon, The Ohio State University 5:04-5:22 The Formal Consequence of Using Variables in CCG Categories Beryl Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania 5:22-5:40 Integrating Word Boundary Identification with Sentence Understanding Kok Wee Gan, National University of Singapore 5:40-5:58 Extending Kimmo's Two-Level Model of Morphology Anoop Sarkar, C-DAC, Pune University Campus 8:15-10:15 JUDY COLLINS & THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY -- see separate notice Chemical Abstracts grounds, next to Fawcett Auditorium SATURDAY, 26 JUNE - FAWCETT CENTER AUDITORIUM 8:30-1:00 Conference Registration, Lobby 9:00-2:00 EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, Room 10 & Exhibit Room 9:00-9:25 A Complete and Recursive Feature Theory Rolf Backofen & Gert Smolka 9:25-9:50 On the Decidability of Functional Uncertainty Rolf Backofen 9:50-10:15 A Logical Semantics for Nonmonotonic Sorts Mark A. Young & Bill Rounds 10:15-10:45 BREAK 10:45-11:10 F-PATR: Functional Constraints for Unification Grammars Kent Wittenburg 11:10-12:15 Quantificational Domains and Recursive Contexts ***INVITED TALK *** Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts 12:15-1:45 LUNCH and STUDENT MEMBER LUNCH -- See separate notice 1:45-2:10 Tailoring Lexical Choice to the User's Vocabulary in Multimedia Explanation Generation Kathleen McKeown, Jacques Robin, & Michael Tanenblatt 2:10-2:35 Automatic Acquisition of a Large Subcategorization Dictionary from Corpora Christopher D. Manning 2:35-3:00 An Empirical Study on Thematic Knowledge Acquisition Based on Syntactic Clues and Heuristics Rey-Long Liu & Von-Wun Soo 3:00-3:30 BREAK 3:30-3:55 Part-of-Speech Induction from Scratch Hinrich Schuetze 3:55-4:20 Automatic Grammar Induction and Parsing Free Text: A Transformation-Based Approach Eric Brill 4:20-4:45 A Competition-Based Explanation of Syntactic Attachment Preferences and Garden Path Phenomena Suzanne Stevenson PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Robert Carpenter, Carnegie Mellon University; Garrison Cottrell, University of California at San Diego; Robert Dale, University of Edinburgh; Bonnie Dorr, University of Maryland; Julia Hirschberg, AT&T Bell Labs; Paul Jacobs, General Electric Corporate R&D, Schenectady; Robert Kasper, Ohio State University; Slava Katz, IBM TJ Watson Research Center; Judith Klavans, Columbia University; Bernard Lang, INRIA; Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs; Mitch Marcus, University of Pennsylvania; Kathleen McCoy, University of Delaware; Marc Moens, University of Edinburgh; Johanna Moore, University of Pittsburg; John Nerbonne, University of Groeningen; James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University; Uwe Reyle, University of Stuttgart; Lenhart Schubert (chair), University of Rochester; Richard Sproat, AT&T Bell Labs; Jun-ichi Tsujii, UMIST Centre for Computational Linguistics; Gregory Ward, Northwestern University; Janyce Wiebe, New Mexico State University. TUTORIALS Tuesday, 22 June 1993, 2:00-5:30 BRAIN AND LANGUAGE Helen Gigley, Naval Research Laboratory Steve Small, University of Pittsburgh Human language performance results from complex computations within a unique machine architecture. While neither this brain hardware nor the specific computations for producing and comprehending language are well understood, certain facts are available and a number of well supported hypotheses are under investigation. It is our view that the study of language performance has a potentially large role to play in computational linguistics, and that the study of brain mechanisms underlying this performance may yield insights into issues of importance for construction of artificial systems that process natural language. This tutorial is organized into two sections. The first part describes the functional neuroanatomy of the brain, with greatest emphasis on methods of testing language function in the brain, the sorts of results that have been obtained, and what these imply for the structure of brain computations and for the nature of human language. Demonstrations of people with language impairments (live or on videotape) as well as example computed tomographic and/or magnetic resonance images will supplement descriptive material. The second part of the tutorial will discuss two broad computational subjects, cognitive modelling and practical natural language processing. A number of researchers are constructing computer models of cognitive neuropsychological phenomena, many involving language, using both symbolic and connectionist methods. Several examples of such models and the neurobiological and psychological data that constrain their processing architectures will be discussed. While certain aspects of linguistic data and theory have been successfully applied to the construction of practical NLP systems, theoretical notions from neurobiology have not played much role. This topic will be discussed with practical suggestions on using data and theory from cognitive neuroscience to construct new NLP systems or to improve existing ones. MATHEMATICS OF LANGUAGE: HOW TO MEASURE THE COMPLEXITY OF NATURAL LANGUAGES Alexis Manaster Ramer, Wayne State University Wlodek Zadrozny, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center This tutorial will survey the uses of formal language, automata, and complexity theory in computational linguistics, seeking to answer such questions as whether natural languages are, for example, context-free or parsable in deterministic polynomial time. More generally, we will consider the question of how these formal theories can best be applied to NLs in a computational setting, focusing on such issues as the properties of constructions vs. those of languages, the formalization and computational uses Chomsky's intuitions about ``E-'' vs. ``I-language'', the relative power of different models of NL, the formal treatment of computational models of ``performance'', and, finally, some startling new results about the power of models of semantics. TUTORIALS Wednesday, 23 June 1993, 9:00-12:30 MULTIMEDIA AND MULTIMODAL PARSING Kent Wittenburg, Bellcore As new information channels and input devices arrive on the scene, the spectrum of possibilities and challenges for interpretation increases beyond single-channel text or speech. First, there is integration of more than one modality -- speech and simultaneous pointing being a paramount example. Second, characterizing and processing expressions in nonlinear input media requires extensions to the usual linear, string-based methods. Examples of nonlinear input include static figures and diagrams; interactive gesturing, writing, and drawing; live cameras and stored video; and data from eye-tracking hardware and 3D devices such as spaceballs or datagloves. This tutorial is directed towards ACL members who would like to be be made aware of current research in parsing and interpretation of such media. The focus will be on identifying problems for which extensions to grammatical representation and parsing methods already in common practice in computational linguistics may provide solutions. We will consider the problem of characterizing multidimensional expressions separately and concurrently as languages and then survey techniques for parsing and interpreting them. The tutorial will initially include a brief characterization of current research and practice in interpreting nonlinear and multimodal input along these lines. Then it will highlight some of the more interesting grammatical frameworks, with a brief overview of graph grammars as well as an introduction to current research from the visual languages community. We will close with a detailed example using Relational Grammars, a framework for multidimensional languages that cuts across several of the current proposals for constraint-based grammars and parsing methods. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL David D. Lewis, AT&T Bell Laboratories Elizabeth D. Liddy, Syracuse University This tutorial will discuss the application of natural language processing methods to support more effective text retrieval and text categorization. We will present a comprehensive discussion of the use of NLP methods to address particular characteristics of human language that make these tasks difficult. In parallel, we will also consider more traditional ``non-NLP'' methods for addressing the same problems, and discuss the tradeoffs for each. One theme of the tutorial is that the line between NLP and non-NLP methods in IR is becoming quite fuzzy, with the increasing use of statistical and other robust techniques in NLP. Linguistic examples will be drawn primarily from English, plus some from Japanese and other languages. WORKSHOP ON ACQUISITION OF LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM TEXT Monday, 21 June, 9:00-5:00 Fawcett Center, Ohio State University Sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Group on the Lexicon (SIGLEX) This workshop will consider the state of the art in acquiring aspects of a lexical entry -- either for computational or lexicographic purposes -- through the use of computer analysis techniques. Topics considered will be in any of the general areas of: (1) recognition of text objects as lexical entities; (2) identification of the properties of such lexical entities: (3) identification and recognition of the most informative piece of text which is characteristic of these properties of the lexical entity. Attendance is limited. For further information, contact James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University, Computer Science, Ford Hall, Waltham, MA 02254, USA; +1-617-736-2709 phone; jamesp@cs.brandeis.edu. WORKSHOP ON INTENTIONALITY AND STRUCTURE IN DISCOURSE RELATIONS Monday, 21 June, 9:00-5:00 Fawcett Center, Ohio State University Sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN) This workshop will consider the relationship between rhetorical or discourse structure relations and intentionality or communicative goals. Topics considered will be (1) the evidence for the existence of rhetorical relations and what types can be identified; (2) the evidence for the existence of intentions and what types can be identified; (3) the relationship between the two types of knowledge; (4) how rhetorical relations interact with representations of Speaker's and Hearer's beliefs and desires; (5) how rhetorical relations are used in discourse understanding. Attendance is limited. For further information, contact Owen Rambow, University of Pennsylvania, Computer and Information Science, IRCS, Suite 400C, 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA; +1-215-898-0334 phone; +1-215-573-2048 fax; rambow@unagi.cis.upenn.edu. WORKSHOP ON VERY LARGE CORPORA: ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES Tuesday, 22 June, 9:00-5:00 Fawcett Center, Ohio State University Sponsored by the ACL, Chemical Abstracts, Mead Data Central (MDC), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) This workshop will bring together people working with very large corpora from industry and academia to consider a variety of text analysis techniques: ``robust'' parsing, part of speech tagging, sense tagging, identification of phrases, collocation, morphology, and discourse structure. It will explore how these techniques relate to a range of applications: information retrieval, recognition (speech, OCR, handwriting), spelling correction, translation, and lexicography. Attendance is limited. For further information, contact Kenneth Ward Church, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2B422, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA; +1-908-582-5325 phone; +1-908-582-7550 fax; kwc@research.att.com SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA Friday, 25 June, 11:45-12:40 Fawcett Center Auditorium, Ohio State University In addition to the elections and the usual status reports, members will be asked to consider constitutional changes that are necessary for creating the office of Associate Secretary-Treasurer formally and for establishing a five-year term for Secretary-Treasurer. If these changes are approved, Judith Klavans, who has been appointed on an interim basis as Associate Secretary-Treasurer by the Executive Committee, will stand for election. She would then become Secretary-Treasurer in January 1995. Other constitutional changes also will be voted on. A description will be included in the registration package. There will also be reports on the Special Interest Groups, the ACL Data Collection Initiative, the ACL European Corpus Initiative, the Consortium for Lexical Research, the Text Encoding Initiative, the new Computational Linguistics Course Survey, and other topics of current interest. JUDY COLLINS AND THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY Friday, 25 June, 8:15-10:15pm Chemical Abstracts Arena, next to Fawcett Center Judy Collins will appear in concert with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra outdoors on the grounds of Chemical Abstracts, which is right next to Fawcett Center. Admission is $10, payable at the gate. The audience is accommodated on the lawn, so people should bring something to sit on. STUDENT MEMBER LUNCH MEETING Saturday, 26 June, 12:15-1:45 Fawcett Center Banquet Rooms, Ohio State University The ACL is hosting a complimentary lunch meeting for ACL Student Members and for Regular Members who qualify as students to allow them to reflect on the Friday sessions, to plan for the next Annual Meeting, and to discuss any other issues of interest. Those interested in attending should check the entry on the registration form, although that can also be done at the meeting. Students will need to request a lunch ticket at conference registration and confirm their member status. Students who are not yet ACL members can pay their dues ($20 for full-time students without a regular income; $30 for others) at the registration desk. 1993 LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE 28 JUNE - 6 AUGUST Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio The 57th Linguistic Institute, sponsored by the LSA and co-sponsored by the ACL, will be held at Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, from June 28 until August 6, 1993, beginning right after ACL-93. It will feature a number of computational linguistics courses, as described in the September 1992 issue of The FINITE STRING. For more information and application forms, contact Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-4052 phone; +1-614-292-4273 fax; linginst@ling.ohio-state.edu. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS PREREGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 9 JUNE; after that date, please wait to register at the Conference itself. Complete the attached ``Application for Preregistration'' and send it with a check payable to Association for Computational Linguistics or ACL or with Visa or MasterCard number and expiration date to the ACL Office: Donald E. Walker (ACL); Bellcore; 445 South Street, MRE 2A379; Morristown, NJ 07960, USA; +1-201-829-4312 phone; +1-201-829-5981 fax; acl@bellcore.com. Registration is also possible by email with creditcard payment; send the information requested on the Application for Preregistration to acl@bellcore.com. If a registration is canceled before 9 June, the registration fee, less $25 for administrative costs, will be returned. Registration includes one copy of the Proceedings, available at the Conference. Additional copies of the Proceedings at $30 for members, $60 for nonmembers, may be ordered on the registration form or by mail prepaid from Walker. For people who are unable to attend the conference but want the proceedings, there is a special order line at the bottom of the registration form. SITE: All conference activities will be held in the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow at The Ohio State University, 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus OH 43210. The telephone numbers for the Center are +1-800-637-2316 and +1-614-292-3238. Ask for the ACL-93 Registration Desk. TUTORIALS: Attendance in each tutorial is limited. Preregistration is essential to insure a place and guarantee that syllabus materials will be available. BANQUET: The conference banquet will be held on Thursday 24 June in the Banquet Room at Fawcett Center. Fernando Pereira will deliver the Presidential Address. LUNCHES: Since it is not easy to get to restaurants, arrangements have been made for serving lunch at Fawcett Center. A choice of soup, sandwich, and beverage or soup, salad, and beverage will be available for $5.00. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Contact Terry Patten, Ohio State University, Computer & Information Science, 2036 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-3989; patten@cis.ohio-state.edu; or Robert Kasper, Ohio State University, Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-2844; kasper@ling.ohio-state.edu. EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS: People interested in organizing exhibits or in demonstrating programs at the conference should contact Robert Kasper -- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Those with papers on the program and academics without grant or contract support can present demonstrations without charge, to the extent that scheduling permits. RESIDENCE HALL ACCOMMODATIONS: A number of two-, three-, and six- bedroom suites -- some with single bedrooms, others with twin beds -- have been reserved in the Harrison House Apartments, within walking distance of Fawcett Center. Each suite features a private bath (the six-bedroom suites have two), kitchenette, and living room, and air conditioning is provided. Rooms have full-service linen but do not have daily maid service. There is a 24-hour fitness center and a computer lab. The accommodations are quite nice. Send in the ``Application for Residence Halls,'' as soon as possible, but it must be received no later than 15 June to guarantee a room, although it may still be possible to make reservations after that date. Reservations are $75 for single occupancy and $50 each for two in a bedroom for the five days from 22-27 June, regardless of how many days one actually stays. People will be assigned successively to the two-, three-, and six-bedroom suites in the order in which applications are received. DIRECTIONS: The Ohio State University is located in Columbus, Ohio. The Fawcett Center is at 2400 Olentangy River Road, just north of Lane Avenue. By Car: Take I-70 or I-71 (from the south only) to State Route 315. Take 315 north about 4 miles to the Lane Avenue exit. On I-71 from the north, go west on I-270 and south about 7 miles on 315 to Lane Avenue. Go east on Lane. Harrison House is about a mile on the left. Turn left/north onto Olentangy River Road (2nd traffic light, before Harrison House). Fawcett Center is on the right, and most of the hotels are farther north along the same road. By Air: The airport shuttle leaves at 10 and 40 minutes after the hour from the lowest level of the airport. The cost is $7.50 if you identify yourself as with Ohio State University. The Ramada and Park Hotels have shuttles. Taxis cost $15 to $17. If you rent a car, go west on International Gateway; west on I-670; west (right) on 5th Avenue; north on Olentangy River Road (at State Route 315), continuing right on Olentangy River Road at second traffic light to Lane Avenue, and then as above. PARKING: Parking at Fawcett Center is free. FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE: Best done at the airports of entry into the United States. HOTEL INFORMATION Only a limited number of rooms could be reserved at each hotel, and reservations should be made by 1 June unless specified earlier below. Indicate that you are attending the ACL-93 conference at the University, or use the confirmation number listed under the telephone. Two of the hotels provide shuttle service; contact the hotel. Distances to Fawcett Center are shown; there is no public transportation in this area. There is a 15.75% hotel tax in addition to the rate specified unless the rate is identified as ``flat.'' Cross Country Inn +1-800-354-3492 $36.95 single by 25 May 3246 Olentangy River Rd +1-614-267-4646 $36.95 double 1 mile north Columbus, OH 43210 Days Inn +1-800-325-2525 $36.47 flat single by 15 May 3160 Olentangy River Rd +1-614-261-7141 $43.76 flat double 1 mile north Columbus, OH 43210 Olentangy Inn +1-800-354-3492 $26.95 single 3 miles south 1299 Olentangy River Rd +1-614-294-5211 $31.95 double 1 bed Columbus, OH 43210 $36.95 double 2 beds Parke University Hotel +1-800-344-2345 $46.00 single .8 miles north 3025 Olentangy River Rd +1-614-267-1111 $52.00 double airport Columbus, OH 43210 shuttle Ramada University Inn +1-800-228-2828 $50.00 room .8 miles north 3110 Olentangy River Rd +1-614-267-7461 airport Columbus, OH 43210 shuttle Red Roof Inn +1-800-874-9000 $34.99 flat single .5 miles north 441 Ackerman Road +1-614-267-9941 $45.00 flat doubles Columbus, OH 43210 conf#121000029 [Extract and submit this form for registration.] APPLICATION FOR PREREGISTRATION (by 9 June) 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 22-26 June 1993, Fawcett Center, Ohio State University NAME ___________________________________________________________________________ Last First Middle ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ AFFILIATION (for badge ID) _____________________________________________________ TELEPHONE ______________________________________________________________________ COMPUTER NET&ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION INFORMATION (circle fee or delete others) NOTE: Register as a member only if your membership is paid for 1993; if you have not been a member or if you have not paid for 1993, register at the `non-member' rate. 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Tuesday Afternoon Tutorials: Circle or delete ONE: Brain and Language Mathematics of Language Wednesday Morning Tutorials: Circle or delete ONE: Multimedia and Mulitmodal Parsing Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval BANQUET TICKETS ($20 each): amount enclosed $_________ Circle or delete: Chicken Oscar Filet Mignon Vegetarian Lasagna STUDENT MEMBER LUNCH: ___ will attend ___ will not attend NOTE: Only open to Student Members or to Regular Members who are students. EXTRA PROCEEDINGS FOR REGISTRANTS ($30 each): amount enclosed $__________ PROCEEDINGS ONLY ($30 members; $60 others): amount enclosed $__________ VISA or MASTERCARD Number: _________________________________________ EXPIRATION DATE (month & year): ____________ TOTAL PAYMENT MUST BE INCLUDED: $_______________ (Registration, Banquet, Extra Proceedings, Tutorials) Make checks payable to ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS or ACL. Application for Preregistration WITH FULL PAYMENT must be received by 9 June. Send to: Donald E. Walker (ACL) +1-201-829-4312 phone Bellcore +1-201-829-5981 fax 445 South Street, MRE 2A379 acl@bellcore.com Morristown, NJ 07960, USA [Extract and submit this form for residence hall accommodations.] APPLICATION FOR RESIDENCE HALL ACCOMMODATIONS (by 15 June) 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 22-26 June 1993, Fawcett Center, The Ohio State University A number of two-, three-, and six-bedroom suites -- some with single bedrooms, others with twin beds -- have been reserved in the Harrison House Apartments, 222 West Lane Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, on the edge of the OSU campus and within walking distance of Fawcett Center. Each suite features a private bath (the six-bedroom suites have two), kitchenette, living room, and air conditioning. Rooms have full-service linen but do not have daily maid service. There is a 24-hour fitness center and a computer lab. The accommodations are quite nice. Harrison House is not a part of the university. People will be assigned successively to the two-, three-, and six-bedroom suites in the order in which applications are received. Reservations are $75 for single occupancy and $50 each for two in a bedroom for the five days from 22-27 June, regardless of how many days one actually stays, but the low prices makes this constraint reasonable. Parking is $7.50 for the five-day period. Harrison House is open 24 hours a day; the office telephone number is +1-614-294-5551. Pay when you leave; Visa and Master Card are accepted. Send in this ``Application for Residence Halls,'' as soon as possible. It must be received no later than 15 June to guarantee a room, although it may still be possible to make reservations after that date. 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Send to: ACL Conference +1-614-292-8571 phone Continuing Education +1-614-292-0492 fax Conference Unit: Pat Gardner Room 225 Mount Hall 1050 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210-1002, USA From: ACH-ALLC93 Conference <ACH_ALLC93@GUVAX.BITNET> Subject: ACH-ALLC93 Conference Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 17:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 656 (1422) ACH-ALLC93, the joint international conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, will be held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, June 16-19, 1993. Listed below are the keynote speeches and the papers and panels accepted for presentation at the conference. The conference announcement/registration form and the provisional program can be obtained in several ways: 1. by email request to ACH_ALLC93@GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU 2. by anonymous FTP to GUVAX.GEORGETOWN.EDU in directory ACH_ALLC93 3. by gopher to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY in directory ACH_ALLC93 4. by surface mail from Paul Mangiafico, Project Assistant Center for Text and Technology Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 USA ACH-ALLC93 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Keynote Speeches: Clifford Lynch, Director of Library Automation, Office of the President, University of California Hugh Kenner, Franklin and Calloway Professor of English, University of Georgia Accepted Papers: Douglas A. Kibbee (University of Illinois) The History of Disciplinary Vocabulary: A Computer-Based Approach to Concepts of 'Usage' in 17th-Century Works on Language Terry Butler, Donald Bruce (University of Alberta) Towards the Discourse of the Commune: Computer Aided Analysis of Jules Valles' Trilogy Jacques Vingtras John Lavagnino (Brandeis University) Hypertext and Textual Editing Risto Miilumaki (University of Turku) The Prerelease Materials for Finnegans Wake: A Hypermedia Approach to Joyce's Work in Progress Catherine Scott (University of North London) Hypertext as a Route into Computer Literacy Thomas B. Horton (Florida Atlantic University) Finding Verbal Correspondences Between Texts David Holmes (The University of the West of England), Michael L. Hilton (University of South Carolina) Cumulative Sum Charts for Authorship Attribution: An Appraisal Lisa Lena Opas (University of Joensuu) Analysing Stylistic Features in Translation: A Computer-Aided Approach Nancy Ide (Vassar College), Jean Veronis (GRTC/CNRS) An Encoding Scheme for Machine Readable Dictionaries Peter Flynn (University College, Cork) Spinning the Web - Using WorldWideWeb for Browsing SGML Claus Huitfeldt (University of Bergen) MECS - A Multi-Element Code System Wilfried Ver Eecke, Marvin Needell (Georgetown University) Computer Analysis of Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind Tony Jappy (University of Perpignan) The Verbal Structure of Romantic and Serious Fiction Thomas Rommel (University of Tuebingen) An Analysis of Word Clusters in Lord Byron's Don Juan Daniel C. Jacobson (University of North Dakota) Multi-Media Environments for the Study of Musical Form and Analysis John Morehen (University of Nottingham) Computers and Authenticity in the Performance of Elizabethan Keyboard Music Christian Delcourt (Universite de Liege) Computational Linguistics from 500 BC to AD 1700 Catherine N. Ball (Georgetown University) Automated Text Analysis: Cautionary Tales Jean-Jacques Hamm, Greg Lessard (Queen's University) Do Literary Studies Really Need Computers? John Burrows (University of Newcastle, Australia) Noisy Signals? Or Signals in the Noise? Hans van Halteren (University of Nijmegen) The Usefulness of Function and Attribute Information in Syntactic Annotation R. Harald Baayen (Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics) Quantitative Aspects of Lexical Conceptual Structure Elizabeth S.Adams (Hood College) Let the Trigrams Fall Where They May: Trigram Type and Tokens in the Brown Corpus Greg Lessard, Michael Levison (Queen's University) Computational Models of Riddling Strategies Walter Daelemans, Antal van den Bosch (Tilburg University), Steven Gilles, Gert Durieux (University of Antwerp) Learning Linguistic Mappings: An Instance-Based Learning Approach Michael J. Almeida, Eugenie P. Almeida (University of Northern Iowa) NewsAnalyzer - An Automated Assistant for the Analysis of Newspaper Discourse Kazys Baniulis, Bronius Tamulynas, Kestutis Pocius, Saulius Simniskis, Daiva Dmuchovska, Jolanta Normantiene (Kaunas University of Technology) Computer-Based Lithuanian Language Learning System in Humanities Programs Eve Wilson (University of Kent at Canterbury) Language of Learner and Computer: Modes of Interaction Floyd D. Barrows, Elaine Cherney, James B. Obielodan (Michigan State University) An Experimental Computer-Assisted Instructional Unit on Ancient Hebrew History and Society Hsin-Hsi Chen, Ting-Chuan Chung (National Taiwan University) Proper Treatments of Ellipsis Problems in an English-Chinese Machine Translation System Jorge Hankamer (University of California, Santa Cruz) keCitexts: Text-based Analysis of Morphology and Syntax in an Agglutinating Language Juha Heikkila, Atro Voutilainen (University of Helsinki) ENGCG: An Efficient and Accurate Parser for English Texts Wen-Chiu Tu (University of Illinois) Sound Correspondences in Dialect Subgrouping Ellen Johnson, William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. (University of Georgia) Using Linguistic Atlas Databases for Phonetic Analysis Shoichiro Hara, Hisashi Yasunaga (National Institute of Japanese Literature) On the Full-Text Database of Japanese Classical Literature Ian Lancashire (University of Toronto) A Textbase of Early Modern English Dictionaries, 1499-1659 Dionysis Goutsos, Ourania Hatzidaki, Philip King (University of Birmingham) Towards a Corpus of Spoken Modern Greek Yannis Haralambous (Lille, France) ScholarTeX Kathryn Burroughs Taylor (McLean, Virginia) Transferring Automatic Speech Recognizer (ASR) Performance Improvement Technology to Optical Character Recognition David J. Hutches (University of California, San Diego) Lexical Classification: Examining a New Tool for the Statistical Processing of Plain Text Corpora Espen S. Ore, Anne Haavaldsen (Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities) Computerizing the Runic Inscriptions at the Historic Museum in Bergen Daan van Reenen (Free University, Amsterdam) Early Islamic Traditions, History and Information Science Angela Gilham (Tyne and Wear, UK) Knowledge-Based Simulation: Applications in History Malcolm B. Brown (Dartmouth College) Navigating the Waters: Building an Academic Information System Charles Henry (Vassar College) The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Global Library, and the Humanities Christian-Emil Ore The Norwegian Information System for the Humanities Michael Strangelove (University of Ottawa) The State and Potential of Networked Resources for Religious Studies: An Overview of Documented Resources and the Process of Creating a Discipline-Specific Networked Archive of Bibliographic Information and Research/Pedagogical Material Andrew D. Scrimgeour (Regis University) Cocitation Study of Religious Journals Accepted Panels: Documenting Electronic Texts Annelies Hoogcarspel (Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities), Chair TEI Header, Text Documentation, and Bibliographic Control of Electronic Texts Richard Giordano (Manchester University) Panelist TBA Preserving the Human Electronic Record: Responsibilities, Problems, Solutions Peter Graham (Rutgers University), Chair Barry Neavill (University of Alabama) W. Scott Stornetta (Bellcore) Networked Electronic Resources: New Opportunities for Humanities Scholars Christine Mullings (University of Bath), Chair HUMBUL: A Successful Experiment Richard Gartner (Bodleian Library) Moves Towards the Electronic Bodleian: Introducing Digital Imaging into the Bodleian Library, Oxford Jonathan Moffett (Ashmolean Museum) Making Resource Databases Accessible to the Humanities Developing and Managing Electronic Texts Centers Mark Day (Indiana University), Chair and Participant Anita Lowry (University of Iowa) John-Price Wilkin (University of Virginia) Design Principles for Electronic Textual Resources: Integrating the Uses, Users and Developers Susan Hockey (Center for Electronic Text in the Humanities), Chair Nicholas Belkin (Rutgers University) Elaine Brennan (Brown University) Robin Cover (Dallas, TX) What Next After the TEI? Call for a Text Software Initiative Nancy Ide (Vassar College), Chair Malcolm Brown (Dartmouth College) Mark Olsen (University of Chicago) Jean Veronis (CNRS, Marseille) Antonio Zampolli (Istituto di Linguistica, Pisa) Representative of GNU Free Software Foundation Issues in Humanities Computing Support Charles D. Bush (Brigham Young University), Chair Peter Lafford (Arizona State University) Terry Butler (University of Alberta) Donald Spaeth (University of Glasgow) Malcolm Brown (Dartmouth College) The Scholar's Workbench and the "Edition:" Legitimate Aspiration or Chimera Frank Colson (University of Southampton) The Debate on Multi-Media Standards Manfred Thaller (Max-Planck-Instit t f r Geschichte) Exploiting Datasets Using Kleio under Microcosm Dino Buzzetti (University of Bologna) Masters and Books in Fourteenth Century Bologna Frank Colson, Wendy Hall (University of Southampton) Towards a Multi-Media Edition Interrogating the Text: Hypertext in English Literature Caroline Davis (Oxford University), Chair Patrick W. Conner, Rudolph P. Almasy (West Virginia University) Corpus Exegesis in the Literature Classroom: The Sonnet Workstation Mike Best (Victoria University) Of Hype and Hypertext: In Search of Structure Stuart Lee (Oxford Univ.) Hypermedia in the Trenches: First World War Poetry in Hypercard -- Observations on Evaluation, Design, and Copyright The Computerization of the Manuscript Tradition of Chr tien de Troyes's "Le Chevalier de la Charrette" Joel Goldfield (Plymouth State College), Chair and Reporter Karl D. Uitti (Princeton University) Old French Manuscripts, the Modern Book, and the Image Gina L. Greco (Portland State University) The Electronic Diplomatic Transcription of Chr tien de Troyes's "Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot):" Its Forms and Uses Toby Paff (Princeton University) The 'Charrette" Database: Technical Issues and Experimental Resolutions The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen Claus Huitfeldt (University of Bergen), Chair Claus Huitfeldt, Ole Letnes (University of Bergen) Encoding Wittgenstein Claus Huitfeldt (University of Bergen) Manuscript Encoding: Alphatexts and Betatexts Alois Pichler (University of Bergen) What Is Transcription, Really? Signs, Symbols, and Discourses: A New Direction for Computer-Aided Literary Studies -- New Responses Paul A. Fortier (University of Manitoba), Chair Mark Olsen (University of Chicago) Signs, Symbols, and Discourses: A New Direction for Computer-Aided Literary Studies Donald Bruce (University of Alberta) Towards the Implementation of Text and Discourse Theory in Computer-Aided Analysis Paul Fortier (University of Manitoba) Babies, Bathwater, and the Study of Literature Joel D. Goldfield (Plymouth State College) An Argument for Single-Author and Other Focused Studies Using Quantitative Criticism: A Collegial Response to Mark Olsen Gina L. Greco and Peter Shoemaker (Princeton University) Computer-Aided Literary Studies: Addressing the Particularities of Medieval Texts Ellen Spolsky (Bar-Ilan University) Have It Your Way and Mine: The Theory of Styles Invited SIGIR Panel on Information Retrieval Edward Fox (Virginia Technical University), Chair and Presenter Electronic Dissertation Project Elizabeth D. Liddy (Syracuse University) Use of Extractable Semantics from a Machine Readable Dictionary for Information Tasks Robert P. Futrelle (Northeastern University) Representing, Searching, Annotating, and Classifying Scientific and Complex Orthographic Text The British National Corpus: Problems in Producing a Large Text Corpus Gavin Burnage (Oxford University Computing Service), Chair Roger Garside (Lancaster University) Ray Woodall (Oxford University Press) The Academical Village: Electronic Texts and the University of Virginia John Price-Wilkin (University of Virginia), Chair Kendon Stubbs (University of Virginia) David Seaman (University of Virginia) David Gants (University of Virginia) From: CRONIN@VAX.LSE.AC.UK Subject: EVOLUTION AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES Date: Thu, 8 APR 93 15:40:11 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 657 (1423) *****CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT***** LSE Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences CONFERENCE ON 'EVOLUTION AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES' At the London School of Economics Thursday 24 -- Saturday 26 June 1993 Co-organisers: Helena Cronin and John Worrall CONFERENCE THEME: It is widely believed that the 'Darwinian revolution' transformed our whole view of ourselves and of our place in the universe. But, in fact, until recently the implications of Darwinian theory for humans have remained remarkably underexplored. This is partly because of the genuine problems facing Darwinian accounts of human behaviour; and partly because the enterprise has been tainted by an inglorious history, from the crude 'Social Darwinising' of the nineteenth century onwards. But over the past couple of decades, Darwinians have discovered rigorous and powerful principles of social behaviour, and have applied them successfully to a wide variety of animal species. Can this more sophisticated work lend insight into *human* behaviour -- without repeating the mistakes of earlier false starts? Recent studies -- in psychology, anthropology, economics, sociology and linguistics -- suggest that it can. This conference will bring together evolutionary biologists, social scientists, methodologists and philosophers of science to appraise the prospects for carrying through Darwin's unfinished revolution. TOPICS: Evolutionary roots of homicide, incest, sexuality, reasoning, language, consciousness, economics, medicine. CONTRIBUTORS: Leda Cosmides; Martin Daly; Richard Dawkins; Daniel C. Dennett; Robert H. Frank; David Haig; W. D. Hamilton; David L. Hull; Nicholas Humphrey; Randolph M. Nesse; Steven Pinker; Mark Ridley; Paul Romer; Elliott Sober; Dan Sperber; Donald Symons; Nancy W. Thornhill; John Tooby; George C. Williams; Margo Wilson; and others. SYMPOSIA AND POSTERS: In addition to the main sessions involving the listed contributors, there will be a series of Symposia and a Poster display. REGISTRATION: The conference fee of 75 pounds sterling (120 U.S. dollars) includes lunches, teas, coffees and a reception. Numbers are strictly limited and applications should be made before 30 April 1993. Subject to places being available, applications will be accepted after this date but there will be an additional fee of 15 pounds sterling for late registration. Cheques should be made payable to the London School of Economics. Cancellations will be accepted before 30 April 1993 but a deduction of 25 pounds sterling will be made to cover administrative costs. No refunds will be made after 30 April 1993. ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation can be arranged at StudentsU Halls of Residence. A list of moderately priced hotels can also be supplied. FURTHER DETAILS: Pat Gardner, Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AEA, England Tel: 071-955 7341 Fax: 071-242 0392 Email: philcent@uk.ac.lse From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 06:59:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1098 (1424) [deleted quotation] I too have noticed this phenomenon. I believe it to be equivalent to "they say 'falling in love is wonderful'" and the fact that in Hebrew the common word for God, 'Elohim,' is plural. In all three cases, the reference is to an entity that *authorizes*, in two senses of the word, a world. World-creation, is, apparently, a matter of consensus, as modern social constructionists tell us. And, indeed, this is perhaps as it should be. As I look out my window, I see absolutely no signs that it is Wednesday, but knowing that today is Wednesday is considered by many a fundamental fact of (today's) daily life. "Considered by many," that is, by a sufficient number that I have no practical choice but to accept what they say. Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 6.0646 Rs: They and Their (3/179) Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 20:59:34 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1099 (1425) Thanks to David Bantz for an enlightening piece of quick research on "their" as a plural form. I confess that the usage seems perfectly natural to me, and I got a good English education at a good English school and read English lit. and lang. at a good English university to boot (now how more English can you get than that?) There were, it is true, vague murmurs while I was growing up that "their" meaning "his or her" was wrong -- or at least illogical -- but nobody took them very seriously, perhaps because it's so much more elegant a solution than his/her or even s/he. I was astounded to see that a Canadian considers the practice "immoral" -- come now, language is fashioned by practice more than rule, and the English language has never, like the French, even had an Academy to attempt the impossible task of expecting native speakers to conform to whatever the grammarians decided were the rules... Double negatives were the rule in Chaucer's time, and if they're now much more thoroughly disreputable than the singular "they", this is the effect of usage, not a decision by somebody to change the rules. Besides, surely our fellow human beings provide us with enough reasons to condemn them for immorality without having to resort to sifting through their use of language...? ;-) Judy Koren, Haifa. From: anthony@ccs.sogang.ac.kr (Anthony) Subject: Re: 6.0654 Qs: WP 5.1 notes; Library Quotes; Ren. turtles Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 10:21:30 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1100 (1426) In case this is of interest to others, I'm putting this (very tentative) reply to the query about endnotes in WP51 onto the list, rather than reply privately. The guidebook to Wordperfect indicates the function called Master Documents, by which you create a skeleton Master of you complete book, putting in the formatting information that will govern the whole thing (including the indication of your Endnotes option. Then, when you are ready to print, you use the Mark Text (Alt F5) key and choose the Subdocument option which invites you to type in the name of the File where you have your first chapter; this is repeated for each chapter. When you have done this, you generate the full Master Document by using the Mart Text key, choosing Generate, and there choosing the Expand Master Document option. As far as I can see, if one has marked the Endnotes option at the head of the Master Document, all the endnotes will be put at the end of the book. Within the Endnote fuction there is an Endnote Placement option that you may have to experiment with if you want the notes to begin again with fresh numbers at the start of each chapter. Something like that. . . I find Eric Alderman/Michelle Pfister's "Expert Advisor" (Addison-Wesley) a very helpful guide to WP. Good luck to your colleague, or rather Bonne chance! Anthony Teague, Sogang University, Seoul Korea (anthony@ccs.sogang.ac.kr) From: "Gregory J. Murphy" <GJMURPHY@PUCC> Subject: Endnotes and WP51. Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 15:15:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1101 (1427) The easiest way to collate endnotes at the end of the last chapter in a multi- chapter text (though file size may be a problem, as was noted) is to dump all of the files into one and just let Word Perfect move all of the notes to the end of the new document. Since there is no code indicating where notes are to be placed, this should happen automatically. If size is a problem, try using WP's master document feature. A master document contains a number of smaller documents, as well as intermixed text and codes. Create a new file; Select Mark Text (Alt-F5), then subdocument (2), then enter the filename of the document to be inserted at that point. Repeat for each do- cument that has its own file, in the order that they are to appear as chapters. WP will now treat all the codes as concurrent, and your endnotes should all appear at the end of the document. Before you print, however, you must Expand (Alt-F5,6,3) the master document, so that all the subdocuments will print. Good luck. - Gregory Murphy, Princeton University (GJMURPHY@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU) From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1102 (1428) [deleted quotation] - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Department of Performance Studies New York University 721 Broadway, 6th floor New York, NY 10003 {@}--'--,---,--'---,--- Email: kirshenblatt@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Phone: 212-998-1628 Fax: 212-254-7885 From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: life expectation? Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 20:52:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1103 (1429) What is the average life length of information stored on "electronic" media/devices. - Paper tapes - Punched cards - Floppy disks - hard disks - magnetic tapes - video casettes - CD-ROM - magneto-optic disks - any other media? Could anybody point to literature on this subject? P.S. By the way is it life expectation or life expectancy? -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: The "rational dog" Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 08:33:54 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1104 (1430) Luciano Floridi, a grad student in Philosophy at Oxford who belongs to the e-list FICINO, has sent the following query, which I am cross-posting to Humanist because of the wide range of interests among subscribers. Please reply directly to Floridi <floridi@VAX.OX.AC.UK>, as I expect to be away for a week and will not be able to forward messages to him. Many thanks! GW. ----------------- At the moment I am working on the variations on the them of the rational dog in philosophy and iconology and I would really appreciate any suggestion concerning philosophers who may have talked about the dog at the trivium. This is the passage in question: "[Chrysippus] declares that the dog makes use of the fifth complex indemostrable syllogism when, on arriving at a spot where three ways meet, after smelling at the two roads by which the quarry did not pass, he rushes off at once by the third without stopping to smell. For, says the old writer, the dog implicitly reasons thus: 'The animal went either by this road, or by that, or by the other: but it did not go by this or that, therefore he wents the other way'". Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism I, 69-70 So far, I have discovered that have talked about the dog (alphabetic order) Aelianus, Chrysippus, Cleomedes, Hugh of St Victor, John of Salisbury, Montaigne, Henry More, Philo, Plutarchus, Porphyrius, Cesare Ripa, Saunier de Beaumont and Thomas Aquinas. Do not seem to mention the dog: Bayle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Peirce. May mention the dog: St Augustine, Hume, Lucretius and Plato. Do you remember to have read any passage in which a rational dog plays a part ? Please, forward this mesage to as many lists as you wish, and ask those who have helpful information to reply directly to me. Luciano Floridi Floridi@vax.oxford.ox.uk ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From: pwright@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Phyllis Wright) Subject: journal identification Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 10:34:11 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1105 (1431) I am trying, without success, to identify the following journal title: International journal for the empirical study of the foundations of science and their methodology I would like to know where it is (was) published? If it still exists? Who the publisher is? I have checked all the standard library tools without luck. Can someone help? Many thanks Phyllis Wright Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca (416)688-5550, exxt. 3961 From: FZINN@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu Subject: sources for two quotations Date: 08 Apr 1993 10:59:19 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1106 (1432) A colleague of mine has asked me to post the following request: I am looking for the sources for two quotations from a book published in 1794 1) "Of martial men in glitt'ring arms display'd, "And all the shining pomp of war array'd; "Determin'd soldiers, and a gallant host, "As e'er Britannia in her pride cou'd boast." 2) "Whilst memory dwells on virtues only thine, "Fame o'er thy relics breathes a strain divine. Thanks in advance for the assistance of the collective power of a "Humanist Search" query! Grover Zinn FZINN@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu From: lesliet@Athena.MIT.EDU Subject: Call for Papers Date: Thu, 08 Apr 93 14:46:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 661 (1433) ******************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS "BLACK WOMEN IN THE ACADEMY: DEFENDING OUR NAME: 1894-1994" National Conference January 13-15, 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Radcliffe College Cambridge, Massachusetts Black women have come in for a large share of negative criticism in the form of both open and coded discourse generated by the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings last year, and political discourse generated by electoral campaigns over the course of the last year largely centered on the issue of welfare reform and "family values." These events have generated the most intense public consideration of the character and morality of Black women that this country has witnessed since the 1890s. African-American women in the academy placed themselves squarely in the center of these debates in 1992 with the formation of the organization, African-American Women in Defense of Ourselves. The conference will focus scholarly energies and public attention on these debates. The event will present works considering a large number of concerns central to Black women's lives inside and out of the academy. The three days of the conference will be scheduled with three themes in mind: 1) African-American Women in the Academy and the Professional Schools 2) Disciplinary Issues: African-American Women's Scholarship 3) African-American Women Scholars and the Wider Community The size of the conference makes it impossible to accept every proposal. The steering committee will choose from among the proposals on the basis of appropriateness to the conference theme and originality of thought and presentation. Participants are encouraged to propose panels as well as individual papers. Papers should be no longer than fifteen minutes in length. Panels will be limited to three presentations so that there can be ample time for discussion. We hope to have some funds available to subsidize travel for participants but participants should attempt to use their own institutional travel funds wherever possible. Please submit abstracts and panel proposals to: Prof. Robin Kilson or Prof. Evelynn Hammonds Massachusetts Institute of Technology Women's Studies Program, 14E-316 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 (617) 253-8844 fax (617) 253-9406 ******** ABSTRACTS AND PROPOSALS DUE JUNE 1, 1993 ******* Executive Committee: Dr. Robin Kilson, MIT Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, MIT Dr. Florence Ladd, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College From: jslindst@waltari.Helsinki.FI (Jouko Lindstedt) Subject: Sophia: European Databases in the Humanities Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 13:33:52 +0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1107 (1434) Fellow humanists will perhaps be interested in a CD-ROM disc called "Sophia", containing a collection of European databases in the humanities. I have not yet much experience as its user, but the few searches I've done in it have been rewarding. The databases included are Philis (Dusseldorf), Sucoline (South Jutland, Esbjerg), Ungarische Bibliographie fuer Volkskunde, Donnerska Institutet (Abo/Turku), East European and Soviet Studies (London & Berlin), Oesterreichische historische Bibliographie (Klagenfurt), Internationael Bibliographie zur deutschen Klassik (Stiftung Weimarer Klassik), Referatendienst zur Literaturwissenschaft (Berlin), Blaise from the British Library, ATLA -- Eastern Orthodox Church. In some of these, abstracts are included. The disc seems to be useful at least for philosophers and historians. The disc also contains the software needed (Dataware). The price is 7200 Finnish marks or 1800 dollars (the first one is now lower!). Orders and inquiries should be sent to Henri Broms, Honkatie 1 A, 00270 Helsinki, Finland. I am not connected with the publisher of the disc, I do not get any profit from its sales, and do not carry any responsibility of the disc's contents. Jouko Lindstedt Institutum Slavicum, Universitas Helsingiensis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Department of Slavonic Languages, University of Helsinki <jslindst@waltari.Helsinki.Fi> or <Jouko.Lindstedt@Helsinki.Fi> letters: P.O.Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland fax: +358-0-1912974 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Rutgers e-archive on RLIN Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 09:40:57 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1108 (1435) This is to call attention of those who can use RLIN to the existence of the Rutgers CETH-managed inventory of machine-readable texts in the humanities. I had known of it notionally, but the useful newsletter from CETH gave a useful clue to finding it. If you are on RLIN, you issue the command SEL FIL MDF, and that chooses the e-file as the database to search. The commands are then standard RLIN. Everything of value I could think of seems to be there, and things I didn't know besides. Of course, e-world has its own way of reshaping these artifacts. The record for "Wittgenstein's published writing in electronic form" includes this observation that would be of profound interest to Wittgenstein himself: "Edited version of text available with all possibly ambiguous words disambiguated." (!!) Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: Paul Jones <pjones@mento.oit.unc.edu> Subject: POETRY's 6 year index available for searching Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 23:06:38 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1109 (1436) In cooperation with POETRY magazine, UNC has WAIS indexed the past six years of POETRY's indexes--sorry copyright problems have made it too difficult to index all the poems and reviews as full text. You may now search by all or part of author's name, poem title, book title as reviewed, and/or issue. I'll include the WAIS source below. To try out WAIS, you may use a simple WAIS client on SunSITE.unc.edu by telnetting there and login: swais. To search using gopher point your gopher client to sunsite.unc.edu. If you have no gopher client, telnet to sunsite.unc.edu and login: gopher. If you know of other poetry resources on the internet, we'd like to hear about them and add them to sunsite's gopher listing (yes we already have the shakespeare and yeats poetry sources from MIT and the lyrics database---thanks). (:source :version 3 :ip-name "sunsite.unc.edu" :ip-address 152.2.22.81 :tcp-port 210 :database-name "/home3/wais/POETRY-index" :cost 0.00 :cost-unit :free :maintainer "paul_jones@unc.edu" :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on Apr 2 22:27:41 1993 by wais@calypso This is an index of all the poems and reviews published since volume 151 October 1987 in POETRY magazine of Chicago. POETRY was founded in 1912 by Harriet Monroe and quickly became a major publication venue for poets world-wide. Joseph Parisi - Editor Helen Lothrop Kaviter - Managing Editor 60 West Walton Street Chicago Illinois 60610 (312) 280-4870 Useful words: literature american translation translations poet poets poetry poem poems writing creative verse lyric sonnet stanza review reviews english prose author authors " ) ============================================== From: LETTVA@RULMVS.LEIDENUNIV.NL Subject: Re: 6.0645 Rs: Stress and Street Names (6/112) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 93 13:01 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1110 (1437) Many years ago I read something about stress pattern in Dutch street names. I do not remember the details, but 1. stress in Dutch street names is irregular, 2. stress is local, in the sense that street names in certain towns and villages are stressed differently by locals and others. I can confirm this: Some street names from Rotterdam are usually wrongly stressed when pronounced in radio and TV. Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen Dept of Comparative Linguistics Universiteit Leiden PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands, LETTVA@rulmvs.LeidenUniv.nl From: "Gunhild Viden" <viden@trubaduren.hum.gu.se> Subject: Stress and tones Date: Wed, 07 Apr 93 17:21:15 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1111 (1438) James Marchand gave a description of how to explain the tones of the word "bomull" to American students, which I didn't quite understand; could you please do it again? The subject is fascinating, since differences in tone are obviously very hard to grasp for non- native speakers; there are many people who even after many years in Sweden cannot hear the difference between \anden (the spirit) and /anden (the duck). Does anybody have experience of learning the 4 (?) tones of Chinese? Gunhild Viden University of Goteborg, Sweden From: P_MCNAMARA@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: RE Street Stress Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 18:17:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1112 (1439) I just wanted to cast my vote in favor of Eric Johnson's interpretation. The stress on non-"street" suffixes of address indicators has nothing to do with snobbery or some other culturally "deep" phenomenon. It's origin lies in the pragmatics of communication: stress the part of the message that has the contrary=to-expectations value. For this is the part that the listener is most likely to superimpose the wrong value on--thus arriving at the wrong destination, literally! Paul McNamara From: Mark <MWOLLAE@YALEVM> Subject: Calvin and Hobbes Date: Thu, 08 Apr 93 09:28:05 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1113 (1440) Why the names Calvin and Hobbes? I've always assumed widespread recognition of a chiastic irony: the appropriate name for the imaginary tiger, clearly the conscience of the two, has been interchanged with the name of the anarchic child, who is nasty, brutish, and short. Mark Wollaeger Yale University mwollae@yalevm.bitnet From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 6.0641 Qs: Signatures; Menu S/W; 18c HyperCard; Printer (4/73) Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 20:44:55 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1114 (1441) Re: Willard McCarty's search for a menu program: there are several available as shareware or public domain; e.g. automenu; dmenu; and several more for Real Cash, e.g. Saber Menu which is supposed to do all sorts of wonderful things but costs several hundred $. Check out a DOS ftp site, e.g. one of the several Simtel mirror sites (e.g. oak.oakland.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu are two I visit occasionally), there should be a suitable subdirectory somewhere under /pub/dos (or is it /pub/pc, I always forget?). Mind you, if all you need is to run .exe files and return, that old standby, the set of batch files called 1.bat, 2.bat etc. should work fine; each calls the relevant .exe file and has as its last line "type mainmenu.txt" or whatever you've called your main menu; when the user exits from the .exe file, command returns to the batch file and you get your main menu back; you can have choices on the main menu that call up sub-menus by the same logic. But since Willard clearly knows all this and sounds unenthusiastic, perhaps he's looking for a menu program that will do weird and wonderful things besides?? Judy Koren, Haifa. From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: Library Quotations Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 18:19:01 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1115 (1442) My own favorite is _A Librarian's Collacon_, An Anthology of Quotations and Aphorisms reflecting the Moral Philosophy of the Library Profession, compiled by D. W. Krummel, Preliminary Edition (Urbana: UI Library, 1971). It has more quotations on libraries than you can shake a stick at. From: "James Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: printer Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 20:09:54 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1116 (1443) --- end of quoted material --- I do not know of any printer for personal use that depends on the frequency of the power. Any US printer for 110 volts and 60 cycles will work on 110 volts and 50 cycles. In other words, a step down transformer from 220/240 to 110 will work. Some printers have automatically switching power supplies that make it possible to plug them directly into 220/240 volts. And there are some printers which have a little switch for that purpose. The Franzius equipment cannot be used, unless it is a real transformer. Lowering the voltage in these inexpensive devices also changes the electricity from AC to some kind of DC that can be disastrous for computing equipment. The rumor that some printing equipment did not work at 50Hz was possibly created by Apple Computer years ago to discourage customers in Europe from buying equipment in the US and run it with a transformer in Europe. Most Apple equipment now has universal power supplies. A transformer for runing a small printer costs between 20 and 25 US dollars. We have had no problems with printers and other computing equipment in Russia, Germany, France, and England using transformers or universal power supplies. We advise to buy a European "cold" extension cord, which plugs in into most US equipment without difficulty. ("Kaltgeraete" Verbindungskabel in German!) Otmar Foelsche From: Manoel Araujo Filho <maafilho@CAT.CCE.USP.BR> Subject: Plebiscit Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 11:25:39 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 664 (1444) X-To: frmlitto@brusp.bitnet To: Multiple recipients of list ALBION-L <ALBION- L%UCSBVM.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU> The School of the Future of University of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil Project "Rede-Guri" (Young People's Network) PROJECT PLEBISCITE Coordinated by Teachers Manoel Araujo Filho, Flavio Jorge Ferreira e Franco Antonio Catena. On 21 April, 1993, all eligible voters throughout Brazil will take part in a plebiscite to choose which form of government the people wish to have. Thres choices are possibles: presidential, parlimentary end monarchy. We are organizing a discution forum for young people who wish to manifest their opinions and put forth argumente for and against any of stablished choices. We would be very grateful if primary and secondary school students, and teachers aroud the world who receive this message, could send us their opinions so as to enrich the local discussion. Replica should come to us an quickly as possible because the discussion will go " on the air" from 10 April to 15 April. Please also forward our request for participation educational instituitions and interested persons you know. The questions are: 1. What is the form or system of government in your country? 2. How long has this system existed in your country? 3. In your opinion, what are the positive points of this kind of government? 4. In your opinion, what are the negative points of this kind of government? 5. What message would you like to send to the studants of Brazil concerning the plebiscite to be held on 21 April 1993? Thank you in advance for your cooperation, and be assured that we will send the result of the discussion to all who participated. The coordinators cc: Fredric Michael Litto _____________________________________________________________________________ From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: recommendations Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 12:12:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 665 (1445) I would very much like to have recommendations from members of Humanist for outstanding articles or chapters of books in specific areas of humanities computing. These articles or chapters should be aimed at intelligent beginners rather than specialists. The areas I am looking for are as follows: 1. Overviews and introductory surveys of humanities computing as a whole; 2. Modelling and simulation; 3. Text-encoding & the nature of text from a computational perspective; 4. Hypertext; 5. Communications & online resources; 6. Computer-assisted instruction; 7. Programming; 8. Numerical analysis & statistics. Also I would like recommendations for brief surveys in each of the major disciplines, including art history and music. I should also say that my "humanities computing" includes anthropology, archaeology, economic history, law, and sociology. I'd happily also receive any constructive criticisms of the above scheme. Please include as much bibliographic information as you have at hand. Thanks very much. Willard McCarty University of Toronto From: DIANA PATTERSON <DPATTERSON@mtroyal.ab.ca> Subject: The immoral "they" Date: 10 Apr 1993 09:50:40 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1117 (1446) I am that Canadian that thinks the _deliberate encouragement_ of the plural for the singular is immoral, not its use. As was clearly demonstrated, this little error has been around for a long time. And there have been many more. I remember one going through the Robin Alston reprints of grammars to find some grammarian (I forget who) finding grammar errors in all the great writers up to the 18th century. Great writers do make errors, and the most common is to decide that "Someone" and "Everybody" is plural, which then leads to "Each" becoming the plural, and "individual" becoming plural. I do very much dislike the use of "he or she" which I see as long winded, and the use of "s/he", which I see as ugly. What I would hope is that we could be consistently in the plural. Why must we begin by describing Each, and then generalize? The cultural need for the particular, and the abnegation of that particularity part way through a thought is a deep cultural problem. I could digress for hours on the ambivalence of the English psyche that causes this form of expression, but I shall not. As I have pointed out, this problem is particularly a bug-bear for me because I must deal with students who will take their writings into the courtroom. Precision here could make a considerable difference. While my students may follow Catullus to the worse way, I believe that I must at least let them know the better. Diana Patterson Mount Royal College Calgary, Alberta DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0658 Rs: They and Their (2/61) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 08:08:20 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1118 (1447) [deleted quotation] I would call this an impersonal they. Plural reference is used by various languages as an impersonal. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: menu programs Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 23:00:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1119 (1448) Thanks to all those who made suggestions and recommendations in response to my query about software for providing a top-level shell to several existing DOS programs. In the end (if it is the end of my search) I found a large number of things in the SIMTEL mirror, wuarchive.wustl.edu, in the /mirror/msdos/menu/ subdirectory -- a whole night's downloading, in fact. Along with the software I discovered that my question had several answers I had not anticipated. What I wanted, and may have found, is software for generating a free-standing executable file with the following characteristics: 1. no financial or legal strings attached, so it can be freely distributed (i.e. neither commercial nor share-ware); 2. very little consumption of RAM; 3. the ability to pass command-line parameters to the programs called through it; 4. some screen-designing capabilities, without necessary dependence on any particular hardware or software configuration; 5. recursive execution. I think the answer is a extended batch language with a compiler, but we will see. In any case, further suggestions, preferably with the name of the program and its Internet location, will be most gratefully received. Willard McCarty From: Dorothy Day <DAY@ucs.indiana.edu> Subject: RE: 6.0641 Qs: Signatures; Menu S/W; 18c HyperCard; Printer (4/73) Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 18:16:02 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1120 (1449) There have been several responses to Willard McCarty's request for a well-behaved menu program for MS-DOS, but no one has mentioned Point & Shoot, a program used by many Indiana libraries, and very popular in the IU libraries. It can be set to load on bootup, and takes up very little memory. It allows very flexible design of menus and submenus; scripts are basically like batch files, but save the multiplication of tiny batch files on your hard drive. Any level of menu access or modification can be password protected, including exit from the menu to the DOS prompt. It is NOT a TSR, but its routines to launch programs return to the P&S menu upon exiting a program. That makes it very well-behaved. It runs on any DOS machine, 8088 on up. There is no shareware version, but it costs about $50 for a single copy, with good pricing for site licenses, network versions. etc. Contact: Varteck, Inc. 3 Regent Street Livingston NJ 07039 (201) 740-1750 Dorothy Day, Indiana University Bitnet: DAY@IUBACS Internet: day@ucs.indiana.edu From: "John D. Jones" <6563JONESJ@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU> Subject: electronic word lists Date: 10 Apr 1993 19:15:07 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1121 (1450) Re: Latin Word Lists It seems to me that a question of this type may have been discussed once before on HUMANIST but I will ask again. If one has an electronic version of latin texts, acquired through scanning or typing, and one the uses the text files to create a word list file for entry, say into a word perfect dictionary, can one share the word list files with other people? MORE GENERALLY: Is scanning and typing text for one's personal use governed by the same laws that govern xeroxing? Are word lists created from scanned or typed (or, for that matter, from commercially acquired e-text) files subject to copyright restrictions? Thanks, John D. Jones Department of Philosophy Marquette University From: KIRSHENBLATT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Query--Email access at Stockholm University Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1993 22:08:56 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1122 (1451) Date sent: 11-APR-1993 A colleague at Stockholm University would like to contact others who have email accounts in Sweden. She is specially concerned with establishing an email account and accessing it by modem from home. - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Department of Performance Studies New York University 721 Broadway, 6th floor New York, NY 10003 {@}--'--,---,--'---,--- Email: kirshenblatt@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Phone: 212-998-1628 Fax: 212-254-7885 From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: mice, Windows, and TI Travelmate? Date: Mon, 12 Apr 93 19:28:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1123 (1452) A purely technical question: I have a TI Travelmate 3000 (yes, I know, old technology...) with a Travelpoint mouse, and very faithful it has been this last year. One continuing frustration, however. When I run DOS applications under Windows 3.1, the mouse behaves poorly: either it isn't recognized by a mouse-aware DOS application, OR the mouse movement is sluggishly erratic when the DOS application is the active one. I have tried both TIMOUSE.COM and MOUSE.COM, and I have set LOCAL=PC$MOUSE in WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI, whichever it is. Still the problem remains. A nearly identical setup on my desktop machine does not have the problem at all. Suggestions? Willard McCarty From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET> Subject: Judas Date: 12 Apr 1993 20:04:38 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1124 (1453) A student of mine is interested in the rehabilitation of Judas Iscariot, and would like to know of any litarary (but also historical, theological or philosophical) works pursuing that theme (or for that matter opposing it). This is a bit out of my field, and I wonder if any HUMANIST subscribers could help me out. Hoke Robinson, Philosophy, Memphis State (ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET) From: rbh@ukc.ac.uk Subject: French archives Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 16:04:19 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1125 (1454) Can anyone put me on the track of some .fr sites where "serious" archives are available? A colleague in French is unimpressed by what I have so far been able to show him is going on in Humanities computing. He is, by the way, a Balzac expert - which led us to balzac.mail.Z at mc.lcs.mit.edu. (Generated by me in archie mode.) Try it, and see why he was unimpressed. The other balzac which I was able to find is apparently a francophone discussion group, literature orientated, at knot.queensu.ca. It did not seem to him that Balzac would frequently occur on balzac. I'm just getting the hang of archie. I seem to be ahead of the local experts in the hands-on business; I go to them one day; they've solved it the next - that's what I mean by "be ahead of." But I can't stretch my credit, so I've just hinted at gopher. The reason I bring this up is that I've seen some references to books on "______NET", but I don't know where to go to get hands-on information about archies, gophers and whatever else there might be. I'm particularly vexed about how I can "see" the contents of a file (really, only a screen or two) before I "get" it (ftp) or mail it (archie). Haven't cracked that one yet. Hope this isn't so much newbie-gibber. Roger Hardy Lecturer in English and American Literature University of Kent at Canterbury Canterbury, Kent, UK rbh`ukc.ac.uk From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.e Subject: Donkey sentences and the English Academy Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:03 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 669 (1455) Judy Koren mentioned that there was no academy for the English language such as the French Academy, but there was an attempt to found an English Academy. John Dryden was one of the founders, along with several others whom I've forgotten. They had more influence than most of us realize, based on their misguided decision to base the rules for the language on the rules of Latin, which is apparently the source of those pedagogically ubiquitous, but linguistically inappropriate rules: Never end a sentence with a preposition (unlikely in Latin), and Never split an infinitive (impossible in Latin). So there was an English Academy for a short time, but it was abandoned because everyone had to leave London because of the plague. (I researched this subject when I was writing _Introduction to Natural Language Processing_ nearly ten years ago, so the details are bit fuzzy. I could look up the sources if anyone *really* wants to know more.) Also, in the set of examples using "them" and "their" in the plural, I noted that a number of the sentences included "each" as in "She gave each boy a shirt. They were all either red or blue." Bonnie Webber calls these "donkey sentences" based on some other examples about farmers and donkeys which I can't remember. The point to these sentences is that there is no plural antecedent to "they" but there is clearly a plural quantity implied by use of the word "each." Mary Dee Harris, Ph.D. 202/387-0626 (voice) Language Technology, Inc. 202/387-0625 (FAX) 2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 6.0660 Qs: Media Life Expectancy; Journal; Quote IDs (4/130) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 16:36:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1126 (1456) Re: Life expectancy (n.b.) of media The most useful recent reference on this general topic is Michael Lesk, _Preservation of New Technology_ (Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, Oct. 1992), 17 pp. + 2p appendix. $5 from the Commission at 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 740, Washington DC, 20036-2217. One of his main points is that technological obsolescence is more of a danger than medium obsolescence: e.g., the punched cards can be made to last a very long time but the readers for them are now almost impossible to find. Similarly with magnetic tape, 8" floppies, and the like. We can keep the tape for measurable times, but finding a 256-bpi tape drive is not likely. (The third preservation issue for electronic materials, one important to me, is intellectual preservation; or authentication that the bits read today are the same as those encoded, onw hatever medium, yesterday or 100 years ago). I know this doesn't answer M. Lenoble's question directly, but perhaps it will help. --pg Peter S. Graham / Rutgers University Libraries (908) 932-5908 169 College Avenue / New Brunswick, N. J. 08903 Fax: (908) 932-5888 3/30/93: Note CHANGE from graham@zodiac (tho still forwarded from there). From: gxs11@po.CWRU.Edu (Gary Stonum) Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes Date: Fri, 9 Apr 93 21:22:09 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1127 (1457) Since no one has yet replied more definitively about why Bill Watterson calls his comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," let me report what he told the Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine a few years ago. (He is, one hears, pretty shy about interviews and militant against merchandising, so maybe this is less common knowledge than I would have thought.) The boy and the tiger are indeed named for John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, so I remember the interview reporting, but I also recall him denying there was any more significance to the names than the fun of making what, for comic strips, would already be a pretty arcane reference. Gary Lee Stonum Co-General Manager (with my rapscallion son, natch) of a fantasy baseball team named Calvin and Hobbes, three-time pennant winners (1989, 1990, 1992) in the General Managers Statistical League, (fantasy baseball, NOT Rotisserie) From: Mark Ritchie <AVFILM2@watdcs.UWaterloo.ca> Subject: Media Life Expectancy Date: Sat, 10 Apr 93 10:57:37 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1128 (1458) The proceedings of the 3rd Joint Technical Symposium, Archiving The Audio-Visual Heritage have just been published. (I've just received mine) ISBN 1 873902 02 6 Editor George Boston 192pp illus. It should be available from the National Archives, Audio-Visual Section and the Library of Congress. Sorry I don't have a price. It has an excellent explanation of the processes involved in "Vinegar Syndrome" and the degradation of Polyester based stock. It also has sections on optical media and cd-rom preservation research. Session titles :- Problems Facing Archives and Long Term Storage in Countries with Adverse Conditions Breakdown of the Components of Signal Carriers with Age Stability and Preservation of Image Layers in Photographic Film Deterioration of Polymers in Audio-Visual Materials Simulated Aging of Processed Cellulose Triacetate Motion Picture Films The Archival Stability of Metal Particle Tapes The Life Expectancy of Optical Recordings A Study of the Preservation of Compact Discs New Carriers Do We Have Format Standards Suitable for Long Term Storage of Audio-Visual and Film Materials? The Practice of Signal Carrier Restoration A Comparison of the Restoration of a Nitrate Film by Traditional Methods and by the Use of Digital Videotape Is a Multi-Media Format or System for Audio-Visual Materials a Practical Proposition? Consultation of Users and Manufacturers of Technical Equipment W. Mark Ritchie | Tel: (519) 888-4070 Media Librarian | Fax: (519) 888-6197 Audio-Visual Centre | University of Waterloo | Internet: avfilm2@watdcs.Uwaterloo.ca ******** From: Christopher Currie <ccurrie@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0668 Qs: Judas Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 23:44:01 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1129 (1459) [deleted quotation] How about Borges's 'Three [? or more] versions of Judas', translated by di Giovanni in *Labyrinths*? (Sorry, I can't lay my hands on my copy). Christopher Currie From: Michael Ossar <MLO@KSUVM> Subject: Judas Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 19:35 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1130 (1460) On Hoke Robinson's inquiry about Judas, there's Robert Graves' _King Jesus_. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: the strongest disciple Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 21:30:22 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1131 (1461) In reply to Hoke Robinson's question about the rehabilitation of Judas Iscariot: see Nikos Kazantzakis' _The Last Temptation of Christ_, in which Judas is the only disciple capable of understanding and carrying out the betrayal, at his master's request. A fine book. Willard McCarty From: JSMEDS@finabo.abo.fi Subject: Re: 6.0668 Qs: Judas Date: 14 Apr 1993 09:19:03 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1132 (1462) Thgis is to Hoke Robinson re: Judas his rehabilitation. I am at the moment rereading a copy of Robert Graves's *King Jesus* for a critical section on the novel in my doctoral thesis, which is on Graves's mythinterpretation and -creation. Graves's view may seem quite idiosyncratic and he also manages to draw in Judas of Keriot in places and he certainly does reinterpret his role. Ultimately Graves's view of Jesus fuses two basic ideas: Jesus is a late survival (in the sense of E.B.Tylor in the 1880's) of a middle Eastern cult which sacrificed its divine king at the end of a given term. This idea Graves basically derived from J.G.Frazer's Golden Bough. Second, Jesus is an archetype poet. Because Jesus's death was only one in a long row of similar sacrifices, Judas's role is to act as mediator of a tradition. Not as a traitor of his spiritual leader. There must be loads of books on the subject, both less serious novels, such as Graves's, and dead-pan serious philosophical tractatus's Best wishes John Smeds Abo Akademi University Finland From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Judas Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 07:25:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1133 (1463) [deleted quotation] Try "Three Versions of Judas" available in English in *Labyrinths* by Jorge Luis Borges. Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3128 From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Judas Iscariot, Calvin, and Hobbes Date: 14 Apr 93 10:19:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1134 (1464) In response to Hoke Robinson's query on behalf of his friend interested in the rehabilitation of Judas (for which on one construal the opportune moment passed when he hanged himself, but I presume it is his historical reputation that is intended): an entirely nonscholarly point of reference is a rather bitter song entitled "Stand up, stand up for Judas," sung by a Scots folksinger, Dick Gaughan (sp?). I don't have the recording, but saw it recently listed on a CD and remembered hearing it on a campus radio station. I don't remember the lyrics very well, but I remember being puzzled as to whether it was antireligious, anti-Christian in particular, or merely anti- clerical and anti-institutional. ... || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: Judas Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 8:24:33 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1135 (1465) There is a man named Edward Haber who has a program on Saturdays on WBAI in New York. He has frequently played a song, "Stand up for Judas" which makes Jesus to be the sinner. You can send a letter to him at: WBAI-FM Pacifica Radio 505 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Ed Haupt From: Joe Abernathy <Joe.Abernathy@houston.chron.com> Subject: Houston Chronicle NII Story Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 00:56:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 672 (1466) NREN Wrap -- This is my last story for the Houston Chronicle. It is to appear on April 4, 1993. Please feel free to redistribute it for any non-commercial use. To those of you who have provided so much help these past four years, thanks. It's been a real education. I've accepted the job of Senior Editor- News at PC World magazine, and I'll still be writing the Village Voice Technocracy column, so I hope you'll all stay in touch. My new contact information is P.O. Box 572390, Houston, Texas 77257-2390, joe@blkbox.com. By JOE ABERNATHY Houston Chronicle Staff Writer The specters of class struggle and interna tional economic warfare are casting a shadow over administration hearings on how to build a sophisticated national computer network. Billed as an engine of job growth, a central concern is emerging that the ``data superhigh way'' promised by Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton during the campaign could produce a large underclass of ``informa tion have-nots.'' Based on an emerging global computer net work known as the Internet, which links up to 12 million people in more than 30 nations, the National Research and Education Network (NREN) is a decade-long project of former Sen. Gore. Gore envisions a future in which oceans of data, including libraries of movies, books and other creative works, would be readily avail able to every home. In selling a $5 billion spending plan focused on the network in 1992, Gore held forth the image of classrooms without walls, sophisticated medical collaborations, and globally competitive small businesses. ``The NREN is at all odds the most important and lucrative marketplace of the 21st century,'' he said in a recent statement. But in trying to make it work, it has become apparent that the NREN remains in many ways a captive of its privileged institutional heritage. Some Americans don't even have telephone service, and many still don't have computers with which to access the net. Two congressional hearings were held in late March concerning the National Information Infrastructure, and a bill has been introduced that would take up where Gore's 1992 High- Performance Computing Act left off _ bringing the net to classrooms, small business and other potentially disenfranchised Americans. Clin ton's budget includes an additional $489 million over six years for the network. And while the regional Bells, newspapers and other information giants have been struggling for years over the future of the medium, congressional insiders say that with the in creased attention, a resolution seems likely to be found during the current session of Congress. ``What I think is really getting squeezed out is that there hasn't been a genuine, public interest, bottom-up grass roots voice. It's a huge, huge issue,'' said Marc Rotenberg, director of the Washington offices of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the primary champion of civil rights in the new electronic medium. ``It's about people, it's about institutions, it's about who gets to connect and on what terms.'' Observers also fear that the rush to wield the network as an economic weapon could produce dramatic incursions into free speech and other civil liberties. ``I'm very concerned that the rhetoric about national competitiveness is transforming itself into a new cold war,'' said Gary Chapman, director of CPSR's 21st Century Project in Cambridge, Mass. ``The concerns of intelligence and other federal agencies including NASA has been to look at technology resources that are not related to military security but to economic benefits as being things that have to be protec ted by Draconian measures of security.'' Recent disciplinary actions at NASA Ames Research Center in Northern California seem to support Chapman's concerns. Up to eight of the 11 scientists disciplined in December were targeted because of their par ticipation in politically oriented, international discussion groups hosted on the Internet com puter network, according to documents ob tained by the Houston Chronicle under the Freedom of Information Act, along with subse quent interviews of NASA Ames personnel. ``Some people there were accused of dealing with foreign nationals about non-classified tech nology issues,'' said Chapman, whose organiza tion also has made inquiries into the matter. ``NASA said the U.S. has to protect its technol ogy assets because of the global environment of competitiveness.'' The issues are even simpler for Raymond Luh, a subcontracting engineer fired by NASA. Luh, an American of Chinese ancestry, feels that his career was destroyed simply because he joined in one of the thousands of political discussions aired each day over the Internet. ``I feel I have been gravely wronged by NASA,'' Luh said. ``I cannot possibly seek em ployment elsewhere. My reputation as a law- abiding citizen and a hard-working researcher has been tarnished almost beyond repair.'' NASA refused to comment on the matter. According to FOIA documents provided by NASA's Office of the Inspector General, Luh was fired when ``a document containing Chinese writing was found in (Luh's computer). ... Inves tigation determined that Luh's office computer held a large volume of files relating to his efforts to promote Most Favored Nation trade status for the People's Republic of China. ... Luh was not authorized to use his computer for this activity.'' To Luh, however, he was only one of the chorus of voices that joined in a fiery debate surrounding fallout from the Tiananmen Square massacre. He wasn't trying to make policy _ he was exercising intellectual freedom, in his spare time. ``That's a very dangerous and disturbing kind of trend,'' said Chapman. ``The parallel is with the Cold War and transforming the modes of thinking and the practices of these agencies into new forms of control, even in the absence of militarily significant enemies. We'll start think ing about the Japanese or whatever Pacific Rim country you want to pick as being `enemies,' and intellectual commerce with these people will be a matter of economic security. ``The freedom of expression aspect of that is very critical. We want to make sure that this is a system in which people can express themselves freely without repercussions.'' Observers fear that Luh may be only the first such casualty as federal agencies and special interest groups reshape the Internet into their own model, carving up a pie estimated to be worth $3.5 trillion. While Gore's vision implies the construction of a high-speed, high-tech fiber optic network, a number of counter-proposals are being floated. The Electronic Frontier Foundation _ which earlier made a name for itself with a successful court challenge to the conduct of the Secret Service in a hacker crackdown _ is focusing on building a less powerful, less costly network that could reach more people, more quickly. ``Our central concern is that we get from debate to doing something,'' said Jerry Berman, EFF director. EFF's approach _ endorsed by Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. _ is to build an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) service atop the telephone network, making a modest level of digital computer transmission available quickly to every home. The more sophisticated fiber optic approach implied by Gore's NREN could be implemented as time and money allow. But few voices have been heard backing ISDN. ``The current state of the discussion is turmoil and chaos,'' said the CPSR's Rotenberg. ``It's a mistake to place too much emphasis on any technological configuration. A lot of that energy and those resources would be better spent talking about users and institutions rather than technology and standards. ``This is like trying to explain railroads in the 18th century or cars in the 19th century. Here we are in the 20th century, and we know something big is happening right under our feet and we know it has something to do with these new telecommunications technologies. ``None of us knows where this is going to take us, but I think people should have some sensitiv ity to the prospect that the future world we're going to live in is going to be shaped in many ways by the decisions we make today about the information infrastructure.'' From: bmcr@cc.brynmawr.edu (BrynMawr Classical Review) Subject: publishing: crisis and visions Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 23:31:20 - X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 673 (1467) Ann Okerson, ed., *Visions and Opportunities in Electronic Publishing: Proceedings of the Second Symposium*. Washington: Association of Research Libraries, 1993. ISBN 0-918006-61-9. Pp. vi, 178. $24 (including postage and handling) from ARL, 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington DC 20036; e-mail inquiries to osap@cni.org; phone to 202-296-2296. Anthony Cummings et al., *University Libraries and Scholarly OACommunication: A Study Prepared for the Mellon Foundation*. Washington: Association of Research Libraries, 1992. ISBN 9- 918006-22-8. Pp. xxx, 205. $8 from the same distributor. Let's say you are an American classics professor, or want to be. `Publish or perish' you have heard it said. The phrase `tenure book' is not one you have to look up in your dictionary. You have written a well-spoken-of dissertation, one that with just a little effort it can be made readable, even elegant. It will give the world just that poignant and revelatory reading of Ovid that others have struggled for but not quite achieved. So you take a copy around to your local university press, introducing yourself to the classics editor with what you hope is the right mix of deference and authority. You hope for great things. There the fantasy hits some bumpy water. The traditional system of scholarly and academic publishing in this country isn't on life support yet, but it's been smoking heavily for years, and the diet isn't working. How long it will be able to serve you and us is a deadly serious question. The main facts are simple. The costs of "serials" (journals of all kinds) have gone through the roof, and major libraries (like Princeton) are doing serious cutting of their subscriptions just to stay afloat. But even so, "monographs" are a more flexible part of library buying than serials (miss a volume of *JRS* and your collection looks funny; miss a monograph even from Princeton Press, and nobody much notices right away) and so our major libraries have been cutting back in absolute numbers on monograph purchases even as the number of titles grows. Sales per title of serious books by university presses are in a bad way: one major press editorial director was quoted in a national rag last week as saying that things that used to sell 1000 copies are now lucky to go 300-500 over the natural life of the book. To price the books with those sales projections means that prices will begin to *shoot* up, for as total sales drop, costs per copy begin to ascend a very steep curve. The first copy a publisher prints costs many thousands of dollars, for editorial, composition, and production costs, and a certain base of sales is necessary to get the per copy cost down to where the market will bear the price, and the problem is that the scholarly monograph market is flirting with the bottom end of the range where it can be priced at all plausibly. All this, and budget bad news as well: university administrations have given libraries an ever smaller share of their overall budget over the last ten years, so scramble as the libraries will, they can't keep up. Even if you get your university press to publish the book, your university library may not be able to afford it. The picture is clear enough. What is to be done? (1) Get the word out and around. Scholars need to be informed, and insofar as we are the constituency that deans answer to, we need to make the question of how we are to do the publishing that our careers depend on a serious issue inside the main deliberative bodies of academe. For too long, the libraries' fates have been a second-tier issue in our institutions, and the university presses a third order concern at best. The libraries are troubled, the university presses are genuinely at risk: solidarity of the professors with their colleagues in the scholarly communication profession is essential. (2) Think pragmatically. Electronic publishing is not a cure- all, and not as cheap as it might look. Estimates are that in traditional publishing, only 30% of costs go to production and distribution, and if you save that by not killing trees, you have *some* costs in e-distribution. But failure to exploit electronic publishing resourcefully and swiftly would be a culpable error for us all. The two books noticed here can help on both counts. I should avow here that I have a paper in one of them and have worked closely with the people producing both, and so cannot claim any detached Olympian objectivity, but am frankly partisan. But I give both my highest rating. The Mellon study is the more historical, detailed, and frightening. It is a careful analysis with an abundance of hard evidence of what has happened to the scholarly publishing enterprise in the last twenty years, with a focus on libraries as essential mediators -- one might almost say the capillaries -- between other participants in the process. The picture drawn is compelling and riveting. It is important to note that this is the Mellon team that began by looking at Ph.D. productivity, the job market, and graduate education: they turn their attention now to libraries and publishing not because they have an agenda, but because they genuinely want to figure out what is going on. It's a dramatic, storm-tossed scene. The *Visions* volume is a pragmatic guide to the state of the art in current thinking and practice about electronic publishing as one alternative. It includes a long-range visionary overview by a leading software developer, and practical examples of specific projects now under way on campuses and in learned societies -- including, e.g., Perseus, but also including large-scale corporate undertakings like the Red Sage project that will link AT&T, Springer Verlag, and the University of California Medical Libraries. Some very smart people are out there working very hard to make the future happen. An elderly ecclesiastical historian of my acquaintance, who in secret would probably rather have been a military historian, likes to say (and I like to quote him), `Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted.' These books address concerns that should already be, and at any rate soon will compel themselves to be, central to the lives of working academics. Buy your dean a copy. Buy your provost *two* copies! James J. O'Donnell University of Pennsylvania From: Vince Liesenfeld <AA1727@UOKMVSA.BITNET> Subject: WS at U OK Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 23:31 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 674 (1468) The WS Program at the U of OK is facing the most serious threat in its 17 year history. Over the past year it has suffered disproportionate cuts even in tight budget times. More important, the administration has broken agreements made in full faith and attacked WS' status as an independent, continuing academic program. The U is undertaking a strategic planning process from which we are omitted; it is also facing severe budget cuts for next year which may easily be used as a pretext for decimating the Program. When the last Director announced her resignation in Fall 1991, the faculty unanimously urged the Dean to restore the job from a half-time, 12 month position on the 5 year contract that is standard for all Chairs and Directors to its previous terms: 5 year, full-time, 12 month position on the five year contract that is fully budgeted in Women's Studies. We also urged a national search for the next director. In Spring 92 the request was denied; we conducted an internal search. The new Dir. was named in May 1992 and introduced at a public meeting of other Chairs and Directors. In August, the Dean left the University. Despite our repeated appeals to the Interim Dean and the Provost that the appointment was made according to standard procedure and carried the full faith of the University, they refused to honor it. We were to await the selection of a new Dean even though other appointments were put into effect. In Oct., the Director was offered a three year contract. Back pay for summer months worked but not compensated as promised. As of April 1993, no appointment papers have been processed, and the terms of the appointment, number of months, teaching load, etc. for the next two years have not been clarified. The University administration is considering moving the Program from its space, a library/resource center and four offices in an academic building, and eliminating its only continuing staff member, a half-time administrative assistant. The Program could be housed adjacent to the Parking and Transport Office with seven other programs: African-American Studies, Native American Studies, Asian, European, Latin-American and Russian Studies, and Film and Video Studies. In our most recent meeting with the Dean he has said that he will not move us, but none of these issues are finally resolved and no guarantees are yet in writing. It is also possible that all these programs would have to share one full time secretary, budgeted presumably by taking away the half-time administrative assistant from Ws and the half-time secretary from African-American Studies. The administration has also considered adding a new layer of bureaucracy to coordinate these diverse academic units. Such actions would cripple these programs, as it appears the administration intends. It sends a clear signal that they are no longer at the heart of the intellectual and academic enterprise of the university. Women's Studies and the other interdisciplinary programs would be forced into direct compe- tition for scarce resources even as it becomes obvious that they are indistinguishable in the mind of the administration. Women's Studies is a distinct area from the other programs. We support them in contributing to a more diversified curriculum, and intend to continue the cooperative relationships we have built and maintained with other academic units. Under this scheme, we could go through an additional layer within an administrative structure already unsympathetic to interdisciplinary and non-traditional programs to make our needs and accomplishments known. The integrity of these programs, their ability to set curriculum and standards, will be compromised at the least. As there is no Women's Center on campus, faculty and women students will lose their only room of their own. Women's Studies is the largest interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the U of Ok. It has a 20 person faculty distinguished in both teaching and research who have brought in over $2 million in external funding for Women's Studies projects over the past two years. The Program offers an area of concentration, and its proposal for a major has been approved through extensive internal reviews. It serves 2,000 students each year in its courses. It serves many more women students for whom it is the first point of contact with the university and the one sympathetic office to which they can turn. Through its public programs, its lectures, panel discussions and other events, it contributes to the intellectual life and diversity of the university and the wider community. The cuts of the past few years have already greatly increased the workload of the faculty and director; each broken agreement has consumed more precious time and energy. A half-time secretary/administrative assistant has never been adequate, but we also lost the position of Asst. Dir. when the incumbent retired, and G.A. time has been slashed. Budget cuts are supposed to be implemented differentially with strong units being rewarded. Instead, we have suffered repeated dispropor- tionate cuts already despite the distinction we have gained, student demand for the Program, and the national trend toward enhancement of Women's Studies Programs. The treatment of the Director's position and the proposal to take away our assistance, our space, and our independence will not only add further burdens, it will effect the marginalization of the central academic program for women at the university. Further information may be gained from Jane Quaid Rickman, AA0383@UOKMVSA.bitnet. Comments may be sent to Dr. Richard Van Horn, President, University of Oklahoma, Norman Dr. J. Kimpel, Provost, University of Oklahoma, Norman Dr. David Young, Dean, Arts and Sciences, Norman, OK 73019 From: ROBERTO POLI <POLI@ITNCISTI> Subject: summer school Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 10:06:50 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 675 (1469) Istituto mitteleuropeo di cultura - Mitteleurop ischesKulturinstitut BOLZANO INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOLS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ___________________________________________________ What is a form? ___________________________________________________ School in philosophy directed by Liliana Albertazzi July 5-9, 1993 Speakers: Alfred Zimmer (Regensburg), What is a Form? Ivor Grattan Guinness (London), Forms of Mathematics Jean Petitot (Paris), Phenomenological Descriptions and Mathematical Modelizations Geoffrey Simmons (Hamburg), Perception: Where Language and Vision Meet Notes for applicants: 1. People wishing to participate should submit their curriculum vitae and a short statement of interest (about 1 page) to the address below. 2. Applications should arrive by May 31th. 3. Notification of acceptance will be given by June 10th. General information: 1. Attendance to the school will be limited to about 30 participants. 2. Registration costs: 50,000 Italian Liras (30 US $). 3. A hotel list will be sent upon notification of acceptance. 4. Each speaker will give 5 lectures, with ample time for discussion. 5. All lectures will be in English. 6. The lectures will be given in the congress centre of Park Hotel Laurin (Laurin street, 3), starting July 5, at 9 a.m. 7. A small number of boursaries are available to qualified students to meet the costs of participation. Is you wish to take part in the summer school please write to Liliana Albertazzi, Dipartimento di Teoria, storia e ricerca sociale, via Verdi 26, 38100 Trento (call: (Italy)-461-881403; fax: (Italy)-461-881440), or send an e-mail message to poli @itncisti.bitnet. From: Charles Ess <DRU001D@SMSVMA> Subject: Re: 6.0665 Outstanding Articles in Humanities Computing Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 18:05:23 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1136 (1470) In response to Willard's request... I'd _strongly_ recommend Myron Tuman, ed., _Literacy Online: The Promise (and Peril) of Reading and Writing with Computers_ (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992) for a series of articles on hypertext. The first three chapters are by a venerable triumvirate of Hypertext -- Jay David Bolter, Theodor Holm Nelson, and George Landow. The last is perhaps the best single piece Landow has written on hypertext, and the three articles together would work in a class as introduction to hypertext. The remaining articles are equally excellent, and approach computers and literacy from a variety of perspectives -- and virtually all refer back at some point to hypertext. More generally, I'm relatively confident that this collection will emerge as a kind of Bible for studies in computers, literacy, and society, both for its virtues as an introductory text and as a collection of what promise to be seminal articles in the field. Hope this helps, Charles Ess Drury College Springfield, MO 65802 USA From: Peter Graham 908-932-5908 Rutgers Univ. Libs. Subject: Re: 6.0665 Outstanding Articles in Humanities Computing (1/40) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 22:32:15 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1137 (1471) Willard, 1. Raben, Joseph, "Computers and the Future of Humanistic Scholarship," _ACLS Newsletter_ V.2, n.2 (second series), Summer 1989, p. 6-7 -- a good short piece that is a kind of caveat and warning about the need to involve the humanists. 2. Douglas Greenberg [V-P ACLS], "Technology, Scholarship, and Democracy: You Can't Always Get What You Want," _Educom_Review_ V. 27, no. 3, May/June 1992, p. 46-51; an eloquent statement of some needs. Hope this helps. --pg Peter S. Graham / Rutgers University Libraries (908) 932-5908 169 College Avenue / New Brunswick, N. J. 08903 Fax: (908) 932-5888 3/30/93: Note CHANGE from graham@zodiac (tho still forwarded from there). From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 6.0668 Qs: E-Word lists; French; Mice; Judas; Sweden (5/113) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 21:16:26 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 677 (1472) Re. Roger Hardy's plea for network info (I hope the editors will agree with me that it's reasonable to send this to the whole list not just Roger...): 1) recently announced: a file at mailbase.ac.uk that is supposed to give updated information on the state of our friendly network info. providers (Archie, Gopher, WAIS, WWW, etc.): ftp to mailbase.ac.uk, cd pub/nir, file is called nir.status.report and is about 8K *lines*. Disclaimer: I haven't got around to checking this out yet, it's on my List of Things To Do (which is also about 8K lines :-) ) As far as my handwriting will let me see, that really is niR and not a typo for nic as you've probably been thinking... 2) Anyone who's got a PC with an Ethernet card can ftp a gopher client and bypass the local gurus if necessary. I think the Mother of All Gophers, Minnesota U., even tells you how to get it. (Philological/historical note: Minn.U. isn't the biggest gopher around any more, just the First and Original, ie "mother" in the pre-Sadam Hussein meaning.) Telnet to consultant.micro.umn.edu and login: gopher (yes, I know "consultant" is a funny name for something cute, furry and useful, I didn't name it...). If they don't tell you anything, ftp to the same place and nose around. Failing all else, ftp to our ftp site, ftp.technion.ac.il, and there's the U.Minn. PC gopher client in the directory /supported or one of its subdirectories (our CC splits things into "Programs we support" and "everything else"; /unsupported is a simtel mirror but *please* don't overload us, the whole darn computer is unsupported-er than it should be. You have quite a few simtel mirror sites your side of the Atlantic...) It's a .zip file; PKUnzip is also in the /supported directory. Gopher has a reasonable .doc file. 3) WAIS: I don't know of a *nice* PC WAIS client. If anyone does, please tell! But SunSite has the nicest vt100 client I've seen: telnet to SunSite.unc.edu, login swais. (The advantage of nice vt100 clients is that you can do this from home with Kermit.) 4) Archie: I don't know of a PC Archie client 'cos pretty well everyone runs Archie on some Unix or even VMS machine or other. In the bad old days (a year or so ago) we used to telnet to archie.funet.fi, and there are about 5 U.S. public-access Archie sites. Another fun idea is to access Archie through a gopher: SunSite has Archie and WAIS on their gopher (same computer as 3), login gopher; the beast's actual name is OGPHRE, clearly it's an anacronymic animal; also one of the most useful); but IMHO if you want WAIS, login swais rather than accessing via the gopher, that WAIS client is really neat. 5) WWW: clients are available by ftp to info.cern.ch (the Mother of the WWW), dir. pub/WWW/bin and then subdirectory according to machine; within these subdirs, the file WWW is a line-oriented client, Viola and Erwise are X-Windows; I'm not sure if there's a decent PC one; last time I checked, the only nice client was Viola and I don't have an X-Windows terminal so I'm still waiting (re-checking is on my List of Things To Do). Personally, if I have to choose between a line-oriented WWW client and gopher, give me gopher every time. Again, if your computer center people are persuadable, why not let them put clients on a big university computer; better still, why not servers for the services? (but that takes upkeep so I can understand why they might not want to; also takes loads of disk space.) BUT if you're on your own, you can run your own clients provided you have an Ethernet card. Nobody has yet come up with a Gopher, WAIS etc. client that will run on a PC and emulate a terminal so that you can gopher out via a modem/phone lines from home. Not as far as I know, anyway. Hope that helps; if I forgot something, ask again :-) Judy Koren, The Technion library system, Haifa. From: gfgf@math.ias.edu (Gary Forsythe) Subject: history of indexing Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 21:25:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 678 (1473) I remember that some time this past summer or fall some subscriber to Humanist put out a request for information relevant to the history of the use of indices, tables of contents, etc. I wanted to send in a response, but it somehow slipped my mind. While I was reading today, I came across an item which triggered my memory on this subject. I have therefore decided to send in this message in hope that the person interested in the history of indexing may receive it and find it of some use. The papyrus scroll used by the ancient Greeks and Romans was not the most efficient way of storing information in a written form and of retrieving it. Yet, as Greek and Roman scholars began to write large works that were compilations of data of various sorts, they found it useful to devise various means of organizing the material to make locating certain passages easier for the reader. Here are a few examples of what they did. Pliny the Elder (died 79 A.D.) wrote a massive work called the Natural History in 37 books. It was a kind of encyclopedia that comprised information on a wide range of subjects. In order to make it a bit more user friendly, the entire first book of the work is nothing more than a gigantic table of contents in which he lists, book by book, the various subjects discussed. He even appended to each list of items for each book his list of Greek and Roman authors used in compiling the information for that book. He indicates in the very end of his preface to the entire work that this practice was first employed in Latin literature by Valerius Soranus, who lived during the last part of the second century B.C. and the first part of the first century B.C. Pliny's statement that Soranus was the first in Latin literature to do this indicates that it must have already been practiced by Greek writers. One method of information organization which we take for granted nowadays, namely alphabetization, was probably first devised by Greek scholars of the third century B.C. at the library of Alexandria in Egypt in order to help them organize the growing numbers of Greek literary works. If I recall correctly, the subject of alphabetization and its use in classical antiquity was treated years ago in a little monograph by Lloyd Daly. There are a few other ancient works which employed arranging material under headings in order to make the writing more user friendly and easier to consult. Valerius Maximus wrote a collection of memorable deeds and sayings ca.30 A.D. The work is divided into nine books, and each book is subdivided into chapters, and each chapter has its own heading, and all entries within that chapter contain anecdotes taken from ancient literature and history which illustrate that theme. Marcus Julius Frontinus, a Roman senator of the late first century A.D. and early second century A.D., wrote a book of military strategems in four books. Each book concerns itself with a specific area of warfare. Each book is then subdivided into chapters that each address one specific aspect of the book's major theme. Each chapter has a heading to clue the reader, and the chapter itself consists of brief extracts taken from historical works that illustrate the practicial application of the topic. Finally, Aulus Gellius wrote a work entitled *The Attic Nights* ca.160 A.D. in 20 books. The work is a crazy quilt assortment of items on Greek and Roman history, philosophy, grammar, rhetoric, and antiquarian material in general. Since the work was composed with no real order but as the various topics occurred to the author, Each chapter of every book concerns an isolated subject, and this subject is clearly spelled out in a title heading that stands at the beginning of the chapter. A reader could therefore skim through a book and locate the subject by glancing over the titles of the chapters. Finally, one bit of bibliography. A brief but good discussion of the problems of ancient scholarship posed by the use of the papyrus scroll can be found on pp.101-116 of *Varro the Scholar*, by Jens Erik Skydsgaard, published in 1968 in the series Analecta Romana Instituti Danici Gary Forsythe Institute for Advanced Study gfgf@math.ias.edu From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: McCarty query re humanities computing articles Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 08:45:32 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1138 (1474) I also join my voice to Willard's, particularly for a good, short introduction to the use of statistical methods in literary analysis. However, my need is a little bit more pressing since I have to start explaining these matters to a class within the next few days. They are working with the U. of Toronto's MTAS and TACT programs, and there are numerous terms which the former program in particular uses which are a mystery to me: Hapax dislegomena (I know what a hapax legomena is) Coefficient of skewness Coefficient of kurtosis Herdan's characteristic Yule's characteristic Carroll TTR Of course, understanding how these are calculated is only the first step. What do they mean? Roseann Potter's survey in the 25th anniversary issue of CHUM gives a good overview of the kind of quantitative work done recently, but it assumes a certain amount of prior knowledge which neither I nor my students have. HELP! Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: Edward Kovach <kovach@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu> Subject: a query Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 11:17:27 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1139 (1475) Has anyone had experience in using software which compares two texts and on the basis of their similarities/differences determines what is the probability that the texts were written by the same author? If so... a. What was the software and where can it be obtained? b. Were the results good or poor? c. Would you base any serious research on the results? Please send replies to kovach@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu Thanks in advance. Ed Kovach From: YOUNGC@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0670 Rs: Media Life Expectancy; Calvin & Hobbes Date: 13 Apr 1993 18:37:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1140 (1476) A very small correction to Gary Lee Stonum's report on Bill Watterson's militancy against merchandizing: Shortly after the strip began (or at least shortly after the LA Times be- gan to carry it, a kid in the Mary Worth strip had on a Hobbes t-shirt. Charles Young youngc@cgsvax.claremont.edu From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Calvin and Hobbes Date: 14 Apr 93 10:19:11 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1141 (1477) ..... On responses to my earlier query about Calvin and Hobbes: there is apparently not much to tell, which leaves us free to speculate. Someone pointed out the obvious fact which I had overlooked that Calvin, as drawn, is nasty, brutish, and short, not to mention, arguably, solitary and poor. If Calvin embodies Hobbes's vision of human life, then perhaps Hobbes exemplifies Calvin's insistence that in each [human] person there exists, despite the ravages of sin, a _semen religionis_ on which foundation natural morality and even a certain limited sort of natural knowledge of God may stand. (Subsequent Reformed theologians have, I think, given this less emphasis.) Hobbes seems to embody a sort of natural, unreflective virtue-- Calvin's conscience, someone observed. So it appears that Calvin's appearance is a visual pun on Hobbes's famous characterization of life apart from civil society, while Hobbes is an example of Calvin's conception of natural man. (Or natural tiger?) Perhaps others will offer more interesting speculations. Why have we not heard from colleagues at Hobbes College? Or Judas Iscariot College? (My college is not named after Calvin Coolidge or Calvin Trillin.) || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: menuing software, cont. Date: Tue, 13 Apr 93 21:35:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1142 (1478) Our programmer here sorted through all the menuing software I downloaded from SIMTEL and found DOUGMENU, which satisfies all my criteria and more. So from this moment I am merely curious to see what additional suggestions are made. Others may not be so easily satisfied, however. My thanks for the several recommendations. Willard McCarty From: frsdjt <D.J.Thompson@frd.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0668 Qs: E-Word lists; French; Mice; Judas; Sweden (5/113) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 10:26:03 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1143 (1479) French archives: If you do not already have details of Frantext, based at the University of Nancy, let me know and I'll send you the information. June Thompson CTI Centre for Modern Languages University of Hull From: <DGH@herald.divinity.yale.edu> Subject: E-Text of Calvin's 1559 Institute Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 17:19:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1144 (1480) I am posting this on behalf of a colleague who is seeking an electronic transcription of both the Latin text of Calvin's Institute of 1559 and the Battles English translation. Pointers to either or both would be greatly appreciated. I have already checked the RLIN database, ARCHIE, VERONICA, and the Georgetown CPET database, though it is possible that I missed something in any of them. Thanks, Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: 6500card%ucsbuxa@hub.ucsb.edu (Cheryl A. Cardoza) Subject: Frantext? Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 08:13:32 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1145 (1481) June Thompson of the CTI Centre for Modern Languages recently wrote mentioning Frantext, some sort of computerized archive at the University of Nancy. I and several of my colleagues, being new to humanities computing, are completely ignorant of how to access etc, such a thing. Help!!! Any message on this subject need be pretty basic for us neophytes. Thanks, Cheryl Cardoza Dept of English University of California Santa Barbara 6500card@ucsbuxa From: Doug Brigham <fren100@unixg.ubc.ca> Subject: Augustine's _Confessions_ in English Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 09:19:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1146 (1482) I am currently compiling a bibliography of the English translations of St. Augustine's _Confessions_, from Matthews (1620) through Chadwick (1991/2). I have found quite a number of translations, but some more information might be useful. There are several references (primarily in the National Union Catalogue) to a translation by Richard Challoner, Bp. of Debra. It appeared in no fewer than 8 editions between 1739 and 1904. It seems to have come to the States from Ireland between 1809 and 186n. The title of the volume is generally _Praises of God_ and sometimes carries the sub-title _In ten books_. Does anyone have any more complete information on this translation? Oddly, I cannot find any mention of it as one of the "standard" translations, even though it seems to have gone through a number of printings. There is a 1650 translation, translated by T.R. and E.M., and printed for Abel Roper (London?), which should be at Oxford and Cambridge. It is particularly unfortunate that the colophon are so vague, because it was only in 1620 that the first edition of the _Confessions_ appeared in English. It would be interesting to compare another 17th century translation with the two which became the dominant versions for later translators. Does anyone have any helpful information about these two translations, ie. availability on microfilm, other copies, etc.? More generally, is there already a bibliography of Augustine's works which covers this field? I found one volume of, I believe, _Augustinian Bibliography_, whose terminal date was about 1980. Unfortunately, it did not give me much more information. Thank you in advance for any helpful information. Doug Brigham University of British Columbia fren100@unixg.ubc.ca From: "Marc Eisinger (+33 (1) 49 05 72 27)" <eisinger@vnet.IBM.COM> Subject: Exchanging appartement Paris/New-York Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 10:37:13 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1147 (1483) I'll be short. I'm looking for an appartement exchange between Paris and New-York/Manhattan. In Paris, we offer two bedrooms with double bed each, leaving room with a convertible bed for two, bathroom, etc. 5 minutes from "Glaciere" subway station, 15 minutes by bus from the Luxembourg and the "Quartier Latin". For two or three weeks starting around July the 20th. For something in Manhattan. Thanks, Marc Eisinger IBM France From: DIANA PATTERSON <DPATTERSON@mtroyal.ab.ca> Subject: Conferences in UK or Ireland in 1994 - a Query Date: 16 Apr 1993 13:05:02 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1148 (1484) A colleague of mine wants to spend some professional development money on a conference in the UK or Ireland. She is not too fussy about the subject, as she is retiring, and is looking for a good time. She must spend money before December 1993, and attend after January 1994. Can anyone suggest an upcoming conference vaguely related to English that fits these requirements? Please respond directly to me, and I shall pass on information to my colleague who is not electronically connected. Diana Patterson Department of English Mount Royal College Calgary, Alberta DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: Eternal in Mutability <REYNOLDS@HOPE.BITNET> Subject: Source of Quotation (?) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 17:37 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1149 (1485) A non-net friend has asked me to see if I can help him find the source of what he thinks is a quotation (but which may well be a piece of anonymous folk wisdom): "If it wasn't written down, it didn't happen." Thanks, Bill Reynolds Reynolds@Hope Dept. of English Hope College Holland, MI 49423 From: "Meghan Laslocky, NEH" <NEHRES@GWUVM> Subject: NEH Interpretive Research Grants Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 14:49:18 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 684 (1486) National Endowment for the Humanities Interpretive Research Program The Interpretive Research Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities offers three categories of support that are designed to promote joint research efforts in humanities disciplines: Collaborative Projects involve two or more scholars undertaking research for periods of more than one year; the Endowment is particularly interested in integrated efforts that interpret or synthesize work on important scholarly and intellectual issues. An award was made recently to support "Dialogues: Literary/Critical Exchanges Between Russian and American Women," a project that brings together two American and two Russian scholars to produce a comparative study of contemporary Russian and American women writers, incorporating representative works of fiction, autobiography, and interpretation by authors of both cultures. Humanities, Science, and Technology grants support research that brings the knowledge, methods, and perspective of the humanities to bear on the subjects of science, technology, and medicine. "Race, Mental Health, and Youth in New York" is a two year project currently supported by this category. The grant will result in a history of the development of mental health and social services for African American and Hispanic youth in New York City from 1940 to 1976. Conferences unite scholars working on related topics in order to encourage the open exchange of ideas and thus stimulate scholarly research. In December of 1992, an international conference supported by the Endowment, "The Terror in the French Revolution," focused on the nature and genesis of the Terror of 1793-4, its place in history, and its significance in current historiographical debate. Application deadlines: Collaborative Projects: October 15, 1993 Humanities, Science, and Technology: October 15, 1993 Conferences: July 15, 1993 and January 15, 1994 Applications for Collaborative Projects and Humanities, Science, and Technology will be available via paper mail in the late spring; applications for Conferences are currently available via paper mail. Applicants are encouraged to consult with a member of the staff before submitting a final application: The Interpretive Reseach Program NEH, Division of Research Programs, Room 318 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20506 202/606-8210 Inquiries about the program may also be directed through e-mail to NEHRES@GWUVM.GWU.EDU (INTERNET) or NEHRES@GWUVM(BITNET). E-mail messages should list "Interpretive Research" in the subject line. From: IN%"BGRISSOM@ukcc.uky.edu" Subject: Quotations about libraries: responses Date: 19 Apr 1993 17:21:05 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 685 (1487) The Library is a sphere whose exact center is any one of its hexagons, whose circumference is unattainable. --Jorge Luis Borges see the fantasia by his nephew Miguel de Torre Borges in the 4/12/93 New Yorker ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] Part of the Norman Cousins quote found in the American Library Association Bulletin, October 1954--A library...should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas-a place where history comes to life. A theatre-the stage is time, the play is the play of the world. Alexander Smith My real somewhat inappropriate favorite is - A room frought with books and people. Fred Allen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [deleted quotation] "Behind every great University is a great Library". This was said by Tip O'Neill, July 9, 1988, ALA New Orleans, General Session. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [deleted quotation] I like the spirit of Ranganathan's "Five Laws of Library Science": 1. Books are for use. 2. Every reader, his book (preferably restated in gender-neutral language.) 3. Every book, its reader. 4. Save the time of the reader. 5. A library is a growing organism. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] My own favorite library quotation, which I used in a short talk at a library dedication some 25 years ago, speaks of the importance of remembering that a library is but a tool of scholarship, and not an end in itself. It is from a 17th century Anglican divine: "It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks again to everyone who responded. I will close with an admonition, spoken by Hercule Poirot in the television production of "The Incredible Theft." He was trying to get his secretary to accept an anonymous phone call; she was resisting because she could not figure out where to file the record of the call. We librarians can take it to heart. "Life first, filing second, Miss Lemmon!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The suggestions for sources of quotations about libraries will follow in a separate message. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Karl Van Ausdal vanausdalk@appstate.bitnet Music Library vanausdalk@conrad.appstate.edu Appalachian State University voice (704) 262-2389 fax (704) 262-6446 From: "Meghan Laslocky, NEH" <NEHRES@GWUVM> Subject: Special Opportunity for Archival Research Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 10:01:53 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 686 (1488) Special Opportunity for Archival Research The National Endowment for the Humanities has undertaken an initiative to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the birth of democracy and to celebrate the spread of democratic institutions in our own time. In pursuit of this initiative, the Endowment now announces a special opportunity for scholars seeking support for individual or collaborative research to be undertaken in archives abroad. The Endowment is especially interested in projects reflecting emerging opportunities for research in recently opened archives in newly-democratized countries, such as the former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe or the republics of the former Soviet Union. Projects may address topics in any field of the humanities, but preference will be given to projects that investigate documents whose physical condition or whose uncertain future access necessitates urgent attention. Applications will be reviewed on the basis of the significance of the project for the humanities and the importance of the proposed archival research to the completion of that project. Grants will provide limited support for travel (to a maximum of $2,800), living expenses (not to exceed $1,250 per month), and research expenses (including duplication of materials). The proposed grant period must be three or more weeks in duration, and the total request cannot exceed a maximum of $20,000. This special opportunity is offered under the current guidelines for the Division of Research programs, and applications will be evaluated according to the "Evaluation Criteria" published in the Guide to the Division of Research Programs (1992): p. 24. Applicants for this special opportunity will be asked to submit a narrative description of the project (not to exceed 5 single-spaced pages) outlining the methodology and workplan of the proposed archival project, explaining the importance of the archival collection(s) to be visited and the research materials to be consulted, and demonstrating the impact and significance of the project for the humanities in general. Applicants will also be asked to indicate how access to the research collection(s) will be secured. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years prior to the time of application. Work undertaken to satisfy requirements for an academic degree is ineligible for support from this program. For information and application forms, prospective applicants should contact Special Opportunity for Archival Research (S.O.A.R.) NEH Interpretive Research Program, Room 318 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20506 telephone 202/606-8210 Inquiries about the program may be directed through e-mail to NEHRES@GWUVM.GWU.EDU (INTERNET) or NEHRES@GWUVM (BITNET). E-mail messages should list "Archival Research" in the subject line. The deadline for receipt of applications is May 11, 1993. Thereafter, proposals will be accepted for review at bi-monthly deadlines, subject to availability of funds. From: Susan Hockey <HOCKEY@ZODIAC.BITNET> Subject: Statistical Methods Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 16:27 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1150 (1489) In my view, by far the best introduction to statistics for the analysis of style is Anthony Kenny, The Computation of Style, Pergamon 1982. For those who read French, Charles Muller, Initiation aux Methodes de la Statistique Linguistique, Hachette 1973 is also very good. Also useful for beginners is a series of articles by Norman Thomson beginning in ALLC Bulletin volume 1 (1973). I have taught elementary statistics for literary analysis using notes I compiled from Muller and also from Thomson's articles and a summer workshop he presented in 1975. I also used Kenny's book as soon as it appeared. He and I once gave a class together on this. For authorship studies, the classic work is Mosteller and Wallace, Inference and Disputed Authorship: The Federalist, which is fairly hard going for the non-mathematician. Anthony Kenny's The Aristotelian Ethics contains several chapters on stylistic/authorship comparisons. I have several more references which were collected for the bibliography we used in last year's CETH Summer Seminar. Students of the history of these techniques might like to look at the Annotated Bibliography of Statistical Stylistic compiled by Richard Bailey and Lubomir Dolezel in 1968. Just to show that this is nothing new, they have many references which antedate computers. Of particular interest are two articles by T C Mendenhall, `The Characteristic Curves of Composition', Science (March 1887) 237-249 and `A Mechanical Solution of a Literary Problem', Popular Science Monthly (December 1901) 97-105. And now the interesting question in all of this: just how valid are these statistical methods, when applied to text which is not random? Susan Hockey Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities Rutgers and Princeton Universities From: Glenn Everett <IVAA@UTMARTN.BITNET> Subject: Calvin & Hobbes Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 16:42:15 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1151 (1490) [deleted quotation] Since we are overloading this little comic strip with significance (in the tradition of _The Gospel According to Peanuts_ and _The Tao of Pooh_) how about T.S. Eliot's line from "Gerontion": "In the juvescence of the year / Came Christ the Tiger." Glenn Everett English Department University of Tennessee at Martin ivaa@utmartn.bitnet From: BMENK@ccr2.bbn.com Subject: Another Judas title Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 23:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1152 (1491) Reagarding the request for Judas rehab I have two more titles that may be of interest: Morley Callaghan's "A Time For Judas" and Sholem Asch's "The Apostle", which is actually about Paul than Judas, but in which Judas figures fairly prominently as I recall. Asch also wrote another work, whose title escapes me at the moment, but which examines Jewish-"Chistian" differences during Jesus' last days. Asch is not nearly the writer that Callaghan is however. I've never seen Callaghan's book in the States, however. One might have to order it from Canada. _______________________________________________________________________________ Bobb Menk Voice: 617-873-3278 Senior Technical Librarian Fax: 617-873-2156 Bolt, Beranek & Newman Internet: bmenk@bbn.com From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.DBP.DE Subject: 6.0671 Judas Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 14:51+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1153 (1492) There is also a novel by Claud Cockburn (better known for the best C20 autobiography, I Claud) called Jericho Road, which begins with the story of the Good Samaritan sarcastically retold (the man the Samaritan saves turns out to be a druggie with a long record, and the Samaritan has big trouble with the cops) and gradually moves into a retelling of the passion story as seen by the Samaritan and his rescued traveller: Judas features as the `True Revolutionary', angered at Jesus' betrayal of the Cause. Not I think a new idea, but it is a worth-while read. Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: sabourco@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Sabourin Conrad) Subject: Bibliographical database Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 16:36:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 668 (1493) COMPUTERS - LINGUISTICS - COMMUNICATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE For the last 15 years, we have been compiling a bibliographical database on all aspects of computer processing of natural language communications. The bibliography, which now holds more than 67,000 references, is indexed with a thesaurus of over 3,400 keywords. More than 13,000 titles are related to artificial intelligence. The references cover the period beginning with the inception of the computer to the present and include theses, research reports, books, articles from specialized periodicals, papers in conference proceedings, etc. The entries were obtained mostly by systematically scanning more than 400 periodicals and 800 conference proceedings. Some of the thematic sections of the database are near completion and will be published in print in the coming months. Each thematic volume will have a two-level analytical index. Many researchers collaborated by sending us their lists of publications. All others who are interested are invited to do so. In the list that follows, the numbers refer to the approximate number of entries of some of the subsections of the database. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LITERARY COMPUTING (3000) Concordances, author identification, style analysis, poetry analysis and production, text collation, literary criticism, etc. QUANTITATIVE AND STATISTICAL LINGUISTICS (2400) Frequencies of characters, phonemes, words, grammatical categories, syntactic structures; lexical richness, word collocations, etc. COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE TEACHING (5500) Teaching foreign languages, composition, writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, reading, translation, listening, speaking; text composition aids, etc. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PROCESSING (2300) Document editing, formatting, typesetting, coding, storing, interchanging, etc. COMPUTATIONAL LEXICOGRAPHY (3000) Dictionaries, thesauri, terminological databanks; parsing, transfer and generation dictionaries; lexical semantics, etc. OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (2900) Character preprocessing, feature extraction, isolation, segmentation, thinning; multi-font recognition, writer identification, etc. CHARACTER PROCESSING (2200) Character coding (external and internal), input, output, synthesis, ordering, conversion, encryption, string matching, font design, etc. COMMUNICATING THROUGH COMPUTERS (2100) E-Mail, computer conferencing, electronic publishing, hypermedia, hypertext, etc. CORPUS LINGUISTICS AND DIALECT STUDY (1000) NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES (3000) Conversation, interfaces to database, to expert system, to robot, to operating system, to question answering system, etc. TEXT UNDERSTANDING (3800) PARSING (7000) Syntactic analysis, semantic analysis, semantic interpretation. COMPUTATIONAL MORPHOLOGY (2000) Morphological analysis and generation, lemmatization. TEXT GENERATION (2000) Generation from data or linguistic structure, explanation generation, paraphrasing, etc. SPEECH ANALYSIS, CODING, AND SYNTHESIS (2800) Speech compression, encryption, transmission, speech to tactile display, phoneme identification, speaker identification, tone recognition, etc. SPEECH RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING (3000) Connected, continuous, isolated words, speaker dependent and independent, etc. TEXT INFORMATION EXTRACTION (2000) Indexation (automatic and computer aided), text condensation, content analysis, etc. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (3000) Full text, conceptual. COMPUTER TRANSLATION (7000) Bilingual, multilingual, aids to translation MATHEMATICAL AND FORMAL LINGUISTICS (3000) COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS (1600) Conrad F. Sabourin sabourco@ere.umontreal.ca P.O. Box 187, Snowdon Montreal, Qc, H3X 3T4 Canada From: <GMP@PSUVM> Subject: Call for articles Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 15:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 669 (1494) The second issue of IPCT-J will be distributed in about a week. We are now accepting papers for the September issue. Following is our call ANNOUNCING IPCT Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government and related topics. Articles may have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological articles will be considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration We regret that, at this time, we will be unable to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum. Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to make the journal available to greatest number of potential subscribers. We will also consider reviews, approximately eight pages in length, of books relevant to issues of interest to IPCT-L. All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and published articles will be selected by the editors. In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest standards of reviewing used in the best print journals. Our associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of editorial experience and status in their field of expertise. SEND ALL ARTICLE AND REVIEW SUBMISSIONS IN ASCII USING A 65 CHARACTER LINE TO; GMP3@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp3@psuvm.psu.edu (internet). Gerald M. Phillips (Professor Emeritus), Speech Communication Editor, IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century ISSN 1064-4326 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 From: delany@sfu.ca Subject: The Digital Word Date: Thu, 15 Apr 93 11:32:31 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 670 (1495) Readers of HUMANIST may be interested in the recent publication of George P. Landow & Paul Delany, eds., *The Digital Word: Text-based Computing in the Humanities* This is a collection of sixteen essays, including one by Allen Renear and Geoffrey Bilder on the new forms of scholarly communication epitomized by HUMANIST. Other essays are by George Landow, Paul Delany, Jacques Virbel, Mark Zimmerman, Sue Stigleman, James Coombs/Allen Renear/Steven DeRose, Christinger Tomer, Jeremy Clear, Alan McKenzie, Nancy Kaplan/Stuart Moulthrop, Peter Robinson, Ian Lancashire, David Miall. The book is available in hardback from MIT Press at $39.95. From: simionat@unive.it Subject: what is "Golden Days"? Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 10:39:45 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1154 (1496) A friend of mine is writing a paper on Willa Cather's short story "The Enchanted Bluff", where a quotation to 'Golden Days' is made, something like "Did you read it in Golden Days?" This leads to think that it might be a book or a widespread magazine - I don't know in which period the story is set, though. I would be grateful if anybody could direct their replies DIRECTLY to me. Also, is there a Usenet group where I could post this kind of queries? ___________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Univeristy of Venice Computing centre fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY ___________________________________________________________________ From: gunnarth@isv.uit.no (Gunnar Thorvaldsen) Subject: Historical geography Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 10:43:57 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1155 (1497) Historical Geography I would be very interested to know more about what research and teaching is carried out within the field of historical geography. Both the curricula that the students read and references to publications will be of great interest. Gunnar Thorvaldsen Norwegian Historical Data Centre Phone: +47 83 44179 University of Tromsoe Fax: +47 83 44905 N 9037 Tromsoe (From November 83 is replaced by 776) Norway E-mail: GunnarTh@ISV.UiT.No From: bwillis@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: electronic bible Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:23:10 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1156 (1498) Could someone please remind me of the address of the Gutenberg project where it is possible to find an electronic version of the Bible? Brian Willis Phone: (619) 380 3420 the University of Western Australia Fax: (619) 380 1009 Nedlands 6009 From: "John J Hughes" <XB.J24@STANFORD.BITNET> Subject: Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 22:28:43 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1157 (1499) SUBJECT: Reviewers for the Bits & Bytes Review Dear Fellow Humanists, Beginning with the Spring 1993 issue, the Bits & Bytes Review will include coverage of academically useful CD-ROMs and related optical products. Because academic CD-ROMs often are produced "in house" and on a limited basis and budget, they receive little publicity and infrequent reviews. We would like to help rectify this by providing a steady stream of detailed reviews of the best of these CD-ROMs. We value your input and welcome suggestions of CD-ROMs you would like to see reviewed. You can help by forwarding suggestions to me at one of the addresses below. An "ideal list" of academic CD-ROMs would cover the basic disciplines in the following areas: humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. John John J. Hughes BITNET: XB.J24@@Stanford Editor & Publisher INTERNET: XB.J24@@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU PHONE: (406) 862-7280 FAX: (406) 862-1124 From: "Mike H. Zimmerman" <mzimmer@eis.calstate.edu> Subject: Re: Sources of library quotations Date: 21 Apr 1993 22:56:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1158 (1500) I am looking for a quotation from either Ancient Eqypt or China. It deals with lamenting the onset of written language, saying how it will destroy memory and thinking. As it reads it appears like a modern comdemnation of today's technology. I saw it once and I did not write it down. I've been through the quotation "standards" but have had no luck. Any ideas, Stumpers? From: payers@kean.ucs.mun.ca Subject: literary stepmothers Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:48:48 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1159 (1501) A colleague is doing a study of stepmothers (real ones), but is anxious to have a literary context for the perception of stepmothers. The evil stepmothers of traditional fairy tales are obvious; she enquired of me what other areas to examine. Victorian fiction, beyond Jane Eyre, ought to be particularly rich; Trollop and Dickens, I seem to recall, introducing the figure fairly frequently. Can anyone offer any immediate suggestions? Peter Ayers Dept. of English Memorial University From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Re: 6.0682 Text Qs: E-Calvin? Frantext? Augustine? (3/78) Date: 20 Apr 1993 11:28:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1160 (1502) [deleted quotation] You might wish to try my colleague, Richard Wevers. He has most of Calvin on disk or tape, and is willing to help other scholars who have questions on Calvin. Prof. Wevers' address is WEVE@calvin.edu. MW === Mark F. Williams Internet: WILM@calvin.edu Classical Languages Voice: (616) 957-6293 Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA 49546 From: dthel@mvax.cc.conncoll.edu (Dirk t.D. Held) Subject: If it wasn't written down... Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 13:08:19 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1161 (1503) I can't say that I have an exact answer to the source of the saying "If it wasn't written down, it didn't happen", but there is a maxim that belongs to the great botanist Linnaeus. He said "Nomina si nescis, perit et cognitio rerum", which means that if you don't know the names, knowledge of the things is lost." Dirk t. D. Held, Classics, Connecticut College From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Source of Information on the English Academy Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 21:29 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1162 (1504) Since I got a few requests for further information on the English Academy, I'm sending this to the whole list. In looking through my notes from 10 years ago, I discovered I'm not as much of a packrat as I thought. I didn't find any of my notes on the English Academy, but I have located a chapter in _A History of the English Language_ (I have the Third Edition) by Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable. Chapter 9, The Appeal to Authority, covered the Augustan Age with considerable emphasis on attempts to organize an English Academy. It also has numerous references to other works, many from the 1920s and 30s, on the English Academy. Mary Dee Harris, Ph.D. 202/387-0626 (voice) Language Technology, Inc. 202/387-0625 (FAX) 2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet From: Alan D Corre <corre@convex.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Statistical Methods Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 16:58:32 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1163 (1505) I agree with Susan Hockey that Anthony Kenny's book The Computation of Style is excellent. (Kenny has authored an astonishing list of books, by the way.) Many of the examples in my book Icon Programming for Humanists (Prentice Hall) are in effect automations of material proposed by Kenny. From: "Peter I. Kuniholm" <PETER@dendro.mail.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0660 Qs: Journal Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:30:44 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1164 (1506) [deleted quotation] Try the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science (Chicago, 1955). I think there is a section on the empirical study of the foundations of science. Peter Kuniholm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter Ian Kuniholm, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, G-35 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-3201. Tel. (607)255-8650 lab.; (607)255-9732 office; (607)257-7845 home. BITNET address = MCG@CORNELLC INTERNET address = PETER@DENDRO.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU From: Karl Van Ausdal <VANAUSDALK@APPSTATE.BITNET> Subject: Sources of library quotations Date: 20 Apr 1993 13:55:01 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1165 (1507) In response to my recent query for favorite quotations about libraries, I received several suggestions for good sources, which are worth sharing. Thanks to everyone who replied. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] _A Librarian's Collacon_, An Anthology of Quotations and Aphorisms reflecting the Moral Philosophy of the Library Profession, compiled by D. W. Krummel, Preliminary Edition (Urbana: UI Library, 1971). It has more quotations on libraries than you can shake a stick at. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] Suggest that you take a look at "Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] I received a book as a gift entitled "Reading Rooms" edited by Susan Toth and John Coughlan. The subtitle on the dust jacket describes it as "America's foremost writers celebrate our public libraries with stories, memoirs, essays, and poems". Chapter titles are 1) Small-town libraries 2) City Libraries 3) The Librarian 4)Children in the library 5) Love in the library 6) Mystery and murder in the Library 7) Laughter in the library 8) Reading-room Reveries 9) Democracy in the Library. You should be able to find what you are after in this book. Good luck and have fun reading. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] I just received a slew of stuff from Linda Wallace, ALA, Public Info Office on the "Write for America's Libraries" Included were many quotes from celebrities about how libraries had impacted their lives for the better. Linda's phone number is 312-944-6780. One of the items in the folder was a fact sheet entitled "Libraries Change Lives: What they say" It is 5 pages of quotes including the following from Pres. Clinton -- "My love for learning was fostered and enhanced by all the resources I made use of in the libraries where I studies...Today, the library is not only a special place for me but for my family as well. The library made a difference in my life. I hope others will discover the library and let it change their lives." I'm sure ALA will send folks who request them copies of the Fact sheet or I will fax you a copy of mine. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [deleted quotation] Have you tried the Quotations Database on Dialog - File 175? -------------------------------------------------------------------- And I will add one title of my own, which has a number of good quotations about libraries and books, and of course, great illustrations. _The delights of reading: notes, quotes & anecdotes_ / Otto L. Bettmann. David R. Godine, in association with the Center of the Book in the Library of Congress, 1987. I believe that a paperback reprint was published in 1992. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks again to everyone. I have had a great time with this one. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Karl Van Ausdal vanausdalk@appstate.bitnet Music Library vanausdalk@conrad.appstate.edu Appalachian State University voice (704) 262-2389 fax (704) 262-6446 From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0685 Rs: Quotations about libraries (1/200) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:52 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1166 (1508) I like the quotes about libraries! Maybe all you folk can help me figure out where I got one (paraphrased)- Librarians rule the world. Without them, we could find nothing. I thought it was in a science fiction book-- "Ringworld" maybe-- but could not find it again when I needed it for a paper. Any clues would be appre- ciated; I'm sure I'd like to use it again someday! Leslie Morgan From: Durham Linguistics <Durham.Linguistics@durham.ac.uk> Subject: Call for papers: GALA Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 21:36:11 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 674 (1509) P L E A S E P O S T P L E A S E P O S T P L E A S E P O S T CALL FOR PAPERS G A L A GENERATIVE APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION G A L A 17-19 September 1993 UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM ENGLAND The conference aims to bring together research within a generative framework on first language development, second language development, signed language development, and impaired language development. Abstracts are invited on all aspects of language acquisition concerned with the relation between development and linguistic theory, including but not limited to syntax, phonology, morphology, the lexicon and semantics--as well as the interfaces. Papers will be 30 minutes followed by a 10-minute discussion session. Guest Speakers: Prof. Juergen Meisel, University of Hamburg Prof. Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Lydia White, McGill University Those interested in presenting a paper should send 4 copies of a one-page abstract (3 anonymous; 1 camera-ready, with name(s) and affiliation(s)) to: GALA 1993 Coordinators School of English and Linguistics University of Durham Elvet Riverside New Elvet Durham DH1 3JT ENGLAND Please also include a 3" x 5" card containing the following information: a. author(s) d. address g. fax j. summer e-mail b. affiliation(s) e. phone h. summer address k. summer fax c. title of paper f. e-mail i. summer phone l. audiovisual needs GALA will provide bed and breakfast for all speakers during the conference. Several awards towards travel and expenses will be granted to selected 1994 applicants to the Ph.D. programs in Linguistics at the University of Durham. For information and Ph.D. application forms, write to the address above. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GALA is the follow-up to the 1991 "Crossing Boundaries" conference * * on language development held in Tuebingen, sister-city of Durham, * * and is sponsored by the University of Durham. Organizing Committee: * * Joseph Emonds (Durham), Bonnie D. Schwartz (Durham), Rosemarie Tracy * * (Tuebingen) and Martha Young-Scholten (Durham). Queries should be * * sent to the above mailing address or: * * * * e-mail: Durham.Linguistics@durham.ac.uk * * phone: (44-91) 374-2315; (44-91) 374-2643 * * fax: (44-91) 374-7471 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: *POSTMARKED* BY 15 JUNE 1993 Notification of acceptance to be sent by 15 July Durham is a picturesque, historic town on the River Wear, served by direct rail links with London (3 hrs), Edinburgh (2 hrs) and Newcastle (15 mins). P L E A S E P O S T P L E A S E P O S T P L E A S E P O S T From: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be (Francis Heylighen) Subject: CFP: Cybernetics of Knowledge Symposium, EMCSR'94 (Vienna) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 15:43:40 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 675 (1510) CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************************* * Symposium : * * CYBERNETIC PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT * ************************************************************* as part of the 12th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research EMCSR'94, Vienna, April 5-8, 1994 About the Symposium: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A symposium in collaboration with the Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) will be held at EMCSR'94. Chairmen are F. Heylighen (representing PCP) and S. Umpleby. The theme is a cybernetic perspective on the creation and evolution of knowledge, with special emphasis on methods of model construction in science. We wish to focus on both fundamental principles (what is knowledge, what is science, which criteria distinguish adequate knowledge, how does knowledge originate and develop, what is the role of induction, abduction, blind variation, selection, recombination, memetic spreading...) and practical applications (which methods and tools can help us to steer or improve the generation of knowledge). The latter is especially important for the Principia Cybernetica Project, as a collaborative computer-supported attempt to develop philosophical knowledge. The EMCSR meetings are possibly the most important and best organized large congresses in their domain. Though they are traditionally called "European", they really bring together researchers from all continents, albeit with a relative large proportion of people from Central and Eastern Europe. Among the distinctive features are the high quality, well-distributed Proceedings, which are available at the start of the Conference. This implies that papers should be submitted (to the Congress secretariat, not to the chairpersons!) quite a while before the start of the conference. The official CFP and preliminary programme of EMCSR'94 are appended below. After the succesful organization of a symposium at the 8th World Congress of Systems and Cybernetics (New York, 1990), of the 1st Workshop of the Principia Cybernetica Project (Brussels, 1991), and of a Symposium at the 13th Int. Congress on Cybernetics (Namur, 1992), this will be the fourth official activity of the Principia Cybernetica Project. For more information about the Symposium (not for paper submissions), contact: Dr. Francis Heylighen PO-PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Fax: +32-2-641 24 89. E-mail: fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be. Prof. Stuart Umpleby Dep. of Management Science, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA. Fax: +1-202-994 4930. E-mail: umpleby@gwuvm.bitnet. About Principia Cybernetica: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is a collaborative attempt to develop a complete cybernetic and evolutionary philosophy. Such a philosophical system should arise from a transdisciplinary unification and foundation of the domain of Systems Theory and Cybernetics. Similar to the metamathematical character of Whitehead and Russell's "Principia Mathematica", PCP is meta-cybernetical in that we intend to use cybernetic tools and methods to analyze and develop cybernetic theory. These include the computer-based tools of hypertext, electronic mail, electronic publishing, and knowledge structuring software. They are meant to support the process of collaborative theory-building by a variety of contributors, with different backgrounds and living in different parts of the world. PCP will thus naturally develop in the "cyberspace" of data shared through interlinked electronic networks, as implemented for example in the World-Wide Web distributed hypertext software. PCP is to be developed as a dynamic, multi-dimensional conceptual network. The basic architecture consists of nodes, containing expositions and definitions of concepts, connected by links, representing the associations that exist between the concepts. Both nodes and links can belong to different types, expressing different semantic and practical categories. As its name implies, PCP will focus on the clarification of fundamental concepts and principles of the broadly defined domain of cybernetics and systems, which includes related disciplines such as the "sciences of complexity", AI, ALife, Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Systems, etc. Concepts include: Complexity, Information, Entropy, System, Freedom, Control, Self-organization, Emergence, etc. Principles include Natural Selection, and the Laws of Requisite Variety, of Requisite Hierarchy, and of Regulatory Models. The PCP philosophical system is to be seen as a clearly thought out and well-formulated, global "world view", integrating the different domains of knowledge and experience. It should provide an answer to the basic questions: "Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going to?". The PCP philosophy is systemic and evolutionary, based on the spontaneous emergence of higher levels of organization or control (metasystem transitions) through blind variation and natural selection. It includes: a) a metaphysics, based on processes or actions as ontological primitives, b) an epistemology, which understands knowledge as constructed by the subject or group, but undergoing selection by the environment; c) an ethics, with survival and the continuance of the process of evolution as supreme values. Philosophy and implementation of PCP are united by their common framework based on cybernetic and evolutionary principles: the computer-support system is intended to amplify the spontaneous development of knowledge which forms the main theme of the philosophy. PCP is managed by a board of editors, presently: V. Turchin [CUNY, New York], C. Joslyn [NASA and SUNY Binghamton] and F. Heylighen [Free Univ. of Brussels]. Contributors are kept informed through the PRNCYB-L electronic mailing list, and the Principia Cybernetica Newsletter. Further activities of PCP are publications in journals or books, and the organization of meetings or symposia. More information about PCP is available by anonymous ftp to is1.vub.ac.be, directory /pub/projects/Principia_Cybernetica, or by email request to fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be. About EMCSR'94: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Twelfth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research April 5-8, 1994 at the University of Vienna (Main Building) Organizers: ----------- Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies in co-operation with: University of Vienna, Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, and: International Federation for Systems Research Chairman: Robert Trappl, President of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Conference fee : ---------------- Contributors : AS 2500 if paid before January 31, 1994 AS 3200 if paid later Participants : AS 3500 if paid before January 31, 1994 AS 4200 if paid later (AS 100 = about $ 9) The conference fee includes participation in the Twelfth European Meeting, attendance at official receptions, and the volume of the proceedings available at the Meeting. Please send cheque, or transfer the amount free of charges for beneficiary to our account no. 0026-34400/00 at Creditanstalt-Bankverein Vienna. Please state your name clearly. About the Congress: ------------------- The international support of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research held in Austria in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 (when 300 scientists from more than 30 countries met to present, hear and discuss 210 papers) encouraged the Council of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (OSGK) to organize a similar meeting in 1994 to keep pace with continued rapid developments in related fields. A number of Symposia will be arranged and we are grateful to colleagues who have undertaken the task of preparing these events. As on the earlier occasions, eminent speakers of international reputation will present latest research results at daily plenary sessions. The Proceedings of the 10th and 11th European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research, edited by R. Trappl, have been published by World Scientific, Singapore as : CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '90 (1 vol., 1107 p.) CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS '92 (2 vols., 1685 p.) Symposia: --------- A General Systems Methodology G.J.Klir, USA B Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory M.Peschel, Germany & F.Pichler, Austria C Fuzzy Sets, Approximate Reasoning & Knowledge Based Systems C.Carlsson, Finland, K-P.Adlassnig, Austria & E.P.Klement, Austria D Designing and Systems, and Their Education B.Banathy, USA, W.Gasparski, Poland & G.Goldschmidt, Israel E Humanity, Architecture and Conceptualization G.Pask, UK, & G.de Zeeuw, Netherlands F Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology L.M.Ricciardi, Italy G Systems and Ecology F.J.Radermacher, Germany & K.Freda, Austria H Cybernetics and Informatics in Medicine G.Gell, Austria & G.Porenta, Austria I Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems K.Balkus, USA & O.Ladanyi, Austria J Systems, Management and Organization G.Broekstra, Netherlands & R.Hough, USA K Cybernetics of National Development P.Ballonoff, USA, T.Koizumi, USA & S.A.Umpleby, USA L Communication and Computers A M.Tjoa, Austria M Intelligent Autonomous Systems J.W.Rozenblit, USA & H.Praehofer, Austria N Cybernetic Principles of Knowledge Development F.Heylighen, Belgium & S.A.Umpleby, USA O Cybernetics, Systems & Psychotherapy M.Okuyama, Japan & H.Koizumi, USA P Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems S.Grossberg, USA & G.Dorffner, Austria Q Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science V.Marik, Czechia & R.Born, Austria R Artificial Intelligence & Systems Science for Peace Research S.Unseld, Switzerland & R.Trappl, Austria Submission of papers : ---------------------- Acceptance of contributions will be determined on the basis of Draft Final Papers. These Papers must not exceed 7 single-spaced A4 pages (maximum 50 lines, final size will be 8.5 x 6 inch), in English. They have to contain the final text to be submitted, including graphs and pictures. However, these need not be of reproducible quality. The Draft Final Paper must carry the title, author(s) name(s), and affiliation in this order. Please specify the symposium in which you would like to present your paper. Each scientist shall submit only one paper. Please send three copies of the Draft Final Paper to the Conference Secretariat (not to symposia chairpersons!). DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION : October 8, 1993 In order to enable careful refereeing, Draft Final Papers received after the deadline cannot be considered. FINAL PAPERS : Authors will be notified about acceptance no later than November 13, 1993. They will be provided by the conference secretariat at the same time with the detailed instructions for the preparation of the final paper. PRESENTATION : It is understood that the paper is presented personally at the Meeting by the contributor. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS will be handled by Oesterreichisches Verkehrsbuero, Kongressabteilung, Opernring 5, A-1010 Vienna, phone +43-1-58800-113, fax +3-1-5867127, telex 111 222. Reservation cards will be sent to all those returning the attached registration form. SCHOLARSHIPS : The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research has kindly agreed to provide a limited number of scholarships covering the registration fee for the conference and part of the accommodation costs for colleagues from eastern and south-eastern European countries. Applications should be sent to the Conference Secretariat before October 8, 1993. For further information about the Congress, contact: EMCSR 94 - Secretariat : Oesterreichische Studiengesellschaft fuer Kybernetik A-1010 Wien 1, Schottengasse 3, Austria. Phone : +43-1-53532810 Fax : +43-1-5320652 E-mail : sec@ai.univie.ac.at _______________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM _______________________________________________________________ EMCSR-94 Twelfth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research Please return to : Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA (EUROPE) o I plan to attend the Meeting o I intend to submit a paper to Symposium ... o I enclose the Draft Final Paper o My Draft Final Paper will arrive prior to October 8, 1993 o My cheque for AS .... covering the Conference Fee is enclosed o I have transferred AS .... to your account 0026-34400/00 at Creditanstalt Vienna o I shall not be at the Meeting but am interested to receive particulars of the Proceedings Name : Prof./Dr./Ms./Mr. ...................................... Address : ..................................................... ............................................................... Fax : .............................E-Mail : ................... Date : ....... Signature: _______________________________________________________________ From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Gopher and Copyright Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 17:23:03 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1167 (1511) (Posted to three lists: further posting permitted, esp. to gopher-manager lists) As e-editor of Bryn Mawr Classical Review, I have run across a potentially troubling problem. Many gopher menus show assorted e-journals, and BMCR is a staple on these lists. I discovered today that one particular server was supplying our texts in a woefully out of date and unauthorized version. They probably came from a one-time experiment I authorized to take some of our files and make them available on WAIS at a time when WAIS was the newest thing on the block. Since that time, we have worked out a good arrangement with the e-text center at the University of Virginia Library to maintain the only authorized current archive of our files: that way, I only have to make corrections, changes, etc., in one place. But the site I found was using old files. I asked veronica to check out the world of gopher tunnels for me, searching the word MAWR, and got back five screenfuls of hits. I did not do an exhaustive check, but the results were dismaying: many of the sites were clearly using old files, and had apparently downloaded them from somewhere in a batch some time ago, stuffed them in a local gopher hole, and forgotten about them. Users of those gophers will think BMCR an odd publication that ceased some time ago. This is all around distressing and raises questions of control and management of e-resources. As I think about it, it seems to me that this is a place where copyright gives us still a useful way of thinking about the problem, if not an immediate solution. By no stretch of the imagination is it "fair use" to take all the existing files of a publication (which expresses its claim to copyright with each issue, but that claim is superfluous under the 1976 act; and we do have an ISSN for the e-version to identify it further) and make them available for unsupervised copying by others. It seems to me not only common courtesy, but in fact an outright legal requirement, that if you wish to put files on your machine for others to consult, you make certain that you have the permission of the copyright holder to do so. This will ensure that the copyright holder can express very legitimate concerns: for the completeness, accuracy, and currency of the data, and for the uses to which the material will be put. But in the free and easy world of gopher today, my distinct impression is that files fly around very casually. Some gophers are carefully nurtured and managed, others are compost heaps. Individual users can and should pay attention to how the gopher at their institution that they rely on is managed and insist on quality control; and those of us who create material that finds its way into gopher holes should not be bashful about insisting -- for the benefit of authors, "publishers", and readers alike -- that good management and respect for legal rights be a part of the system. Jim O'Donnell Department of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu From: Ann Okerson <ann@cni.org> Subject: Gophers and Copyright Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 8:38:33 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1168 (1512) Mr. O'Donnell's posting seems to address two different issues: 1. How the library or information technology community deals with electronic publications, particularly "serial" ones (i.e., continuing indefinitely) such as journals, newsletters, and so on. He points to a problem that has come to our notice quickly as a result of new tools such as Gopher. A search through Gopher sites does indeed show a number of electronic serials that look dead but, in real life, are living and breathing and kicking. Those who placed the initial files have not taken care to keep them up to date and in that regard the titles are no different than journals for which a library has cancelled a subscription. The journal stays on the shelves but is no longer current. One might well want a short run of an electronic journal on one's electronic shelves, but the other problem is that there is no equivalent of a general bibliographic or descriptive framework that tells the reader who has found the partial run, that there is more to be had by looking elsewhere. 2. Rights and ownership. The current climate for most electronic serials is that they are free and wide sharing is encouraged. In an informal survey we conducted in January out of ARL, about 3 dozen electronic serial editors or moderators outlined their copyright or ownership policies, if any, and identified their greatest wishes and concerns. In every case there were three of equal weight: A. That the work be widely shared and reproduced. B. That the work be used with proper attribution and in its full context. C. That any reformatting, transfer of medium, or use for sale, or any other treatment beyond that, should be done with consultation and permission of the copyright holder of the e-journal. In any case, people who place partial files, or any kind of copyrighted files, without permission, on computer sites, seem (to me) to have violated both common courtesy and the law. ***** Possibly Mr. O'Donnell merges two different ideas in his posting. First, he (and copyright holders in general) should be asked for permissions. But he then goes on to offer the conditions under which he will grant those permissions. One seems to be that the files be maintained complete and up to date, incorporating corrections and revisions if/as they come along. I'm not sure that he has the right to require this kind of currency and commitment. That would be the same as a journal publisher saying the subscriber cannot subscribe unless she promises never to stop subscribing. Such a condition looks and feels more like some of the licenses in which purchasers return all back CDs if they stop the current subscription. If he does have the authority as copyright holder to set conditions, how would he enforce them? Any comments? Ann Okerson/ARL ann@cni.org From: ROLAND BOER <rboer@metz.une.edu.au> Subject: AASR CONFERENCE Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 22:35:04 +1000 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 677 (1513) [deleted quotation] From: Joan K. Lippincott <joan@cni.org> Subject: CNI Call for Projects Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 15:42:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 678 (1514) The Coalition for Networked Information is seeking information on projects that promote the use of networked information resources and services in the context of the teaching and learning environment. We would welcome your contributions. CALL FOR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS APRIL 1993 COALITION WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING Co-leaders Susan Lane Perry, Director , Departmental Systems Group, Stanford University Art St. George, Executive Network Services Officer, University of New Mexico Philip Tompkins, Director of Library Information Services, Estrella Mountain Community College Center INTRODUCTION This communication is a Call for Project Descriptions prepared and issued by the Coalition for Networked Information. The Coalition is a joint project of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE, and EDUCOM that was organized in March, 1990 to promote the creation of and access to information resources in networked environments in order to enrich scholarship and to enhance intellectual productivity. Periodically the Coalition issues a Call for Project Descriptions as a vehicle for pursuing a Coalition interest in a manner that promotes the widest and fairest possible identification of individuals, institutions, and organizations that are willing and able to share the experience that they have that is relevant to that interest. The Coalition encourages you to read and reflect upon the following Call and then to contact the person identified below. DESCRIPTION The Coalition Working Group on Teaching and Learning seeks assistance with identifying projects that use networking and networked information resources and services in the broadest possible ways to support and enhance teaching and learning. The Coalition will use the project descriptions it receives in response to this call: (1) to build a database that can be used to share information and experience in this area; (2) to promote awareness of individuals, institutions, and organizations making important contributions to the state-of-the-art in this area; (3) to attract attention to and mobilize resources for this area; (4) to plan a program in this area for the EDUCOM 93 (October 17-20) conference in Cincinnati, offering scholarships to attend this conference to representatives of the projects selected to participate in this program; and (5) to otherwise encourage individuals, institutions, and organizations to use networks and networked information resources and services to support and enhance teaching and learning. The Coalition is particularly interested in projects that (1) use technologies that interoperate with the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), the global Internet, and the emerging National Research and Education Network (NREN); (2) explore how library and other information resources and services can be made available in the networked teaching and learning process; (3) are collaborations involving different types of institutions, organizations, and agencies; (4) observe the contemporary economic imperative to "do more with less" while providing an "elegant" approach to networked teaching and learning; and, (5) manifest a high degree of replicability and long-term viability. PROCEDURE Individuals, institutions, and organizations who are willing to submit a project description are encouraged to send the information electronically on the following form to the person identified below. ____________________________________________________________________ WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS APRIL 1993 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM 1. TITLE: 2. PRESENTER (contact person): Name: Title: Institutional affiliation: Address: Phone: Fax: E-Mail: 3. OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT: 4. ABSTRACT -- Provide a 250 word, more or less, abstract presenting the purposes, methods, and current status of the project. 5. How does your project address the particular interests stated by the Coalition in the Call for Projects Proposals above? (100-300 words). 6. Audio-visual requirements: (EDUCOM encourages proposals that make exemplary use of appropriate technologies. Indicate the equipment you will need if your project is selected for presentation at EDUCOM.) All responses to this call must be submitted by electronic mail to the person identified below at the network address specified below. Responses to this call must be received on or before June 15, 1993 to be considered as part of the EDUCOM 93 scholarship program. Proposals will be read and ranked by volunteers from the Coalition for Networked Information's Teaching and Learning Working Group using the stated criteria. Scholarship winners will be notified on or before September 1, 1993. CONTACT Susan Lane Perry Director, Departmental Systems Group Stanford University, Stanford Data Center Polya Hall, Room 262 Stanford, California 94305-4163 Email address: gd.slp@forsythe.stanford.edu Telephone: (415) 725-8423 ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Coalition for Networked Information is a joint project of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE, and EDUCOM that was organized in March, 1990 to promote the creation of and access to information resources in networked environments in order to enrich scholarship and to enhance intellectual productivity. Currently 182 organizations and institutions belong to the Coalition Task Force, a group of institutions and organizations that make special contributions to the Coalition's projects and activities. Included in the Task Force membership are higher education institutions, publishers, network service providers, computer hardware and system companies, library networks and organizations, and public and state libraries. Periodically the Coalition issues a Call for Project Descriptions as a vehicle for pursuing a Coalition interest in a manner that promotes the widest and fairest possible identification of individuals, institutions, or organizations that are willing and able to share the experience that they have that is relevant to that interest. Each Call provides a description of the interest in question and some Calls include supporting documents. Individuals, organizations and institutions do not have to be affiliated with the Coalition of members of the Coalition Task Force to respond to a Call for Project Descriptions. The Coalition encourages responses from the international community. Project descriptions are reviewed by relevant Coalition Working Group leaders with the support of the Coalition staff and guidance from the Coalition Steering Committee. Other parties may be involved as explained by an individual Call. Additional information is sometimes requested during this review process. Reviews of project descriptions are carried out in as expeditious and as flexible a fashion as possible, taking care to balance the benefits of a wide and fair search for individuals, institutions, or organizations willing to share the experience that they have which is relevant to Coalition interests with the benefits of focused and timely action on those interests. -- Joan K. Lippincott, Assistant Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 296-5098 FAX: (202) 872-0884 Internet: joan@cni.org From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: author, author Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 21:01:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1169 (1515) I need help with finding the sources for two literary anecdotes. Should anyone be able to suggest where I might look, I'd be very grateful. Forgive me if I have confused details, but both of these are dredged from the depths of unreliable memory, and neither author is remotely related to my research. The first is a remark made by Jack London in reply to a socialite, who at a penthouse party asked him if, now that he was wealthy, would he not be moving in better circles? He replied that he would prefer to remain in the basement, prying at the foundations with his crowbar. The second occurs, I think, in an exchange between T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, in which one says to the other, you make noise at the front of the shop while I go round back and steal the goods. You can see that I'm up to no good and need to make my mischief respectable. Thanks. Willard McCarty From: "Joseph B. Monda" <monda@seattleu.edu> Subject: question Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 14:33:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1170 (1516) Who first named Shakespeare the "Bard of Avon"? Joseph B. Monda email: monda@sumax.seattleu.edu smail: English Department Seattle University Seattle WA 98122 (206) 296-5425 From: FRAE141@UTXVMS.BITNET Subject: Locating antiquarian books directory (France) Date: 24 Apr 1993 14:29:56 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1171 (1517) Help, please! I am trying to track down a copy of an up-to-date directory of antiquarian (and second-hand) bookshops in France. I know that S.L.A.M. (Societe des libraires anciens-modernes) puts out one (annually?), listing members of SLAM, and I would be interested in that, or anything else (hopefully something more comprehensive). Please reply to me privately. A thousand thanks in advance. (Posted to: Ficino, Humanist, Balzac, ExLibris, C18-L) --Bob Dawson French-Italian, University of Texas, Austin 78712-1197 Tel.: (512) 471-5531; Fax: 471-8492 Internet: RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu BITNET: RDawson@UTxVM [eventually to be phased out] [CAVE: mail sent between c.14-4-93/20-4-93 may have been lost] From: MZIERAF@HAIFAUVM Subject: Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 00:44:28 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1172 (1518) Hi, Would anyone in HUMANIST be able to direct a student here, in Israel, to information about water systems and problems in Iran? Thanks. From: "Dana Paramskas : DanaP@CSUS.edu" <paramskasdm@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU> Subject: Announcement Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 14:25:16 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 680 (1519) Please forgive the posting of this announcement on several lists, and the length of this posting. The Association for Bibliotherapy in Canada is a *new* learned society formed to study and promote bibliotherapy. Its purpose includes show- ing how reading can be valued in everyday life, and emphasizing the practical functions of literature as a life-resource for both the individual and the community. Bibliotherapy is concerned with how readers make use of literature in constructing, repairing and under- standing their own lives. Bibliotherapy often is used as an adjunct to more traditional forms of short and long term therapies. ABC aims at bringing together professionals from *several* fields (in- cluding librarians, social workers, therapists, and teachers of litera- ture) who share a concern with the practical uses of literature, and who want to emphasise and work with the responses of individual rea- ders. ABC's founding president is Joseph Gold (Department of English, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario), author of _Read for Your Life: Literature as a Life Support System_, Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry Whiteside, 1990. The Association for Bibliotherapy in Canada will be holding a one-day conference in conjunction with the annual Learned Societies of Canada Conference, being held this year at Carleton University in Ottawa. The date of the ABC Conference is Sunday, May 30, from 9 am to 5 pm. The location is Room 214 of the "Residence Commons" Building. Conference sessions are planned as follows. Michael Ballin (English, Sir Wilfred Laurier): "John Cowper Powys' _Autobiography_ - an act of healing." Stephen Bonnycastle (English and Philosophy, RMC): "Love obsessions and readers' responses - Irwin Yallom's _When Nietzsche Wept_ and _Love's Executioner_ ." Valerie Broege (Humanities, Vanier College): "Using _Anne of Green Gables_ as a text for bibliotherapy." Hoi Cheu (English, Waterloo): "Henry Vaughan's therapeutic poetics in _Silex Scintillans_ ." Joseph Gold (English, Waterloo): "Bibliotherapy in action." Kristine Jantzi (English, McGill): "Love stories - identity and dialec- tic in Julia Kristeva." Claudia Mitchell (Education, McGill): chairing a panel discussion on "Readers in search of self", with Linda Anderson (fairytales), Jill Ramage (youth-in-care), Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (Nancy Drew stories). Mark Weisberg (Law, Queen's): "Teaching doctors and lawyers, using narratives about themselves." Angela Roorda Winter (English, Alberta): "Oneself as an other - reading autobiographies." To join the Association and receive its newsletter, send a cheque (pay- able to the ABC) to the Treasurer, Gilda Katz, c/o Surrey Place Centre, 2 Surrey Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C2. Fees are $20/year ($10 for students and partially employed). To attend the Conference, please send $10 ($5 if partially employed or a student) -- as part of the same cheque. More detailed information about conference sessions and speakers may be obtained from Stephen Bonnycastle, Department of English and Philosophy, Royal Military COllege, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7K 5L0. Internet: BONNYCASTLE_SR@CP6.RMC.CA 'Phone: (613) 541-6242 FAX: (613) 542-5055. From: "Robert C. Schweik Dr" <SCHWEIK@FREDONIA.BITNET> Subject: Specialized Discussion Groups Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 5:02 pm EDT (21:02:20 UT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1173 (1520) Would anybody be able to tell me whether there are specialized electronic discussion groups in the following areas of interest: Affirmative Action Sex Discrimination Poetry Writers' Support/Critique Robert Schweik SCHWEIK@FREDONIA.BITNET From: SCHNEIDB@LAWRENCE.BITNET Subject: WordCruncher Query Date: 27 Apr 1993 14:03:06 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1174 (1521) Can anyone help me with WordCruncher? I can't get it to append to an output file that already exists, although it invites me to (using PRINT/ TEXTOUT). Or is anyone in the world still supporting it? Ben Schneider In%"schneidb@lawrence.edu" From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: California addresses Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 11:31:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1175 (1522) I am looking for e-addresses in California: - Campus Writing center, University of California at Davis, Davis CA. - Leonardo, Bimonthly journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), San Francisco. Thanks. Michel. -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: Bronwen Heuer <BRONWEN@SBCCVM> Subject: KanjiMaster Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 16:13:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1176 (1523) I am attempting to find more information about a program called KanjiMaster which won an award from EDUCOM in 1990. It was written by Dezso Benedek, Clate Sanders, and Junko Majima. Years backit was being marketed by Hyperglot Software Company, Inc. in Knoxville Tennessee. The 800 number they gave is no long correct. Does anyone have information on where to find this program? Has anyone used it? If so I would appreciate hearing about your experience with it. \bronwen bronwen heuer phone (516) 632-8054 instructional computing frank melville, jr. memorial library s1460 stony brook, ny 11794-3350 bronwen@ccvm.sunysb.edu From: "Simon A. Rakov, Maguire and Kirshner Fellow, University Subject: Mac Hardware query Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 15:16:45 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1177 (1524) At Oxford our Mac SE's always hang up the first time that we use MacTCP. You turn on the machine, try any program that uses MacTCP, and the machine hangs. Our traditional response to this has been to press the reset button at the rear left of the machine, after which the machine restarts and MacTCP works perfectly. Does anyone have any insight into why MacTCP does not work the first time? The specs of the Mac SEs are: 4MB RAM running System 7.0 with tuner; Built-in Ethernet card; MacTCP 1.1 with MacTCP Prep installed in the Control Panels folder; MacTCP DNR installed in the System Folder. MacTCP settings seem to be OK because we've tried changing them and have only made things worse. Please send any suggestions, comments, etc. to my e-mail address, below. Thanks very much for your time. Yours, Simon Rakov Maguire & Kirshner Fellow, University of Oxford rakov@vax.ox.ac.uk From: rajones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Subject: high-end OCR Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 11:16:44 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1178 (1525) Our university library is looking for some high-speed, high-volume optical character recognition hardware and software. Can anyone tell me who the leaders are now? Calera? Caere? Kurzweil? Any suggestions and advice will be appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Alun Jones Professor of Sociology, History and Religious Studies University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 Home: (217) 367-3899 Office: (217) 333-4969 Fax: (217) 333-5225 E-mail: rajones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu From: simionat@unive.it Subject: compiling a bibliography: how can computer resources help? Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:21:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1179 (1526) A friend of mine is compiling a bibliography for her dissertation. Now - I guess - the usual way would be to go to a library, browse the index by subject (Dewey classification) or by authors, have a look at the books and select the desired ones. How could one use computers to this purpose? I don't know if OPACS allow subject searches, and how flexible they are with that. Of course they can provide search-by-keyword capabilities, but I wouldn't call that a clever and productive way. Do they allow something like browsing a Dewey index? Also, are dissertations and papers made available on the net? I know of some cases, but is there at least a systematic database of such references - this would allow one to contact the person who actually wrote the papers. OPACS are freely accessible - what more could offer pay-services such as Magic On-line, Uncover, and so on? One last thing: is posting to specific lists the only possible thing? And is there a hierarchically structured list of the (main) Usenet lists around the world? Thanks. ___________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Univeristy of Venice Computing centre fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY ___________________________________________________________________ From: David Michael Seaman <dms8f@minerva.acc.virginia.edu> Subject: Humanist submission Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 16:50:23 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 682 (1527) Ann Okerson Chosen Visiting Scholar in University of Virginia Library Ann Okerson, Director of the Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing of the Association of Research Libraries, has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center. An internationally known and widely published expert on scholarly journals and electronic publishing, Okerson is the Serials Librarian of the Year for 1993 (American Library Association's R.R. Bowker award), and received the 1993 ALA/Blackwell North America award for best published article on library collections and acquisitions, her second such recognition. As Visiting Scholar in August, 1993, Okerson will take a turn at the controls, so to speak, in the Electronic Text Center, in preparation for a project on library services of the 21st century. She will also join library staff members in reviewing the library's part in the University's nascent "Electronic Academical Village," which seeks to weave together users and suppliers of textual and other information in a new kind of learning community. "Ms. Okerson turns up at the scene of many of the most exciting developments in scholarly electronic publishing and librarianship, and she knows those worlds well," said Kendon Stubbs, Acting University Librarian. "Her perspective will help us plan enhancements of our electronic services, and we think that she in turn will find experience in a working electronic library useful in her own work in the Association of Research Libraries." The Electronic Text Center in the library provides online access in offices, dorm rooms, and homes to over 3,500 electronic texts in literature, history, philosophy, religion, and other fields, in a variety of languages. The Center also provides computer hardware and software for the preparation and analysis of texts by students and faculty, and offers assistance in planning and executing such projects. The Center is one of a series of related electronic library services at the University of Virginia, currently including a wide range of information on a campus-wide information system (of which the library is operations manager), a geographical information systems laboratory in the main library, and an evolving electronic graphical images center in the areas of art and architecture. * * * * * For further information: Kendon Stubbs Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: 804-924-3026 E-mail: kstubbs@virginia.edu From: bsha@mace.cc.purdue.edu (becky) Subject: Elizabeth Clare Prophet Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 17:29:12 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1180 (1528) This is directed to the person who has been recently looking for information regarding the religious organization led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet: This afternoon, while taking a break from Mary Wollstonecraft, I saw a segment on Prophet on the program "Inside Edition" (today is April 22). I hope this helps, Rebecca Shapiro bsha@mace.cc.purdue.edu From: Mary Whisner <whisner@u.washington.edu> Subject: RE: Sources of library quotations Date: 22 Apr 1993 14:03:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1181 (1529) "Plato gives us the legend of the Egyptian god Theuth, giver of marvelous inventions. Theuth invented geometry and astronomy, games and dice, but his greatest invention was writing. The king of the Egyptians, Thamus, admired many of the gifts of Theuth, but he did not approve of writing, and refused to teach the art to his subjects. [block quotation:] [']If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only its semblance, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their fellows.' " Daniel P. Dabney, The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full-Text Legal Document Retrieval, 78 Law Library Journal 5-6 (1986) (quoting Plato, Phaedrus 275a-b) Mary Whisner, Head of Reference Telephone: (206) 543-6794 Gallagher Law Library FAX: (206) 685-2165 University of Washington Internet: whisner@u.washington.edu 1100 NE Campus Pkwy, JB-20 Seattle, WA 98105 On 21 Apr 1993, Mike H. Zimmerman wrote: [deleted quotation] From: Don Fowler <dpf@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: RE: 6.0671 Qs: literature; historical geography; e-bible (6/105) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 22:20:24 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1182 (1530) On stepmothers: Patricia Watson at the University of Sydney has a book on the step-mother in antiquity due out soon, and has done a great deal of research on the subject more widely. No email address, but snailmail at Dept. of Latin, Sydney University, NSW 2006, Australia, fax (0)2 692 4889, tel. 692 2564 / 2555. On writing and memory: not Egypt or China, but Plato Phaedrus 275a. Don Fowler, Jesus College, Oxford. From: Richard Barney <AA3727@UOKMVSA.BITNET> Subject: Early Modern Conference Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 12:22 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1183 (1531) As you probably know, I issued a call for papers in February for the conference next October 8-10 entitled "Early Modern Culture, 1492-1848." Since the response we've received has been enthusiastic, and since some people have mentioned that they need more time given the end of term, the organizers have just extended the deadline from May 1 to MAY 10, 1993. Since the conference center at the University of Oklahoma needs a head count by then, we can't extend it any further. But if time is still a factor, just send a statement of topic to Lennard Davis, after which you can submit a full-fledged abstract. As a reminder, your proposals should go to: Lennard Davis Department of English 607-777-2754 SUNY at Binghamton FAX: 607-777-2408 Binghamton, NY 13902 E-mail (bitnet): davis@bingvaxa We hope you can join us in October. Richard Barney aa3727@uokmvsa.backbone.uoknor.edu From: Ted Hansen <G00050@MSUS1> Subject: Announcement: Graduate Assistantships available Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 20:07 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1184 (1532) St. Cloud State University is continuing to accept applications for Graduate Assistantships in teaching composition for 1993-94. Revolving review of qualified applicants for available assistantships will extend through June. Teaching assistants will receive excellent training in rhetoric and the teaching of college composition and will teach one course each quarter while selecting from a full range of graduate offerings in literature, rhetoric, TESL and linguistics, and creative writing, leading to a Master's degree. For further information or assistantship and graduate admission application forms, contact: Marcia Summers Department of English St. Cloud State University 720 Fourth Avenue South St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Phone: (612) 255-3237 or 255-3061. From: JQRQC@CUNYVM Subject: SCHOLAR Announcement Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 17:48:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 685 (1533) Please announce the following to your subscribers, or post it on any appropriate bulletin boards. Thanks. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The next release of SCHOLAR, to be distributed shortly, contains the following items. To receive this release and information on retrieving similar items already in the database, send a message to <listserv@cunyvm. cuny.edu> as follows: sub scholar your-full-name . You will receive instructions on how to retrieve any of the items or all of them in one package. - - - - - - - - - - A notice that GRAMmar Cracker has been withdrawn from the market. A book summary of Theodore H. Nelson, _Literary: The Report on, and of, Project Xanadu_. A book summary of Charles R. McClure et al., _Public Libraries and the Internet/NREN_. A book summary of _Philosophy and the Computer_, ed. Leslie Burkholder. A book summary of Sandra Carberry, _Plan Recognition in Natural Language Dialog_. Contents and abstracts from _Computational Linguistics_ 18:3 (September 1992), A note on the British National Corpus, a 1 million-word corpus of Modern British English for linguistic analy- sis. A note on a Hebrew version of the Old Testament. A note of network resources for Islamic studies. A note on a new catalog for the Oxford Text Archive. A note on the CD ROM of the Index Thomisticus. A note on a Greek New Testament, a Greek Old Testament, and a Henrew Old Testament. A Calendar of events through 1994. A position notice for an information retrieval re- searcher at Siemens in New Jersey. A position notice of a one-year postdoctoral position in machine translation in Paris. A position notice for a researcher in computational linguistics in England. A position notice for a linguistics programmer at the University of Canterbury. A notice of a new network conference on statistics, nat- ural language, and computing. A notice of a new network conference on natural language processing in Turkish. A notice of a new network conference on history. A notice that the _Journal of Technology Education_ is available free on the Internet. A Call for Papers for the _ACM Transactions on Informa- tion Systems_ special issue on text categorization. A notice of a special issue of _Library Trends_ contain- ing 200 pp. on "Electronic Information for the Humani- ties" A list of publications from the Centre for Modern Lan- guages of the British Computers in Teaching Initiative. A list of guides to ftp and listservs. A notice of a paper by Wendy Plotkin on TEI and IPA entities. A note on a report from the ACL/SIGGEN (Special Inter- est Group on Natural Language Generation). A report by Michel Lenoble on "La Tres Grande Biblio- theque and the Library of the Future." A news story on a project by Paramount Communications to combine books, movies, television and electronic tech- nology, A report on the text-oriented sessions at the Modern Language Associations's Annual Meeting. The latest newsletter of the ARTFL Project. A report on the Network Services conference in Pisa. A report on the Information Arcade at the University of Iowa. A report on a conference on Electronic Network Publish- ing. A notice of dictionary maintenance utilities. A notice of an attribute logic engine. A notice of a morphological parser for Turkish. A notice of a search program for Greek databases. A notice of "The Poor Man's Hypermedia" for IBM pc's and compatibles. A note on Philologic, a search program for the ARTFL database. A note on teaching foreign languages with facilities from the Internet. From: David Sewell <dsew@troi.cc.rochester.edu> Subject: Re: 6.0676 Gopher and Copyright Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:07:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 686 (1534) James O'Donnell's complaint about the proliferation of incomplete and out-of-date issues of the Bryn Mawr Classical Review just confirms that Gresham's Law applies to cyberspace. Specifically, bad gophers tend to drive out the good. But I don't see this as a problem that is really any different in kind from the very old scholarly need to distinguish between good and bad editions. We don't blame Signet (a US publisher of cheap paperback "classics") for wind-sowing lousy editions of public-domain literature; we do blame a professional scholar who cites, say, the Signet Classic "A Connecticut Yankee" instead of the Iowa-California edition in an article meant for publication. The scholar is supposed to know better. Not because there is some centralized agency that confers authority upon "best editions," but because there is almost always a consensus agreement within each community of scholars as to the best sources (and where there is disagreement, the grounds for choice are usually well known). So I think the problem will solve itself as certain repositories of e-texts come to be acknowledged as the "authoritative" ones, whether because they originate the texts or because they maintain archives scrupulously. I suppose one could add to a footnote something like "all citations from the BMCR are from authorized issues archived on the University of Virginia server." Heck, we already have models of a sort in Internet and BBS software distribution, where archives like SIMTEL and CompuServe make some commitment to maintaining complete and virus-free copies of programs. And Before long we will probably have Internet Scholarly Virus Checkers to insure the integrity of quotations: WARNING: This quoted paragraph from THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE is infected with the PROLIX BINDER MANUSCRIPT virus! Please obtain a more sensible edition of the novel from the archive at library.alexandria.eg!! In the meantime, I'd trust scholarly self-policing, one of the most ruthlessly efficient homeostatic systems ever developed. ;-) David Sewell dsew@troi.cc.rochester.edu (dsewell@ccit.arizona.edu after 30 June 1993) From: ANNLEE@dish.gla.ac.uk Subject: MIT Press Date: 29 Apr 93 16:35:05 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1185 (1535) Dear Ms Brennan, I see that *The Digital Word: Text-based Computing in the Humanities* is available from MIT Press. Could you give me their e-mail address if you have it, or their snail- mail address? Thanks Ann Lee Secretary, CTI Centre for History Glasgow University 1 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom. From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU <Arjan.Loeffen@let.ruu.nl> Subject: Re: 6.0670 The Digital Word (1/11) Date: 28 Apr 1993 13:00:09 +0000 (GMT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1186 (1536) Thanks for the announcement of "The Digital Word". Could you, however, give us some more information on the book contents? Arjan Loeffen Utrecht, The Netherlands. From: POOS@CUA.EDU Subject: Job announcement Date: 28 Apr 1993 21:32:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1187 (1537) In view of the late approval we received for advertising for this position I hope that it will be appropriate to circulate this announcement via HUMANIST as well as through the regular hard-copy channels. MEDIEVAL HISTORY:- The Catholic University of America invites applications from historians of any area of Medieval Europe (excluding the British Isles) for a one-year, non-renewable position as Visiting Assistant Professor. Appointee will teach graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in area of specialization. Successful applicant must have PhD in hand and should have publications and teaching experience. Send letter of application, _curriculum vitae_, and three letters of recommendation by 31 May to: Professor L.R. Poos, Chair of Medieval Search Committee, Department of History, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. AA/EOE. Larry Poos POOS@CUA.EDU From: "A.T. Fear" <cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk> Subject: Christianity in the Late Roman West Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 8:32:30 WET DST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1188 (1538) Could the following be enclosed in a Humanist mailing please, Andy Fear CHRISTIANITY IN THE LATE ROMAN WEST "THE PAGAN BACKGROUND TO THE COUNCIL OF ELVIRA" Prof. Jose Fernandez Ubina, Universidad de Granada "PRUDENTIUS'BLOOD WEDDING" Dr Gillian Clark, University of Liverpool "FREEING THE PRISONER: LIBERTAS AND PARADOX IN BOETHIUS" Dr Anna Wilson, University of Birmingham May 19th, 2-6 p.m. venue: room 91, Keele Hall, University of Keele For further information contact Dr A.T.Fear Dept. of Classics, Univ. of Keele tel. 0782 583052 Email cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: Stepmothers Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 9:04:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1189 (1539) Grete Minde by Theodor Fontane has a fairly horrible stepmother. The Grimm Tales have lots of stepmothers. The topic is common enough in German literature so that they probably have something. Ed Haupt From: "Joseph B. Monda" <monda@seattleu.edu> Subject: question Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 22:55:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1190 (1540) Ben Jonson called him the "Sweet Swan of Avon." From: frsfwl <F.W.Langley@uk.ac.hull.french> Subject: Re: 6.0679 Bard of Avon Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 8:49:49 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1191 (1541) I don't know who first called Shakespeare the "Bard of Avon", but it was Jonson who first called him the "Swan of Avon" in, I think, 'To the Memory of Shakespeare'. Frederick Langley E=Mail: f.w.langley@frd.hull.uk.ac Department of French University of Hull England From: johnstonj@attmail.com Subject: Re: 6.0681 E-Qs: S/W; Mac Hardware; OCR; E-Bibliography (7/142) Date: 29 Apr 93 13:20:30 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1192 (1542) On the WordCruncher query -- check the version of your WordCruncher software - appending files is not a known problem on our bug list -- WordCruncher is still a very active product, and portends to be more so. For questions, sup- port and so on, contact Johnston & Company, 801-756-1111 (Vox) and -0242(fax) James Johnston From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader) Subject: Re: 6.0681 E-Qs: S/W; Mac Hardware; OCR; E-Bibliography (7/142) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 09:35:10 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1193 (1543) Robert Jones asks about high-end OCR systems. The University of Nevada has just completed an independent evaluation of the following vendors of high-end OCR systems: Caere, Calera, Cognitive Cuneiform, CTA, ExperVision, Ocron, Recognita, and Xerox Imaging Systems. On top were Calera, ExperVision, and XIS (my employer) with a statistically insignificant differences between the top three. XIS ScanWorX would therefore be a good choice for Robert Jones's library. It's a software-only product running on Sun, IBM, and HP Unix workstations, and lists for $1995. -- Christopher Bader From: Andy Lakritz <AL6HENGF@MIAMIU> Subject: Re: 6.0683 Rs: E C Prophet; Library Quotes; Step-mothers Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 14:31:12 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1194 (1544) This message is in response to both Mike Zimmerman's query for a source of the story/legend of an Egyptian King (Thamus) who prohibits writing and Mary Whisner's response to that query. I would also point to Plato's The Phaedrus (274c-ff) as a good place to begin, and would add that this passage is crucial to Derrida's own critique of Platonic idealism and its role in banishing writing. For his treatment of this issue, and a close reading of Plato, see Dissemination, esp. section 2 ("The Father of Logos") of the first chapter, "Plato's Pharmacy." Derrida, as I recall, turns Plato's version of this story into an allegory of the King (Father) seeking to assert his authority and control on a potentially dangerous practice, writing, dangerous because in writing authority is dispersed, travels from the origin, and creates distant sites for knowledge and meaning. Andy Lakritz, Miami University (AL6HENGF AT MIAMIU) From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com> Subject: Lament on Writing Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 18:17 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1195 (1545) I don't know if this is what Mike Zimmerman is looking for, but he might want to check Plato, PHAEDRUS, section 275, the Myth of Theuth. Plus of course J. Derrida's famous discussion of this passage in DISSEMINATION. Regards, George Aichele 470-5237@mcimail.com From: "D A Coleman (ext. 2850)" <DACOLEMAN@FAIR1.BITNET> Subject: Re: 6.0671 Qs: literature; historical geography; e-bible (6/105) Date: 28 Apr 1993 12:34:44 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1196 (1546) Concerning the alleged evils of written language: You might want to review what Plato has to say on that subject in his dialogue, *Phaedrus*. It may not be precisely what you are trying to recall, but it's at least on the right subject, I believe. at least on the right subject, I believe. From: Robin Smith <RSMITH@KSUVM> Subject: Writing and forgetting: quote Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 09:32 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1197 (1547) The quotation Mike Zimmerman is thinking of comes neither from ancient China nor from ancient Egypt, but from Plato (see Phaedrus 274C-275B). Plato (or more excatly, the character Socrates in Plato's dialogue) tells it as a bit of Egyptian myth about the gods Thamos and Theuth, but it's hardly likely to be anything but Plato's invention (look closely at 275B-C). --Robin Smith From: dthel@mvax.cc.conncoll.edu (Dirk t.D. Held) Subject: Writing Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 23:29:52 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1198 (1548) Mike Zimmerman may be thinking of the end of Plato's Phaedrus for the Egyptian warning of the dangers from the invention of writing. Plato has Socrates refer to a story that the Egyptan Thamus tell the god Theuth that writing, far from being a benefit will plant forgetfulness in men's souls, that it will only seem to be wisdom and will tell men of things without really teaching them; they will thus seem to know much but in fact know nothing, having the conceit of wisdom, not genuine wisdom.The reference is _Phaedrus_ 274c to 275b. (The historical value of the anecdote obviously should be treated with great circumspection.) Dirk t. D. Held, Classics, Connecticut College. From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: If it wasn't written down... Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 18:06:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1199 (1549) At Job 19:23&24, Job is responding to the scolding of Bildad the Shuhite: Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! That with iron pen and lead They were graven in a rock for ever! Never minding the irony of Job's subjunctive mode, I think that he is being much more certainly grapho-centric in this snippet than Linnaeus (as Dirk t. D. Held quotes him) in his "Nomina si nescis, perit et cognitio rerum" -- which applies as well in analphabetical settings as in other ones. From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: history of networks Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 15:35:57 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1200 (1550) i am looking for online documents conerning the history of the following networks. anything from general chapters (which describe their development to the john q public) to actual technical specifications and documentation. MILNET ARPANET INTERNET NSFNET NREN are there others that should be considered in a general history of networking? i do not intend to be americentric in this, nor to ignore the development of commercial nets like compuserve or bix. if you know of good text i can download concerning these, i will go get them if i can. i am familiar with the RFC docs online at nis.nsf.net and elsewhere. i would appreciate pointers to especially cogent text summarizing how these networks grew and developed over time. personal anecdotes from these times are also appreciated, like back when arpanet was called worldnet or the attack of the internet worm. stan stankuli@UWF.bitnet . === god created time so everything would not happen at once º º god created space so everything would not happen to me --- -- lament of the overburdened From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: frcict81 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 8:24:20 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1201 (1551) Does anyone know the Internet form of the Bitnet node-address frcict81 (for Toulouse, France)? Thanks. Willard McCarty From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: English/French Grammar Checker Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 10:08:13 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1202 (1552) I recently heard someone talking about an English Grammar Checker for the Mac. Apparently it will tell you about your split infinitive in line 5 or your dangling participle in line 12 etc. Can someone provide me with information about this? What is it, and where is it available? And just on the off-chance, does the same thing exist in a French version? Any help gratefully received. Tim Unwin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Tim Unwin Email tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Department of French Studies The University of Western Australia Nedlands Tel +61 9 380 2174/6 WA 6009 Fax +61 9 380 1080 Australia From: Manfred Kammer <kammer@hrz.UNI-SIEGEN.DBP.DE> Subject: Fonts Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 15:09+0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1203 (1553) I am looking for a public domain or shareware solution of a problem with polish fonts. There are several characters which need an hajek and are not included in ascii or ansi fonts. Does anyone know of solutions for postcript or true type fonts. Thanks in advance Manfred Kammer Uni Siegen Kammer@hrz.uni-siegen.dbp.de FAX: xx49 271 740 4411 From: Stuart Lee <stuart@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: French E-texts Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:02:29 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1204 (1554) Does anyone know of electronic collections of French magazines and journals (preferably pre-war)? I have a student in who is wishing to explore "surrealism" etc. in the magazines of 1920 to 1939. I do have access to FRANTEXT but I was wondering if there were any other collections. Thanks in advance, Stuart Lee Research Officer CTI Centre for Textual Studies Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel:0865-273221/283282 Fax:0865-273221 E-mail: STUART@UK.AC.OX.VAX From: "Alec McAllister" <ECL6TAM@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk> Subject: Leeds Medieval Congress 4-7 July 93. Date: 28 Apr 93 11:59:31 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 692 (1555) Dear Colleague, I have been asked to post this message on behalf of colleagues who have no network connections. Please accept my apologies for any multiple postings. Please forward the message to anyone who might be interested. Please feel free to send replies to me by email: I will forward them to the organizers. Alec McAllister University of Leeds ------------------------------------------------------------------ International Medieval Bibliography SCHOOL OF HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K. until April 1995: Tel: Leeds +44(532)333614 Fax: +44(532)342759 after April 1995: Tel: Leeds +44(113)233-3614 Fax: +44(113)234-2759 Our VAT no.: GB-170.9902.52 The first International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds will take place on 4-7 July 1994. This congress will cover all aspects of the European Middle Ages (c.450-1500). We wish to make this a forum in which scholars worldwide may meet to exchange information and develop recent research. In order to achieve this aim, we would like to have a balanced representation from mainland Europe, North America, the U.K. and other parts of the world. We have already received a large number of proposals for sessions and individual papers from North America, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. While we have several proposals from elsewhere in the world, we would like very much to increase participation from other colleagues in Europe. We are already assured of 130 complete sessions out of a maximum 192; we expect many of the remainder to be filled shortly and that we will have to make some selection from among the proposals. Therefore the following guidance concerning our aims and agenda may help you to produce a session proposal that stands an excellent chance of success. We would particularly welcome session proposals which have two or more European participants and sessions that ensure comparative dialogue between medievalists. For instance we received three separate paper proposals on Chaucer, Christine de Pizan and Dante; all dealt with allegory. Therefore, rather than group these into ME, OF or Italian sections we produced a comparative session of allegory in late medieval literature. Following this page is the general information on our Medieval Congress. This file includes forms for proposals of both sessions and individual papers. Please look over the information, and make use of the proposal format to send us your suggestions for sessions. --------------------------------------------------------------- International Medieval Bibliography SCHOOL OF HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K. until April 1995: Tel: Leeds +44(532)333614 Fax: +44(532)342759 after April 1995: Tel: Leeds +44(113)233-3614 Fax: +44(113)234-2759 Guidelines for Organisers of Sessions at the International Medieval Congress University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994 I Location and Probable Prices The Congress will take place in a self-contained green-field site in the historic village of Adel which is 5 km. north of Leeds city centre. Accommodation and lecture rooms will be in Bodington Hall, a University hall of residence, and the new Weetwood Conference Centre. Leeds is England's fourth city, at the heart of a metropolitan area of two million people. It has an international airport approximately 7 km. from the conference site. There are regular flights to London, Paris, Amsterdam, etc. There are also direct, hourly train services to London (a 2 hour, 15 minute journey) and to Manchester and Manchester Airport (a one hour journey). Likely costs for the conference are as follows: Registration & full residential package at Bodington Hall: 135 pounds sterling Registration & self-catering package at Bodington Hall: 100 pounds sterling Registration & luxury residential package at Weetwood Centre: 335 pounds sterling II The Concept of the Session This conference will welcome sessions on any topic relating to the European Middle Ages (c. 450 - 1500). The conference will run from midday Monday 4 July to midday Thursday 7 July (with some optional excursions in Yorkshire on the Thursday afternoon). There will therefore be eight 90-minute blocks of time during which sessions will run. During any one of these eight blocks of time up to 24 different sessions may be running simultaneously. That means that up to 192 separate sessions can be accommodated. Organisers of sessions are invited to submit proposals for any number of sessions from one to eight (though the conference administrators may not be able to allocate the full number requested). A) Who May Organise a Session? 1) Individuals (post-graduate students, independent scholars, university faculty, etc.) 2) A named individual acting on behalf of an academic society, University department, research project, a journal or publisher, etc. In the latter case the body on whose behalf the organiser is acting is termed the 'sponsor', though the use of this term does not imply any financial contribution. B) What is Involved in Organising a Session? The organiser of one or more sessions is required to do the following: 1) Gather three speakers to present 20-minute papers on a related topic in each session, plus a moderator who will introduce the speakers and preside over the question period 2) Have one or two substitute speakers in hand in case of unexpected withdrawal of one of the three named speakers 3) Submit the official application form for the proposed sessions (including the information sheets for each speaker) to Leeds by 1 June 1993 - samples are enclosed of: Special Session Organiser Information Sheet and Individual Speaker's Information Sheet 4) Liaise with speakers to ensure their participation and take any appropriate initiatives to publicise the session(s) to interested parties in advance of the conference C) Participation Speakers are welcome regardless of their origin and status. In particular, the organisers of the conference wish to form a balance of speakers; both young and established scholars with a balance between the European mainland, North America and elsewhere. D) Languages Speakers are welcome to present their papers in any language whatsoever. III Individual Submissions for General Sessions Those wishing to offer a 20 minute paper within so-called General Sessions may do so. In this case an individual would complete the enclosed form entitled Submissions for General Sessions. The Leeds Academic Committee would assess submissions, place the selected papers into groups of three, and thereby organise sessions that share a common theme. Deadlines for submissions (1 June 1993) and guidance on participation (section C above) and languages (section D above) apply as elsewhere. IV Summary A session organiser is responsible for organising a mini-conference within a much larger conference setting. The Leeds organisers are primarily responsible for organising the general sessions, providing accommodation and facilities, and the processing of registrations. V Further Advice Please contact the conference organisers immediately. Dr. Simon Forde or Miss Keren H. Wick International Medieval Bibliography School of History The University of Leeds LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K. Tel: +44 (532) 333614 Fax: +44 (532) 342759 VI Leeds Academic Committee Assessment and approval of session proposals will be made under the direction of the following committee who will consult specialists in other subject areas where appropriate: Dr. Richard Byrn (German Department) Dr. Joyce Hill (School of English) Mr. Peter Meredith (School of English) Mr. Brian Richardson (Italian Department) Dr. Ian Wood (School of History) International Medieval Bibliography SCHOOL OF HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K. Tel: [Voice] Leeds +44(0)532.333614 [Fax] +44(0)532.342759 Special Session Organiser Information Sheet International Medieval Congress University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994 (Please type the information on this form and complete addresses for all participants.) 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International Medieval Bibliography SCHOOL OF HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K. Tel: [Voice] Leeds +44(0)532.333614 [Fax] +44(0)532.342759 Submissions for General Sessions (Individual Papers Not in Pre-Organised Sessions) International Medieval Congress University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994 Paper Title: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ______________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ (Home) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________________________________________ (Home) Address: ______________________________________________________________________ (Office) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________________________________________ (Office) Language of delivery: __________________________________________________________ I shall need the following equipment (tick as appropriate): _____ Overhead Projector _____ Slide Projector _____ Cassette Tape Deck _____ Video Tape Player _____ US Format _____ VHS _____ European Format _____ Beta ______ Other Format _____ Electric Plug Adapter (to fit UK plugs/jacks) _____ Other (please specify) N.B. Affiliation: Indicate your University, Research Institute or Project, or other similar body with which you may be associated. From: Ivan Barko <ivan_barko@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au> Subject: Vacant Professorships, Melb Date: 30 Apr 1993 16:59:18 +1000 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1205 (1556) FULL PROFESSORSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Australia) IN FRENCH, GERMAN & LANGUAGE STUDIES As part of its policy for the expansion of the teaching of modern languages in the 1990's, the University of Melbourne is seeking to fill three Full Professorships in the recently established School of Languages within the Faculty of Arts. They are the Foundation Chair of Language Studies, the A.R. Chisholm Chair of French and the Chair of German. (The late Professor Chisholm was Head of the French Department between 1921 and 1955.) A Chair of Chinese will be advertised in 1994. The Chair of Italian and the Foundation Chair of Japanese are held by Professors T.O'Neill and W.H.Coaldrake respectively. Candidates for the Chair of Language Studies will be either applied linguists or specialists in language teaching in one of the languages taught in the University. The appointee will be expected to be the administrative and academic Head of the School of Languages for a period of five years. Candidates for the Chairs of French and German may be literary scholars, linguists, applied linguists or specialists in civilisation/cultural studies. All three professorships are tenured. Appointees are expected to have an established international reputation, a substantial list of scholarly publications and a capacity to exercise academic leadership. Deadline for applications: 15th June 1993 For further information write to THE REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE PARKVILLE VIC.3052 AUSTRALIA (FAX 61-3 347 0424) or contact IVAN BARKO, Head of the School of Languages for 1993, on FAX 613 347 2613 or the following INTERNET address: barko@language.unimelb.edu.au From: M.MacMahon@vme.glasgow.ac.uk Subject: Lectureship in English Language Date: Tue, 4 May 93 12:32:44 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1206 (1557) University of Glasgow, Scotland: Lectureship in English Language Applications are invited for the above position available from October 1993. It is expected that the successful applicant will have research and teaching interests on the modern (post-medieval to present-day) side of the subject, and be able to contribute in some of the following areas: stylistics, grammar, discourse analysis. However, candidates with other specialisms in the area of modern English language studies are encouraged to apply. A willingness to develop an interest in the stylistics of modern Scots would be an advantage. Salary will be within the scale UKPounds 13,400-24,736 per annum. Further particulars may be obtained from the Academic Personnel Office, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, (Tel:+44 41339 8855 ext 4205; Fax:+44 41330 4921). Informal enquiries may be made by contacting Prof Graham Caie (Office Tel: +44 41339 8855 ext 5849; Fax: +44 41307 8030; Home Tel: +44 41943 1192; E-mail:g.d.caie@vme.glasgow.ac.uk Applications (8 copies), giving the names and addresses of three referees, should be lodged with the Academic Personnel Office on or before 5th May 1993. In reply, please quote Ref. No. 7860. From: Makoto NAGAO <coling94@pine.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Subject: CFP: COLING94 Date: Tue, 04 May 93 16:29:42 +0900 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 694 (1558) COLING 94 CALL FOR PAPERS Conference dates: August 5(Fri) -- 9(Tue), 1994 Conference place: Miyako Hotel, Kyoto, Japan General Chairman: Prof. Makoto Nagao Department of Electrical Engineering Kyoto University Tel. +81-75-753-5344 Fax. +81-75-751-1576 Email. coling94@pine.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp Program Chairman: Prof. Yorick Wilks University of Sheffield Sheffield, S10 2UH, England Program Committee: Yorick Wilks (Sheffield) Louise Guthrie (Las Cruces) Graeme Hirst (Toronto) Margaret King (Geneva) Judith Klavans (New York) Wendy Lehnert (Amherst) Candy Sidner (Cambridge, MA) Hozumi Tanaka (Tokyo) Henry Thompson (Edinburgh) Jun-ichi Tsujii (Manchester) Michael Zock (Paris) The International Committee on Computational Linguistics invites the submission of papers for COLING 94, the 15th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, in Kyoto, Japan. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, the followings. - syntax - parsing - semantics - generation - phonetics - language understanding - phonology - speech analysis/synthesis - morphology - computational lexicons - discourse - electronic dictionaries - pragmatics - terminology - quantitative/qualitative linguistics - text database and retrieval - mathematical linguistics - documentation - contrastive linguistics - machine translation - cognitive linguistics - machine aids for translation - large text corpora - natural language interface - text processing - dialogue systems - hardware/software for NLP - multimedia systems REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: Papers should be either topical papers (maximum six pages in final format) or project notes with demonstration (maximum four pages), preferably in English. Both should describe original work. The project note should specify the computer platform that will be used. They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work, and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. A paper accepted for presentation at the COLING Conference cannot be presented at another conference. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of preliminary versions of their papers with the page limits above, on A4 paper with the title, author(s), addresses (including email if possible), affiliation across the page top, a short (five line) summary, the words: topical paper or project note, and a specification of the topic area preferably drawn from the list above. As well, authors are strongly urged to email the title page information by the deadline date. Send the papers and emails to: COLING 94 Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2UH, England Email: coling@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk IMPORTANT DATES: Preliminary paper submission due: 6 January, 1994 Acceptance notification: 15 March, 1994 Camera-ready copies due: 1 May, 1994 REVIEW SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 1994. Papers received after that date will be returned unopened. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. All inquiries regarding lost papers must be made by 27 January 1994. Designated authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 March, 1994. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 1 May 1994 at Prof. Makoto Nagao Department of Electrical Engineering Kyoto University Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan along with a signed copyright release statement. Papers received after that date may not be included in the proceedings. OTHER ACTIVITIES: (1) Tutorial program will be presented on 3(Wed) -- 4(Thu), August, 1994. (2) Invited talks and panels will be included in the program. Proposals and suggestions for invited talks and panels should be sent to Prof. Yorick Wilks as soon as possible. (3) Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief description, together with a specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone connections, tables, etc.) to Prof. M. Nagao. (4) Many attractive social programs will take place for the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of Kyoto. From: Brian.Opie@vuw.ac.nz Subject: Fulbright appointment Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 15:29:52 +1200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 695 (1559) 1995 Fulbright Scholar in Cultural Theory and New Communications Technology The Fulbright Programme has accepted a proposal in the field of cultural theory, information technology, and the information society for a scholar to work in New Zealand during the first half of 1995. It is very important that those with appropriate qualifications and experience in this field, particularly in humanities applications and research, should be advised about the appointment. We hope that you will consider applying and will advise others with relevant interests about this opportunity to engage in research and development work in New Zealand. A summary of the proposal is attached to this notice. Applications Proposals are advertised within the United States from April to July by The Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden Street, NW Suite 5M Washington DC 20008-3009. The closing date for applications is 1 August 1993. Other Information For further information about New Zealand and Victoria University, potential applicants should contact either of those named below. 1995 Fulbright Scholar in Cultural Theory and New Communications Technology Cultural theory, information technology, the information society The term "information society" is gaining currency as a index of what is fundamentally distinctive about late twentieth century post-industrial societies. It is a term which is both particularly identified with the telecommunications and computer industries and which signifies a transformation of the role of information in society as a consequence of the invention of electronic communications media and databases. Although it has been common to regard the media of communication as transparent channels between the originator and the recipient in a communication exchange, historical analysis of the cultural transformation effected by the invention of printing has demonstrated that this once new communications technology was fully implicated in the restructuring of social relations which occurred in the shift from feudal to industrial society. Neither modern science, with its international project for the creation and exchange of objective knowledge, nor mass consumer society could have come into existence without the printing press. A similar analysis is now being made of the cultural changes impelled by the development and use of new communications technology. This analysis is a product of the convergence of lines of thought which have different disciplinary histories and present contexts: theorising about post-industrial society and the international communications order in the social sciences; cultural critique of media production and its role in social formation; post-structural analysis of the role of institutions in society; literary explorations of the relations between print and other technologies of communication; investigations into the potential of electronic (hyper)text. An exemplary instance of this analysis is Mark Poster, *The Mode of Information. Poststructuralism and Social Context* (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1990). Very important work is being done by cultural theorists, particularly in the United States, on developments in information technology and profound changes in the whole network of relations which constitutes a society. This work focusses on core issues of traditional interest to the humanities, such as: the relations between the individual and the state; the role of the media; the relations between technology and art; the creation, transmission and recording of knowledge; the city as the sign, product and location of what is distinctive about humanity; the link between modes of symbolic representation and modes of cognition. This work is establishing the terms of a new or postmodern humanities, distinguished by its drive to understand the significance of new communications technology by engaging cultural theory with the analysis of cultural practices. At Victoria considerable recognition has been given to the importance of new communications technology. Communication Studies has made the implications of information technology its prime focus of attention, particularly in the context of telelearning and international telecommunications; Information Systems is concerned with business applications of information technology; the School of Librarianship has placed information technology at the centre of its graduate diploma programme; an Honours course is now being offered in the English Department on the relations between literature and new communications technology. Work on the theory and practice of writing has direct connections with issues in educational practice raised in discussions about the information society. The new Design programme being jointly developed by the Victoria University School of Architecture and the Wellington Polytechnic School of Design is concerned both with the theory and the practical applications of this technology. The Institute of Policy Studies, through its Information Technology Committee, has published a study by Herbert S Dordick, *Information Technology and Economic Growth in New Zealand* (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1987). Furthermore, in Wellington the National Library is working on the formation of an information policy, bringing together a wide range of interests in government, business, and education, and the Ministry of Commerce has just published a review of policies for information technology. The deregulated telecommunications environment is being widely represented as an opportunity for experimentation in the future possibilities of information technology. The Fulbright scholar will be expected to engage in development work on the cultural implications of information technology with the Departments of English and Communication Studies, to consult with related institutions, to provide advice about the international community of researchers and teachers in the field, and to offer a joint programme in the principal area of the scholar's current research and publication. For further information, please contact Dr Brian Opie Department of English tel (04) 472 1000 fax (04) 495 5148 email brian.opie@vuw.ac.nz Dr Anthony Pennings Department of Communications Studies tel (04) 472 1000 fax (04) 495 5235 email Pennings@matai.vuw.ac.nz From: KIRSHENBLATT@NYUACF.BITNET Subject: Prize Date: Sat, 01 May 1993 02:39:13 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 696 (1560) FOLKLORE FELLOWS' STUDENT FOLKLORE AWARD The Folklore Fellows' Student Folklore Award is presented by the Society of Fellows of the American Folklore Society to recognize and encourage creative and insightful contributions by students to the field of folklore. Published professional work (essays, books, exhibit catalogs, etc.) may be submitted to the award committee for review. Publications must appear in print between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993 to be considered. A cash prize may be awarded by the Fellows and the award will be announced at the American Folklore Society meeting on October 21-24 1993 in Eugene, Oregon. Those wishing to enter the competition should send one reprint or quality copy of their published work to each of the committee members listed below before July 31, 1993. Students should include a letter indicating the program in which they are enrolled, their current student status, a return address and phone number, as well as the date of appearance and source of their publication. If the return of materials is desired, entrants should include self-addressed envelopes or mailers with sufficient postage. Copies of submissions should be send to: Elliott Oring, P.O. Box 6268, Crestline CA 92325; Kenneth Goldstein, Department of Folklore & Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, 3440 Market Street, Ste 370, Philadelphia PA 19104-3325; Shirley Arora, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Los Angeles CA 90024-1532. +++++++++HKKn=B5(B From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Tim Unwin) Subject: Birth Control/Madame Bovary Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 18:09:24 +0800 (WST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 697 (1561) Some thoughts and questions about Emma Bovary's birth-control methods: Much has been written about _Madame Bovary_ but I have yet to come across any discussion of the very obvious risk Emma runs of becoming pregnant by one of her lovers. Yet one question that my students often ask me is how, precisely, does she avoid the problem? The only answer that I can give is that she, her lovers and her author all seem to be unaware of it. The pregnancy that does occur (i.e. within Emma's marriage) is,in fact, presented as though it has nothing to do with any physical relationship. Yet Flaubert does not seem to be averse to expatiating on the risks elsewhere (in his correspondence the 'irregularities' of Louise Colet become the occasion of diatribes against the whole procreative process; and in _L'Education sentimentale_ there is an illegitimate birth). My questions to Humanist colleagues are therefore: 1) Why should the link between physical love and pregnancy be so conspicuously overlooked in _Madame Bovary_? 2) Or perhaps there are hidden references to the problem, but which I haven't picked up? If so, where? 3) And what would a provincial woman in Emma's situation have thought/done about unwanted pregnancy? (Passed it off as the husband's work, having hastily resumed marital relations?) 4) What was the thinking about birth control? What methods were available? Does anyone know of a really good book (or even a really bad one) on the subject? 5) And finally, does anybody know of any references to this problem in the secondary literature on Flaubert? Thanks. You can see I've been having some pretty interesting tutorials. Tim Unwin. -- Tim Unwin Phone: 09 380 2174/2176 Department of French Studies (+61 9 380 2174/2176) The University of Western Australia Fax: 09 380 1080 Nedlands (+61 9 380 1080) WA 6009 Internet: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au From: Francis Dunn <FDUNN@NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU> Subject: Conference Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 16:20:43 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1207 (1562) Please announce this conference to all HUMANIST subscribers. Many thanks for your help, Francis Dunn. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT SOPHOCLES' ELECTRA: GREEK TRAGEDY IN WORD AND ACTION An international, interdisciplinary conference wrestles with the synthesis of text and performance in Greek tragedy. A roster of experts from both Classics and Theatre addresses such issues as translation and adaptation, staging and movement, and scenography. Events include presentations by classical scholars and theater professionals, dramatic workshops, mainstage productions, video screenings and in-depth discussion. Thursday, May 27 through Sunday, May 30, 1993 at Northwestern University. Distinguished presenters include Bernard Knox, Anne Carson, Don Taylor, Robert Auletta, Michael Walton, Ming Cho Lee, Oliver Taplin, Fiona Shaw, Rush Rehm, Peter Meineck, Karelisa Hartigan, Michael Cacoyannis and Jennifer March. Respondents include Diane Rayor, Herbert Golder, Mary-Kay Gamel, Marianne McDonald, Dawn Mora, Ann Woodworth, David Downs and Francis Dunn. The mainstage production of Sophocles' Electra features the world premiere of Anne Carson's new translation, with a cast including Kimberly Williams (Father of the Bride). This event is supported by a major grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. Program begins with a reception on Thursday, May 27 at 5 pm and concludes with a luncheon on Sunday, May 30 at 12 noon. Panel discussions will be held at the Omni Orrington Hotel; performances and workshops will be held in the Ethel M. Barber Theatre. Registration packages range from $62 to $105, and include admission to all performances, panel discussions, workshops and screenings. To register, or for further information, please call (708) 491-7282. From: Heyward Ehrlich <ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: May 93 NEACH: Ree DeDonato Date: Tue, 4 May 93 13:58:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1208 (1563) An Invitation from NEACH: Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities The New York University Libraries will host and sponsor REE DEDONATO, Head of General and Humanities Reference, moderating a group of NYU librarians in a panel and practical workshop, AN INTRODUCTION TO E-MAIL, E-NEWS, AND E-RESEARCH, at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, May 18, 1993. The presentation will take place in the Avery Fisher East Room, second floor, BOBST LIBRARY, NYU, 70 Washington Square South, New York City. For travel directions, contact Ree DeDonato at (212) 998-2510 or dedonato@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu. Attendees should ask at the Bobst entrance for the NEACH meeting. Topics will include getting your account, the hardware and oftware you will need for access, your first log in, sending and receiving e-mail, scanning topical newsgroups and listservs, using guides and gateways to the Internet, downloading programs and data, using commercial services, and training and reference materials available in print and on-line. The meeting will begin with overviews of current developments in electronic access and connectivity and will feature a practical question and answer workshop. Attendees will receive useful handout materials. The meeting will be free and open to the public, but attendance will be limited to 40. From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: re: writing and forgetting Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 10:22:29 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1209 (1564) while everyone is thinking about anti-literacy quotes from the past, i have been looking for one for some time. i have heard that augustine wrote a denunciation of universal literacy. according to my memory of someone derscribing this, augustine felt that literacy skills should always remain the function of a few scribes and clerks because it is such a nonsocial, inactive mode of communication. you sit by yourself an peer at papers for hours, and as such nonproductive use of time should not be promoted by general curriculum to everyone. i recently read thru his _confessions_ hoping to find this. does this ring any bells for anyone? i am interested in these predictions of social implications of a new technology. often they were right on the money and still do not carry any weight when history grinds on and the technology is adopted anyway. i recall reading that there were organized protests staged when edison started the electrification of cities-- they predicted 10000 deaths a year due to accidental eletrocution if people put power lines into their homes. this has been shown to be absolutely true, and our a society adopted to these deaths as if they were perfectly natural. as far as i can tell thamus was absolutely right-- we have substituted knowledge for wisdom. as someone has noted, in education every effort is doomed to success. stan stankuli@UWF.bitnet . === god created time so everything would not happen at once º º god created space so everything would not happen to me --- -- lament of the overburdened From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Re: Ancient Ideas about Writing (fwd) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 02:06:31 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1210 (1565) [deleted quotation] From: frsdjt <D.J.Thompson@french.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0681 E-Qs: S/W; Mac Hardware; OCR; E-Bibliography (7/142) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 12:20:14 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1211 (1566) Re KanjiMaster The number I have for HyperGlot is 615 558 8270. It's also available in the US from Cheng & Tsui Company, 617 426 6074, fax 617 426 3669, and in the UK from Guildsoft. I have had generally good reports about it from those who have tried it. June Thompson CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull. From: CHURCHDM@VUCTRVAX Subject: KanjiMaster Date: 30 Apr 1993 15:49:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1212 (1567) I am relatively sure that HyperGlot is still distributing KanjiMaster. Here is the most recent information I have: The HyperGlot Software Company PO Box 10746 Knoxville, TN 37939-5087 Orders : (800) 726-5087 Information : (615) 558-8270 FAX : (615) 588-6569 AppleLink : GLOT.MKT By the way, our Japanese coordinator thought that the program was excellent and asked us to order it for their use. But then, neither he nor any of the other Japanese instructors here have ever instituted its use in their classes! Go figure! Dan M. Church Director, Language Laboratory Vanderbilt University From: "Anne F. Garreta" <GARRETA@PUCC> Subject: Re: 6.0691 Qs: Network Histories; Nodes; Fonts; E-Texts (5/100) Date: Sat, 01 May 93 00:20:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1213 (1568) In reply to Tim Unwin's query of April 29: You may be referring to the Grammar Checker included in Microsoft's latest version of MS Word (5.0). I do not know whether they developped one for French grammar (I only have the English version). But a call to Microsoft's customers' support would do it. N.B. Using this English Grammar Checker is both infuriating and hilarious (like any machine prentending to know what you mean, it fufills Bergson's definition of the comical: "du mecanique plaque sur du vivant"): the program is still rather crude in its hndling of the complexities of natural languages. It is time-consuming and some of its routines look more like an enforcement of stylistic 'norms' than grammatical correctness proper. Anne F. Garreta GARRETA@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU Dept. of Romance Languages Princeton University From: "DAVID WILLIAMS" <DRWILLIA@gmuvax.gmu.edu> Subject: Calvin&Hobbes Date: 29 Apr 93 14:13:00 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1214 (1569) I am new to Humanist and was drawn in by the discussion of Calvin & Hobbes. Some years ago while teaching early American Lit, I was interupted during a discussion of Mather's Magnalia by an older student, a returning ex-marine, who loudly said that this stuff was boring, that he preferred funb stuff like Calvin & Hobbes. Isaw my chance and asked if he knew who Calvin was. He did since we had just been discussing Calvinism. I had to explain who Hobbes was. But after that they became a regular feature of my class even showing up on exams. After getting some grief from colleagues in the English dept I wrote to Watterson asking him about the origins of the names. He confirmed in writing that yes he did name his characters after the philosophers, but he said, "I don't want to get in any more trouble than that." Fair enough. But the parallel goes beyond the obvious viciousness and selfishness of little Calvin's personality. He is clearly an example of Calvin's image of humanity, his sins readily apparent. But for Calvin the theologian sin began in our preference for the illusions of our own vanity over the otherness of God's reality: "The mind is a factory of idols." Here is little Calvin's Calvinism, in the fact that he prefers the fantasy world of his own imagination over what his parents and teachers would call reality. His make believe tiger friend, spaceman spiff, the dinosaurs devouring his enemies.....these are what he believes until in the final panel Miss Worwood, his teacher, smacks him up alongside his head with "reality." And we laugh. Why? There seems to be an identification of the rader with little Calvin, with his sins, and with his stubborn refusal to accept "reality." In the final panel it is thus us along with him who gets smacked over the head. Watterson is using the comic strip again and again to score theological points, to show us to ourselves, to present the world in different perspectives than the usual, to point us outward to the other beyond the illusions of our vanity. In this, he follows a noble tradition of Americans who have used this pop culture medium to present theology. His own hero, Walt Kelly, was known to indulge in serious humorous explorations of the human psyche in Pogo. Charles Schultz's use of religion in Peanuts has been well documented in "The Gospel According to Peanuts," a very serious work of theology indeed. And there are of course more blatent uses of religion such as the Rev. Will B. Dunn in Kudzu, a strip which runs appropriately in "The Christian Century." Interestingly, religion remains our dominant form of discourse, like it or not, and sneaks up on us even on the comics page. From: pwright@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Phyllis Wright) Subject: Re: 6.0691 Qs: Network Histories; Nodes; Fonts; E-Texts (5/100) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 93 09:02:30 -0400(6) (3 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1215 (1570) I would also like to hear about the availability of e-collections of French magazines and journals. Could you share the info? Many thanks Phyllis Wright Brock University Library St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca From: Tom Crone <CRONE@CUA.BITNET> Subject: Quote source? Date: 30 Apr 1993 10:31:09 -0400 (EDT)(7) (15 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1216 (1571) A friend without list access mentioned last night that he had recently read something, but when he wanted to quote it, he couldn't find it. He thought it was Greek. "For this even the gods cannot do: to make undone what once was done." Tom Crone CRONE@CUA or CRONE@CUA.EDU From: FRAE141@UTXVMS.BITNET Subject: Query re a cabinet owned by C'l Mazarin Date: 01 May 1993 15:12:32 -0600 (CST)(8) (1 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1217 (1572) The following is a query posted for a retired colleague who does not do e-mail. Donald Sellstrom's query concerns a cabinet once belonging to Cardinal Mazarin. In the introduction to his book on *Corneille, Tasso and Modern Poetics*, he writes: "The 1653 inventory of art objects and fine furniture belonging to Cardinal Mazarin contains the description of some 22 cabinets. One of these is said to have been decoreated with 'dix tableaux de mignature' depicting Apollo and the nine Muses and with "les portraits de deux poe`tes anciens, et deux modernes"... In all probability this is the same cabinet as the one to which Charles Perrault referred at the end of the [17th-C.] century in a biographical article on Corneille (in *Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce sie`cle*): Tout Paris a vu un cabinet de pierres de rapport fait a` Florence, et dont on avait fait pre'sent au cardinal Marrin, ou`, entre les divers ornements dont il es enrichi, on avait mis aux quatre coins les me'dailles ou les portraits des quatre plus grands poe`tes qui aient jamais paru dans le monde, savoir Home`re, Virgile, Le Tasse et Corneille (iin Georges Mongre'dien, *Recueil des textes et des documents du 17e sie`cle relatifs a` Corneille*, Paris 1972, p.356)." Donald has been to the Muse'e des arts decoratifs in Paris, posed queries there and elsewhere, but has not been able to locate the cabinet. Would anyone have any suggestions of how to go about pursuing this matter further? He would be most grateful indeed. I'll pass along any suggestions. Please reply directly unless you feel your answer might interest the List. (X-posted to BALZAC; C18-L; HUMANIST; FICINO; CAAH). Thank you. --Bob Dawson French-Italian, University of Texas, Austin 78712-1197 Tel.: (512) 471-5531; Fax: 471-8492 Internet: RDawson@UTxVMS.CC.UTexas.Edu BITNET: RDawson@UTxVM [eventually to be phased out] [CAVE: mail sent between c.14-4-93/20-4-93 may have been lost] From: jsolis@pucp.pe Subject: Query about Dudley Pope Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 14:53:01 -0500(9) (7 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1218 (1573) Dear friends, I would like to know what, if any, books of the 'Ramage' series have been written by the british best-sellers writer Dudley Pope, AFTER 'Ramage and the Sarracens'. Does anybody know? Jorge Solis (Pontificia Univ. Catolica del Peru) From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Apartment in Toronto Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 14:48:11 -0400 (EDT)(10) (3 lines) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1219 (1574) I am posting this for a non-HUMANIST friend of mine From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1220 (1575) Upper two bedroom flat in TORONTO. From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1221 (1576) For rent or exchange (august 20 1993 to august 1 1994) a two bedroom flat in a Toronto house. At Ste Claire and Bathurst, close to subway for York U. and University of Toronto. Upper part of house, private, clean, quiet & bright. Small garden. Rent 850.00 plus Utilities or exchange for similar apartment in Montreal. Prof. on sabbatical. Contact Greg: Tel.: (416) 658-3552 e-mail: Gl250113@venus.yorku.ca From: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1222 (1577) Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no (Jon Lanestedt) Subject: Hypermedia applications in German language education Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 12:23:25 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1223 (1578) I am trying to get an overview of existing commercially or otherwise available hypertext/hypermedia applications and on-going development projects related to the teaching/learning of German language and culture. Relevant educational levels are high school and undergraduate levels. Any references to software and projects (contact addresses will be immensely useful) will be highly appreciated and may be sent directly to me rather than to the list. Depending on the response I receive on this request I may later compile a document to be distributed on the list. Thanks. Sincerely, Jon Lanestedt ----------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lanestedt Department of Linguistics University of Oslo Voice: +47-22 85 48 99 P.O.Box 1102 Blindern Fax: +47-22 85 69 19 N-0317 Oslo, Norway Email: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no ----------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD.BITNET> Subject: Japanese word processing in DOS or Windows Date: 03 May 1993 16:21:55 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1224 (1579) Any experience or suggestions on how to accomplish word processing in Japanese in a student lab, in a DOS or Windows environment? Has anyone had experience with "WorldFont for Windows" or "for WordPerfect"? If people want to reply to me directly, I'd be happy to summarize and re-post. Thanks in advance. Peter Lafford 602/965-2679vox -0135fax Manager, Humanities Computing Facility Lang & Lit Bldg. LLB-325 Arizona State University <Peter.Lafford@ASU.edu> Box 870302 <PLafford@ASU.bitnet> Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 or <IDPAL@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU> From: Eric Rabkin <USERGDFD@UMICHUM.BITNET> Subject: Literacy/Memory/Legend Date: Wed, 5 May 93 07:30:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 703 (1580) I find it fascinating that two msgs have coincidentally arrived in the same post. The second from Robert Kraft continues references to literacy serving as a reminder but perhaps weakening memory. The first from Stan Kulikowski includes this: [deleted quotation]What caught my attention are the words "this has been shown to be absolutely true." Now I have no *memory* of anyone's electrocution and I've been alive quite a while, so I looked in my 1993 *World Almanac and Book of Facts*. The incandescent bulb was invented in 1879, so I suppose that Edison's proposal to electrify America couldn't have been too long after that. The population of the U.S. in 1880 was approximately 50 million. Now the almanac lists the "Principal Types of Accidental Deaths" in descending order of fatalities. Unfortunately, the list goes back only to 1970 and is most complete only for 1991. But here 'tis: Motor vehicle: 43,500 Falls: 12,200 Poison (solid, liquid): 5,600 Drowning: 4,600 Fires, Burns: 4,200 Injection of Food,Object:2,900 Firearms: 1,400 Poison (gases): 800 Plus, according to a footnote, "12,800 other accidental deaths in 1991; the most frequently occurring types were medical complications, machinery, air transport, excessive cold, and mechanical suffocation." Given these numbers, if one infers that electrocution somehow counts as burns and then figures the rate as 10% of all fire deaths, we have 420 electrocutions...but the population of the U.S. in 1990 was approximately 249 million, that is, five times that in 1880, so the comparable figure then might have been 84 deaths. (True, electrical safety devices and education were not so well developed, but neither was electricity ubiquitous.) If we infer that electrocution was among those residual 12,800 deaths, then it clearly is less common than mechanical suffocation and probably constitutes a very small number indeed since it isn't even listed while poison gases with only 800 deaths is a "principal type." Why do I mention this? Because I am fascinated by this question of "memory." Stan Kulikowski "recalls" his reading and the result "has been shown." I think we all--or at least I--sometimes develop powerful senses of what simply must have been the case and ever after report those feelings not simply nakedly but dressed in the language of written authority. If we grant the almanac authority, that is, assume the figures are correct as far as they go, then those powerful senses are doubtless sometimes wrong...in a factual sense. But that does not mean that they are wrong in all senses. I for one travel without a camera. If I want a picture of the Duomo in Florence, I know a postcard will be readiluy available. I have no interest in a graphic proof that I stood in front of it. But I have noticed that if one has photos, they often supplant memories (just as, I presume, Plato and others feared writing would; that is, the question was not merely weakening the faculty of memory but the displacement of particular memories by giving priority to the subset of possibilities that actually got written down). A similar phenomenon, I find, is that the last image I have of someone in an open-casket funeral, when I can fix on his/her immobile face at a time of high emotion, often remains more vivid than many memories of that person in action. So, rather than risk losing my memories of, say, Florence, I go there without a camera. Yes, that means that my memories may be inaccurate *from a factual standpoint*, but *my* memories don't need factual accuracy. As I say, I can always buy the postcard or consult the almanac. My memories need to be part of my emotional life and if they evolve, so be it. All of this, I hope, has some implications for writing of different types. Usually we think of writing as fiction or non-fiction, but I'd like to suggest three types: fiction, argument, and exposition. The almanac and written statutes are two examples of exposition and these are generally thought to be memory aids and unalloyed goods. Fiction is generally thought to properly reflect emotional lives and this is generally thought to be an unalloyed good (except by those who fear that there will be no memory exercise as compelling as *The Odyssey* on which to develop that faculty). It is only "argument" that Plato really mentions and the problem with argument is not, I think, that writing it displaces memory so much as it preempts invention, the interrogation of memory. (I know Plato views memory as anamnesis, so for him these would be virtually the same, but most of us, I think do not.) Where does this leave us? With powerful memories of facts that never were and failing memories of arguments that matter still. And with powerful memories of facts that certainly were and strong memories of arguments that matter still. That is, no one has ever run the experiment to see if the same person has a better or worse memory when s/he is and isn't literate. But the fact that we fear and praise this insinuating technology suggests how easily writing itself becomes the stuff of legend. Eric Eric Rabkin esrabkin@umichum.bitnet Department of English esrabkin@um.cc.umich.edu University of Michigan office : 313-764-2553 Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 dept : 313-764-6330 voice msgs: 313-763-3130 From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: ICEMCO 94 Date: Wed, 05 May 93 15:48:42 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 704 (1581) University of Cambridge Centre of Middle Eastern Studies announces I C E M C O 94 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing (Arabic and Roman Script) London, 7-9 April 1994 I. Call for Papers: Papers for the themes listed below are invited. The deadline for abstracts is 20th August 1993 and camera-ready copy for papers to be presented at the conference must be submitted by 17th Decmeber 1993. There will be a limit of 10 pages per paper. Conference proceedings will be available at registration. The main language of the conference will be English, but papers in Arabic will be considered. It may be possible for these to be used together with English abstracts or full translations. The conference will take place at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, between 7th and 8th of April 1994, leaving the 9th reserved for the exhibition. This arrangement will enable the exhibitors to attend the conference sessions and give enough time for the participants to have access to the latest hardware and software in the exhibition. T h e m e s (1) Editing Arabic manuscripts using computers. (2) Multi-lingual data bases: compiling classical Arabic sources, contemporary data-banks, medical data bases. (3) Multi-lingual maps. (4) Computer based lexicography and machine translation. (5) Teaching of languages by computer. a. Teaching of Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages by computer. b. Teaching of European languages by computer to Arab students. (6) Notation of Oriental music on computers. (7) Archaeology and Computing; Islamic architecture. (8) Multi-lingual computers for the handicapped. (9) The hardware and the software industry in the Arab World. a. The status of Computer Industry in each Arab country: past, present and future plans. b. The relationship between consumers, retailers, and the industry: the possibility of a consumer charter. c. Software copy protection problems: the issue of protecting creativity in the Arab World. d. Developing affordable software and hardware for the Arab markets. e. Mail marketing in the Arab world: possibilities and obstacles. (10) Other Semitic languages and computing. (11) Computing in Persian, Urdu and Turkish (Osmanli). (12) Multilingual Email systems. (13) Informatics. (14) User Groups in the Arab World. (15) International electronic networks related to multilingual computing and Middle Eastern issues. (16) The Open Forum: an informal session for brief presentations and discussions about other work in progress from various institutions, and to exchange information about the computing facilities available in each institution. II. A One-Day Hardware and Software Exhibition It is intended that the exhibition will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London for one day, the 9th of April 1994. The conference sessions will adjourn on that day and the participants will be free to have access to machines and software on display. Companies' representatives are welcome to attend the Conference on the 7th and the 8th. 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To: Dr Ahmad Ubaydli (ICEMCO 94, Convenor) Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK Telephone: +44 (223) 334749/335106 F a x: +44 (223) 335110, Telex: 81240 CAMSPL G Email: AU100@UK.AC.CAM.PHX [JANET] AU100@PHX.CAM.AC.UK [EARN/BITNET] From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: Birth Control/Madame Bovary Date: Tue, 4 May 93 16:58:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1225 (1582) As it happens, Emma Bovary bore many children to numerous lovers who, like the children, and along with an infinity of other goings on in her life, do not get mentioned in Flaubert's book. What is "this problem" to which Mr. Unwin seeks a solution in "the secondary literature on Flaubert"? From: George Lang Subject: What the Gods Have Done Date: Tue, 4 May 93 16:03:45 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1226 (1583) Romance Languages University of Alberta I don't know the Greek source for Tom Crone's query about the phrase "For this the Gods cannot do, to make undone what was done". But maybe there is no need to go back so far. A common Guadeloupean proverb is: "Kre'yon a Bondye' pa ni gonm!" (= Le crayon de Dieu n'a pas de gomme). God's pencil has no eraser! George Lang GLANG@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 6.0697 Madame Bovary and Birth Control? (1/45) Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 07:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1227 (1584) I'd be curious in hearing the results of your inquiry on Flaubert; could you please post them? Thanks. Leslie Morgan From: Chuck Brownson <IACCWB@ASUACAD.BITNET> Subject: Gopher and copyright Date: 04 May 1993 14:50:07 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 676 (1585) [deleted quotation] Ann Okerson replies in Humanist to the effect that Mr. O'Donnell's wishes are well enough founded but his requirements may be unreasonable, especially in view of the avowed desires of electronic editors to be as widely distributed as possible. On another list, in replying to a more radical statement, she took a less qualified position with regard to permission: [deleted quotation] This whole thread, on both sides, makes me uneasy. Surely the point of invent- ing the gopher was to facilitate retrieval and dispersion? It shouldn't be necessary to maintain local files -- this must be the residue of libraries' preference to own rather than borrow. On the other hand, the copyright-based position which is evolving here leaves much uncertain. Suppose the archival site hasn't indexed the publication. Am I justified in retrieving the whole thing in order to WAIS it? (Yes, with permission?) Am I obligated to keep the thing up in perpetuity as a consequence? (No, so long as I erase the file when I cease to maintain it?) What about my library's acting as a distribution node for current issues? And can I let a backfile of these issues build up? (No, because it will become corrupt?) Can individual issues be obtained from the official archive (FTPd or gophered) without permission? (Yes ... but not by a library acting as an intermediary?) Can I piggyback on someone else's gopher/ wais file rather than maintain one myself, with its attendant responsibilities, without knowing whether the source file has permission? What was simple has rapidly become complicated. The spirit of Internet and its information managers (archie, then gopher, then veronica) was to cut through all this by making everything public and accepting that, humans being what they are... Internet is an unmanaged pile. The anarchy is intentional. Freedoms were supposed to flow from this practice of letting the wind take the seeds. Veronica was in- evitable because of that. But: we maintain the distinction between a journal and a discussion list (unnecessarily?) in order to identify a class of infor- mation which is more thoughtful (more stable, fixed) and less ephemeral. Is it? While these notions (I mean ownership, and the association of volatil- ity with triviality) weren't brought into being by print, it is certainly true that print facilitates them and etext doesn't. The present state of affairs can't continue. It's already hard to navigate Internet and harder to remember routes -- too hard to fully exploit its resources. Some new methods, congenial to the medium, will certainly emerge. On the other hand, how would a simpler convention, resembling the widely known code of etiquette for list behavior (which is no more than consensus opinion) be enforced? We don't agree, evidently, even on what counts as courtesy: some believe that the fact of your choosing to use the network medium entitles me to exploit the text however I please -- hence commercial publishers' unwillingness to risk their properties. The future is obscure and consensus is nil and I'm uneasy with all pronouce- ments. It's premature and hobbles change. -- Charles W Brownson, Humanities Co-ordinator ___Collection Development, ASU Libraries ___(602) 965-5250 Fax (602) 965 9169 ___IACCWB@ASUACAD.BITNET (asuvm.inre.asu) From: delany@sfu.ca Subject: Digital Word Contents Date: Tue, 4 May 93 13:54:08 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 707 (1586) In response to a request, here is the TOC of *The Digital Word: PART I Introduction Managing the Digital Word: The Text in an Age of Electronic Reproduction Paul Delany and George P. Landow PART II Text Management Reading and Managing Texts on the Bibliotheque de France Station Jacques Virbel The FreeText Project: Large-Scale Personal Information Retrieval Mark Zimmermann Text-Management Software: A Taxonomy Sue Stigleman Markup Systems and the Future of Scholarly Text Processing James H. Coombs, Allen H. Renear, and Steven J. DeRose Markup Systems in the Present Steven J. DeRose PART III Textual Resources and Communication Emerging Electronic Library Services and the Idea of Location Independence Christinger Tomer The British National Corpus Jeremy H. Clear [deleted quotation]Paul Delany The Academic On Line Alan T. McKenzie Two Theses about the New Scholarly Communication Allen H. Renear and Geoffrey Bilder Electronic Conferences and Samiszdat Textuality: The Example of Technoculture George P. Landow PART IV Working with Texts Seeing through the Interface: Computers and the Future of Composition Nancy Kaplan and Stuart Moulthrop Redefining Critical Editions Peter M. W. Robinson Computer-Assisted Critical Analysis: A Case Study of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale Ian Lancashire Beyond the Word: Reading and the Computer David S. Miall From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Quirinus Kuhlmann Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 12:11:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1228 (1587) Quirinus Kuhlmann is said to have written a poem whose words can be recombined to yield some 6.227.020.800 other distinct poems. Judging by the sources I have on the subject it is call "XLI love kiss". Any more precise info on this subject will be welcome. Michel. -- Michel Lenoble | Litterature Comparee | NOUVELLE ADRESSE - NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Universite de Montreal | ---> lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca C.P. 6128, Succ. "A" | MONTREAL (Quebec) | Tel.: (514) 288-3916 Canada - H3C 3J7 | From: maul@vaxsar.vassar.edu Subject: Q's: a word & some reference works Date: 05 May 1993 11:30:16 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1229 (1588) 1 - In preparing a translation of a social & political history document the word "classerelais" has come up. So far we have been unable to find it in any dictionary or encyclopedia. Can anyone help define this term? Is it a publication? 2 - Is there a standard guide for French editing equivalent to the many guides we have in English by discipline or preferred style? You may reply to me personally at maul@vaxsar.vassar.edu Thank you. Shirley Maul, Head of Readers Services and Reference Vassar College Library Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601 (914) 437-5763 From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: Madame Bovary and Birth Control Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 14:52:17 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1230 (1589) Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu writes: [deleted quotation] Of course, our colleague has missed the point. Since there is some representation of recognizable realities - social, historical, geographical, physical - in Flaubert's novel, the issue is why there should be obliteration or obfuscation of others. Emma dies, as we might expect, after ingesting arsenic. But she does not become pregnant, as we might expect, after frequent and apparently incautious intercourse. To ask why Flaubert has included one type of physical determinism but not the other seems to me an entirely "legitimate" type of enquiry. The "fiction-has-nothing-to-do-with-reality" approach, of which our friend appears to be an exponent, is simply a cop-out. In fact, as a theoretical position, it is about as satisfactory as coitus interruptus. If it produces anything, it will no doubt be by accident. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Tim Unwin Email tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Department of French Studies The University of Western Australia Nedlands Tel +61 9 380 2174/6 WA 6009 Fax +61 9 380 1080 Australia From: mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Marc Bizer) Subject: Kugelmass episode Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 19:58:53 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1231 (1590) [deleted quotation] It would be interesting to study precisely which events from Madam Bovary's life are mentioned in Flaubert's book. -:) "We all know" that there was one new development which did find its way into the text: Emma's lover Professor Kugelmass. According to Woody Allen, readers all over the world were wondering at one point what a bald Jew was doing in Yonville... --Marc Bizer From: LNESS@ucs.indiana.edu Subject: re: Mdme. Bovary and birth control Date: Wed, 5 May 93 17:48:24 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1232 (1591) I seem to re-call that the author of _My Secret Life_ speaks of condoms as in common use in France during his lifetime, which I believe over-laps the years in which _Madame Bovary_ is set. Lester Ness lness@ucs.indiana.edu From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 6.0703 R: Literacy/Memory/Legend (1/116) Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 17:23:21 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1233 (1592) I too was puzzled by the assertion that we experience 10K deaths a year due to the use of electricity. Perhaps Kulikowsky has confused the lightbulb and the automobile? I remember that during my highschool years it was widely asserted that we could save more US lives by giving up our cars than by getting out of Vietnam, the point being, or so I assumed, that people got disproportionately excited about war casualties. A prosaic death is more tolerable? From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Re: 6.0703 Rabkin on memory Date: 6 May 93 08:16:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1234 (1593) Rabkin's musings on language and memory are provocative and helpful, and bring to mind the adage (Mark Twain?): "It's not what he doesn't know that worries me, it's what he knows that ain't so." I recall a fascinating story in _The Princeton Alumni Weekly_ on the 20th anniversary of JFK's assassination that involved soliciting people's most vivid memories of that unforgettable event. Some of the most vivid memories turned out to be demonstrably false, e.g., "I will never forget the sound of Walter Cronkite's voice breaking into the program," or "I was sitting right there, on the third step of the side entrance to my dorm," when in fact Cronkite was on vacation that week, and the side entrance was added in 1968. (These examples are reconstructed from memory and hence not to be trusted.) In reply to Rabkin's resolve to take no pictures in Florence: The decision whether to photograph has a different force if one is, or at one time has been, a serious photographer with pretensions to the mantle of art. Yet even if photography serves not so much to remind as to distill otherwise concealed elements (in the rare instances where it succeeds), there are moments when getting the camera out seems an affront to the intensity of the image before one. Among those that come to mind are not just situations involving other persons, whose privacy or dignity might be invaded, but also moments of surpassing natural beauty. A certain rainbow over Jackson Hole is affixed permanently to my memory, as is my sense that to take out my camera would have been irreverent. But then again, there is a quality of light in some Japanese gardens that I am sure I would not remember without my photographs to "remind" me. I am sure the same phenomena can be traced with regard to writing and foregoing writing. The distinction between fiction, argument, and exposition captures concisely some of the force of J. L. Austin's and John Searle's theory of speech acts. But, like all helpful simplifications, it leaves much out and forces inappropriate choices. Many novels are essentially argumentative; fiction can serve as exposition; exposition often functions implicitly as argument; and so on. Worse, poetry seems to have no obvious place. At last week's 250th anniversary celebration of the American Philosophical Society Emily Townsend Vermeule delivered a virtuosic lecture on "Jefferson and Homer" in which she observed, _inter alia_, that the very character of the Homeric poems is shaped by their formulation in a culture that lacked writing but treasured oral poetry. The resort to writing, she implied, made it impossible for the process to continue as it had. Contrast this with the very different objection registered in the _Phaedrus_. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: Ken Laws <LAWS@ai.sri.com> Subject: Re: 6.0703 R: Literacy/Memory/Legend (1/116) Date: Thu 6 May 93 11:18:03-PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1235 (1594) I just read Eric Rabkin's interesting essay. I agree about not carrying a camera, although my reasoning is that it makes one a spectator in one's own life. (I'm also a hypocrit, as I do tend to take the camera. I love the technology.) Sherlock Holmes was said to have memorized everything that might relate to crime in London, and to have consciously ignored every other fact. Too many scientists, myself included, approach their fields by _collecting_ every relevant fact. Unfortunately, too much is known for this to work. The collecting takes over as there is no time for comprehension. (Jack Kessler's quotation from Umbert Eco applies: there is little that one can do with a bibliography of 10,000 titles except to hoard it or discard it.) Suppose that one viewed himself (or herself) as the subject of an autobiography, and remembered only those things that influenced his life in important ways. This would be a meaningful thread, capable of structuring life so that only a reasonable number of facts must be retained and integrated. Each person might construct an interesting tale of his life, to be told around a campfire or on long winter's eves in front of the fireplace. The best elements of these stories would merge into tribal or village histories. Unfortunately, writing and printing have permitted us to save too much. No synthesis is possible unless we focus and discard. We have lost our life stories, with our sense of who we are replaced only by vain pride in what we own. -- Ken Laws ------- From: "David A. Hoekema" <DHOEKEMA@legacy.Calvin.EDU> Subject: Plato on writing Date: 6 May 93 08:22:49 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1236 (1595) An afterword to the discussion of writing in the _Phaedrus_: to my recollection no one has yet cited the important discussion of writing in Plato's _Seventh Letter_ (historically much disputed but now, I think, usually regarded as genuine). There (S. 341-344) Plato derides those who write about philosophy, denies (1) that he has written down the "true doctrine" that he has come to understand, and concludes (344c) that "when anyone sees anywhere the written work of anyone, whether that of a lawgiver in his laws or whatever it may be in some other form, the subject treated cannot have been his most serious concern." His own teachings, he says, can only be conveyed (341d) to "some few who are capable of discovering the truth for themselves with a little guidance." There has been a good deal of comment about this (don't ask me for references, I'm not up to date in the area!) and about the irony not only of Plato denying that writing can convey philosophical truth but also of making this argument itself in writing. As Plato would not have said, go figure. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || <dhoekema@calvin.edu> || From: Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> Subject: 6.0706 R: Gopher and copyright Date: Thu, 06 May 93 11:32:20 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 711 (1596) Charles W Brownson said: [deleted quotation] Makes me pretty uneasy too. The discussion has taken a tone of freedom information and publisher/profit-bashing so far. But let's look at it from other points of view, say the author and the reader. As a reader, I don't like the thought that there might be many versions of the same text, each with subtle differences. This means I spend far more time navigating through menus, where many of the choices may be (virtually) the same thing. And how do I choose? I need a validated base text (or base dataset), both for my own use as a scholar and for citation purposes. I can imagine spending hours downloading versions and deciding which one I should use. If this is the future of Gopher, then no reputable scholar will use it. As Brownson says, surely the whole point of Gopher/WAIS is that we don't need multiple versions, because anyone can find their way to The One Version wherever it is. The implication of this is not just that one should ask permission before copying a text to a new server, but one should never copy a text to a new server. The most one should do is add a pointer to the text. [deleted quotation]I am uneasy about the thought of having a document go out under my name which may no longer be the document I created. Who then is responsible for its contents? For academic authors, this is one of the main functions of copyright. Unless a means can be found of protecting my version of documents, then I will be unwilling to publish them under Gopher/WAIS. Copyright is a pain in the backside, but it has its uses. Speaking cynically, it is my observation that people (including myself) don't like copyright when we want to use other people's material but do like it when protecting their own material. Donald Spaeth Deputy Director Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Arcaheology and Art History University of Glasgow Scotland d.a.spaeth@glasgow.ac.uk From: sabourco@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Sabourin Conrad) Subject: Biliographical database Date: Thu, 6 May 93 11:49:43 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 712 (1597) COMPUTERS - LINGUISTICS - COMMUNICATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE For the last 15 years, we have been compiling a bibliographical database on all aspects of computer processing of natural language communications. The bibliography, which now holds more than 67,000 references, is indexed with a thesaurus of over 3,400 keywords. More than 13,000 titles are related to artificial intelligence. The references cover the period beginning with the inception of the computer to the present and include theses, research reports, books, articles from specialized periodicals, papers in conference proceedings, etc. The entries were obtained mostly by systematically scanning more than 400 periodicals and 800 conference proceedings. Some of the thematic sections of the database are near completion and will be published in print in the coming months. Each thematic volume will have a two-level analytical index. Many researchers collaborated by sending us their lists of publications. All others who are interested are invited to do so. In the list that follows, the numbers refer to the approximate number of entries of some of the subsections of the database. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES (3000) Conversation, interfaces to database, to expert system, to robot, to operating system, to question answering system, etc. TEXT UNDERSTANDING (3800) PARSING (7000) Syntactic analysis, semantic analysis, semantic interpretation. COMPUTATIONAL MORPHOLOGY (2000) Morphological analysis and generation, lemmatization. TEXT GENERATION (2000) Generation from data or linguistic structure, explanation generation, paraphrasing, etc. SPEECH ANALYSIS, CODING, AND SYNTHESIS (2800) Speech compression, encryption, transmission, speech to tactile display, phoneme identification, speaker identification, tone recognition, etc. SPEECH RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING (3000) Connected, continuous, isolated words, speaker dependent and independent, etc. TEXT INFORMATION EXTRACTION (2000) Indexation (automatic and computer aided), text condensation, content analysis, etc. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (3000) Full text, conceptual. COMPUTER TRANSLATION (7000) Bilingual, multilingual, aids to translation MATHEMATICAL AND FORMAL LINGUISTICS (3000) COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS (1600) LITERARY COMPUTING (3000) Concordances, author identification, style analysis, poetry analysis and production, text collation, literary criticism, etc. QUANTITATIVE AND STATISTICAL LINGUISTICS (2400) Frequencies of characters, phonemes, words, grammatical categories, syntactic structures; lexical richness, word collocations, etc. COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE TEACHING (5500) Teaching foreign languages, composition, writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, reading, translation, listening, speaking; text composition aids, etc. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PROCESSING (2300) Document editing, formatting, typesetting, coding, storing, interchanging, etc. COMPUTATIONAL LEXICOGRAPHY (3000) Dictionaries, thesauri, terminological databanks; parsing, transfer and generation dictionaries; lexical semantics, etc. OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (2900) Character preprocessing, feature extraction, isolation, segmentation, thinning; multi-font recognition, writer identification, etc. CHARACTER PROCESSING (2200) Character coding (external and internal), input, output, synthesis, ordering, conversion, encryption, string matching, font design, etc. COMMUNICATING THROUGH COMPUTERS (2100) E-Mail, computer conferencing, electronic publishing, hypermedia, hypertext, etc. CORPUS LINGUISTICS AND DIALECT STUDY (1000) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Conrad F. Sabourin sabourco@ere.umontreal.ca P.O. Box 187, Snowdon Montreal, Qc, H3X 3T4 Canada -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: Xerox part-of-speech tagger available Date: Thu, 6 May 93 12:15:04 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 713 (1598) The Common Lisp source code for version 1.0 of the Xerox part-of-speech tagger is available for anonymous FTP from parcftp.xerox.com in the file pub/tagger/tagger-1-0.tar.Z. This code has been tested in the following CL implementations: . Franz Allegro Common Lisp version 4.1 on SunOS 4.x; . CMU Common Lisp version 16e on SunOS 4.x; and . Macintosh Common Lisp 2.0p2. Enjoy. Doug Cutting <cutting@parc.xerox.com>, and Jan Pedersen <pedersen@parc.xerox.com> From: blspahr@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: 6.0708 @Qs: Quirinus Kuhlmann; Reference Works (2/38) Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 16:44:07 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1237 (1599) Your source is correct. The poem comes from Quirinus Kuhlmann: Himmlische Libes-Kusse (1671). It is readily available in a reprint edition, ed. by Birgit Biehl-Werner (Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1971) in the series Deutsche Neudrucke, Reihe: Barock. Series ed. Erich Trunz. The poem begins on p. 53. It is quite a famous one. Blake Lee Spahr From: Gordon Inkster <mla002@central1.lancaster.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 6.0697 Madame Bovary and Birth Control? (1/45) Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 23:42:27 +0100 (BST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1238 (1600) My colleague Ralph Gibson ("A Social History of French Catholicism", 1989, but computerphobe) assures me he has reflected on this many times. Years spent in the Diocesan Archives of Perigueux studying priests' Easter reports to the Bishops of latest trends in "sin" have sensitized him to such questions. The literature on the subject of contraception in 18th /19thC France is voluminous (he claims). He insists with immodest certainty that there can be no doubt whatsoever a man of Rodolphe's class and character would practise premature withdrawal (*decharger son ble devant le moulin*). And that thereafter Emma, newly apprised, would teach it to Leon. (The subject not having figured in her convent curriculum.) It is of course a "How many children had Lady Macbeth" sort of question, but he considers all literary matters as such. (Afterthought: Flaubert's correspondence has some veiled but revealing comments on allied matters.) From: kbarger@ACC.HAVERFORD.EDU (Kyle Barger) Subject: Re: 6.0711 R: Gopher and Copyright (1/48) Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 09:59:32 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1239 (1601) In the Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0711. Thursday, 6 May 1993, Donald A Spaeth <GKHA13@CMS.GLASGOW.AC.UK> writes: [deleted quotation] But surely you face the same problem with printed texts. How many editions are there of, for instance, a given Shakespeare play? How do you choose between them? The answer is, for the most part, you don't. Certain editions have become accepted for scholarly work due to a number of factors--who edited the edition, what source materials were used, etc. etc. Depending on what work is involved, you might need to choose between a small handful of scholarly editions, but you're unlikely to consider EVERY edition currently available. Shakespeare scholars don't (I presume, not being any kind of literary scholar) check out each new mass market printing of _Macbeth_ to see if it's any good. The same thing needs to happen in the electronic arena (and will, I think, naturally). Certain versions of a given text will become standard in the academic community based on similar factors. People who do not know or care about such distinctions will get whatever version comes to hand, while scholars will have learned, through experience and recommendations from colleagues, which editions can be trusted for their purposes. -- Kyle Barger Haverford College Academic Computing kbarger@haverford.edu From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <U35395@UICVM> Subject: Gopher and variant texts Date: Fri, 07 May 93 10:33:22 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1240 (1602) On Thu, 6 May 1993 11:32:20 BST, in Humanist 6.0711, Donald Spaeth said: [deleted quotation] Wait a moment, Don. I know how you feel. But if no reputable scholar will use texts under such circumstances, how is it that reputable scholars still read Shakespeare, and the Bible, and Mark Twain, and folk literature, and all of the other texts interesting enough to have been preserved more than once? Of them too, you can truly say that there are "many versions of the same text, each with subtle differences." Variation is pretty much a fact of life about texts, and electronic text is a lot more like oral text, manuscript, and samizdat than like print in this regard (the cost of creating a variant version is the same as the cost of copying without change, as near as makes no difference). I know that much of the manuscript material you work with is preserved only in one copy and has never been printed, but that is not the norm. Any text which has attracted enough attention to be copied or published is almost inevitably going to have variants. Don't blame Gopher for making the fact more visible! [N.B. This is an observation about the nature of text and its transmission. It does not constitute a claim that it's a good idea to have dozens of out-of-date copies of the Bryn Mawr Classical Review ghosting around the net distracting the readers and irritating the librarians. Nor are the opinions expressed necessarily those of the institutions which happen to write my paycheck, though the world might be a better place if they were.] -C. M. Sperberg-McQueen ACH / ACL / ALLC Text Encoding Initiative University of Illinois at Chicago From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: FYI: Internet talk-radio (fwd) Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 20:40:49 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 716 (1603) If you are feeling experimental, and have LOTS of room on your disk.... Bob Kraft, UPenn Forwarded message: [deleted quotation][[end]] From: Virginia Knight <ZZAASVK@cms.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk> Subject: Tom Crowe's quotation request Date: Fri, 07 May 93 09:30:56 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1241 (1604) Tom Crowe wanted to identify a quotation to the effect that not even God can undo the past. This is Agathon fr. 5, cited by Aristotle at Nicomachean Ethics 1139b. The Guadeloupian proverb may be saying something slightly different, that God's actions are irrevocable; Agathon (and Aristotle) are considering action in general. Virginia Knight University of Manchester From: stan kulikowski ii <STANKULI@UWF> Subject: recording and remembering Date: Fri, 07 May 93 11:26:30 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 1242 (1605) ok, ok, since several have jumped on the 10K deaths by electrocution... that came from 'my memory' of someone writing about the social phenomenon associated with evaluating environmental impact statements and the like. i could not swear the claim was for 10K deaths per year or 10K total. not to mention whether the antielectrificationists were worried about 10K electric deaths worldwide or just for the USA. even 800 deaths per year in the USA might scale out to thousands in china and developing countries where the technology is less developed and the population is high. i have known three people who died by accidental electrocution, so the claim does not ring terribly false to me. a few years ago i recall the center for disease control (they publish stats on morbidity and mortality) discussed findings on industrial electrocution which is a common form of accident, especially for agricultural workers. fieldhands with long irrigation pipes don't think to look up and zap themselves on low slung power lines. the point was that even when the predictions of impact statements are correct, the social implications are not. i think the claims for literacy lessening social use of memory was one of those accurate impact predictions, but the social implications were wrong. few people in our society would want to go back to the days of scribe literacy... even though we are probably returning there by the force of video anyway. i was really more concerned about finding someone to give a pointer to the augustine quote. and on the matter of camera technology and memory. i always carry a small camcorder when i am a tourist. i got one that just fits tucked away between elbow and wrist, so the fire button can be pressed without bringing the thing up before my face. that is the threatening action which is anthropologically objectionable. it is an intensification of the stare, which is generally impolite. i record as i walk around to look at stuff or talk with people. most people do not even notice that the camera is operational since i am not sighting thru the eye piece. the resultant tapes rarely show the things that most tourists' photograph. my vcr tapes are manifestly understandable to kids in elementary schools. you see where the dogs poop on the streets of paris. hear what the beggars ask for. see the ducks swimming in the oily riverwater-- oh yeah, that thing in the background happens to be a cathedral called notredame. who cares about that? the kids today know that life isn't real until you see it on television. i make my videotapes so when i get home i can determine if i had any fun while on vacation. events in realtime are ambiguous. it only thru the television (meaning, distance viewing afterall) that we have proper perspective to evaluate anything worth having. memory is too subject to reconstruction to be reliable. i have recently joined a group called MUFON (mutual UFO network) who offer support services to the victims of alien abductions. after months of meeting with these people (there are now 1000s of them nationwide for you number watchers) and listening to their testimony, the hypnotic regression technique most often used to 'restore their memory of missing time' seems highly suggestible to cultural motifs-- currently the little grey guys with the big black eyes. psychiatrists claim to be convinced because of the uniform level of somatic detail that the abductees produce in their 'memories'. the stories the abductees tell are well worth the effort to study in their own right. the writing and taping and other means of recording the abduction phenomena makes these memories real. and i do not even mind if these aliens want to come to my house for dinner and sperm samples. stan . stankuli@UWF.bitnet === º º when a thraskin puts fingers in its ears, it is polite to shout --- -- old venusian proverb From: Stuart Lee <stuart@vax.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Vacancy, CTI Centre for Textual Studies (Oxford) Date: Fri, 07 May 1993 11:39:14 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 718 (1606) Please distribute accordingly, Stuart Lee Research Officer CTI Centre for Textual Studies Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel:0865-273221/283282 Fax:0865-273221 E-mail: STUART@UK.AC.OX.VAX *************************************************************************** OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMPUTING SERVICES RESEARCH OFFICER (Grade RSIA) (12,638 - 20,140 pa [Sterling]) Applications are invited for a Research Officer for the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Textual Studies. The main duties will include preparation of newsletters and other publications, academic liaison, and presentations at seminars and workshops. Applicants should be graduates in a humanities subject and have experience in micro computing and computer-based learning. Writing and presentation skills are essential. The appointment will be for a fixed period of one year in the first instance and it is hoped to fill this vacancy on or before 1 August 1993. Further details and application forms can be obtained from Judith Thompson, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN (Tel: 0865-273230, e-mail JUDITH@VAX.OX.AC.UK). The closing date for the submission of application forms is 28 May 1993. Interviews will probably be held on Friday 11 June 1993. From: Scott Denham <scott.denham@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> Subject: Teaching German Studies Interdisciplinarily Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 10:14:34 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 719 (1607) PLEASE POST Call for Syllabi In connection with a panel on "Teaching German Studies Interdisciplinarily" to be held at the annual German Studies Association conference in Washington, D.C., 7-10 Oct. 1993, the panelists: Michael Kater (York U), Irene Kacandes (UT Austin), Jonathan Petropoulos (Loyola Coll in MD), Mark Spaulding (UNC Wilmington), and Scott Denham (Davidson Coll) request that colleagues who have recently taught courses on German Studies, Holocaust studies, German history, historiography, German arts, film, or culture, German politics, or on any other aspect of German studies and have done so in an interdisciplinary manner, send a copy of any syllabi to the panel organizer before July 15, 1993. The submissions will help the panelists lead a more informed discussion on the state of German Studies pedagogy today. If there is sufficient interest the syllabi will be collected and distributed as a sourcebook at the GSA conference or at a later date to all who request a copy. Submissions to: Prof. Scott Denham Davidson College an der Uni Wuerzburg Mensa am Hubland, Zi. 107 D-8700 Wuerzburg, F.R. Germany fax: 49-931-782136 (8.00-18.00 EST) internet: scott.denham@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de Thanks kindly, SD From: cwoodill@epas.utoronto.ca (Christopher Woodill) Subject: Freenets Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 18:48:56 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 6 Num. 720 (1608) I am interested in any information, either on or off the internet, on Freenets, both in general and specific to particular freenets. I am interested in various aspects of freenets and am looking for information in any or all of the following areas: politics and the freenet, technical problems/solutions in running Freenets, resources that are particular to the Freenet environment, experiences from both users and administrators of freenets, as well as any other information that is interesting or useful. I would also be interested in interviewing via the internet any one who thinks they are an "expert" on Freenets, either as a user or adminstrator. Please send replies to: cwoodill@epas.utoronto.ca Thanks, Christopher Woodill