From: 6500card%ucsbuxa@hub.ucsb.edu (Cheryl A. Cardoza) Subject: Gopher Intertextuality Date: Sat, 8 May 93 07:07:31 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 1 (1) This is in response to the recent debate about the reliability of texts on gopher because of the multiplication of texts. Recently Donald Spaeth made a good point about the reader's perspective of the whole issue when he said that responsible scholars prefer authoritative editions. Kyle Barger and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen both responded to this point by claiming that it is not the gopher systems which are at fault in these matters, and besides, there are numerous text versions of say Shakespeare and the bible. My response to this as a literary scholar is that there came a point when the prolification of unauthorized and often blatantly mutated versions of texts made scholarship difficult and unap- petizing. The institutional response to this was to work out standardized methods for building an authoritative text. Good scholars go to those volumes to do their work. The problem with gopher texts is that they are somewhat ephemeral and they don't always come tagged with the year of "publication" (I suppose in cyberspace it might be better to have the day of publication. Since there is an uncertainty as to which text came first in this schema, it seems like a good idea to start making some rules about how to identify texts in the first place. At any rate, there's no reason whatsoever why we should repeat the mistake we made with published (on paper) works. That is, we need not wait until scholarship becomes difficult and unap- petizing before we act. Why not institute some sort of control now instead of waiting until this problem becomes so big, we must solve it or perish in the attempt. Cheryl Cardoza University of California Santa Barbara Department of English From: Douglas Greenberg Subject: Re: 6.0715 Rs: Gopher and Copyright and Variant Texts (2/79) Date: Sat, 08 May 93 15:28:23 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 2 (2) The discussion of gopher and texts and copyright is an extremely important one, whose complications and implications are likely to increase as the number of users of e-texts increases and the number of available texts grows and as the quality of tools like Veronica improves (Now that we have archie and veronica, can jughead be far behind?). The point that needs emphasis, however, is that despite the obvious fact that we have many versions of texts in the print environment too, we also have standards and mechanisms for the evaluation of the authenticity of printed text. We also have some way of judging the quality of a given text based on who the publisher is. Generally, we will have more confidence in a text reproduced by, let us say, Cambridge University Press than one reproduced by Vanity Press, Inc. On the net, though, we lack this sign of quality and authenticity because everyone can literally self-publish not only her or his own texts but those of others as well. We desperately need on the the net the value-added that publishers provide in the print world. Until we have that (as well as a fuller elaboration of fair use in the electronic environment) it will be very difficult for us to have the same confidence in material we get electronically as we now do in material we acquire from reputable publishers of printed texts. Douglas Greenberg Vice President American Council of Learned Societies 228 E. 45th St., 16th Floor New York, N.Y. 10017 Tel:212 697 1505 X133 Fax:212 949 8058 BITNET:sdgls@cunyvm INTERNET:sdgls@cunyvm.cuny.edu From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 6.0715 Rs: Gopher and Copyright and Variant Texts (2/79) Date: Sat, 8 May 1993 23:22:12 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 3 (3) Re. Donald Spaeth's plea for "pointers" to the One Authorized Text rather than multiple copies of it: the World Wide Web (WWW) aims to provide at least a partial solution, being a hypertext system in which each user is encouraged to create personal "links" to documents of interest, wherever on the net they may be, rather than copying them locally (its motto, as it were, is: don't *get* it, get *to* it). You need your own client software to do so; but then you need a gopher client to do a lot of what gopher can do, too. Most public-access WWW sites I've seen are pretty tepid: they look just like gophers; but U. Kansas just came up with a really cute application called Lynx, which is the first I've seen that actually gets the "look and feel" of hypertext on a public-access site. QUOTING FROM MEMORY!! - the site is ukanaix.ukans.edu, login either lynx or www. I don't think it'll let you create personal links, though: for that it'd need a separate account for every user (like the freenets have); but it's a nice demo. of WWW. Of course that still begs the question of whether people will be prepared to rely on the network for important documents. The advantages are most obvious when the document is frequently updated; it quickly gets to be a pain to keep track of such things and re-copy them every 2 or 3 months; a customized menu set with direct links to the updated copy is much better. Judy Koren, Haifa, Israel. From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: 6.0715 Rs: Gopher and Copyright and Variant Texts (2/79) Date: Mon, 10 May 93 10:17:08 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 4 (4) Kyle Barger and Michael Sperburg-McQueen both make the same point: there's already a lot of variation about, and the scholar has to cope with it. I couldn't agree more. This occurs in early modern historical documents just as much published texts. I spent yesterday evening reading four witnesses' statements on the same event and trying to re-construct what happen. There are four versions of the Compton religious census for Wiltshire, and I can think of three scholars who have devoted considerable time to comparing them. I was making two points, one of degree and one of validation. Electronic reproduction multiples the version problem many times. Books and articles are published, and the process ensures that both the publisher and the author/editor have an opportunity to check the text before it is printed. The fact that this process was not available in, say, the 17th century when the King James Bible and Shakespeare plays were produced isn't necessarily relevant since most of us use modern editions which *do* rely on the process. Electronic reproduction removes the publisher and enables texts to be "reprinted" without reference to an author/editor. In other words, I am not convinced that the analogy with Shakespeare plays and the Bible is a good one. Perhaps Kyle has the answer, though: some servers will come to be recognised as reliable "publishers", perhaps because they will only accept documents directly from their authors. Donald Spaeth From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: TLS on information technology Date: Sun, 9 May 93 12:38:33 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 2 (5) The Times Literary Supplement for 30 April 1993 (no. 4700) is a special issue on information technology, with articles on virtual reality, hypertext (unfavourably reviewing David Jay Bolter's _Writing Space_), cyberpunkery and techno-futurism of the wilder sort, CD-ROM textual collections and reference works, and finally, an article by Hugh Kenner, "The scholar's friend: The irresistible rise of the word processor". There's considerable matter for discussion in this TLS, but I would like to draw attention only to Kenner's article, in which he raises some matters particularly relevant to Humanist and its relations. The first half of the article is devoted to the `irresistible rise' of Kenner's subtitle, to the early history as he observed it, including some telling anecdotes of resistance from the likes of editors and publishers. The second half turns to the computerisation of the humanities in our universities, beginning with classics, David Packard's work, the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and its Classical Latin counterpart. (Kenner appears not to realise that the TLG and Latin corpora are available on CD-ROM, which most of us now access via MS-DOS or Macintosh machines. But this is a minor point.) The most interesting part of the article occurs at the end, where he discusses the crisis in scholarly publishing and some electronic means of dealing with it. Why, Kenner asks, need we incur the rising costs of niche journals when these could be published electronically? There are two points to be made here: first that this is already beginning to happen, and second that mere imitation of print is not the answer, or at least not a particularly good answer. Note, in particular, the Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) and recent announcements on Humanist from the American Philological Association, the journal Arethusa, and Johns Hopkins University Press. BMCR is my favourite example, not so much because it publishes good reviews via e-mail, keeping networked classicists up to date with work in their field free of charge. Rather, it and a few others are interesting from our perspective because they use the medium to do something it is particularly suited for. Consider the role reviews, as distinct from articles and books, play in research; wouldn't it be better on the whole to have these things not merely delivered free very soon after they are written, but more significantly, perhaps, in electronic form, so that a collection of them can be searched for key terms? Consider what kind of work the ability to search especially favours, and what such work can do for fields characterised by narrowly defined specialities. It may be that the only way for many journals to survive will be to publish electronically, although there are some very serious social and technical problems to be solved before exclusive e-publication can be a practical alternative. I am bothered, however, by the imitative approach, both because it lacks wit and because it avoids the systemic problems of the academy, of which the crisis in scholarly publishing is only one manifestation. Let me suggest that instead of trying to figure out how to make e-publication as secure and respectable as print perhaps we should be using our energies to reconstruct the academic world so that free interchange of ideas in electronic forums (such as Humanist) can replace premature, and very expensive, print publication. Kenner notes that, "For marginal pockets of civilized discourse, computer networks are likely to be the last hope." My point is that right now we can realise this hope, indeed we already have to some degree, but that the attempt to realise it within the existing structures of academic reward is profoundly procrustean. Where is our Theseus? -- i.e., to allegorize, how can we arrive at the understanding and will necessary for the civilized discourse of the humanities to survive its monstrous impediments? I said that the imitative approach lacks wit, i.e. is uninteresting and unintelligent. At root what makes it so is the tired assumption that the computer is merely a tool, which is to say (curiously ignoring the fact that no tool is JUST a tool) that it has no inherent characteristics of its own. Thus, we assume, `computer-mediated communications' can simply be used as a means to repeat what we've been doing all along, though more expensively, via the printing press. The same attitude also surfaces in most novices' approach to computing, away from which they must gently be weaned, that the machine offers them not new ways of thinking but merely a faster, more convenient, more accurate, cheaper way of getting the old job done. How many of our colleagues, for example, still use their computers as typewriters? Of course the computer can be used only thus, but at the great cost of abusing the enormous potential of our most interesting invention. Are we so wealthy that we can afford this abuse? Automata, of which the computer is the latest manifestation, turn up in Homer (e.g. Iliad 18.376-7) and have been the subject of attention ever since. The computer is not, then, an object foreign to us, just as the communication it enables is not a foreign process. It is, perhaps, a `monster' in the etymological sense (L. monstrum), a somewhat spooky object with much to tell us about ourselves and our situation. If we cannot figure out how to use it intelligently, who can? Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: Diane Kovacs Subject: ARL Expands 3rd Edition of Directory of Electronic Publications Date: Sun, 09 May 93 11:58:47 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 3 (6) ARL Expands 3rd Edition of Directory of Electronic Publications AVAILABLE for delivery as of May 15th, 1993 For Further Information Contact: Ann Okerson Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing ann@cni.org Responding to the library and academic communities' increasing use of and interest in the burgeoning number of electronic publications, the Association of Research Libraries is publishing the third edition of the hard-copy Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Scholarly Discussion Lists. With the extraordinary expansion of microcomputers and linked networks as vehicles for scholarly exchange, the problem of how and where to find various academic forums grows continuously. Although many journals, newsletters, and scholarly lists may be accessed free of charge through Bitnet, Internet, and affiliated academic networks, it is not always a simple chore to find what is available. The new edition of the Directory is a compilation of entries for 1152 scholarly lists and 240 electronic journals, newsletters, and related titles such as newsletter-digests -- an increase in size of close to 60% since the second edition of March 1992 and nearly 2.5 times the size of the first edition of July 1991. The directory provides specific instructions for electronic access to each publication. The objective is to assist the user in finding relevant publications and connecting to them quickly, even if he or she is not completely versed in the full range of user-access systems. Author/compiler of the journals and newsletters section is Michael Strangelove of the University of Ottawa. Diane Kovacs of the Kent State University Libraries, continues to lead the KSU team -- nine individuals who collaboratively created the third edition's scholarly discussion lists and interest groups section. The ARL directory is derived from network-accessible files maintained by Strangelove and Kovacs. The directory points to these files as the authoritative sources. The third edition is produced in 8.5 x 11 paperbound format. Scholarly lists are grouped by broad subject areas, and journals and newsletters are in alphabetical order. In a new enhancement, a substantial index of keywords, titles, and institutional affiliations is provided. As in the previous two years, front matter of value to electronic serial readers is included. Again, a scholarly article on networked scholarly publications leads (James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsylvania with a provocative view of "St. Augustine to NREN"), followed by bibliographies commissioned from David Robison, University of California at Berkeley Libraries and an editor of the e-journal Current Cites, on electronic publishing; and Michael Strangelove on electronic networking. Finally, a widely felt need is addressed by inclusion of the standard format for citation of electronic serials, bulletin boards, and electronic mail. This was prepared by the National Library of Medicine and is now accepted for use among many scholars and scientists wishing to make adequate reference ot networked information. The Association of Research Libraries is a not-for-profit organization representing 119 research libraries in the United States and Canada. Its mission is to identify and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication. ARL programs and services promote equitable access to, and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and community service. These programs include annual statistical publications, federal relations and information policy, and enhancing access to scholarly information resources through telecommunications, collection development, preservation, and bibliographic control. The Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing works to identify and influence the forces affecting the production, dissemination, and use of scholarly and scientific information. DIRECTORY OF ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS, AND ACADEMIC DISCUSSION LISTS (ISSN: 1057-1337), Third Edition, April 1993 To order, contact: Gloria Haws Publications Manager Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Voice: 202-296-2296 Fax: 202-872-0884 E-mail: osap@cni.org ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREPAID in US DOLLARS, Please. Name: Organization: Address: (street, city, state, country) Price per copy: $42 US PLUS: Postage, Shipping, Handling: $ 5.00 USA $ 8.00 CANADA $12.00 EUROPE (air mail) $15.00 OTHERS (air mail) N.B. 1. Some copies of the 1992 edition are available for sale at a reduced price. 2. A diskette version will be available. Contact us for price and details. 3. Special prices for orders of 5 copies or more and Special prices for the 119 libraries which are members of the Association of Research Libraries are available. Please contact us for these. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST From: Andy Lakritz Subject: Re: 6.0710 Rs: Literacy; Memory; Legend; Writing Date: Sat, 08 May 93 10:36:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 4 (7) Although Dean Hoekema has already written the "Afterword" to this discussion on writing and memory, perhaps the book has yet to be put bed and pressed to the page. Professor Rabkin's remarks about not taking a camera to Europe in favor of one's memory reminded me of Franklin's account in the of the Dunker's, and Michael Welfare's refusal to publish his sect's beliefs and principles, even if it meant that a rival sect might continue with their calumnies against them. Franklin was fascinated by their modesty, for they claimed (or feared) that they had yet to receive the full and final wisdom of God, and if they were to set down their theology in a book they would feel "as if bound& confin'd by it, and perhaps unwilling to receive farther Im- provement" (1417, Library of American edition, ). It makes a certain sense that this incident would have stuck in Franklin's memory, along with the other heroic tales of inventions and civic improvement; it constitutes a rare instance of the refusal to be conscripted by technology, even though Franklin was offering this group social power. Perhaps it sticks in my memory as one who is admonished each year by the department chair to finish and publish my work. Be that as it may, what occurs to me is that we would not be in this situation of near fear or whorship or awe of technology--the book, the image-- if we had not in first place granted it such power. It is unnecessary that we do so. I understand that Rabkin doesn't take a camera to Europe because he doesn't want his memory tyrannized by the technology, but that assumes that memory is totally dominated by the image: the sunsets, rainbows, waterfalls, peaks in exotic places. What I remember most about my travels typically has nothing to do withthe photographs I bring home, or the postcards I send to friends. I am one of those sensualists condemned by Hawthorne who can recall nearly every meal I've ever had, and that is only to talk about two of the other senses. On my last trip to Greece I brought a sketchbook and watercolors and saw the landscape in a different way than I had the first time there. No doubt my memory will be different for this trip, but it seems to me that placing higher value on one form of seeing over another is a mistake because it presumes that say photography is an intrinsically suspect way of seeing the world--it produces complacency, it mediates experience, protects us from the "other," whatever. It certainly can do all of those things. I traveled with my father recently through Europe and he was trying out his new video camera. In Berlin he found a man on the street who was selling images of him- self, with extravagant claims that he was the ugliest man alive. My father was shooting him from somewhere on the sidewalk 10 meters beyond when the man caught him "stealing" his image; he became instantly enraged, making ob- scene gestures at my father, and my father, realizing that he was suddenly being looked at, quickly put his camera in the bag and motioned for us to make haste. On the other hand I have a friend who just came back from Romania with astonishing photos of peasants; she had made friends with everyone she met, ate mealsand shared conversations with them, spent time with each one, and used the camera as a medium for the encounters, so that her subjects took pictures of her, just as she took pictures of them. She also sent prints to each person she had taken. What one does with the technology we have available is what is important. The more difficult question for me is what we are doing with this e-mail gaget. Don DeLillo the novelist has written that the family is the cradle of mis- information, and his family in is a fun instance of that maxim. There is so much information, that memory is stressed in new ways. If it is "true" then that more people do not die by home electrocution, according to Rabkin's almanac, and that memory is a pliable and sly thing, what we perhaps should try to remember is not to say "absolutely" or "in truth" when we use such media as this one here. Or is that just a cop-out? We do tolerate really nasty consequences of technology, the automobile I think is the best example, but there are hundreds of other major technologies in operation now that the government determines tolerances for--pollution, injury, death. The technology of writing is a threat to tyrrants I think because it disperses authority. The new technologies are threats to all of us, but only if we fail to find ways of using them that do not establish a healthy relation between the subject and the technology. But how do we come upon that healthy relation when it is precisely the subject that is in question? That government agencies determine the tolerances for its subjects? That social organization is so complicated that decisions have to consider such wide ranges of groups, segmented in multiple ways? Is it enough to say, I can go it alone, with or without my camera in hand? Andy Lakritz, Miami University AL6HENGF@MIAMIU From: Paula Jeannet Subject: Italian list Date: Sat, 08 May 93 13:39:56 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 5 (8) This has been posted to several related lists, so apologies for cross-listings. For those who are interested in Italian culture and language, I'd like to call your attention to the list LANGIT. Italian is the language of choice, though every so often someone sends a query in english. Italian language students are encouraged. Recent discussions have ranged from the critical events in national politics to the Italian cinema, while contributions include recipes, daily headlines from Italian news, and extracts from satirical publications. Contributors have logged in from Canada, the United States, and Italy. Vi invitiamo cordialmente di partecipare a questa vivacissima lista! To subscribe: Send a message without a subject heading to LISTSERV@ICINECA.BITNET (don't know what the Internet address is) and as a message write SUBSCRIBE LANGIT your first name your last name To send messages to the *list* use the address LANGIT@ICINECA.BITNET ********************************************************************* P. Jeannet E-mail: paulaj@mail.lib.duke.edu Supervisor, Mazzoni Project Phone: (919) 660-5833 Special Collections Perkins Library Duke University Box 90185 Durham, NC 27708 -0185 ********************************************************************** From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: modelling Date: Tue, 11 May 93 23:08:19 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 6 (9) Recently I discovered an interesting book, _The Rules of the Game: Cross- disciplinary Essays on Models in Scholarly Thought_ (London, 1972). I have yet to read anything more than the first essay, Teodor Shanin's "Models and Thought", but am encouraged to think that the rest will be rewarding also. I bring this book to the attention of fellow Humanists to 'stir the pot' of discussion on the subject of modelling, as it seems to me an essential aspect of computing and what we in particular do with computers. In his essay, Shanin argues for the fundamental importance of modelling to all forms of disciplined study, which he attributes to its use "as the major bridge" or middle ground "between the language of theory and that of empirically collected data... between subject and object", consciousness and existence (9, 18). Modelling thus represents a "transformation of the object of study inside consciousness itself" (10), which then may mobilize construction of an external model, as in a computer program or other simulacrum. Although, as he notes, models simplify reality, and so are necessarily 'unrealistic', they allow for inferences about empirical data; furthermore, "the formalization of the model permits its interdisciplinary use, in whole or in part, and opens possibilities for logical manipulation and for utilization of mathematical techniques" (10). Uncritically received (i.e. unrecognised for what they are) models tend to exert tyrannical control, he points out; at the same time, "they represent time and time again the height of human creativity, liberation, and imagination" (19). Comments? Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: Eric Rabkin Subject: Memory Hard and Soft Date: Wed, 12 May 93 10:13:28 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 7 (10) It strikes me that the dangers being discussed in our thread on memory and technology might be seen as a conflict between "hard" memory (literacy and photograpny being the two examples we have so far used) and "soft" memory (mental images of sensory information being the example we have so far used). Hard memory has numerous advantages: relative stability, replicabilty, transportability, and therefore, in some senses, trustworthiness. Soft memory has numerous advantages: relative malleability, recombinability, privacy, and therefore, in some senses, uniqueness. Our post-romantic sense of the ego demands uniqueness and so hard memory is an assault while our post- industrial sense of the importance of information demands trustworthiness and so soft memory is a weakness. It is our culture that institutes these problems and our selves that reinstitute them. Andy Lakritz is surely right to ask, "Is it enough to say, I can go it alone, with or without my camera in hand?" but one should also recognize that answering that question consciously is part of how one changes one's self and if we ever wish to change our culture, it is with our selves that we must start. Andy Lakritz recalls a passage from Franklin in which a religious sect is unwilling to *write* its books for fear it will prematurely *close* its books. This is a particularly powerful example of the problematic role of technology in memory, I think, because revelation is not supposed to be provisional knowledge at all. Once known, it is known. But if so, then the problem is not so much closing the books on revelation--one can always issue a supplement--as it is closing the books on interpretation. What does any given revelation mean? We are back, I think, to Plato's complaint that one cannot interrogate a text in the way one can a speaker. And, although I love texts, I agree with Plato. And, like Plato, I write anyway. I am not sure if Andy Lakritz approves or disapproves of the sect refusing to write its books, but I do understand the conclusion reached: "The new technologies are threats to all of us, but only if we fail to find ways of using them that do not establish a healthy relation between the subject and the technology." The problem, of course, is that "healthy" is no easy notion to define. In *Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!* (1972), Edmund Carpenter talks about the impacts modern information technologies have when introduced to various non-Western tribes. Among his stories is one of the Kandagan of the Middle Sepik River basin in New Guinea. These folks practice a lacerating, painful rite of male passage that involves scarification, bleeding, and so on at about puberty. This occurs in a special hut forbidden to women. Carpenter and his fellows, however, were given permission to record this initiation. Amazingly, the Kandagan allowed Carpenter's female camera operator to enter the hut. Now in those days there were no videocams, so Carpenter had to send his film away for processing, a lengthy affair under the circumstances. In the time that elapsed, the Kandagan, in full expectation of having the capacity to reproduce their ceremony cinematically, offered their ancient and sacred ritual implements for sale. Their intention was never to actually undergo painful initiation again. Carpenter tells, however, that the film did not arrive in a timely way, and so the Kandagan did not sell their objects and instead continued their established customs. One senses in the reading that Carpenter had arranged for the delay to become indefinite because he saw the centrality of the initiation experience in the maintenance of the culture and as a modern anthropologist he did not wish to destroy, what, these marvelous people? his object of study? The question is: would it be "healthy" to maintain a culture even at the cost of great personal pain (after all, the famous introduction of steel axes to the Yir Yoront of Australia broke their trading relationships and their culture ended in suicide and dissolution) or would it be "healthy" to allow the sanitary substitution of vicarious experience for the dangerous continuation of personal experience (after all, the move in America from sports participation to sports spectation clearly correlates with our historically rising rate of heart and circulatory disease)? In other words, while Andy Lakritz is right to say that new technologies are a problem "but only" if we fail to find "healthy" ways of using them, finding such ways is often far from easy and may, in some instances, remain forever unclear. One of the muddying matters is the very distinction between "hard" and "soft" memory. Our immune systems are just as unique records of our experience as any imagistic memory yet they are as readable as any videotape. Our mental memories may well be of a sunset but they may also be of words spoken...or read. Andy Lakritz speaks of being a "sensualist" who can remember virtually ever meal for a lifetime. I don't know whether to see that as a blessing or, with Borges' "Funes the Memorious," as a curse. I do know, however, that I cannot remember all my meals and most people with whom I speak have memory lapses all the time. Certainly my students can't all remember all the names of all the characters in the books we have just read together. In short, some sort of "hard" memory seems indispensable for modern life: apppointment calendars, phone books, the whole array of expository materials. But should we let the means overtake the end? In an information society, what is the means and what is the end? Now we are back to a chicken-and-egg situation. And as Richard Dawkins so famously pointed out in *The Selfish Gene*, the question is irrelevant from the viewpoint of the strands of genetic information. In choosing to travel without a camera, I was using my own viewpoint. I do not urge it on anyone else. From: RICHARD JENSEN Subject: London Conference Computerised Learning 6/16/93 Date: 13 May 1993 06:35:54 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 8 (11) THE NEW HUMANITIES AND COMPUTER INTERFACE Pedagogy, Design and Implementation in Humanities Computing Wednesday 16 June 1993, 10.00 - 5.00 Arts Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London Coorganised by the University of London Seminar in Humanities Computing, the Humanities Computing Centre, QMW and the Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University A one-day conference to explore some neglected issues in humanities computing. Now that we have almost a decade of pilot schemes, trials and experiments, how do we bridge the evident gaps between promise, delivery and implementation? Session will consist of a brief introductory paper with a response, followed by discussion. More time is allocated for discussion in order to involve the participants as fully as possible. For further details: Dr Peter Denley, Director, Humanities Computing Centre, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road London E1 4NS Tel 071 775 3148 Fax 081 980 8400 E-mail P.R.Denley@UK.AC.QMW Dr Deian Hopkin, Dean's Office, Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University, Calcutta House, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT Tel 071 320 1129 Fax 071 320 1121 E-mail DR_Hopkin@UK.AC.CLP.TVAX 1. Design and Implementation: the Technical Issues 10.00 - 11.15 This session deals with the presentation issues. What do humanities teachers and scholars need to know about computer interface design to enable them to make the best use of the new technology? Are there particular design requirements for computer-based humanities teaching and learning which are not currently addressed in the commercial or academic fields? In which direction is the design of the human-computer interface going? 2. The Pedagogy and Psychology of CBL 11.30 - 12.45 In the past few years, considerable investments have been made to develop a new generation of computer-based teaching tools. Much of this is directed towards what might called "mechanical" modes of teaching. What does this offer the humanities student? What, beyond "question and answer" or "expect and respond" routines, can computers offer the arts student? And what about the teachers? 3. Handling Multi-sources 2.30 - 3.45 A notable advantage of the new computer technology is its ability to handle text and images simultaneously. Does this represent new challenges to the way we teach the humanities? What are the dangers inherent in having too much of a good thing? 4. Education and Politics: the Future of Humanities Computing 4.00 - 5.30 As always there are political implications including the need to teach larger numbers of students with a dwindling unit of resource, and, perhaps, a natural reluctance by many humanities teachers to become fully involved in new technology. How can the computer's potential as a resource and a tool be realised, for teaching as much as for research? Demonstrations of teaching and learning software 1.30 - 2.30 ------------------------------------------ From: Elisheva Schwartz Subject: ajl convention Date: Thu, 13 May 93 11:24:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 9 (12) CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT The 28th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) will be held on June 20-23, 1993 at the New York Hilton, New York City. This year's keynote address will be given by Dr. Menahem Schmelzer of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, speaking on "When Hebrew Books are Endangered: The Jewish Response." Other presentations will cover: automation, Jewish storytelling, children's literature, media selection and storage, archives, Holocaust literature, reference cataloging, the Internet, Jewish booklore, RLIN cataloging, research resources, and MUCH MORE. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and speak with distinguished authors at a reception honoring the 50th anniversary of the Jewish Book Annual. The final highlight of the convention on Wed., June 23, will be a luncheon address by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, noted author, speaking on "Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say about the Jews." EXHIBITS Judaica Books and Crafts Marketplace, June 20-22. The largest gathering of Jewish books, videos, software, and Judaic crafts and art work in New York Metropolitan Area this year. Jewish storytelling marathon led by master storytellers and author signings on Sunday, June 30. For Convention information, please contact: Edith Lubetski (212) 340-7720 FAX (212) 340-7788 For information about exhibiting at the marketplace, contact Carolyn Storman Kessel: (516) 692-8616 FAX (516) 694-0313 From: Michael Strangelove <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Internet Business Journal Date: Fri, 14 May 93 16:48:53 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 10 (13) Announcing: The Internet-Accessible ELECTRONIC EDITION of The Internet Business Journal Available as of May 14th, 1993 Via Gopher, LISTSERV and FTP For Further Information Contact: Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet Business Journal 72302.3062@CompuServe.Com Christopher Locke Editor-in-Chief chris@avalanche.com The Internet Business Journal is now freely available on the Internet via Gopher, LISTSERV and FTP. These servers have been made available through the the sponsorship of the Wladyslaw Poniecki Foundation. The electronic version *only* contains the table of contents, article abstracts, editorial, letter from the publisher, and the column, Access--Ability, by Dr. Norm Coombs. This e-version is freely available in low ascii text and will soon be available as a PostScript file. The electronic version is roughly 11 pages in length (770 lines, 31238 bytes) To access Volume One, Number One (June-July, 1993): Via LISTSERV send the command: get ibj-l ibj-1993.jun-jul to LISTSERV@poniecki.berkeley.edu Send the command in the body of the message, NOT in the subject line. DO NOT USE THE REPLY KEY TO SEND THIS COMMAND. NOTE: Only IBJ-L subscribers will be able to retrieve the LISTSERV copy. To subscribe to IBJ-L, send the command: SUB IBJ-L YOUR NAME to Listserv@poniecki.berkeley.edu Via anonymous FTP FTP to poniecki.berkeley.edu cd pub/ibj get ibj-1993.jun-jul Via Gopher gopher poniecki.berkeley.edu 70 select Info Services Contents (in brief) RFC/FYI - Editorial Christopher Locke The National Information Infrastructure Dr. Vinton G. Cerf The Rise of Commercialization in the Internet Robert Larribeau, Jr Benefits of Commercial Use and Commercialization of the Internet Bill Washburn Advertising on the Internet Adam Gaffin Internet User Survey Results Thomas J. Cozzolino & Thomas H. Pierce Corporate Cybrary Networks: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Michel Bauwens The Cornell GateDaemon Consortium Martyne Hallgren National Science Foundation InterNIC Services Regular Features: Internet in the UK Susan Hallam News From Europe Michel Bauwens Internet User Profile Access-Ability: Assistive Technologies and the Net Access-Ability: Assistive Technologies and the Net Dr. Norm Coombs Virtual Markets and Network Niches Resources for Networked Business, Commerce and Industry Government Online Network News Network The Internet in Print Queries regarding The Internet Business Journal should be sent to: Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet Business Journal BITNET: 441495@Uottawa Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA Compuserve: 72302,3062 S-Mail: 177 Waller, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 CANADA Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu Subject: Scriptorium Announcement Date: Mon, 10 May 93 13:01:08 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 12 (14) Product Announcement: SCRIPTORIUM 1.0 by Darl J. Dumont and Randall M. Smith < SCRIPTORIUM: A room in a monastery set aside for the copying, writing, and illumination of manuscripts.> Scriptorium is an entirely new program by the authors of Pharos for Microsoft Windows 3.1, which provides the ability to display and search Greek and Latin-alphabet texts from the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae's new CD-ROM #D (Greek texts to ca 600 ce), and the Packard Humanities Institute's CD-ROM's #5 (Classical Latin) and #6 (Greek Documentary Papyri). The first release of Scriptorium offers the ability to display several texts on the screen simultaneously, full support of the TLG Word Index, including the ability to view directly all citations for each word from within the index, and the ability to export text to other Windows applications (e.g. Word for Windows) via the Windows Clipboard. There is a basic word search capability, to be elaborated in a subsequent upgrade. There is also the ability to create a permanent list of favorite authors for word searches. Searching is done "in background" which means that a search can be started then other work continued, whether it is viewing texts in Scriptorium, using the word index in Scriptorium, or even switching to a word processor or spreadsheet (or the Windows Solitaire game). As initial results come in, the locations that have been found can be viewed without having to wait for the search to complete. Any search may also be canceled instantly. Future versions will also add a powerful interface with Word for Windows, in which a permanent link may be maintained between Scriptorium and Word, allowing you to store or print formatted documents from within Scriptorium, without having Word visible on the screen. There will also be the ability to conduct "Boolean" searches on more than one word. Scriptorium runs under Microsoft Windows 3.1 on PC-compatible computers. Windows 3.1 is required; the program definitely will not run under Windows 3.0. We intend in the future to take full advantage of new Windows features added by Microsoft and others. Therefore, it is recommended that your hardware meet the minimum requirements for a Multimedia PC (MPC), which is becoming the standard for educational computing on Personal Computers. This will ensure that your hardware will remain compatible with new versions of Scriptorium and other Windows applications into the foreseeable future. (Incidentally it will give you the ability to run the many interesting and entertaining multimedia Windows applications that are on the market today. ) According to Microsoft, the following is the minimum recommended hardware for a Multimedia PC: 80386 or higher processor, with 2 MB of RAM (bare minimum -- 4 MB recommended, 8MB is better yet). 3.5 inch floppy disk drive and Microsoft-compatible mouse. At least 30 MB hard disk drive (absolute bare minimum -- 80 MB recommended, 200 MB is better yet). VGA display capable of displaying at least 640 by 480 pixels in 16 colors. (256 colors recommended). CD ROM Drive with a minimum transfer rate of 150 K bytes per second. The multimedia specification also requires an Audio board such as Sound Blaster; however; the first release of Scriptorium does not have any sound output. But be forewarned that a multimedia tutorial with animation and a sound track will become standard for Windows applications. Scriptorium itself will take up no more than 2 MB on your hard disk; however, by the time you have installed Windows and perhaps Word for Windows, you will have used up tens of megabytes and you want to be sure to have room for your own work and for other applications. The product is at the end of its beta test phase and is now shipping. The special introductory price through September 30, 1993 will be $40 US, plus $3.30 California sales tax if shipment is to a California address. To order a copy of Scriptorium send a check for $40 US, made payable to Darl J. Dumont, to: SCRIPTORIUM c/o Darl J. Dumont or Randall M. Smith Internet: wk00634@worldlink.com rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu 15237 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 20 Pacific Palisades, California 90272 USA An unlicensed copy of Scriptorium, in "nag-ware" form, is available via FTP. Please contact us at the above address for more information. Randall M. Smith rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu //end// From: hahne@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Hahne) Subject: MLA Address Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 15:32:41 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 5 (15) Could someone give me the address and phone of the Modern Language Association? Thanks Harry Hahne hahne@epas.utoronto.ca From: "Phyllis Wright" Subject: Sociological lists/discussion groups,etc Date: Thu, 13 May 93 07:09:17 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 6 (16) A colleague of mine who is not on the Internet would like to know whether there are specific lists, discussion groups, e-journals, etc. related to the broad field of sociology. Please respond to me personally. If anyone is interested, I will summarize for the list. Many thanks. Phyllis Wright Brock University Library St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1 pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca From: dpitti@library.Berkeley.EDU (Daniel Pitti) Subject: Projects List Date: Thu, 13 May 93 08:35:22 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 7 (17) Is there an up-to-date list of electronic text projects available? Respond directly (non-subscriber) Daniel Pitti dpitti@library.berkeley.edu From: "Evan L. Antworth 214/709-3346" Subject: Looking for English word lists Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 10:12:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 8 (18) I am posting this query for a friend who teaches English conversation in Taiwan. Basically he wants English word lists that exemplify semantic field or lexical relations (e.g. generic-specific, part-whole, etc.). Please reply by email directly to Bruce Hammar, u8124529@cc.nctu.edu.tw. ----------------------- Do you have any idea where I might locate this kind of material? I am interested in getting information about relationships between lexical items. The relationship of one word as being more generic and another as being a specific of that generic word. Taxonomies. For example, plant | flowers shrubs trees grass ferns ..... | birch pine gum palm oak ...... | betel nut coconut sago limbum ..... Also I am interested in words in context. Having many examples of the use the that word or phrase in context. This is so that the students can get the feel of the use of the word. In my reading I have come across the mention of word lists by M. West, "Minimum Adequate" and "General Service" lists, Basic English, Riewald's lists, and H. Bonger K list. Where Might I get these or similar lists? I hope this will give you some idea of what I am looking for. Bruce Hammar u8124529@cc.nctu.edu.tw From: Stephen Clausing Subject: Stanford Software team Date: Fri, 14 May 93 13:06:11 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 9 (19) Does anyone know what happened to the Stanford Faculty Development Project, the people that brought us "Would Be Gentleman", "Turing's World" and other programs? I am going to be in the CS Dept. an Stanford on Monday for an interview and wanted to meet with members of this group while I am there, but my contact person in the CS dept. doesn't know anything about the group, and if truth be known, I haven't seen any work from them for a number of years now. Is this defunct? From: piersens@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Pierssens Michel) Subject: Apartment to rent Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 08:50:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 10 (20) A colleague without access to e-mail wishes to announce an apartment for rent in Paris (one bedroom with kitchen and bathroom). Located in the Latin Quarter (rue aux Anglais), next to St Michel/Cluny/Maubert metro stations. Telephone available (for Paris only) against a security deposit. Rent: US $750 per month. For more info, get in touch with Francoise Siguret in Montreal: 524-369-2782, or Philippe Siguret in Paris: 33-73-61-49 From: "Michael S. Hart" Subject: Judge Book by Cover Date: Sun, 16 May 93 10:23:56 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 11 (21) I am currently engaged in a conversation with a famous librarian and network personality about the following concept on which I would like your input: When the subject and title of a book are released [with no additional info], is it proper to challenge the authenticity of the book without ever opening the book to read even the first page? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532 No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC hart@uiucvmd.bitnet and hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu From: David Sitman Subject: Announcement: Network Services Conference, Warsaw, October 1993 Date: Mon, 17 May 93 13:17:32 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 14 (22) First Call for Participation / Call for Papers NSC'93 The Network Services Conference 1993 Warsaw, Poland, 12-14 October 1993 Overview Networking in the academic and research environment has evolved into an important tool for researchers in all disciplines. High quality network services and tools are essential parts of the research infrastructure. Building on the success of the first Network Services Conference in Pisa Italy, NSC'93 will focus on the issue of providing services to customers, with special attention paid to the exciting developments in new global high-level tools. We will address the impact of the new global tools on service development and support, the changing function of traditional tools and services (such as archives), new services (such as multi-media communications), the future role of the library and the effects of commercialization of networks and network services. Customer support at the institutional and campus level, and the role of support in accessing global services, will also be covered. Talks, tutorials, demonstrations and other conference activities will address the needs of the research, academic, educational, governmental, industrial, and commercial network communities. NSC'93 is being organized by EARN in conjunction with EUnet/EurOpen, NORDUnet, RARE, and RIPE. Conference Venue Warsaw, the capital of Poland, lies in the center of the country on the Mazovian Lowland. Located on the banks of the Vistula River, it has a population of 1,700,000. Legends speak of Warsaw's past. One of them tells of a mermaid swimming in the waves of the blue Vistula before Mazovian fishermen and foretelling of the founding of an indestructible city. Another account speaks of the founders of the city, Wars and Sawa, lovers whose names were combined to give the city its name. Today, Warsaw is an important administrative, scientific, cultural and communication center. The city, destroyed during World War II, has been faithfully rebuilt and almost all historic buildings have been restored. The conference will be held at the Victoria Intercontinental Hotel, situated in the heart of the city's business and professional center, within walking distance of Warsaw University and just a minute away from the Opera House, Royal Castle and the Old Town of Warsaw. Conference Information Dates to remember: Deadline for papers - 4 June 1993 Deadline for demonstrations - 3 August 1993 NSC'93 - Tuesday, 12 October 1993 - Thursday, 14 October 1993 Location: Hotel Victoria Inter Continental, ul. Krolewska 11, Warsaw, Poland Accommodations: Rooms will be reserved for conference participants at the Victoria Intercontinental, and at other nearby hotels. Transportation: LOT Polish Airlines is the official carrier for NSC'93. LOT is offering a 50% discount off published IATA fares for conference participants. Language: The official language of the conference will be English. Conference fee: covers entry to all conference sessions, tutorials and demonstrations, conference material, coffee breaks, lunches and social events: EARLY Registration by 15 August 590 DeutschMark LATE Registration by 30 September 650 DM DESK Registration 710 DM Tutorials, Demonstrations and Posters There will be tutorial sessions on specific network services as part of the regular conference program. A room will be available for workstations and PCs to be used for demonstrations throughout the conference. Proposals for tutorial sessions and demonstrations are welcome. See the section "Call for papers" of this announcement for details. A poster wall will be available to participants for the display of their posters and projects. Terminals with connectivity to EARN and the Internet will be available to delegates. Further Information and General Inquiry Further information will be available through the conference mailing list, NSC93-L@FRORS12.BITNET (or NSC93-L@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR). If you want to make sure you receive registration information as well as the preliminary program and other information of interest to conference participants, join the list by sending e-mail to: LISTSERV@FRORS12.BITNET (or LISTSERV@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR) with the line: SUB NSC93-L Your Name If you have any questions or require any assistance, you can contact the conference organizers at: NSC'93 EARN Office c/o CIRCE BP 167 F-91403 Orsay France Tel: +33 1 6982 3973 Fax: +33 1 6928 5273 E-mail: NSC93@FRORS12.BITNET or NSC93@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR Program and Organizing Committees Program Committee Hans Deckers, France (Chair); Daniel Jozef Bem, Poland; Howard Bilofsky, Germany; Klaus Birkenbihl, Germany; Rob Blokzijl, The Netherlands; Daniele Bovio, France; Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Vasco Freitas, Portugal; Tomasz Hofmokl, Poland; Dennis Jennings, Ireland; Glenn Kowack, The Netherlands; David Sitman, Israel; Marco Sommani, Italy; Iain Stinson, United Kingdom. Organizing Committee Frode Greisen, Denmark (Chair); Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Hans Deckers, France; Nadine Grange, France; Tomasz Hofmokl, Poland; Tadeusz Wegrzynowski, Poland. Call for Papers The Program Committee for NSC'93 is soliciting proposals for papers, tutorials and demonstrations in all fields related to network services. Subject areas for presentations include, but are not limited to, the following: - Network resource tools - Network directory services - Multimedia Communications - Electronic Publishing - Libraries and Networking - Special Interest Communities - Groupware, Cooperative Work over the Network - Networking for Schools - User Support - Delivering Services to the Desktop - Commercialization of Network Services - Networking in Eastern and Central Europe Speakers will be entitled to a 25% discount on the registration fee. There will be a reception for speakers on the evening before the conference. Proposals for presentations, tutorials and demonstrations, including a short biography and an abstract should be sent by mail, fax or PREFERABLY e-mail, to: NSC'93 EARN Office c/o CIRCE BP 167 F-91403 Orsay France Tel: +33 1 6982 3973 Fax: +33 1 6928 5273 E-mail: NSC93@FRORS12.BITNET or NSC93@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR Please use the form appended below for proposals. Proposals for papers and tutorials should be sent not later than 4 June 1993. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 18 June 1993. Proposals for demonstrations should be sent not later than 3 August 1993. Notification of acceptance of demonstrations will be sent by 17 August 1993. ------------------------------ cut here -------------------------------- The Network Services Conference 1993 Proposal for Presentation Name(s): Affiliation(s): E-mail address(es): Postal address(es): Title of presentation: Type of presentation (paper, demo, tutorial): Biographical sketch (5-10 lines): Abstract (25-40 lines): Equipment required: From: "Brett Charbeneau, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation" Subject: Database formats: universal?iv Date: Mon, 17 May 93 12:55:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 15 (23) FROM THE TERMINAL OF: Brett Charbeneau (INTERNET: BWCHAR%WMVM1.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.ED) -------> Also posted to EXLIBRIS <------- { It was suggested to me that all of you on HUMANIST might } { have some thoughts on my quandry. Responses to this list } { will be seen by me as I *just* subscribed " --------------------------------------------------------------- A recent comment on the nets got me to thinking about something that I would like to throw out to all subscribers for reactions and further comments. Diana Patterson recently stated on Exlibris that: "We bibliographers could, and probably should, provide (librarians) with information we discover about a copy of a book. And if we could do it in a way that would be easy for (them) to toss into the MARC format, then that information would be sharable." The descriptive bibliography I shall be compiling will involve a sizable number of imprints and quite a bit of detailed information that I am anxious to share. Not only would I like to leave the libraries where I work a "copy" of the information I record in their collection, but I want to be able to upload the data to larger projects across the country like the North American Imprints Program at the American Anitquarin Society. My question now is: what format? All my preliminary work (an enumerative bibliography based almost completely on other people's work) has been in DBASE III and a related utility, Alpha IV. I have looked over MARC and decided that is may be worth the effort to learn, but it would essentially cut off any in-house viewing here at Colonial Williamsburg because of its complexity and ambiguity. The AAS seems to use a format that is unique and yet somehow compatible to the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalouge. Eeek! What should I do? I could easily supply print-outs to the libraries, but how can I best make the data accessible electronically? I chose DBASE initially because many non-bibliophiles are familiar with it and as a universal format in the business world it is unlikely to disappear. There are also many nice utilities and report- generating out there that read ".dbf" files. Am I too concerned about this at this stage of the project? Would it be better to collect the data in this well known format and worry about converting it later? Or should I consider changing to something like ProCite to guarantee compatibility with other institutions and scholars? Any and all comments are welcome. Brett Charbeneau Journeyman Printer/Williamsburg Imprints Program The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, Virginia From: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 6.0709 Mme. Bovary (3/60) Date: Tue, 11 May 93 02:35:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 12 (24) To be dubbed as at one time "our colleague" and "our friend" by Doctor T. Unwin (whose friend or whose colleague it hasn't been my blessing to be) is OK, as a gracious bit of epistolary rhetoric, by me. So, for that matter, is the very probable idea that one has "missed the point." My own point, lost on or unclearly stated for Dr. Unwin, was that fiction is no exception to a rule of common sense -- all unrefuted by more exotic rules of literary-critical fashion: that ALL of art, not excluding the novel, is selective, as is consciousness in life itself. That Flaubert's principles of selection should not coincide with Dr. Unwin's penchant for the odds (in one-time real-life French sexual promiscuity) on cenception -- it is all unsurprising. It is with a hearty *obviously* that Dr. Unwin modifies my being a partisan of THE ""fiction-has-nothing-to-do-with-reality" approach." About that he is wrong: I can't conceive of fiction EXCEPT as having only-ever and alone "to do with reality." Reality is the problem. From: Douglas Greenberg Subject: Re: 7.0001 On Gopher and Copyright and Variant Texts (4/132) Date: Tue, 11 May 93 20:18:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 13 (25) I've learned my lesson. I made what I thought was a joke about Jughead following on the heels of Archie and Veronica and waspromptly informed that Jughead lives in several gopher holes. No one has told me yet what he does, however. Perhaps he registers copyrights for all the titles that Archie and Veronica point to!! Douglas Greenberg Vice President American Council of Learned Societies 228 E. 45th St., 16th Floor New York, N.Y. 10017 Tel:212 697 1505 X133 Fax:212 949 8058 BITNET:sdgls@cunyvm INTERNET:sdgls@cunyvm.cuny.edu From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 7.0001 On Gopher and Copyright and Variant Texts (4/132) Date: Sun, 16 May 1993 12:57:35 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 14 (26) "Now that we have Archie and Veronica, can Jughead be far behind?" -- indeed not! Jughead has been on the net for some time, I believe, as a particular site's application of gopher (it is, *of course* :-) an acronym for: Just Use Gopher Heavily, Especially After Dark) But, alas! -- I've forgotten which site: someone else will have to fill us all in on that one. Judy Koren, haifa. From: Heyward Ehrlich Subject: James Joyce Discussion List Date: Mon, 17 May 93 13:23:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 15 (27) There have been several queries in the last few months about a general discussion list for James Joyce. There is an unmoderated list at the University of Utah which does not behave like some listservs. To add your name to the mailing list, send a message to j-joyce-request@cc.utah.edu To send a message to persons on the list, write to j-joyce@cc.utah.edu Since the postmaster who manages the request list is not a member of the mailing list itself, you must use the first address to get on or off the list. A message send to the second address will not ordinarily be seen by the postmaster. Since the Joyce list operates like a simple alias the usual listserv commands do not apply. Heyward Ehrlich, Dept of English, Rutgers Univ, Newark NJ 07102 (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: "Eric Johnson DSU, Madison, SD 57042" Subject: Drama position Date: Mon, 17 May 93 14:01:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 16 (28) THEATRE GENERALIST/DIRECTOR OF THEATRE Position starting fall, 1993, in a small undergraduate program with Fine Arts Administration and Fine Arts Education majors and Speech/Theatre minor. Tenure-track, assistant professor to teach courses in basic oral communication and theatre. Courses include Introduction to Theatre, Acting, Directing, Creative Dramatics, and other areas of expertise. Direct the major production each semester and oversee theatre program. Facilities include 700 seat proscenium stage, small arena stage, costume shop, etc. MFA or PhD in theatre or speech/theatre required. Located 55 miles NW of Sioux Falls, Dakota State University is a small state-supported school which integrates computer information systems technology in all curricular areas. Applications will be reviewed beginning June 15 and will continue until the position is filled. Send complete dossier (vita, letter of application, graduate transcript, three letters of reference, and current phone numbers for references) to Eric Johnson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Dakota State University, Madison, SD 57042. EOE From: Evert Volkersz Subject: Long Island Book Collectors Journal 5 Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 15:25:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 17 (29) The following message has beeg cross-posted to Archives, Exlibris, and Sharp-l. If of interest Humanist subscribers, I hope that you can post it also. Evert Volkersz Special Collections SUNY at Stony Brook 516-632-7119 Bitnet: evolkersz@sbccmail Internet: evolkersz@ccmail.sunsyb.edu THE LONG ISLAND BOOK COLLECTORS ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF JOURNAL 5 The fifth issue of the Journal of the Long Island Book Collectors was, once again, written and edited by its collector-members. The Journal is illustrated by children's book illustrator Lili Cassel Wronker. She has also contributed an article about becoming an illustrator and collector of children's books. This issue also includes a bibliography of her published illustrations. The co-editors are Carol Meyerson and Evert Volkersz. Paulette Greene opens with a reminiscence on the founding of the LIBC 25 years ago, followed by Helen Hurewitz's appreciation of Herman Abromson, the Christopher Morley collector and LIBC's founder and guiding spirit for many years. Howell J. Heaney memorializes Frederick R. Gardner, a foremost collector of children's books. A group of general articles about books and collecting begins with contributions by Annette Rosenstiel and Alexander Lurkis. Norman Jung, a major collector of Chicagoana, relives some of his experiences with booksellers at book fairs, and Rudolf Hertz tells about collecting early imprints. David King, an avid collector of Rolls-Royce literature, argues his case for a bibliography of rejected titles, and Roslyn Grand recounts her love of books in Jewish literature. This section includes several poems by Gerard Previn Meyers. "Hats Off to Capp," Mike Marrell's tribute to Al Capp, leads off a series of articles on collecting illustrated books. Murray Robin writes about books illustrated and autographed by the artist. Alida Roochvarg tells of her long interest in collecting posters, followed by Hank Salerno's account of collecting "his" incunabula--early writings on Japanese woodblock prints. Travel guides of the 19th century are discussed by Werner Elias, starting a group of articles on author and subject collecting. David Galerstein pursues Sherlockian collecting interests, Max Kleinman describes his Winston Churchill collection, and Carol Meyerson writes about collecting the works of John Hersey. Fan Parker shares some of the difficulties facing the Nabokov collector, while Lee Temares lists the earliest Limited Editions Club ephemera. Evert Volkersz describes Thomas Coryate's early solo walk. Issues of Journal 5 may be ordered from the Long Island Book Collectors, c/o David M. King, Treasurer, 5 Brouwer Lane, Rockville Centre, N.Y. 11570. Only prepaid order can be accepted, in U.S. currency, $16 per issue, which includes domestic shipping and handling. This is an occasional, non- subscription journal. All previous issues are out-of-print. For further information, contact Evert Volkersz, Special Collections Department, SUNY at Stony Brook. Voice: 516-632-7119. Bitnet: evolkersz@sbccmail. Internet: evolkersz@ccmail.sunysb.edu From: "Peter I. Kuniholm" Subject: Re: 7.0006 Modelling (1/33) Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 17:42:57 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 18 (30) Re. modelling: I have always looked on the notion of modelling with a certain amount of suspicion as colleagues (humanists and social scientists) tried to use them (models) to make their work seem more like that of the hard scientists. At lunch the other day I asked Alfred Kahn (the economist chap who is responsible for our cramped seats on the airlines) what he thought about models, particularly the econometric ones. He replied that he thinks they are a fad which will sooner or later pass. For whatever THAT is worth.... 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: Norman Hinton Subject: Re: 7.0006 Modelling (1/33) Date: Tue, 18 May 93 17:11:49 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 19 (31) Willard as usual has proposed challenging material....my first reaction was to wonder if the computer modelling referred to might more likely prove to be analog rather than digital, but I see no restrictions on the form and type of the chosen model. Being the sort whose first response to many questions is "probably not", I do feel the need to suggest that although my computer databases are in fact abstract modes of usng or analysing real-world data, the "model" into which I put the data does not reflect its real-world structure. Or does it ? We rarely find words with grammatical, chronological, and etymological information attached: yet I have argued in several papers that this kind of knowledge represent knowledge we "have"for speech in our own time without the need for computer databases: when we read, for instance, the "Oxen of the Sun" pasaage in _Ulysses_ we know it is a parody of the historical development of English and English prose because we can identify the words and spellings and syntax as old, older, oldest, and the style as parodic of OE prose, Malory, etc. We do not read Middle English texts with the same kind of certain awareness about the stylistics of the passage, and that is one thing my database tries to supply [base apologies for citing my own work but it is where I am]. So in terms of the article you cite, I have brought vertain kinds of verbal meta-structures into a model (database) which my own mind created, in order to let my mind analyze them and compare their modes of existence in one poem to that in another. Probably so, Willard, especially at a level of abstraction. But you should see the debates that the database has prompted among medievalists...some simply reject the notion that this kind of analysis in any way replicatews what medieval readers of ME texts would do, or even recognize. The arugment seems to be that my model is not only inadewuate, not only inaccurate, but (should be) non-existent. It is perhaps in reacting to this kind of criticism that my first response is "no, I have not modelled the vocabularoy of ME...I merely list it, in a simple set of scalars, and the listing is the result of random chance." I have the horible feeling that this does not help at all, Willard, but I'll toss it on the pile anyhow to see if anyone can use it.... -- Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 7.0015 Database Formats (1/57) Date: Tue, 18 May 93 11:49:31 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 20 (32) Brett Charbeneau has asked about formats for descriptive bibliography in the context of using DBase III and/or MARC. Two brief comments: 1) If records are intended to be developed to be shared among libraries then the MARC format should be used if at all possible. A great deal of social investment has gone into making this format usable and sharable, and that shouldn't be thrown away in the interest of a local economy. Using one of the national utilities to do the work seems like the direction to go. 2) Failing that as a possibility, then the MARC format should be used as a guide to developing structures in another data base version. The goal should be to make machine conversion feasible at a later date. Implications are therefore that the MARC data elements that are essential (see: quality requirements for the favored bib. utility) should be provided as distinct data elements in the data base (DBase, e.g.) so that they could be mapped into the MARC format by a machine conversion. This might include seemingly redundant or laborious field entries e.g. for tags, fixed fields, and the like. Information that is considered useful but not required by MARC formats directly should be thought about in terms of the MARC note structures. ======== The MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) communications format is well designed and the exchange medium of choice, and in this country the LC MARC version is what is desirable to follow. I 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 From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 7.0015 Database Formats (1/57) Date: Tue, 18 May 93 11:15:43 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 21 (33) Anybody concerend seriously with bibliographical data has to know about MARC, and it is obviously useful to be able to upload and data from any program you use into MARC format and conversely receive it. There are PC-based MARC programs, and I suspect that some of them have the capability of importing DBASE files. The librarians would be better qualified to talk about the specifics. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: "David Zeitlyn, Soc. & Cult. Anthropology, Subject: ethnomusicological gardening Qn for HUmanist Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 12:20:18 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 22 (34) To the readers of Humanist and Music-l Hello, I am writing on behalf of a colleague, Helen La Rue, who is not yet connected to Email to ask for suggestions for an ethnomusicological garden that she is planning behind the Balfour Building of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. The Balfour building houses a collection of musical instruments from all round the world. The idea is to make a garden that is both attractive to the eye, and to follow a muscialogical theme - so suggestions are welcome for plants that are either used in the making of musical instruments - we already have arunda donax the source of the reed for oboes, clarinets, bagpipes etc or plants whose names have musical allusions - all the trumpet named flowers etc. We need plants that are hardy to survive a central/southern English climate without the benefits of hothouses. Some +/- sheltered walls are available however. Also, if you suggest an obscure plant please suggest sources! I look forward to some entertaining suggestions Many thanks in advance for your help David Zeitlyn From: Sarah L. Higley Subject: Jawbone in Judges Date: Thu, 20 May 93 11:46:15 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 23 (35) Judges 15:15-17: [Sampson] found the jawbone of an ass, all raw, and picked it up and slew a thousand men. He made this saying: With the jaw-bone of an ass I have flayed them like asses; with the jaw-bone of an ass I have slain a thousand men. What is the critical consensus on this translation of "Lehi" amongst Biblical scholars? I have heard that "jawbone" might be a mistranslation. "Lehi" is the word for both "jawbone" and a place name. Is there much commentary about this passage? Sampson goes on to name the place of slaughter _Ramath-lehi_ or "Jawbone Hill." Could this be a pun? What interpretations other than "jawbone" have been suggested? On the one hand, the vivid image of Sampson killing a whole army with a jawbone is an entrenched and famous one, but it's also so ... weird. Am I right in assuming that there is some perplexity about this passage? Sarah Higley slhi@troi.cc.rochester.edu From: ASANDERS at UMAB Subject: Date: 18 May 93, 16:56:30 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 24 (36) Goucher College has an opening for full-time Spanish instructor. Please contact Linda Koski (410-337-6237) as soon as possible. From: Evelyn Ehrlich Subject: PHI Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 13:39:08 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 25 (37) Does anyone have the address for the Packard Humanities Institute? Please address your answer to me personally, not to the list. Thank you. Evelyn Ehrlich Humanities Bibliographer New York University, 70 Washington Sq. South New York, New York 10012 (212) 998-2568 ehrliche@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu From: Heyward Ehrlich Subject: Recent Computing & Info Books Date: Fri, 14 May 93 12:15:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 26 (38) Read any good books lately? In particular, what in your opinion are the best books of the last five years on computer science and information science? What about computer literacy and information literacy? Or special aspects of these subjects? I'm interested in books published during or after 1988 and in knowing what you liked (or disliked) about them. I'm revising the article on "Computers and Information Science" for the 14th edition of _The Reader's Advisor_ and would appreciate any suggestions and comments. If you reply directly to me, I'll summarize and post the results. Thanks for any help you can provide -- and please forgive any cross-postings. Heyward Ehrlich (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) Dept. of English, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102 USA Office voice: (201) 648-5444; Office FAX: (201) 648-1450 From: robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) Subject: Chesterton poetry, e-copy Date: Mon, 17 May 93 17:23:43 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 27 (39) I vaguely recall seeing electronic copy of some of G. K. Chesterton's poems on a file server, but have lost the source. OTA appears to have nothing of Chesterton's (in the short catalogue). I'll be grateful for any leads on Chesterton's works in etext format. Thanks, Robin Cover ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 709-2433 Internet: robin@txsil.sil.org From: "Keith Nightenhelser, DePauw University " Subject: copyright of email discussions? Date: 18 May 1993 12:10:08 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 28 (40) An offlist colleague asks me to post the following: Is it a breach of copyright, or ethics, for someone to quote in published work a communication they have read on an email network like the Humanist discussion group? This kind of informal academic exchange provides great data for, say, historians of ideas or linguists. But if someone wanted to exploit it as a data source, would they have to ask permission from (a)the sender of the message, (b) network users generally? Assuming citation were permitted, should the content be cited without naming the sender (as with informants in social science research?) Who decides this kind of issue? --Deborah Cameron, University of Strathclyde, e-mail chcs07@UK.AC.STRATHCLYDE. VAXE. From: Charles.Hadley@cism.univ-lyon1.fr Subject: Genealogy data bases Date: 18 May 1993 11:24:36 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 29 (41) Does anyone know whether, and if so, how it might be possible to consult the genealogical database maintained by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake? Thanks Charles Hadley Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III home: 39 rue Conde 69002 Lyon France home phone: +33 78 92 82 14 From: Bronwen Heuer Subject: Computer Simulations in U.S. History Date: Tue, 18 May 93 17:36:28 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 30 (42) I am attempting to find one of Dr. John E. Semonche's "Encountering the Past: Computer Simulations in U. S. History" simulations. The one I am interested in is on the Women's Suffrage movement: "1912: Can You Get Your State to Approve a Woman's Suffrage Amendment?" I have called Harcourt, Brace, Janovich, Inc. (the advertised supplier according to the literature I have) but they do not have that one. Does anyone know where to get this simulation....or does someone have an email address for John Semonche at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? bronwen heuer phone (516) 632-8054 instructional computing frank melville, jr. memorial library s1460 stony brook, ny 11794-3350 bronwen@ccvm.sunysb.edu From: "S.A.Rae (Simon Rae)" Subject: FW: Notice of conference Date: 19 May 1993 12:17:21 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 22 (43) I have been asked to pass these conference details on ... please excuse the cross posting and accept my apologies if you get more than 1 copy. Simon Rae - The Open University, UK s.a.rae@open.ac.uk _______________________________________________________________________________ Subj: Conference details... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMPUTER CONFERENCING IN HIGHER EDUCATION 6 and 7 July 1993 St Catherine's College, Oxford A conference organised by Birkbeck College, University of London and the Employment Department. Introduction: Higher education is experiencing great change and challenge to its established practices. One area of considerable change concerns the use of new technologies. In particular, computer developments are beginning to offer viable and cost-effective alternatives to traditional teaching. Computer conferencing is at the forefront of developments in teaching and learning which allow learners to become self-paced. It can achieve a number of educational goals through allowing a group of people, geographically dispersed and communicating at different times, to interact along the lines of a traditional face-to-face tutor group. Considerable knowledge has already been gained about the uses of conferencing in teaching within higher and further education, though much development and evaluation research still remains to be undertaken. This conference will take stock of what we understand about the technical and educational aspects of using computer conferencing in higher education and will take a critical perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of using this medium. This, it is hoped, will not only promote productive discussion amongst current practitioners, but will also prove beneficial to others considering using computer conferencing as a teaching medium. Conference objectives: The objectives of the conference are twofold: - to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas amongst the leading experts in the field of computer conferencing; this with a view to advancing our understanding of the dynamics of conferencing in order that it might better serve its intended purpose, i.e. as an effective teaching medium. Papers will be presented by invited speakers; in addition sessions will be run in parallel with the workshops, where a stream of refereed papers will be presented. It is the organisers' intention that both invited and refereed papers will subsequently be published as a collected volume. - to broaden the appeal of computer conferencing within institutions of higher and further education by bringing together leading practitioners and potential users (academic, computing and administrative staff). The latter will therefore have ample opportunities to discover more about a medium which is still little understood beyond a small user community. Participants The conference is directed both at those educational institutions which are considering or already planning the use of computer conferencing (both for distance and attending students) and also at those who have engaged in development work and research into computer conferencing. The conference is planned for around 100 participants. Conference structure: The conference takes place over two days, starting at 10am on 6 July and continuing until 4pm on 7 July. There are invited speakers from the USA, Canada, the Netherlands and the UK. Developments in several countries will be reviewed and assessed. In addition, there will be parallel sessions where open and invited speakers will be contributing. There are four themes: 1) Technical developments in computer conferencing. This workshop session is intended to examine issues surrounding the use of conferencing systems, plus developments - actual or proposed - which will facilitate that use by a wider audience. Contributors will critically assess the systems they are using in the light of users' experiences. 2) Getting off the ground: the management of computer conferencing. Institutions need to consider electronic innovations from the perspective of performance and resource criteria. Papers will consider the financial, staffing and other resource implications against expected gains for the institution. 3) Teaching and learning using computer conferencing. These papers will address issues of the evaluation of computer conferencing as a medium for teaching and learning and would explore the impact of the use of conferencing on different courses, with varied learning objectives and learning styles. 4) Practical sessions These will demonstrate systems in use in various educational establishments and will enable participants to raise practical questions about using conferencing. Cost: #115.00 per delegate to cover all proceedings, including meals. Accommodation at the College is available at a cost of #35.00, including breakfast. Contact: Allan Tagg Tel: +44 (0)71-631 6286, E-mail: ubjv674@ccs.bbk.ac.uk for more details on the conference content OR Catherine Hewett Tel: +44 (0)222 553829 for details of the conference organisation. From: Chris Amirault Subject: Politics and Ethics Grad Student Conference Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 20:05:00 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 23 (44) please post... call for papers... please post... call for papers... Politics and Ethics: A graduate student conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 23rd-24th October, 1993 This conference is motivated by a growing sense that analyses of the ethical must inform our politics and our criticisms. We want to investigate what 'ethics' or the ethical mean and how and why we might use those categories in our political and critical practices. We therefore also want to interrogate the 'political', a concept which itself seems to be in crisis at present. Questions we hope the conference will address include: What are the ethical concerns of specific political movements such as feminism, lesbian/gay activism or marxism? In these cases, does the ethical function as just a 'dogmatic moralism' or is it a fundamental factor marking a distinction from other types of theoretical practice? How do we continue to do theoretical and/or political criticism in an academy under attack for its multicultural agendas? How and why do radical or multicultural initiatives 'fail' in the undergraduate classroom? What is our pedagogical or political 'responsibility' and how do we exercise it? What strategies can we use in this climate of 'backlash'? How can we think of our work in terms other than those of marginality and centrality? How can we build coalitions with other political groups outside the academy? Are we able to construct strategies, practical philosophies, pragmatic interventions, from the positions and identities we currently occupy? We hope to address these questions in an atmosphere of informality, allowing plenty of time for discussion. 'Non- traditional' modes of presentation are therefore welcome. Presentations should be no longer than twenty minutes. Please send two one-page abstracts by August 1st 1993 to: Jon Beasley-Murray or Kathy Green at Department of English and Comparative Literature, Curtin Hall, UWM, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201. or email jbmurray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu For further information, call (414) 562-2399 please post... call for papers... please post... call for papers... ** this post emailed by chris amirault/amirault@csd4.csd.uwm.edu ** From: hcf1dahl@UCSBUXA.BITNET (Eric Dahlin) Subject: Plea for support Date: Thu, 20 May 93 10:23:15 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 24 (45) Fellow Humanists: The University of California is undergoing another budget crisis, and administrators here at UCSB have indicated that it is a very real possibility that the Humanities Computing Facility here will be closed. Messages of concern and support for our position that the HCF provides an important service to the humanities computing community worldwide through its publishing of _REACH_ and the _ACH Newsletter_ will be deeply appreciated. Please send any replies to my e-mail address below. I will forward them to the appropriate individuals. Messages may be addressed to: Llad Phillips, Acting Provost College of Letters and Science University of California, Santa Barbara Eric Dahlin Humanities Computing Facility University of California, Santa Barbara HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.bitnet HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu From: dahanson@COLBY.EDU (David A. Hanson) Subject: Jawbone in Judges Date: Fri, 21 May 93 15:44:37 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 31 (46) [deleted quotation] Lehi probably comes from the root lamed, het, he meaning "smoothness" but this is not certain. Lehi means "jaw" or "cheek". I've not seen anything suggesting another meaning for lehi (which is no firm assurance that no one has written such) and it is certainly used to mean "jaw" or "cheek" in other contexts in the Bible. The incident (Sampson slaying the thousands) is used to explain the origin of the name Ramat Lehi (The "heights of Lehi") since in Hebrew all names have meaning and often some such story explains how the place got its name. The section abounds in puns, especially verse 16 where the word for "donkey" and "heap" is the same word. Most translations are unable to render the clear pun in Hebrew and the translation above misses it especially badly. I would recommend, for starters, that Ms. Higley have a look at Robert G. Boling's commentary on Judges in the Anchor Bible Commentary Series (available in virtually every library - from Doubleday, 1975). She could then move to other commentaries. The verse is not a difficult one although it is hard for a reader to see all of the puns without a knowledge of Hebrew. A better rendering would be something like: With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass I have killed a thousand men. recognizing that the word for "ass" and "heap" is the same word. As for the story being "weird," this is the same Sampson who kills a lion with his bare hands and subsequently finds wonderful honey in the carcass. This is the same Sampson that catches 300 foxes and ties their tails together with burning torches in between to burn up all the Philistine grain. Is the account of slaying a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass any more incredible than this other legendary material? Does this help? trwl I forgot to include in my previous message a note that the root het, mem, resh (from which we get the word for "donkey" or "he-ass" and the word "heap" (here "a heap, two heaps") has many meanings. It can mean "to ferment" or "to foam up" and it can mean "to be red." The obvious allusions to violence and bloodshed would not have been lost on the ancient readers. There are far more puns here than your questioner imagined. The pun, after all, in classical Hebrew is seldom a form of humor (never the lowest form) and is much more frequently a vehicle of knowledge. It is like when I use the word "spring" you want to know whether I mean a season of year, a source of cool water, a resilient coil of metal, or the action of Snoopy leaping like a fierce jungle animal out of his tree. The ancient Semite would have looked with wonder at the meaning of the word "spring" which could simultaneously express so much. _____________ David A. Hanson dahanson@colby.edu Assoc. Dir. for Academic Computing voice/voicemail: 207-872-3291 Colby College fax: 207-872-3555 Waterville ME 04901 office: Lovejoy 105 From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Re: 7.0020 Jawbone Query Date: 21 May 93 16:01:06 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 32 (47) I have nothing helpful to offer on whether a jawbone was indeed Samson's weapon. But the query brings to mind the story of a speaker subjected to a tedious and insulting introduction who then begins his speech, "I come before you as a Philistine, having been slain by the jawbone of an ass." || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || || From: W Schipper Subject: InterScripta: an On-line forum for medievalists Date: Sun, 23 May 93 11:31:10 GMT-3:30 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 26 (48) The following announcement is being distributed to a large number of lists. We apologize for the inconvenience such duplication will cause. INTERSCRIPTA- A Topical On-line Forum for Medievalists Existing discussion lists such as ANSAX-L, ChaucerNet, and MEDTEXTL provide a valuable and exciting forum for sharing information in our field. Rapid dissemination of data and spontaneous exploration of topics are vital characteristics of these lists, but those of us who subscribe to more than one list often find that these characteristics are not always advantageous; we receive more information than we can digest, and we are sometimes frustrated by the repetition, randomness, and lack of focus in topical discussions. Interscripta is being developed as an on-line discussion group that will address these concerns. Rather than providing a completely open forum for unbounded proliferation of ideas, Interscripta will focus on discussion of a specified topic for a designated period of time; the topic will change on a regular basis. Each topic will be proposed and moderated by a scholar in the field, and at the close of the discussion, the moderator will shape the material into an article which will be distributed to all participants for review and commentary before its final revision. Finished articles will be published in the on-line journal Interscripta. The developers of this project believe that Interscripta will provide a forum for directing and focussing our electronic discussions into organized bodies of material representative of cutting edge work in our field. Our approach encourages collaborative work, and our method of publication allows finished articles to be made available without the lag time of traditional journals. This project is not intended to displace existing discussion lists; in fact, we encourage potential moderators to scan the archives of medieval studies lists in search of topics that deserve to be honed and polished for electronic publication. In the spirit of collaboration which is at the heart of this project, the opening topic will be a discussion of the project itself, its goals and future orientation. All those who wish to participate in this formative discussion may subscribe to Interscripta by sending the message: "sub interscripta [your name]" to listserver@morgan.ucs.mun.ca. Please direct questions and comments to: Deborah Everhart (everhart@cats.ucsc.edu) or William Schipper (schipper@morgan.ucs.mun.ca). From: cwalton@nevada.edu Subject: WSECS CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Mon, 24 May 93 08:18:53 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 27 (49) Dear Humanist List Colleagues: we would like to share with you the following invitation; as panels, musical and dramatic performances and other details begin to emerge, we shall contact you again in mid-summer: CALL FOR PAPERS "Providence & Probability, Chaos and Order: Eighteenth Century Views" Conference of the Western Society for Eighteenth Century Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas FEBRUARY 18-19-20, 1994 Our topic ranges across moral and natural philosophy, mathematics and the natural sciences, criticism, the arts, emerging themes in social as well as theological studies, dark corners as well as bright prospects of eighteenth century cultures in North, Central and South America, Europe, the Levant and Asia. We especially invite papers treating aspects of our theme among the peoples then living in what is now the southwestern United States. However, and as usual, the Program Committee will consider all papers submitted, on whatever topics are deemed of interest to those responding. Submit proposals, limited to one page, no later than September 15, 1993, to: James Malek, Program Committee Chair College of Liberal Arts P.O. BOX 455001 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 89154-5001 fax 702-895-4097 e-mail: on internet, on bitnet, or on internet. From: Frank Di Trolio Subject: The Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901 Date: Fri, 21 May 93 12:41:23 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 33 (50) The _Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901_ (Saur), in 92 volumes, is essentially based on the RLIN database and the records of the American Antiquarian Society, which are also in RLIN. As a subscriber to RLIN we are wondering what the research benefits are which could not be met by the electronic database. We would appreciate any comments or views from those considering the same issues. Frank Di Trolio FRANDIT@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu From: Alan A Green Subject: Aphra Behn text to song by Allen Dwight Sapp Date: Sat, 22 May 1993 17:21:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 34 (51) Greetings: I would appreciate some assistance from any and all Aphra Behn scholars! I am trying to identify the source of a text to a song written as incidental music to a Behn play by the composer Allen Dwight Sapp. Please contact me directly if you would like to give it a try. Thanks, Alan Green Ohio State University Music Library green.200@osu.edu (614) 292-2319 From: "Marc Eisinger (+33 (1) 49 05 72 27)" Subject: Calendars Date: Tue, 25 May 93 09:34:12 SET X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 35 (52) I'm looking for a description of calendars from Asia (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc.) : the way they work, how do they deal with the .2422 of the 365.2422 days of the year, lunar cycles and so on. Not so much with the ritual, sociological, magical aspects but the "mechanical" side. Any references ? Thanks in advance. Marc From: Marilynne W. Stout, Ph.D. Subject: Antiquities Images Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 14:57:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 36 (53) I am working with a faculty member who is creating a software package on ancien t greek and roman sites. This is very different from Perseus. Anyway, we are trying to locate several items and need some pointers please. 1. name and address of someone/team/univeristy who has created a CAD rend ering of the acropolis. 2. names, etc of individuals who have already digitized images which they are willing to share -- we are very aware of copyright issues. Thanks for any help you can offer. Marilynne W. Stout, Ph.D. / / Penn State University Coordinator, / /___ 227-B Computer Bldg. Instructional Design /_______/ University Park PA 16802 CBEL ___/____/__* From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: gender and semantics Date: Tue, 25 May 93 19:07:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 37 (54) I am working on personification in a Latin text, and as a result need to become familiar with current arguments about the relation between grammatical gender and semantic structures. I know about Greville Corbett's _Gender_ (1991) but am not a linguist & so am feeling the need for a range of expert advice. Thanks in advance. Willard McCarty From: hahne@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Hahne) Subject: Re: 7.0019 Rs: Database Formats Date: Fri, 21 May 93 14:00:23 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 38 (55) [deleted quotation] The MARC format is better than DBASE for this purpose because it uses variable length fields and was designed for bibliographic data. However, it is not an easy format to work with and many PC users who could benefit from the data would not have access to conversion software. One program that will convert from MARC to DBASE and back is the Data Magician. If you want information on this program, contact me directly. Harry Hahne hahne@epas.utoronto.ca From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 7.0021 E-Qs: E-Books; E-Texts; E-Copyright; Apps; Genes (5/88) Date: Fri, 21 May 93 09:55:16 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 39 (56) E-Copyright: I think that "fair use" can easily be applied to the nets, and that scholarly conventions for print can also be extended fairly easily. Thus you may cite materials which appear on the net if you credit them to their authors. To the extent to which owners have provided a structure (e.g., Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0021. Friday, 21 May 1993) that should be given; or, failing that, conventions similar to those which you would use in citing a private letter. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: OCRAMER@CCNODE.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: 7.0020 Qs: Music Garden; Jawbone; Spanish Job; PHI (4/71) Date: 21 May 1993 16:02:36 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 40 (57) Re: Music Garden, I suggest these from Theocritean/Vergilian pastoral: a pine tree from Theocritus 1.1 (_hadu ti to psithurisma kai ha pitus, aipole._._._) and common oats from Vergil Ecl. 1.1 (_Tityre tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi/silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena_--well it's 1.2 then). Owen Cramer From: Tom Donaldson Subject: German language "stemmers" Date: Fri, 21 May 93 12:21:52 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 30 (58) Back in April I submitted requests for information on language stemmers (sub-area of "morphological analysis" involving generation of roots and inflected forms) to two mailing lists: LINGUIST Thanks to Patty Schmidt, a linguist at Logos USA, for directing me to the LINGUIST mailing list, and to Lifen Chen and Arlene Puryear (more Georgetown linguists) for directing me to Patty. I believe that Patty's employer, Logos USA, develops machine translation software. INSOFT-L Mailing list primarily for those concerned with internationalization of software. Thanks to all who responded! Below is a summary of responses and other results. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] -------------------------------------------- Internet address: EVERTH@AppleLink.Apple.COM I am directing the marketing of CNS (Circle Noetic Services). We are a linguistic software company in New Hampshire (USA). CNS has developed a product called "WordFan" that is exactly aimed at the market that you describe. WordFan will produce all conjugated forms of an input word, or derive the base form from any of its conjugated forms. The first version of WordFan will be released in mid of '93 for English. Other languages to follow. German is high up on the list indeed. Japanese is currently not under development, but: Russian, Arabic and most Western European languages. CNS was founded in 1987 and has since then provided hyphenation algorithms (now in 29 languages) and spelling checking (now in 13 languages, incl. Arabic) for the computing industry. Our products have been licensed by major national and international vendors for typesetting, word processing and DTP applications. CNS also offers or has under development: IOW (In Other Words), a large lexical database with over a million concepts and relations based on over 100,000 English words. Linguistic tools for OCR and hand writing recognition. Wordlists in many languages: conjugated, with rule markings and conjugation rules, morphological breakdown, morphological cross references,.... and many more. The WordFan product will in the future also include many other relations besides "conjugation" like: synonym, antonym, homolog ... etc. Hammer -> (is a) tool -> [other tools] for example. WordFan will also come (optionally) with algorithms to split Germanic compound words like: "Bundestagsverwaltungshauptapparat" or other such tongue twisting monsters. (I am German by the way.) Splitting Germanic compound words should be a must for text retrieval software in these languages. Our technology is being developed by former linguists and programmers from MIT. Please call us at (603) 672-6151 or fax: (603) 672-8025 for further information. Via internet use: D1634@AppleLink.Apple.COM or my personal id: EVERTH@AppleLink.Apple.COM ------------------------------------ [deleted quotation] ------------------------------------ Internet address: klinden@ling.Helsinki.FI Lingsoft is a small software company in Finland. We specialize in morphology and morphosyntactic analysis. Our methods are based on the Kimmo Koskenniemi two-level model. We also sell products based on the FiniteState-syntactic model presented last week at the EACL. That paper received the Don Walker Award for best paper. We have: 0. spell-checking and hyphenation 1. morphological analysis and generation 2. stemming for information retrieval 3. part-of-speech tagging ( >99% correct, <5% ambiguity) 4. NP extraction for text indexing and retrieval ( >98% recall, >95% precision) 5. surface syntactic analysis 6. grammar checker English 1,2,3,4,5 German 1 (end of May), 0,2 (end of summer) Swedish 0,1,2,3 Russian 0,1,2 Finnish 0,1,2,3,6 Danish 1, 0,2,3 (end of year) Swahili 1,2 All the lexicons have between 40.000 and 80.000 roots. The programs are programmed in C and have been ported to various platforms. The speed of all the tools are btw 600-1000 w/s on a Sparcstation 2. In a near future we will have tools for French, Estonian, Italian and Norwegian as well. Krister Linden Lingsoft Inc. --- tomd: From sales literature send via hardcopy mail, I learned that Prof Kimmo Koskenniemi is one of the "founders and principal owners of Lingsoft." He developed a "two-level model" of morphological analysis that seems to be popular as the basis of software for morphological analysis. ------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] ------------------------------------------------------------- Internet address: rws@research.att.com Probably the best and most general available commercial software for doing this kind of thing is PC-KIMMO, which you can actually get for free by anonymous FTP. I enclose some info (dated January 92 -- I assume it still holds) on that below. There is also a book to go with that by Evan Antworth, which you can get from the Summer Institute of Linguistics (address below). For more general discussion of various methods for doing computational morphology, you can also consult two recent MIT Press Books: 1. Computational Morphology: Practical mechanisms for the English lexicon. By Graeme D. Ritchie, Graham J. Russell, Alan W. Black and Stephen G. Pulman. ACL-MIT Press Series in Natural Language Processing. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1992 2. And my own 1992 book in the same series, Morphology and Computation. Mine covers a wider variety of stuff than does the Ritchie et al. book. Richard Sproat Linguistics Research Department AT&T Bell Laboratories | tel (908) 582-5296 600 Mountain Avenue, Room 2d-451 | fax (908) 582-7308 Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA | rws@research.att.com --- TomD: Richard also enclosed a lengthy "news" item on PC-KIMMO from Evan Antworth. It seemed a bit too long to include here, but see the next item *from* Evan Antworth. --------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet address: evan.antworth@sil.org Here is some information on PC-KIMMO, a program for morphological parsing. It has been reviewed in _Computational Linguistics_ 17:2, June 1991 and also in _Computers and the Humanities_ 26:2, April 1992. We provide the C source code with the intention that it be used in programs developed by the user. Of course, I cannot say whether or not it could successfully be used in your application. Let me know if I can help you further. Evan Antworth evan.antworth@sil.org ------------------------------------------ PC-KIMMO: A Two-level Processor for Morphological Analysis WHAT IS PC-KIMMO? PC-KIMMO is a new implementation for microcomputers of a program dubbed KIMMO after its inventor Kimmo Koskenniemi (see Koskenniemi 1983). It is of interest to computational linguists, descriptive linguists, and those developing natural language processing systems. The program is designed to generate (produce) and/or recognize (parse) words using a two-level model of word structure in which a word is represented as a correspondence between its lexical level form and its surface level form. Work on PC-KIMMO began in 1985, following the specifications of the LISP implementation of Koskenniemi's model described in Karttunen 1983. The coding has been done in Microsoft C by David Smith and Stephen McConnel under the direction of Gary Simons and under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. The aim was to develop a version of the two-level processor that would run on an IBM PC compatible computer and that would include an environment for testing and debugging a linguistic description. The PC-KIMMO program is actually a shell program that serves as an interactive user interface to the primitive PC-KIMMO functions. These functions are available as a C-language source code library that can be included in a program written by the user. [tomd: much text deleted] HOW TO CONTACT US PC-KIMMO is a research project in progress, not a finished commercial product. In this spirit, we invite your response to the software and the book. Please direct your comments to: Academic Computing Department PC-KIMMO project 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A. phone: 214/709-3346, -2418 email: evan.antworth@sil.org (Evan Antworth) REFERENCES Antworth, Evan L. 1990. PC-KIMMO: a two-level processor for morphological analysis. Occasional Publications in Academic Computing No. 16. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 0-88312-639-7, 273 pages, paperbound. Karttunen, Lauri. 1983. KIMMO: a general morphological processor. Texas Linguistic Forum 22:163-186. Koskenniemi, Kimmo. 1983. Two-level morphology: a general computational model for word-form recognition and production. Publication No. 11. University of Helsinki: Department of General Linguistics. ---------------------- [deleted quotation] ---------------------- Internet Address: hersey@vnet.IBM.COM We do have a system that both lemmatizes ("stems") and generates all inflected forms, and it is available for about 19 European languages. We also do lemmatization for Japanese. The code is language-independent: you just plug in the dictionary you need and go from there. This same service also performs hyphenation (not for Japanese -- it isn't ever hyphenated) and spell-checking. This system is available for Windows, OS/2, AIX, VM and MVS. I should mention that our morphological processing only handles inflectional morphology: "compute" can generate "computes", "computed" and "computing" (all forms of the verb "to compute"), but it will not generate "computer". The "-er" and other affixes that change the part of speech are known as derivational morphology, and our service doesn't handle that area (yet). I'm not the one to give pricing information. Please contact Brian Gessel at 301-803-2943 for that; he's our business person. He can also provide you with an OEM fact sheet that lists all of the languages and sizes. Regards, Ian -------------------------------------------------------- [deleted quotation] -------------------------------------------------------- Internet Address: stieger@inf.ethz.ch [tomd: Dani Stieger is responding to a query regarding a German language stemmer based on the "Porter algorithm."] As I mentioned to your colleague there is no serious report about our experiments. I am in possession of a "Semester Work" (a short report performed by a student) about this subject. It is NOT available in machine readable form [tomd: text deleted] AND ... it is written in GERMAN. The Report contains also a listing of the german Porter algorithm (written in MODULA-2 !!). Furthermore, you need the decomposition of german words so that you are really stemming the right (ending) part of the word (as you know, german words may be composed of several words). For the decomposition I used an automatically generated dictionnary (215'000 german words). [tomd: text deleted] [deleted quotation] M.F. Porter: An Algorithm for Suffix Stripping. Program, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1980, pp. 130-137. [tomd: text deleted] Dani ************************************************************************ Daniel Stieger stieger@inf.ethz.ch Institut fuer Informationssysteme ETH Zentrum, IFW E43.2 Tel: +41-1-254-7226 CH - 8092 Zuerich Fax: +41-1-262-3973 ************************************************************************ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thanks again for all your help, Tom # Tom Donaldson 2400 Research Blvd., Suite 350 # # Senior Software Developer Rockville, MD 20850 # # Personal Library Software (301) 990-1155, FAX: (301) 963-9738 # # e-mail: tomd@pls.com # From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Request for information Date: 26 May 93 15:04:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 31 (59) I would appreciate information that readers of this list may be able to provide related to an appearance on the Calvin College campus on April 22 by Colorado anti-gay activist David Noebel, whose lecture was sponsored by the College Republicans. Yesterday a national religious news program offered Noebel 90 minutes to complain of the inhospitable reception he received and of Calvin's alleged surrender to PC relativism. Also yesterday I heard reports that the incident has been cited on electronic newsgroups read by the lesbian and gay community as an example of the college's insensitivity and entrenched homophobia. These inconsistent criticisms can hardly both be accurate; I believe they are equally inaccurate. It is inappropriate here to delve into the particulars of the incident. I will say only that Noebel's demagogic harangue proved to be a catalyst for some unusually open and honest discussions among students, faculty, and members of the local community, in a subsequent forum and in our student newspaper. But I would be most appreciative of information that any reader of this list might be able to provide about references to the incident that have come to their attention in electronic newsgroups. I would also appreciate hearing from individuals who may have had experience in dealing with Mr. Noebel. Please reply privately to the address below, and accept my thanks. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || || From: "Rick H." <100113.3343@CompuServe.COM> Subject: seminar series announcement Date: 28 May 93 09:51:25 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 32 (60) Please post the following seminar series announcement on your lists. Further information can be obtained from Rick Halpern, Department of History, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. ucrahex@ucl.ac.uk or 100113.3343@compuserve.com. Many thanks. Syndicalism: Movements, Organizations, and Ideologies A Seminar Series in Comparative Labour and Working Class History All seminars are held at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E, Fridays at 5:00 pm. 15 October, Introductory Session 29 October, Marcel van der Linden (International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam), "The Rise and Fall of International Syndicalism: a Global Perspective" 12 November, Baruch Hirson (London), "Currents of Syndicalism in South Africa, 1907-1917" 26 November, Carl Levy (Goldsmiths), "Currents of Italian Syndicalism Before Fascism" 10 December, Douglas Johnson (UCL), "The Syndicalist Tradition in France" * * * * * * * 21 January, Paul Henderson (Wolverhampton), "Syndicalism in Latin America" 4 February, Chris Ealham (LSE), "Spanish Syndicalism and Anarcho- syndicalism" 15 February, Ron Mendel (Birkbeck), "The Syndicalist Impulse in American Labor, 1905-1935" 4 March, David Kirby (SSEES), "Was There a Syndicalist Tradition in Scandinavia?" 18 March, Phil Taylor (Glasgow), "Syndicalism and British Labour: Looking Beyond the Shop Stewards Movement" * * * * * * 13 May, Roundtable Discussion: Towards a Definition of Syndicalism: Problems, Possibilities, and Prospects The seminar extends thanks to the Institute of Historical Research, the University College London History Department, and the Graduate School of University College London for their generous financial assistance. Rick Halpern From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: For publication: Text Software Initiative Date: Fri, 28 May 93 09:57:25 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 33 (61) The Text Software Initiative ---------------------------- An international effort to promote the development and use of free text software The widespread availability of large amounts of electronic text and linguistic data in recent years has dramatically increased the need for generally available, flexible text software. Commercial software for text analysis and manipulation covers only a fraction of research needs, and it is often expensive and hard to adapt or extend to fit a particular research problem. Software developed by individual researchers and labs is often experimental and hard to get, hard to install, under-documented, and sometimes unreliable. Above all, most of this software is incompatible. As a result, it is not at all uncommon for researchers to develop tailor-made systems that replicate much of the functionality of other systems and in turn create programs that cannot be re-used by others, and so on in an endless software waste cycle. The reusability of data is a much-discussed topic these days; similarly, we need "software reusability", to avoid the re-inventing of the wheel characteristic of much language-analytic research in the past three decades. The Text Software Initiative (TSI) is committed to solving this problem by working to o establish and publish guidelines and standards for the development of text software; o promulgate and coordinate the development of free TSI- conformant software. The scope of the TSI covers all areas of analysis and manipulation of all kinds of texts (written or spoken, mono-lingual or multi- lingual parallel, etc.), including markup of physical and logical text features, linguistic analysis and annotation, browsing and retrieval, statistical analysis, and other text-related tasks in research in computational linguistics, humanities computing, terminology and lexicography, speech, etc. The TSI software development effort is distributed, that is, anyone can contribute on a voluntary basis. This means that tools will be developed according to the contributors' priorities; however, the TSI is ultimately working towards the development of a comprehensive text handling system. To ensure software compatibility and reusability and enable distributed development, the TSI is committed to: o design and publish program interface conventions o determine and publish guidelines for programming style and documentation o stress separation of code and linguistic data to ensure (natural) language independence o emphasize breaking high-level text-handling tasks into more primitive, reusable functions o provide a library of primitive text-handling tools o maintain a task list and set priorities o circulate information such as progress reports, revisions to the standard, availability of new software, etc. o set up a mechanism for testing and evaluation o maintain mailing lists for comments, bug reports, suggestions, etc. The TSI works in relation with other standardization groups, notably the Text Encoding Initiative and the Expert Advisory Group on Language Engineering Standards (EAGLES). All TSI software is free in the sense defined in the Free Software Foundation's General Public License, which guarantees the freedom to copy, redistribute, and modify software, and protects this freedom by requiring those who pass on the software to include the rights to further redistribute it and see and change the code. Distribution of TSI software is accomplished in relation with other dissemination groups such as the Free Software Foundation, RELATOR, and the Linguistic Data Consortium. The TSI does not provide technical support, but organizes a network of voluntary consultants and support people. PROJECT COORDINATORS Nancy Ide, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA ide@cs.vassar.edu Jean Veronis, Universite de Provence/CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France veronis@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr GENERAL ADVISORY BOARD Susan Armstrong, ISSCO, Geneva Mark Liberman, Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania Makoto Nagao, Kyoto University Mark Olsen, ARTFL Project, University of Chicago Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts Donald Walker, Bellcore, Morristown New Jersey Antonio Zampolli, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa The TSI also includes a TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD of software developers. From: banks@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Re: 7.0028 Qs: [Calendars] Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 09:41:00 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 41 (62) Marc Eisinger writes: [deleted quotation] There is a moderately technical discussion of the Hindu calendar (though not discussing the .2422 of a day) in C. J. Fuller's _The camphor flame: popular Hinduism and society in India_ (Princeton University Press, 1992), pp. 263-66. He also includes a number of suggestions for further reading. I would also suggest posting the request to the INDOLOGY list (INDOLOGY@uk.ac.liverpool). However, as an anthropologist I ought to point out that the '"mechanical" side' can't really be divorced from the 'ritual, sociological, magical aspects'! Marcus Banks University of Oxford From: ALAN COOPER Subject: Re: 7.0025 Rs: Jawbones (2/75) Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 10:37:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 42 (63) It's certainly not impossible to translate the Hebrew pun in Judges 15:16. Going back to C.F. Burney's Judges commentary of 1918, one finds "With the jawbone of an ass I have thoroughly assed them," with a learned note about the English verb "to ass," already attested in the 16th century. Even better is the French rendering of Levesque, cited by Burney ad loc., "Avec une m<^a>choire de rosse, je les ai bien ross<'e>s." And perhaps best of all is the solution often proposed orally by Marvin Pope (Professor Emeritus of Bible and Northwest Semitic Languages at Yale)--although I do not know if he ever put it into print: "With the jawbone of an ass, mass upon mass." As for the suitability of the weapon, I cite the following from George Foot Moore's Judges commentary of 1903 without comment: "A party of Meccan idolaters having come upon the believers at prayer in a retired place, words led to blows, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas broke the head of one of the heathen with the jawbone (lahy = Hebrew lehi) of a camel." (This tradition is reported by both Tabari and Ibn Hisham.) Both Moore and Burney, incidentally, take pains to note that the jawbone is described as "fresh" in verse 15; that means, according to Moore, "heavy and tough; an old weathered bone would be too light and brittle to serve such a purpose." With good wishes, Alan Cooper, Hebrew Union College From: AL6HENGF@MIAMIU Subject: Memory Hard and Soft Date: Fri, 28 May 93 14:43:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 43 (64) In response to Professor Rabkin's brilliant essay on memory I want to just add that although we cannot "interrogate a text" as we do a speaker, we can interrogate a text, open it up, read it against the grain, make it resonate with other texts, in short simulate the dialogic situation that we find with speakers. That has been the burden of seeing "books" as "texts" in recent critical theory, or reading in books their discursive formations. The story about the Kandagan in New Guinea is fascinating and a healthy caution to us about the meaning and function of technology in the world. I am also interested in another narrative, the one in which the contemporary westerner tries out a point or strategy of resistence to technologies that seem harmful or damaging in some way. Rabkin's discussion of the camera is compelling to me because outright rejection of this particular technology is only one possible strategy of resistence to its effects. I wanted to point out others in my last dispatch. Incidentally, I was exaggerating about my memory of meals although I trust my point was taken despite the irony of the telling. Also, I admire the Dunkers for their rejection of book technology, but only because for them and for their culture the sense of language as discourse, books as texts, was not available. Were the culture more given to understanding the book as fluid, permeable, provisional, perhaps the Dunkers would not have felt such pressure from Franklin to produce their completed revelations in print form. Andy Lakritz, Miami University From: KSBALL@ucs.indiana.edu Subject: Computers & Lit. classes Date: Mon, 31 May 93 14:25:38 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 35 (65) Dear Humanist members: I recently completed a dissertation in the English department at Indiana University on the use of computers in the teaching of literature at the college level. Thanks to all those Humanist members who helped me with the research for this project. Since my topic may be of interest to some of you, I am attaching an abstract of the dissertation. If you would like to read any part of the study (including the appendix listing relevant applications, databases, lists, e-journals, associations and centers), please contact me by e-mail at "KSBALL@ucs.Indiana.Edu" (internet) or "KSBALL@IUBACS" (bitnet), and I will be happy to send you an ascii copy of the requested text. -Kim Ball The abstract: LITERARY LOGIC: THE UNIVERSITY LITERATURE CLASS IN THE AGE OF THE COMPUTER In the first chapter of the dissertation, I examine the many reasons why the computer has not been more extensively employed in the teaching of English, including the traditional hostility of humanists toward science and technology and the struggle between hostility toward science and attraction to "scientific method" in the English department. I raise the issue of electronic text and its consequences for the distinction between literature and non- literature and for the role of the author. Finally, I observe that we, the academics who study literature and teach it to undergraduates, need to analyze the technology which is being used and to make informed decisions about it, whether we decide to use it in our own classrooms and departments or not. In chapter two, I discuss the present state of affairs in U.S. English departments, both in terms of literary theory and pedagogical approach, focusing on the current issues in the teaching of literature raised by Scholes, Graff, and Ohmann. I then consider attempts to apply current literary theory to the teaching of literature classes and conclude that few of these attempts at reform have effected real change either in terms of practice or in the power structure of the classroom. All of the approaches studied leave students in the passive role traditionally reserved for them in the literature classroom. In chapter three, I address the difficulty of evaluating educational software applications, review the available research into the effectiveness of computer-assisted learning and teaching, and conclude with a consideration of the import of active, authentic learning. This chapter sets the stage for the detailed investigations of how specific software packages are being used in the teaching of literature that comprise chapters four and five. In chapter four, I first describe what hypertext is, then I continue, in more detail, the discussion from chapter two on literary theory and from chapter three on pedagogical theory, now focusing specifically on hypertext. I then examine in chapter five the claims made for hypertext through case studies of hypertext applications in literature classes at Brown University, the College of Wooster, and the University of Texas at Austin. Chapter six follows the pattern established in chapter five but is devoted to investigating non-hypertext applications, including those being used in literature classes at the College of Wooster and at Stanford University. In the conclusion, I maintain that the most effective applications of computer technology in the English literature class allow students to actively engage in the academic conversation. Students in these classes are not just absorbing information; they are also helping decide what information is relevant, what the parameters of the literary discussion are to be. The dynamics of these classrooms are changing; students self-consciously employ intertextual approaches to learning, the role of the teacher changes from that of authoritative arbiter of meaning to that of facilitator, students accept increased responsibility for meaning- making, and the classroom becomes a community of active learners working collaboratively. Such changes, whether facilitated by the use of computers or otherwise, are necessary if the teaching of English literature is going to remain relevant to a changing student population in a world where, for many people, reading is no longer a primary mode of information gathering. From: john@utafll.uta.edu (John Baima) Subject: TLG Workplace 2.0 Date: Mon, 31 May 93 08:30:38 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 36 (66) Silver Mountain Software is pleased to announce TLG Workplace 2.0. The TLG Workplace 2.0 is a Microsoft Windows 3.1 program for viewing and searching the TLG D CD-ROM. Features of TLG Workplace 2.0 include: View Greek texts with full diacritical marks. Several of the most common text symbols and punctuation marks are also displayed (Stigma, Alternate Stigma, Koppa, Alternate Koppa, Sampi, Dagger (Crux), Question Mark, Asterisk, Slash, Exclamation Mark, Long Vertical Bar, Equals Sign, Plus Sign, Ampersand, Colon, Oversize Period, Double Dagger, Paragraph Sign, Short Vertical Bar, Broken Vertical Bar Double Vertical Bar, Apostrophe). On screen bold and italics. Movable Toolbar (Top, Right, Left, or off) for opening files, copying text to the clipboard, print or view the Canon of Authors and Works. When viewing a text, the TLG Canon of Authors and Works can be consulted for the work by pressing a button on the Toolbar or by selecting the "View Canon" menu item. Supports intermixture of Latin and Greek in a single text. Search single author or work(s) of an author. Search a user built list of authors (includes dialog box to make the lists which are stored as a plain ASCII text file) Search a date range. When a range of centuries is chosen, all authors of each century is searched as a group. Summaries are given for each author and each century. Double clicking on an author summary brings up the list of matches for that author. Double clicking on a match for the author brings up the complete text at the match. When a list of matches or a summary of matches is being viewed, all of the matches can be copied to the clipboard or printed by highlighting the lines and giving the appropriate command. Works of authors can be selected for search by specifying a common epithet. Thus all works of Epic Poetry or Medical texts can be easily searched as a group. Searches are typed in Greek. Diacritical marks can be optionally entered. The default is to do a double wild card search but word boundaries can be indicated. AND, OR, and NOT logic is supported. The exactness of a phrase can be specified by indicating the number of allowable words (not characters) between words in the match phrase. The text is displayed with a scalable font which can be easily enlarged or reduced. True Type and Type 1 Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Coptic fonts are provided. These fonts can be used in any Windows application which supports fonts. The raw beta code can be toggled on and off. TLG Workplace copies text to the Windows clipboard as both plain text and in Rich Text Format. Bookmarks can be set. TLG Workplace 2.0 supports the TLG Word Index. Words can be found with either a single or double wild card match. The single wild card match matches from the start of a word and does a wild card match on the end of the word. The result of an index search is a list of Greek words and the total number of occurrences of the word in the TLG. If you double click on the Greek work, a list of all the works in which this word occurs and the total for each work is given. If you double click on the summary for a given work, that work will be displayed. When a index summary is displayed (either the word lists with totals or the work list with totals), a search can be launched of that word and only the relevant works will be searched. The hypertext help system includes the complete manual on-line. The TLG Workplace 2.0 costs $85. Updates from TLG Workplace 1.x costs $15 via mail or free via email (XXENCODED, ZIPped file). Updates from Lbase cost $65. The PHI Workplace 2.3 offers similar functions as the TLG Workplace but it works with the PHI CD-ROMs #5 & #6. The PHI Workplace costs $85. The Coptic Workplace 1.1 views and searches the Coptic New Testament and the Nag Hammadi library which are on the PHI CD-ROM #6. The three Workplaces can be purchased as a bundle (Workplace Bundle) for $145. An evaluation copy of TLG Workplace has been uploaded to WSMR- SIMTEL20.Army.Mil and OAK.Oakland.Edu: pd1: TLGWP20.ZIP WIN3: TLGWorkplace: View/search the TLG CD-ROM The evaluation version is also available for $15 (plus foreign shipping) via mail (3.5" diskettes only). Silver Mountain Software can now accept VISA/MC orders 1029 Tanglewood Dr. Cedar Hill, TX 75104-3019 john@ling.uta.edu Voive/Fax (214) 293-2920 From: laplante@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Laplante Benoit) Subject: Software for life histories Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 17:13:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 44 (67) This is a request I am passing on on behalf of an African colleague of mine who has no access to any form of electronic mail. Mr. Fahl, my colleague, is working on a collection of life histories and is looking for software that could help him in his work. For what I know of his preferences, he is interested more in truly qualitative analysis than in quantitative or descriptive analysis. The life histories have been collected as part of a study on internal migration to Dakar in Senegal. The sotware would have to run on a DOS machine with limited memory (no more than 2M) and limited disk space (no more than 100M). I guess that the kind of software used by field ethnologists could be of some use to him by these are really matters I am not familiar with. I will welcome all suggestions and forward all of them to my colleague. Benoit laplante Departement de psychologie Universite de Montreal Laplante@ERE.UMontreal.CA From: Subject: Access to E-Mail Date: Thu, 27 May 93 21:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 45 (68) As a list "owner," dogsbody, & factotum [C18-L *and* Latin-L], I get frequent queries about ways people can get access to the networks. Some of these people are independent scholars, or are not affiliated with universities or organizations that run email nodes. I do not know how to answer them. Therefore, I'm putting out a query for everybody on HUMANIST who uses a commercial service -- can you please tell me how well they work for you, and if you have experience with more than one, can you provide an unofficial, informal, confidential rating? And can anybody tell me where there are FREENETS? Please send replies directly to me to minimize HUMANIST traffic -- I'll summarize to the list if it's your wish. Thanks -- Kevin Berland BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET BCJ@PSUVM.PSU.EDU From: Brett Charbeneaui Subject: SAGER notebook computers Date: Fri, 28 May 93 15:18:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 46 (69) Hello all, I am considering spending some fellowship money on the purchase of a SAGER notebook computer. I am seeking information from anyone who knows anything about this company, its products, or the model I have in mind (NP200). Even if you know someone who has one, I would still like to hear from you. Please respond directly. Thanks very much, and I hope evryone has a wonderful holiday! Brett Charbeneau Jouneyman Printer Colonial Williamsburg Foundation INTERNET: BWCHAR%WMVM1.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.ED From: delany@sfu.ca Subject: Church doors Date: Sun, 30 May 93 17:56:06 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 47 (70) I'm writing something on NetNews, and would like to draw a parallel with the medieval practice of posting theses and other information on the local church door. Can any Humanist direct me to a source that describes such medieval bulletin boards in detail? Thank you - Paul Delany delany@sfu.ca From: rbh@ukc.ac.uk Subject: Help Requested Date: Mon, 31 May 93 10:38:32 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 48 (71) I am at present teaching a computing course for first-year Humanities students at the University of Kent at Canterbury. This course is in its seventh week. The students have seen demonstrated anonymous ftp, Gopher, Veronica and Archie. Now I'm pushing them towards using these systems themselves. (I.e., do such-and-such and you add three points to your mark, etc.) Here's the rub. I'm getting back-pressure. This is its generalized form: "Why are we being forced to learn all of this when there doesn't seem to be anything of relevance to our other coursework in these archives, etc." They aren't interested in e-texts of Shakespeare and the Bible. Any suggestions about things they could fetch, or look at, would be greatly appreciated. The subjects they are studying are various central humanities subjects; i.e., philosophy, history, etc. They have looked at various newsgroups. I don't wish to push them towards subscribing to bulletin boards at this stage. What they are looking for is a way to break out of the "computing is about how to do computing" circle, and into areas which they will find intellectually relevant. I'm teaching this course six hours a day. Were I not, I wouldn't have to impose upon the goodwill of fellow Humanists. Thanks. Roger Hardy rbh@ukc.ac.uk From: hbreit@leland.Stanford.EDU Subject: Krazy Kat Date: Tue, 1 Jun 93 14:04:07 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 49 (72) I am interested in current research on the subject of Krazy Kat, the cartoonist George Herriman, or the popularity of Krazy Kat among intellectuals of the 1920's. Henry Breitrose Department of Communication Stanford internet: hbreit@leland.stanford.edu From: "Steven C. Perkins" Subject: Announcement & CFP: Computers, Freedom and Privacy 1994 Date: Tue, 01 Jun 93 16:44:22 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 38 (73) Please post the following to HUMANIST. It has been posted to news.announce.conferences, Law-Lib, TEKNOIDS, EFF, and lawschl-l. Please recommend other relevant lists. TIA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Announcement and Call for Papers Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 1994 23-26 March 1994 Announcement The fourth annual conference, "Computers, Freedom, and Privacy," will be held in Chicago, Il., March 23-26, 1994. This conference will be jointly sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and The John Marshall Law School. George B. Trubow, professor of law and director of the Center for Informatics Law at The John Marshall Law School, is general chairman of the conference. The series began in 1991 with a conference in Los Angeles, and subsequent meetings took place in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, in successive years. Each conference has addressed a broad range of issues confronting the "information society" in this era of the computer revolution. The advance of computer and communications technologies holds great promise for individuals and society. From conveniences for consumers and efficiencies in commerce to improved public health and safety and increased knowledge of and participation in government and community, these technologies are fundamentally transforming our environment and our lives. At the same time, these technologies present challenges to the idea of a free and open society. Personal privacy is increasingly at risk from invasions by high-tech surveillance and monitoring; a myriad of personal information data bases expose private life to constant scrutiny; new forms of illegal activity may threaten the traditional barriers between citizen and state and present new tests of Constitutional protection; geographic boundaries of state and nation may be recast by information exchange that knows no boundaries as governments and economies are caught up in global data networks. Computers, Freedom, and Privacy '94 will present an assemblage of experts, advocates and interested parties from diverse perspectives and disciplines to consider the effects on freedom and privacy resulting from the rapid technological advances in computer and telecommunication science. Participants come from fields of computer science, communications, law, business and commerce, research, government, education, the media, health, public advocacy and consumer affairs, and a variety of other backgrounds. A series of pre-conference tutorials will be offered on March 23, 1994, with the conference program beginning on Thursday, March 24, and running through Saturday, March 26, 1994. The Palmer House, a Hilton hotel located at the corner of State Street and Washington Ave. in Chicago's "loop," and only about a block from The John Marshall Law School buildings, will be the conference headquarters. Room reservations should be made directly with the hotel, mentioning The John Marshall Law School or "CFP'94" to get the special conference rate of $99.00, plus tax. The Palmer House Hilton 17 E. Monroe., Chicago, Il., 60603 Tel: 312-726-7500; 1-800-HILTONS; Fax 312-263-2556 Call for Papers and Program Suggestions The emphasis at CFP'94 will be on examining the many potential uses of new technology and considering recommendations for dealing with them. Specific suggestions to harness the new technologies so society can enjoy the benefits while avoiding negative implications are solicited. Proposals are requested from anyone working on a relevant paper, or who has an idea for a program presentation that will demonstrate new computer or communications technology and suggest what can be done with it. Any proposal must state the title of the paper or program, describe the theme and content in a short paragraph, and set out the credentials and experience of the author or suggested speakers. Student Papers and Scholarships It is anticipated that announcement of a student writing competition for CFP'94 will be made soon, together with information regarding the availability of a limited number of student scholarships for the conference. Timetables Proposals for papers and programs are being accepted at this time. It is intended that program committees will be finalized by 1 August 1993. Communications Conference communications should be sent to: CFP'94 The John Marshall Law School 315 S. Plymouth Ct. Chicago, IL 60604 (Voice: 312-987-1419; Fax: 312-427-8307; E-mail: CFP94@jmls.edu) \\\\\\\****/////// Steven C. Perkins 8sperkin@jmls.edu John Marshall Law School pl0124@psilink.com 315 S. Plymouth Court Chicago, IL 60604 312/427-2737 x 551 ///////***\\\\\\\ From: ACH-ALLC93 Conference Subject: ACH-ALLC93 Conference - Last Call Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1993 11:44:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 39 (74) LAST CALL: 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. The current draft of the conference program -- of interest to anyone who develops, provides, or analyzes electronic text -- appears below. Highlights of the conference include keynote addresses by Clifford Lynch and Hugh Kenner; a report on the Text Encoding Initiative; special-interest-group meetings on Teaching Humanities Computing, the Patrologia Latina Database, and the Oxford Text Archive; a text-analysis workshop using TACT; a Software Fair with dozens of presentations; and vendor displays from major commercial producers of electronic texts and analytical software. A registration form and other conference-related information can be obtained in several ways: by anonymous ftp or gopher from the ach_allc93 directories at guvax.georgetown.edu or from Paul Mangiafico, Project Assistant, by email at ach_allc93@guvax.georgetown.edu; by surface mail at 238 Reiss Science Building, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057; or by telephone 202- 687-6096 (voice) and 202-687-6003 (fax). ACH-ALLC93 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE -------------------- [A complete version of this announcement is now available through the fileserver, s.v. ach_allc 93conf. 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: Paul Cubberley Subject: R.G.A. de Bray Date: Wed, 2 Jun 93 13:35:32 +1000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 40 (75) PROFESSOR R.G.A. de Bray Colleagues in Slavonic studies around the world will note with sadness the death of Professor R.G.A. de Bray on 29th May. Reginald de Bray held chairs at Monash University, the University of London, and the Australian National University. His "Guide to the Slavonic Languages" has been a standard reference for four decadea. Over the last 8 years he has been working on a large Macedonian-English dictionary, a project which the Australian National University and his colleagues will seek to carry through to completion. Paul Cubberley Australia and New Zealand Slavists' Association From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: books new and old Date: Fri, 4 Jun 93 8:06:35 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 41 (76) Allow me to draw your attention to a small article in PC Magazine for 25 May 1993, vol. 12, nr. 10, the "Pipeline" column by a senior editor, Robin Raskin, entitled "Read Any Good Disks?" I delight in the intelligence shown here. Ms. Raskin discusses her recent experiences, "voraciously reading books on disks in an attempt to answer the question, `Can the disk replace the book?'" She notes the ones she likes, and the advantages of e-books we have all heard about before -- `nonlinear' searching, marking places, making e-notes, cutting and pasting -- and one that recalls the pleasures of childhood, reading in the dark. "The disadvantages and discomforts are still many," she declares, then goes on to remark, In the end I suspect electronic books will find their own voice and in the process become very different entities. Content will transform to suit the medium.... In the meantime, when it comes time to relax, I'm back to flipping paper pages. Once we start thinking along these lines, I'm suggesting, we'll stop wasting time trying to make spanners into hammers and get to the serious and enjoyable work of discovering what the new toys are really good for. Willard McCarty From: jrl8980@tamuts.tamu.edu (John R Lenz) Subject: Bertrand Russell conference, June, San Diego Date: Tue, 1 Jun 93 21:30 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 42 (77) Please post if you find this appropriate for the list. thanks. The BERTRAND RUSSELL SOCIETY invites all interested to attend our annual meeting in San Diego, June 18-20, 1993. Papers and social events will be of general interest. (from Fri. p.m. to Sun. noon) At this meeting, the first two winners of our "Prizes for Papers" will attend and present their papers (one undergraduate, one a graduate student). Please keep in mind submitting a paper by March 1 (to me) for next year's meeting, or let your students know. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings held at UC, San Diego. For information on registering (for a room, meals, and other events) contact Michael Rockler, 4036 Emerson St., Skokie, IL 60076. For information on joining the BRS, please contact me. Partial Program: Tim Madigan (Free Inquiry magazine), "The Will to Doubt vs. the Will to Believe" BRS Book Award to Nicholas Griffin Nicholas Griffin (McMaster), talk on BR and "Lady Ottoline" Tyler Roberts (undergrad. prize winner, Fredonia, NY), "R., the Individual and Society" Stefan Andersson (Lund, Sweden, grad. prize winner), "BR's Search for Certainty in Mathematics and Religion" John Shosky (Wash. DC), "R & the Contemplation of Philosophy" Society Meeting Hal Walberg, "R's Autobiography--A Reader's Theater" Marvin Kohl and Michael Rockler, "Russell vs. Russell on Education" Red Hackle Hour (BR's favorite scotch, hard to get!) Banquet BRS award to Harry Ruja Harry Ruja, "R.'s Life in Photos" Dennis Darland, "What is Mathematics About?" Don Jackanicz, Workshop on BR's "A Philosophy for Our Time" Gonzalo Garcia, "Did BR Think of Himself as a Pacifist?" From: MORGAN@LOYVAX.BITNET Subject: Re: 7.0037 Qs: S/W; H/W; NetNews; Church Doors; Goodies (6/124) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 08:23 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 50 (78) RE Computing for computing: if anyone is interested in Dante, have them call up Dartmouth and do some searches on the text and commentators! It's well organized and a substantial amount of material to search. Leslie Morgan Morgan@loyvax.bitnet Morgan@loyola.edu From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: Internet Access Date: Wed, 2 Jun 93 08:39:07 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 51 (79) Most books on the internet will have a section on access; cf. Ed Krol, The Whole Internet (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 1992), Appendix A. J. Martin's There's Gold in them thar Networks! is available by anonymous ftp as RFC 1402. Jean Armour Polly's Surfing the Internet (anonymous ftp-able) has a nice section by Daniel Dern, and Maasinfo (also ftp-able) is a veritable goldmine of information. Of course, the granddaddy list of them all is available from the info-server@nnsc.nsf.net. Ask for referral-list. Of course, this is the best source of general information about the net, just send message help. Freenets are springing up all over the place; we even have one here in Chambana. Ask for a list. The simplest thing to do is to get Ed Krol's book. Jim Marchand. From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: Church-door postings Date: Wed, 2 Jun 93 08:53:38 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 52 (80) The most famous posting on the church-door was that of Luther, which has been under question for a long time. It might be well to read, e.g. The Theses Were Not Posted, by Erwin Iserloh (Boston: Beacon Press, 1968), which also contains a survey of the controversy. I don't think the church door in the Middle Ages posted much more than bans, church announcements and the like, since this was not a literate culture. The German Litfasssaeule might be a better analogy. Contrary to the common etymology, this is not named because it is a column which holds literature, it comes from a person's name: F. Tietz, Ernst Litfass's industrielle und private Wirksamkeit (Berlin, 1871; repr. Berlin, 1921). Jim Marchand. From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: e-texts Date: Wed, 2 Jun 93 09:13:58 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 53 (81) You don't have to restrict yourself to Shakespeare and the Bible; there are all kinds of e-texts out there: Project Gutenberg, Online Book Initiative, European Corpus Initiative, Usenet groups. You can download Old Swedish texts, Grimm's Fairy Tales (complete, in translation), all of Hans Christian Andersen, Latin texts, Genji Monogotari (Japanese and Seidensticker's translation), any number of historical documents, pictures from the Vietnam War, the Vatican exhibit, pictures from the Book of Kells, etc. You can obtain from HUMANIST the Oxford Text Archive list (some restricted use); there is the Rutgers list. It is well to get the various net guides, such as Suranet, Nysernet, Cicnet, Nordunet. Stuff is coming online all the time. There are also some dictionaries, a great deal of software, the Eurodicautom online dictionaries from ECHO, and I haven't begun yet. Your students need to get with it; there are unexplored worlds out there. Jim Marchand. From: jsolis@pucp.pe Subject: Query (Latin American colonial history) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1993 17:03:55 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 54 (82) ----EOH -------------------------------------------------------------- A historian at the Catholic University of Peru is looking for information that could lead her to obtaining a copy or transcription of the "Relacion de Meritos y Servicios de Jose Antonio de Lavalle y Cortes", a character that lived in the XVIIIth century, if such a document exists at all. Any information on Lavalle y Cortes, and his children Lavalle y Sugasti, will be of value. Of course, information on where to get information from will also be very much appreciated! Jorge Solis V. Depto. de Humanidades Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru jsolis@pucp.pe From: "Martin Irvine, Georgetown University" Subject: Internet access abroad? Paris? Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1993 21:25:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 55 (83) Dear colleagues, I am requesting information about getting a guest account or modem access of some kind to the Internet while I will be doing research in Paris in July. Queries to other sources have not been successful. Perhaps there is a Humanist subscriber in Paris, or who has used an Internet node there, who could help. Commercial e-mail services (like Delphi) do not provide Internet services abroad, I found. Martin Irvine Georgetown University m_irvine@guvax.georgetown.edu From: Dimitris Stefosis Subject: Information Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 03:31:16 +0200 (CET) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 56 (84) Does anyone over there know how I can contact profesor Leo Buscalia, the famous psychologist? Please answer privately. Thanks, Dimitris Stefosis From: S Metsger <76260.2501@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Learning Hebrew Date: 05 Jun 93 19:16:26 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 57 (85) I am interested in learning Hebrew, either by correspondence or self-study, and would welcome recommendations or suggestions from those familiar with such programs, texts, or study guides. From: SNAHMOD@mail.kentlaw.edu (Sheldon Nahmod) Subject: i need advice on publishing paper on phaedo Date: Thu, 03 Jun 93 15:10 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 58 (86) as a newcomer to internet, and a law professor to boot, i would like to ask your advice regarding the submission for publication of a paper on plato's phaedo. i wrote the paper (12 pages double space, in english) several months ago while a graduate student at large at the university of chicago divinity school. the paper analyzes what i call the dream motif in phaedo from a literary-philosophical perspective and connects that motif (and dream characteristics in general) to socrates's death, the immortality of the soul and the afterlife. i am very familiar with how one goes about submitting papers on legal topics for publication but do not know how to approach the phaedo paper. i certainly do not want to be unrealistic or presumpuous about this, and i do not rule out submission to a "nonacademic" publication. your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks. sheldon nahmod, chicago-kent college of law. {snahmod@mail.kentlaw.edu} From: Chris Amirault Subject: Books in Print on the Internet? Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1993 15:38:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 59 (87) Does anyone know of a way to access the current Books in Print over Internet? I've snooped around using Gopher, but haven't had any luck. Advice and/or definitive answers would be greatly appreciated. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Chris Amirault English Department -- Modern Studies amirault@csd4.csd.uwm.edu University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 414/372-5153 Milwaukee WI 53201 From: Subject: PACLING-93 conference proceedings available Date: 3 Jun 93 16:25 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 45 (88) Extra copies of the PACLING '93 Conference Proceedings are now available. PACLING '93 (the First Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conference) took place 21-24 April 1993 in Vancouver, Canada. The proceedings are 361 pages long and contain 37 papers, 5 posters and summaries of 3 invited talks by Dr. Kathleen R. McKeown, Dr. Takao Gunji, and Dr. George Heidorn. See below for the Table of Contents from the Proceedings. ** Rates ** The following rates are for one copy of the proceedings plus postage, and include all taxes and surcharges for credit cards: Canada -- surface rate CDN$25 -- air rate CDN$30 United States -- surface rate CDN$30 or US$24 -- air rate CDN$35 or US$28 Rest of World -- surface rate CDN$30 or US$24 -- air rate CDN$40 or US$32 ** Payment Method ** 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 and address, to: Fred Popowich email: popowich@cs.sfu.ca PACLING '93 Conference Proceedings tel: (604) 291-4193 School of Computing Science fax: (604) 291-3045 Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 ** Table of Contents from PACLING '93 Conference Proceedings ** == Invited Talks == (page number) "An Overview of JPSG -- A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese." Dr. Takao Gunji, Osaka University, JAPAN 1 "Industrial Strength NLP - The Challenge of Broad Coverage." George E. Heidorn, Microsoft Research, USA 2 "Language Generation for Multimedia Explanations." Kathleen R. McKeown, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, USA 3 == Information Retrieval/Extraction and Large-Scale Lexical Resources == "Automatically Deriving Structured Knowledge Bases from Online Dictionaries." William Dolan & Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft Corporation, USA 5 "Information Retrieval Based on Paraphrase." Peter Wallis, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUSTRALIA 15 "The Diderot Information Extraction System." Jim Cowie, Takahiro Wakao, Louise Guthrie, Wang Jin & James Pustjovsky & Scott Waterman, New Mexico State/Brandeis University, USA 23 "Text Analysis: How Can Machine Learning Help?" Stan Matwin & Stan Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa, CANADA 33 == Pragmatics and Discourse == "Constraint of the Japanese Conjunction shikashi (but)." Tatsunori Mori & Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yokohama National University, JAPAN 43 "Reconciling Sharp True/False Boundaries With Scalar Vagueness." Alice I. Kyburg & Lenhart Schubert, University of Rochester, USA 53 "A Computational Formalism for Syntactic Aspects of Rhetoric." Marzena Makuta-Giluk & Chrysanne DiMarco, University of Waterloo, CANADA 63 "What's Going on in these Advertisements? - A Case Study of Indirect Speech." Paul Wu Horng Jyh, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE 73 == Morphology, Phonology and Prosody == "Learning Vocabulary for a Register Vector Parser." David R. Astels & Bruce A. MacDonald, University of Calgary, CANADA 92 "A Method to Improve Predictability of Simplified Markov Models for Japanese Word Succession - A Maximum Conditional-Probability Method." Toru Hisamitsu & Yoshihiko Nitta, Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory, JAPAN 102 "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 111 "An Experimental Discourse-Neutral Prosodic Phrasing System for Mandarin Chinese." Gina-Anne Levow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 121 == 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 131 "An Experimental Chinese Word Information Retrieval System for Language Learning Aids." Yu Zeng & John N. Crossley, Monash University, AUSTRALIA 141 "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 149 == Tools and Environments == "Graphical Interaction with Constraint-Based Grammars." Jo Calder, Simon Fraser University, CANADA 160 "STAS -- A Relation For Comparing Tree Traversals of Grammar Processing Algorithms." Miroslav Martinovic, New York University, USA 169 "A Parallel Processing Environment for Natural Language Applications" Hsin-Hsi Chen & Jiunn-Liang Leu, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN 178 == Parsing == "Grammar of Sino-Japanese Words." Nagiko I. Lee, Canadian International College/University of British Columbia, CANADA 188 "On Processing Empty Categories in English and Japanese." Tadao Miyamoto & Joseph F. Kess, University of Victoria, CANADA 194 "Context-Free Grammar Parsing by Message Passing" Dekang Lin & Randy Goebel, University of Manitoba/Alberta, CANADA 203 "Parsing With Principles." David LeBlanc, Henry Davis & Richard Rosenberg, Tilburg University/University of British Columbia, NETHERLANDS/CANADA 212 "Recovering a Logical Form Representation Using a Single-Pass Principle-Based Parser." Carl Alphonce, University of British Columbia, CANADA 222 == Natural Language Generation/Planning == "Deciding Appropriate Query Content According to Topic Features." Yukiko Ishikawa & Tsuneaki Kato, NTT Network Information Systems Laboratories, JAPAN 232 "Planning Utterances with Prominence." Shozo Naito & Akira Shimazu, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, JAPAN 242 "Coordinating Ideational and Textual Resources in the Generation of Multisentential Texts in Chinese." Licheng Zeng, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA 251 == 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 261 "Natural Language Explanation of Natural Deduction Proofs." Andrew Edgar & Francis Jeffry Pelletier, University of Alberta, CANADA 269 "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 279 == Machine Translation and Machine Assisted Translation == "Translation of Metonymy in an Interlingual MT System." Takahiro Wakao & Stephen Helmreich, New Mexico State University, USA 288 "Choosing the Right Word -- Lexical Knowledge and Context in Machine Translation." John Phillips, National Language Research Institute, JAPAN 297 "Tuning of a Machine Translation System to Wire-Service Economic News." Teruaki Aizawa, Naoto Katoh & Masoko Kamata, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, JAPAN 304 "The Integration of MT and MAT." Robert Frederking, Dean Grannes, Peter Cousseau & Sergei Nirenburg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 309 == Semantics and Cognitive Modelling == "Handling Real World Input by Abduction." Loke Soo Hsu, Chew Lim Tan & Zhibiao Wu, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE 314 "An Image-Schematic System of Thematic Roles." Dekai Wu, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HONG KONG 323 "Beyond Deterministic Lexical Disambiguation." Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Carleton University, CANADA 333 "A Meaningful Approach to Natural Language Processing." Sait Dogru & James R. Slagle, University of Minnesota, USA 342 == Posters == "A Transformation Method between Syntactic and Dependency Structures." Hiroshi Sakaki, KDD R & D Laboratories, JAPAN 352 "Towards Context-Sensitive Dialogue Interpretation -- An Empirical Study in a Speech Translation Project." Masami Suzuki, Gen-ichiro Kikui, Tsuyoshi Morimoto & Hioshi Iida, Air International, JAPAN 354 "Clues for Detecting Unknown Words in Japanese Sentences -- Garbage Word Sequence Phenomenon and its Solution." Yoshiyuki Kotani & Nobuo Takiguchi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, JAPAN 356 "An Example Based System for English Writing Aid for Japanese." Akiko Takeda & Teiji Furugori, University of Electro- Communications, JAPAN 358 "Towards a Model of Cooperation between Natural Language and Natural Gestures to Describe Spatial Knowledge." Xavier Briffault and Annelies Braffort, Limsi, FRANCE 360 ---------- end of file From: udaa270@elm.cc.kcl.ac.uk Subject: conference announcement Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1993 13:29:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 46 (89) For those Humanists not going to Georgetown, enclosed are details of a conference in London on 16 June: THE NEW HUMANITIES / COMPUTER INTERFACE Pedagogy, Design and Implementation in Humanities Computing Wednesday 16 June 1993, 10.00 - 5.30 Arts Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London Coorganised by the University of London Seminar in Humanities Computing, the Humanities Computing Centre, QMW the Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University A one-day conference to explore some neglected issues in humanities computing. Now that we have almost a decade of pilot schemes, trials and experiments, how do we bridge the evident gaps between promise, delivery and implementation? 9.15-10.00 Registration 10.00-11.15 Session 1. Design and Implementation: the Technical Issues This session deals with the presentation issues. What do humanities teachers and scholars need to know about computer interface design to enable them to make the best use of the new technology? Are there particular design requirements for computer-based humanities teaching and learning which are not currently addressed in the commercial or academic fields? In which direction is the design of the human-computer interface going? Speakers: Chris Jennings (Research Machines, Oxford) Marilyn Deegan (CTI Centre for Textual Studies, Oxford) 11.15-11.30 Coffee 11.30-12.45 Session 2. The Pedagogy and Psychology of CBL In the past few years, considerable investments have been made to develop a new generation of computer-based teaching tools. Much of this is directed towards what might called "mechanical" modes of teaching. What does this offer the humanities student? What, beyond "question and answer" or "expect and respond" routines, can computers offer the arts student? And what about the teachers? Speakers: Charles Anderson (Deptartment of Education, University of Edinburgh) Bruce Ingraham (CALSA, The Language Centre, University of Teesside) David Baume (EDSS, London Guildhall University) 12.45-1.30 Lunch 1.30-2.30 Demonstrations of teaching and learning software Participants are welcome to offer demonstrations. Details of facilities, and an application form, are enclosed. Demonstrations will include: Perseus (Harvard) The Anglo-Saxons Interactive (Research Machines) Shakespeare's Life and Times (Intellimation) The Dissolution of the Monasteries (HiDES) The Cognate Language Teacher (QMW) 2.30-3.45 Session 3. Handling Multi-sources A notable advantage of the new computer technology is its ability to handle text and images simultaneously. Does this represent new challenges to the way we teach the humanities? What are the dangers inherent in having too much of a good thing? Speakers: Wendy Hall (Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton) Don Spaeth (CTI Centre for History, University of Glasgow) 3.45-4.00 Tea 4.00-5.30 4. Education and Politics: the Future of Humanities Computing As always there are political implications including the need to teach larger numbers of students with a dwindling unit of resource, and, perhaps, a natural reluctance by many humanities teachers to become fully involved in new technology. How can the computer's potential as a resource and a tool be realised, for teaching as much as for research? Panellists: Graham Chesters (CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull) Deian Hopkin (Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University) Lisa Jardine (Department of English, Queen Mary & Westfield College) 5.30 End of conference The registration fee for the conference is 10 ( 5 for students and the unwaged), including morning coffee and afternoon tea. A buffet lunch is bookable at 5. Participants wishing lunch must book by Friday 11th June. The conference organisers are: Dr Peter Denley, Director, Humanities Computing Centre, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Tel 071 775 3148; Fax 081 980 8400; E-mail P.R.Denley@UK.AC.QMW Dr Deian Hopkin, Dean's Office, Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University, Calcutta House, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT Tel 071 320 1129; Fax 071 320 1121; E-mail DR_Hopkin@UK.AC.CLP.TVAX Booking forms are available from Dr Denley, to whom enquiries should be addressed. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE NEW HUMANITIES / COMPUTER INTERFACE Wednesday 16 June 1993, 10.00D5.30 Arts Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London BOOKING FORM Name/Title Institutional affiliation Address Phone Fax Email I should like to attend The New Humanities and Computer Interface on Wednesday 16 June. I enclose a conference registration fee of #10 (#5 for students and the unwaged), (cost includes morning coffee and afternoon tea): ............ I should like a ticket for the buffet lunch (#5: including vegetarian selection): ............ TOTAL ENCLOSED ............ Cheques should be made out to "Queen Mary & Westfield College" and sent, together with this form, to: Dr Peter Denley, Director, Humanities Computing Centre, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, by Friday 11th June. Late bookings may be accepted but will not include lunch. ---------------------------------------------------------------- THE NEW HUMANITIES / COMPUTER INTERFACE Wednesday 16 June 1993, 10.00D5.30 Arts Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London DEMONSTRATIONS The computing facilities that are available include D 50 PCs (486/386) diskless workstations (4/8MB memory, 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drives), colour monitors D 15 Macintosh LC IIs (4/40) running System 7.0.1, colour monitors D Space for setting up of demonstrator's equipment. The rooms will all be supervised or locked during the intervals and the discussion sessions, but the organisers cannot accept responsibility for equipment left in them. If you would like to demonstrate software or courseware, please fill in the following: Name/Title Institutional affiliation Address Phone Fax Email Title of demonstration Resources required Please return this form, and address any queries, to: Dr Peter Denley, Director, Humanities Computing Centre, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS; Tel 071 775 3148; Fax 081 980 8400; E-mail P.R.Denley @ UK.AC.QMW, by Friday 11th June From: John T. Harwood Subject: Penn State Rhetoric Conference Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 15:04:10 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 47 (90) 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 has won the Wicheln-Winans Award and Woolbert Award from the Speech Communication Association for distinguished scholarship in rhetoric and public address and for scholarship of exceptional originality and influence. 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. He has received several research awards and honors, most recently the University of Toledo College of Arts and Sciences Exceptional Merit Award (1991). 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. Her book, Literacy as Involvement: The Acts of Writers, Readers, and Texts (1990) was recognized as among the outstanding books in composition theory by the 1991 W.Ross Winterowd Awards Committee. 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 at an art gallery 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 Simple Gifts (a British-American folk ensemble). 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. 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 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 or to Receive a Registration Form 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: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren) Subject: RE: 7.0044 Books in Print Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 16:13:10 +0300 (EET-DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 60 (91) Re: Books in Print on the Internet: BIP is a commercial product whose use has to be licensed, ie paid for. They sell site licenses, starting from 5 simultaneous users, but by the time you get up to "unlimited use" the charges are pretty high; and I'm not sure they would license their product for use by people who are not "on-site" or at least members of the site (eg university) licensing the product. I would therefore be very surprised if you *did* find an Internet- available BIP! It falls into the general category of things that universities put onto their local campus network but have to bar access to from outside, in order to comply with licensing restrictions. Judy Koren, Technion Library System, Haifa, Israel. From: Subject: Books in Print Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 08:53:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 61 (92) In response to the recent request regarding access to Books in Print via the Internet: BIP is produced by Bowker and is a commercial product. Bowker charges fairly stiff licensing fees for access to the database, either in CD-ROM or as a file to be loaded on local storage. Any organization which is providing general, unprotected access via the Internet is probably in violation of its licensing agreement. BIP may well be available on the Internet was part of a library information system, but it is likely to require a password to gain access. Last I looked, BIP was available from BRS and Dialog. Individuals can get accounts with either of those services, and they are available over the Internet. However, I suggest contacting the local library reference department. They may already know of a convenient and inexpensive way to access the database from the local campus. Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale University Divinity Library From: Michael Fraser Subject: Survey of Software in Religious Studies Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 11:15:51 +0100 (BST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 49 (93) ---------------------------------------------------- A SURVEY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES RELATED SOFTWARE. ---------------------------------------------------- I am beginning what I hope will be a major review of software available specifically for teachers and students of religious studies in higher education. Such software has many sources, from large commercial suppliers to individuals in departments who have adapted pre-existing packages. Any attempt to be exhaustive in establishing what is available would be impossible without the help of others. It is with this in mind that I am circulating the following questionnaire both to individuals and to theology-related discussion lists. I would be grateful if you could take the time to complete each section where applicable or forward it to the individual who maintains software in your department. As this notice is being posted to a selection of lists I apologise for duplicate copies that people will invariably receive. Please return all completed questionnaires or any queries to me (via e-mail) rather than to the list. The final review of religious-studies software will be made available via ftp from the CONTENTS project at the University of Ottawa. I thank you for your help, and I look forward to hearing how your department uses information technology in its teaching and research. Michael Fraser (m.a.fraser@durham.ac.uk) Department of Theology University of Durham DURHAM DH1 3RS United Kingdom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME: INSTITUTION: STATUS (staff/research/etc): *WORD PROCESSING* If you or your department use special character sets, such as Greek or Hebrew, in your work, then please complete the following: NAME OF WORD PROCESSING PACKAGE: SUPPLIER OR SOURCE (If not a major package): NAME OF ADDITIONAL FONT SOFTWARE INSTALLED: SUPPLIER OR SOURCE: OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS/Windows/Macintosh/etc): ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: *TEXT DATABASE AND ANALYSIS* 1. Please complete the following information, where possible, if you or your department use a multi-text database (e.g. TLG): NAME OF TEXT DATABASE: SOURCE OR SUPPLIER: FORMAT (e.g. CD-ROM, disc): OPERATING SYSTEM: COMMENTS: 2. Please complete the following information if you or your department use a mono-text database (e.g. an on-line bible, Koran): NAME OF DATABASE: TEXT: LANGUAGE (e.g. English, Greek): SOURCE OR SUPPLIER: OPERATING SYSTEM: COMMENTS: 3. Please complete the following information regarding text search and analysis software (where it is not integral to the database package): NAME OF TEXT SEARCH OR ANALYSIS SOFTWARE: SOURCE OR SUPPLIER: OPERATING SYSTEM: COMMENTS: *COMPUTER-AIDED TEACHING* 1. If you or your department employ computers in language teaching, please complete the following information: LANGUAGE(S) TAUGHT: NAME OF SOFTWARE PACKAGE(S): SUPPLIER(S): OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 2. Please specify any multmedia packages (using for example Hypercard) you or your department uses (including custom built ones) in connection with teaching or research: NAME OF PACKAGE: BRIEF DESCRIPTION: FORMAT: SOURCE OR SUPPLIER: OPERATING SYSTEM: COMMENTS: *OTHER SOFTWARE* If you or your department use any software package related to religious studies, not covered by the above categories, I would be grateful to hear about it! NAME OF PACKAGE: BRIEF DESCRIPTION: FORMAT: SOURCE OR SUPPLIER: OPERATING SYSTEM: COMMENTS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. You will be notified when the final review is available. If you have any further comments or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail: m.a.fraser@durham.ac.uk From: Thomas R. Bruce Subject: WWW browser for MS-Windows: Beta release Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 22:00:52 GMT-1:00 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 50 (94) Organization: Legal Information Institute (Cross-posted to many lists and groups. Please forgive necessary duplications) Folks: This is an announcement of Beta Release 0.1 of Cello, a World-Wide Web browser for Microsoft Windows 3.1 Features: -- (HTTP/HTML) browser, with user-configurable colors and fonts. -- Full-featured Gopher (though unfortunately not yet Gopher+) client, including a hyper-ized CSO which permits (sorta dumb) SMTP mailing. -- Transparent access (via WWW) to FTP, HyTelNet, Telnet, etc. etc. ad infinitum. -- Graphics and PostScript viewing and sound playing via MSWindows Associations...feature, using add-on, shareware viewers such as SNDTOOL, GV057, and the Windows version of GhostScript. -- Ad-hoc Telnet, FTP, and Gopher sessions. -- SLIP/PPP support with dialup scripting language. -- Supports wide range of LAN configurations via Distinct TCP/IP runtime stack. Things you should know: -- Hardware: Cello needs a Windows 3.1-capable machine with enhanced mode and (preferably) swapping enabled. It is hungry for extended RAM. -- Software: Cello depends (for now...we're working on a Winsock version) on the Distinct TCP/IP runtime stack. The LII has licensed the use of a runtime version of this software for use by US academic institutions for a period of one year, starting June 1, after which we will renegotiate the license. Commercial organizations and non-academic users are strongly urged to contact Distinct directly at mktg.distinct.com. The Distinct software adds enormous functionality to the package, including SLIP/PPP support with scripting, and configuration for many types of LAN and networking layers. We are working on a Winsock version which will be available without restriction later this summer. --How to get it: FTP to fatty.law.cornell.edu, the /pub/LII/Cello subdirectory. The distribution is in multiple files. At a minimum, you will need README.1ST, which contains unpacking instructions. CELLO.ZIP, which contains the executable and Help application DIS.ZIP, which contains the runtime stack. Optionally, you should also get: VIEWERS.ZIP, which contains a graphics viewer and sound player for use with Cello. GSWIN.ZIP, which contains the Windows version of GhostScript. PLEASE NOTE that fatty is but an humble little Sparc and you can bring it to its knees fairly easily, so if you have another source for the GhostScript stuff please spare me and everyone else by going to the alternate source; the file is 2+ MB. Installation: Installation is performed by following the instructions in README.1ST, then using the online help. Additional support is available from a listserv list called appropriately enough CELLO-L. To subscribe, send a message to listserv@fatty.law.cornell.edu with the one-liner: sub cello-l your full name in the body of the message. cello-l is watched by the developer and by a few folks who graciously assisted in alpha testing and who know more about the software's treacherous behavior than its author; the listowner is Will Sadler at Indiana University Law School. We are also working on an archive of installation hints and tricks. Please try to take it easy on comp.infosystems.www; Tim already has too much to deal with (grin). Who'n'heck are these guys?: The Legal Information Institute, operating under the auspices of the Cornell Law School, is an entity set up to distribute legal information in hypertextual form by various means, including the Net. Since there wasn't a Web client for the platform used most by lawyers and legal academics, we took it into our (ill-advised) heads to write one. This is it, almost. For further information: lii@fatty.law.cornell.edu. Regards, Tb. From: Paul Herman Subject: Summary re Second year Metaphysics & Epistemology course Date: 9 Jun 93 10:17 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 51 (95) Quite a while ago, I queried several lists about teaching materials and methods for a second year metaphysics and epistemology course. I was particularly interested in providing some multicultural and feminist perspectives. I promised to summarize back to the list. It's taken awhile, but here it is. I hope not to have left out anyone's responses; if I have, my apologies. Paul Herman, UCFV, Chilliwack, British Columbia HERMAN@FVC.BC.CA A couple of post-modernist teaching methods One Here's a post modernist course for you (or what it seems to me, on the basis of this discussion, might count as a post- modernist course). No uniform texts, no lectures, none of the "class discussions" which are actually ways of getting someone else to say what the lecturer wants to say herself. You begin with a set of questions: how is, and has been, the field/subject/concept/area we've agreed to study constructed? What kinds of assumptions characterize the practitioners of this field? What counts as knowledge in this field? What are the questions agreed to be important among practitioners? What "knowledge" is assumed to be necessary among them? Then you organize your class as a collaborative to find out answers to those questions. Members of the class investigate different questions and report back. Answers are questioned, new questions are generated or old ones elaborated, and the cycle is repeated. You use the library, the world, other members of faculty and other students, complimentary copies of course textbooks, whatever you might use if you decided to learn about something. Your students (and you) construct the knowledge for yourselves, as part of a group of people engaged in the same process. You replicate the way knowledge is constructed in the "outside world." You learn (if it works) not to depend on a teacher, a textbook, or an encyclopedia to deliver "the truth"; you learn that knowing is active, and that knowledge is always constructed and always changing and always socially negotiated. The teacher's role is mainly facilitative and supportive: what she knows that's most relevant is how to learn. Two Instead of using a textbook, students will be faced with the task, in groups of 4, of creating their own "Sociology of the Family" textbook. I want to use a form with which they are familiar, but change their relationship to it-- put them in a position of being authors, rather than consumers, of culture. The course is subtitled: "The Family" in Everyday Life. My goal is to investigate the social and cultural processes through which the taken-for-granted reality of "the family" is constructed as a cultural object. Data for the course (our "text" if you will) will be the pictures, portraits, accounts, tellings, stories, and renderings that produce or assume "the Family" as it comes to be used and talked about. I want to make this object available for analysis in ways that will allow us to see who has the power to author our taken-for-granted notions of "the family." Resources Usually, an item has been favourably mentioned somewhere-- either in reviews or by respondents--in order to be listed. All comments are by others, not by me! Some items are listed simply because there seem to be few of them. e.g., readers in multicultural philosophy, even though I have no information on their goodness. Epistemology Texts Dancy, Jonathan. Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology. Blackwell, 1985. Excellent up-to-date critical intro- survey for advanced undergrad and beginning grads. Lehrer, Keith, Theory of Knowledge; Westview: epistemology skepticism coherence. Moser, Paul K., Human Knowledge: classical and contemporary approaches. Good collection of articles Pollock, John L., Contemporary Theories of Knowledge, Rowman and Littlefield, 1986. Trusted, Jennifer, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Knowledge, 2nd yr epistemology course, series of reading from Plato to Kant, and beyond with running commentary extolling empirical knowledge. Accessible. MacMillan, London, ISBN 0-333-32297-5) Gender Obviously, listing in this section does not imply that the items could not serve well as, e.g., metaphysics texts, but only that gender issues are a focus. Several course syllabi are available in feminist philosophy. For an index of them, send the following message to LISTSERV@CFRVM (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU (if you're subscribed on an Internet address): INDEX SYLLABI Alcoff, Linda and Elizabeth Potter's collection, Feminist Empistemologies (Routledge): includes articles that reflect the diversity in the field and recent developments. Antony, Louise M. and Charlotte Witt (eds), A Mind of One's Own: Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity, Westview Press, 1993. Baier, Annette, Postures of the Mind. Reason - role in metaphysics, ethics; Hume as root. Belenky, Mary Field, et al, Women's ways of knowing: the development of self, voice, and, mind, Basic Books, 1986. Code, Lorraine. What Can She Know? Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge, Cornell UP, 1991. Duran, Jane. Toward A Feminist Epistemology. Rowman and Littlefield, 1990. Frye, Marilyn, The politics of reality: essays in feminist theory, . Crossing Press, 1983. Excellent essays. Garry, Ann and Marilyn Pearsall, Women, Knowledge and Reality; Explorations in Feminist Philosophy, Unwin Hyman, 1989. Excellent collection of important feminist philosophy on many standard fields of philo. Excellent editorial comments. Gergen, Mary Mccanney, Feminist Thought And The Structure Of Knowledge Griffiths, Morwenna and Margaret Whitford (eds), Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy. Hanen, Marsha and Kai Nielsen (eds), Science, Morality and Feminist Theory. Excellent articles Harding, Sandra and Merrill B. Hintikka (eds), Discovering reality: feminist perspectives on epistemology, metaphysics, methodology, and philosophy of science, 1983. Harding, Sandra, Feminism and Methodology Harding, Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? (Cornell). Hekman, Susan. Gender And Knowledge: Elements Of A Postmodern Feminism. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1990. Laqueur, Thomas. Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud, Harvard UP, 1990. Not for undergrads but excellent source for instructors. Lloyd, Genevieve, The Man Of Reason, 2E, U. Minnesota, 1984. Well reviewed history of philosophical concepts of reason in terms of gender: are western notions of truth and rationality gender based? Longino, Helen. Science As Social Knowledge: Values And Objectivity In Scientific Inquiry. Princeton University Press, 1990. Longino, SCIENCE AS SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE (Princeton). Nelson, Lynn Hankinson, WHO KNOWS (Temple) Minas, Anne, Gender Basics; Feminist Perspectives on Women and Men, Wadsworth, 1993. Riley, Denise, "Am I that Name?"; Feminism and the Category of "Women" in History, University of Minnesota, 1988. Stimulating, enjoyable; upper division and grad. Tong, Rosemarie, Feminist Thought: A comprehensive Intro, Westview, 1989. Tuana, Nancy, Woman and the History of Philosophy, Paragon, 1992. Intended for students. Metaphysics Texts Carter, William, The Elements of Metaphysics, Temple UP. Coburn, Robert C., The strangeness of the ordinary: problems and issues in contemporary metaphysics, Rowman & Littlefield, 1990. Delightful invitation to serious conceptual puzzles; very accessible. Post, John F., Metaphysics; a contemporary introduction, Paragon, 1991. Swartz, Norman, Beyond experience: metaphysical theories and philosophical constraints, 1991. Excellent reviews. van Inwagen, Peter, Metaphysics, Westview, 1993. A model of how to do philosophy, clear prose, rigorous argumentation rigorous without being technical, Western (analytic) tradition. Mind Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg, Mind in action: essays in the philosophy of mind, c1988. Smith, Peter and O.R. Jones., The philosophy of mind: an introduction, Cambridge UP, 1986. Teichman, Jenny. Philosophy and the Mind. OUP, text Multicultural The Dept. of Philosophy at the University of Toronto last year received a small grant to look at non-white curriculum resources and put together a bibliography. It is probably available for a modest cost. Write to the Chair of the Dept., Wayne Sumner, for details (or fax him at 416-978- 8703). Bodde, Derk (ed), A short history of Chinese philosophy, Yu- lan Feng. short reference work Bonevac, Daniel, & Stephen Phillips, Understanding Non- Western Philosophy; introductory readings, McClelland & Stewart, 1992. Hiriyana, Outlines of Indian Philosophy. short reference. Jacobson, Nolan Pliny, Buddhism: the religion of analysis. Chapter on Buddha & Hume on no-self. Jacobson, Nolan Pliny, Understanding Buddhism. Kessler, Gary E., Voices of Wisdom: a multicultural philosophy reader. Wadsworth 1992. Koller, John M., Sourcebook in Asian Philosophy, Macmillan 1991. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli and Charles A. Moore, A Source Book in Indian Phil Sprung, Mervyn, The magic of unknowing: an east-west soliloquy, 1987. Sullivan, Lawrence E., Native American Religions, Macmillan 1991. Valle, Ronald S. and Rolf Von Eckartsberg (eds), The Metaphors of consciousness, c1981. Selections from many and various traditions; promising source book. Wing-Tsit Chan, A Source Book in Chinese Phil. Other Leslie, John, Physical Cosmology and Philosophy, Macmillan 1990. McCaffery, Larry (ed), Storming the reality studio: a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction, 1991. Woolley, Benjamin, Virtual worlds: a journey in hype and hyperreality, 1992, Blackwell. Personal Identity Kolak, Daniel, Self and Identity, Macmillan 1991. Solomon, Robert C., Continental philosophy since 1750: the rise and fall of the self, 1988. Taylor, Charles, Sources of the Self From: crane@ikaros.harvard.edu (gregory crane) Subject: electronic LSJ Greek-English Lexicon Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 10:20:48 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 52 (96) The following summarizes current plans to put the Liddell-Scott-Jones, the standard Greek-English lexicon, on-line. We are especially anxious to hear how non-specialists in classics with a present or possible interest in Greek might respond. We have developed morphological analysis software so that if you were reading a Greek text on-line, you could select a word, get its possible morphological analyses and dictionary entries and then look them up in a dictionary. At present, we have the intermediate Liddell Scott Lexicon on-line in Perseus 1.0. Putting the "Great Scott" big dictionary on-line would make it possible to do a lot more. (We take it for granted that we will provide outline views of dictionary entries and use filters to help people navigate larger entries. The e-LSJ should be easier to use than the print versions of its smaller teaching counterparts.) It is very important that non-specialists in classics who might nevertheless benefit from such a tool speak up. The classicists who review for NEH have a hard time taking anyone very seriously besides other professional classicists, and we cannot document too well the uses to which historians of science or religion, philosophers, linguists and other might put this tool. ****** At the end of the summer, we plan to support a proposal to the NEH to place on-line the ninth edition of the Liddell Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon (LSJ-9). This lexicon contains more than 100,000 entries and 500,000 citations. First, published in 1940, LSJ-9 remains the most important printed tool for the student of Greek language. LSJ-9 will appear in the Perseus database, but we are anxious that LSJ-9 be available from other sources as well, on both CD ROM and via network (e.g., GOPHER, WAIS). Our goal will be to make this tool accessible to every student of Greek, from the second year language student to the professional classicist. In addition, we are collaborating with Oxford University Press to produce an on-line version of the forthcoming, updatedLSJ supplement that is compatible with the electronic LSJ-9. OUP intends to publish a CD ROM that incorporates both LSJ-9 and the forthcoming supplement. The scholar working with the electronic supplement and LSJ-9 would, in a effect, have a seamless new edition of the lexicon that automatically interweave the two. Between 1843 and 1897, Henry George Liddell supervised eight editions of the lexicon. The ninth edition was not completely published until 1940. Once we have placed the lexicon in a reasonably structured electronic format, the editors of LSJ will be able to publish new editions on a regular basis for the first time since Liddell's death in 1898. Furthermore, the electronic LSJ will stimulate the study of Greek language in many ways. It will be possible to cross- reference the LSJ head-words with smaller, more specialized lexicographic entries. New lexica on medical terminology or religious language placed in the same electronic environment as LSJ can be much more prominent and readily accessible, since the user looking for the LSJ definition of a term could simultaneously be informed if other sources contain references to that entry. There are many scholars who will devote portions of their time to the study of Greek language if they can bring the results of their work quickly before many students of classical Greece. In addition, visual databases on ancient Greece have already begun to appear (Perseus 2.0, for example, will contain more than 30,000 images). New lexicographic work will be able to include not only words but drawings and pictures -- a major step forward for many topics. The electronic LSJ will, of course, do things that its printed counterpart cannot and will support readers of Greek at many levels. Users will thus be able to go from a reference in LSJ to the full text in the TLG or other appropriate Greek databases. The morphological information in LSJ will also allow new types of searching in the TLG: e.g., asking for FE/RW would also retrieve OI)/SW and H)/NEGKON. Conversely, users working with the TLG could go from any form to its dictionary entry: e.g., confronted with H)/NEGKON, one could learn that this was a form of FE/RW. The system would even make it easier to identify the probable definition, searching for entries that cite "Homer" or "Tragedy," or simply letting the user view an outline of the entry (six columns for FE/RW). Comments and reactions are welcome. A draft copy of the proposal ready by mid June and will be sent to anyone who is interested in what we are planning to do. Gregory Crane crane@ikaros.harvard.edu Tufts University Dept of Classics Eaton Hall Medford MA 02155 From: jslindst@waltari.Helsinki.FI (Jouko Lindstedt) Subject: Query: injustus aut impotens Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 15:55:22 +0300 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 62 (97) (Posted to MedText-L, SEELangs, Humanist.) In the Slavonic Vita Constantini (Cyrilli), probably dating from the IX century, St. Cyril explains why God has given equal rights to all nations and languages, and makes use of an argument which Grivec has translated from Church Slavonic into Latin as follows: "Dicite mihi, utrum Deum facientes debilem, ita ut non possit hoc dare, an invidum, ita ut nolit?" (XVI:6 of the Vita Constantini, where those who read Church Slavonic can check the original wording.) I.e., since something is right, God should be either weak or evil if he didn't grant it. The editions of VC I have checked (Grivec & Tomsic, Angelov & Kodov) do not seem to be aware of any source for this argument. Now, there is something very similar in Cur Deus homo of Anselm of Canterbury, liber II, caput XIX (or caput XX according to another numbering): "Imo necesse esse video ut Pater Filio retribuat: alioquin aut injustus esse videtur, si nollet, aut impotens, si non posset, quae aliena sunt a Deo." (PL vol. 158) This is an almost identical argument -- albeit for a different cause. What could be the primary source, perhaps some Father of the Church? Jouko Lindstedt Institutum Slavicum, Universitas Helsingiensis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Department of Slavonic Languages, University of Helsinki or letters: P.O.Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland fax: +358-0-1912974 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JDHEG@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Subject: e-mail in Madrid, Spain Date: 08 Jun 1993 11:00:52 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 63 (98) I am involved in a writing project with someone in Madrid, Spain who currently has no access to e-mail. Does anyone know of an e-mail site or address there that she might be able to use? John Hazlett e-mail address: JDHEG@UNO.EDU From: epalmer@CC.UTAH.EDU Subject: 'Story telling scarf' Date: Wed, 9 Jun 93 14:38:32 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 64 (99) Could someone on the list familiar with Irish culture provide me with information concerning an object known as a 'story telling scarf'? A friend off the list is interested in finding out the proper Gaelic term, and information concerning the historical origins of the object (she speculates that it derives from a priest's mantle...). The friend is also interested in acquiring one, if anyone has leads on a material source for such material culture. Replies direct or to the list, as you like, thanks, peace eric Eric Palmer epalmer@cc.utah.edu Until Mid-August 1993: Thereafter: Philosophy, University of Utah Philosophy, University of Kentucky Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA Lexington, KY 40506-0027 USA (801) 581-8161 (606) 257-1861 From: Sarah L. Higley Subject: More Jawboning Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 17:23:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 65 (100) Many thanks for the responses about Judges 15. I have another question about "jawbones." Who has heard of the modern idiom "to jawbone," or "jawbone regulations"? It's listed in the American Heritage Dictionary as meaning "to try to influence or pressure through strong persuasion," especially in the context of governmental or extr-official armtwisting: "to urge voluntary compliance with official wishes or guidelines." One "jawbones" a company into raising or lowering its wages. Is this obsolete? Is it strictly American? What are the subtle connotations of this use? Is it pejorative? Does it have, as I suspect that it does, the double sense of persuasive rhetoric and the crushing mandible? Bones on the Brain, many thanks Sarah Higley slhi@troi.cc.rochester.edu Has anybody ever HEARD of this use of "jawbone"? From: Jan Eveleth Subject: NorthWestNet Position Opening, Documentation Specialist Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 15:15:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 54 (101) NorthWestNet and Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Inc. (NWACC) An Equal Opportunity Employer Position Title: Educational Documentation Specialist Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Location: Bellevue, WA Date Available: August 1, 1993 or as soon thereafter as possible The Organization ---------------- NorthWestNet is a regional component of the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) and the worldwide Internet serving universities, colleges, elementary and secondary educational institutions, libraries, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and industry in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. The Position ------------ The education documentation specialist will maintain, update, and enhance in electronic and paper formats "The Internet Passport," NorthWestNet's 500+ page Internet user's manual and resource guide, and will be responsible for reports, services, and production tasks associated with the delivery of this document. This position reports to the Director of User Services. Primary Duties and Responsibilities ----------------------------------- o Regularly monitors existing and newly introduced Internet applications, services, and resources. Analyzes, evaluates, and authors documentation on these applications, services, and resources. Maintains and updates this documentation. Does in-depth investigation of Internet use specific to targeted audiences (e.g., K-12, supercomputing, health services, libraries) and prepares "modules" for these program areas. o Implements the production schedule for "The Internet Passport" including meeting deadlines for drafts, edits, reviews, formatting, publishing, and distribution. o Coordinates efforts to present user's guide material in electronic formats including information services, such as WAIS and Gopher, and an FTP server. Qualifications -------------- o The qualified applicant will be an active user of the Internet and have a working familiarity with a wide variety of Internet services. Must be fully conversant with e-mail, FTP, and Telnet and work easily with electronic texts in a wide variety of formats including text-only, MS Word, and PostScript. Intimate knowledge of the "folkways" and etiquette of the Internet community and its various services is required. o Must have highly developed, creative writing skills and be able to express technical details in engaging, easy to understand prose. o Needs to be familiar with editing and publishing processes for both paper and electronic copies and be committed to highly coordinated, collaborative teamwork processes. o A Bachelor's degree is required. A Master's degree in a liberal arts discipline preferred. The complete position description may be retrieved via anonymous FTP as follows: FTP host: ftp.nwnet.net directory: staff filename: eddoc.spec.pd Your correspondence, including a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references, should be sent to: Jan Eveleth, Director of User Services NorthWestNet 15400 SE 30th Place, Suite 202 Bellevue, WA 98007 Review of applications will commence July 1, 1993, and will continue until the position is filled. From: Karla Saari Kitalong Subject: call for papers Date: Fri, 11 Jun 93 15:22:14 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 55 (102) CALL FOR PAPERS READER: ESSAYS IN READER-ORIENTED THEORY, CRITICISM, AND PEDAGOGY Elizabeth A. Flynn and John Clifford, editors of _Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy_, are interested in receiving essays exploring the relationship between reading and the following areas: postmodernism multiculturalism and post-colonialism cultural studies composition technical communication We encourage articles that explore issues of reader-response criticism and pedagogy. Submission process: All submissions are blind reviewed. Articles of 15-20 double-spaced pages must conform to the _MLA Style Manual_. Submit one cover page with your name, affiliation, e-mail address, snail mail address, and article title. Send two copies of the manuscript without names or other identifying information. Send submissions to: Elizabeth A. Flynn, Co-Editor Reader Department of Humanities Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 From: ucrahex@ucl.ac.uk (Eric Halpern) Subject: Re: 7.0048 Rs: Books in Print (2/45) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 08:16:26 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 66 (103) RE: Books in Print BIP is also available on Compuserve, for a small (timed) fee above the basic service rate. Rick Halpern, Dept of History, University College London ucrahex@ucl.ac.uk From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: jawboning Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 08:43:31 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 67 (104) The expression `to jawbone' (= to persuade by strong talking) was common in the Middle Tennessee of my youth, and I still use it. It was one of LBJ's favorites, so it enjoyed brief popularity in the Washington crowd during his term of office. Jim Marchand. From: BKELMSS Subject: Literary Jesuits Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 15:39:02 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 68 (105) I am working on an article dealing with literary and cinematic representations of Jesuit priests. Does anyone know of a survey article on this subject or any bibliographic references? Thanks. Marcus Smith From: Ann M. Woodlief Subject: GUIDE and literature Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 20:17:37 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 69 (106) Virginia Commonwealth University has recently purchased a site license for GUIDE and we are in the process of mastering it. It's been around for a while, so surely there are people who have developed some literary applications with pedagogical value! Who are you? I am particularly interested in applications useful for introduction to literature classes from a reader-oriented theoretical perspective. Please send me descriptions of what you have developed. Ann Woodlief (send to awood@hibbs.vcu.edu) From: Eternal in Mutability Subject: Source of Quotation Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 19:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 70 (107) I would appreicate it if someone could identify the source of the following line of poetry: "Not a line of her writing have I, not a thread of her hair." Thanks, Bill Reynolds Reynolds@Hope Replies off-list would probably be more economical than ones sent through the list. From: LEONARD MARSH Subject: Eating & Digestion Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 10:46:20 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 71 (108) Can anyone help me in identifying any texts (especially in European Renaissance) that contain images of eating and digestion as metaphors for hearing and under- standing the spoken (or written) word? Thank you, Leonard Marsh MARSH@LEMOYNE.bitnet From: Richard.W.Unger@mtsg.ubc.ca Subject: Question for Humanist List Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 17:54:14 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 72 (109) A graduate student here at the University of British Columbia will soon have access to e-mail wants to know if there is a list devoted specifically to Canadian history or to Canadian anthropology or to relations between Europeans and native peoples in North America. Can anyone give me the name(s) and locations so that I can pass them on to her? Richard W. Unger History University of British Columbia From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU Subject: PhD Chapter on Text Models Date: 15 Jun 1993 11:53:38 +0000 (GMT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 58 (110) I am almost finished writing a chapter on text models for my PhD thesis on the definition of a textbase management system. I guess the chapter will be ready for comment in july 1993. I am willing to put the text in PostScript on FTP, but only if some people are interested, and if I may expect the readers to comment on the text (as it is, as they say, 'classified information'). I would like to hear from the HUMANIST subscriber (or any scolars in the field of electronic text handling) if he/she is interested in the draft chapter. The text models are: TDM (Desai, '85) P-string (Gonnet & Tompa, '87; Gyssens etc, '89; Tague etc, '91) PAT (Baeza-Yates & Gonnet, '89; Salminen & Tompa, '91) Bayan (King, '90) TOMS (Deerwester, '92) Containment model ("THS") (Burkowsky, '92) MdF (Doedens, '93) Note that the chapter is not a software description nor -comparison. It deals with the way electronic texts are perceived by the designers, and the models are described in terms of text structure, operations, and constraints. Other products that support an implicit text 'model' (full text retrieval systems, concordance programs, wordprocessors and the like) are treated separately, and will not be included in the chapter. As the TBMS is founded on SGML, this model is treated separately in a complete chapter, and is not included either. The report will be about 60 pages long. If you don't have a PostScript printer | previewer, only a very rough MRT may be obtained from FTP. Sincerely, Arjan Loeffen (Computer & Humanities, Utrecht, The Netherlands) From: hahne@epas.utoronto.ca (Harry Hahne) Subject: Bible Program Review Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 22:58:27 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 73 (111) I have written an article on Bible-search programs, which will be interest to many on this list. It is an in-depth comparison of 4 IBM PC programs that use a Graphic User Interface (GUI): Bible Windows, Bible Works, The Word and Logos Advanced Study System. All of these programs allow complex searches in the Greek and Hebrew bible texts, as well as numerous English versions. All but one allow grammatical searches of considerable complexity. They are quite easy to use due to the Graphic User Interface. Most use Microsoft Windows, but The Word uses a proprietary GUI (a Windows version is coming soon). This article was published in the Computer Assisted Research Forum (CARF), Spring 1993. If your library does not subscribe to this journal, contact the editor, Todd Blayone, for subscription information. He can be reached at cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca. This is a great journal for anyone interested in computer assisted humanities research. Recent issues reviewed Macintosh Bible-search programs and multilingual word processors with Greek and Hebrew capabilities. Harry Hahne From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" Subject: CARF UPDATE Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 20:01:04 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 74 (112) ******************************************************************** Computer-Assisted Research Forum UPDATE ******************************************************************** "[The] Computer-Assisted Research Forum . . . made interesting and informative reading." Donald MacRae, Germanic & Slavic Studies, Brock University "CARF ... is nothing short of excellent. Exactly the sort of publication that I think we humanities types need." George Nahrebecky, Modern Languages & Classics, St. Mary's University "It [the Computer Assisted-Research Forum] came across my desk yesterday, and immediately struck me as a 'must have.' It looks promising and valuable..." T. R. Hobbs, McMaster Divinity College ******************************************************************** The Spring/Summer 1993 (Volume 1, No. 3) edition of the Computer- Assisted Research Forum (CARF) has rolled off the press and will reach subscribers shortly. Postings with the subject heading "CARF UPDATE" will serve as electronic companions to the print-based publication. This includes: 1. A New Introduction to CARF 2. CARF, Spring/Summer 1993 Highlights 3. Subscription Information CARF is currently published three times during the year in Fall, Winter and Spring/Summer editions. CARF UPDATE will appear periodically on a number of humanities-related lists. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO CARF -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1.1 What the Computer-Assisted Research Forum IS NOT CARF is not one of those computer publications that simply applauds the latest developments in the world of computer hardware and software. CARF is not a technical humanities-computing journal. It was not designed for the presentation of intricate, case-specific quantitative literary and linguistic data. CARF is not the product of a particular university computer centre addressing issues of concern to local users only. 1.2 What the Computer-Assisted Research Forum IS The Computer-Assisted Research Forum (CARF) is a unique publication that fills a significant information void. 1.3 Intended Reader The humanities scholar-teacher and the student (from first year university/college to the doctoral level) are the focus of attention. Support staff will benefit from listening in. 1.4 Disciplinary Focus CARF spreads its web across all areas of the humanities. Suggestions for articles and reviews, which can be sent by FAX or e-mail, are warmly received. (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.) 1.5 General Purposes CARF seeks to meet 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 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 and literature review sections. Our fundamental assumption is that the productivity, and computer literacy of the "average" humanities student and scholar is contingent upon the availability of relevant, non-technical information. "Main-stream" computer publications cater, almost exclusively, to a business audience. By contrast, the Computer- Assisted Research Forum adopts a decidedly humanistic perspective. 1.6 Platforms Supported Both PC (i.e., IBM and compatible) and Macintosh platforms are supported. Most humanities scholars utilize one of these two types of systems. 1.7 Writer Queries CARF accepts feature articles from qualified writers on a regular basis. Contributors are asked to keep CARF's general orientation in mind (see above). The citation style adopted is the author-date style of Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers, 5th ed., (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982). We also accept software-review queries. The ideal query highlights one's qualifications and the scope of the proposed review. It also provides information that will assist us in tracking down the publisher(s) of the software package(s) to be included. Contributions and queries may be submitted electronically to cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2. SPRING/SUMMER 1993 HIGHLIGHTS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2.1 Table of Contents/List of Contributors Electronic Shakespeare: Making Texts Compute...........1 Eric Johnson Eric Johnson is Professor of English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Dakota State University. He is the Editor of TEXT Technology, and he has published more than fifty articles and reviews about computers, writing, and literary study. (johnsone@columbia.dsu.edu) FrameMaker: Desktop Publishing Power for the Humanist...5 Karla Saari Kitalong Karla Saari Kitalong is Academic Computing Specialist in the Department of Humanities, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, where she is also a Ph.D. candidate in Rhetoric and Technical Communication. (kitalong@mtu.edu) High-Tech Bible Study: PC Bible Programs with a Graphical User Interface................................7 Harry Hahne Harry Hahne is Lecturer in New Testament at Ontario Theological Seminary and a Doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto. He is the author of several published computer programs, including the Library Master bibliographic database manager. (hahne@epas.utoronto.ca) In Brief. News, Short Reviews and Annotations...........17 2.2 From the Editor In this issue Eric Johnson provides readers with a glimpse into the world of electronic text. The conversion of vast amounts of our literary heritage into machine-readable form has precipitated, at least in some quarters, the merging of technology and literary criticism. Adherents argue that electronic text not only facilitates more efficient mays of locating and manipulating data, but that it offers "new modes of access into the structure, development and meaning of a work" (Neuman 1991, 369). Johnson provides examples of research that point in this direction. Of course, many insist that computers "cannot help us to answer the questions that really count" (Burrows 1992, 167). Karla Saari Kitalong's review of FrameMaker, a desktop publishing package especially well-suited to the processing of scholarly documents, is timely. The affordability of desktop publishing technology, and the growing demand (from publishers) for camera-ready copy is forcing scholars to redefine their "trade." Without doubt, one will still frequently encounter the "remark that writers should not concern themselves with desktop publishing but ought to leave those activities to the printer. Academics and other writers, we are told, do not design well; and even if they did, the argument continues, such activities are a waste of time. Such advice which has recently become an injunction should make us ask why. After all, when told that one should not avail oneself of some aspect or form of empowerment, particularly as a writer, one should ask why. What if someone told us: Here is a pencil. Although it has a rubber apparatus at the opposite end from that which you write, you should not use it. Real writers don t use it (George Landow 1992, 49)?" Bible-search packages are reaching new levels of sophistication and user-friendliness. Given the fact that the Bible represents a relatively small corpus (readily available in electronic, text-only and grammatically-tagged forms), and that the (American) market for high-tech bible-study tools seems to be growing, it should come as no surprise that we struggled to limit our coverage to four, new, graphically-oriented packages for the PC. Harry Hahne's critical, in-depth review is an accomplishment that will be tremendously appreciated by anyone with an interest in literary analysis of the relevant ancient texts. Of course, humanists with no special interest in the Bible may wish to note how the various programs have implemented a set of text-analysis tools in a graphics environment. Finally, this issue introduces In Brief, a section presenting short reviews, software announcements and upgrade notes. I am encouraged by the response CARF continues to elicit from students, scholars, teachers and support-staff all over the world. As we continue to expand our base of individual and institutional subscribers I invite input and queries from parties wishing to contribute to this publishing venture. _______________ Burrows, J. F. 1992. "Computers and the Study of Literature." In Computers and Written Texts, ed. Christopher S. Butler, 167- 204. Cambridge: Blackwell. Landow, George P. 1992. Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Neuman, Michael. 1991. "The Very Pulse of the Machine: Three Trends Toward Improvement in Electronic Versions of Humanites Texts." Computers and the Humanities 25: 363-375. 2.3 Advertising Highlights Advertisment 1: Full Page (4) "Create Perfect Bibliographies the Easy Way" Library Master 2.0 -- Special Offer! Contact: Balboa Software, Canada. (416) 730-8980 Advertisement 2: Full Page (8) "Introducing the New Version 2.0 BibleWorks for Windows: The fastest and most productive Windows research software" Contact: Hermeneutica, USA. (206) 824-WORD Advertisement 3: Two Full Pages (12-13) "Bible Windows 2.1, TLG Workplace 2.0, PHI Workplace 2.3: Unique Display. Unique Searches. With Simplicity." Contact: Silver Mountain Software, USA. (214) 293-2920 Advertisement 4: Quarter Page (19) "Personal Bibliographic Databases... These cost more (...) This does more: PAPYRUS (Version 7)." Contact: Research Software Design, USA. (503) 796-1368 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3.1 Subscription Rates Individuals: $10.00Cdn - $ 8.50US Institutions: $15.00Cdn - $12.75US Outside Canada and USA add: $ 7.00Cdn - $ 6.00US These special rates are valid until August 1, 1993. Subscriptions consist of three issues, beginning with the most recent issue (unless otherwise specified). Send cheque (payable to "CARF" in Canadian or US funds) 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 inquire about back issues and single-issue rates. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Editorial Team Todd J. B. Blayone, Editor McGill University cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca Bruce Guenther, Associate Editor McGill University czbg@musicb.mcgill.ca William Dubie, Editorial Advisor Digital Equipment Corp dubie@tnpubs.enet.dec.com Harry Hahne, Editorial Advisor Ontario Theological Seminary hahne@epas.utoronto.ca Richard P. Hayes, Editorial Advisor McGill University cxev@musica.mcgill.ca David J. Reimer, Editorial Advisor Wilfred Laurier University dreimer4@mach1.wlu.ca Stephen B. Scharper, Editorial Advisor McGill University cy77@musica.mcgill.ca From: David Bantz Subject: Humanities Computing Position Available Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 11:36:10 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 60 (113) The University of Chicago Academic & Public Computing / Humanities Division jointly funded position Title: Humanities Computing Coordinator Department: Academic & Public Computing Reports to: Director, APC, with oversight & strategic direction from Humanities Technical Oversight Committee Position Summary: Provides hands-on support of information technology applications to research, instruction, and administration in the Division of the Humanities. Serves as informed advocate and representive of the interests of the Humanities in Academic & Public Computing and in other information technology activities at the campus level. Duties include assisting the information technology planning, assisting faculty, students and staff in identifying the best types of software and equipment for particular needs, developing training programs to aid Humanities personnel in learning specific applications, and identifying solutions to various hardware, software and network problems encountered by members of the Division. Major Duties: o Provide advice on the purchase of new equipment and on the repair and maintenance of existing machinery, oversee software installation, support the existing network, and troubleshoot. Academic & Public Computing will provide training in existing campus technologies and support services and backup expertise for this work. 35% o Develop or customize classes or training programs for faculty, staff and students on topics such as basic computer use, network information resources and specific academic applications. Coordinate these with Academic & Public Computing, which will provide basic resources for this function, including syllabi for basic training, teaching materials, classroom facilities, and, if appropriate, instructors. 20% o Serve as technical liaison to Academic & Public Computing and to other information resources in assisting members of the Division to determine appropriate information technology applications to accomplish objectives in research, scholarship, instruction and administration. The coodinator will be specifically responsible for canvasing and understanding the needs of faculty and departments in the Division and using that understanding to assist APC in supporting the Division with appropriate technology; in this role the coordinator will particpate in determining recommended hardware and software, identifying needed documentation and helping produce it, and contributing to the ongoing enhancement of information technology support activities. 20% o Provide staff assistance to the Division's Technology Oversight Committee to assist it in developing and updating as necessary a Master Information Technology Plan with a five-year time frame, which addresses equipment, software and networking needs in the Division. 10% o Keep abreast of new information technology applications appropriate for the Division. Collaborate with other support units, faculty and governing committees to facilitate informed decisions concerning these applications. 10% o Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the Technology Oversight Committee. 5% The individual filling the position will work quite independently within and for the Humanities Division. Overall direction and assignments will be determined by the Technology Oversight Committee, a group within the Division consisting largely of faculty. Assignments would often be of a general nature with the incumbent expected to identify how best to implement them and to draw on appropriate resources of APC and other campus support units. While operating within the Division under direction of the Technical Oversight Committee, the coordinator is also a member of Academic & Public Computing, which is to provide day-to-day supervision, technical expertise backing up the coordinator, and integration of divisional support efforts with campus strategies. The position is expected to communicate well with faculty, staff and students as well as computing professionals in other areas of the University. The individual will be expected to give advice and to clearly explain technical matters to those without a computer background. The coordinator must have excellent communication skills, and be conversant with the disciplines of the humanities. Familiarity with the University of Chicago, and especially with the University's information technology infrastructure, will be very advantageous. Qualifications A minimum of two years experience in providing computing support services. Also required is a demonstrated technical ability with a variety of software on differing platforms (Macintosh and MS-DOS required; Windows and Sun or other Unix desirable), as well as experience with network management. Prior work experience in a university environment is preferred. A Bachelor's degree is required and an advanced degree in a humanities field is preferred. ------------------ This a new position created to serve the needs of faculty, staff and students of the Humanities Division. It is a regular full time staff position with full benefits, initially funded for one year from University funds (not grant funds); renewal possible indefinitely based on an evaluation of effectiveness of the position. Applicants should send a letter describing their experience and expertise, a current resume, and any materials (e.g., letters of recommendation, samples of work) supporting that application to: David Bantz Director, Academic & Public Computing University of Chicago 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2745 312-702-0822 (vox) 312-702-7661 (fax) From: KIRSHENBLATT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Re: 7.0057 Qs: Jesuits; GUIDE; Quote; Eating; Canadian E-Lists (5/59 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 17:17:20 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 75 (114) Date sent: 16-JUN-1993 [deleted quotation]Renaissance) [deleted quotation] Yes. See, of course, Bakhtin, Rabelais and His World, and more recently: Michel Jeanneret, A Feast of Words: Banquets and Table Talk in the Renaissance. University of Chicago Press, 1991 (English translation). Originally in French, 1987. Very good bibliography. --- 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: payers@kean.ucs.mun.ca Subject: eating and digestion Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 10:12:22 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 76 (115) Mary Carruther's excellent book *The Book of Memory* deals extensively with metaphors of rumination, digestion, and regurgitation in medieval theories of listening and reading. Much of it is applicable to later periods. It is well worth looking at in any context. Peter Ayers Memorial University From: frsfwl Subject: Re: 7.0057 Qs: Jesuits; GUIDE; Quote; Eating; Canadian E-Lists (5/59 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 14:45:40 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 77 (116) Eating & Drinking Leonard Marsh asks for texts which use eating and drinking metaphors to describe the intake and digestion of the written word. The most obvious which springs immediately to mind is Rabelais' Gargantua, in the Prologue of which the author uses the extended metaphor of the dog cracking open the bobe to get at the marrow. The author advises readers of his books to "rompre l'os et sucer la substantifique moelle", that is, grasp the seriousness which underlies the apparent frivolity. From: Eric Rabkin Subject: Jesuits in Literature and Film Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 07:07:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 78 (117) Marcus Smith writes: [deleted quotation]Two classic science fiction works you'll want to look at are *A Case of Conscience* by James Blish and the widely anthologized "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke (which you might want to look at, btw, alongside H. G. Well's famous story of the same name). Another well known SF story that may be relevant is Anthony Boucher's "The Quest for Saint Aquin" available, among other sources, in *The Science Fiction Hall of Fame*, vol. 1, ed. Robert Silverberg. 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: Michael Ossar Subject: Literary Jesuits Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 09:51 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 79 (118) The Swiss playwright Friz Hochwaelder wrote a play, I believe in 1942, based on the expulsion of the Jesuits from Paraguay called _Das heilige Experiment_. It was performed in English under the title _The Strong Are Lonely_. I think the actual details of the plot are fictitious. Michael Ossar Kansas State University mlo@ksuvm From: Tom Green Subject: Re: 7.0056 Rs: Books in Print; Jawboning (2/21) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 10:56:02 LCL X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 80 (119) "Jawboning" was a term also in use during the Truman Administration, and again with Kennedy -- both, as I recall in connection with strikes or impending strikes in the rail and steel industries. "Ike" didn't use the term because he wasn't prone to do much persuading anyway. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + THOMAS F. GREEN (TFGREEN@SUVM.BITNET) + + EMERITUS FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY + + PHILOSOPHER IN RESIDENCE ON POMPEY HILL + + Box 100 Pompey, NY 13138 (315) 677-9935 + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: IT COSTS $30 TO READ AN ARTICLE Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 13:53:54 +22306256 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 63 (120) The following item came my way and digests a press release for an interesting new study. Librarians will read the study with obsessive interest, of course, but it struck me that it is of great interest and importance to many of the rest of us. ILL (Interlibrary Loan) is a vehicle I use almost thoughtlessly, and have always figured it was something we did because it was cheaper than *owning* the item in question. 'Taint necessarily so. Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. ------------- WHAT DOES RESEARCH LIBRARY INTERLIBRARY LOAN ACTUALLY COST? The Association of Research Libraries and the Research Libraries Group have just issued the findings of a joint project to determine the present costs of interlibrary lending and borrowing in North American research libraries. The 64-page report, ARL/RLG Interlibrary Loan Cost Study, is being distributed by ARL. Seventy-six U.S. and Canadian research libraries collected interlibrary loan (ILL) cost data for 1991, which was then verified, analyzed, and distilled into the published study. The report provides the data to inform research libraries when their best option is to buy, catalog, and hold, or to borrow research materials; whether to use fee-based suppliers or ILL for obtaining photocopied materials; what are the relative staffing costs for ILL, by staff level and function; and cost differences by geographic region and institution type (public or private). Some findings, presented in statistical detail in the study: o The major cost of ILL operations is for staff; less than one fourth of the total goes to all other elements -- communications, photocopying, supplies, equipment, materials delivery, etc. o More than half of all filled ILL transactions are done through photocopies rather than transmitting the original item. o The average cost for a completed ILL transaction (incurred by both the lender and the borrower) is close to $30 -- nearly $19 for the requester and $11 for the lender. The complete bibliographical information is: ARL/RLG Interlibrary Loan Cost Study; A Joint Effort by the Association of Research Libraries and the Research Libraries Group, by Marilyn M. Roche, Research Libraries Group. Washington, DC, Association of Research Libraries, June 1993. iv, 64 pages. ISBN: 0-918006-70-8 $10 (including first class shipping and handling; discounts for multiple orders on request) For more ordering information, contact: Gloria Haws, Program Assistant for Customer Services 202-296-2296 telephone 202-872-0884 fax e-mail to: osap@cni.org From: JDHEG@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Subject: Etymology/Definition of "Msabu" Date: 17 Jun 1993 09:36:39 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 64 (121) I am working on an EFL guide for Spanish student that uses the script of "Out of Africa" as its base. Can anyone tell me the etymology of the term "Msabu"? I also notice that the Kikuyu servants in the film use the term "Memsaab" (a shortened version of "Memsahib"). Was it common for terms used in India to be imported into other British colonies? John Hazlett e-mail: JDHEG@UNO.EDU From: emily socolov Subject: "United States-Mexico Borderlands" at Festival Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 14:17:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 65 (122) Excerpted from a Press Release dated June 7, 1993 _Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife_ The Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife will be held outdoors on the National Mall, Thursday, July 1, through Monday, July 5. Festival hours are 11a.m. to 5:30p.m., with a dance party until 7p.m. and a concert from 7p.m. to 9p.m. every night. All events are free. For more information call (202) 357-2700 (voice) or (202) 357-1729 (TTY). There will be four programs at the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife this year: "United States-Mexico Borderlands" celebrates the cultural creativity of various groups of people who live in the area defined by the U.S.-Mexico border. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet some 85 people from the region and to learn about their history, traditions, music, food, occupations and crafts. Artists will paint murals that depict border history and contemporary life, fusing Chicano and Mexican imagery. Corrido singers will perform traditional ballads of struggle, sing about border heroes and improvise verses on current border events. Artisans who work with natural fibers, paper, tin, animal skins and recycled materials will demonstrate their crafts and discuss how they have adapted traditional skills to establish an economic base and strengthen their cultural identity on the border. Conjunto, norte~no and string bands will invite visitors to dance in the marketplace. In narrative sessions, participants from different regions of the border will tell stories, share experiences and discuss border issues that affect their daily lives." Other programs include: American Social Dance Kid's Stuff Metro Music Contact the Smithsonian for details.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emily Socolov for FOLLAC (Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano y Caribe~no ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "R. A. Shoaf" Subject: The Ninth Biennial New College Conference on Medieval-Renaissance Date: Sun, 20 Jun 93 16:01:21 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 81 (123) THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING POSTED TO SEVERAL LISTS -- APOLOGIES FOR ANY DUPLICATION. Professor Lee D. Snyder, Director of Medieval-Renaissance Studies, New College of USF, Sarasota, has asked me to post the following announcement of the Ninth Biennial New College Conference; the announcement is based on the flyer he will soon be mailing to colleagues around North America. *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** THE NINTH BIENNIAL NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE STUDIES March 10-12, 1994 Conference will be held on the New College Campus adjacent to the Sarasota- Bradenton Airport. Motel list on request. Longer versions of nominated conference papers will be considered for publication in EXEMPLARIA. The Conference will feature two major speakers, one in history, one in literature. All aspects of Europe and the Mediterranean before 1630 A.D. and any discipline: especially interest in papers on Italian Studies, French and Spanish Studies, Medieval/Renaissance Humanism, Courtly Culture, Ritual and Drama, Urban History, and the 12th-Century Renaissance. Deadline for submission of a one-page abstract: December 01, 1993. Notification of acceptance by December 20, 1993. Please send inquiries and abstracts to Professor Lee D. Snyder, Director, Medieval-Renaissance Studies New College of USF 5700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34243-2197 PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OTHER INTERESTED COLLEAGUES R. A. Shoaf, Editor, EXEMPLARIA 904.371-7149 Vice-President, Council of Editors of Learned Journals 904.392-5299 Alumni Professor of English 904.374-2473 (FAX) 4338 Turlington Hall EXEMPLA@NERVM.Bitnet University of Florida EXEMPLA@Nervm.Nerdc.Ufl.Edu PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OTHER INTERESTED COLLEAGUES From: "Paul G. Stanwood" Subject: "Richard Hooker: Celebration and Appraisal" Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 08:32:50 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 82 (124) ---(Forwarded from: Paul G. Stanwood@UBCMTSG.BITNET, Dated: Tue, 22 Jun 93 08:31:34 PDT)--- A conference marking the 400th anniversary of the first edition of *Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity* and completion of The Folger Library Edition of The Works of Richard Hooker will take place September 24-26, 1993 at The Folger Shakespeare Library and The Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. Plenary speakers include William J. Bouwsma, Patrick Collinson, Brian Vickers, and Rowan Williams. Papers on Hooker's work or influence are invited. For further information, contact Professor A. S. McGrade, Richard Hooker Conference, Department of Philosophy, U-54, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2054. From: DR_HOPKIN@TVAX.CLP.AC.UK Subject: Date: Wed, 23 JUN 93 08:52:32 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 83 (125) CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT ---------------------------------------- FRANCOPHONE WRITING. Language and Literature in North and West Africa LONDON GUILDHALL UNIVERSITY Faculty of Human Sciences 16-17 July 1993 Plenary sessions and sectional meetings on a wide range of topics. Plenary speakers include Mongo Beti, Albert Memmi and Charles Bonn. Cultural evening with Noor Shimaal. Full programme and conference details, including accommodation, available from Laila Ibfnassi, Department of Language Studies, London Guildhall University Calcutta House Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT 071 320 1000 or 2217 fax 071 320 1121 e-mail DR_Hopkin @uk.ac.clp.tvax From: Paul Mc Kevitt Subject: Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 11:46:38 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 67 (126) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ******************************************************************************* AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REV ******************************************************************************* Call for papers Artificial Intelligence Review Journal Special issue on INTEGRATION OF NATURAL LANGUAGE AND VISION PROCESSING Editor: Masoud Yazdani Department of Computer Science University of Exeter, GB- EX4 4PT, Exeter United Kingdom, EC. E-mail: masoud@dcs.exeter.ac.uk Guest Editor: Paul Mc Kevitt Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield 211 Portobello Street GB- S1 4DP, Sheffield United Kingdom, EC. E-mail: p.mckevitt@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk Although there has been much progress in developing theories, models and systems in the areas of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Vision Processing (VP) there has been little progress on integrating these two subareas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is not clear why there has not already been much activity in integrating NLP and VP. Is it because of the long-time reductionist trend in science up until the recent emphasis on chaos theory, non-linear systems, and emergent behaviour? Or, is it because the people who have tended to work on NLP tend to be in other Departments, or of a different ilk, to those who have worked on VP? Whatever the reason, we believe it is high time to bring together these two areas of AI research. In this endeavour, we are calling for papers for a special issue of AI Review Journal dedicated to site descriptions, surveys, tutorials, and viewpoints on integrated NLP and VP research. Papers should be sent to the addresses below by DECEMBER 30TH, 1993. Feel free to contact Paul Mc Kevitt at the address above for advice on the suitability of manuscripts. The Journals Editorial Office Artificial Intelligence Review Kluwer Academic Publishers P.O. Box 17 NL- 3300 AA, Dordrecht The Netherlands EC. Artificial Intelligence Review P.O. Box 230 Accord, MA 02018-0230 USA. ******************************************************************************* AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REVIEW JOURNAL AI REV ******************************************************************************* LATEX VERSION OF ABOVE TEXT \documentstyle[art12,a4wide,alltty,epic,eepic]{article} \topmargin -20mm \textheight 11.0in \footheight -2.0in \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{centering} \Huge Call for papers \\ \vspace{3mm} \Large Artificial Intelligence Review Journal \\ \vspace{3mm} {\bf Special issue on \\ Integration of \\ Natural Language and Vision Processing} \\ \end{centering} \normalsize \vspace*{1cm} \begin{minipage}{2.5in} \begin{centering} {\em Editor:} \\ Masoud Yazdani \\ Department of Computer Science \\ University of Exeter, \\ GB- EX4 4PT, Exeter \\ United Kingdom, EC. \\ E-mail: masoud@dcs.exeter.ac.uk \\ \end{centering} \end{minipage} \ \ \begin{minipage}{3.0in} \begin{centering} {\em Guest Editor:} \\ Paul Mc Kevitt \\ Department of Computer Science \\ Regent Court \\ University of Sheffield \\ 211 Portobello Street \\ GB- S1 4DP, Sheffield \\ United Kingdom, EC. \\ E-mail: p.mckevitt@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk \\ \end{centering} \end{minipage} \vspace{0.75in} Although there has been much progress in developing theories, models and systems in the areas of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Vision Processing (VP) there has been little progress on integrating these two subareas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is not clear why there has not already been much activity in integrating NLP and VP. Is it because of the long-time reductionist trend in science up until the recent emphasis on chaos theory, non-linear systems, and emergent behaviour? Or, is it because the people who have tended to work on NLP tend to be in other Departments, or of a different ilk, to those who have worked on VP? Whatever the reason, we believe it is high time to bring together these two areas of AI research. In this endeavour, we are calling for papers for a special issue of AI Review Journal dedicated to site descriptions, surveys, tutorials, and viewpoints on integrated NLP and VP research. Papers should be sent to the addresses below by {\bf December 30th, 1993.} Feel free to contact Paul Mc Kevitt at the address above for advice on the suitability of manuscripts. \vspace*{1cm}\\ \begin{minipage}{2.5in} \begin{flushleft} The Journals Editorial Office \\ Artificial Intelligence Review \\ Kluwer Academic Publishers \\ P.O. Box 17 \\ NL- 3300 AA, Dordrecht \\ The Netherlands \\ EC.\\ \end{flushleft} \end{minipage} \ or \hspace*{5mm} \ \begin{minipage}{2.5in} \begin{flushleft} Artificial Intelligence Review \\ P.O. Box 230 \\ Accord, MA 02018-0230 \\ USA. \\ \end{flushleft} \end{minipage} \end{document} +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* *PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST**PLEASE POST* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: griffin Subject: English Institute Date: Sat, 19 Jun 93 14:05:34 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 84 (127) I'm interested in attending this year's English Institute, need already to make plane reservations, but haven't as yet received any information. Can anyone tell me the dates, the participants, and the topics; and/or send an email address for the organizers? Your aid is greatly appreciated. Robert J. Griffin English Tel Aviv University From: bwillis@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: ZEERUST? Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 11:03:40 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 85 (128) I have it on good authority that some people (I am not quite sure which) use a word of whose spelling I am unsure, but which seems to be pronounced ZEERUST, and which refers to the quality, like the streamlining of furniture and buildings in the 30s, which gives these commodities absolutely whizzbang up-to-dateness, but makes them terribly vulnerable to datedness and desuetude. Does anyone know anything about this? Brian Willis, the University of Western Australia From: jon.lanestedt@ilf.uio.no (Jon Lanestedt) Subject: Electronic, interactive stories for kids Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 15:30:28 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 86 (129) Elaine and Allen, I sent this message to humanist@brownvm.brown.edu on June 17. I never got any confirmation message back ("Your mailing for Humanist has been submitted...") though so maybe something went wrong. In case it did here it is again. ------ cut here ------ Does anybody know if any critical work is done--books, articles, dissertations, whatever--on the emerging genre of interactive childrens' stories to be read/interacted with on a computer screen? The kind of software I have in mind is such interactive multimedia products (sound/speech/music, color animation, sometimes text) as Broderbund's CD-ROM series of "Living Books" and _Amanda Stories_, _The Little Noisy House_ etc. from the Voyager Company (a whole bunch of software publishers now sell such products). 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: D Mealand Subject: Dartmouth address please Date: 22 Jun 93 11:40:06 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 87 (130) If anyone has an address for a faculty member at dartmouth college I would be most grateful if the e-mail address could be sent to me (not to Humanist) so that I can contact one of my Edinburgh colleagues who has just gone there for the summer. Thanks in advance 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: Yorick Wilks Subject: Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 11:22:32 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 69 (131) Speech and Natural Language at the University of Sheffield Department of Computer Science The Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield in England now has a strong research program in speech and natur- al language processing, and would still welcome new graduate stu- dents for Fall 1993, although all scholarships for this year are now gone. Sheffield is specifically interested in Natural Language Engineering and has established a Centre for Language Engineering involving a number of Departments. The University also has an interdisciplinary program in Cognitive Science and a strong program in Japanese. Sheffield has a number of funded projects in speech and language processing. Such projects are funded by SERC, the European Community and Japanese and American funders. It is believed that we will soon receive a Human Capital and Mobility (HCM) award for research in speech processing. There are at least 15 staff in the Department of Computer Science involved in speech and language processing. The Centre for language Engineering brings in another 10 staff. We have a wealth of experience in speech and language processing as well as computer aided language learning. Goy Brown: auditory models, sound source separation, audition, speech Martin Cooke: auditory models, sound source separation, audition, speech Malcolm Crawford auditory models, sound source separation, audition, speech Robert Gaizauskas models of text, text processing, cognitive science Phil Green: speech processing, neural network models of speech processing, ai approaches to speech processing Mark Hepple Cognitive Science, Categorial Grammars, Grammatical models Mike Holcombe formal models of NLP, formal models of user modelling Jim McGregor: user modelling, parsing, Prolog, tutoring systems Paul Mc Kevitt: pragmatics, natural language dialogue, user-computer interfaces, hypermedia, multimedia, user modelling, intention analysis, belief analysis Bob Minors Modelling arguments in discourse, illogic of argumentation, beliefs processing Tony Simons: machine translation, syntactic parsing, chart parsing, object-oriented parsing Yorick Wilks: Artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, belief pragmatics, lexical computation, parsing, text extraction. Sheila Williams: phenology, pragmatics and intonation, hearing, speech processing The developing programme in natural language processing will seek to link to speech research and also to emphasise multi-lingual text processing applications, pragmatics-based models of belief applied to dialogue, applications of large scale lexical and corpus resources, text correcting and verifying systems, includ- ing intelligent teaching systems concerned with language, and computational models of metaphor. The growing Computer Science Department is housed in a new building and has excellent facili- ties. Sheffield has the best and closest surrounding countryside of any major city in the UK: a good city for walkers, runners, limbers etc. as wellas normal people. Anyone interested in further information should contact yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk. Applications and requests for forms should go to j.clarke@dcs.shef.ac.uk. From: gwp@dido.caltech.edu (G. W. Pigman III) Subject: 7.0061 Rs: Eating and Digesting (3/56) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 08:42:10 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 88 (132) [deleted quotation] My ``Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance,'' {\it Renaissance Quarterly\/} 33 (1980), 1--32, discusses the digestive metaphor---Seneca's {\it Epistulae morales\/} 84 is the locus classicus---in Renaissance theorists of imitation. From: Don Fowler Subject: RE: 7.0057 Qs: Jesuits; GUIDE; Quote; Eating; Canadian E-Lists (5/59 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1993 18:13:09 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 89 (133) On eating and digestion metaphors: for the classical world, a good start might be Emily Gowers The Loaded Table, Oxford 1993. Don Fowler, Jesus College, Oxford From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: msabu Date: Sat, 19 Jun 93 12:34:23 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 90 (134) A strange book to teach English from. Unfortunately, I have not seen the movie and you offer no context. I think you have correctly surmised that the root -sabu must be from msabu `Mem-Sahib'. Kikuyu and Swahili are both Bantu languages of East Africa and both use the so-called ifataki `prefixes (sort of)'. Thus, ki- prefixed to a root generally has the meaning of `thing; defective person', etc., so kiswahili = the swahili language. The m- prefix usually indicates `person'. Thus, kitu = thing, mtu = person, kitoto/totu = baby, mtoto = child. The checkered history of East Africa has left its imprint in Swahili in many loan words, with the usual misunderstandings, false analogies, etc. Thus, the Swahili word for `book' is kitabu, borrowed from Semitic (cf. Yiddish ksav-yad `manuscript'), probably Arabic. By analogy, one can hear mtabu `scholar, book-man', as if kitabu were based on a root -tabu. Foreigners, even Tarzan, are notorious for not being able to pronounce the prefixed nasal, and for adding a vowel, either before or after the m-. The British carried the word mem-sahib (itself a bastard form from ma'am sahib `Mrs. Boss') everywhere; it the movie Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines, the old retired colonel who had lived in India calls his wife `The Mem-Sahib'. It would be quite natural for a Kikuyu servant (I should have said mkuyu servant) to understand the mem- of mem-sahib as the prefix to a root *-saab, *-sabu, which I don't know, nor is it in my Standard Swahili Dictionary; but, then, you said it was Kikuyu; my Kikuyu friends don't know it either. Continuing along, the Indian presence in East Africa is old and large; occasionally nationalists will try to kick all the wahindi out, as I think Idi-Amin did. Swahili, splendid language that it is, is almost like English; it has taken over words from many languages. You have to watch out for the spelling and be on the qui vive; the Labour party used to be called leba, for example. Jim Marchand. From: Paul Brians Subject: Re: 7.0062 Rs: Literary and Film Jesuits; Jawboning (3/50) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 93 22:11:08 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 91 (135) Jesuits figure prominently in Voltaire's Candide, of course. And they come in for some nasty comments in The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, who hated Voltaire, but agreed with him about Jesuits. From: "J.H.Sawday" Subject: Re: 7.0061 Rs: Eating and Digesting (3/56) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 93 10:30:18 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 92 (136) Richard Overton (Leveller), in _The Baiting of the Great Bull of Bashan_ (1649) poses the problem of diversity of interpretation in the following way: "The figure is but the shell; will you not crack the shell to take out the kernel? Pass through the Parable to the moral thereof?" See: Howard Erskine-Hill and Graham Storey (eds.), _Revolutionary Prose of the English Civil War_ (Cambridge: CUP, 1983) 147. On eating and digesting as a means of writing texts, doesn't Erasmus (_Adages_) have something to say about this, following Quintillian? I seem to remember Terence Cave's _The Cornucopian Text: Problems of Writing in the French Renaissance_ (London & Oxford: OUP, 1981) talking about this. Jonathan Sawday (Dept. of English, University of Southampton Hants. England) From: Rudolf WYTEK Subject: Re: 7.0062 Rs: Literary and Film Jesuits; Jawboning (3/50) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 93 15:23:30 MEZ X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 93 (137) Jesuits in Literature: Thomas Mann, Zauberberg, Naphtha is a jesuit with TBC I think... also some works of the author of LES CLEFS DU VATICAN whose name just won't come to my mind now feature a relegated jesuit... From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Early Hist. Atlases Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 20:24:49 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 71 (138) Please X-Post to relevant lists. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems EDITING EARLY HISTORICAL ATLASES University of Toronto, November 5-6, 1993 With the anticipated completion of the publication of the three-volume _Historical Atlas of Canada_ in 1993, it seems an opportune time to look at aspects of the problems editors have had in dealing with atlases from the very earliest times. The conference will include the following papers: WILLIAM G. DEAN, Director of the Historical Atlas of Canada project. Keynote address on the structure of atlases and the way this has influenced editorial decisions. JAMES AKERMAN of the Smith Centre for the History of Cartography, the Newberry Library, on the role of the editor in the creation of the atlas idea. MARY PEDLEY of the William L. Clements Library on problems in atlas editing in Enlightenment France. WALTER GOFFART of the Department of History, University of Toronto, on the breaking of the Ortelian pattern in the editing of historical atlases during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ANNE GODLEWSKA of the Department of Geography, Queen's University, on Edme Jomard and the development of facsimile atlases for the study of the history of cartography. R. COLE HARRIS, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, editor of Volume I of the _Historical Atlas of Canada_ on the impact of editorial decisions on the atlas as a `text'. Two exhibits: `The Atlas as a Book' (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, and an exhibit on the production of the _Historical Atlas of Canada_ will be on view during the conference. Registration: $65.00. For further information, contact: Joan Winearls, Map Librarian, University of Toronto Library, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5. Phone: (416) 978-1958; FAX: (416) 978-7653 Internet: winearls@vax.library.utoronto.ca From: Malgorzata Wilk Subject: Setting up a Celtic Culture Center in Warsaw Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 17:25:49 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 72 (139) Warsaw, 1993.06.23 Greetings to everybody, We are trying to set up a center/library for celtic culture and literature in Warsaw, as there is no such an institution in this city. We're aware that there is actually a Celtology at the Catholic University of Lublin and that Poznan is the site of the Polish-Irish Society, but there is a real need in Warsaw of such a center. The University of Warsaw has no facillities to start a Celtology but since autumn last year the Educational & Cultural Center at Lowicka Street has star- ted lessons on modern Irish and has also the facillities to start a real center/library for celtic culture and literature. Therefore we ask everybody, every institution and every single person to help us collecting the items without which no such center can exist; books, magazines, newspapers, tapes, compu- ter files and everything else connected with celtic culture and that you can spare. You can contact us either by sending email to the address as written in the signature, or by sending a fax to this telepho- ne number : +48 - 22 - 45 56 75 (only for letters & fax) or contact directly Ms Magdalena Zorawska, the spiritus movens of our little group of enthusiasts. Magdalena Zorawska Raszynska 15/43 02-026 Warsaw This address is for correspondence and parcels. Please pass this message to any person who didn't receive it and might be of any help to us. Thank you very much in advance, with Gaelic regards +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To fall in love is by no means the silliest thing man can do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. A. Einstein Malgorzata Wilk ul. Locci 7 tel. +48-2-6425222 02-928 Warszawa malgowil@plearn.bitnet Poland don't use any other address, it doesn't work Boling's postulate: if you're feeling good, don't worry, you'll get over it From: jdg@coos.dartmouth.edu (Joel Goldfield) Subject: Humanities Computing Conference on 6/25/93 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 07:50:20 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 73 (140) June 21, 1993 Dear HUMANIST Colleague, I forward to you an invitation from Dr. Malcolm Brown, Director of Academic Computing at Dartmouth College, for a regional conference on literary computing featuring Dr. John F. Burrows, well-known scholar on Jane Austen, dialectology and computer-assisted literary research, who will be speaking this Friday at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. There is no fee for attendance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- INVITATION TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON LITERARY COMPUTING FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1993, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE I'd like extend an invitation to explore the application of computing to scholarship and instruction that works with texts as its primary sources. Professor John Burrows of the University of Newcastle will be visiting Dartmouth at the end of June. He will be conducting a "master class" on the use of computer analysis tools in scholarship and teaching that has as its primary focus textual material. Professor Burrows' class will focus on a comparison of Elizabethean and Romantic tragedies. The class will include demonstrations of computer programs used to study literary and critical issues about these texts. It is a session that will be of interest to scholars in the humanities and social sciences who work extensively with texts and textual resources. The initial session is scheduled for Friday, June 25th, starting at 9:00 a.m. (please contact me at the e-mail address or telephone number below for precise information). All three sessions will be available at no cost. Advance registration (for all or part) is, however, necessary. If you are interested in attending all or part of this class (or have questions and want to know more), please contact me by e-mail at Malcolm_Brown@dartmouth.edu or by telephone at 603-646-1349. Session 1 will be in one hall (105 Dartmouth Hall). Sessions 2 & 3 will be held in 2 Rockefeller on the main Dartmouth campus. Best regards, Malcolm Brown From: ruslan@cs.usm.MY (Ruslan Mitkov) Subject: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 12:36:49 MYT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 74 (141) SUMMER SCHOOL "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS" With emphasis on Machine Translation Under the Sponsorship of the European Association for Machine Translation Vassil Kolarov Lake, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria 5 September - 10 September '93 The annual international summer school "Contemporary topics in computational linguistics" will take place from the 5th to the 10th September 1993 at the KZU Guest house, Vassil Kolarov Lake, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. (Day of arrival 4 September, day of departure 11 September 1993). It is intended mainly for university students and young researchers, but will offer both introductory and advanced courses. 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 the 8th of September to the14th September 1993 at the same place. The summer school is organized by the Institute of Mathematics, Sofia (Mitkov), LIMSI, Orsay, France (Zock) and Incoma-TD Co, Ltd, Shumen, Bulgaria (Nikolov). The preliminary program of the summer school will include the following courses (one or two more courses will probably be added): Jun-ichi Tsuji (CCL, UMIST, Manchester) - Sublanguage-based Machine Translation Richard Kittredge (University of Montreal) - Meaning-Text Model and application in generation of natural language Dominique Estival (ISSCO, University of Geneva) - Transfer or interlingua? Johann Haller (IAI, University of Saarbruecken) - Unification-based Machine Translation Zaharin Yusoff (University of Science Malaysia, Penang) - The role of grammar formalisms in Machine Translation Michael Zock (LIMSI, CNRS, France) - Text generation Pieter Seuren (University of Nijmegen, Holland) - Introduction to Semantic Syntax Carlos Martin-Vide (Universidad de Barcelona/Tarragona) New Trends in Mathematical Linguistics M. Kudlek (Hamburg University, Germany) - Formal grammars and languages Ruslan Mitkov (University of Science Malaysia, Penang /Institute of Mathematics, Sofia) - Anaphora Resolution Costs: The special participation fee at the summer school is 150 USA dollars for full-time students, 200 USA dollars for academic employees and 300 USA dollars for other participants. The fee includes attendance at the summer school, course materials, refreshments, reception party as well as meals and accommodation in two-bed rooms at the Guest House (which equals a 2-star hotel). Participants will be requested to pay in cash on site (any currency accepted). Summer school venue and Accommodation: The participants will be accommodated at the KZU Guest House, Vassil Kolarov Lake, Rhodope Mountains. The courses will be given at the lecture hall of the Guest House. Deadlines: The registration forms should arrive no later than 31.07.1993 at the following address: Mr.Nikolai Nikolov, Incoma, P.O. Box 20, 9700 Shumen, Bulgaria. They can be also electronically mailed to ruslan@cssun.cs.usm.my. On site registration is also possible, but earlier registrations are encouraged because of possible accommodation problems. Further information: Participants who have sent the registration form, will be receiving supplementary materials and information. For further information you can also contact Dr. R. Mitkov Email ruslan@cssun.cs.usm.my (after 5.8.93 ruslan@bgearn.bitnet) or N.Nikolov Tel. (359-54) 56948, Fax (359-54) 56881. ----------------------------- SUMMER SCHOOL "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS" Registration Form Name University (Organization) Address Telephone Fax Email From: RICHARD JENSEN Subject: H-Net announces 13 new scholarly lists in history Date: 24 Jun 1993 14:09:09 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 94 (142) June 24, 1993 H-Net: History On-Line Dramatic changes are underway in the electronic communications infrastructure worldwide. Academics are beginning to take advantage of the new opportunities. H-Net is an initiative of the History department at the University of Illinois, Chicago, to assist historians to go on-line, using their personal computers and the Internet and Bitnet electronic communications networks. H-Net is sponsoring a series of electronic discussion groups or "lists." Subscribers automatically receive messages in their computer mailboxes. These messages can be saved, discarded, copied, printed out, or relayed to someone else. The lists are like newsletters that are published daily, and which carry announcements from the editor, and letters and mini-essays from the subscribers. Currently our largest list is HOLOCAUS with 290 subscribers in 15 countries; they receive an average of 5 messages a day. Membership is open to any historian or graduate student, and is free. Each list is moderated by a historian and has a board of editors. The moderators control the flow of messages and reject those unsuitable for a scholarly discussion group. The primary purpose of each list is to enable historians to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on access to library catalogs and other electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on current historiography. Each list is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings. The lists feature dialogues in the discipline. They publish syllabi, course outlines, class handouts, bibliographies, listings of new sources, guides to online library catalogs and archives, and reports on new software, datasets and cd-roms. Subscribers write in with questions, comments, and reports, and sometimes with mini-essays of a page or two. Most of the lists have no chronological or geographical limits. The H-Net lists currently in operation are: H-Urban Urban history H-Rural Rural and agricultural history H-Women Women's history H-Diplo Diplomatic history, foreign affairs, international relations HOLOCAUS Holocaust studies; anti-semitism; related themes of modern history H-South US South H-CivWar US Civil War H-LatAm Latin American History H-Law Legal and Constitutional history H-Ethnic American ethnic & immigration history by July 4: H-AmStdy American Studies H-Ideas Intellectual history beginning fall 1993: IEAHC-Net American colonial history; sponsored by Institute of Early American History & Culture at Williamsburg Other lists are being discussed; to volunteer as editor or member of an editorial board, please send a note to H-NET@uicvm. Each list will publish (at no cost) announcements of jobs, fellowships, conferences, conventions, new books, new journals, new e-lists, and the like. To post an announcement to all the H-Net lists, send an email copy: by Bitnet to H-NET@uicvm or by Internet to H-NET@uicvm.uic.edu or by CompuServe to >INTERNET:H-NET@UICVM.UIC.EDU or send a fax copy to (312) 996-6377, care of H-Net. Each list will publish book reviews. To volunteer as a reviewer send a note to the editor at @uicvm (For example, H-URBAN@uicvm or H-LatAm@uicvm). To submit books for review, or for other paper correspondence, write to H-Net room 723 SEO Dept of History m/c 198 851 S Morgan St Chicago IL 60607-7049 [our phone is: 312-996-3141 our fax: 312-996-6377] H-Net will be offering one-day training workshops at history conventions and at history departments across the country. It has been endorsed by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association, and has received funding from the American Council of Learned Societies. H-Net is directed by Richard Jensen, professor of history at UIC u08946@uicvm voice: 615-552-9923 ========================================================= ========================================================= From: RICHARD JENSEN Subject: how to subscribe to H-Net's 13 lists Date: 25 Jun 1993 11:55:39 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 95 (143) H-Net announced 13 new scholarly history lists yesterday, and has been flooded with responses. Alas, we did not clearly explain how to subscribe. Here's how: pass the word. Anyone can join any of the h-lists by sending this message to LISTSERV@uicvm [bitnet--try this first] or to LISTSERV@uicvm.uic.edu [Internet] sub xxxxx John Jones, Northern Vermont U where xxxxx = h-urban, h-women, HOLOCAUS, h-rural, h-law, h-latam, h-civwar h-south, h-ethnic, or h-diplo. These 10 are all operating. The first three have been going strong for several months, the others are very new. Sometime in next week or so we will add H-AmStdy, with H-Ideas (or "H-Durkheim") to follow. This fall, a colonial list will be ready. Announcements and general questions go to: h-net@uicvm Richard Jensen for H-net u08946@uicvm From: Beverly Stafford Subject: Re: 7.0063 Costs of Reading Articles (1/58) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 12:31:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 63 (144) I have not read this full study, only a summary of it in article form, but these figures do not match up with a cost study we did here in our local network of libraries this past spring. As part of an interlibrary loan committee for PORTALS (consisting of a large state academic university library, a state-supported medical library, several smaller liberal arts college libraries, the large public library, and several others) we did an interlibrary loan cost study using the criteria used for the study below. The low figure was $5.-$6. up to $11.-$12., rather than the $19. cited below. The costs vary depending upon what salaries are paid, how work for interlibrary loan is assigned, what equipment is maintained by the ILL department, and a range of other variables. If higher paid staff does a higher percentage of routine ILL processing, for example, the net cost to borrow a book goes up. If the ILL department shares a fax machine with the rest of the library, the cost is lower than if the ILL dept. has their own fax, etc.etc. As for adding in the cost for processing by the lending library, I'm not sure that this is really fair, since it is already factored in by adding the invoice from the the lending library to the borrowing charge above. A library may borrow 50% or more from free suppliers, rather than charging libraries, which is another variable in the cost to borrow on ILL. All respects to the work of the study quoted, please do not assume it is engraved in stone; it is etched in pencil. -Beverly B. Stafford, ILL Librarian, Lewis and Clark College Library Portland, OR On Fri, 18 Jun 1993, Elaine Brennan wrote: [deleted quotation] From: irena.sumi@uni-lj.si Subject: Call for papers Date: Fri, 18 JUN 93 21:17 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 96 (145) Dear Editors, I would like to ask you to publish in your conference the following Call for papers. Thanks in advance. Greetings, irena Sumi Institute for Ethnic Studies Erjavceva 26 61 000 Ljubljana - SLOVENIA irena.sumi@uni-lj.si __________________________________________________________ The INSTITUTE OF ETHNIC STUDIES (Institut za narodnostna vprasanja), Ljubljana and the SLOVENE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Drustvo antropologov Slovenije) jointly organize an international conference titled ANTHROPOLOGY OF WAR. THE WARS IN THE TERRITORY OF EX-YUGOSLAVIA and invite scholars of various anthropological specialization, historians, sociologists, political scientists and others to participate in the five days conference investigating the phenomenon of warfare on the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. The following themes are proposed: 1. The collapse of the Second Yugoslavia: historical and legal background; 2. Ethnicity, statehood, federalism: are modern Balkan wars ethnic? 3. Balkan wars in the 1990': a precedent for modern warfare or an atavistic outburst? 4. Anthropology in explaining modern warfare: anthropology as a source of theoretization on war; 5. Political culture and aggressiveness: were the wars in the Balkans inevitable? 6. The attractiveness of war I.: battleground phenomena and ideology; 7. The attractiveness of war II.: "ethnic cleansing" as a genocidal strategy; 8. Shattering symbolic networks: destroying a culture? 9. The individual and the group in the war: living with war; children in the war; 10. Neutralizing the effects of war: experience and prospects. Abstracts of proposed papers are due September 15, 1993. The conference will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia November 22 - 26, 1993. For further information please contact: Ms. Ines Kvaternik Secretary of the Conference "Anthropology of War" Institute for Ethnic Studies Erjavceva 26 61 000 Ljubljana Slovenia phone (int. code) 61 210 823 fax: (int.code) 61 210 964 ean: ines.kvaternik@uni-lj.si From: banks@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: 'Visual Anthropology' Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 09:31:47 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 97 (146) Call For Papers VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY publishes articles, comments, discussions, film and book reviews which contribute to the following areas: * the study, use, and production of anthropological and ethnographic films, videos and photographs for research and teaching; * the analysis of visual symbolic forms from a cultural- historical framework; * the study of human behaviour through visual means; visual theories, technologies, and methodologies for recording and analysing behaviour and the relationships among different modes of communication; * the analysis of the structuring of reality as evidenced by visual productions and artifacts; * the relationship of cultural and visual perception; * ethnography of reception and the use of media in cultural feedback. Previous issues of VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY have dealt with the films of Jean Rouch, John Marshall and David MacDougall. Authors of articles on a variety of topics have included film makers David MacDougall, Karl Heider, Eric Michaels, Keyan Tomaselli, Teshome Gabriel, Marcus Banks, Peter Fuchs and Allison Jablonko. Contributing visual anthropologists have included Jay Ruby, Paul Stoller, Paulo Chiozzi, and Douglas Harper. Submissions and inquiries should be addressed to Paul Hockings, Editor, Department of Anthropology-027, University of Illinois, Box 4348, Chicago, Illinois 60680, USA. Call for Papers issued by Marcus Banks, Editorial Board Member, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, UK. From: Gary Perlman Subject: ACM Hypertext'93 Call for POSTER Submissions Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 15:30:38 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 78 (147) This is the second call for posters. Another will follow the 4th of July. HYPERTEXT'93 CALL FOR POSTERS 1993 ACM Conference on Hypertext Seattle, Washington, USA November 14-18, 1993 Gary Perlman Poster Session Chair Computer & Information Science 228 Bolz Hall, Ohio State University 2036 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1277 phone: +01-614-292-2566, fax: +01-614-292-2911 email: perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT: Monday, August 2, 1993 The deadline for papers, panels, and technical briefings has passed, but there is still time to submit a poster for presentation at Hypertext'93. Poster presentations will allow researchers to present late-breaking results, significant work in progress, or work that is best presented in conversation. Poster sessions let conference attendees exchange ideas one-on-one with authors and let authors discuss their work in more detail with those attendees most deeply interested in a topic. (There's also time to submit a demonstration, contact william@atc.boeing.com.) Posters will be accepted much later than papers in order to provide an opportunity for presenting and getting feedback on hot new ideas. Posters will be reviewed by a panel of subject-matter experts and will be selected on the basis of their contribution to research or practice. Because of the interactive nature of poster presentations, only one submission will be accepted per author. Submit an EXTENDED abstract of at most two pages emphasizing: * the problem, * what was done, and * why the work is important. Please provide cover information: * the title, * the name and affiliation of the author(s), * a few keyword phrases, * complete contact address for the author to whom correspondence should be addressed. (including telephone, fax, e-mail) For accepted posters, authors will be asked for an ABBREVIATED abstract for dissemination at the conference and in the poster session report for the ACM SIGLINK newsletter. E-mail and fax submissions will be accepted. E-mail submissions are PREFERRED over paper which is preferred over fax. PostScript and RTF are okay. LaTeX, troff, Scribe, Word, WP, etc. are not. Answers to some expected questions follow. Q: When will the posters be displayed? A: Posters will on display almost all the time during the conference. There will be one or two 2-3-hour blocks of time dedicated to the posters and demonstrations during which poster presenters will be expected to be available to answer questions. At other times, conference attendees will be able to view the posters. Q: Will the posters be published as part of the proceedings? A: No, but abstracts of the posters will be available at the conference. Posters will be technical "presentations" but not "publications". Some posters might make good papers for the SIGLINK newsletter, or other outlets. The Hypertext'91 poster abstracts were published in the ACM SIGLINK Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 17-24. Q: How many posters will be accepted? A: We have room for 30-40 posters, but are prepared to accept fewer. For Hypertext'91 about 50% of submissions were accepted. From: "David M. Schaps" Subject: Re: 7.0061 Rs: Eating and Digesting (3/56) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 93 14:21:16 IDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 98 (148) More on eating, though not as useful as the books mentioned: (1) Didymus, an Alexandrian grammarian (1st c. BCE), was known as "Khalkenteros" ("bronze-guts") for the enormous number of books he had read (he is said to have written 3,500 or 4,000 works himself). (2) An item that I came across in graduate school, and sufficiently obscure that I suspect it may be overlooked: in his Life of Bruno of Segni (a Cassinese abbot and saint), Peter the Deacon writes of Bruno's education that "he drank deep at the fountain of wisdom, from which he would later vomit it forth to the thirsty multitude," a metaphor so singularly infelicitous that it has stuck in my mind for twenty years. David M. Schaps Department of Classical Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel FAX: 972-3-347-601 From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Re: 7.0068 ZEERUST Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 13:39:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 99 (149) Zeerust is a dutch word which literaly means "the calm of the sea", Zee = sea and rust = rest. I hope this helps. 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: Joseph John Rodio Subject: Jesuits Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 16:06:01 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 100 (150) One more depiction of the Jesuits in film I haven't seen mentioned is the Canadian movie "Black Robe". It is based on the novel of the same name by Brian Moore. Joe Rodio University of Maryland-College Park From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Journal of European Studies (23) 1993 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 14:05:37 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 80 (151) Please X-post: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES: THE INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF FRANCE 1940-44 _Journal of European Studies_ is a major journal, published quarterly, which deals with the literature, ideas and culture of Europe since the Renaissance. Vol. 23, parts 1 and 2 (March/June 1993), is a special double issue entitled _The Invasion and Occupation of France 1940-44: intellectual and cultural responses_, and edited by Christopher Flood and Richard Golsan. It contains, in addition to an introduction by the editors and a section of book reviews, the following articles: "The morphology of the collaborator" (Bertram Gordon) "Ideology, cultural politics and literary collaboration at _La Gerbe_" (Richard Golsan) "Fascist ideology and theatre under the Occupation: the case of Anouilh" (Mary Ann Frese Witt) "Publish and perish: the _epuration_ of French intellectuals" (Diane Rubenstein) "A certain idea of France: Ernst Junger's Paris Diaries 1941-44" (Richard Griffiths) "A forgotten novel of the Resistance: Pierre Courtade's _Elseneur_" (John Flower) "Andre Labarthe and Raymond Aron: political myth and ideology in _La France libre_" (Christopher Flood) "Facing history: Mauriac and Levinas on Nazism" (Nathan Bracher) "French Catholic intellectuals during the Occupation" (Michael Kelly) "Independent publishing in Vichy France: the case of Pierre Seghers's _Poesie_" (Nicholas Hewitt) "Abandoning pacifism: the case of Sartre (1939-40)" (John Taylor) "Writing war in the feminine: de Beauvoir and Duras" (Mary Jean Green) Contributions for future numbers should be sent to the General Editor: Prof. J.E. 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If you are told you can't unsubscribe, please refer the error message to jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu -- this will happen most often to people who subscribed to BMCR some time ago from Bitnet addresses. From: Subject: Q: E-Interdisciplinary Studies Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 16:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 101 (153) Does anyone of the Humanist list know of any electronic discussion groups that deal with interdisciplinary and/or multicultural education? Thank you, John S. UHartford ********************************************************* 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: fcosws@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven Schaufele) Subject: Query: Shakespeare's exploitation of syntactic options Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 16:23:10 +1200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 102 (154) I recently posted the following query on LINGUIST, and was advised to send it also to this address: I've recently gotten interested in investigating the use of syntactic options (i.e. syntactically different but semantically equivalent constructions -- e.g. voice distinctions, variation in adverb placement) in Shakespeare's plays, especially as tools in characterization. Can anybody direct me to any research that has been done in this area? ------ Dr. Steven Schaufele c/o Department of Linguistics 712 West Washington Ave. University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 4088 Foreign Languages Building 707 South Mathews Street 217-344-8240 Urbana, IL 61801 fcosws@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu From: D1634@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Circle Noetic Svc, A Nizhnikov,PAS) Subject: Solipsism andthe Missing Piece Date: 28 Jun 93 19:26 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 103 (155) Dear readers of the Humanist List, My father-in-law, Don Smith, is a psychologist and philosopher who is in the process of writing a book on the 'self' and in part about our 'one-ness' with ourselves despite the existence of others. He is looking for someone with an interest in discussing the merits, etc of solipsism and the originator of the term 'solipsism'. Don's theories have to do with the perception of oneself as the whole being searching for the missing piece in his life much the way Shel Silverstein's book "The Missing Piece" describes the journey of the imperfect circle searching for its missing piece to 'complete and perfect itself'. He discusses the point that one is never complete after being born and 'disembodied' from the womb if you will and that one will never find that 'missing piece' again. If this is a subject of interest to anyone out there, and I hope my message is not ill-placed (if it is, I apologize for wasting anyone's time), then please feel free to correspond directly with me and I will forward e-mail to Don or feel free to contact Don Smith by postal mail at the following address: Don Smith Star Route 1, Box 1080-15 Bristol, NH 03222 USA phone: 603/744-8992. Don doesn't have a fax or an e-mail address, but please feel free to contact him via my e-mail address at D1634@Applelink.Apple.com@INTERNET#. Thank you for any interest. Regards, Gillian Smith From: Stephen Clausing Subject: finding e-mail addresses Date: Wed, 30 Jun 93 09:14:27 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 104 (156) I just got an "urgent" letter from a Spanish university asking for information regarding my MacConcordance program. Since I have always distributed this free over the network I would like to do so again in this case, but as is so often the case when I receive such letters, there is no e-mail address. Rather than just posing a query about the address, I would like to ask a more general question: is there any simple way of getting such addresses over the network. I know that some universities have a postmaster who can give you local addresses, but you have to know how to reach the postmaster first. Also I believe there is a listing that you can voluntarily join and query for addresses, but few people know about this or use the service. Why can't we just have a central listing of everybody's e-mail address which everyone is put on automatically by their host institution unless they specifically request otherwise? By the way, if someone knows the address for Juan Miguel Monterrubio at the Dpt. of Filologia Espanyola i Moderna Universidad de las Islas Baleares Palma de Mallorca, then I would like to have it. This sounds like a nice place to have a vacation too. From: Charles Ess Subject: shareware mail systems? Date: Thu, 01 Jul 93 07:49:06 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 105 (157) Thanks to NSF, we are about to hook up to the Internet using our own address and host computer. I'm searching for suggestions regarding public domain software for e-mail in conjunction with the Internet connection. Comments from HUMANIST readers, especially based on their experience -- good or bad -- with a particular e-mail system for campus use would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Charles Ess Philosophy & Religion Drury College Springfield, MO 65802 USA From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: help in Cambridge? Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1993 16:52:26 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 106 (158) A colleague of mine, now on sabbatical at Cambridge University, has just discovered that without a formal connection to the University he cannot borrow books, only read them in the Library. For various good reasons this is a severe hardship. He did not apply for a fellowship before going and won't now, so that avenue is not open to him. His credentials here, at the University of Toronto, are as respectable as they need to be (professorial level, etc.). Can anyone suggest what he might now do to obtain the necessary connection? Thanks very much. Willard McCarty From: Bernard van't Hul Subject: Date: Wed, 30 Jun 93 15:21:38 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 107 (159) I'd be grateful to anyone who will please attribute this couplet to its author: "That frost of fact by which our wisdom gives Correctly stated death to all that lives." From: "Susan R. Harris" Subject: Oxford Text Archives via FTP? Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 13:17:50 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 108 (160) I recall seeing a note (somewhere ...) mentioning that the Oxford Text Archives are now available for anonymous FTP. Can anyone provide the address, or other pertinent details? From: Ian Budden Subject: E-text of Thomas Usk Date: Tue, 29 Jun 93 16:34:05 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 109 (161) Could I resubmit this message, please (the form of name before the @ sign I gave last time might not be recognised off our own campus!) Many thanks. Can anyone tell me if they know of the existence of an e-text of Thomas Usk's Testament of Love, please? It was reprinted in Chaucerian and other pieces, edited by W.W. Skeat, Clarendon Press, 1897; this was vol.7 of his Works of Geoffery Chaucer. Many thanks, Ian Budden alfc6@central.sussex.ac.uk [deleted quotation] From: "Keith Nightenhelser, DePauw University " Subject: Katherine Philips source-questions Date: 28 Jun 1993 16:15:57 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 110 (162) A colleague, Andrea Sununu, who is editing some works of Katherine Philips (1632-1664), has asked me to seek list-help on some source-questions. At one point Philips wrote But as that sonne whose father's danger nigh Did force his native dumbnesse, and untye The fettred organs: so here is a cause That will excuse the breach of nature's laws. To a classicist at any rate this passage seems to allude to the tale of Croesus' mute son, who spoke up to prevent his murder (Herodotos 1.85). The silence of Croesus' son became proverbial (the How-Wells commentary to Herodotus ad loc. refers to a proverb in Apostolius [Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum II.686 no. 99], "more silent than Croesus' son"). The remaining source-questions, on which list-help is sought, are (1) what are Philips' likely sources for such a tale, and (2) is this tale used elsewhere in a writer's self-justification for writing. --Keith Nightenhelser, DePauw University k_night@depauw.bitnet From: Steve Taylor Subject: Spanish E-texts Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 15:02:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 111 (163) Can anyone direct me to any spanish texts (of any kind) in electronic format, especially if available via the internet? Thanks. Steve Taylor Emory University From: NEUMAN@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Subject: Quotation from Darwin Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 10:35:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 112 (164) A colleague would like to find the source and the exact phrasing of the following quotation from the works of Darwin. She believes the quotation appears in one of the works from 1872 -- either The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals or On the Origin of the Species (6th ed.) -- but she has not been able locate it through browsing. The laws governing inheritance are for the most part unknown. No one can say why the same peculiarity in different individuals of the same species, or in different species, is sometimes inherited and sometimes not so, why the child often reverts in certain characteristics to the grandfather or grandmother or more remote ancestor. A search of electronic text would help. Can anyone provide the name and address of the editor of the Papers of Charles Darwin? I understand the Papers are being prepared in both print and electronic media. Thank you. Mike Neuman Georgetown neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu From: Helen Schwartz Subject: Re: 7.0066 Confs: Med-Ren Studies; Hooker; Francophone Wr. (3/115 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 22:19:55 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 113 (165) The Modern Language Association (MLA) has recently adopted a policy that endorses the giving of credit toward reappointment, tenure and promotion for computer-related work (in research, teaching or service), with the usual external review of such work. In an effort to encourage review, MLA's Committee on Computers and Emerging Technologies (CET) is identifying journals (print or electronic) that publish reviews of computing software and applications in the humanities (especially for literature, foreign language and linguistics, writing and related fields). Please send the names of such journals and information about contacting them (including electronic addresses when possible) to: HSchwart@indycms [Helen Schwartz, English Department, Indiana U-Purdue U at Indianapolis (IUPUI), 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202] PLEASE POST THIS NOTICE ON OTHER RELEVANT ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS. Thank you. From: SCHECHNR@NYUACF.BITNET Subject: TDR Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1993 12:10:51 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 114 (166) ATTENTION PERFORM-L PEOPLE, NOW YOU CAN ORDER _TDR_ VIA EMAIL! The latest issue of TDR features an in-depth interview by Vicki Patraka of African American feminist performance artist/activist Robbie McCAuley. And Art Borreca;s "Political Dramaturgy: A Dramaturg's (Re)View." The cruel and powerful writings of Valere Novarina are discussed by Allen S. Weiss along with splendid translations of Valere's own texts, "Letter to the Actors" and "The Drama of Life." _TDR_'s contents this issue also include: Modern Indonesian Dance by Sal Murgiyanto Cuban-American Santaria by Michael Atwood Mason Akko Theatre's Auschwitz in Israel by Rebecca Rovit Book reviews by Marvin Carlson, David J. 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"; or via Gopher From: (Tom Goodrich) Subject: Re: 7.0082 Qs: E-Groups; Addresses; Mail Systems; Cambridge (6/125) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 10:57:48 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 115 (167) Charles Ess writes: [deleted quotation] Your choice of email software is, of course, greatly constrained by the kind of network you'll have and the sorts of workstations people will be using for mail. If you have Macintoshes or DOS machines running Windows and an Ethernet network, I would heartily recommend Eudora. This is not public-domain software, but is available free via anonymous ftp from ftp.qualcomm.com. At Stanford, we have well over a thousand Eudora users, many of them faculty in Humanities departments who otherwise would never have used electronic mail. Eudora is also in wide use on many other campuses around the country; it actually originated at the University of Illinois, but subsequently moved to a commercial vendor (Qualcomm) with its creator, Steve Dorner. While there have been discussions about charging a (small) fee for Eudora, I've heard of no decision yet, and we would certainly consider a small site license fee more than justified by the additional support. By the way, to run Eudora, you also need software (usually for a Unix machine) that implements POP (Post Office Protocol). One good version is popper, available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cc.berkeley.edu. Good luck. Tom Goodrich Internet: goodrich@leland.stanford.edu Faculty Support Group/DSG Bitnet: tom.goodrich@stanford Data Center Phone: (415) 723-2897 Polya Hall 257 Stanford University Stanford CA 94305-4136 From: banks@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Re: 7.0082 Qs: E-Groups; Addresses; Mail Systems; Cambridge (6/125) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 10:23:44 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 116 (168) In reply to: [deleted quotation] I'm not sure about the central mailing system: this would depend on what kind of site computer you had and what mailer it already had (eg. vms-mail on a vax, or Sun mail on a Sun). What I can recommend if your desktop/networked machines are Macintoshes is the *free* program Eudora (from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). In conjunction with POP server software (also freeware) running on the central machine, Eudora will pick up messages and deliver them to your desktop in a very user-friendly way. Similarly you send messages out from the desktop with Eudora, and it hands them on to the 'real' mailer. Our computer officer has even found a way to make Eudora work on shared machines, by having the users (students in our case) carry a floppy containing their own settings files (including passwords etc) and mailboxes. There is a pc equivalent to Eudora called NuPop I believe, but we haven't tried this. All the programs should be available from the normal ftp sites. It's a bit fiddly getting everything up and running smoothly but once it's going it's fine. Marcus Banks, Oxford, UK From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: Darwin quote Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 08:45:26 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 117 (169) The quote Mike is seeking is in Origin of the Species, Chapter I, part 1, "Effects of Habit and of the Use or Disuse of Parts; Correlated Variation; Inheritance." There are several CD-ROMs which have the Origin of the Species on them, e.g. Desktop Library (Walnut Creek); Great Literature (Bureau Development); Desktop BookShop (Unica; The CD-ROM Source); Library of the Future (World Library) and others. I have an idea it may be available by ftp (from Online Book Initiative ?). Jim Marchand. From: (Tom Goodrich) Subject: Re: 7.0083 Text Qs: Darwin Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 11:25:50 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 118 (170) Mike Neuman (neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu) writes: [deleted quotation] The following comes from p. 76 of The Origin of Species, NY: Avenal Books, 1979. The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why the same peculiarity in different individuals of the same species, and in individuals of different species, is sometimes inherited and sometimes not so; why the child often reverts in certain characters to its grandfather or grandmother or other much more remote ancestor; why a peculiarity is often transmitted from one sex to both sexes or to one sex alone, more commonly but not exclusively to the like sex. Hope this helps. I don't have the name of the editor of the Papers at hand. Tom Goodrich Internet: goodrich@leland.stanford.edu Faculty Support Group/DSG Bitnet: tom.goodrich@stanford Data Center Phone: (415) 723-2897 Polya Hall 257 Stanford University Stanford CA 94305-4136 From: johnstonj@attmail.com (James Johnston ) Subject: Re: 7.0083 Text Qs: Darwin; Spanish; K Philips; Usk; OTA (6/97) Date: 8 Jul 93 23:36:02 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 119 (171) The Darwin Papers Project is being conducted at Cambridge University L Library. I suggest you contact Ms. Sarah Benton at +44 223.333008 or Fax +44.223.333160. In the United States, Dr. C.A. Tripp has a rather extensive private electronic library of Darwin's works. Dr. Tripp can be reached at 914-358-0033. Both of these collections are in WordCruncher format, so it should be rather easy to find the exact quote if the particular letters are in electronic form. JW From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: Q: characteristics of Latin Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 09:46:52 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 120 (172) The following is a query about those characteristics of classical Latin that one should take into account for automatic processing of the language. My query has had the benefit of comments from members of LATIN-L@PSUVM.bitnet, in particular W. Porter (Houston), C. Conrad (Washington U.), R. Coon (Indiana), H. Stahlke (Ball State), D. Wigtil (US Dept. of Energy), whom I thank. I'm circulating the updated query here in hopes that other Latinists and linguists will speak up. I'd be grateful for any bibliographical items closely related to the subject. ----- My question is this: what aspects of the language, including commonly exercised 'poetic license', might affect computer-based analysis of poetry written in classical Latin, especially Ovid? In particular, what phenomena would cause a purely automatic analysis of an unencoded text to err and so serve as an argument for encoding? Since I only know a few languages and am not a linguist properly speaking, I'm somewhat hesitant to rank Latin as being esp. challenging in certain respects. Nevertheless I must. Hence I'd very much appreciate comments from members of this group on these broadly comparative assertions: 1. Latin is highly inflected, often irregularly. 2. Relations between words are signified almost exclusively by grammatical concord or agreement rather than by word-order. 3. Word-order is very fluid, especially in poetry, where syntactically related words are often widely separated. 4. Latin has a fully developed system of gender (m,f,n), which is extensively used to mark related words. 5. As a rule, the expressive power and subtlety of Latin are based on a relatively small active vocabularly of words with comparatively broad and diverse semantic fields. (Should roots with multiple meanings be treated as polysemous or synonymous?) 6. It has a large number of homographs. 7. The notion of 'sentence' (in our sense) is not well defined. (To what extent are other structural units comparatively ambiguous?) 8. Plural nouns, pronouns, nominal adjectives, and related verbs are often used for singular subjects (i.e. where in English we would expect the singular). Are there other characteristics I should be taking into consideration? Why would you find fully automatic techniques of analysis (e.g., text retrieval by keywords, proximity tests) esp. difficult with Latin? Thanks very much. Replies to the entire group are probably best. And please circulate this note wherever it might provoke some reply. Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: "Phyllis Wright" Subject: proverb or quote?? Date: Mon, 5 Jul 93 10:56:58 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 121 (173) I have been trying to discover where the following appears: "We understand ourselves when we understand our parents." I have checked all the quotation/proverb books in my library. Can someone help? Phyllis Wright Phyllis M. Wright (416)688-5550, ext. 3961 Brock University Library pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: software recommendations Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 09:03:14 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 122 (174) I am in need of wisdom from experience with the following commercial software (all for MS-Windows): Paradox Access Excel Quattro-Pro I need one relational dbms and one spreadsheet package to use in a humanities computing course at the graduate (but elementary) level. I'd be very interested in comments as to which are excellent in themselves and which dbms works better with which spreadsheet. If there are questions I have forgotten to ask, then answers to these would also be welcome. Thanks very much. Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: Richard Giordano Subject: Finding email addresses Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 12:10:50 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 123 (175) Someone wanted to know how to get email addresses without having to ask for them explicitly over the HUMANIST. I use NETFIND, and, more often than not, it does the job if you have some idea of where the person works. I don't know how you'd use it from a non-UNIX environment. Given the name of a person on the Internet and a rough description of where the person works, the program "Netfind" attempts to locate information about the person. It usage is quite simple; first you have to connect yourself to the following site: bruno.cs.colorado.edu (128.138.243.151) (By typing: telnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu from Unix you'll be connected) When prompted, enter a name followed by a set of keywords, such as schwartz boulder colorado university The keywords describe for example where the person works, followed by the name of institution and/or the city/state/country. The system returns back some useful information such as the Mail and Email addresses of that person. Often it happens to all of us to have names of people without their contact addresses. The program is menu driven and is quite easy to us after a few tries. /rich Computer Science University of Manchester From: "Joan B. Fiscella" Subject: reply to J. Smurthwaite re: e-interdisciplinary studies Date: Wed, 07 Jul 93 08:38:31 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 124 (176) There is an electronic discussion group for interdisciplinary studies called INTERDIS. To join send a note to LISTSERV@MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU; the body of the message should read SUB INTERDIS . For more details, send an email message to Wolfe_Chris@msmail.MUOHIO.EDU. Joan Fiscella Bibliographer for Professional Studies University of Illinois at Chicago Library From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: croesus' son Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 09:21:32 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 125 (177) The phrase "like Croesus' son" is indeed well-known, both in such phrases as "like the son of Croesus, my tongue is unlocked," as well as in "like Croesus' son, I stand silent." The story of Croesus' son, Atys, was known in 17th century England as well as elsewhere, through translations of Herodotus, through Scaliger, through many, many sources. See John Edwin Sandys, A History of Classical Scholarship, vol. 2 (Cambridge: CUP, 1908), s. v. Herodotus. There is some literature on the deafmute in literature, and the motif is mentioned in Stith Thompson at F1041.22 and V23.2. I have never seen it used as an exordial topos as a reason for writing, though "I cannot/dare not remain silent" is, of course, very common. Of course, I am a medievalist, and I do not get past 1500. Such topoi for the Middle Ages are well-treated by Curtius, Janson, and Simon. Jim Marchand. From: DEL2@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: [7.0082 Qs: E-Groups; Addresses; Mail Systems; Cambridge (6/125)] Date: Wed, 07 Jul 93 13:29:42 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 126 (178) W. McCarty asked what a colleague now on sabbatical in Cambridge can do, having just discovered that he cannot borrow books from the UL. One answer: be grateful that he is not in Oxford, where the Vice Chancellor himself can neither borrow nor even browse the open shelves. :-) Flippantly, Douglas de Lacey, Cambridge. From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 7.0083 Text Qs: Darwin; Spanish; K Philips; Usk; OTA (6/97) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 23:24:16 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 127 (179) Re Spanish e-text The place to start for Spanish texts are the Oxford and Georgetown text archives, both of which can be found using archie, found on many university computer systems (talk to your local Computer Center staff). There is currently available a collection of 45 Spanish-language texts printed between 1480 and ca. 1530 on the Archivo Digital de Manuscritos y Textos Espannoles (ADMYTE), a CD-ROM disk. Check with Michael Solomon (Dept. of Spanish, Emory) for more details. Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: banks@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Re: 7.0082 Qs: E-Groups; Addresses; Mail Systems; Cambridge (6/125) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 10:12:49 +0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 128 (180) In reply to: [deleted quotation] In a limited form such things do exist. Here in the the UK there is an experimental service on the NISS Gateway, called 'Paradise', while a site somewhere in the US records the email addresses of all USENET contributors, a listing one can search using gopher (gopher searches can also access certain US university lists). I would imagine the problems in trying to compile a central listing of *everyone* with an email address would be enormous - imagine a world phone book! One of the problems must come with the enormous numbers of student users of email (and other e-systems requiring an address such as USENET): the sheer volume of these, plus their fairly short lifespan (the addresses that is, not the students) would foul up any attempt to gather a central list together. Marcus Banks, Oxford From: frsdjt Subject: Re: 7.0082 Qs: E-Groups; Addresses; Mail Systems; Cambridge (6/125) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 10:08:02 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 129 (181) Re: Cambridge library facilities - attention Willard McCarty The only way my own husband (Professor at the University of Hull) can borrow books from the UL is to send me in with a list! As I am a graduate of Cambridge I have borrowing rights. All his degrees are from elsewhere, so he does not. It's a ridiculous situation - if anybody knows a way round it (apart from obtaining a visiting fellowship) we'd be glad to know. June Thompson CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull From: Subject: E-MAIL ACCESS Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 00:19 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 130 (182) I recently asked HUMANIST readers to comment on various ways for people without university computer centre accounts to contact Internet. Herewith are the results. There was very little personal response about experience on Compuserve or other commercial services. One correspondent related that Worldlink worked well enough, but that ftp was difficult. North American users of such services can expect to pay a minimum of $30/month, and the rates may increase with volume, and there may be problems with memory if too many (or too lengthy) messages pile up. There are several "Freenet" locations, which could provide an avenue of entry into the Internet (mostly but not exclusively in North America). A list of these locations, and of regional planning committees, can be had from Linda Delzeit, National Public Telecomputing Network Director of Education, whose email address is aa002@nptn.org. However, many Freenet sites are already heavily used, and access may be limited or slow, and the sites themselves are relatively few and far between. Several correspondents recommended that people seeking access to the nets should consult Ed Krol's book, _The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalogue_ (Sebastapol, CA: O'Reilly, 1992). The most comprehensive and useful answer came from Bob Kraft, who referred me to his OFFLINE 39, which covered the subject admirably. Thanks also to Jim Marchand, Randy Smith, Cathy Ball, Peter Scott, Jack Ferstel, Mary Ellen Foley, and Nancy M. Davies. Kevin Berland (for C18-L and Latin-L) BCJ@PSUVM.BITNET or BCJ@psuvm.psu.edu English & Comparative Literature, Penn State From: Subject: CFP Women and/in the history of rhetoric Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 15:06 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 131 (183) I am interested in hearing from persons who want to contribute a chapter to a c ollection of essays on women and/in the history of rhetoric. The book is divid ed into sections on 1) ancient Greece and Rome, 2) Middle Ages, 3) Renaissance and Reformation, 4) Enlightenment. Essays may be on the rhetorical activities (oratorical, written) of historical women, the representations of such in liter ature/mythology, the rhetorical education of religious and/or upper class women , genres of women's rhetoric, and so on. I am interpreting rhetoric broadly to include debate and argumentation but also nonverbal communication, e.g., the na rrative style of a tapestry, series of illuminated manuscripts, garden, costume , etc. The collection is interdisciplinary with authors coming from English, C lassics, Speech, Philosophy, History, Religious Studies, etc. If you have ideas to propose, please contact: Molly Meijer Wertheimer Associate Professor of Speech Communication and Women's Studies Penn State--Hazleton Campus Hazleton, PA 18201 mmw9@psuvm (bitnet) mmw9@psuvm.psu.edu (internet) From: william@atc.boeing.com Subject: Hypertext'93 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 21:03:23 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 132 (184) HYPERTEXT'93 CALL FOR DEMOS & POSTERS 1993 ACM Conference on Hypertext Seattle, Washington, USA November 14-18, 1993 DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT: Monday, August 2, 1993 Last call!!: There is still time to submit a demonstration or a poster for presentation at Hypertext'93. Posters and demos allow researchers to present late-breaking results, significant work in progress, or work that is best presented in conversation. Poster and demo sessions permit a more direct, one-on-one exchange of ideas.. Demos are an effective way to present a hypertext technique or application that is embodied in a working system. Please indicate hardware and software requirements. Posters are an effective way to present hypertext ideas, methods, techniques and empirical findings. Posters can also be used to describe working systems when supporting hardware/software is unnecessary or unavailable. Because of the interactive nature of poster and demo presentations, presenters should be available at all times during each of the sessions. In general, this will mean that only one submission will be accepted per presenter. This is not a trade show exhibit. Presenters should be directly involved in the work being presented rather than marketing or sales people. Demo Proposals: The proposal should include a two- to three-page description of * the problem * what was done * why the work is important. * explain how the demo will illustrate your work. * hardware/software/electrical or other special requirements for your demo. Please provide cover information: * the title, * the name and affiliation of the presenter(s) * complete address (including telephone, fax, email) for the presenter to whom correspondence should be addressed. * indicate the role(s) that the presenter(s) took in the work being presented. * Please indicate hardware and software requirements, including electrical * also include a 100-word summary for inclusion in a program description if the proposal is accepted.. Send submissions by email or surface mail (please no faxes) to: William Jones Demonstration Session Chair Boeing Computer Services P.O. Box 24346, MS 7L-44 Seattle, WA 98124-0346 USA phone: 206 865 3319 email: william@atc.boeing.com (Please send electronic submissions postScript, RTF or ASCII format). Poster Proposals. The proposal should include an EXTENDED abstract of at most two pages emphasizing: * the problem, * what was done, and * why the work is important. Please provide cover information: * the title, * the name and affiliation of the presenters(s), * a few keyword phrases, * complete contact address for the presenter to whom correspondence should be addressed. (including telephone, fax, e-mail) E-mail and fax submissions will be accepted. E-mail submissions are PREFERRED over paper which is preferred over fax. PostScript and RTF are okay. LaTeX, troff, Scribe, Word, WP, etc. are not. Send submissions to: Gary Perlman Poster Session Chair Computer & Information Science 228 Bolz Hall, Ohio State University 2036 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1277 phone: +01-614-292-2566, fax: +01-614-292-2911 email: perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu From: warkent@epas.utoronto.ca (Germaine Warkentin) Subject: Discontinuities/Ren. Criticism Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1993 11:36:57 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 133 (185) DISCONTINUITIES IN CONTEMPORARY RENAISSANCE CRITICISM The editors of a volume for the University of Toronto Press's Theory/Culture Series invite submissions of previously unpublished essays addressing the discontinuities, failures, problems apparent in recent criticism of the English Renaissance. Of special interest are essays that explore the contradictions between theory and practice: e.g., inconsistencies between poststructuralist and feminist approaches; the inclination to aestheticize political criticism; the reluctance even among radical critics to decentre canonical texts; biases generated by gender or sexual orientation, such as the tendency to universalize the heterosexual subject; tensions produced by a middle-class professoriate promoting various modes of materialist criticism. Also welcome are essays that rehistoricize or recontextualize specific canonical or non-canonical literary texts. Proposals by January, 1994, completed manuscripts by June, 1994 to: Viviana Comensoli, English Department, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, CANADA OR: Paul Stevens, English Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, CANADA From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Essays in French Literature Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 12:42:32 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 134 (186) ESSAYS IN FRENCH LITERATURE The latest issue of _Essays in French Literature_, published by the Department of French Studies at the University of Western Australia, contains the following articles: "Louvet de Couvray: le journaliste engage de la Revolution" (Thuy Huynh Einam) "Comment naissent les monstres: creation et pro-creation dans deux romans fin-de-siecle: _Bouvard et Pecuchet_ de Flaubert et _A rebours_ de Huysmans" (Francoise Grauby) "More about Eve: aspects of the 'femme fatale' in literature and art in nineteenth-century France" (Joy Newton) "A Fragment of _Les Faux-Monnayeurs_: the London Manuscript" (John Davies) "The Quest and the Allegory of Voyage in the Work of Marguerite Yourcenar" (Kay Gorman) "Update on Sartre" (Denis Boak) "Elie Wiesel's _La Nuit_ and _L'Oublie_: in pursuit of silence" (Joyce Lazarus) Copies of _Essays in French Literature_ ($A7-00) may be ordered from The University Bookshop, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009. Some copies of most previous issues are still available. _Essays in French Literature_ publishes articles on all areas of French and Francophone Literature. Submissions for future issues should be addressed to the Editor, Essays in French Literature, Department of French Studies, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009. Contributors who are Macintosh users are invited to submit a diskette version in addition to hard copy, or to send their word-processed copy as an attachment to an e-mail message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: "Sterling G. Bjorndahl" Subject: Mail systems Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 11:12:52 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 135 (187) [deleted quotation] If a Novell network is part of your configuration, I heartily endorse Pegasus Mail for MS-DOS. There is also a new version of Pegasus Mail for Windows, but I have not tried it yet--reports are good, though. Pegasus Mail is freeware (although the author will accept donations if you feel so obliged). It is high quality stuff, IMHO, and is easy to install and to use. It has a large base of installed users. I don't remember the ftp address for it, but the author can be contacted via david@pmail.gen.nz and you will probably find it in an Archie search (look for pmail). -- Sterling G. Bjorndahl, bjorndahl@Augustana.AB.CA or bjorndahl@camrose.uucp Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta, Canada (403) 679-1100 When dealing with computers, a little paranoia is usually appropriate. From: andy@dep.philo.mcgill.ca (Andrew Burday) Subject: Re: 7.0088 Rs: EMail Addresses (8/173) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 14:51:44 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 136 (188) In the recent discussion of techniques for finding e-mail addresses, I don't think that anyone has yet mentioned that there is an FAQ on this topic on Usenet. If you can read news, look in News.Answers for 'FAQ: How to find people's e-mail addresses'. Also, someone mentioned that there is a site that keeps records of Usenet postings, but provided no details. Here (slightly abridged) is what the FAQ has to say: [deleted quotation]posted a message to the USENET at some point in the past, you might be able to find his/her address in the USENET address database on the machine pit-manager.mit.edu. [deleted quotation]"mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu" with "send usenet-addresses/name" in the body of the message. The "name" should be one or more space-separated words for which you want to search; since the search is fuzzy (i.e., all of the words you specify do not have to match), you should list all of the words you think might appear in the address, including (for example) first and last name, possible username, and possible components of the host name (e.g. "mit" for a person who you think is at MIT). The case and order of the words you list are ignored. [deleted quotation]to the mail server, but each request will be answered in a separate message.... [deleted quotation]fact, the script that does mail server searches is actually just a front-end to a WAIS database) on two different hosts: pit-manager.mit.edu and cedar.cic.net. In both cases, the database is called "usenet-addresses" and is on port 210.... [deleted quotation]"send usenet-addresses/help". Hope this is useful. Andrew Burday andy@philo.mcgill.ca From: "Richard L. Goerwitz" Subject: parser generator system for Humanists Date: Mon, 28 Jun 93 17:20:44 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 137 (189) I've written a so-called parser generator for Humanists, based on the Icon programming language. Unlike most such tools, it is accom- panied by documentation that requires no special experience in auto- maton or parsing theory. All it requires is familiarity with Icon and a basic understanding of what it means to parse something. The parser generator is in late beta testing stages, and I'm inter- ested in input from a broader audience. Anyone wanting a copy, please contact me. Please specify a format for mailing (e.g. tar/uuencoded, shell archived, etc.). If your sys- tem chokes on mail files over a certain size, note this. Also, make sure, before requesting the package, that the system it is to be used on has a full Icon installation. Learning to utilize a parser gen- erator - even one geared for Humanists - takes a little dedication, and it would be nuts to try to dedicate oneself to a task for which essential tools were lacking! Regards, Richard Goerwitz goer@midway.uchicago.edu From: RICHARD JENSEN Subject: a plug for Quattro Pro Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 02:31:55 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 138 (190) I have used Quattro Pro (DOS) for 3 years and recommend it very highly. It is well integrated with Paradox. I taught it at West Point a few years back. The plebes (freshmen) were learning Quattro for their math and engineering courses, and were utterly baffled when they were told their history class would have 4 hours of lab time on Quattro, and that they would be required to do a Quattro homework project. The project turned out to be coding the service records of Civil War soldiers (names, age, birthplace, service dates, wounds, illness, promotions.) Some wannabe warriors were annoyed by this sort of history ("new social history" it's called.) We were studying the Civil War--and instead of Grant and Lee and Stonewall Jackson they were getting John Doe and Richard Roe. "Sir! What value does this have for my military career, Sir? I explained that as lieutenants and captains they would be spending most of their duty time filling out forms exactly like these but rather less interesting. Quattro proved quite easy to teach (to engineers). While I do a lot of statistical work and graphics, I also use Quattro for most of my routine dbms projects, like bibliographies and mailing lists. I greatly appreciate the ability to split screens, hold multiple files simultaneously and highlight different ranges. It is very easy to move items back and forth between files. Quattro reads and writes dbase/foxbase .dbf files, so I rarely have to turn to those programs anymore. I have tried Paradox but never actually use it. I tried Excel a few times and never enjoyed it. I've never tried Access. Richard Jensen, U of Illinois Chicago From: "N. M. Houston" Subject: travel grant posting Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 14:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 93 (191) Please consider posting this announcement to HUMANIST. Questions? nmh@dukemvs.ac.duke.edu or nmh@mail.lib.duke.edu Thank you. [deleted quotation] From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 7.0088 Rs: Cambridge ... Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 16:26:05 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 94 (192) Re: borrowing from Cambridge or elsewhere As a librarian I find it surprising that a responsible faculty member such as Willard McCarty describes has not done the advance work before going to a library to determine what priviliges are available. What he describes at Cambridge is quite often the case at large research libraries in this country as well, not to mention places like the Folger or the Huntington (which correspond more to Oxbridge college libraries or to the Bodleian; pace Douglas de Lacey, there are Oxford Libraries one can borrow from (e.g. English Faculty Library) even if one is not the V-Chancellor). I urge visiting library users to check in ahead of time to avoid such unplea- sant surprises. There are often arrangements that can be made but they are not always instantaneous. Those of you who feel this an unwarranted restriction on your scholarly rights as global thinkers and travellers might think about the effect on your own institution if open borrowing were immediately available to all -- Toronto, I expect, might be rather like Columbia (in NYC) in having many nearby institutions with responsible faculty members only too willing to withdraw books (and keep them, as faculty do, for months at a time). --pg Peter Graham psgraham@gandalf.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Libraries 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (908)932-5908 Fax:(908)932-5888 From: F.Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.D400.DE Subject: AskSam Date: Sat, 10 Jul 93 15:28+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 139 (193) (See enclosed) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a serious prolem with askSam: i tried serveral times to import a large ascii-File consisting of records not longer than 20 lines. at least 10% of the records are scrambled after importing (missing lines, erratic lines stemming from other records etc. etc.). It is definitivela not a problem of hardware, since i tried it on serveral machines - the result is always the same. I have also checked for hiden non ascii-codes. I would be very grateful for any help! Fritz Heberlein From: simionat@unive.it Subject: addresses of Mouton publishing sought Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 13:05:01 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 140 (194) I would be grateful if someone could give me the address, phone and fax number of Mouton & C., The Hague, The Netherlands. They specialise in linguistics. Please reply DIRECTLY, thanks. From: simionat@unive.it Subject: email address of Professor Derek Attridge Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 13:09:05 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 141 (195) (This is the last one, I promise). I would be grateful if someone could give me Professor Derek Attridge's email address. I know he was Professor of English at the University of Strathclyde, England. I don't know if he still teaches there. Please reply DIRECTLY to me, thanks. From: "Phyllis Wright" Subject: Julia Emberley Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 12:54:18 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 142 (196) I have tried unsuccessfully to verify an article written by Julia Emberley called "Aboriginal women's writing and the cultural politics of representation" without success. I only know that the page numbers are 45 to 65 in whatever publication has it. Can someone help me? This may be a long shot. I have tried Emberley's book called "Thresholds of Difference" published by Univ. of Toronto Press, 1993; The Canadian Women's Periodicals Index; CBCA; Canadian Periodical Index; SocioFile; MLA; Arts & Literature Search; Magazine Index; Academic Index; Magazine ASAP. Many thanks for any help you can provide Phyllis Wright Phyllis M. Wright (416)688-5550, ext. 3961 Brock University Library pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 From: dene grigar Subject: translation and hypertext Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 16:14:33 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 143 (197) I am currently using hypertext in my translation work and would like to share my findings with other scholars who are interested in hearing about this. Can anyone suggest an organization that may be sponsoring a conference where I may present my research concerning hypertext and translation? From: John Price-Wilkin Subject: identifying lines of verse Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 11:03:11 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 144 (198) Does anyone recognize these lines? Did he who thus inscribed the wall Not know or not believe S. Paul who says there is, where'er it stands, Another house, not made with hands, Or must we gather from these words That house is not a House of Lords. John Price-Wilkin jpw@virginia.edu From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: thinking ahead Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 22:13:48 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 145 (199) Mr. Graham of Rutgers, in his response to my request for assistance on behalf of a friend, is of course correct: one should plan ahead. Libraries must protect their collections, even access to which is a privilege we tend to take for granted. The fame of the Cambridge library, widely known for its ease of access, and our own liberal policies here at Toronto, perhaps misled my friend. To the others who were able to see beyond his error and offer helpful advice I offer my thanks. Willard McCarty From: DIANA PATTERSON Subject: Library Access Privileges (was Cambridge) Date: 15 Jul 1993 07:53:50 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 146 (200) Let me second Peter Graham's comments, and encourage Willard to remonstrate with his friend. Not being the Vice-Chancellor of the University, I still managed to get privileges at Bodley to go into the rare book stacks, but it took a week, and a meeting of the directors. Naturally I could not take out any rare books. But with sufficient preparation and credentials I even managed to rummage the uncatalogued books. Preparedness is all. But I may also say that I am with Bodley on its policy of not lending. When I arrived for a second year at St. Hugh's College, knowing that my room should be empty, I was astonished to find two volumes of books there printed in an eastern language I could not read, and marked Indian Institute. As a responsible bibliographer, I returned the books to the Indian Institute, and was astonished at the remonstrance _I_ received for my efforts. Of course the anger was really being vented on my predecessor in the guest room at St Hugh's--and should I ever catch her or him, I too shall give a grand remonstrance. Borrowing from any Bodley library is a rare privilege, and here some goof had ruined for him or herself, but had probably returned to India carefree--but some other more reliable soul would be given even harder restrictions. Sure, I like to read in bed, but reading in a library is not bad. Although I have to admit that the most miserable library experience I have ever had has been in CUL, where I did not manage to dry out from the pooring rain in 8 hours in that library! Still, it has food laid on, and open stacks. Using a collection of good books is a privilege, not a right. P.S. Peter's comment about Toronto is certainly correct. Self-righteously, Diana Patterson Bibliographer & good citizen Mt Royal College Calgary, Alberta DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: veronis@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (jean Veronis) Subject: CHum special issue Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 14:36:32 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 97 (201) I would like to bring to your attention a recently published special issue of COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES which is of particular interest to readers of this list. COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES Volume 26 Nos. 5-6 December 1992 COMMON METHODOLOGIES IN HUMANITIES COMPUTING AND COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS Guest editors: Nancy Ide and Donald Walker CONTENTS: NANCY IDE and DONALD WALKER / Introduction: Common Methodologies in Humanities Computing and Computational Linguistics DOUGLAS BIBER / The Multi-Dimensional Approach to Linguistic Analyses of Genre Variation: An Overview of Methodology and Findings HARALD BAAYEN / Statistical Models for Word Frequency Distributions: A Linguistic Evaluation ADAM KILGARRIFF / Dictionary Word Sense Distinctions : An Enquiry into Their Nature EVAN L. ANTWORTH / Glossing Text with the PC-KIMMO Morphological Parser FRANK SMADJA / XTRACT: An Overview WILLIAM A. GALE, KENNETH W. CHURCH, and DAVID YAROWSKY / A Method for Disambiguating Word Senses in a Large Corpus SAM COATES-STEPHENS / The Analysis and Acquisition of Proper Names for the Understanding of Free Text For information about COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES, contact Kluwer Academic Publishers, Group P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands, or at P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, Massachusetts 02018-0358 USA. From: Ted Brunner Subject: Help Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 09:09:42 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 98 (202) I have a rather unusual request for information and/or help. Here is some background: I am a ham radio operator (KD6UVN), and have, in recent weeks, been in shortwave radio contact with someone by the name of Mark Ellmoos (VR6ME) on--of all places--Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Pitcairn is one of the most isolated places in the world. It is approximately 1.75 square miles in size, and is the last British colony in the South Pacific. The island has no harbor, no airport, and no telegraph facilities; four times a year, basic supplies such as fuel oil and equipment are shipped by freighter from Auckland, New Zealand, and must be conveyed from the ship (which anchors approximately one kilometer offshore) by longboat. The island has a population of 52, essentially all descended from the HMS Bounty sailors who--along with several women from Tahiti--took refuge on Pitcairn after their mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789. Mark (an Australian) is the island's minister; his wife Susan is a Registered Nurse and Picairn's medical officer. Mark (whose tour of duty on the island will run through late 1996) holds a degree in theology and psychology from Avondale College in Australia, and has begun to awaken to the fact that he is living in a researcher's heaven: Pitcairn is a living laboratory, a micro-society founded by Europeans in the mid-nineteenth century and continuing virtually untouched by the societal, political, and economic changes that have affected the world during the past two centuries. In essence, Pitcairn is a European enclave in the South Pacific that has been bypassed by the twentieth century. Given his situation, Mark is interested in in finding some program or institution that might be interested in providing him with academic guidance and supervision with respect to research activities that might lead toward a Masters degree in sociology or psychology. His primary research interests lie in the area of family structure and family process (an area most suitable for the circumstances in which he currently finds himself). Quite obviously, his uniquely isolated situation will also require a program and/or institution willing to experiment with unique and innovative approaches toward graduate education. Does anyone out there have any ideas? Does anyone have close contact with people in appropriate disciplines who might have ideas? Are there any social science oriented list servers that anyone knows about? Any help would be appreciated. Ted Brunner -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Theodore F. Brunner, Director Thesaurus Linguae Graecae University of California Irvine Irvine, CA 92717 USA Phone: (714) 856-6404 FAX: (714) 856-8434 E-mail: TLG@UCI.BITNET -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: "S.A.Rae (Simon Rae)" Subject: Open University HERG Date: 15 Jul 1993 17:36:46 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 99 (203) - THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, Milton Keynes, UK - Institute of Educational Technology / Arts Faculty Humanities Higher Education Research Group (HERG) The Humanities Higher Education Research group was set up at the OU to foster, conduct and publish research into teaching and learning in inter-disciplinary cultural studies and within selected Humanities disciplines. It aims to investigate: - the nature of the adult student population, with the aim of fostering equal opportunities - different groups of students' expectations and experiences of study at higher levels, their preparedness for it, attitudes and approaches to it - the reasons for student 'wastage', or drop-out - those teaching methods most conducive to successful study, including uses of a-v media and computing in the humanities - the changing structure and role of the humanities in higher education, in the context of broader social and educational change within the UK and Europe. The group includes members from Oxford and Bath Universities as well as the OU Library, the BBC and its host departments. Its longer-term aims are to: - attract more funding for research into teaching and learning in the humanities - help break down barriers between 'pure' and 'applied' (educational) research in this field - help transform some subjects from elite to more popular fields of study (e.g. Classical studies, Philosophy) HERG's current projects include: Theoretical studies: the role of theories of discourse in humanities education; applications of the concept of 'interaction'; cognitive and information processing models of learning. Empirical studies: investigations into the teaching and learning of Art History, Music and Philosophy; teaching Greek and Latin texts through an anthology of passages in which key words are kept in the original; learning patterns in adult access to classical languages; the role of 'mind-mapping' in distance learning; evaluation of inter-culturally developed distance teaching materials (European Studies, with researchers in Tubingen, Germany); uses of computing in the study of Literature at-a-distance. The group aims to establish a database of active researchers in this field, and to promote networks of communication between them. We would like to know: - your name and the address of your institution; - your department and position within it - your research area(s) interests and priorities - your recent and current research projects, - publications and sources of funding. Please direct enquiries and information to: Ellie Chambers (Chair, HERG) Institute of Educational Technology The Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom Tel. (+44) (0) 908 652629 Fax (+44) (0) 908 653744 e-mail: e.a.chambers@open.ac.uk (world) e.a.chambers@uk.ac.open (JANET) From: Gordon Newby Subject: New Medieval Journal Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 21:49:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 100 (204) Announcing a New Journal MEDIEVAL ENCOUNTERS A Journal of Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture in Confluence and Dialogue Edited by Gordon D. Newby Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Medieval Encounters is intended as a cross-cultural, cross- disciplinary forum for discussion among scholars and students around the world about the intersections and interactions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture in the period from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries C.E. The subjects covered are culture in its widest definition, including History, Languages, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Science, and Art. PUBLISHED BY E. J. BRILL EDITORIAL BOARD Gordon D. Newby, Emory University Editor Editorial Advisors Mahmoud M. Ayoub, Temple University Islamic Studies Lewis M. Barth, Hebrew Union College Jewish Studies Remi Brague, Sorbonne University Muslim & Jewish Philosophy Ross Bran, Cornell University Muslim & Jewish Spain Elizabeth Clark, Duke University Early Christianity Sidney Griffith, Catholic University of America Eastern Christianity John Riddle, North Carolina State University Medieval Science All articles should be submitted both in hard copy and on computer diskette in Microsoft Word, Wordperfect or ASCII format for either MS-DOS or Macintosh based computers. Articles will be in English but may contain citations in any Classical, European, or Near Eastern language. Transliteration of non-Romanized terms will conform to the usual system employed by journals published by E. J. Brill. All maps, diagrams, charts and photographs will be submitted in camera-ready form. If there is any need to obtain copyright permission for the use of photographs and other materials, it will be the responsibility of the author to obtain such permissions in advance, although the editors will gladly assist in the process. PHILOSOPHY OF THE JOURNAL Medieval Encounters is intended to promote discussion and dialogue across cultural, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries about the interactions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture during the period from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries C.E. Culture is defined in its widest form to include history, languages, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, religion, science and art. The geographic limits of inquiry will be bounded only by the limits in which the three traditions interact and intersect. After considerations of scholarly merit and contributions made to knowledge, articles will be selected on the basis of how they promote our understanding of Jewish, Christian and Muslim interactions in the medieval period. Articles may deal with specific texts, events, or phenomena as well as theories of interpretation and analysis. The journal will actively promote a representative spread across all the humanistic disciplines and from all scholarly communities. All articles will be reviewed by members of the editorial board or by such scholars as the editors choose to insure a fair and objective evaluation of each contribution. In addition to articles, the journal will publish reviews of significant books and monographs which fall within the purview of the journal. The editors will strive to include a short notice or a full review for all major works which are concerned with the interactions of the three traditions. The goal is to provide a handy reference of recent scholarly activity for those medievalists involved in cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary research. PLEASE SEND MANUSCRIPTS AND INQUIRIES TO: Gordon D. Newby Near Eastern and Judaic Languages and Literatures Trimble Hall 123 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Telephone: 404 727-2916 Internet: gdnewby@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu From: weinshan@cps.msu.edu Subject: Following call for papers Date: Mon, 19 Jul 93 10:03:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 101 (205) ************************************************************************ * Dr. Don Weinshank weinshan@cps.msu.edu * * Computer Science Dept. weinshank@msuegr.bitnet * * A-732 Wells Hall COMPUSERVE 76154,704 * * Michigan State University GEnie D.Weinshank * * East Lansing MI 48824 USA * * Phone (517) 353-0831 FAX (517) 336-1061 * ************************************************************************ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<< cut here >>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ############################################################ **Call For Papers** ############################################################ 1994 SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC '94) SPECIAL TRACK ON COMPUTING APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION March 6-8, 1994 Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona ############################################################ SAC'94 -=-=-=-= SAC'94 is the annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP). For the past eight years, SAC's have been a primary forum for applied computing practitioners and researchers. Again this year, SAC'94 will be held in conjunction with the 1994 ACM Computer Science Conference in Phoenix. State-of-the-Art and State-of-the- Practice papers in all areas of applied computing are invited. Special track on COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A special track on Computer Applications in Education will be held as a part of SAC '94. It will provide a forum for school and university faculty, instructional technology specialists, administrators, and computer support staff to share their ideas and experiences on employing computer and allied technologies in the support of education. Original papers, tutorial( half or full day), workshop and panel proposals are invited. Some suggested topics are: APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING TO TEACHING AND LEARNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF COMPUTING ON LEARNING MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION COMPUTER NETWORK APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION COMPUTER ASSISTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ===>>> COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN HUMANITIES COURSES <<<=== COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE COURSES COMPUTING IN GENERAL EDUCATION MANAGING COMPUTER RESOURCES IN EDUCATION GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Original papers from the above-mentioned areas will be considered. Accepted articles will be published in the SAC'94 Conference Proceedings to be published by the ACM Press. Expanded versions of selected papers from all categories will be considered for publication in the ACM/SIGCUE'S OUTLOOK. In order to facilitate the blind external review process, submission guidelines must be strictly adhered to: o Submit 6 copies of manuscript to the SAC'94 AI and Database track chair at address below. o Author name(s) and address(es) are NOT to appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference should be in third person. o Body of paper should not exceed 5,000 words (approx. 20 pages, double-spaced). o Separate cover sheet should be attached to each copy, containing (1) title, (2) author(s) and affiliation(s), and (3) address (including e-mail and fax number) to which correspondence should be addressed. o In order to qualify as a student paper, ALL authors must be students at the time the manuscript was submitted. o All papers and panel proposals must be submitted by October 1, 1993. DIRECT CORRESPONDENCE, INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS RELATING TO THIS SPECIAL TRACK TO: Jim Hightower California State University P. O. Box 3842 Seal Beach, CA 90740-7842 E-mail: jim@filly.calstate.edu Tel: 310-985-9403 Fax: 310-985-9400 ----------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES OCTOBER 1, 1993 PAPERS AND PANEL SUBMISSION NOVEMBER 15, 1993 AUTHOR NOTIFICATION DECEMBER 15, 1993 CAMERA-READY COPY MARCH 6,1994 CONFERENCE BEGINS ------------------------------------------------ SAC'94 Co-Sponsoring SIGs -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=- SIGAPL (APL), SIGAPP (Applied Computing), SIGBIT (Business Information Technology), SIGBIO (Biomedical Computing), SIGCUE (Computer Uses in Education), SIGFORTH (FORTH) and SIGSMALL/PC (Small and Personal Computing Systems and Applications. FOR GENERAL INQUIRES CONTACT THE CONFERENCE DIRECTOR: Ed Deaton Dept. of Mathematical Sciences San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182 Email: deaton@cs.sdsu.edu Tel: +1 619 594 5962 Fax: +1 619 594 6746 SAC'94 OFFICIALS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CONFERENCE CHAIR --------------- Hal Berghel, University of Arkansas PROGRAM CHAIRS -------------- Terry Hengl, Knowledge Technology Inc. and PC AI Magazin Joseph Urban, Arizona State University CONFERENCE DIRECTOR ------------------ Ed Deaton, San Diego State University STEERING COMMITTEE ------------------ Elis Awad University of Virginia (SIGBIT) Hal Berghel University of Arkansas (SIGAPP) George Hedrick Oklahoma State University Richard Hetherington University of Missouri-KC Jim Hightower California State University(SIGCUE) Abe Kandel University of South Florida S. Lakshmivarahan University of Oklahoma Irving Montanez Brookhaven Labs (SIGFORTH) William Poucher Baylor University Roy Rada University of Liverpool (SIGBIO) Lynne Shaw Consultant (SIGAPL) John Talburt University of Arkansas-LR Glenn Thompson AMOCO Elizabeth Unger Kansas State University (SIGSMALL/PC) Joe Urban Arizona State University Roger Wainwright University of Tulsa Kam-Fai Wong CUHK ############################################################## From: Evert Volkersz Subject: Dutch American memoirs and autobiographies Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 16:35:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 147 (206) For a writing project, I would be interested in learning about any first-hand autobiographies, memoirs, or collection of letters of Dutch Americans. Either in Dutch or in English. I have consulted Linda Doezema's _Dutch Americans_. Evert Volkersz Special Collections SUNY at Stony Brook 516-632-7119 Bitnet: evolkersz@sbccmail Internet: evolkersz@ccmail.sunysb.edu From: "" Subject: classic electronic fonts? Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 23:24:04 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 148 (207) There are many electronic typefaces on the market that adapt some of the characteristics of old-fashioned styles, but most of these are rough approximations, and the emphasis is on display faces. Can anyone recommend a source for electronic versions (especially compatible with WordPerfect) of early modern book faces such as Jenson, Aldine Roman, Garamont, Caslon, or Baskerville, complete with the now-obsolete medial _s_and associated ligatures? Michael Hancher / English / Minnesota From: "zonta" Subject: R. Barthes Date: 19 Jul 1993 13:39:46 U X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 149 (208) I would be very grateful if someone could help me to find where Roland Barthes wrote: "La seule donnee c'est la facon de prendre". Thank you. in any case. Bruna Zonta Dipartimento Scienze Informazione Universita di Milano From: payers@kean.ucs.mun.ca Subject: *Euphues and his England* Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 12:03:12 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 150 (209) I am doing a little work on *Euphues and his England* at the moment and wondered if there was a more recent text than the 1964 reprint of Croll and Clemens. Is anyone aware of a new edition in progress? Thanks, Peter Ayers Dept. of English Memorial University From: "S.A.Rae (Simon Rae)" Subject: Frankenstein - 1818 / 1831 Date: 16 Jul 1993 16:58:50 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 103 (210) The Open University is developing a new Literature course credit that will be using Frankenstein as one of its set texts ... the course designers would like to be able to make the text available electronically (with the possibility of some sort of text analysis a la WordCruncher as an option for study). Basically there are two main editions of Frankenstein; the first edition of 1818 and the third revised edition of 1831. The changes from 1818 to 1831 are interesting and there would be a logic in making that an issue for study by making both the 1818 version and the 1831 version available electronically. Does anyone know if either version is available 'electronically'? Thanking you 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: Subject: Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 151 (211) Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Association for Computers and the Humanities "CONSENSUS EX MACHINA" Joint International Conference ALLC-ACH94 April 19-23, 1994 Paris Preliminary notice The ALLC-ACH conferences are the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. A particular focus of the conference "Consensus ex Machina" will be the methodological impact of computer science and mathematics on the humanities. Resorting to computer science and to mathematics is now often the most dramatic attempt to impart more objectivity (and consequently more consensus) to the humanities. What obstacles does such an undertaking meet? What successes can it claim? What failures must it admit to? Is there a way forward which will increase our knowledge and understanding of the humanities? LOCATION The conference will be held at La Sorbonne which stems from a college founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon and presently hosts the Universities of Paris IV (Arts and Humanities) as well as the famous /Ecole des Chartes (History). Accommodation for participants will be available in the lively Latin Quarter through the conference travel agency. The Latin Quarter and la Sorbonne can be very easily reached from Paris airports and stations thanks to the metro and the RER (regional express network). PROGRAMME The Paris conference will be held in April 1994. Its programme will be as follows: Tuesday 19th morning: welcome Tuesday 19th afternoon: opening and sessions Wednesday 20th: sessions Thursday 21th morning: sessions Thursday 21th afternoon: excursion (Versailles) Friday 22th morning and afternoon: sessions Friday 22th evening: banquet Saturday 23th morning: sessions TOPICS The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computers and the Humanities invite submissions on computer-aided topics in literature, linguistics and the language- oriented aspects of the humanities disciplines such as history, archaeology and music: statistical methods for text analysis, text encoding, text corpora, computational lexicography, machine translation, etc. LANGUAGES The official languages of the conference will be English and French. However papers can also be presented in another EEC language provided that they bear on the corresponding linguistic or literary themes. The coding scheme used in this announcement for French words is : /e = e + acute accent, /E = E + acute accent, \e = e + grave accent and \a = a + grave accent. 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. ABSTRACT LENGTH Abstracts of 1500 words should be submitted for presentations of 25 minutes. Abstracts of 2500 words should be submitted for lectures of 45 minutes (state of the art themes only). FORMAT FOR 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 author(s) 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 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS These should be plain ASCII text files, not files formatted by a word processor, and should not contain tab character 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 ot the markup scheme after the title information. Electronic submissions shoud be sent to: ALLCACH@BLIULG11 with the subject line " Submission for ALLC-ACH94." PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to the ALLC-ACH94 Programme Chair: Christian Delcourt, BELTEXT-Li\ege, Universit/e de Li\ege, place Cockerill, 3, B-4000 Li\ege, Belgium. DEADLINES: October 15th, 1993 (proposals of papers). December 15th, 1993 (notification of acceptance) February 15th, 1994 (advance registration) PUBLICATION OF PAPERS 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. Another one will be published as a special issue of T.A. Information. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Christian Delcourt, Chair Universit/e de Li\ege (ALLC) Elaine Brennan Brown University (ACH) Gordon Dixon Manchester Metropolitan University (ALLC) Paul A. Fortier University of Manitoba (ACH) Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College (ACH) Susan Hockey Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Antonio Zampolli Universit\a degli Studi di Pisa (ALLC) Michael Neuman Georgetown University (ACH) Andr/e Salem, Local Organizer /Ecole normale sup/erieur de Saint-Cloud (ALLC) INQUIRIES Please address your inquiries to the ALLC-ACH94 Local Organizers: Andr/e Salem and Maurice Tournier, CNRS-INaLF, Lexicom/etrie et textes politiques, /Ecole Normale Sup/erieure, avenue de la Grille d'Honneur, F-92211 Saint-Cloud, France. Phone: 00+33+1+47.71.91.11 Fax: 00+33+1+46.02.39.11 From: Elaine Brennan Subject: Unexpected Humanist Hiatus Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 16:01:48 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 104 (212) My apologies to all for the unexpected and unannounced hiatus in Humanist's appearance over the last three-plus weeks. Other (not more important, just more urgent) matters required all of my attention. All of the mail that has been sent to Humanist will be distributed over the next day or two. Again, I hope that no one was excessively discomfited by Humanist's quietness -- if you were, please let me know. Elaine From: Elaine M Brennan Subject: Preliminary Call for Papers: Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 15:16:52 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 105 (213) ALLC-ACH '94: Consensus Ex Machina Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Association for Computers and the Humanities "CONSENSUS EX MACHINA" Joint International Conference ALLC-ACH94 April 19-23, 1994 Paris Preliminary notice The ALLC-ACH conferences are the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. A particular focus of the conference "Consensus ex Machina" will be the methodological impact of computer science and mathematics on the humanities. Resorting to computer science and to mathematics is now often the most dramatic attempt to impart more objectivity (and consequently more consensus) to the humanities. What obstacles does such an undertaking meet? What successes can it claim? What failures must it admit to? Is there a way forward which will increase our knowledge and understanding of the humanities? LOCATION The conference will be held at La Sorbonne which stems from a college founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon and presently hosts the Universities of Paris IV (Arts and Humanities) as well as the famous /Ecole des Chartes (History). Accommodation for participants will be available in the lively Latin Quarter through the conference travel agency. The Latin Quarter and la Sorbonne can be very easily reached from Paris airports and stations thanks to the metro and the RER (regional express network). PROGRAMME The Paris conference will be held in April 1994. Its programme will be as follows: Tuesday 19th morning: welcome Tuesday 19th afternoon: opening and sessions Wednesday 20th: sessions Thursday 21th morning: sessions Thursday 21th afternoon: excursion (Versailles) Friday 22th morning and afternoon: sessions Friday 22th evening: banquet Saturday 23th morning: sessions TOPICS The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computers and the Humanities invite submissions on computer-aided topics in literature, linguistics and the language- oriented aspects of the humanities disciplines such as history, archaeology and music: statistical methods for text analysis, text encoding, text corpora, computational lexicography, machine translation, etc. LANGUAGES The official languages of the conference will be English and French. However papers can also be presented in another EEC language provided that they bear on the corresponding linguistic or literary themes. The coding scheme used in this announcement for French words is : /e = e + acute accent, /E = E + acute accent, \e = e + grave accent and \a = a + grave accent. 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. ABSTRACT LENGTH Abstracts of 1500 words should be submitted for presentations of 25 minutes. Abstracts of 2500 words should be submitted for lectures of 45 minutes (state of the art themes only). FORMAT FOR 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 author(s) 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 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS These should be plain ASCII text files, not files formatted by a word processor, and should not contain tab character 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 ot the markup scheme after the title information. Electronic submissions shoud be sent to: ALLCACH@BLIULG11 with the subject line " Submission for ALLC-ACH94." PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to the ALLC-ACH94 Programme Chair: Christian Delcourt, BELTEXT-Li\ege, Universit/e de Li\ege, place Cockerill, 3, B-4000 Li\ege, Belgium. DEADLINES: October 15th, 1993 (proposals of papers). December 15th, 1993 (notification of acceptance) February 15th, 1994 (advance registration) PUBLICATION OF PAPERS 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. Another one will be published as a special issue of T.A. Information. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Christian Delcourt, Chair Universit/e de Li\ege (ALLC) Elaine Brennan Brown University (ACH) Gordon Dixon Manchester Metropolitan University (ALLC) Paul A. Fortier University of Manitoba (ACH) Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College (ACH) Susan Hockey Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Antonio Zampolli Universit\a degli Studi di Pisa (ALLC) Michael Neuman Georgetown University (ACH) Andr/e Salem, Local Organizer /Ecole normale sup/erieur de Saint-Cloud (ALLC) INQUIRIES Please address your inquiries to the ALLC-ACH94 Local Organizers: Andr/e Salem and Maurice Tournier, CNRS-INaLF, Lexicom/etrie et textes politiques, /Ecole Normale Sup/erieure, avenue de la Grille d'Honneur, F-92211 Saint-Cloud, France. Phone: 00+33+1+47.71.91.11 Fax: 00+33+1+46.02.39.11 From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: AUSTRALIAN FRENCH STUDIES CONFERENCE Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 12:02:29 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 106 (214) AUSTRALIAN FRENCH STUDIES CONFERENCE, 17-19 September 1993 VENUE: MONASH CITY CENTRE (Cnr Exhibition Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne) CONVENER: BRIAN NELSON, DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES, MONASH UNIVERSITY, CLAYTON, VICTORIA 3168, AUSTRALIA REVISED PROGRAMME All papers will be 20 minutes in duration, except for those of Naomi Segal, James Lawler and Roger Laufer. FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 9.15 Registration 9.45 Opening: Philippe Baude, Ambassadeur de France en Australie 10.00 Marie Maclean, Monash University: "Giving birth to my grandmother: _La Batarde_ of Violette Leduc" Roda Kanawati, Macquarie University, "Temps, mort et quete de l'eternite dans les ecrits de Claude Mauriac" [Coffee] 11.30 Wallace Kirsop, Monash University, "Creating networks: the strategies of scholarly communication" Jacques Birnberg, Monash University, "Some thoughts on the history and editorial policies of the _Australian Journal of French Studies_" J.C. Davies, University of Adelaide, "Gide and _La Nouvelle Revue Francaise_" [Lunch] 2.30 Peter Cryle, with Anne Freadman and Sandra Nicholls, University of Queensland, "On canonicity" Peter Poiana, University of Sydney, "Mimesis et verite: la narratologie a la derive" [Coffee] 4.00 C.D. Boak, University of Western Australia, "The Second World War and French writing: a reconsideration" Colin Nettlebeck, Monash University, "The 'post-literary' French novel: Echenoz, Pennac and company" Jean Fornasiero, University of Adelaide. "Quete et enquete dans _La Fee Carabine_ de Daniel Pennac" Evening: Conference Dinner (venue to be advised) and lecture by Naomi Segal (St John's College, Cambridge): "The Adulteress's Child" SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 10.00 Margaret Sankey, University of Sydney, "On (re)reading Cyrano de Bergerac" Francoise Grauby, University of New South Wales, "Portrait de l'artiste en misereux" Peter Brown, Australian National University, "Identite et humour noir(s) chez Henri Lopes" [Coffee] 12.00 James Lawler, University of Chicago, "Remembering A.R. Chisholm" [Lunch] 2.30 Jack Burston, Monash University, and Monique Burston, University of Melbourne, "Deconstructing the narration: the use of the imperfect tense" Noelle Colombet-Sankey, University of Melbourne, "Acquisition of a reading proficiency in French" Guy Neumann, Macquarie University, "Ateliers d'ecriture" [Coffee] 4.30 Ivan Barko, University of Sydney, "The relevance of the Nicholsonian tradition to French studies in Australian universities at the close of the 20th century" Daniel Guilbaud, Macquarie University "Pour une exploitation pedagogique du neologisme en classe de F.L.E." Max Walkley, University of Sydney, "Introducing Francophone literature courses at Sydney: Swiss and Canadian French literature" [Coffee] 6.00 Business Meeting: launch of the Australian Society for French Studies SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 10.00 Philip Anderson, Monash University, "Crossing the threshold with Ponge: a study of a liminal text" Corinne Mesana, University of Sydney, "L'apport des surrealistes dans l'ecriture du roman" Marie-Joelle Porcher, University of Melbourne, "La recherche du centre dans _Le Genie du lieu_ de Michel Butor" [Coffee] 12.00 Roger Laufer, Universite de Paris 8, "Un hypertexte sur Celine" [Lunch] 2.30 Brian Nelson, Monash University, "The dream machine: Zola and the department store" Susan Yates, University of Wollongong, "The new confessor: the doctor and the bourgeois wife in Balzac" [Coffee] 4.00 John West-Sooby, University of Adelaide, "Parler eaux et clercs: etude des images aquatiques dans _Une Histoire sans nom_ de Barbey d'Aurevilly" Tim Unwin, University of Western Australia, "Stories of seduction or the seduction of stories: Barbey d'Aurevilly and Maupassant" Leisha Lecointre, Flinders University, "Etude du personnage de Frederick Lemaitre dans _Les Enfants du paradis_" ____________________________________________________________________________ To register, please write immediately to Professor Brian Nelson, Department of Romance Languages, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Registration fee $50 ($20 students); conference dinner/lecture by Naomi Segal $40. Cheques payable to "Monash University". ____________________________________________________________________________ From: Oxford Text Archive Subject: Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 10:43:15 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 107 (215) *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* THE OXFORD TEXT ARCHIVE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE... *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* * a new Short List of titles held at Oxford * 40 titles now available in TEI format for anonymous FTP * a new FTP service for licensed access via the Internet It's been a long time since we posted any news of our activities to this or other lists. It's not that we've been inactive -- quite the opposite in fact. * We have been converting texts to a standard TEI-compatible mark up (with much appreciated help from Jeffrey Triggs at Bellcore, and John Price-Wilkin at Virginia). * We have been experimenting with ways of saving time and money by using FTP, Gopher, WWW etc to deliver material rather than tapes and disks * We have been scouring the networks for new material of all kinds * We have been trying to find some additional and reliable sources of funding, but cannot report much progress. Any philanthropists out there, please form an orderly queue. ***** NEW ACCESSIONS ****** Our latest catalogue lists 1336 titles, in 28 languages. We have about 1.2 Gb of textual data, most of it freely available, some of it restricted in one way or another. We want more. We're particularly interested in scholarly minority-interest material which is not going to turn up on CD-anything in the foreseeable future. We don't charge fees to look after your material, and we keep track of what happens to it. We do our best to make sure that whatever texts you deposit with us are rendered as future-proof as we can make them but we don't change the information you recorded. We're archivists, not evangelists, for electronic text. At the same time, now that some kind of standardization is at last beginning to appear, we're eager to show that old wine can be put into new bottles. So you'll find that quite a few texts are now available in more than one form -- both the original, and a "TEI-compatible" form. (When the original form is easily available elsewhere, and particularly when the TEI form has more information in it, then we may well drop the former from the catalogue. But don't worry: it's still in the Archive....) *********** NEW FTP SERVICES ************* Our ftp address is: ota.ox.ac.uk. You can log on as anonymous, quoting your e-mail address as a password. 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We will distribute them in the same way as (b) class texts if you insist.] A CLASS TEXTS (Freely Available) You can just download these without formality using standard FTP commands. In some cases there are additional usage constraints, specified in the TEI header. We also hope that you won't redistribute these texts in a mutilated state or without acknowledgment of where you got them from. We can't enforce any of these things, obviously. We think that the Internet is successful because -- and as long as -- people trust each other. To see what (a) class texts are available now, just take a look in the directory ota. It's arranged, like the ShortList, by language, and within that by Author. There are x texts in there today, and there will be more. Each text has a conformant TEI header, and each text is a legal TEI compatible document, using a special document type definition (dtd), which you can also download from the same directory (look in ota/TEI). Eventually, there'll be some more introductory stuff on what SGML is, why the TEI is a Good Thing etc etc. Just now, we're working flat out getting the texts in there. Here's the list of what was there when I prepared this note: Anonymous: Gammer Gurtons Needle Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim; Nigger of the Narcissus Charles Darwin: Origin of Species Arthur Conan Doyle: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Casebook of Sherlock Holmes; His last bow; Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; Sign of Four; Valley of Fear; Hound of the Baskervilles; Return of Sherlock Holmes; A study in Scarlet Henry James: The Europeans; Roderick Hudson; The Watch Jack London: Klondike Tales; The Seawolf; The Call of the Wild; Whitefang Andrew Marvell: English Poems (1688) Herman Melville: Moby Dick John Milton: Paradise Lost Lucy M. Montgomery: Ann of Avonlea William Morris: News from Nowhere Baroness Orczy: The Scarlet Pimpernel Bram Stoker: Dracula Antony Trollope: Lady Anna; Ayalas Angel; The Eustace Diamonds; Can you forgive her; Phineas Finn; Phineas Redux; Rachel Ray; Dr Wortle's School; Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee at the court of King Arthur H.G. Wells: The Invisible Man; The War of the Worlds; The Time Machine (B) CLASS TEXTS : (Restricted access) The majority of texts in the Archive are and always have been held in trust for a Depositor. Rather than keep track of a zillion different contracts with each Depositor, we worked out a single contract which is the basis of our standard user declaration form. It has served to keep us out of the law courts for the last twenty five years, so it can't have been all bad. Because it's a contract, we have to have a signed paper copy of the declaration in our hands before we can issue copies of the texts. 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It's still free and it works like this: - you send us a signed order form, as usual - on the order form you specify the password of your choice - we place copies of the files you ordered in a special directory under ota, access to which requires you to quote both a personal identifier (which we will give you) and the password (which you have told us) - we send you e-mail giving details of how to access the directory - you download copies of the files you ordered, using conventional ftp commands - after a fixed period of time (usually about a week) your personal identifier is removed and the file copies deleted **********THE DOWN SIDE************ We save until the very end of this note the inevitable piece of bad news. After 25 years, we've been told very firmly that we have to increase our prices to something a bit nearer a realistic level. Not only that, but within the European Community we must charge VAT at 17.5% on every order. We've taken this opportunity to rethink the way in which we charge slightly. We charge only for material costs, postage and packing on orders for texts sent on magnetic media of various kinds. We have abolished the "per text" fee, and we are no longer insisting on payment in advance. We are still charging over the odds for diskettes because they take us a disproportionate amount of effort to produce. The cost is worked out as follows: Magnetic tape: #50 ($80) each DC350 tape cartridge #30 ($50) each Diskette #20 ($35) each Invoicing charge #10 ($20) payable if order is not prepaid Postage surcharge #10 ($20) for orders outside EC Add VAT at 17.5% for orders within EC We will continue to give an estimate for the cost of any order free of charge. And, of course, if you use our new FTP service, then you don't need to pay us a penny. We look forward to hearing from you in the new academic year! Lou Burnard and Alan Morrison *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* Oxford Text Archive email: archive@ox.ac.uk Oxford University Computing Services tel: +44 865 273238 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN, UK fax: +44 865 273275 *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: Data handling course announcement Date: Mon, 02 Aug 93 15:08:14 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 108 (216) Please bring this announcement to the attention of interested colleagues and research students. Announcing Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History Summer School USING COMPUTERS TO HANDLE HISTORICAL DATA University of Glasgow, 21-23 September 1993 This three-day summer school will introduce lecturers and research students to handling and analysing structured data using a database package. Instruction in database techniques will be set in the context of research problems and data. Most data will be from historical sources, but the course may also be of interest to archaeologists, art historians and other humanists wishing to learn about databases. The summer school is intended for research students and lecturers wishing to learn about databases and the use of computers in historical research and teaching. No previous database experience is required, although word- processing experience is strongly recommended. The software to be used will be Borland Paradox (version 3.5 or 4), a relational database management system that runs on IBM and compatible PCs and is widely used in higher education. Other types of databases will also be demonstrated. The exact sources to be used have not yet been chosen, but will most likely be those appropriate to the study of English local and community history. You are encouraged to bring copies of your own sources with you, and there will be time to discuss their input. The application deadline is 20 August 1993. PROGRAMME* Tuesday 21 September -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Introduction to the use of databases in history Simple database querying Introduction to database design, including * Data modelling: Principles and sources * Management of a research project Wednesday 22 September -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Database design (cont.), including * Creating a database * Forms design * Data entry Data clinic: Analysis of sources brought by those on the course Teaching with databases Demonstration of other choices, including * Text-oriented databases * SQL Thursday 23 September -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Advanced analysis of data, including * Querying multiple tables * Recoding and standardisation * Simple record linkage *Programme is subject to change. The course will start at 9.30 am on Tuesday and end at 1.00 pm on Thursday to enable people The course fee is 50 pounds. Accommodation is available at Dalrymple Hall, a University of Glasgow residence hall, at a cost of 27.50 pounds per night, including bed, breakfast and dinner. A limited number of rooms are available, so early booking is recommended. Lunch is not included in the fee but will be available in the University Dining Rooms. To register for the course, please send the following application form with payment to Ann Lee, CTICH, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Registration forms should be sent by 20 August 1993. After that date, please contact CTICH to see if any places are available. ---------------------------------------------------------- APPLICATION FORM Title & Name: Department: Institution: Address: Email address (if any): I wish to register for the workshop at a cost of 50 pounds I wish to be booked in for bed, breakfast and dinner at Dalrymple Hall, cost 27.50 per night, for the following nights: Monday, 20 September Tuesday, 21 September Wednesday, 22 September Payment must be enclosed with this form, and should be made payable to 'University of Glasgow'. If payment is through your Finance Office, please make sure that the form accompanies the cheque. Please note that registrations received after the closing date will be a subject to a late registration fee of 10 pounds. Cancellations received after the closing date will be subject to a cancellation fee of 10 pounds. The course may be cancelled if there is insufficient interest. Questions about Computing Experience The course is intended to be practical and, where possible, tailored to individuals' own needs. It would help us if you would provide information about your own experience and plans to use computers in your research or teaching. You are encouraged to bring copies of sources with you. Do you have any experience of computers? With which of the following types of software do you have experience? Word-processing 'Flat' database package (e.g. Reflex, PC-File, QUEST) Relational database Spreadsheet Statistics Email Other (please specify) How do you plan to use what you learn on this course? Thank you for your help. They should be sent to: CTICH 1 University Gardens University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Tel: (041) 339-8855 x6336 Fax: (041) 330-5000 Email: ctich @ uk.ac.glasgow From: balestri@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Diane Balestri) Subject: Job posting: Princeton Humanities Consultant Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 16:19:43 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 152 (217) The following position is open and we are looking to fill as soon as the right person speaks up! The Instructional and Media Services group at Princeton, which this consultant would join, includes instructional computing and interactive graphics consultants and programmers, as well as the university's language laboratory, audio, video, and television staff. Diane Balestri Manager, Instructional and Media Services PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Humanities Consultant Information Services within Computing and Information Technology at Princeton University seeks a consultant to support faculty members and students in humanities disciplines who use information technologies in teaching and research. The consultant will join the Instructional and Media Services group. Responsibilities include: proactive consulting with humanities departments and faculty about instructional and research needs; identifying, installing, testing, and documenting software tools and applications; supporting faculty and students in software use. In addition, the consultant will work closely with the language laboratory coordinator on acquisition, installation, and use of software and multimedia applications for language instruction. The consultant will provide expertise in text data bases and text analysis for faculty in all disciplines and expertise in word processing and printing with non-Roman characters and fonts. Qualifications: minimally, a Master's degree in a humanities discipline. Excellent knowledge of one or more foreign languages required; knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and/or Hebrew preferred. Strong background (at least two years) supporting computer users in one or more of the humanities disciplines taught at Princeton. Knowledge of both instructional and research applications is required, as is the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and to move easily among a variety of hardware platforms, including Intel-based and Macintosh systems. Must enjoy outreach to faculty in humanities disciplines and must possess superior oral and written communications skills. Rank and salary commensurate with background and experience. Send resume and letter of application to: Bruce Finnie, Computing and Information Technology, 87 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544 (finnie@princeton.edu). Applicants should include a resume and the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of at least three people who can comment on the applicant's professional qualifications. Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women and minority candidates. From: ide@grtc.cnrs-mrs.fr (Nancy Ide) Subject: for publication Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 14:02:05 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 153 (218) MICROSOFT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY The Natural Language Processing group at Microsoft Research is looking for a computational linguist with a background in English syntax, an interest in stylistics and the complexity of prose, and the desire to work on a large real-world NLP system that deals with unrestricted text. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to: Surface: Microsoft Recruiting ATTN: Patricia Brooke One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 Email: ASCII ONLY pattibr@microsoft.com Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer working to increase workforce diversity. From: simionat@unive.it Subject: historical atlases available on CD-ROM? Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 11:04:10 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 154 (219) I would like to know if there's a CD-ROM containing atlases referring to different stages in world history - prehistory, classical world, Middle Ages and Modern Era. I know there are CD-ROM's with up-to-date atlases, with info on different countries as well. Please reply DIRECTLY to me, thanks. _____________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 University of Venice Computing Centre fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY _____________________________________________________________________ From: Helen Schwartz Subject: please post on humanist Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 15:48:42 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 155 (220) The Modern Language Association (MLA) has recently adopted a policy that endorses giving credit toward reappointment, tenure and promotion for computer-related work (in research, teaching or service), with the usual external review of such work. To encourage adoption of this recommendation, the MLA's Committee on Computers and Emerging Technologies (CET) is surveying current policies and practice in the humanities. Please send information from your department, college and institution about your policies and practice giving (or NOT giving) credit toward reappointment, tenure and promotion for work with computers. Send to: HSchwart@indycms [For documents, please send copies with relevant sections highlighted to Helen Schwartz, English Department, Indiana U- Purdue U at Indianapolis (IUPUI), 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202] PLEASE POST THIS NOTICE ON OTHER RELEVANT ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS. Thank you. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: LHA technical problem Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 09:50:43 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 156 (221) The advice of my more technically competent colleagues would be very welcome on the matter of a LHZ "broken archive". I have recently been working on a large MS-Word document (12Mb), containing many graphics. As you can easily imagine, it has been convenient, if not necessary, to compact this document before transferring it from my notebook computer to my desktop machine. Because of the preponderance of graphics, this 12Mb compresses under LHA into a 800K LHZ archive. The last time I attempted to uncompress it, LHA reported, after a short time, "Broken archive". Nothing I have been able to do seems to change the situation. All of my copies of the file are LHZ archives with the same problem. Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe, da bin ich verloren! Willard McCarty From: Stuart Lee Subject: Film Studies Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 15:44:14 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 157 (222) I've had a request recently concerning cinematographic research. Does anyone know of a centre where scripts, articles, etc. relating to Film Studies are stored in electronic form? 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: Hobohm@IZ-Bonn.GESIS.D400.DE (49-228-2281-139) Subject: Arts-database: "The Thing"? Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 10:27-0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 158 (223) Dear Humanists, One of our patrons asks us about an american database called "The Thing" which is supposed to deal with arts. We never heard of it. Does anyone of you know it and can give us some hints on how to connect to it? I just searched with Veronica the gopherspace but had no results. Is it a WAIS-database? Or a commercial one? Cuadra says nothing about it neither. Thank you. Hans-Christoph Hobohm Social Science Informations Centre Lennestr. 30 D 53113 Bonn email: Hobohm at IZ-Bonn.GESIS.d400.de From: Ray Siemens <70353.3470@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Collation Software Date: 21 Jul 93 20:07:00 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 159 (224) I am preparing to conflate several editions of a text which I have entered into my computer. Having already read reviews of some shareware/freeware collation packages currently on the academic market and looked at some myself, I am interested in hearing what people on Humanist are using and, especially, would recommend. Maybe if I had a Mac, my choice would be easier, but I use an IBM PC. Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Ray Siemens rsiemens@epas.utoronto.ca rsiemen@ccu.umanitoba.ca 70353.3470@compuserve.com From: JDHEG@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Subject: American Modems in Italy Date: 21 Jul 1993 11:33:53 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 160 (225) An Italian colleague of mine is here doing research and would like to purchase a fax/modem to take back to Italy with her. Question: Do American modems work on Italian phone lines, which use different plugs/jacks from those used in the U.S.? How can they be adapted? Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge of e-mail or internet addresses in Italy that might be able to provide us with information? John Hazlett University of New Orleans e-mail address: JDHEG@UNO.EDU From: "David J. Bookbinder" Subject: Japanese font for HP Laserjet Date: 22 Jul 1993 19:49:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 161 (226) Does anyone know if there is a font cartridge or soft font of a reasonable subset of the Japanese character set available for the HP LaserJet III? I'm looking for something that includes the Chinese characters or some easy way of constructing them. -David Bookbinder From: Paul Brians Subject: Chu Chin Chow Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 10:14:45 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 162 (227) The jazz musician "Chu" Berry was given his nickname because he looked Chinese to his contemporaries: "Chu Chin Chow." I have run into this name elsewhere. Does anybody know its origins? Was this a popular culture Chinese character? Please write me directly since I don't seem to be on the Humanist list any more. Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5020 From: bwillis@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 16:11:59 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 163 (228) When Queneau's Duc d'Auge in LES FLEURS BLEUS says Ogre ne daigne, bougre ne veux, Auge suis that gives off a vaguely familiar resonance. Can anyone tell me why? From: Joel Elliott Subject: searching for diderot text in english Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 09:26:19 +0501 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 164 (229) hello, i am trying to find an english translation of diderot's "supplement to bougainville's voyage" for use in an undergraduate class. the essay is included in p. n. furbank's trans. of _this is not a story and other stories_ (univ of missouri press, 1991; isbn 0826208150), but that text is only in hardback for ca. $27.00. does anyone know if that essay ("supplement to bougainville's voyage") is available elsewhere in english translation at a cheaper price? thanks, ****************************************************************************** * Joel Elliott * Department of Religious Studies* * * 101 Saunders Hall, CB# 3225* * joel_elliott@unc.edu * The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* * elliott@gibbs.oit.unc.edu * Chapel Hill, NC 27599* ****************************************************************************** From: JDHEG@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Subject: Autobiographies by Female Hobos Date: 21 Jul 1993 11:28:12 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 165 (230) I have a graduate student working on the subject of autobiographies written by American female hobos. Any information or leads on texts related to this obscure subject would be appreciated. We have, of course, Boxcar Bertha's "classic" text. John Hazlett University of New Orleans e-mail address: JDHEG@UNO.EDU From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Query: Voltaire, text modification, bibliography Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 12:04:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 166 (231) In "The Kiss of Lamourette" Robert Darnton refers to the pirated editions of Voltaire's works as a means he (V.) used to further the distribution of his work, including specifically the modification and revision of his texts so as to supply "added information." Darnton's reference is useful, but I'd like to see a more thorough discussion with particular references to editions. I'm not an expert in 18C bib or Voltaire; could someone point me in the right direction? Something of Barber's perhaps? (Private responses please, and if I come up with something useful I'll post it. I'm on the track of analogues to the ease with which electronic communication and writing can be changed, and the need for means to fix electronic text with confidence. The fact of such changes having occurred in print, and intentionally, fascinates me; and I'm looking for more examples. Homer's oral text is another, though pre-printing of course.) --pg Peter Graham psgraham@gandalf.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Libraries 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (908)932-5908 Fax:(908)932-5888 From: PAULO FRANCHETTI Subject: Hi! Could you post this for me? Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 22:03:56 BSC (-0300 C) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 167 (232) I am looking for poems written in 1898 in Europe in celebration of the discovery of India by Vasco da Gama. Could anyone help me with quotations? Thank you very much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = * Paulo Franchetti * = = BITNET: franchet@ccvax.unicamp.br = = INTERNET: franchet@ccsun.unicamp.br = =---------------------------------------------= = Institute for Language Studies = = State University at Campinas (UNICAMP) = = FAX: 55-192-391501 - Po Box 6045 = = 13081 - Campinas - Sao Paulo - BRASIL = -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: rww@ibuki.com (Richard Weyhrauch) Subject: David Banks Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 15:34:35 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 168 (233) I am looking for the email address od David Banks, U of Glasgow. Any help would be appreciated. Richard Weyhrauch rww@ibuki.com From: rfowler@rs6000.baldwinw.edu (Robert Fowler) Subject: SHARP?? Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 12:51:36 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 169 (234) The following may have already been asked and answered somewhere on the Net, nevertheless, I'm in the dark and I need to know: --how do I contact the "Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing"? (SHARP for short) This organization was mentioned in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 1993, A7. So far I have been unable to find a mailing address, phone number, etc., so my thanks to anyone who can help. ****************************************************************** * Robert M. Fowler * * Assoc. Prof. and Chairperson, Dept. of Religion * * Baldwin-Wallace College, 275 Eastland Rd, Berea, OH 44017 * * Internet: rfowler@rs6000.baldwinw.edu * * Cleveland Freenet: ai248@cleveland.freenet.edu * * America Online: bobinberea@aol.com * * 216-826-2173 (office) 216-826-3264 (fax) 216-826-1162 (home) * ****************************************************************** From: Stephen Miller Subject: Ohio in the 1820s -- References wanted Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1993 15:25:52 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 170 (235) A friend and I are about to edit a journal of an emigrant from the Isle of Mann in the British Isles to Ohio in 1827 and we are interested in basic references for Ohio in the 1820s. Ohio was the most popular destination for Manx emigrants in the Americas. We would both be interested indeed in any references that people may have to Manx emigration into the Americas and not just for Ohio. -------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Miller National Academic Typesetting Service stephen@vax.ox.ac.uk or stephen@oxford.ac.uk Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, UK. OX2 6NN Tel +44 (0)865 273200 / 273266 (direct) / 273275 (fax) -------------------------------------------------------- From: simionat@unive.it Subject: US bookstore taking mail orders needed Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 16:14:03 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 171 (236) Editors, some time ago I posted this but couldn't see it in your digest - will you please 'stick' it on the bullettin board? Thanks. I would appreciate recommendations for large bookstores in the States which would process overseas mail orders - something like Blackwell's in England. Ordering American books through my local dealer or through Blackwell's is too expensive and takes too long. Please reply to me DIRECTLY, thanks. _____________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Technical Translator - Software Localizer fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY _____________________________________________________________________ From: Evelyn Ehrlich Subject: Re. SHARP Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 17:08:17 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 172 (237) Does anyone on this list know the address for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing. Any lead is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Evelyn Ehrlich Humanities Bibliographer New York University, 70 Washington Sq. South New York, New York 10012 (212) 998-2568 ehrliche@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu From: "A.Metcalf" Subject: Student Cyrillic Date: Tue, 20 Jul 93 11:37:49 WET DST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 173 (238) Could anyone help with an enquiry, recently received by the CTI Centre for Modern Languages? If anyone is familiar with the keyboard layout called 'Student Cyrillic' for the typing of Russian, available on Locoscript; is it possible to transfer Locoscript files in Student Cyrillic to a Macintosh machine, and, are there any Macintosh programs which support Student Cyrillic? Could you please forward any information you may have to: - The CTI Centre for Modern Languages University of Hull Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7RX U.K. Tel (0482) 466373/465872 Fax (0482) 473816 Email CTI.Lang@uk.ac.hull (or) A.Metcalf@ltd.hull.ac.uk Many Thanks. Alison Metcalf From: Susan Hockey Subject: Funders' Draft Principles for Digitization Projects - Comments Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 16:06:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 113 (239) I have been asked to circulated this document to HUMANIST. Some HUMANISTs may already have seen it on other lists. Although it is now past the noted deadline for comments, I am told that the group meets next on Monday 23 August and comments will be welcome up to that time. Please send comments directly to Nanch Sahli at una@cu.nih.gov. Susan Hockey Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities Rutgers and Princeton Universities ------------------------------------------------------------------- These "principles" are being circulated for comment to the community of investigators who seek NEH, NHPRC, and NSF funding for proposals that involve the digitization of scholarly resources. Please convey your comments by August 12 to Nanch Sahli (NHPRC) at una@cu.nih.gov. The "Federal Funders" Group thanks you for your assistance. DRAFT PRINCIPLES FOR DIGITIZATION PROJECTS, 7/15/93 PREFACE This document is a work in process. For nearly a year, representatives from several Federal funding agencies that make grants relating to archival, library, and other primary research materials~the Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the National Science Foundation~have been meeting as the "Federal Funders Group" to discuss common concerns relating to the use of electronic media for the preservation of and access to these materials. As a result of these discussions, the group decided that a collaborative strategy should be developed that would include a common set of principles that could be used by applicants to the various funding programs in these agencies supporting work with archival and library resources, as well as by reviewers of proposals submitted to these agencies. Fostering consistency between agencies was seen by the group as being especially important, since an increasing number of projects derive support from multiple sources. The current draft document is the result of the collaboration of group members with several leaders in the digitization field: Patricia Battin, President, Commission on Preservation and Access, Paul Evan Peters, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, and Clifford Lynch, Director, Division of Library Automation, Office of the President, University of California. INTRODUCTION Federal funding agents in education, the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, among other fields, are receiving more and more grant proposals for projects that involve the use of information technology, particularly to capture and make available surrogates of primary research collections and primary research collections themselves. In addition, many of these funding agencies with to consider establishing or focusing existing programs to support projects of this type. The reviewers of such grant proposals should be provided with certain basic types of information about the criteria informing associated projects if they are to render their judgements and to offer their recommendations in a timely, consistent, and high-quality manner. Applicants, in turn, should know the areas and criteria of evaluation that reviewers are using when they evaluate such grant proposals. The goal is to improve the responsiveness and to enhance the quality of the process by which grant proposals for projects that involve the use of information technology are reviewed and disposed by federal funding agencies. APPROACH The principles that are set forth below reflect the understanding that what's needed in this area is a guiding, not prescriptive, approach. It is imperative to avoid hasty adoption of technical standards that will be soon left behind by advances in the understanding and use of enabling technologies. Instead of adopting and enforcing standards for technologies and practices that are in a rapid state of evolution, it is important to espouse "life cycle management" techniques by which digitized materials are created and managed in a manner that anticipates the need for periodic technological refreshment and conversion. It is also imperative to focus on basic information that aids the judgement of reviewers and decision makers, rather than on attempting to regulate or control investigators, and to rely upon the sense of reviewers regarding whether a given project proposal reflects knowledge of and facility with rapidly evolving technological and standardization processes. BASIC INFORMATION Not all of the types of basic information listed in the following are appropriate for all types of grant proposals in education, the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, among other fields, for projects that involve the use of information technology, particularly to capture and make available surrogates of primary research collections and primary research collections themselves. Accordingly, the types of basic information listed in the following have been created to help guide individual and collaborative federal funding agency discussions regarding precisely which types of basic information are appropriate for specifically which types of grant proposals. 1. Investigators should provide context for their proposed efforts and should demonstrate awareness and understanding of comparable efforts by citing the relevant literature and by contrasting their efforts with those of others. 2. Investigators should specify a set of tasks that is clearly adequate to the objectives and outcomes of their proposed project. They also should specify a division of labor (including consideration of collaborative efforts, service bureaus, and other creative strategies) adequate to the accomplishment of the tasks. 3. Investigators should present a technical plan that makes clear whether they will adopt existing standards or innovate new practices in at least the following areas, as applicable: 3.1 What is the nature of the materials to be digitized, how will those materials be digitized and stored, and how will the quality of the digitization and storage process be assured? 3.1.1 scanned page images (at what resolution; black and white, grey scale, or color; using what compression scheme; etc.); 3.1.2 unstructured text such as ASCII (keyboarded or OCRed); 3.1.3 structured text such as SGML (keyboarded or OCRed, and structured by what tagging scheme, e.g., TEI, etc.); 3.1.4 compound documents (CALS, ODA, MIME, or something else); 3.1.5 materials that are not page-oriented: e.g., audio, video, films, and photographs; and/or, 3.1.6 something else. 3.2 How will others gain access to the digitized materials; what terms and conditions, including copyright provisions, if applicable, and costs, if any, will apply to each mode of access; and, how will security, integrity, privacy, and confidentiality be protected, as appropriate, with respect to each mode of access? 3.2.1 magnetic tapes or diskettes; 3.2.2 CD-ROM; 3.2.3 network server, operated by the investigator or by someone else; and/or, 3.2.5 something else. 3.3 How will knowledge of and proficiency with the digitized materials be promoted? 3.3.1 documentary materials; 3.3.2 reference guides and tip sheets; 3.3.3 publications, speeches, and workshops; 3.3.4 support services; and/or, 3.3.5 something else. 3.4 How will intellectual access to the digitized materials be provided and in what format(s)? 3.4.1 item control(s); 3.4.2 media header(s); 3.4.3 indexes, catalogs, and finding aids; and/or, 3.4.4 something else. 3.5 How will the preservation of the digitized materials be assured? 3.5.1 distinction between archival and use media; 3.5.2 refreshment and migration issues and strategies; 3.5.3 disaster scenarios and plans; and/or, 3.5.4 something else. 3.6 How will the technical methods, findings, and results (including, as appropriate, error rates, compression ratios, costs, and the like) be disseminated? 4. Investigators should provide a budget that clearly links requirements to the division of labor and technical plan. 5. Investigators should exhibit an understanding of the long-term change management issues and strategies regarding digitized primary research materials, both during their projects and after, and they should offer observations and plans about how best to address the risks that frame this change management process. From: Subject: Conference Announcement Date: Thu, 05 Aug 93 14:51:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 114 (240) New Haven, Conn. August 3, 1993 SUBJECT: Yale Divinity School Library to host conference A conference entitled "Language, Culture and Translation: Further Studies in the Missionary Movement" will be held at Yale Divinity School September 9-11, 1993. Invited participants will gather from across North America and the United Kingdom to focus on the cultural impact of the Christian missionary movement. This conference is the third in a series co- sponsored by the Yale Divinity School and the University of Edinburgh. The Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven is also a co-sponsor of the September conference. The conference will feature a public lecture by Jonathan Spence entitled "Missionary Interconnections in the Taiping Rebellion 1810-1864." The lecture will be presented on Friday, September 10 at 4:15 p.m. in Marquand Chapel at the Divinity School. It will be followed by a public reception in the Day Missions Reading Room. The lecture and reception will be sponsored by the George Edward and Olivia Hotchkiss Day Associates, a group of friends of the Yale Divinity School Library dedicated to making the resources of the Library more widely known. The conference will include two sessions which focus on library and archival resources for the study of Christian missions. The first will be a panel discussion on "Future Trends in Access to Archival and Library Resources," which will focus on projects involving electronic access to library and archival resources. The second will be a discussion of the Missions Studies Resource Development Project, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts under the direction of Stephen L. Peterson of Trinity College in Hartford, and Jonathan Bonk of Providence Theological Seminary in Manitoba. Speakers scheduled to make presentations include Lamin Sanneh (Yale), William A. Smalley (formerly of United Bible Societies and Bethel College), William Mitchell (United Bible Societies and Edinburgh), Marcia Wright (Columbia), William Burrows (Orbis Books), Susan Billington Harper (Harvard), Robert Frykenberg (Wisconsin--Madison), Darrell Whiteman (Asbury), Edith Blumhofer (Institute for the Study of American Evangelicalism, Wheaton College) and Andrew Walls (Edinburgh). The public is cordially invited to attend the lecture and reception on Friday afternoon. Due to limited space, please contact Paul F. Stuehrenberg or Martha L. Smalley at Yale Divinity School Library at (203) 432-5290 if you are interested in attending other sessions of the conference. From: lewis@research.att.com (David Lewis) Subject: SIGIR '94 Call For Papers Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 16:08 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 115 (241) C A L L F O R P A P E R S 17th International Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval -- SIGIR'94 Sponsored by Dublin City University in cooperation with ACM, BCS-IRSG, GI, AICA-GLIR, CEPIS-EIRSG and ICS The SIGIR'94 conference will take place in Dublin. Ireland, from 3rd to 6th July, 1994. This conference is a forum for the exchange of ideas and reporting of work done in areas related to information retrieval and covers information retrieval theory, user interface issues, multimedia, natural language processing, advanced techniques implementations and system issues, networked information retrieval, applications and many other areas. Program co-chairs are Prof. Keith van Rijsbergen (Glasgow U.) and Prof. W Bruce Croft (UMass). Contributions to the conference can be in the form of papers, panels, tutorials or workshops. The deadlines for submission are 6 January 1994 (papers) and 14 february 1994 (others). For a copy of the full call for papers send e-mail to sigir-cfp@ca.dcu.ie or contact the conference chair. Full details on submission formats for papers, panels, tutorials or workshops may be obtained by sending e-mail to sigir-format@ca.dcu.ie or contacting the general conference chair. To be added to the mailing list send e-mail to sigir-info@ca.dcu.ie. Conference Chair Dr Alan Smeaton Tel: +353 - 1 - 7045262 School of Computer Applications Fax: +353 - 1 - 7045442 Dublin City University, e-mail: asmeaton@ca.dcu.ie Glasnevin, Dublin 9, IRELAND From: "Todd J. B. Blayone" Subject: Mac Int. Guide: Reviewer Wanted Date: X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 174 (242) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- COMPUTER-ASSISTED RESEARCH FORUM E-BULLETIN -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Computer-Assisted Research Forum (CARF) is an independent, non-technical, print-based bulletin for academics and educators in the humanities. ******************************************************* WANTED: Literature/Software Reviewer BOOK: The Mac Internet Tour Guide by Michal Fraase (Ventana Press, 1993) QUALIFICATIONS: Experienced Macintosh and Internet user. NOTES: This publication includes software (e.g., the electronic mail program Eudora). Therefore, the reviewer will be asked to examine both the book and the programs contained on the included disk. ******************************************************** Please respond electronically to the editor (Todd Blayone) at cxfw@musica.mcgill.ca. You will be contacted if, and only if, you are selected. CARF reviewers retain a single copy of the reviewed software or hard-copy publication. They also receive a complimentary subscription to CARF. All inquiries concerning the Computer-Assisted Research Forum should be addressed to the editor at the above address. tb,cb:mitg:08/08/93 From: DP.LASPAU@mhsgw Subject: Network Use Survey Date: Fri, 06 Aug 93 10:10 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 175 (243) To: *SOC+LIB+HUMGROUPS LASPAU is a non-profit organization that administers a variety of scholarship grants for qualified Latin American students and faculty to continue their education in the U.S. and Canada. In conjunction with these programs, LASPAU is also involved with several telecommunications initiatives related to inter-American universities and research institutions, specifically researchers and professors in the humanities, social and information sciences. Please take a moment to answer these questions. We will use the replies to aid us in designing proposals aimed at developing network access for the inter-American research community, and to demonstrate to potential funders the utility of the Internet for researchers and universities. Thanks for your time! Please feel free to forward this along. --------------------- David Policar dpolicar@harvard.edu Project Officer for Electronic Communications Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities (LASPAU) 25 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)495-5255 (ext. 67) "We are as confused as ever. We are, however, confused on a higher level, about more important things." -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. What do you use the 'net for in your work, in general terms? 2. What specific programs, databases, information systems or other resources on or related to the 'net do you use for your work? 3. What specific things can you do now that you could not do (or that were more difficult) before you had 'net access? 4. What kinds of services or products would make it easier for you to use the 'net in your work? From: Michael Strangelove <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: Kids Online - Special Report Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 16:29:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 117 (244) Online Access Special Report - Kids Online - September 1993 (Available at your local newstand or by contacting the editor, Tracy Weisman at 70324.343@CompuServe.Com) Table of Contents Delphi Gets Competitive With Internet Access & More By Len Strazewski [page 6] Delphi heats up the competition by offering direct Internet access and modem-modem games. How to use FTP By Michael Strangelove [page 12] Here's how to use FTP-whether or not you have direct Internet access. Online Travels with a 10-Year Old By David A. Fryxell [page 14] [with research assistance by Courtney Fryxell] Our intrepid researcher and his ten-year-old assistant explore the offerings for kids on some major online services. At Play in the Fields of the Internet By Michael Strangelove [page 18] Children in grades K-12 are using the Internet to build international bridges. Young Sysop Brings Fantasy to Life By J. W.Olsen [page 24] Here's the story of a teen who started his own BBS before he was old enough to drive. Breaking Down Classroom Walls By David A. Fryxell [page 26] Unique online projects are breaking down classroom walls. Online Support for People with Disabilities By Lois S. Levine-Elman [page 34] The disabled and their families can find a wealth of information and support online. Help For Your Health Online By Kathleen Low [page 38] Learning about what ails you-and how to cure it-can be as easy as logging on to these databases. Databases: Sprouting up Green By Barbara Palladino [page 52] Making the right decisions for your business often involves environmental concerns. Here's where to find the information you need online. Editor's Choice: The Database Directory By Dana Humphrey [page 61] Descriptions of nearly 100 online commercial databases. Logging Off By Dr. Steve Eskow [page 88] A few words about online education. Editor's Letter [page 5] Letter's to the Editor [page 33] Online Briefs [page 58] Info Marketplace [page 78] Index [page 86] _______________________________________________________ ___ Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet Business Journal Internet: 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA Compuserve: 72302,3062 S-Mail: 60 Springfield Road, Suite One Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1M-1C7 Voice: (613) 747-0642 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: Announcement of new list: History-News Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 14:31:12 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 118 (245) Announcing a new list: History-News HISTORY-NEWS has been established to provide a UK-based news and announcement service. It is run by the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History, at the University of Glasgow. History-News replaces the bulletin-board of the same name which ran on a VAX computer located at the University of Glasgow. Unfortunately, this was time-consuming to keep updated, particularly for items of only temporary interest, such as conference and job announcements. We have therefore not had the resources to keep the history-news bulletin-board updated. We have decided to replace the bulletin-board with a "discussion list" using Newcastle Mailbase, a service similar to Listserv, which is better-suited to temporary items. The bulletin-board will continue to run, and out-of-date items are being removed. We are currently investigating Gopher as a means of providing an information service for items of long-term interest. History-News joins two other lists run by the CTI Centre for History, History-Methods and History-Teaching. History-News will distribute any news item likely to be of general interest to historians, archaeologists and art historians, including course and conference announcements, job advertisements, seminar schedules, publications, and dataset news. We welcome announcements sent directly to the History-News list. Items need not have anything to do with computing. History-Methods and History-Teaching will be reserved for discussion about these topics, with particular reference to the application of computers. Only news items with particular relevance to methods or teaching will be circulated to these lists. To subscribe to History-News, send the following one-line message to the address Mailbase@uk.ac.mailbase (or from outside the UK, Mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk), replacing "your name" with your first and last name: join history-news your name To subscribe to History-Methods or History-Teaching, send the one-line message to the same address join history-methods your name or join history-teaching your name News items should be sent to History-News@uk.ac.mailbase (or from outside the UK, History-News@mailbase.ac.uk). Donald Spaeth Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom ctich@uk.ac.glasgow From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber) Subject: Re: 7.0110 E-Qs: Research Credit; LHA problem; CD-ROMs; Film; The Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 14:03:18 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 176 (246) If you are working with texts in verse, I would recommend Francisco Marcos-Marin's UNITE program, which collates up to six versions of a given poetic text and produces a "unified" version, along with an apparatus. Parameters are user-definable. For more information contact marcos directly, at either of the following addresses: marcos@vm1.sdi.uam.es marcos@ccuam3.sdi.uam.es Charles Faulhaber UC Berkeley From: JDHEG@jazz.ucc.uno.edu Subject: American Modems in Italy Date: 21 Jul 1993 11:33:53 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 177 (247) --- end of quoted material --- The modem will need an AC adpator for 220 volts rather than the US adaptor for 110 volts. The adaptor plug for connecting to the Italian phone lines is available in most department stores and all specialty electronic shops in larger cities in Italy. Because of the high cost of overseas connections when dialing from Europe to the US, it is infinitely better and cheaper to establish contact with an Italian university and use the internet connection. Starting at 2400 BAUD and going up to higher speeds, US modems should be compatible with European modems. (Most of them are made in the Far East anyway.) Otmar Foelsche Otmar@dartmouth.edu Dartmouth College From: RUEDNBRG@NYUACF.BITNET Subject: modems in italy Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 21:58:56 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 178 (248) Date sent: 17-AUG-1993 I have not been to Italy, but I have traveled to other countries and finding a little gadget that converts an american jack to the local hardware is very easy to find in most local electronic stores in the country to which you are going. I use to be in touch with an Italian. Haven't tried his e-mail address lately, but you can try him and ask him to confirm: Luciano Paccognella email: lpaccag@itncisti. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lucia Ruedenberg New York University Dept. of Performance Studies Email: ruednbrg@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: STANSBUM@bcvms.bc.edu Subject: Re: 7.0102 Qs: Dutch; Fonts; Barthes, Euphues (4/49) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 23:40:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 179 (249) Giampa Textware Corp., 1340 East Pender St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V5L 1V8 produces a wonderful digitized Caslon complete with long medial 's' and ligatures. The company's phone is (604) 253-0815. Mark Stansbury Boston College STANSBUM@BCVMS.BC.EDU From: DIANA PATTERSON Subject: Classic Electronic Typefaces Date: 22 Jul 1993 09:27:28 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 180 (250) Baskerville of doubtful parentage is available for IBM computers from WordPerfect's allied typeface producing company--the name escaped me at the moment. They have several other classic fonts as well. To find out more, telephone WordPerfect in Oram , Utah. I hear that a new Caslon font has just come out for the Mac, I suppose someone will have specifics. I am working on perfecting a Caslon font for the Mac with has a used look, and contains all the ancient ligatures, along with a partial Greek font with 17th century ligatures. I need to do some more work, but if anyone is interested, I would be glad to discuss its availability. I should caution people that specifying WordPerfect is no longer enough. If you want IBM fonts, you must say so: WordPerfect now exists on the Mac. I use both. Diana Patterson Dept of English Mount Royal College Calgary, Alberta DPatterson@MtRoyal.AB.CA From: Heyward Ehrlich Subject: Re: 7.0103 Frankenstein? (1/21) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 9:12:40 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 181 (251) Regarding an e-text of Frankenstein: I found one on a CD-ROM published by Walnut Creek. As I recall it was zipped along with Dracula under some generic name (Horror?) and as such might elude a title search. I don't know anything of the source of the text as to edition. Heyward (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: Charles.Hadley@cism.univ-lyon1.fr Subject: Rhyming dictionary Date: 12 Aug 1993 16:17:27 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 182 (252) Several months ago, I asked for recommendations for a rhyming dictionary for a friend, and got one back. Just recently, someone wrote me to ask for the reference, and I have since lost his/her name/address. Here is the reference, if anyone can still use it Word Perfect Rhymer: A phonetic word finder (c) WordPerfect Corporation 1990 Orem, Utah USA Comment (from a DOS Word Perfect user): "Seems to be a pretty nifty little program, although very austere (no fancy graphics or other bells and whistles)." I offer no comments on the quality of the verse produced using the product, which is certainly better than I could manage. Charles Hadley Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III home: 39 rue Conde 69002 Lyon France home phone: +33 78 92 82 14 From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Dutch information source Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 12:03:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 183 (253) I would advise you to contact the dutch e-list NEDER-L at the following address: neder-l@nic.surfnet.nl to gat more information concerning dutch americans. Michel. -- From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Re: 7.0102 Qs: Dutch; Fonts; Barthes, Euphues (4/49) Date: 21 Jul 1993 13:42:05 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 184 (254) [deleted quotation] Evert Volkersz may wish to consult the "Colonial Origins Collection" here at Calvin College. Its curator is Herb Brinks; no email address for him, but you can reach him at the general college snail-mail address: Prof. H. Brinks Library Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Hope this helps. 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: Bernard.van't.Hul@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: 7.0102 Qs: Dutch; Fonts; Barthes, Euphues (4/49) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 23:20:12 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 185 (255) For Evert Volkersz, interested to read Dutch American memoirs and autobiographies. Herbert Brinks' *Schrijf Spoedig Terug* is a compilation of such letters as you describe. I suppose that no one in the US of A could direct you to a more ample lode of Dutch-Amn lore than Professor Brinks whose address is Colonial Origins Heritage Hall Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan 49596 tel. 616-957-6313 From: sfysh@epas.utoronto.ca (Stephanie Moskal Fysh) Subject: Re: SHARP Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 17:38:46 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 186 (256) All those looking for SHARP (the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) are in luck - it's very online! The President of SHARP, Jonathan Rose, can be contacted at jerose@drew. SHARP also operates a listserv discussion group, run by Patrick Leary (pleary@ucs.indiana.edu). The group's address is SHARP-L@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu or SHARP-L@iubvm. Subscribe in the usual listserv manner. The first SHARP members' directory just arrived, and includes e-mail addresses. -- Stephanie Moskal Fysh | The dean had "never realized that, deep down Dept. of English | inside, what he really wanted to do was make Univ. of Toronto | things go splat." (sfysh@epas.utoronto.ca) | - Terry Pratchett, _Reaper Man_ From: Cheryl McKee Subject: Re: 7.0112 MiscQs: Addresses; Ohio Info; Bookstore; Cyrillic Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 11:56:30 ECT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 187 (257) SHARP may be contacted through Prof. Jonathan Rose, Dept. of History, Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940. SHARP also now has an electronic discussion list, SHARP-L@IUBVM.BITNET From: "Lorne Hammond, University of Ottawa" <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Re: 7.0112 MiscQs: Addresses; Ohio Info; Bookstore; Cyrillic Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 19:28:32 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 188 (258) re: SHARP address (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) The posting for their 2nd annual conference next year, 14-16 July 1994 at the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., United States of America, is: John Y. Cole, Director, Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 Telephone: 202-7807-5221 Now this is only for abstracts dealing with any aspect of the history of the book, authorship, copyright, literary agency, publishing, censorship, distribution, bookselling, reviewing, libraries, canon formation, literacy, reading habits, and reader response. It is not SHARP's address. Abstracts, two pages max by Dec 10 1993 to above. {See, I knew i read something about this somewhere, book electra!} Anyone interested in doing a session on the intellectual history of microfilm technology in shaping information, drop ME a line! Hope that helps if no other addresses surface. lh From: Lorne Hammond <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Translation Software Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 19:38:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 189 (259) Anyone out there using Globalinks bi-directional translation software? If so, what do you think of it for translating scholarly articles? In theory you can scan and then use it to process up to a rough 90% level and do the rest by hand. This cuts down translation time, leaving your translation staff working only on the tricky parts, not the mechanical. I suspect most are like grammar checkers, complicated wastes of time, but there might be something to this one. Maybe. Any users? lh From: Subject: Ibycus vs. Pandora vs. Workplaces Date: Mon, 02 Aug 93 17:20:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 190 (260) I'm cross-posting this request to Atlantis, Humanist, and IBYCUS-L. Apologies to all who subscribe to more than one of these lists. I am in the (ahem!) fortunate position of offering our patrons the choice of Ibycus, Pandora, or the Windows Workplaces for the TLG and PHI databases on CD-ROM. Aside from advising patrons to go with what they know (e.g. Mac users to Pandora, PC/Windows users to Workplace, Ibycus users to Ibycus), I'd like to be able to give some guidance for selecting a particular system for particular needs. Would people with experience using more than one of these systems care to comment as objectively as possible on their relative strengths? I also suggest that if the results of a search are critical, the patron should attempt to duplicate them on more than one system as insurance against an unknown software glitch. Thank you, Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: Jon Butler Subject: Fellowship announcement Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 23:38:35 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 124 (261) Grant and Fellowship Announcement Pew Program in Religion and American History 1994-1995 National Fellowships and Grants for Ph.D. Dissertations and First Books sponsored by Yale University funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts Purpose Through a generous $1.5 million grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Yale University has established a nationally competitive fellowship and grant program to stimulate and sustain scholarship in religion and American history between 1600 and 1980. Awards will be available to scholars in the early stages of their careers who are completing Ph.D. dissertations or first books. The first awards will be available for the 1994-95 academic year. The Pew Program in Religion and American History emphasizes direct aid to scholars through fellowships, research grants, and conferences. The awards are intended to foster a sense of community and purpose among beginning scholars and to stimulate a new body of historical literature on crucial interrelationships between religion and America's historical evolution between 1600 and 1980. The program represents a major partnership between The Pew Charitable Trusts and Yale University to provide national leadership in better understanding the dynamics of American history, particularly the role religion may have played in its unfolding. Scope The program is thoroughly non-sectarian and non-denominational. Attention may be directed to the many varieties of religion practiced in the United States throughout its history, including native American religion, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and oc- cultism, among others, and to their interrelationships with any and all aspects of American life before 1980. The program especially welcomes proposals that address causal relationships between religion and American history. These might include relationships between religion and politics, economics, for- eign policy, popular culture, intellectual life, family life, public policy, education, and public and private morality, just to name a few. Graduate Student Fellowships 1994 Summer Fellowships The program will award six $5000 fellowships for summer 1994. These fellowships are intended for students who have completed preliminary stages of dissertation research. They are intended to allow students to use the summer in dissertation research and writing and to provide funds for research whose costs would be otherwise prohibitive. The application deadline is October 15, 1993. 1994-1995 Dissertation Fellowships The program will award eight one-year dissertation fellowships of $12,000 each for the 1994-1995 academic year. These are intended as "final year" fellowships, and applicants should explain why and how they expect to complete their dissertations during the term of the fellowship. The application deadline is October 15, 1993. Faculty Fellowships and Grants 1994-1995 Faculty Fellowships The program will award six fellowships of $25,000 for the 1994- 1995 academic year to faculty members completing first books. Faculty members are expected to devote full time to final research and writing and to be free from all teaching and administrative responsibilities during the term of the fellowship. Their college or university is expected to support the scholarly project by furnishing any supplement necessary to provide a full year's salary. The application deadline is October 15, 1993. 1994-1995 Faculty Research Grants The program will award between five and ten research grants for the 1994-1995 academic year. The grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000 and are intended to pay expenses for research tasks such as unusual travel, the coding and analysis of statistical materials, or unusual kinds of research assistance. The application deadline is October 15, 1993. Conferences 1993 Northeast Regional Faculty Conference The Pew Program in Religion and American History will sponsor a brief conference for faculty members interested in the relationship between religion and American history. The conference will be held at Yale on a Friday evening and Saturday morning during the fall semester. The program will assume the costs of overnight lodging and meals for all participants; participants arrange their own transportation to Yale. 1995 Fellows Conference All recipients of fellowships and grants awarded by the Pew Program in Religion and American History will attend a conference at Yale University in the spring of 1995. Both graduate student and faculty fellows will make major presentations based on the work undertaken during their fellowship and also will discuss work by other fellows. In addition, at least one session will be devoted to problems and opportunities in teaching. Travel, room, and meal expenses for the Fellows Conference will be assumed by the program. Applications Applications for the fellowships and grants offered by the Pew Program in Religion and American History are available at the Yale address below. The application deadline for all nationally competitive fellowships and grants is October 15, 1993. Faculty members living in the northeast area of the United States should receive announcements of the Northeast Regional Faculty Seminar during the early fall. Anyone who wishes to attend the faculty seminar should contact the office of the Pew Program in Religion and American History at Yale for information. The confer- ence is open to all interested faculty members teaching American history. Fellowship stipends will be paid directly to recipients following certification of their status and other requirements. Research grants will be paid to the recipients' home institutions, which will oversee accounting procedures. Eligibility Fellowships and research grants are awarded on a nationally competitive basis to graduate students and faculty throughout the United States. Recipients of fellowships and grants may do their work wherever it is most feasible, and there is no requirement for residence at Yale. However, Yale University is eager to make its li- braries and other facilities available to Pew fellowship recipients, as it does for all scholars. Current Yale graduate students do not participate in this national award competition and apply instead for special fellowships available for them at Yale. For applications and information write: Pew Program in Religion and American History Yale University P. O. Box 2160 Yale Station New Haven CT 06520-2160 e-mail: pew_yale@quickmail.yale.edu The Pew Program in Religion and American History is directed by Professors Jon Butler and Harry S. Stout. The program's project assistant is Scott Cormode. From: CABAL Test Account Subject: CABAL Prototype -- English text under ARTFL Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 14:37:18 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 125 (262) Computer Archive of British and American Literature (CABAL) First Prototype As part of a software development effort at ARTFL, I have loaded a small number of English texts found at the Oxford Text Archive under PhiloLogic. The current corpus consists of 25 texts of late 19th and early 20th century literature, which I hope to expand at a later date (bibliography attached). The database is accessible thought Internet at this time. If you want to have a look at the system, please contact me for the PhiloLogic manual and account userid and password. Please send requests for documentation, bug reports, comments, and suggestions by e-mail or surface mail to: Mark Olsen The ARTFL Project (312) 702-8488 Department of Romance Languages email: mark@gide.uchicago.edu 1050 East 59th Street University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 CABAL is a cooperative effort between ARTFL and the Oxford Text Archive. PhiloLogic PhiloLogic is a full text retreival and analysis package developed by ARTFL for French text. We are currently examining the ARTFL and French specific limitations of the system in order to support multi-language databases. In addition, we are considering development of a large English database modelled closely on ARTFL. PhiloLogic supports a wide variety of search, retrieval and quantitative functions designed for literary text analysis, including co-occurence, phase, word list and UNIX regular expression searches. Sample One: Search for lover in whole corpus, showing first bibliographic citation. entire corpus: 25 document(s); PhiloLogic: 2.1 +--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ |4/499, done |Keyword in context: | |Ja+---------------------------------------------------------+decidedly , miss| |Ja|James, Henry, 1879. "Confidence," Library of America |ng to self - con| |Ja| (type-setting tapes), Oxford Text Archive, 1993. |asily conceive t| |Ja| [Confi] |ys make a certai| |Ja| |bernard noted an| [Hit any key to continue] | has got an exce| |Ja|_________________________________________________________| little . | |Mlvll, Moby 487 |unfathomable , as ever lover saw in his young bride' s| |Doyle, Advnt ch1 |d has seen , but as a lover he would have placed hims| |Doyle, Advnt ch10 |r her ? it might be a lover ; it might be a husband .| |Doyle, Advnt ch10 | the man was either a lover or was a previous husband| |Doyle, Advnt ch11 |down and talked to her lover through the window which | |Doyle, Advnt ch11 | in whom the love of a lover extinguishes all other l| |Doyle, Advnt ch11 |th her wooden - legged lover , which was all perfectl| |Doyle, Advnt ch11 |s her confederate ? a lover evidently , for who else | |Doyle, Case cs03 |himself a more devoted lover . the lady , alice morph| |Doyle, Case cs10 |dered his wife and her lover . what other facts have | |Doyle, Case cs11 |at night , and soon my lover and i understood that it| |Doyle, Case cs12 |nger , on the turf , a lover of fair ladies , and , by| |Doyle, LBow ch2 |nly jules vibart , the lover of the maid , had any su| |____________________|________________________________________________________| Ready Sample Two: Comparision of forms of "reason" in Trolloper and Henry James. author=trollope: 7 document(s); PhiloLogic: 2.1 +--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ |1/374, done |Keyword in context: | |Tr+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ . | |Tr|Word Per 1stCorpus Per 1000 Per 2ndCorpus Per 1000 (1/8): | th| |Tr|(author=trollope) (author=james) |sto| |Tr|TOTAL 374 0.258088 181 0.535791 |uld| |Tr|reason 283 0.195291 111 0.328579 |ant| |Tr|reasonable 21 0.014492 20 0.059203 |ld | |Tr|reasonableness 0 0.000000 2 0.005920 |ive| |Tr|reasonably 0 0.000000 1 0.002960 |w i| |Tr|reasoned 1 0.000690 3 0.008881 | ha| |Tr|reasoner 0 0.000000 3 0.008881 | th| |Tr|reasoning 4 0.002760 7 0.020721 |on'| |Tr|reasons 65 0.044855 34 0.100646 |er | |Tr| |d b| |Tr|______________________________________________________________________|y w| |Trllp, Anna c20 |stine marriage . other reasons he gave why daniel thwa| |Trllp, Anna c21 |ould it become mine by reason of her marriage with me| |Trllp, Anna c22 |rl lovel . there is no reason , i suppose , why you s| |Trllp, Anna c26 |ink that there was any reason why , in such circumsta| |Trllp, Anna c27 |mit that there was any reason why her visitor should n| |Trllp, Anna c28 | in fact , there is no reason why my learned friend an| |____________________|________________________________________________________| Type 'x' or 'CTRL-X' when you're done. Ready Bibliography of the CABAL Database (prototype) In order by Author and Date Conrad, Joseph. 1897. Nigger of the "Narcissus". Penguin Classics Edition, 1987, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [LdJim] Conrad, Joseph. 1900. Lord Jim. Oxford Text Archive, 1993. (Transcribed from the 1961 reprint of the first edition.) [LdJim] Doyle, Conan. 1891. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Ox- ford Text Archive, 1993. [Advnt] Doyle, Conan. 1893. A Study in Scarlet. Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Scarl] Doyle, Conan. 1902. The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Strand Magazine, August 1901 - April 1902, Oxford Text Ar- chive, 1993. [HBask] Doyle, Conan. 1917. His Last Bow. The Strand Magazine, Sep- tember 1908 - September 1917, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [LBow] Doyle, Conan. 1917. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Strand Magazine, December 1892 - November 1893, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Memrs] Doyle, Conan. 1927. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. The Strand Magazine, October 1921-April 1927, Oxford Text Ar- chive, 1993. [Case] James, Henry. 1871. Watch and Ward. Library of America (type-setting tapes), Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Watch] James, Henry. 1875. Roderick Hudson. Library of America (type-setting tapes), Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Rdrck] James, Henry. 1878. The Europeans. Library of America (type-setting tapes), Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Erpns] James, Henry. 1879. Confidence. Library of America (type- setting tapes), Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Confi] Joyce, James. 1904. Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man. Chester Anderson, ed. New York: Viking Press, 1964. Oxford Text Archive. [PrtMn] Joyce, James. 1907. Dubliners. Grant Richards ed. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1914. Oxford Text Archive. [Dubln] Joyce, James. 1914. Ulysses. New York: Modern Library, 1961. [Ulyss] Melville, Herman. 1851. Moby Dick . Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Moby] Trollope, Anthony. 1863. Rachel Ray. Folio Society, type- setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [RcRay] Trollope, Anthony. 1864. Can You Forgive Her?. Folio So- ciety, type-setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Forgv] Trollope, Anthony. 1869. Phineas Finn. Folio Society, type- setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [PFinn] Trollope, Anthony. 1873. The Eustace Diamonds. Folio So- ciety, type-setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Eustc] Trollope, Anthony. 1874. Lady Anna. Folio Society, type- setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Anna] Trollope, Anthony. 1881. Ayala's Angel. Folio Society, type-setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Ayala] Trollope, Anthony. 1881. Dr. Wortle's School. Folio Society, type-setting tapes, Oxford Text Archive, 1993. [Wrtl] Twain, Mark. 1889. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Oxford Text Archive, 1993. In The Writings of Mark Twain, vol. XVI, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York [Yanke] Woolf, Virginia. 1925. Mrs. Dalloway. Granada 1976, Oxford Text Archive. [Dllwy] From: wilm@legacy.Calvin.EDU Subject: Address query Date: 19 Aug 1993 12:02:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 191 (263) (X-posted to Classics-L; sorry for the duplication.) Sorry to bother you with such a trivial query, but my bookstore informs me that North Waterloo Academic Press cannot be contacted at the address given in _Books in Print_. Have they gone belly-up? Moved? Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. 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: NEUMAN@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Subject: Databases on the Internet Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 18:01:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 192 (264) Susan Severtson, who is organizing a workshop on *Profit, Scholarship, and Technology* for the Society for Scholarly Publishing, would like to learn what databases (other than the bibliographic ones) or textbases are available over the Internet for a fee. One could access ARTFL for a subscription fee; what else? Has any project developed a payment system for individual scholars based on connect time? I'll forward to Susan any responses sent directly to me, though others on the list might appreciate learning about such pioneering ventures. Thanks for any leads. Mike Neuman Center for Text and Technology neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu Academic Computer Center Phone: 202-687-6096 Georgetown University Fax: 202-687-6003 Washington, DC 20057 From: Mark Olsen Subject: CABAL -- NOTICE Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 09:49:28 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 127 (265) Due to my misunderstanding of the Oxford Text Archive's distribution policy, I have removed four texts from CABAL, Joyce, James. 1904. Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man. Chester Anderson, ed. New York: Viking Press, 1964. Oxford Text Archive. [PrtMn] Joyce, James. 1907. Dubliners. Grant Richards ed. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1914. Oxford Text Archive. [Dubln] Joyce, James. 1914. Ulysses. New York: Modern Library, 1961. [Ulyss] Woolf, Virginia. 1925. Mrs. Dalloway. Granada 1976, Oxford Text Archive. [Dllwy] Please accept my appologies for this error. Mark Olsen ARTFL Project From: "Patricia C. Willis" Subject: Re: 7.0126 Qs: Address; Databases on the Internet (2/45) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 09:54:54 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 193 (266) In response to Sue Severtson's request concerning scholarly databases: The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University has made acces sible through the Internet (GOPHER) the registers of its archival collections in American literature, Modern European literature, Pre-1600 manuscripts, and Western Americana. Included are information about authors, descriptions of the papers, and folder-level listings of the holdings. The registers are accessed through "Libraries on the Internet," by continent, state, university. Patricia C. Willis, Curator of American Literature Beinecke Library, Yale University willp@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu From: johnstonj@attmail.com (James Johnston ) Subject: Re: 7.0120 Rs: Fonts; E-Frankenstein; Rhyming Dictionary (4/71) Date: 20 Aug 93 00:48:06 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 194 (267) Some time ago, there was an inquiry about an electronic version of Dracula in WordCruncher compatible format. I can arrange to provide that text. Please contact me directly. James Johnston From: Paul Brians Subject: Chu Chin Chow Identified Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 07:47:33 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 195 (268) My wife, a music librarian, solved my problem with identifying Chu Chin Chow. It was a lavish musical production of the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," staged in London in 1916, and made into films twice:in 1923 and 1924 and published by Samuel French. None of the characters seems to be named Chu Chin Chow, and the setting is the Middle East, so the meaning of the name is still somewhat unclear. Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5020 From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: college computing Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 00:51:55 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 129 (269) I need to know the current state of computing resources, support, and curricula at liberal arts colleges in the United States. I'd be enormously grateful for brief notes on the subject from Humanists at such institutions. In other words, I'd like to have a sense of what a student in any discipline might expect to find, all the way from campus stores to dorm facilities. I'd also like to know what the immediate plans are, e.g. to wire the dorms, require students to purchase computers, and so forth. For present purposes, I'm not collecting data on computing at large institutions, only liberal arts colleges. Thanks proleptically for the time, trouble, and of course the data. Please respond both directly to me at the address below and to the group as a whole. Unfortunately I am in a hurry to collect this data and so would appreciate a quick response. Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: Thomas Izbicki Subject: CSLewis Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 09:31:54 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 130 (270) In 1955 C. S. Lewis published in the TLS a poem entitled "On Another Theme from Nicholas of Cusa". This poem was republished in Poems (1965) as: "On a Theme of Nicholas of Cusa". If one supposes from the earlier title that a poem entitled "On a Theme of Nicholas of Cusa" appeared before 1955, either written by Lewis or another, where might I be able to find a text of it? Please reply to: Izbicki@jhunix From: David Sitman Subject: Announcement: Network Services Conference 1993 Date: Sun, 22 Aug 93 16:33:54 IST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 132 (271) NSC'93 The Network Services Conference 1993 Warsaw, Poland, 12-14 October 1993 Invitation Networking in the academic and research environment has evolved into an important tool for researchers in all disciplines. High quality network services and tools are essential parts of the research infrastructure. Building on the success of the first Network Services Conference in Pisa Italy, NSC'93 will focus on the issue of providing services to customers, with special attention paid to the actual usage of the various tools available. We will address the impact of today's global tools on service development and support, the changing function of traditional tools and services (such as archives), new services (such as multi-media communications), the future role of the library and the effects of commercialization of networks and network services. Customer support at the institutional and campus level, and the role of support in accessing global services, will also be covered. Talks, tutorials, demonstrations and other conference activities will address the needs of the research, academic, educational, governmental, industrial, and commercial network communities. Tutorial sessions on specific network services have been integrated into the regular conference program. Practical issues in the use of these services and tools will be covered in detail by experts. Throughout the conference, participants will be able to get hands-on experience in the well-equipped demonstration area. NSC'93 is being organized by EARN in conjunction with EUnet, NORDUnet, RARE, and RIPE. To get a preliminary program and registration form, send e-mail to: LISTSERV@FRORS12.BITNET (or LISTSERV@FRORS12.CIRCE.FR) In the body of the message, write: GET NSC93 ANN2 David Sitman EARN From: melancon@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Melancon Benoit) Subject: Epistolaire -- Ouvrage en souscription Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 13:18:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 133 (272) Association interdisciplinaire de recherche sur l'epistolaire Actes du Colloque de Caen 16-18 mai 1991 EXPERIENCES LIMITES DE L'EPISTOLAIRE LETTRES D'EXIL, D'ENFERMEMENT, DE FOLIE Textes reunis et presentes par Andre Magnan 432 p. Honore Champion editeur Date de parution : septembre 1993 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Des mots de moi pour etre lus de l'autre : la lettre ordinaire, la reponse attendue, ici et la. Il est des lettres ecrites de plus loin, d'ailleurs plus distants, plus douloureux, incertains parfois du retour. Plus que l'eloignement : l'exil. Plus que la separation : l'enfermement. Plus que l'alterite : l'alienation. Ou quelque confusion de tout cela : lettres de bagne, de guerre, de suicide. Dans de telles circonstances, ou l'espace et le temps, le sujet et l'autre, le langage et le lien, sont travailles a la limite, qu'est-ce qu'ecrire une ou des lettres, et a qui ? comment ? pourquoi ?... Ici la lettre repare; la, elle separe davantage. La rupture en s'ecrivant peut etre plus dechirante, le silence de l'autre ou son mensonge presque desirable. La lettre fantasme toujours a perte la presence : a defaut d'abolir l'ecart, en deplacer au moins les bords ? Les etudes reunies dans ce volume, ces exemples, documents et temoignages, ont pour visee commune d'interroger les enjeux d'un epistolaire extreme. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Camille AUBAUD : A propos des lettres d'Egypte de Nerval Jean BATANY : Un exile agressif au XIIe siecle : Thomas Becket Mireille BOSSIS : Conscience de soi et enfermement dans la correspondance de Marie Cappelle Carmen BOUSTANI : Correspondance d'exil et d'amour impossible : Gibran Khalil Gibran et May Ziade Bernard BRAY : La protestation de l'exile : les lettres de Bussy-Rabutin a Louis XIV Michel CARASSOU : Benjamin Fondane : lettres de Drancy Francoise CHENET : La lettre de tranchee Anne CHEVALIER : 'Sans feu ni lieu' : les lettres du lyceen (Tristan) Edouard Corbiere a sa famille Sylvie CLAIR : 'User le soleil avec la pierre ponce' : les deportes communards en Nouvelle-Caledonie Catherine CUSSET-JENKINS : Les lettres de Sade a Vincennes : la rhetorique de la cloture Pascal DETHURENS : Lettres d'exil de Paul Claudel : la grace devoratrice Brigitte DIAZ : 'Le bonheur dans les fers' : lettres de prison de madame Roland Jose-Luis DIAZ : 'La nuit sera noire et blanche' : lettres de suicides de l'epoque romantique Roger DUCHENE : L'expression de l'homosexualite dans les lettres de Marcel Proust Nicole EDELMAN : Lettres de l'au-dela : somnambules et mediums au 19e siecle Jean GAUDON : La figure de l'exile : Victor Hugo de Bruxelles a Jersey Genevieve HAROCHE-BOUZINAC : Voltaire : un 'cameleon' en exil Genevieve IDT et Jean-Francois LOUETTE : Sartre et Beauvoir : 'Voila de la lettre ou non ?' Odile KRAKOVITCH : Lettres de bagnardes et de prisonnieres (1855- 1890) Isabelle LANDY-HOUILLON : Les lettres de Marie de l'Incarnation : exils et jouissances Philippe LE TOUZE : Un cri incoercible : lettre d'Artaud au docteur Allendy, 30 novembre 1927. Etude de style Sophy-Jenny LINON : La lettre immobile : sur la route maritime des Indes orientales au 17e siecle Andre MAGNAN : 'Porter tout a l'extreme' : la destination des 'lettres a Malesherbes' de Rousseau Ulrike MICHALOWSKY : 'Le desir est des choses absentes et eloignees' : les reveries de l'exil dans la correspondance de Guez de Balzac Patrice MICHAUD : Place de l'epistolaire dans la vie des detenus : essai de comprehension et d'interpretation psychologique Jean-Noel PASCAL : Mademoiselle de Lespinasse : lettres de la folie ordinaire Dolores ROGOZINSKI : La consigne de proscription : sur la correspondance d'exil de Jules Valles Gisele VALENCY : Les lettres de Nerval autour de la crise de novembre 1841 Yvette WENT-DAOUST : Enfermement et cosmopolitisme : la correspondance de Belle de Zuylen et de Constant d'Hermenches Postface : un temoignage de Roger KNOBELSPIESS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Prix de souscription, jusqu'au 30 novembre 1993 : 195 F (franco de port) Apres le 30 novembre : 250 F Adresser commande et reglement a l'editeur : Librairie Honore Champion 7, quai Malaquais 75006 Paris France From: Robert Glendinning Subject: eros/thanatos Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 11:57:18 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 196 (273) I've been working on the love-death theme/motif in medieval and early modern literature (i.e., the type: Pyramus and Thisbe, Tristan and Isolde, Euryalus and Lucretia, Romeo and Juliet). Am also interested in the modern German texts (Kleist, Thomas Mann). It's high time I did some reading on the theoretical side. Would be grateful for some basic bibliography on the eros/thanatos axis per se, i.e., secondary literature. Please don't swamp me. Also, am I missing really important primary sources in the medieval and Renaissance (and ancient) periods? Probably. Thanks for your help. I'm posting this request on both the HUMANIST and the MEDTEXTL lists. Robert Glendinning, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield) Subject: Query regarding Jules Michelet Date: Sat, 21 Aug 93 22:38:19 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 197 (274) Does anyone on HUMANIST know of a U.S. library containing a copy of Eugene Noel's 1878 work, _Jules Michelet et ses enfants_? I can't seem to locate it on RLIN, which eliminates 20 million titles to start with.... Thanks in advance, Joel Goldfield Plymouth State College Joel.Goldfield@plymouth.edu From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Re: 7.0126 Qs: Address; Databases on the Internet Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 19:18:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 198 (275) [deleted quotation] In order to have a good idea about what goes on in the francophone world I would advise you to read Alain Vuillemin (ed.) "Bases de donnees litteraires, comparatistes et francophones", Limoges: Presses de l'Universite de Limoges (PULIM), 1993, pp. 276, ISBN: 2-910016-17-X. 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: lorne hammond <051796@UOTTAWA> Subject: Re: 7.0120 Rs: Fonts; E-Frankenstein; Rhyming Dictionary (4/71) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 12:45:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 199 (276) rhyming dictionary I spent a few years in workshops with the poet Robin Skelton at the Creative Writing Dept. at the University of Victoria. He said as far as he was concerned there was only one useful dictionary: WalkerØs terminological dictionary. The words are arranged in reverse order. Most dictionaries are very poor as they assume there are no distinctions in rhyme, a word either does or does not. This is the equivalent of a volume of ten versus zero. Intruth, as any poet will tell you, there are tremendous distinctions between the two extremes to the ear. A reverse order dictionary gives you everything from hard to soft to no rhyme. Howevere, having bought one, I never use it. lh From: Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries Subject: Re: 7.0129 Computing Resources at Liberal Arts Colleges (1/21) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 12:04:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 200 (277) Willard McCarty, you might usefully get in touch with the Center for Scholarly Technology at the University of Southern California. With EDUCOM, they do annual surveys on just the topic of "current state of college (and university) computing". The phone number in their 10/91 brochure (I seem to have misplaced last year's survey) is (213) 740-2325; oddly, no email address is given. 100 Doheny Mem. Lib., LA Calif. 90089-0182. Hope this helps your survey. --pg Peter Graham psgraham@gandalf.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Libraries 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (908)932-5908 Fax:(908)932-5888 From: David Bantz Subject: Re: 7.0129 Computing Resources at Liberal Arts Colleges Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 11:09:41 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 201 (278) At 11:54 AM 20o08o93 -0400, W. McCarty wrote: [deleted quotation] Do you mean this in the sense usually used, namely, excluding research and comprehensive universitites, technical schools, and less-than-4-year schools? David Bantz From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Re: 7.0129 Computing Resources at Liberal Arts Colleges ( Date: 20 Aug 93 14:07:24 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 202 (279) This will be a quick and cursory reply, but I will cc the director of the computer center so that she can supplement if she wishes and time permits. At Calvin College (undergrad liberal arts college with professional programs in engineering, nursing, and education; very small Master's program in education; affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church; woefully underfunded like everyone else but distinguished from other liberal arts colleges in having only begun to construct an endowment; tuition for 93/4 just under $10K) we have neither required nor particularly recommended that students have computers in their rooms; I don't know what percentage do. We have several labs placed around the campus, some dedicated to one purpose (e.g. a new Mac lab to support an innovative calculus curriculum we are introducing this year, with the machines running only Mathematica; a room with machines suitable for CAD/CAM use by engineers; computers to support lab equipment in chemistry and physics), others available to all. We have three computer classrooms--one IBM clones, one Mac, one Sun workstations-- which are used by students when classes don't need them. A student coming here can, I think, reasonably expect to be able to get at a computer in one of the labs, perhaps after a short wait (some accept reservations). All of these machines (except the new math lab) are connected to nearby printers and to the campus network. Do all students have computers--not even all our faculty have computers yet! But we are working on it. As of this fall the campus bookstore will be selling the same machine that the college has decided on as the new IBM standard (a reasonably fast 486 with a good display), which--unless plans have changed since I was last updated--will be purchased in pieces and assembled on campus. Some faculty and staff continue to use mainframe systems, even for word processing; I believe the cost of replacing terminals with PC's is the main reason these remain in place. A mainframe (or maybe a mini or super-PC?) with registration and administrative data is readily available via the campus network. Hope this is of some help to you. --David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI (this system will insist on attaching a second signature block at the bottom) || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || || From: Eric Johnson Subject: computing resources Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 07:50:20 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 203 (280) The following is a reply to Willard McCarty's request for information about campus computing resources. At Dakota State University (about 1600 students) in Madison, South Dakota, we use computers throughout the curriculum. Art courses include computer graphics. Music majors learn to use computers to arrange and analyze music. English students learn to write with word processing, of course, and they use conferencing and communication programs; they employ computers for the analysis of literature. In addition, English majors are required to learn to program: they complete courses in at least two programming languages. Students in Education, History, Geography, Mathematics, and Science use appropriate computer packages. There is a required class for Health and Physical Education majors to learn to write programs for their applications. Students in every discipline are expected to use computers. Several hundred networked 386 and 486 PCs are located in classroom buildings, the library, and dorms. There is also a Macintosh lab. The campus has a ratio of about eight students per PC. Also, as of this fall, all dorm rooms are wired for network access: students may connect their own computers or they may rent computers from the bookstore. The computer support staff has nine F.T.E. in addition to student labor. In the College of Liberal Arts, several faculty have become on-site specialists in maintaining computer hardware and software: for example, one faculty member is knowledgeable about the installation and (minor) repair of printers, another is knowledgeable about Windows and desktop publishing software, and so on. -- Eric Johnson JohnsonE@columbia.dsu.edu johnsone@dsuvax.dsu.edu From: dahanson@COLBY.EDU (David A. Hanson) Subject: Computing Resources at Liberal Arts Colleges Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 13:14:51 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 136 (281) For Willard's survey: Colby College (in central Maine) is a Macintosh school with a fairly high level of computer use. The College owns about 800 Macs, and there is one for every faculty member who has requested one. About half of our 1700 students have bought them from the Bookstore (so we are not rushing to require purchase). There are several public clusters, totalling 65 machines, with another six or so departmental labs, so term papers are routinely written on a word processor. We standardize on Microsoft Word, bundle it with every Bookstore purchase, and have a software maintenance agreement with Microsoft. In this way we can provide support with our necessarily small staff. We have a unified campus network, with Internet access from any mac in a public cluster. We are working actively toward wiring all the residence halls, but so far lack the $2 million it should cost us to finish the job. Meanwhile there is growing dial-up usage. Otherwise, however, use of the mainframe by students has declined rapidly, with the advent of Eudora for e-mail and TurboGopher. Over a third of courses require some use of computers beyond just word processing. This includes all departments and all majors. David A. Hanson dahanson@colby.edu Assoc. Dir. for Academic Computing voice/voicemail: 207-872-3291 Colby College fax: 207-872-3555 Waterville ME 04901 office: Lovejoy 105 From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: Net Advertiser Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 13:54:07 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 204 (282) Some e-mail discussion groups have recently been bombarded with a message from an organization calling itself the "Net Advertiser". The Advertiser offers a kind of classified advertising for anything one might wish to sell. Its address is netad@uds01.unix.st.it. Personally I find its presence on academic e-mail to be offensive. I had thought such a presence would be regarded as inappropriate, however convenient its services may be. Am I hopelessly wrong? Is commercial content on the electronic networks a current topic of discussion? Should we be worried about how operation of the Internet is to be supported? If so, it seems to me that Humanists might have contributions to make to the discussion. In any case, perhaps someone here would be interested in investigating the Net Advertiser. Willard McCarty From: Elaine Brennan Subject: Net Advertiser Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 18:09:20 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 205 (283) I purposely did *not* forward the Net Advertiser notice to Humanist, in part because of my own frustration at seeing multiple copies of it (I won't say *exactly* how many lists I read it on -- just that it was a substantial number). If any one on Humanist did not see this piece of mail and remains curious about it, please feel free to let me know and I'll forward you a copy of it privately. Elaine From: Steve Fligelstone Subject: TALC94 Call for papers Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 17:06:38 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 138 (284) CALL FOR PAPERS TEACHING AND LANGUAGE CORPORA 94 Lancaster University 11 - 13th April 1994 AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE While the use of computer text corpora in research is well established, they are now being used increasingly for teaching purposes. This includes the use of corpus data to inform and create teaching materials; it also includes the direct exploration of corpora by students, both in the study of linguistics and in the study of foreign languages. We would like to bring together researchers and teachers who are involved in such work in order to encourage an international exchange of experience and expertise. We intend to keep costs to a minimum, and hope to be able to charge attendees no more than #{Sterling}50 a day, including accommodation and food. Papers are invited on the following topics: * the uses of corpora in the teaching of linguistics * the uses of corpora in the teaching of foreign languages * software for the use of corpora in teaching * corpus annotation * issues concerning funding and resourcing * availability of corpora * necessary skills (teacher and learner) for exploiting corpora * applications of spoken corpora * computational linguistics By "corpora" we mean: * corpora of written and spoken language * multi-lingual (e.g. parallel or translation) corpora FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION The conference will be composed of oral and poster presentations, as well as some discussion groups. A paper should last for 30 minutes including questions, and a poster presentation may consist of up to eight sheets of A3, including the title page. If you wish to offer a presentation of either kind, please submit an abstract by no later than 30th September 1993. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words long. It would also help us if you would complete the attached reply form and return it as soon as possible. All papers accepted for the conference will be reviewed and considered for the conference proceedings, which we intend to publish. Any papers selected for publication should then be submitted in machine-readable form, either ASCII or word- processor (preferably Word or WordPerfect). Email submission of abstracts are encouraged. ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSIONS Surface Mail: TALC 94, Department of Linguistics, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YT, U.K. E-mail: talc94@uk.ac.lancaster _____________________________________________________________________ REPLY FORM * Name: * Address: * I shall/shall not be attending the TALC94 Conference * I would like to present a paper, with the following (provisional) title: * I would like to display a poster presentation with the following (provisional) title: _____________________________________________________________________ From: "Shari L. 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Willis" Subject: Beinecke Library Fellowships Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 10:56:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 140 (286) The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Yale University VISITING FELLOWSHIPS for the Academic Year 1994-95 The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers short-term fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research in its collections. The Beinecke Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for early manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature, theology, history, and the natural sciences. In addition to its distinguished general collections, the library houses the Osborn Collection, noted for its British literary and historical manuscripts, as well as outstanding special collections devoted to American literature, German literature, and Western Americana. The fellowships, which support travel to and from New Haven and pay a living allowance of $1,800 per month, are designed to provide access to the library for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. The length of a grant, normally one month, will depend on the applicant's research proposal; fellowships must be taken up between September l994 and May 1995. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the period of their award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of Yale University. There is no application form. Applicants are asked to submit a resume and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages) to the Director, Beinecke Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-1603. The proposal should emphasize the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have two confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director. The following named fellowships will be among those awarded; there is no special application process for these fellowships. The Frederick W. Beinecke Fellowship in Western Americana The H.D. Fellowship in English or American literature The Donald C. Gallup Fellowship in American literature The A. Bartlett Giamatti Fellowship The Archibald Hanna, Jr. Fellowship in American history The John D. and Rose H. Jackson Fellowship The H. P. Kraus Fellowship in early books and manuscripts The James M. Osborn Fellowship in English literature and history The Frederick A. and Marion S. Pottle Fellowship in 18th-century British studies The Alexander O. Vietor Fellowship in cartography and related fields This announcement contains all of the information necessary to complete the application process. All application materials must be received by January 15, 1994. Awards will be announced in March 1994 for the period September 1994 through May 1995. Information about the Beinecke Library, guides to selected manuscript collections, and the Yale online catalog can be accessed on the Internet. E-mail inquires about the Beinecke fellowship program may be directed to Christa Sammons: CSAM@YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU From: John Rakestraw Subject: Re: 7.0129 Computing Resources at Liberal Arts Colleges Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 21:54:28 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 206 (287) I teach at Wesleyan College, a small liberal arts college for women in Macon, Georgia. Since 1989 the college has provided each entering student her own computer. Students don't see a bill for their computers, just as they don't see a bill for professors' salaries or library purchases. (Of course, students pay tuition, and so are paying at least part of the cost of the machines.) Faculty plan and teach courses knowing that each student has immediate access to a machine; most courses require computer use. Students who stay until graduation take their machines with them when they graduate. We are now in process of installing a campus-wide network. We're doing it in stages, and I'm told we have some hope of having network connections in almost all faculty offices, and perhaps the rooms in one of the student residence halls, before the end of this academic year. John Rakestraw Philosophy and Religious Studies Wesleyan College Macon, GA 31297 912/474-7057, ext. 231 From: Smith, Jacquelyn Subject: Re:Willard's computing survey Date: 25-Aug-1993 08:12am EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 207 (288) Drew University (Madison, NJ- 2300 total student enrollment in College of Liberal Arts(1500), Graduate School(365), and Seminary(430)) has what they call a "computer initiative." Every student in the graduate school and the college of liberal arts is required to buy a computer and printer when they first get here. This has pros and cons, many already have computers, but that little quibble is another post. It is possible to get info from just about anyplace on campus, on just about anything, by using one of the programs. There are also game programs available to everyone. I am not very knowledgeable about how to use a good bit of the technology available to me. I understand there is an active underground computer communications going on but I don't know anything about it. The computing system, very interesting to me, is available to all faculty (they may have to buy them) but very few actually use the system. And those that do usually only use the wordprocessing program (it's Wordperfect). All student papers are produced on computer, the library has computer wiring and all computers are portable, I have an old desktop (3 years old) last year's students got a lap top.The main use of the system is recreational, as far as I can tell. This post I consider recreational. There is no use, to my knowledge, of computer use in the classroom but I may be wrong on that. Is this the kind of information you are looking for? I realize Drew may not even fit into your parameters. But I thought it might be of interest in comparision with the other posts that I have read. Jackie Smith, Drew University Grad School From: Subject: Ibycus vs. Pandora vs. Workplaces Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 09:15:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 142 (289) I'm sorry to trouble the list with this, but someone from the University of Chicago responded directly to me regarding my inquiry about comparing the various tools for accessing the TLG and PHI databases, and I need to request that he send his message again. I accidentally deleted the message before I had a chance to store it or reply. Thanks, Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: J_WARD@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU Subject: Telecommunications Policy Date: Thu, 26 Aug 93 06:35 AST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 143 (290) The administration of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, has distributed, in draft form, a policy on telecommunications. Because the implications are so broad and deep, the College of Arts and Sciences has constituted a committee to study the issues involved. A particularly difficult point is the interpretation of a law that forbids spending public funds for "prop"sitos personales," which may be translated as unofficial activities or personal purposes. One administrative interpretation is that faculty members may not make personal telephone calls (neither local nor long distance) from their offices because the telephone company bills the University for all long distance calls and for all local calls in excess of a predetermined monthly or annual quota. Some States must have similar laws governing public funds, but has any come up with reasonable criteria for distinguishing personal from official in the context of university faculty? Are there guidelines for defining or delineating unofficial/personal/professional/official? Any objective and reasonable comments or suggestions that may help us in our evaluation of the policy statement would be appreciated. Obviously a reply directly to me would be more appropriate than a reply to Humanist. James H. Ward, Ph.D. Faculty Committee on Telecommunications Policy College of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez From: "Claus.Huitfeldt" Subject: Wittgenstein in Electronic Facsimile Date: Mon, 30 Aug 93 08:42:48 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 144 (291) Bergen, August 1993 WITTGENSTEIN IN ELECTRONIC FACSIMILE - report from a feasibility study The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) published only one book of philosophy, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. On his death, however, he left behind approx. 20,000 pages of unpublished manuscripts. Many of those (e.g. the Philosophical Investigations) have been published posthumously, but even today large parts of his writings remain unpublished. The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen aims to make all the writings of Wittgenstein available in the form of machine-readable transcriptions (tagged text files). Approx. seven thousand pages have now been transcribed. Finishing the task is expected to take several years. During November and December 1992 a feasibility study was carried out at The Wittgenstein Archives to consider the production of a facsimile CD-ROM version of Wittgenstein's collected writings, to be published by Oxford University Press prior to or in addition to the transcriptions. The following is the summary of the report from the feasibility study: The aim of this feasibility study was to provide technical specifications for and assess the costs of the production of a facsimile CD-ROM version of Wittgenstein's Nachlass, or, as we have called it, WEF (Wittgenstein in Electronic Facsimile). The study was carried out in the period 18 November to 17 December 1992. The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) was responsible for organizing and implementing the study. Representatives of Oxford University Press, the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities and the Department of Research Management at the University of Bergen also took part in the work group. Wittgenstein's Nachlass consists of 155 items of approx. 20,000 pages of manuscripts and typescripts. The typescripts (approx. 5,000 pages) and a few manuscripts are on loose sheets, the rest in bound volumes and notebooks. Maximum page size is 30 x 46.5 cm, average page size is 80% of A4 size. There are problems with low contrast, bleed-through and writing in or across the gutter. Most of the original material is held by Wren Library at Trinity College in Cambridge, a substantial part by the Austrian National Library in Vienna, and the rest by the Bodleian Library in Oxford and the Bertrand Russell Archive in Hamilton, Ontario. WEF's target audience is university libraries, philosophy departments, other research institutions, and individual scholars. Its target technological platforms (in order of priority) are (1) IBM compatible PCs with 386 CPU or higher, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher, VGA or SVGA color screen and CD-ROM player; (2) powerful Macintosh computers with QuickTime, color screen, and CD-ROM player; and (3) UNIX-based systems. Experiments with scanning of similar material and contact with possible vendors and cooperation partners provided the basis for the study. The main problems are on the one hand those of image capture combining unharmful handling of the original manuscripts with acceptable throughput and image quality, and on the other hand those of keeping storage space requirements within a reasonable number of CD-ROMs. We have defined three possible target reproduction qualities for consideration: Minimum, Medium, and Very High Quality. Minimum Quality requires 72 dpi resolution, and 16 shades of grey. Medium Quality requires between 72 and 250 dpi with an average resolution of 100 dpi, and 256 colors. Very High Quality requires between 250 and 400 dpi with an average resolution of 300 dpi, and 16 million colors. Medium Quality is considered in most respects superior to ordinary microfilm, and Very High Quality in all respects superior to ordinary microfilm. It is possible to create a Very High Quality electronic facsimile, but it is not feasible for a publication project. WEF should contain all images in two versions: Minimum Quality, i.e. 72 dpi and 4 bit pixel depth (16 shades of grey), compressed with GIF at an average ratio of 1:5, stored on one CD-ROM disk. Medium Quality, i.e. an average resolution of 100 dpi with a minimum of 72 dpi and a maximum of 250 dpi, and 24 bit pixel depth (16 mill. colors), compressed with JPEG at an average ratio of 1:20, stored on four CD-ROM disks. Most considerations, those of image quality as well as those of total costs, speak in favor of direct digital scanning from the original documents. However, direct scanning has one decisive disadvantage: The effects of subjecting the original documents to strong light for the amounts of time required by this process are unknown and may be harmful. If further investigations should indicate that this obstacle can be overcome, or one could be assured that scanning is not more harmful to the originals than photographing, direct scanning is highly recommended. However, we have found no positive indications that this may in fact happen in the foreseeable future. We therefore recommend that the original documents are captured on 35 mm color film, which is then digitized in a separate process. An in house process making use of a slide scanner will provide the necessary image quality, but is a relatively labor intensive strategy. Experiments performed so far indicate that Kodak's Photo CD may provide sufficient image quality. These strategies both have the advantage of creating a 35 mm color film version, and, with the latter strategy, also a (180-disk) Photo CD version, of the entire Nachlass. These copies are of higher quality than the distributed version and may therefore be kept as archival copies for backup or later use. As to the choice between 35 mm normal film and 35 mm microfilm, the project faces a dilemma: Capture on microfilm is inexpensive, but microfilm cannot be scanned in colors. Normal film can be scanned in colors, but capture on normal film is expensive. We believe that further investigations will provide a solution to this problem, and that transferring 35 mm color microfilm to Photo CD will be possible. The project will also include the preparation of a data structure and a user interface for accessing the images, based on von Wright's catalogue to the Nachlass and WAB's registration standard, MECS-WIT. It is important that WEF allows for inclusion of transcriptions of the texts. A 13 month project plan has been proposed according to which the first 3 1/2 months will be spent developing a prototype. On the basis of the experiences gathered during this process, the methods and technology should be evaluated, possibly leading to a reassessment and a revision of the budget. This plan includes the development of a rather simple user interface only, and does not include the suggested Macintosh and UNIX versions of the system. ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Claus Huitfeldt, | | The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen, | | Harald Haarfagresgt 31, | | N-5007 Bergen, | | Norway. | | | | Tel: +47-(0)5-21 29 50 (From Sept. 9, 1993: +47-55-21 29 50) | | Fax: +47-(0)5-32 26 56 (From Sept. 9, 1993: +47-55-32 26 56) | | | | E-mail: claus@pc.hd.uib.no. | ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: mlbizer@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Marc Bizer) Subject: Marot and Pseudo-Theocritus Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1993 10:15:50 -0600 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 208 (292) Dear Ficino participants, I'm looking for a poem by Marot which imitates or translates the 19th Idyll of the Pseudo-Theocritus. It's about Cupid who gets stung by a bee, complains to his mother Venus, and is told that his wounds are nothing compared to the stings he inflicts. The old "stinger gets stung" topos. Thanks. --Marc Bizer From: "David J. Bookbinder" Subject: Near Death Experiences Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1993 23:34:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 209 (293) I'm looking for a list or USENET group that is concerned with either research on or first-hand accounts of near death experiences. --David Bookbinder (db0965@albnyvms.bitnet) From: Alan Fisher CIS - AH MSU Subject: Technology Training in Humanities Graduate Programs Date: Mon, 30 Aug 93 11:34:07 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 210 (294) Are there any universities which offer [require] their humanities graduate students training in the use of technology for research and/or teaching? We are considering this here as a necessary [in some views] component of professional training for the next generation of teachers and scholars in our disciplines. I would be very interested in receiving information about any such programs currently working. --- Alan Fisher Center for Integrative Studies, Arts & Humanities Michigan State University alan@ah2.cal.msu.edu From: POOS@CUA.BITNET Subject: Re: 7.0145 Qs: Marot; Near-Death; Tech Training (3/40) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 20:37:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 211 (295) In answer to the question posted by Alan Fisher, about universities that offer/require training in the use of technology for graduate students in humanities:- At Catholic University, the History Department has required such a course for its graduate students in history for five years. I teach it. It is a one-semester course, aimed to give basic experience in the major applications of computer technology to historical research. That means: basic introduction to some statistical methods, using MINITAB; introduction to database management and machine-readable text analysis; some grounding in e-mail, discussion lists, on-line bibliographical searching, and a smattering of graphics. Emphasis is on practicalities, i.e. how to conceive and set up simple machine-based research projects (everyone, for instance, has to complete a modest-size database project using some information drawn from whatever subdisipline of history s/he is in), and on reading recent periodical literature using similar methods. This is in a constant state of evolution, so I would be extremely interested in hearing (privately, if you like) the experiences of anyone else doing similar courses. I, too, would like to know the state of play in other universities. Larry Poos Dept of History Catholic University POOS@CUA.EDU From: BushC@yvax.byu.edu (Chuck Bush) Subject: Re: 7.0145 Qs: Marot; Near-Death; Tech Training (3/40) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 12:57:19 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 212 (296) Alan Fisher asked: [deleted quotation] BYU offers a "Languages and Computers" course sequence for our students in Humanities disciplines. It's structured as an undergraduate minor, though most of the courses are numbered high enough that graduate students can include them in their elective courses when they want/need to. None of the departments require it, but a couple recommend it strongly. Is this of any help? In the past ACH has sponsored conferences on "Teaching Humanities Computing Courses", the most recent being at Fordham University in 1990. At that time I think Joe Rudman started making a collection of syllabi etc. from such courses. Perhaps he will also respond to your query. I understand there is some consideration of having another such conference--would any of you HUMANISTs be interested? ---------- 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: Subject: Intelex Corp. "Past Masters" series Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 15:48:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 147 (297) Cross-posting to Humanist and ATLANTIS. Usual apologies to those who subscribe to both. I have before me a small catalog from Intelex Corp. outlining a series of electronic texts which they call "Past Masters." The series includes the Complete works of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, as texts from several prominent British philosophers, the works of Kierkegaard, and the published works of Wittgenstein. Apparently, they will supply the texts on magnetic media or on custom CD-ROM's. The software is Folio VIEWS for DOS platforms and HyperKRS for the Mac. The price for the databases seem quite reasonable. Has anyone had any experience with this company and their products? Can you comment on the quality and usefulness of the texts? Some of the descriptions are more specific that others about the source of the text, and I would like some firsthand opinions. Thank you. Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library From: stan kulikowski ii Subject: caesarian ciphers Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 19:15:54 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 148 (298) in suetonius somewhere there is a famous passage describing the ciphers that julius caesar and augustus used. this is often cited in crypto texts as the earliest examples of encryption, using monoalphabetic substitution. i once read an english translation of this passage, and as i recall it said that julius advanced the alphabet by 3 letters (so 'A' became 'D'), and augustus advanced it only 1 letter when writing in cipher. i assume that last letter in the alphabet wrapped around to the start of the sequence; and punctuation, word spacing and any digits were either nonexistent in text at the time, or were copied plaintext into the cipher. i am currently teaching a computer networking to some military cryptographers, and i would appreciate some scholarly assistance if anyone here is familiar with this text. i would appreciate a reference to the suetonius citation (i have lost mine to the english translation). indeed, if someone could copy the latin passage to here, i would be grateful. i do not think it was very long. i am assuming that at the time of julius and augustus there were 22-24 letters in their latin alphabet. i seem to recall hearing that claudius tried to add a couple letters to update their phonics, but for some reason scholars did accept these innovations. could someone provide me with the alphabetic order that the suetonian ciphers were operated upon? how accurate is this claim of suetonius that the early caesars actually used these ciphers? is there any existent text which is thus encrypted? by this i mean, ancient documents (of any age) which used these ciphers. was this a common practice in the middle ages and how many such still exist? i understand that there are documents (do i remember 'the voynich manuscript'?) which remain today undeciphered. my thanks for this help. 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: training graduate students Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 10:52:47 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 149 (299) Humanist 7.0146 anticipates a project I have underway, which I was not planning to announce for a few days yet, but the question has been raised, so I will. I am now in the process of setting up an anonymous-ftp archive at Toronto for documentation of courses in humanities computing at all levels. Syllabi, reading lists, bibliographies, handouts, and other materials easily convertible to plain-ASCII text files qualify. This includes announcements, blurbs, and adverts for courses, workshops, and the like, but the primary intention is to document in as much detail as possible the contents of actual courses. At the moment I have all of my own materials (for graduate courses and faculty seminars); some from King's College, London; a collection brought together for the Consortium for Computers in the Humanities (Canada); and a few other bits and pieces. I have been promised a large collection of syllabi from U.S. institutions. This pre-announcement constitutes an invitation for anyone with such materials to submit them to me for anon-ftp posting -- WITH ONE VERY IMPORTANT CONDITION. My condition is that these materials be properly edited for the electronic, online medium. Such editing is not onerous, except in the great volumes a collector might face. It means, for example, more than simply converting WordPerfect documents to DOS files, since WP does not do a very good job with DOS-file formatting. So, I energetically request that anyone with such materials put them into shape, then look at them with an ASCII editor (such as DOS Edit), make whatever changes are required, then send these to me by e-mail. Why should we bother? I can think of four reasons at the moment: 1. to assist our colleagues who are attempting to get humanities computing courses going (those of us who have done it know how much work and experimentation is involved); 2. to allow us teachers to survey what has been done and so to benefit from each other's ideas, thus to bring into focus what humanities computing is as a teachable subject; 3. to develop a means for "distance education" in the area; 4. to lead the other disciplines in large-scale sharing of pedagogical materials. To my mind these are noble goals. So, if you please, let the disciplined flood commence! Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: Jon Butler Subject: NYC religion surveys 1896-1910 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 13:54:27 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 150 (300) I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might be able to furnish information on surveys done in New York City between about 1896 and 1910 by the Federation of Churches and Christian Workers, directed by Walter Laidlaw, a minister and Ph.D. These surveys are briefly discussed both in Hopkins _Rise of the Social Gospel_ (276-278) and Abell, _Urban Impact on American Protestantism_ (189-191), though without any regard for their results or methodology. The surveys were unusual for their scope (more than 50,000 homes visited), method (elaborate questionaires whose answers were punched onto Hollerith cards and processed with Hollerith machines donated to the Federation by Mr. Hollerith), and detailed printed results (some of the printed results take the information down to the block level and appear in the journal _Federation_ at irregular intervals). I am especially interested in learning more about Laidlaw (who published several books on NYC census materials in the 1920s and 30s) and especially in recovering the original surveys, either in their original written form or in the form of the Hollerith cards. I am in the midst now of inquiring about these surveys among the numerous NYC historical deposi- tories and archives, and any information would be most appreciated. I also am interested in other surveys incorporating questions about religion taken BEFORE 1920. For example, there is some indication in the journal _Federation_ that religious surveys were taken by other church federations in Toledo, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio and in Utica, NY, in 1901 and 1902, though a search of the LC catalog and other sources has not yet turned up any printed results. Should anyone be able to respond to this request, it would be helpful to respond both to my personal e-mail address, given below, as well as to the list, since I do not belong to all of the lists to which this notice may be sent. Thank you for your assistance. Jon Butler American Studies, History, and Religious Studies Yale University mailing address: American Studies Program Yale University P. O. Box 1504A Yale Station New Haven CT 06520-7425 e-mail: JBUTLER@YALEVM From: "Robert Knapp" Subject: PNRC Conference Date: 1 Sep 93 11:00:09 U X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 151 (301) Call for Papers The Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference Reed College, Portland OR 18-19 March 1994 Beating the Bounds: The Formation and Interaction of the Disciplines in Early Modern Europe Plenary Speakers: Lorraine Daston Professor of History and History of Science Department of History, University of Chicago Lorraine Helms San Francisco Clown School Thomas Laqueur Professor of History Department of History, University of California at Berkeley ______________________________________________________ Papers and proposals for sessions are invited on all aspects of the culture and society of early modern Europe, c. 1300-1700. The organizers especially encourage papers and proposals that would permit the interdisciplinary exploration of such questions as the relationship between art, literature, and science, the engagement with non-European cultures, the relationship between ethics and political philosophy and practice, the history of rhetoric and literary scholarship, the protocols of representation, the reconstruction of epistemologies, etc. Abstracts and proposals should reach the organizers by 1 November 1993; acceptances will be made by 20 December; completed papers should be received by 1 February 1994. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Robert S. Knapp Roger Porter Department of English Department of English Peter Parshall David Harris Sacks Department of Art and Art History Department of History Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Portland, OR 97202 (503) 771-1112 FAX (503) 777-7769 e-mail From: "Paul Chandler" Subject: Re: 7.0147 Qs: E-Texts from Intelex (1/21_ Date: Wed, 1 Sep 93 17:26:10 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 213 (302) Could you post address details about Intelex Corp., please, for those who might like to inquire about their products. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Chandler Titus Brandsma Instituut Tel: +31-80-61.2162 Erasmusplein 1 Fax: +31-80-60.3439 6525 HT Nijmegen email: pchandl@thomas.ped.kun.nl From: Jean Schumacher Subject: Kant Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 10:07:30 CET X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 214 (303) Madame, our "Institut Sup©rieur de la Philosophie", here at Louvain-la- Neuve (Belgium), is looking after data bases on CD-Rom (planned or rea- lized) interesting medieval, Renaissance and modern philosophers, espe- cially KANT. Is there a special distribution list for? Can someone give information about projects or productions for this matter? Thanks by advance. Would you please post this message on HUMANIST? Merci beaucoup Jean Schumacher CETEDOC Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium. From: Robin Alston850 Subject: History of the Book Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 10:55:14 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 215 (304) I am planning to introduce a new MA in the History of the Book at London University in 1994, and I wondered whether this might be of interest to the Humanist subscribers? I can send more details if the answer is affirmative! Robin Alston r.alston@ucl.ac.uk From: he229bu@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Burr) Subject: search for adress Date: Thu, 2 Sep 93 13:14:19 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 216 (305) As I have completely lost track of a dear friend and collegue I would like to ask everybody out there: do you know Franco Ricci? In 88 he was still teaching at Modern Languages and Literatures, 550, Cumberland, Ottawa Ontario, Canada. His field is Italian literature. If you know his present adress or e-mail number please write back to: Elisabeth Burr Universitaet-GH Duisburg FB 3/Romanistik he229bu@unidui.uni-duisburg.de Thanks for your help From: "David A. Hoekema" Subject: Re: 7.0147 Qs: E-Texts from Intelex Date: 1 Sep 93 12:00:35 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 217 (306) I have not used the Intelex texts, but have seen them demonstrated at American Philosophical Association conventions, talked with the developers, and heard generally highly favorable reports from colleagues. It seems to have begun as a philosophical hobbyist's project and grown, modestly, from there. The texts are likely to be drawn from older editions now in the public domain: thus the Hume _Treatise_ is the Selby-Bigge edition, not the most recent Oxford critical edition (which is also available in electronic form, at many times the price). Prices are very modest, and the search engine rather staggeringly efficient--it dredged up every instance in Hobbes of "religion" and "coercion" in the same paragraph within a minute or two. Possibly the use of older editions would be a drawback for libraries. || David Hoekema, Academic Dean, Calvin College (Grand Rapids MI 49546) || || tel. 616 957-6442 || fax 616 957-8551 || || From: gfgf@math.ias.edu (Gary Forsythe) Subject: Re: 7.0148 Qs: Caesarian Ciphers (1/41) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 93 12:44:33 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 218 (307) My text of Suetonius is not at hand, but there will probably be another person who will respond with the correct citation and quotation. I just wanted to point out two other items which might interest you. In the fifth book of his Gallic War Caesar describes how secret messages were carried through enemy Gallic territory. The messages used a substitution cipher involving the Greek alphabet. That is to say, rather than using Roman characters, Greek letters were used to spell out Latin. Another ancient means of making secret messages was devised by the Spartans of the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries. Two wooden staffs would be made of identical length and shape. Their diamters would be varied, for reasons which will soon become apparent. One staff was kept in Sparta by the state officials, while the other was sent out with a military commander or governor abroad. Whenever they wished to send secret messages, they would take a leather strap and wind it around the staff. They would then write their message in lines along the length of the staff, so that when the leather strap was removed, it was a long piece of leather bearing a series of jumbled letters which could not be read but could be easily reconstituted into a coherent text by the person with the other staff simply by wrapping the leather strap around his staff. Both the staff and the leather employed in this method of communication were termed 'skytale' and is described by Plutarch in his biography of Lysander. Gary Forsythe gfgf@math.ias.edu Institute for Advanced Study From: Thomas Izbicki Subject: Re: 7.0147 Qs: E-Texts from Intelex (1/21_ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 13:52:16 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 219 (308) Johns Hopkins has had three of the Past Masters databases for about three years. They are not used as often as I would like, but they have proven easy to use. Those who do use them have been glad to have access to them. One caveat: InteLex uses whathever edition is not in copyright, so the user may need to consult another edition of more recent vintage when in doubt about the text. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: BMR 93.9.5, ALSO SEEN: Future Libraries Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 17:18:10 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 154 (309) Humanists should be aware of the special issue of `representations' devoted to the topic of "Future Libraries". It is informally reviewed below by Prof. James O'Donnell, editor of Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Willard McCarty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message: [deleted quotation] From: Subject: Intelex Corp. address Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 15:26:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 220 (310) As requested, here are the particulars on Intelex Corp.: InteLex Corporation P.O. Box 1827 Clayton, GA 30525-1827 USA Tel: (706) 782-7844 FAX: (706) 782-4489 E-mail: 70671.1673@compuserve.com Duane Harbin Yale Divinity Library From: Subject: Intelex E-texts Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 08:46 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 221 (311) It is not quite accurate to say that Intelex uses whatever editions are not in copyright. At least this is not the case for their "Rationalists" database (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz). This utilizes the Cottingham et al. (vols. 1&2, thus excluding the Letters) edition for Descartes (Cambridge, 1984), the Ariew/Garber edition of Leibniz's "Philosophical Essays" (Hackett, 1989), the Remnant/Bennett edition of Leibniz's "New Essays" (Cambridge, 1982), and the Curley (vol. 1) edition for Spinoza (Princeton, 1988). These are excellent, up-to-date editions. The Folio VIEWS software for managing the material also seems to me excellent. (Some time ago the company announced they would also produce original-language editions; I don't know what the status of this is.) Regarding the Hume (and Locke and Berkeley) database, even though the best or most standard editions are not used, pagination is provided for correlation with them. ------------------------------------------------------ | Richard E. Aquila, Department of Philosophy | | University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 | | BITNET: aquila@utkvx INTERNET: aquila@utkvx.utk.ede | ------------------------------------------------------ From: rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu Subject: Re: 7.0148 Qs: Caesarian Ciphers (1/41) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 20:52:19 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 222 (312) I assume that you are familiar with David Kahn's book _The Codebreakers_; check pages 81-84 (and the notes for those pages) for information on Greek and Roman cryptography. Unfortunately, the citations leave something to be desired in their precision. The reference to Caesar writing in cipher occurs at Suetonius _Julius Caesar_ 56.6.2: extant (sc. epistulae) et ad Ciceronem, item ad familiares domesticis de rebus, in quibus, si qua occultius perferenda erant, per notas scripsit, id est sic structo litterarum ordine, ut nullum uerbum effici posset: quae si qui inuestigare et perse- qui uelit, quartam elementorum litteram, id est D pro A et perinde reliquas commutet. And to Augustus' inferior cipher at _Augustus_ 88.1.10: quotiens autem per notas scribit, B pro A, C pro B ac deinceps eadem ratione sequentis litteras ponit; pro X autem duplex A. Note that the cipher does not wrap around to the start of the sequence but rather 'AA' is used in place of 'X', the last letter of the alphabet at that time. I'm afraid that I cannot speak to the veracity of the statements about writing in cipher, but if you like, I can do a search on 'per notas' on the PHI Latin CD and see what I come up with. I would also check Lewis and Short and the Oxford Latin Dictionary s.v. nota for more references. Randy Randall M. Smith rsmith1@cc.swarthmore.edu From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Computing and Biblical Studies Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 16:15:50 +22306256 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 156 (313) As some of you know, I've been gathering information on computing and New Testament textual criticism, which has expended now to the larger context of computing and biblical studies. In the attached list, I have attempted to identify some of the more obvious markers along the way, in chronological sequence. Some of the information will be inaccurate and/or incomplete, and other equally significant developments will have been missed. It is a draft, from which a lengthy bibliography has been removed. The original orientation towards NT textcriticism remains obvious in the listing of sources near the end. I will need to expand that section to include Jewish scriptures, other versions, etc. In any event, I invite your corrections, additions, supplements, and other comments. Since we are making history, we need to be sure the recording of it is as accurate as possible. Bob Kraft, UPenn (with the usual apologies for multiple listing) reply to kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu ===== Computers and Biblical Studies: a Brief Outline by RAK (2 Sept 1993) Selected highlights (by date) of computer developments of special relevance for biblical studies: 1949 Roberto Busa's Aquinas Project begun (study of literature) 1951-57 Ellison's Harvard Dissertation (NT textcriticism) 195? Ellison's Concordance of RSV, electronically produced 1955 Centre d'Analyse Documentaire pour l'Arche/ologie founded (Jean-Claude Gardin) 1960? A. Q. Morton's stylistic studies of Paul, etc. 1961 Founding of LASLA (Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes) at University of Liege, Belgium 1966 Computers and the Humanities Journal (J. Raben) 1967-1979 CALCULI newsletter by Stephen Waite (Dartmouth) 1968 British Academy Committee on the Use of Computers in Textual Criticism, chaired by K. J. Dover [when did it begin?] 1968 CETEDOC established (Paul Tombeur) [CALCULI 152] 1968 Beuron Vulgate Concordance Project (Fischer, Ott) 1969 American Philological Association Repository begun 1970 Yehuda T. Radday works on Isaiah Authorship 1970 reports & activities (SBL, SNTS-Grayston, Fischer, etc.) 1971 Arthur Baird and David N. Freedman, Computer Bible Series, Biblical Research Associates 1972 TLG Project begins (Theodore Brunner, UCal Irvine) 197?-?? Richard Whitaker, ARITHMOI (general) 1973 Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing founded (Bulletin begins 1975) 1973 David Packard Morph Analysis Program 1975 David Packard develops early IBYCUS (1977) prototypes 1976 Oxford Text Archive established 19?? Maredsous Project (biblical texts and translations) 19?? G. Weil CATAB-CNRS Project (Hebrew Scriptures; cantillation, etc.) 19?? F. I. Andersen (Hebrew scriptures; syntax) 19?? Raymond Martin (translation technique, style, etc.) 197? H. Van Dyke Parunak (Hebrew Scriptures; lexical density plots) 1977 Werkgroep Informatica at Amsterdam (E. Talstra, F. Postma) 1977 Joseph Raben Directory of Scholars Active in Computer Assisted Research in The Humanities (Pergamon) 1978 CNRS Colloquium on Computers and Textual Criticism [CALCULI 291f.; "publication of proceedings is planned."] 1978 Association for Computers and Humanities (ACH) founded 1978 CATSS Project Probes at UPenn (Greek Jewish Scriptures) 1979 GRAMCORD (Reference Manual; Paul Miller) 1981 Friberg NT Morph article published (ed Patton) 1981 Michigan-Claremont BHS text encoding begun (Parunak-Whitaker) 1982 Association Internationale "Bible et Informatique" (AIBI) 1984 OFFLINE column begins (SBL), CCAT at UPenn 1985 AIBI First International Colloquium, Louvain-la-Neuve 19?? PHI 1987 John Hughes, Bits, Bytes & Biblical Studies (Zondervan) 1987 Perseus Project begun (hypertext Classical Studies) 1988 AIBI Second International Colloquium, Jerusalem 1988? Text Encoding Initiative begun (SGML based) 1991 AIBI Third International Colloquium, Catalogue of Relevant Resources for NT Text Study (July 1993) Ancient Texts and Versions: UBS2 and 3, UBS 3 corrected Stephanus (no diacritics) Byzantine text (" ") Scrivener text of 1894 [KJV base reconstructed] (" ") Syriac (Aramaic) - The Way [BBBS 569] Syriac Peshitta MSS - Dale Johnson [BBBS 570] Coptic - CATSS/CCAT & PHI Latin - Fischer/Stuttgart Vulgate (Ott) Major Projects: Vinton Dearing [BBBS 492 n11] IGNT G.John / McReynolds (get details, CARG session) Aland - Mu%nster Concordance [BBBS 568] Ep.James ??! Software & Coding (see also Hockey; Yearbook 406ff): TUSTEP (& micro-TUSTEP) software package (Wilhelm Ott) CATSS Format and Software (for OG/LXX, originally) COLLATE program by Peter Robinson TEI Recommendations for SGML-type Markup Interpreting MSS, by Timothy W. Seid [Yearbook 27] Parsons, Gk MSS PHYLIP & BLUDGEON [Yearbook 407] Bibliography (see also CALCULI, ARITHMOI): Ott, Wilhelm. In ALLC Bulletin 2.1 (1974) 74-77. Hughes, BBBS [esp 492 n11] (Zondervan, 1987) Lancashire, Ian (ed). Humanities Computing Yearbooks for 1988, 1989. OFFLINE (passim) AIBI Maredsous Newsletters and Bibliographies (1) Cathy Vanhove-Romanik, 1981 (Reports of Centre IB) (2) Servais, Ge/rard. "Bible et Informatique: Bibliographie 1981-1985." Pp. 311-321 in Actes du Premier Colloque International Bible et Informatique: Le Texte.... Louvain-la- Neuve (Belgique) 2-3-4 septembre 1985 (Champion-Slatkine, 1986). CNRS annual bibliographies in religion chronological list of publications: [deleted here] /end/ From: Andreas Lund Subject: teacher training and technology Date: 4 Sep 93 22:25:26 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 157 (314) Regarding Alan Fisher question about technology training and future teachers: I read the question (and the response so far) with great interest. I am one of several co-ordinators engaged by the Council of Europe to do research and development work. The project is titled "The use of information and communication technologies in the learning and teaching of modern languages in vocationally oriented education [upper secondary (16-19) and adult education]". Within this framework, several groups are working on different aspects of information technology and language learning. The project I am working on is described below. The literature on the subject is (as far as I know) sparse. I welcome opinions, advice, tips etc. from anyone with an interest in the field. ************************************************************** PROJECT TITLE: WHETHER, WHERE, WHEN AND HOW TO USE IT (information technology) IN VOLL (vocationally oriented language learning) At the time of writing, this project has been in process for a year. The group members represent Italy, Switzerland and Norway, hence the R&D work will bear evidence of learning conditions in these countries although we believe the issues involved are universal. The work of the group has to do with methodology. We have made the assertion that teachers are in need of a methodological approach to the use of IT, technical know-how is not enough. The aim is to furnish teachers, administrators and teacher training colleges with methodological guidelines on how to use and benefit from the powerful tools that IT represents. The R&D work has concentrated on two major approaches: A) Teachers in the three countries in question have filled in and returned a rather extensive questionnaire. The results have been analysed and will form the first part of the final report. This part of the projects tries to uncover teachers' attitudes and approaches to VOLL, to learners' needs, and knowledge of, access to and influence on the use of IT in VOLL. This analysis and our own ideas on the subject will form the basis of a discussion on methodological guidelines for teachers venturing into the IT/VOLL field. Talks with business executives and teacher trainers will also be some of the background for this section. B) A set of quite different case studies will document and concretize these guidelines. The case studies reflect classroom experience, both from "ordinary" and experimental forms. The idea is to present a top-down approach where instead of starting with the software and looking for possibilities, we start by looking at goals, learning strategies and illustrate how they can (or cannot!) be achieved through IT. A spin-off will be a list of software used in the case studies, but again evaluated in relation to their methodological possibilities and implications. At present, the outline of the final document looks like this: 1. INTRODUCTION Reasons for the project, discussion of teacher needs, assertions 2. INTERPRETATION OF QUESTIONNAIRE An analysis of data from the separate countries will be followed by a comparison to highlight most important findings, differences and similarities. 3. METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES Various approaches to language teaching in the light of new technology 4. CASE STUDIES i) Written communication by E-mail ii) Text construction in a Hypertext environment iii) Workplace simulation in an IT environment iv) Text manipulation through IT v) IT as trigger for oral communication vi) Differentiated learning through IT 5. REFERENCE LIST WITH TYPOLOGY Software evaluated and described according to its use in the case studies APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRE (ORIGINAL) BIBLIOGRAPHY ************************************************************** That's it, I welcome any response from HUMANISTs. Andreas Lund Brekkeby vgs N-3727 Skien Norway slu@bbb.no From: Robin Alston Subject: Date: Mon, 06 Sep 93 15:30:07 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 158 (315) ------- Forwarded Message - -------- UNIVERSITY OF LONDON M.A. THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK Final details regarding the proposed new M.A. in the History of the Book remain to be confirmed after the Conference to be held at the Warburg Institute on October 30. A proposal will be put to the Senate early in 1994. At the moment the course might follow roughly the following outline. Research methodology A short series of lectures and seminars with practical sessions using online sources introducing students to the essentials of research methodology in the history of the book. The seminars will concentrate on the resources available in the British Library and Senate House Library. All students will be expected to acquire admission passes to the Reading Room and the Department of Manuscripts. 10 sessions Unit 1 - Foundation - 10 sessions [mandatory] - Core course - 40 sessions [mandatory] Total: 50 sessions Unit 2 - Option I - 50 sessions Unit 3 - Option II - 50 sessions Total: 160 sessions Unit 4 - Dissertation Starting in 1994 the University moves to a three semester session with 2 semesters for teaching (each of 12 weeks). In practice it will probably be difficult to get more than 10 active weeks, and we should consider having a reading week in both semesters. This means that each teaching unit should be timetabled so that there are two hours per week. UNIT 1 Semester 1 Foundation There are various ways of putting the history of the book into a meaningful context with some chronological perspective. One approach might be to have an overview of the early period `at a gallop' bringing the story up to the point where vernacular printing becomes the rule rather than the exception (c.1520). For practical purposes I think the best way is to have illustrated lectures. Note: in practice a postgraduate session is deemed to be not less than 90 minutes and not more than 105 minutes. Antiquity [3000 BC-500 AD] Writing materials Surface materials - clay, leather, papyrus, parchment, copper, ivory, gold, wood, &c. Contents - accounts, treaties, archives, stories, epics, plays, poetry, &c. Shape - rectangular, scroll (rolled, folded), &c. Libraries in antiquity The Fall of Rome Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] The Manuscript Book [500-800 AD] The Eastern Mediterranean Development of the codex shape and form Christianity and parchment books Hebrew & Greek Codex Sinaiticus Koran Religion - literature - science Monasticism - Benedict [529] Early medieval libraries The St Gall `plan' [c. 820] Charlemagne Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] Insular Manuscripts [500-800 AD] Celtic and British Monasticism Columba and Iona [-597] Lindisfarne Jarrow and Wearmouth Kells [c. 800] Insular libraries Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] The Spread of Monasticism [800-1200] The West The Benedictines Cluny Monastic libraries The East Constantinople Lectures/seminars [1 session] The Rise of Universities [1200-1500] Paris, Bologna, Padua, Oxford, Cambridge, Prague (1348), &c. Books and students - the stationarii, &c. Academic libraries Lectures/seminars [1 session] The Invention of Printing Germany Spread of printing throughout Europe Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] Vernacular printing 1475-1520 Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] Core Course [deleted quotation] Lectures/seminars [2 sessions] Skelton to Newton [1520-1650] Lectures/seminars [6 sessions] The Rise of Science [1650-1750] Lectures/seminars [4 sessions] Enlightenment Lectures/seminars [6 sessions] The Industrial Revolution [1750-1850] Lectures/seminars [6 sessions] Public Libraries and Mass Culture [1850-1914] Lectures/seminars [6 sessions] Universities and the Mass Elite [1919-] Lectures/seminars [6 sessions] TOTAL: 50 sessions If the Options involve no more than 40 sessions of teaching (plus course-work) then students will at least have had the benefit of the Introductory lectures before deciding on what particular area interests them. It is assumed that these lectures will look forward to subsequent developments as well as providing a broad chronological perspective of dvelopments up to the beginnings of the printed book. UNIT 2 Semester 1 Option One to be selected from the following: 1. The Bible - Manuscript & printed [period to be allocated each year] 2. The illustrated book [period to be allocated each year] 3. Manuscript and print in the fifteenth century 4. Vernacular manuscripts [period to be allocated each year] 5. The book trade [period to be allocated each year] 6. Book manufacture [a) > 1850; b) 1850 >] 7. Humanism and books 8. Role of the author [period to be allocated each year] 9. Role of the reader [period to be allocated each year] 10. Publisher's and printer's archives 11. Collectors and libraries 12. The electronic book 13. Twentieth century publishing history 14. Sociology of the book UNIT 3 Semester 2 Option One to be selected from the list of options [1-14] given above. UNIT 4 Semesters 2 - 3 Dissertation Students with a clear idea of what it is they wish to study in depth for their dissertation will have the opportunity to be assigned a supervisor in Semester 1; some may choose to defer a decision until the end of Semester 1. In principle,a student may elect to do a dissertation on any aspect of the history of the book with the approval of the Course Director. The dissertation must be completed within one calendar year of the beginning of the course. Part-time Study Since it is essential that the course is offered on a part-time basis it will be necessary to teach Units 1 and 2 every year. ------- End of Forwarded Message From: nigel@cumulus.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Dr Nigel Nettheim) Subject: "Der Lindenbaum" picture Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 21:34:57 +1000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 223 (316) Schubert's famous song "Der Lindenbaum", to a poem by Wilhelm Mueller, refers to an actual tree, also rather famous, which stood at the town gate of Bad Sooden Allendorf in Germany. I would like to obtain a picture of the original tree. It fell in 1912 aged over 600 years and was replaced. From the kind people at the Bad Sooden tourist agency I have obtained photos of the replace- ment. But can anyone locate a sketch or other representation of the original? Dr. Nigel Nettheim E-mail: N.Nettheim@unsw.edu.au Voice: +61-2-868-4005 Home: 204a Beecroft Rd, Cheltenham NSW 2119, Australia Fax: +61-2-313-7682 From: Christopher Werry Subject: Research on word processors Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 14:56:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 224 (317) I was wondering if anyone could tell me of work that examines the view of writing (and reading) processes implicit in the design of word processing systems. I would be especially interested in some kind of historical overview that traces out the development of early word processors, and the connections they had to the text editors that programmers used to create software in the first place. I'd also like to know what writing software exists that was designed, produced or had significant input from people in departments of English or Rhetoric, and which embodies a self consciously theoretical view of what writing, or more specifically, writing with computers, might involve. I only know of 2 such projects - Jay Bolter's Storyspace, and the Prep project at CMU. Could anyone let me know of any others? Thanks in advance, Chris Werry From: D Mealand Subject: Sichel sentence length distribution Date: 06 Sep 93 10:12:00 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 225 (318) Does anyone have some examples of tests on sentence length distributions using Sichel's formula please? 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: ocramer@academic.cc.colorado.edu Subject: e-mail address query Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1993 08:17:19 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 226 (319) I'd like an address for Milena Dolezalova-Velingerova. Owen Cramer Colorado College From: D Mealand Subject: Scale in literature Date: 06 Sep 93 17:15:26 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 227 (320) Can someone please point me to some bibliography on the factor of scale in literature. The query arose from one of my postgraduates who is working on sentence length, but the issue is a larger one. There must be studies, for example, of two plays which are similar in overall structure but quite different in size. Or studies of two novels of greatly differing length but having similar structure in other respects. Any references sent to me personally would be much appreciated. 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: rrs@uclink.berkeley.edu (Rebecca R Simon) Subject: "Future Libraries" issue of Representations Date: Fri, 3 Sep 93 13:49:16 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 160 (321) Anyone interested in obtaining their own copy of this special issue which was recently reviewed in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review may purchase it from UC Press Journals for $7.50 (US$; plus $1.50 postage to foreign addresses) using one of the following methods: -FAX your request along with a credit card# for payment to UC Press Journals (510) 642-9917 - email your request along with a credit card# for payment to UC Press Journals c/o rrs@uclink.berkeley.edu (though this is dangerous due to the lack of privacy on the Net) - phone your request to Betty Dover (510) 642-4191 Thanks for your interest Rebecca Simon, University of California Press Journals From: muru.palaniappan@aldus.com (Muru Palaniappan,Eng) Subject: Hypertext '93 Conference Advanced Program Announcement (3 pages long) Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1993 16:19:39 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 161 (322) Hypertext '93 Conference Advanced Program Announcement Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Dates: November 14 - 18, 1993 Hypertext is a central part of online documents, multimedia applications, educational programs, museum guides, and computer games. Today's Hypertext research will be the foundation for future systems that support authoring, managing, and accessing large multimedia information spaces. COURSES Hypertext '93 begins with two days of introductory and advanced courses that emphasize the practical applications of hypertext in documentation, education, training, and publishing. These courses address hypertext design, standards, evaluation, deployment, legal issues, and many other topics. The courses offered are: 1 Educational Uses of Hypermedia: From Design to the Classroom 2 The HyTime Interchange Standard 3 Introduction to Hypertext and Hypermedia 4 Putting Documents Online: A Manager's Guide 5 Becoming a CD-ROM Publisher 6 SGML for Writers: An Introduction to Document Structure and Analysis 7 Automatic Information Retrieval and Text Utilization 8 Designing Electronic Publications: How We Do It 9 Visual Languages: Analyzing the Emerging New Language Combining Words, Images, and Shapes 10 Interactive Learning Environments: Where They've Come From & Where They're Going 11 Hypermedia Documents for Regulatory and ISO 9000 Compliance 12 Forging the Business of Hypertext Publishing 13 Text to Hypertext Conversion: A Practical Engineering Approach 14 Hypermedia in Museums 15 Introduction to Virtual Environments and Advanced Interfaces 16 Evaluating Hypermedia Usability 17 Hypertext in Legal Education and Law Practice 18 Metaphor Design in Hypertext Systems: Managing Expectation and Surprise 19 Cooperative Hypermedia 20 SGML for Implementers 21 Intellectual Property Protection 22JPresenting Information Visually: Graphic-Design Principles for Use-Oriented Designers 23 Resource-Based Hypermedia for Education and Training 24 Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals and the Content Data Model COMMERCIAL SYMPOSIUM On Monday, in parallel with the second day of courses, leading vendors will participate in a commercial symposium explaining how their hypertext products solve real-world problems. The commercial symposium is a new event that offers a straight-talk, moderated setting for practical advice on real hypertext applications. The sessions are: %JMultimedia Authoring and Viewing Tools % Corporate-wide Hypertext Systems % Hypertext Writing and Publishing % Corporate Conversion Strategies and Methodologies % Building Embedded Hypertext Applications % SGML Authoring and Viewing Tools % Converting Legacy Data to SGML % Minimum Platform Hypertext Tools for Technical Publications PLENARY TALKS % Irene Grief, Lotus Development Corporation - Title to be determined % George Landow, Brown University - Writing Toward the Future: What Avant-Garde Writing Has to Tell Hypertext Designers % Rob Akscyn, Knowledge Systems, Inc. - Reengineering the Field: Hypertext in the 21st Century TECHNICAL PROGRAM The technical program begins with a reception honoring Ted Nelson, the father of hypertext. At the end of the reception, he will offer his views on the future of the field. The technical program includes three days of papers, panels, posters, demonstrations, technical briefings, and videos. Papers present advances in theory, implementations, or experience with hypertext. Technical briefings offer in-depth analyses and demonstrations of hypertext systems or applications. Panels provide a forum for exploring the art and business of hypertext. The video program will be available in hotel guest rooms and run continuosly in a video theatre. Everyone is welcome to bring videos of their own to show in the video theatre. Demonstrations of recent advances or prototype systems enable conference participants to view systems in action, as well as discuss the systems with the people who created them. Posters promote in-depth interaction between presenters and participants. This format also provides an opportunity for the exploration and discussion of late-breaking developments, work-in-progress, and emerging concepts. HOTEL RESERVATIONS The Seattle Sheraton Hotel & Towers is the conference hotel. To reserve a room, phone the hotel, ask for the ACM/Hypertext conference rate, and provide your credit card number. The hotelUs phone number is +1 206-621-9000. The conference rates are only available when contacting the hotel directly. Registration Information For a complete Advanced Program and Registration information, call Sarah Amendola at 206-292-9198, fax to 206-292-0559, e-mail ht93@atc.boeing.com or write: Hypertext '93 (CSNW) Tower Building, Suite 1200 1809 Seventh Ave. Seattle, WA 98101 You may register by printing the registration form below, completing the form, and faxing or mailing it to the addresses listed above. Payment must be included. Registration is NOT available by electronic mail. The conference registration fee includes 2.5 days of technical sessions, conference proceedings, demonstrations, video program, posters, and conference banquet and receptions. Note for courses: Course numbers were indicated above. Course 1, 2, 15, and 16 are 2 units each. Couses 1 and 2 are offered for the full day on Sunday (Nov 14) while courses 15 and 16 are offered for the full day on Monday (Nov 15). All other courses are 1 units each. Courses 3 through 6 are offered on Sunday morning, courses 7 through 14 are offered on Sunday afternoon, courses 17 through 20 on Monday morning, and courses 21 through 24 on Monday afternoon.You should not register for more than 2 units on each day, and you should not register for any units on Monday if you register for the Commercial Symposium. Hypertext '93 Registration Form Name(First, MI, Last) : Company: Mailing Address: E-mail address: Phone Number: Fax Number: Name and affiliation on badge (if different from above): Are you an ACM or AICA-GLIT or STC member? If yes, affiliation/membership number: Are you a student? If yes, university and student id number: Do you require special services as disabled attendee? If you DO NOT want your name on the attendee list, mark yes: Payment Structure (in US $). Please circle the applicable options: STUDENTS $150 - Conference Only $100 - 1 tutorial unit only $175 - 2 tutorial units only $225 - 3 tutorial unit sonly $250 - 4 tutorial units only $150 - Commercial Symposium only Postmarked on or before October 7 Members $350 - Conference Only $160 - 1 tutorial unit only $265 - 2 tutorial units only $385 - 3 tutorial unit sonly $460 - 4 tutorial units only $200 - Commercial Symposium only Non-Members $430 - Conference Only $190 - 1 tutorial unit only $345 - 2 tutorial units only $500 - 3 tutorial unit sonly $655 - 4 tutorial units only $230 - Commercial Symposium only Postmarked After October 7 Members $420 - Conference Only $200 - 1 tutorial unit only $365 - 2 tutorial units only $505 - 3 tutorial unit sonly $620 - 4 tutorial units only $250 - Commercial Symposium only Non-Members $520 - Conference Only $235 - 1 tutorial unit only $435 - 2 tutorial units only $610 - 3 tutorial unit sonly $760 - 4 tutorial units only $280 - Commercial Symposium only EXTRA PROCEEDINGS $35 x ____copies EXTRA BANQUET TICKETS $50 x ____tickets TOTAL $ Credit Card Type: Visa / Master Card / AMEX Card Number: From: chris <120MEIS@witsvma.wits.ac.za> Subject: programming software:creating windows and menus Date: Tue, 07 Sep 93 10:32:07 RSA X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 162 (323) I am currently involved in programming (n PROLOG )a piece of software designed to analyze story structures in terms of embedded minimal action sequences. In order to make the program more accessible and user friendly I would like to create user interfaces for input/output operations that are based on pull-down menus and windows. Can anybody please give e some hints to which programming tools would be useful for this purpose - creating mnue let alone windows for graphic representation in pure PROLOG is rather cuersome!e. Any tools for creating tree-like graphics would be particularly hlpful. Chris Meister Dept.Modern Languages and Literatures - German Studies Wits University Johannesburg, RSA From: John Lavagnino Subject: Re: Libraries of the Future Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 10:51 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 163 (324) The Libraries of the Future issue of Representations (Spring 1993) has some interesting reading, though it all adds up to a strange package in some ways. Geoffrey Nunberg's essay ``The Places of Books in the Age of Electronic Reproduction'' is the first article in the issue and is certainly the most general consideration of electronic texts that it contains, but its conclusions seem dubious to me. Its claim is that, by virtue of the limitations of print, printed texts can play a role in the cultural functions of ordering and selection that electronic texts can never fill---precisely because they have no physical limitations. The most astonishing part of his argument is this: his observation that great changes in the economic and legal workings of publishing will be needed if we're to have big electronic libraries available over wide-area networks---which seems true enough---is followed by the calm statement that he'll simply assume that all this will happen, and will go on to discuss electronic libraries with no reference to those changes whatsoever. This is an amazing thing to read in Representations, which is known for printing articles that try to bring exactly those economic and legal questions into literary and cultural studies; and Jane C. Ginsburg's fine article on copyright is right there in the same issue to point out the importance of the legal questions. What he's left with to base an argument on is the considerable amount of work that's been done on the history of literacy, and the small amount of work on electronic textuality (which in any case he doesn't refer to much). And what happens is something that you see a lot in these discussions: for all its scholarship and theoretical baggage, eventually everything is based on the author's limited experiences. You've heard people argue that electronic texts are intrinsically unstable who were clearly thinking mainly about that time WordPerfect trashed their file; what's behind this article is the alarmed observation: I'm on Linguist and there's already too much traffic! What will this come to in the future? That the future might offer different ways of sorting your electronic mail (to mention only the most mundane answer to this question) doesn't come up. But the article does say a lot of interesting things along the way, and is worth looking at for those things. And don't skip the introduction to the issue (by its editors, R. Howard Bloch and Carla Hesse): it culls a lot of intelligent points from the rather odd collection of articles that form this issue. John Lavagnino Department of English and American Literature, Brandeis University From: FRN373B@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au Subject: Comparative Literature Lists Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 00:36:56 +1000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 228 (325) Can anyone help direct me to any lists which focus on comparative literature ? Thanks Jack L. Burston Monash University FRN373B@VAXC.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU From: Chuck Brownson Subject: want to locate copies Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1993 10:58:23 -0700 (MST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 229 (326) I am beginning some research on the computer analysis of translator style. There are two texts which I would like to work on, but have been unable to locate convenient copies. They are both translations of Theophile Gautier: Avatar. London: Vizetelly, 1888 (Capital Stories, II) The Evil Eye. Tr Alexina Loranger. Chicago: Morrill Higgins, 1892. repr. Chicago: WB Conkey, 1893 (Jettatura p 9-183) I have seen both of these, but only in libraries which are quite a ways from home and won't circulate them. For my purposes I need copies to digitize, which means photocopying the whole thing, or (better) buying it. Has anyone encountered either of these titles on a library shelf or a used book dealer's stock? I would be grateful for any tips. -- Charles W Brownson, Humanities Co-ordinator ___Collection Development, ASU Libraries ___(602) 965-5250 Fax (602) 965 9169 ___IACCWB@ASUACAD.BITNET (asuvm.inre.asu) From: Charles Ess Subject: Internet gateway for Compuserve addresses? Date: Tue, 07 Sep 93 16:03:00 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 230 (327) We are trying to reach a colleague who has a compuserve address by using the following: xxxxxx.yyyy@compuserve.com where the xxxxxx.yyyy represent his compuserve numerical address. While I've seen mail arrive on the Internet from compuserve with this form of address, we cannot seem to reach him: we get the mail returned as undeliverable. Is there a more successful way of reaching those on compuserve? Thanks in advance -- Charles Ess * Life is change Drury College * How it differs from the rocks Springfield, MO 68502 USA * -- Grace Slick From: jporter@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Jim Porter) Subject: Univ. of Hamburg contact Date: Tue, 7 Sep 93 17:30:22 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 231 (328) I am looking for a scholar from the University of Hamburg who might be interested in collaborating on a project involving the use of electronic communications to promote the study of rhetoric and/or business/technical communication. The project would involve setting up and promoting international electronic "class discussions" between students and faculty at Hamburg and at Purdue (which already have a cooperative faculty exchange program in place)--and might eventually involve some other sites as well. For further details, please send e-mail directly to the address below ... and feel free to forward this note. -------------------- Jim Porter Associate Professor and Director of Business Writing Department of English Purdue University West Lafayette, IN USA jporter@mace.cc.purdue.edu From: Onno Boonstra Subject: AHC '94 Conference Date: Wed, 08 Sep 93 12:12:14 MET X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 165 (329) ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS `Structures and contingencies in computerized historical research' IXth Congress of the Association for History and Computing, August 30 - September 2, 1994 Nijmegen, the Netherlands Scientific historical research aims at constructing an image of the past which comprises more than the sum of the historical events that serve as its basic material. Historical researchers, therefore, have much to gain from instruments that can be used to extract structures from the contingencies of historical events. The IX AHC Conference will offer a platform to all those who can contribute towards the unravelling of the problem of historical 'structures and contingencies' with help of a computer. The Conference includes main sessions, special sessions, project presentations and demonstrations all related to one of the following themes: - Computer structures, computer software and historical research - Structuring historical data - The dynamics of historical structures - Structuring data-processing - The study of historical structures All who would like to participate in the Congress are kindly invited to contact the Congress Secretary before January 15, 1994. The address is: AHC '94 Vakgroep Geschiedenis Nijmegen University P.O. Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen The Netherlands Tel: +80 - 612825 FAX: +80 - 615939 E-mail: U204015@HNYKUN11.UCI.KUN.NL From: istvan@psych.ualberta.ca (Istvan Berkeley) Subject: New Phil Preprints Service. Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 15:00:05 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 166 (330) PLEASE POST -=- PLEASE POST -=- PLEASE POST -=- PLEASE POST -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Announcing The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange at phil-preprints.l.chiba-u.ac.jp (Chiba University, Japan) Coordinated by Richard Reiner (York University) rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca Syun Tutiya (Chiba University) tutiya@cogsci.l.chiba-u.ac.jp With the assistance of Andrew Burday (McGill University) andy@dep.philo.mcgill.ca Istvan Berkeley (University of Alberta) iberkele@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca Carolyn L Burke (York University) cburke@nexus.yorku.ca George Gale (University of Missouri - Kansas City) ggale@vax1.umkc.edu Paul Osepa (TDS) osepa@tds.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The benefits of circulating pre-publication drafts of one's work are well known: one can learn from the comments, criticisms, and suggestions of one's peers, and thereby improve one's work; and one can enter into fruitful dialogues with others doing related research. The benefits of timely access to pre-publication drafts of the work of others are also well known: one can gain access to current work in one's specialty without the delays associated with print publication; and one gains in a more general sense by participating in a richer, extended professional community. However, until now, philosophers have had no organized means of sharing preprints. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Introducing the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange is a new service on the Internet intended to make it easy for philosophers with Internet access of any kind to exchange working papers in all areas of philosophy, and to comment publicly on each other's work. The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange provides storage for working papers, abstracts, and comments, and provides a variety of means by which papers and abstracts may be browsed and downloaded. 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Berkeley, email: istvan@psych.ualberta.ca Biological Computation Project Department of Philosophy / Department of Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Tel: +1 403 492 4106 T6G 2E9, Canada Fax: +1 403 492 9160 From: Eric Crump Subject: Computers & Writing Call for Proposals Date: Wed, 08 Sep 93 13:53:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 167 (331) ----------------------------------------------------------- Please forward this announcement to appropriate mailing lists, newsgroups, bbs, and individuals. ***Deepest apologies for those who see this announcement millions and millions of times*** ----------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Call for Proposals The Tenth COMPUTERS AND WRITING CONFERENCE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hosted by the University of Missouri Columbia, MO May 20-23, 1994 THEME: The Global Web of Writing Technologies THE CONFERENCE This conference serves a growing and diverse community of writing teachers, students, and scholars who are interested in the convergence of computer technology and writing education. Many schools are now poised for their first leap into computer writing instruction, while in other places writing teachers and their students are making forays into new domains such as the wide world of the Internet. This conference brings together people from those extremes and from all points on the intervening continuum to share their ideas, research, and experiences. ************************ ---------------- * Tight travel budget? * ************************| ELECTRONIC ACCESS | The program for this year's conference will emphasize the role of | the wide-area academic networks in writing education. And | electronic access will, we hope, make attending the event possible| to people who for some reason cannot travel to Columbia. It seems | only appropriate that conferences--especially those that are | concerned with computers and computer networks--should employ | the reach of the Internet in order to give more people access | to the conversation. ******************** <--| ---------------- * Attend C&W94 via * * the Internet (at * * a reduced fee) * ******************** PROPOSALS We invite proposals that pertain in some way to the use of computers at any level of writing education, K-12 to community colleges to colleges and large universities, from technologically rich environments to places where instruction with computers is just getting started. Hands-on sessions, demonstrations, or any other format that encourages audience participation and interaction are particularly welcome. Here is a short list from among innumerable possible topics: --The latest reports from teachers and students--K-12 through college level--who are exploring the possibilities of networked classrooms --Tales of adventure from teachers and students who are venturing from the classroom into the wider network world --Help taking the first steps toward incorporating computers into writing instruction and research --Possibilities for using computers to forge better connections between K-12 and college educators --Hypertext theory, its classroom applications and cultural implications --Hypermedia applications and their impact on how we view "text," "rhetoric," and "writing" --Writing in distance education programs --Computers and networks in writing across the curriculum programs --The legal, economic, and cultural impact of computer technology --The latest studies of and experiences with word processing and computer-assisted instruction programs --The impact of computer technology on writing and editing in journalism --How global information networks may affect the nature of journalism --Hypertext and network collaboration and new shapes in creative writing --The changing relationship between writers and information sources: libraries and librarians of the future SPECIAL FOCUS --The history and future of the computers and writing field The tenth Computers and Writing Conference seems like an appropriate place and time in which to indulge in some retrospection, introspection, and prognostication. We hope veterans and novices in the field will suggest opportunities for exploring the State of the Field, whether via special forums or by weaving the subject into regular sessions. VIRTUAL SESSIONS? We hope to have adequate access to a multiple user environment (MediaMOO, probably, or Internet Relay Chat) for conference activities. Presenters who are interested in trying something rather new might want to consider proposing sessions that include realtime conferencing over the Internet using these systems. CW94:FORUM The electronic forum offered this year by the University of Michigan was a great success, and we plan to continue the practice. Although the technical details have not yet been nailed down, we expect to make available a similar bulletin- board-type conferencing system that will allow participants to read presentation summaries and discuss the issues they raise well in advance of the May 20-23 gathering in Columbia. Presenters whose proposals are accepted will be asked to submit longer versions for use in conjunction with the electronic conference. Details will be included in acceptance notices. -------------------------------------------------- Proposals for sessions on any subject related to computers and writing will be accepted from August 1 to November 1, 1993. We encourage electronic submission, but acceptance is not in any way contingent upon it. Submissions can also be made in print or on 3.5 inch computer disks, initialized either in Macintosh or IBM format, as long as the text is saved in ASCII (text) format. Notification will be made in January 1994. Please submit a 200- to 300-word abstract plus title for individual presentations, for poster sessions, and for each portion of panel presentations. For roundtables, think tanks, and readings (creative writing, for example), please submit a single 300-word abstract with names and addresses of each participant along with descriptions of the contribution each participant will make. For workshops, please include, in addition to a single 300-word abstract, an estimated timetable of activities. We also invite alternative session formats to the ones listed here. Past conference-goers have expressed interest in more of the hands-on and demo-type sessions, but presenters should also feel free to suggest presentation formats that best fit their work (although in the interest of the organizers' sanity, it might be good to also suggest standard options in case the preferred version simply can't be made to fit the program). Include name, institutional affiliation, postal address, and electronic mail address for each presenter. Each submission should include a description, as precise as possible, of equipment needs, if any. We do not guarantee absolutely that equipment requests will be fulfillable, but we will do our best to provide excellent technical support and will work with presenters to make the best arrangements we can. Computer classrooms and labs sporting IBM 55s with OS/2 2.1 or DOS 6.0 and Macintosh Centris computers with System 7.1 will be available. Any additional hardware or software requirements will need to be arranged on a case-by-case basis. Send electronic submissions (and any other correspondence) to: Eric Crump at LCERIC@mizzou1.bitnet or LCERIC@mizzou1.missouri.edu. Please include somewhere in the subject line: CWC94. Send disks and print submissions to: Eric Crump, 231 Arts & Science, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO 65211. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * C&W94: * * * * * * A conference leaks into cyberspace * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From: POT@LEICESTER.AC.UK Subject: Date: Wed, 8 SEP 93 18:25:57 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 168 (332) I would very much like to make contact with anyone who is (or has) used a social networking programme. I currently use Ucinet IV v1.06, but have no experience of such software as STRUCTURE and GRADAP (or, indeed, anu other products on the market). I would particularly be interested in any differences in algorithms/analysis in the packages. In Ucinet, for example, density of networks is calculated, I am told, by blockmodelling the data matrix. Is this the same in all packages and are their output thus compatible? David Postles, Dept of English Local History, University of Leicester, England. pot@uk.ac.leicester From: George McClintock Subject: Re: 7.0162 Software Tools? (1/14) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 19:53:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 232 (333) For the PC, Visual Basic and/or Visual C/C++ are excellent products for creating graphical user interfaces. The programmer/designer draws the desired visual objects, the programs generate *most* of the code, then the programmer fills in the blanks. There are plenty of books available about Visual Basic containing sample code. For UNIX, nothing beats the X Window System, but the programming tasks are much greater in scope. George /******************************************************************* * The opinions expressed are those of the author and in no way * * represent the opinions of CUNY, its agencies or personnel. * * mcc@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu || CMCGC@CUNYVM.BITNET * *******************************************************************/ From: Grant Stirling Subject: Internet Access via Compuserve Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 20:14:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 233 (334) I, too, am on Internet and regularly correspond with over-seas relatives who subscribe to CompuServe. I think your problem may lie in the possibility that CompuServe addresses are case sensitive. Thus, you might try addressing your missives xxxxx.yyyy@CompuServe.COM rather than xxxxx.yyyy@compuserve.com Hope this works for you. But if it doesn't, why not call your local CompuServe office and ask them? Good luck. From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: 7.0164 Qs: Comp Lit; Translation; Compuserve; U of Hamburg (4/73 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 09:18:21 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 234 (335) Comparative Literature University of Alberta Reply to Burston re Comp.Lit. I am not aware of Comp.Lit. bibliographies on electronic mail, if that is what you are asking about. Otherwise, hard- copy comp.lit bibliographies are many.... In any case, at a recent meeting with the ICLA president, Maria-Alzira Seixo at the FILLM in Brasilia, we discussed the publication of Complit bibliography both in hard-copy and electronically. The decision of how and when and who will be made at our executive meeting in Venice this October. I hope this helps. Regards, S. Totosy From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Computer generated literature Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 18:05:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 170 (336) CALL FOR PAPERS COMPUTER GENERATED LITERATURE SPECIAL SESSION DURING ALLC-ACH 94 CONFERENCE 19-23 april 1994 Paris - Sorbonne = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = As we are planing to ask the ALLC-ACH 94 organizers to include in their conference programme a special session on "Computer Generated Literature" (CGL), we are gathering submissions on this very topic. These will be forwarded all together to the ALLC-ACH 94 selection comittee with our proposal for a special session. CGL, in its broadest sense, includes, among others, these research fields: - animated typography, animated poetic video - sound and spatial poetry - computer generated poetry, theater and fiction - computer generated scripts, scenarios and tales - interactive literature, poly-auctorial literature Papers could deal with the following research topics: - literary text generators: theoretical or practical approaches - methods and programming environments for generator developpment - historical or typological survey of CGL - pedagogical applications - legal implications (copyright), commercial implications (publication, distribution) - relationships between CGL and literary institutions and archiving facilities and libraries of the future and genetic studies and critical studies - particular project or realization in CGL * * * PRACTICAL INFORMATION Refer to ALLC-ACH94's "Preliminary Call for Papers" for further details. Please note the following particulars of the proposed CGL session. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES Papers will be accepted both in French and in English. ABSTRACTS LENGTH 1500 words for 25 minute presentations 2500 words for 45 minute lectures SUBMISSION FORMAT In order to speed up the submission process, e-mail usage is *strongly* encouraged. Submission should all include the following information: TITLE: AUTHOR(S): AFFILIATION: POSTAL ADDRESS: E-MAIL ADDRESS: FAX NUMBER: PHONE NUMBER: Please mention the name of the author as the "subject" of the e-submission message. Submission for this particular CGL-session should be sent directly to Michel Lenoble: lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca DEADLINES October 1, 1993 - Proposal for CGL session October 15, 1993 - CGL Session proposal sent to ALLC-ACH December 15, 1993 - Notification of acceptance February 15, 1994 - Advanced registration PUBLICATION OF PAPERS In case of CGL-session acceptance by ALLC-ACH, the organizers of this particular session are planning a selective paper publication, most probably in cooperation with a french research center. Negociations with the publishers are currently under way. |-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| | More info: contact Michel Lenoble: lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca | |-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| -- 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: stan kulikowski ii Subject: voynich ms? Date: Thu, 09 Sep 93 08:54:39 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 235 (337) in a recent post i mentioned an undeciphered document called 'the voynich manuscript'. i have heard this appears to be a 16th century document about 300 pages long, written in an unknown script. it also has illustrations in the manner of a natural history. someone responded that this manuscript is an academic myth. does thing actually exist? and if so, where? stan . stankuli@UWF.bitnet === life is a tragedy to those who feel, º º and a comedy for those who think. --- -- jean delabruyere From: F.Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.D400.DE Subject: communication s/w Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 15:36+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 236 (338) (See enclosed) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Could somebody point me to a easy-to-use communication software-package running under DOS (not WINDOWS). I want to connect my PC both to the mainframe in our departement and to the private PC's of several colleagues. Thanks for anny suggestion. Fritz Heberlein, Classics, U Eichstaett, Bavaria. From: Jim Campbell Subject: Compuserve Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 08:47:16 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 172 (339) I correspond fairly regularly with book dealers in the US and in Europe who have Compuserve accounts and have had no problem using addresses of the form xxx.xxxx@compuserve.com. Perhaps the problem is with your local mailer or with the server that looks up ip addresses. Check with your local computer folks first. - Jim Campbell (campbell@virginia.edu) From: Prof Norm Coombs Subject: Making Info Tech Disability Accessible Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1993 21:27:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 173 (340) The EASI Seminar Series Computers and Students with Disabilities New Challenges for Higher Education EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information Has the Americans with Disabilities Act left you with more questions than answers about providing computing services for individuals with disabilities? Are you trying to find the most effective, efficient way to support your disabled students, faculty and staff? If you're struggling to find answers to these and other hard questions, come to the EASI Seminar Series. This one-day seminar focuses on: *The demographics of disabilities *Taking a pro-active approach to complying with the spirit of such laws as the Americans with Disabilities Act and Sections 503 and 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act *Technology and equipment necessary for students, faculty and staff with disabilities *Setting up accessible labs and workstations *Establishing support services for technology-use by students, faculty and staff with disabilities *Funding and planning strategies for establishing adaptive computing services on campus Howard University Nov. 12, 1993 Medger Evers College Nov. 19, 1993 *Atlantic-Bell Charitable Foundation and EASI are making available a limited number of scholarships to minority participants and city school district participants. For information write: ) NRCGSH@RITVAX.BITNET or call (716) 475-2462 or CSMICLC@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU or (310) 640-3193. Page 2 EASI Answers to Hard Questions EASI's one-day, three module seminar presentation is designed to offer strategies for developing and enhancing adaptive computer technology services on college and university campuses. The Seminar Series was created by a group of specialists who have a wide variety of expertise working with computer technology and people with disabilities. Seminar modules are designed to accommodate a wide variety of audiences. Certain modules are specifically aimed at computing services personnel, disabled student services providers, college and university faculty, staff members, and campus administrators. EASI Presenters When you're trying to figure out how to do something, the best advice usually comes from the experts--the people who have done it before. EASI presenters are people who have already set up the kinds of services your school needs. Our presenters are experts who have developed and implemented adaptive computing technology service programs at colleges and universities across the country. The people presenting the EASI Seminar Series are the people who have pioneered the field of adaptive computing. They've taken a pro-active approach to meeting legal mandates. They've advocated for services at their schools. They've struggled for funding. They've tried new equipment and new technologies. They've worked with students. After all that, they know what works. And they're willing to share that knowledge with you. Page 3 EASI Seminar Registration (Check Location) Registration Fee (includes lunch and materials) $150 Early Discount (Before Nov. 1, 1993 ) $ 25 EDUCOM Members $125 _____ Howard University -- Washington, D.C. (Nov. 12, 1993) _____ Medger Evers College -- New York (Nov. 19, 1993) (Last Name) (First Name) (Title) (Organization) (Address) (City) (State) (Phone) (Fax) (E-Mail) Payment must be made by check or credit card. Make checks payable to EDUCOM. ____ Check Total Enclosed _________ ____ American Express ____ VISA ____ MasterCard Card Number __________________________ Exp. Date _______ Authorized Signature __________________________________ MAIL TO: EASI P. O. Box 1278 El Segundo, CA 90245-6278 For more information call Carmela Castorina at (310) 640-3193 or send e-mail to: CSMICLC@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU Please forward this message. From: David E. Latane Subject: Victorians Institute Meeting Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 8:12:30 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 174 (341) Victorians Institute Meeting 1993 The annual meetings of the Victorians Institute are congenial get togethers of Victorianists from a number of disciplines. Papers are read in plenary session, with time for discussion and conversation. All are welcome to attend. 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." KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Nina Auerbach, University of Pennsylvania PAPERS: Howard Fulweiler, University of Missouri, "'A Dismal Swamp': Darwin, Design, and Evolution in *Our Mutual Friend*" Donald Rackin, Temple University, "Apes, Angels, and the Alices: Lewis Carroll's Darwinian Dream-Visions" Thomas Strychacz, Mills College, "'Rock Rodendo': Herman Melville's Critique of Victorian Natural History" Paul Johnson, Conception Seminary College, "Imperial Science in the Avu Observatory" Susan J. Navoretta, UNC Chapel Hill, "The Shape of Fear: Horror, Language, (d)Evolution" Nancy M. West, Wichita State University, "Beyond the Frame: Photography, Spiritualism, and the Writings of Arthur Conan Doyle" Martin A. Danahay, Emory University, "Retro- Techno- Victorians: From *Sybil* to *The Difference Engine*" David Cody, Hartwick College, "'A Being Possessed of Unbounded Knowledge': Babbage, Poe, and the Power of Words" Laurie Lew Brown, University of Chicago, "Modern Science and Modern Painters: The Colors of 'Realism' in Ruskin's *Academy Notes* L. Robert Stevens, University of North Texas, "John Ruskin's Fanciful Taxonomy" James W. Maertens, University of Minnestoa, "Prometheus ex Machina: The Technician-hero and the Fire of Logos" Sherri Wolf, Columbia University, "Gathering and Ungendering the Scientific Dimensions of *Middlemarch*" Linda Seidel, Northwestern Missouri State University, "Camille Paglia's 'Darwinian Nature'" For registration information, contact Beverly Taylor, VI Conference Department of English, CB #3520 UNC-CH Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520 (919) 962-5481 FAX (919) 962-3520 (Note: Victorians Institute members should be receiving their packets shortly.) e-mail inquiries about the conference or the Victorians Institute may be addressed to: David Latane President, Victorians Institute Dept. of English VCU Richmond, VA 23284-2005 dlatane@hibbs.vcu.edu From: Onderzoeks Instituut Taal en Spraak Subject: Robustness Conference Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 15:20:13 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 175 (342) PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME, September 1993 *************************************************************** THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE LANGUAGE FACULTY: COPING WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION Organized by the Research Institute for Language and Speech (OTS) on the occasion of its 5th anniversary 28-30 October 1993 Theme Description The human language faculty shows a remarkable robustness with respect to incomplete information. Many possible features are not realized in the signal of a normal linguistic utterance; and on the meaning side too, the interpretation is highly underdetermined by the expression itself. Yet, in the normal case, understanding is not in any way hampered by this. It may well be that the availability of knowledge from other cognitive domains contributes to the overall success, or perhaps this robustness is caused by the modular structure of the linguistic system itself. Information that disappears from one module would be compensated for via another module. The central question of this conference will be how this robustness of the language system can be explained, focusing in particular on the role of non-linguistic information and higher order redundancy. Preliminary programme Thursday, October 28 1993 10.00 Welcome, S. Nooteboom (director OTS, Utrecht) 10.15-11.30 Theme: Language Acquisition How is it that the child is able to extract the necessary information from an incomplete analysis of language data to proceed successfully in the acquisition process? Speaker: K. Wexler (MIT) Comments: J. Weissenborn (MPI, Nijmegen) 11.30-12.00 Coffee 12.00-13.15 Theme: Aphasia Aphasia can be characterized by the existence of blockades in the transmittance of information between various cognitive domains. What kind of strategies are used to avoid these blockades? What role does the modular structure of the language faculty play here? Speaker: G. Dogil (Stuttgart) Comments: L. Blomert (MPI, Nijmegen) 13.15-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.45 Theme: Language Processing Various cognitive domains, partly linguistic, partly also extra-linguistic, are involved in the interpretation of language utterances. It is often assumed that these various processes operate in parallel fashion. With such a parallel form of processing interpretation can be the result of different independently operating subprocesses; that is to say, information within one module is not accessible to the other module. This presupposes that processes act as filters on each other's output. A feasible alternative is that modules are not informationally encapsulated and that processes do affect the operation of one another. The discussion will address the question in how far models of human language processing shed light on the optimalisation of processing modals of machine languages. Speaker: M. Tanenhaus (Rochester) Comments: L. des Tombe & S. Krauwer (Utrecht) 15.45-16.15 Tea 16.15-17.30 Theme: Sign Language The development and acquisition of sign language is a typical example of the robustness of human linguistic competence. The canonical medium is not available and its role is taken over by another medium with principally other constraints. This also means that the language faculty is not bothered by such constraints in its operation. The obvious question is what compensatory mechanisms are at work, and how the activities of the various modules are influenced by the alternative medium. Speaker: D. Perlmutter (San Diego, UCSD) Comments: A. Mills (Amsterdam) 18.00- Reception Friday October 29 1993 Session: Computational Linguistics and Logic Session Theme: Partial information In computational studies of linguistic competence the notion of "information" is an important one, in particular partialness of linguistic information, and the dynamics of reasoning with respect to this partial information. In feature grammars unification is the central operation for combining partially specified linguistic descriptions. In categorial frameworks unification is enriched by a dimension of type inference. The general research goal in these computational models of linguistic competence is the characterization of what one might call "linguistic inference": a theory of reasoning by means of linguistic objects. It has proven fruitful not to separate linguistic inference from other modes of inference which play a role in broader cognitive frameworks. Linguistic inference is sensitive to the structure of linguistic constructs in the form and meaning dimensions. Current developments in logic offer an excellent starting-point for the systematic study of such a structure-sensitive inference. 9.00-12.30 Invited speakers are: I. Sag (Stanford), R. Kempson (SOAS, London), H. Verkuyl (Utrecht), J. van Benthem (Amsterdam) 12.30-14.00 Lunch Session: Phonology Theme: Overdetermination and underspecification in phonology In phonology the problem of robustness takes the form of constraints on the distance between lexical and phonetic representations. Such constraints can be sought in lexical representations (the theory of underspecification), or in rule application (theory of lexical phonology). In addition, the robustness of lexical representation can perhaps also be explained by means of overdetermination in prosodic structure (syllable structure, metrical structure). Central research questions associated with robustness are the following. Are lexical phonological representations maximally underspecified, or only partially? What is the role of prosodic structure in the characterization of lexical representation? Which constraints are the null positions in phonological representation (empty syllables, onsets) subject to? 14.00-17.30 Invited speakers are: P. Kiparsky (Stanford), R. Kager (Utrecht), K.P. Mohanan (Singapore), S. Anderson (Johns Hopkins) Evening lecture 20.00-21.00 D. Lightfoot (Maryland) 21.00- Drinks Saturday, October 30 Session: Phonetics Theme: Phonetic Underspecification In natural speech many features of speech sounds are not always realized. In producing artificial speech it can be observed that realization of all features leads to an unnatural result. It seems that the human perceptual mechanism is so specifically designed for under-information that is caused by natural sloppiness that complete information is perceived as over-information. In light of this fact the question arises what the rules are for realizing the features of speech sounds. What are the thresholds of tolerance, and what are these determined by? What is acceptable sloppiness? To what extent are these determined by the nature of the production and perception processes, and to what extent by formal and substantive properties of the utterance itself? Are there parallels to be drawn with demands for underspecification in syntax? 9.00-12.30 Invited speakers are: B. Lindblom (Austin), C. Darwin (Sussex), L. Pols (Amsterdam), S. Anderson (Johns Hopkins) 12.30-14.00 Lunch Session: Syntax and Semantics Theme: Contextual vs Grammatical Conditions on Interpretation In addition to elements which can independently have a referential function (such as common nouns and pronominals) the language system also has elements which do not have such a function. Anaphors form a large group of the latter class, their interpretation being dependent on other elements. In principle, anaphors are underspecified for one or more grammatical properties. A fundamental question in this regard is what is the connection between the syntactic/lexical property of the absence of features, and the semantic property that independent interpretation is impossible. Under strict conditions on the non- linguistic context, however, certain types of anaphors can get an interpretation without having a linguistic antecedent. These then occur as logophors. This leads to two fundamental questions: 1. What intrinsic properties of anaphors determine their ability to show up as logophors? 2. How can contextual information show interaction with strictly grammatical conditions on interpretation? 14.00-17.30 Invited speakers are: T. Reinhart (Tel Aviv/Utrecht), M. Diesing (Cornell), J. Huang (Irvine), D. Delfitto (Utrecht) Organization Peter Coopmans Research Institute for Language & Speech Martin Everaert Utrecht University Eric Reuland Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht Wim Zonneveld tel:+31-30-536006, fax:+31-30-536000, e-mail:ots@let.ruu.nl *************************************************************** Conference sites: - Academy Building Domplein, Utrecht - CSB Building Kromme Nieuwe Gracht 39, Utrecht *************************************************************** Accommodation: The organisation will not take care of hotel accommodation. 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This lecture was mentioned and has been in subsequent contributions to the LRB by correspondents. I have had so mnay requests for copies of this lecture that I am making it available on the Internet. An expanded version of it will be published later in the year. Robin Alston University College London September 10, 1993 r.alston@ucl.ac.uk # # # # # THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS In preparing this lecture I decided to follow Montaigne's advice and abstain from talking too seriously about serious matters, and it occurred to me that Swift's little allegory might serve as a convenient fiction for my purpose. For those who remember their Swift it provides a shroud of ambiguity which seriousness needs these days. It does not really matter how you interpret the players in the quarrel (Temple, Wotton, Bentley, Swift and Fontenelle) or even the implicit presence - off-stage as it were - - of the Royal Society upon which so many hopes were pinned. Some of the deliberations and experiments proposed in the Philosophical Transactions were plainly ridiculous, but we can understand these a little better if we remember that the founding fathers were careful to arrange the inauguration of their Society in conformity with the predictions of the astrologer Flamsteed, a frequent contributor to its proceedings. We do not know precisely the occasion for Swift's immortal mock- heroic pamphlet, though it may well have been the publication in 1697 of Richard Bentley's single-sheet proposal for the establishment of a properly managed Royal Library, a theme which has its origin in another proposal - by John Dee to Queen Mary in 1556. The allegory draws its strength from a theme as old as knowledge: the ordeal of ideas which evolve through all the stages whereby darkness becomes light; a re-enactment of the Greek story of the war between the gods and the giants. Reverence for the ancients has waxed and waned at various times in the history of Europe, and usually with quite different consequences. Thus, the rediscovery of the "Master" Aristotle in the thirteenth century led Aquinas to the conviction that Christianity and Aristotle were in perfect harmony, and the dogmatic mind found comfort in an intellectual apostle of the strictest sort. And so the great architect of logic, dialectic, metaphysics and natural science became the unquestioning hero of both Church and University. But, just as these two institutions began to feel secure, the Doctor Mirabilis Roger Bacon was busily reminding a baffled Europe that there was more in the universe to discover than there ever was hinted at in Aristotle. "It is most wretched to be using what has been attained, and never look to that which is to be attained." Especially, he added, when our knowledge of the ancients is derived from corrupt and obscure translations. A rebellion against scholasticism of another sort found expression in his contemporary Dante's daring preference for Italian instead of Latin. It is tempting to see in Georgius Gemistus (referred to in his time as Pletho) the source for the debate about the ancients and the battles which ensued between the followers of Aristotle and those of Plato in Florence at the court of the Medici in which the "moderns", Ficino and Pico, were to play such a crucial role. In spite of the passion for "truth" which characterised both men, a real understanding of Plato had still not been achieved when the sixteenth century dawned. Progress, as with the classicism of the thirteenth century, was still a backward-looking hope. In Northern Europe the "new age", which eventually dissipated itself in religious controversy and a general optimism about the ways in which a knowledge of the past could sustain hopes for a progressive future, found its most persuasive expression in Erasmus whose vision of the Republic of Letters and the exercise of intelligence was to be thwarted by the Protestant revolution in Germany led by Luther. The bloodbath which followed - and which Erasmus had predicted - engulfed Europe in civilian discord and frustrated the emancipation from uncritical dependence on the ancients which had been the dream of the humanists. For a new voice, arbitrating between the ancients and the moderns, we must turn to Montaigne whose affection for the former is based on nothing more intellectually challenging than pure delight and a feeling of companionship with spirits as present as they were indubitably past: I have been bred up from infancy with these dead. I had knowledge of the affairs of Rome long before I had any of those of my own house; I knew the Capitol and its plan before I knew the Louvre; and the Tiber before I knew the Seine. ... They are all dead; so is my father as absolutely dead as they, and is removed as far from me and life in eighteen years as they are in sixteen hundred; whose memory, nevertheless, friendship and society, I do not cease to hug and embrace with a perfect and lively union." Montaigne's delight in, and admiration for, the ancients is wholly without servitude. The end of all knowledge is quite simply to better understand man: "the common and human model, without miracle, without extravagance." What would we give now for a voice like Montaigne's! As so many times in the past the opposing armies are set to do battle, and in the study and importance of books there are those who would persuade us that the moderns have won; that paper will give way to electronics; that librarianship as we have known it for a hundred years is as dead as Aristotelian science; that the library has become less a nursery of knowledge than a play-room in which those with antiquarian obsessions indulge their fantasies and must be transformed into electronic warehouses invisibly connected to all other warehouses; that there can be no real progress until every scrap of paper has been digitised and rendered tractable to electronic manipulation and distribution via the telecommunication networks being built in space. If this were so - and I seriously doubt that it is - then our intellectual future will be comprehensivly entrusted to engineers. That may be a fine prospect for faculties of engineering, and the makers of electronic devices on which the librarian is increasingly dependent, but it might have serious consequences for a balanced view of who we are, where we came from, and where we are going. Montaigne dismissed the physician writing about war as an absurdity, just as he dismissed those who uncritically follow others: "Who follows another, follows nothing, finds nothing, nay is inquisitive after nothing." Without bothering to examine the basis for our contemporary obsession with computers and the interminable novelty of every new piece of software which promises undreamt-of opportunities to perform a variety of tasks simultaneously we have decided to reconstruct our libraries on a new model. That model presupposes that the information which libraries have traditionally supplied is somehow more meaningful in electronic form, and therefore capable of being stored, interrogated and transmitted to any part of the globe. Now, it has to be admitted that some kinds of information undoubtedly benefit from universal and near-instantaneous access: we would not be able to book an airplane ticket in London for a journey from Singapore to Djakarta if this were not so. But the half-life of such information is trivially small and the evidence for the transaction can be discarded after a period generally prescribed by law. But the world's research libraries, archives and record centres contain a vast amount of printed and manuscript information the half-life of which we are unable to predict. And while we hear a great deal today about multi-tasking and multi- functional devices such as the digital copier, the research library remains the only available model enabling the simultaneous consultation of a wide variety of materials. It seems to me an irony that would not have escaped Swift that at precisely the point in time when scholarship has begun to accept the principle of the unity of knowledge and the value of interdisciplinary research we are bent upon its fragmentation. The battle facing the books today has nothing to do with arguments between Plato and Aristotle or Paganism and Christianity: it has to do with the survival of the books themselves. Of course it is possible to digitise and index the contents of all the world's important libraries and archives. In the 1930s Eugene Power demonstrated that it was possible to persuade libraries that what they needed was microfilm and created that juggernaut of unselective micropublishing University Microfilms . The question we must answer is, who would benefit from such a colossal enterprise? Commerce or knowledge? Are libraries in the control of visionaries or are they in the control of irresistible economic forces which we ignore at our peril? That is not an easy question to answer. We have escaped from the tyranny of the task-specific, and therefore dimension-specific, devices associated with the Industrial Revolution. The manufactory, with its dependence upon labour to run the machines, has all but disappeared in the developed countries: we have no taste today for servility and the offensive consequences of having to do what machines controlled by computers do better. And, as we all know, it is possible to program computers to perform an amazing variety of tasks. It is, without doubt, an approximation of the universal machine. But there remain a host of socially necessary tasks which machines cannot yet perform. One of those socially necessary tasks is undoubtedly research: by which I mean a steady, discriminating and intelligent assessment of such evidence as we have about whatever it is that interests us. I have deliberately avoided the word rational because it is quite possible that there are non-rational explanations for some things, and while science has both its limits - and its limitations - there seems to be no limit to what the mind can propose or create. What it is that nourishes this astounding ability has troubled every thinker for thousands of years, and must have caused surprise even to primitive man when he first discovered he could draw and make weapons. But if we do not easily understand this phenomenon of mind still less do we understand what it is that drives curiosity. The search for truth, I suppose, is the answer generally given; but that presupposes that there is such a thing as truth. If it does exist, why have we failed to find it? Why is it that every time we propose an answer to a question the answer raises other questions we never even considered? Does truth lurk in the books and manuscripts our libraries are filled with? Or are we condemned to search forever for what does not exist? These are questions of some weight. In his remarkable little book The Limits of Science Sir Peter Medawar tried to address what is essentially a metaphysical question. He did so with an intellectual generosity that is as rare today as anything I know. For Medawar, the universe consists in evidence which can be subjected to principled analysis, and evidence which can not be so subjected. He remained uncertain to the end about how to deal with the latter, but of one thing he was certain: that it is not possible to plan for either progress or discovery. The great discoverers have always been more embarassingly modest of their achievements than we would wish, and Newton, you may remember, said: I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Our contemporary love-affair with the universal engine sometimes seems to me a misplaced enthusiasm for its marvellous capabilities - witness the plethora of perfectly useless software which has been developed to feed its inexhaustible appetite. Musicians disagree on the number of truly original tunes which can be identified: I wonder how many original programs have been written for the microcomputer. Not more than a handful, I suppose, and after fifteen years of painstaking effort attempting to evaluate the intrinsic merits of hundreds of ingenious solutions to a very small number of real problems I am left with the depressing suspicion that my time might have been better spent reading all those books I promised myself twenty years ago I would one day read. Perhaps we can no more look at the computer with detachment today than early man could look at the wheel and the wonders it could be harnessed to perform. On more than one occason Swift reminded his readers of Aesop's fly, perched upon the hub of a chariot wheel, exclaiming "See what a dust I raise!" [deleted quotation]and the Moderns must be judged absurd. Eighteenth-century thinkers might be understandably reluctant to adopt a belief in the permanent values of the classics, but we, emancipated from the past, can find comfort in the absolute power of science to improve our lot, prevent the despoliation of the planet, cure dread diseases and generally make our lives a little easier. In part, so it does. But the discoveries which have contributed to this have also had malign consequences: none more malign, I think, than the notion that knowledge is amenable to mechanical transference. Information without doubt, but knowledge decidedly not. That, of course, is heresy on a grand scale, but I would remind you that heresy is an ancient transgression in the history of universities. It may even be one of the principal reasons for having them. It seems to me that the tireless computations which we have come to expect of the device which so governs our lives is part of the problem. The reduction of analogue information to digital form, and the transformations which are then possible, is without doubt a process as fascinating as anything in the history of technology. Every generation of microprocessors promises greater potential for handling prodigious quantities of data at ever- increasing speed. So rapidly is this technology advancing that not even the bravest dare predict what we shall have at the dawn of the new millenium. For institutions independent of the past and all its inconvenient clutter this may prove beneficial, but for institutions like libraries, which have evolved at the mere speed of man's curiosity, the instability of the technology poses problems of extraordinary magnitude and complexity. This is hardly helped by those who would propose that books and documents (whether manuscript and printed) are just so much information. Research libraries do, of course, possess items which have little more than informational importance - rainfall tables for every village in India in the nineteenth century or membership lists of defunct societies. It requires a fairly generous interpretation of what might one day be of use to a researcher to explain why large research libraries possess so much historical ephemera; but there is little room these days for generosity and curators may have to reconsider the wisdom of acquiring, storing and preserving books like Jon-Stephen Fink's Cluck! the true story of chickens in the cinema (1981), or Fred Newman's Gurgle! cluck! ping!: the complete guide to making noises (1985). These tend to be the least used materials and common sense would dictate that they be left firmly in their analogue state. The more used materials, on the other hand, are precisely those which will benefit least from transformation, because readers nearly always wish to consult them in conjunction with other materials, which may well be of the lesser-used kind. It may be useful to provide those who still preach sermons with a compact and searchable electronic version of the Bible, but to convert all versions and editions of that venerable text would be a stupendous waste of resources. A close examination of the products currently available in electronic form might well suggest to an unprejudiced mind that we have a wonderful solution in search of problems. This is also suggested, I believe, by the exaggerated manner in which those newly converted to automation can be found promoting its benefits. In his introduction to a book by Charles Dollar of the National Archives in Washington on Archival Theory and Information Technologies Oddo Bucci, Professor of Archive Studies at the University of Macerata, writes: This book pertains to the culture of the technological society. By now, social life has come to gravitate with ever greater intensity around the use of the new technologies now operating over a broad spectrum of sectors. The use of such technologies itself works to disseminate new mental patterns, to remould the structure of language, to modify the very organization of the social plexus, to promote the formation of new knowledge and, at the same time, the emergence of equally new goals. The economically advanced world is by now firmly yoked to the technological sector, to the point where it tends to identify itself with the latter and to assume its basic characteristics, which may be summarized as the overcoming of spatial limitations, the acceleration of time, and the increasingly widespread spirit of logic and rationality. There is less here than meets the eye. It is not at all clear to me what he means by stating that the use of technologies can remould the structure of language. This is tantamount to saying that the transition from manual to electronic processing of data can have as profound an effect on our conceptual grasp of the universe as that which characterised the transition from oracy to literacy. It is a claim which simply cannot be substantiated. The second claim, that technology can promote the formation of new knowledge is true, but only with the help of considerable interpretive skills; skills which librarians must learn to develop. As for technology contributing to the increasingly widespread spirit of logic and rationality the 9 o'clock news would seem to suggest otherwise. As a comment on a civilisation rapidly going bankrupt, and insisting that the rest of the world go bankrupt with us, I find that Dollar makes a great deal more sense than Bucci, for he has given us some timely warnings about the problems associated with electronic information. One of these concerns the vulnerability of electronic information to electronic misuse and sabotage. Books and documents are also vulnerable, of course, which is why good conservation practice today includes disaster planning. But, as more libraries participate in projects like those at Seville to digitise the Archives of the Indies, the principle of benign neglect of the originals is likely to be an inevitable consequence, requiring libraries and archives to adopt security procedures for their electronic data no less rigorous than those in use by banks, insurance companies and building societies. I have yet to read a manual of librarianship or archive practice which addresses this matter. We hear a great deal today about the necessity to improve organisational efficiency by means of networks. Networks can be static - like our roads and railways - or dynamic, like the international telecommunication systems which guarantee that panic in Tokyo is immediately followed by panic in London, New York and Paris. As agents for the instantaneous transmission of information, whether important or trivial, they can have consequences not necessarily beneficial, and their development has been so rapid in the past ten years that we do not have as yet a legal framework within which the validity of the information they carry can be verified. In a Local Area Network, for example, in which information flows downwards (from the managers), upwards (from the drones), or sidewards (between the managers or between the drones) the opportunities for deception are limitless. Files can be modified or deleted and unless every modification is logged and time-stamped in a tracing file there is no way of determining how decisions come to be made. The administrative paper which lands on my desk in an average week amounts to the storage capacity of a floppy disc, and while it is possible to tell at a glance from the notepaper or cover sheet what can be safely entrusted to that round file-store - which is the only preservative of mental health in a modern institution - such methods of appraisal are impossible in an electronic environment. Corporate networks are reporting symptoms of electronic fatigue with prodigious quantities of data needing to be purged to make room for future demands. Faced with the possibility that such purging might remove some scrap of vital information the units ( reticulati so to speak) have no choice but to dump their files to a printing device which will produce documents, in no particular order, which must then be appraised and filed. What an essay Swift would have written on such absurdity! It would seem to be perfectly obvious that the existence of electronic networks which enable us to discover the existence of books, articles and manuscripts important to our research is a positive benefit. These tend, with a few notable exceptions, to be the work of the `Moderns', since virtually no major research libraries have complete electronic records for their holdings of the `Ancients'. For anyone bent on tracing the bibliographical history of the Epistles of Phalaris - the occasion of Bentley's celebrated Dissertation and also of Swift's allegory - the task is as tiresome today as it would have been fifty years ago. We have the British Library Catalogue on CD-ROM as well as online, but the promised abundance of riches in Bodley's pre-1920 catalogue is still unfulfilled. We have ESTC, in due course to widen its scope to include all printing up to 1700. And there are numerous other databases in the making which scholars will be able to consult in the future. But even with all the electronic records available through JANET, and the networks for which it is a gateway, the great mass of historical materials, printed and manuscript, remain inaccessible to the computer. From the viewpoint of someone who spends a great deal of time trying to assist scholars in their search for sources at the British Library the dream of Universal Bibliographical Control seems as remote now as it was when it first became a declared objective of all libraries twenty years ago. And that other grand objective - Universal Availability of Publications - seems even more remote. It is not that we do not have the technology to achieve these admirable goals: it is rather that we do not have the resources demanded by such ambitious projects. Nor, I fear, are we likely to have them in the future. And the reason why this should be so is due to the fact that the Sciences and most of the Social Sciences - receiving the lion's share of research funding in cultures dedicated to material progress - have little interest in materials with a half-life of more than five years. For the Humanities, the situation is quite different. This is not an occasion on which to re-open the quarrel between the Arts and the Sciences, but it has to be said that those concerned with history, whether it be of poetry or medicine, are poorly served by governments and universities. The trouble is that such people never seem to come up with socially useful conclusions. What useful purpose is served by disproving the existence of Phalaris? Or that Athens could not have been supplied with grain from the Black Sea because the Bosphorus flows at an average of 5 knots and their best sailing ships could only just manage that speed, so that while they could come down they had no way of going up? Perhaps, the case that needs to be made is to establish how much that passes for scientific research produces socially useful conclusions. The great American philosopher of mind, Charles Peirce, wrote: "the conclusions of science make no pretense to being more than probable." That kind of modesty is hard to find these days. All research, it has to be said, represents a collective exploration of the probability that anything can be understood. Knowledge has, since the fifteenth century, been largely enabled and expanded as a result of the invention of printing, and it is to bibliography that generations have turned for an understanding of what is known about any particular subject. That the fruits of bibliographical endeavour (whether enumerative or analytical) should be made available in electronic form as well as printed is obvious enough, and the modern research library generally provides readers with some sort of online access (not necessarily free, by the way) to remote databases as well as to the increasing number available on CD-ROM . For databases devoted to periodical literature and scientific abstracts it does not normally require great skill to find what one wants. Even so, the sheer number of such databases has given rise in America to a new type of information broker: the surfer. Surfers are specialists in knowing which databases to interrogate in order to find particular information, and surfing is a fast-growing industry. They charge, of course; but if you want to know how many English gardens have gnomes there is a surfer who can provide the answer [8%]. As Pam Leslie, a high-earning surfer, explains: To use a database efficiently, you need to use it every day. The moment you plug into a database it starts costing you money, and you can sit there for hours just pressing buttons and still not have the answer unless you know what you are doing. Really sophisticated surfing has existed for some time in the highly competitive patent business. Information regarding garden gnomes may have a certain commercial edge over that on Greeks and the navigation of the Bosphorus, but patent surfing is very serious business. For one thing, it is obvious that patent agents go to considerable lengths to disguise the primary purpose of patents, while the large multinational companies are perpetually vigilant to detect ingenuity which they can put to good use. Thus, companies monitor the activities of competitors in order to discover the direction in which they are going, and this is done by far more refined search algorithms than are possible in the average bibliographical or citation database. On ORBIT , for example, it is possible for an experienced searcher to circumvent semantic gobbledegook and find quickly patents relevant to a customer's interests. This activity has more in common with genuine research than merely surfing through a multiplicity of fairly straightforward databases, and is not unlike the problems that have beset generations of readers in the British Museum grappling with Panizzi's rules for cataloguing works of anonymous or corporate authorship. Thus, it takes some knowledge of English administrative history to predict that the catalogue of the National Art Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum is entered under the Privy Council. As electronic databases grow in number and complexity libraries will surely discover that readers will demand more not fewer reference librarians with an understanding of how traditional as well as modern practices coexist in an electronic environment. The temptation to transform research libraries into commercially driven surfing is already in evidence and conforms politically to the Friedman doctrine which holds that the notion of public service is obsolete and that libraries and education must be paid for by users or they will have to do without. This principle, which has its origins in social Darwinism, may be all very well in resource-rich countries like America in the 1960s when Friedman published Capitalism and Freedom, but as Jim Traue, a distinguished New Zealand librarian has observed, it is unworkable in resource-poor countries, and these constitute an ever-growing majority. The battle of the books is now not one in which disputes can be arbitrated but a battle for survival. Their survival, and the survival of the institutions we call libraries, will depend, as always, on enlightened and imaginative librarians able to develop within a hostile political environment a model which can adapt to the evolving needs of research in all disciplines. Those needs will, within a decade, include access to information in a wide variety of databases, electronic archives of images and sounds, as well as the cultural inheritance in print and manuscript, most of which will, I am certain, remain in its present form for the foreseeable future. One consequence of this is the self-evident need for librarians in the future to develop both ancient and modern skills. The notion that knowledge can prosper by creating vast knowledge warehouses based on the hypermarket model - you can buy it if you can find it - is sheer fantasy as well as being intellectually suspect. The problem with research - and this has persistently worried those who profess to be concerned with its importance - is that so much of what we now take for granted came about less through design than accident: Roentgen's discovery of X-rays, Dausset's discovery of HLA polymorphism in genetic tissue matching, to name two such. The fact that much scientific discovery has depended upon the rare combination of imagination and method is regularly attested. Could DNA have been discovered by a government plan? Crick and Watson thought not. Medawar certainly rejected the idea that there exists a calculus for discovery. Whatever it is that we study it seems to me that we are all in search of some version of truth, whether about the functioning of the universe we inhabit, our role in that universe, our understanding of what preceded us, or the purpose of existence. There can never be any profit in determining priorities in this search. As Karl Popper put it: The fact that science cannot make any pronouncement about ethical principles has been misinterpreted as indicating that there are no such principles while in fact the search for truth presupposes ethics. We are perhaps too close to the fevered enthusiasm for all things electronic to be able as yet to judge their real value, and I suppose it would be churlish of me to observe that much of what passes for information exchange between some of my American colleagues is part of a new and elaborate game, indulged in with excitement only because, at the moment, it is free. I suspect that when navigating the electronic highways is subject to tolls their enthusiasm is likely to diminish. There are already a growing number of electronic archives being planned for major writers, and the Chadwyck-Healey database of English Poetry has recently been launched. Yet no-one seems to be addressing the formidable problems which the free exchange of information between networked institutions poses for copyright law, because access provides the opportunity to commit piracy, and while most libraries are willing to provide researchers with unique materials on a private and fair use basis, they are likely to take considerable interest in extension of that use to third parties. For printed matter librarians may well take a relaxed view, though publishers will not: for the potential threat to their economic survival posed by the new technology is very real. For manuscript, archive and non-book materials custodians are more than likely to adopt a strictly capitalist position. But, since policing the electronic highways is virtually impossible, we may well see them trying to join the game. That, I think, would be a great pity, for it runs counter to the social functions which libraries are presumed to fulfil. It may well be that refusing to participate in the cyberspace game is the only hope for the survival of libraries as we know them. My own involvement with computers goes back to 1956 when I persuaded Jess Bessinger, the newly appointed Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Toronto, that the university's UNIVAC could be harnessed to produce a concordance to Anglo-Saxon poetry. I imagine there are few here tonight who will understand the agony which that reckless endeavour involved. It may have taken a decade to get the job done, and it may not have been worth the effort, but I well remember the problems created by having to develop mark-up tagging for an inflected language like Anglo Saxon and the need to persuade the boffins at Yorktown Heights about the inadequacy of the ASCII character set for printing the concordance. The problem with computers is that it is quite impossible to constrain expectations. It is an axiom of good marketing that expectations must only be satisfied in carefully determined phases: by saving treats for the future you guarantee the obsolescence of today's product and a future for your company. Most of the current offerings in the microcomputer industry (including Object Oriented Programming and Graphic User Interfaces like Windows) were available at the Palo Alto Research Center (sponsored by the Xerox Corporation) in the 1960s. The community of librarians in the 1970s was `hijacked' in one of the most wonderful of conspiracies in the history of librarianship. What have been the proven benefits? Well, we undoubtedly have at our disposal today a vast body of bibliographical records available for searching on major networks like OCLC, RLIN and DIALOG in the United States, UTLAS in Canada, PICA in Holland and BLAISE in the United Kingdom. Such networks provide access to a variety of databases (from a variety of sources) and they adopt different protocols for searching. There are, in addition, databases of every kind increasingly available on CD-ROM. But the very diversity of record structures makes it increasingly difficult for researchers to master the intricacies of developing search arguments which will effectively eliminate the noise inevitably generated by keyword or subject word searches. Surfing on OCLC demands as much technical and intuitive skill as surfing on a patent file. Any notion that automation provides libraries with the opportunity to reduce the level of skilled staff is wholly illusory. The new administration in Washington is, as I speak, pressing the Senate for approval to allocate huge sums of money (in the hundreds of millions of dollars) for the creation of digital libraries and the software to handle retrieval from truly enormous electronic archives of whole-text data. Some of this funding will undoubtedly be reserved for the space program and NASA (deeply involved with prodigious quantities of earth satellite data), but some of it will undoubtedly find its way into education and research libraries. What no one seems to be sure of is the hidden agenda behind this sudden interest in digital text data storage. That it could well have to do with the soaring costs of university staff and the cost-benefits of remote networked teaching is not an unreasonable guess. This is something which we will soon be facing in Britain: for when SUPERJANET is in place with the capability to transmit multimedia information anywhere there can be no doubt that it will be seen as a device to reduce teaching staff while at the same time increasing the number of students. Remote teaching, supported by vast digital libraries, may be the only way forward, but it does raise a number of crucial questions concerning the re-use of copyright materials. The Higher Education Funding Council, under its Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, is currently supporting a number of development projects to explore the uses of the new technology in creating interactive courseware and its marketing potential. Such courseware must, it seems to me, make use of library and archive materials. What is not at all clear is how copyright owners are to be recompensed for the commercial exploitation of their property. The selling-on of printed, manuscript and audio-visual materials has implications for libraries, archives, publishers, authors and literary agents. Central to the problem is the consortium strategy, increasingly being adopted by libraries and universities, since it seeks to undermine the familiar concept of the site licence . Unless we are prepared to face anarchy these implications must be addressed. There is a sense in which the new technology, particularly that associated with digital scanning of printed and manuscript documents, shows signs of encouraging anti-intellectual attitudes. This is what I call the dustbin approach, which seeks to digitise every document associated with a writer, artist or thinker, deposit them in an electronic archive and, with the modest help provided by hypermedia techniques, abdicate responsibility for establishing the relationship between them to the user, be they scholars (who can be presumed to possess some fundamental editing skills), or students (who are presumably in search of such skills). For the scholar, such abdication represents a form of indemnity against criticism. For the student, such an enterprise must represent no more than a bewildering aggregation of uninterpreted data. That the possibility exists for approaching the problems presented by texts and their transmission in this manner does not necessarily imply its suitability. Experience suggests that progress in our understanding of man and mind is unlikely to be assisted by information overload. The battle for the books has just begun and the contest raises questions which the time available does not permit me to address here in any other than a premonitory manner. This is, after all, an occasion on which it is traditionally preferable to avoid over-seriousness. Like all of us who find ourselves in administrative positions I am conscious that life today provides so little time to `sit and think'; and I thought that just a hint of heresy, amiably put I hope, would not be amiss. So I leave you with Macaulay's verdict on Dryden - it could provide an apt epitaph for many a librarian, past, present and future: His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. # # # # # # ------- End of Forwarded Message From: Subject: Re: 7.0171 Qs: Voynich Ms; Communication s/w Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 22:36 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 237 (344) Re: Mr. Heberlein's request for a communications package, I recommend Procomm Plus. It is expensive, but extremely versatile and one of the few packages that works with databases like Medline, etc. GMP@PSUVM.PSU.EDU 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.PSU.EDU Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 Manuscripts are being accepted for the October, 1993 issue From: ath@linkoping.trab.se Subject: Re: 7.0171 Qs: Voynich Ms; Communication s/w (2/30) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 07:47:12 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 238 (345) Stan Kulikowski ii asks: [deleted quotation] As far as I understand it exists: it is said to be in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. There's a lot of information on it in the Rec.puzzles Usenet newsgroup archives. Here are some of the references quoted there: TITLE Thirty-five manuscripts : including the St. Blasien psalter, the Llangattock hours, the Gotha missal, the Roger Bacon (Voynich) cipher ms. Catalogue ; 100 35 manuscripts. CITATION New York, N.Y. : H.P. Kraus, [1962] 86 p., lxvii p. of plates, [1] leaf of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 36 cm. NOTES "30 years, 1932-1962" ([28] p.) in pocket. Includes indexes. SUBJECT Manuscripts Catalogs. Illumination of books and manuscripts Catalogs. AUTHOR Brumbaugh, Robert Sherrick, 1918- TITLE The most mysterious manuscript : the Voynich "Roger Bacon" cipher manuscript / edited by Robert S. Brumbaugh. CITATION Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1978. xii, 175 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. SUBJECT Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Ciphers. AUTHOR D'Imperio, M. E. TITLE The Voynich manuscript : an elegant enigma / M. E. D'Imperio. CITATION Fort George E. Mead, Md. : National Security Agency/Central Security Service, 1978. ix, 140 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. NOTES Includes index. Bibliography: p. 124-131. SUBJECT Voynich manuscript. [NOTE: see alternate publisher below!] There's also some information in David Kahn's book The Codebreakers @book{dImperio78, author = "D'Imperio, M E", title = "The Voynich manuscript: An Elegant Enigma", publisher= "Aegean Park Press", year = 1978} Anders Thulin ath@linkoping.trab.se 013-23 55 32 Telia Research AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden From: POT@LEICESTER.AC.UK Subject: RE: 7.0171 Qs: Voynich Ms; Communication s/w (2/30) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 8:07 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 239 (346) Re- the enquiry by Fritz Heberlein in Bavaria, in Leicester we use emutec and kermit with an ethernet prom to connect PCs into our irix (version of Unix) network service. From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: e-address of William Dickey - San Francisco Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 10:39:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 240 (347) Could somebody send me William Dickey's e-address at the Department of English and Creative writing, San Francisco University State University. He apparently specializes in hyperpoem writing. Thanks. -- 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: "Malcolm Hayward, English, IUP, Indiana PA 15705" Subject: Q: Female Lit/Crit Theorists Date: 10 Sep 1993 12:12:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 241 (348) I'm teaching a history of critical theory course, using Hazard Adams's standard anthology ...Since Plato. I wasn't but five minutes into the introduction to the class when the question arose--Where are the women in this text? Well, there's only a sparse representation--Godwin, De Stael, Wolfe, and a few moderns. So what I'm seeking is suggestions for early (pre-1900) female literary theorists--European, British, American. If you respond directly to me, I will summarize the responses for HUMANIST. Thanks. Malcolm Hayward MHayward@oak.grove.iup.edu or Mhayward@iup.bitnet From: tom@sailfish.cse.fau.edu (Tom Horton) Subject: Re: 7.0169 Software Tools Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 13:51:29 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 179 (349) George McClintock responded to a query about software tools for building software with good user interfaces. He mentioned Visual Basic or Visual C/C++ for the PC and X Windows for UNIX. There are now a number of impressive tools (i.e. software to help you build software) for graphical user interface (GUI) development. Most of these work in only one hardware/operating-system environment (e.g. Visual C++ works on for Windows on PCs or NT). But some are designed to allow you to move your application between platforms without any changes. These include at least commerical tool (from a company called XVT) and also a free one (SUIT from the Univ. of Virginia). These support Windows, Mac, UNIX (at least Motif), and a number of others. So someone can create an application on, say, the PC and then simply recompile the program on any of these other platforms and have a new version that uses the natural GUI of that system. (Of course, you have to have the libraries for each system you wish to recompile on.) I'd strongly urge anyone creating software for use by humanists to consider using one of these tools to build an application that can be used on more than one platform. Or at the very least one should insure that the system is written in a portable language (like C) and that the user-interface is as "separate" from the main functionality of the system as possible. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: "Robert C. Schweik Dr" Subject: Thomas Hardy Conference Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 1:28 pm EDT (17:28:53 UT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 242 (350) This notice of the forthcoming Eleventh International Thomas Hardy Conference is being posted now because early registration allows for greater choice of lodging arrangements in the Dorchester area. ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL THOMAS HARDY CONFERENCE DORCHESTER, DORSET, U.K. 23 JULY TO 30 JULY 1994 Conference proceedings will include papers by Lance St. John Butler, Lawrence Lerner, Peter Levi, Michael Millgate, Rosemary Morgan, and others from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There will be about a dozen lectures, fourteen seminars, walks, coach trips to the Hardy country, a visit to Max Gate, and a variety of readings, musical performances, and museum exhibitions. Anyone interested in obtaining a brochure providing further information about the conference and a booking form can obtain one by sending an email message to SCHWEIK@FREDONIA.BITNET or surface mail to ROBERT SCHWEIK DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT FREDONIA FREDONIA, NY 14063 From: emily socolov Subject: REGIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL TRADITION Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 18:10:33 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 243 (351) Dear Listmembers, Hope your fall is going well. I've attached the tentative program for an upcoming symposium at the University of Texas, Austin. I hope many of you will be able to attend. REGIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL TRADITION: THE TEJANO CONTRIBUTION A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF DON AMERICO PAREDES BASS LECTURE HALL, LBJ SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN Wednesday, October 20, 1993 1:00- 1:30 Welcome and opening remarks UT President Dr. Robert Berdahl Dr. Gilberto Cardenas, Mexican-American Studies 1:45- 3:15 Regional Identity and Cultural Tradition Intro: Dr. Steven Feld, ethnomusicologist Lecture: Dr. Manuel Pen~a, folklorist 3:30- 5:00 Panel: Identity & Tradition moderated by Maria Martin, radio producer Dr. Olga Najera Ramirez, folklorist Dr. Ramon Saldivar, literary scholar Dr. Martha Menchaca, anthropologist Dr. Gerald Behague, ethnomusicologist Dr. Suzi Seriff, folklorist Thursday October 21, 1993 1:00- 1:30 Opening remarks Dr. Ricardo Romo, historian 1:45- 3:15 Panel: Borders and Frontiers moderated by Dr. Nick Spitzer, folklorist Dr. Raymond Paredes, literary scholar Dr. Norma Cantu, literary scholar Dr. John McDowell, folklorist Dr. David Montejano, historian 3:30- 5:00 The Paredes Legacy: A Continuing Contribution Intro: Dr. Joel Sherzer, anthropologist Dr. Richard Bauman, folklorist Dr. Alicia Gonzalez, folklorist Also note: corridos y canciones/romance and remembrance A Concert Tribute to Don Americo Paredes Wednesday, Oct. 20, 8:00 pm; Admission $15 Bates Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, UT-Austin Featuring Tish Hinojosa, Mingo Saldivar, Valerio Longoria and others Masters of Ceremonies Gonzalo Barrientos and Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Tickets available through UT-Ticket Master. For information on tickets call (512) 477-6060. Co-sponsors of this event are Texas Folklife Resources, The University of Texas-Austin Office of the President, The Center for Mexican-American Studies, the English Department, The Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the Anthropology Department and the Performing Arts Center. For more information contact (512) 320-0022. Symposium participants and schedule are subject to change. = Emily Socolov /<|>\ Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano = = University of Texas \<|>/ y Caribe~no = = /<|>\ = From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Job Opening: Computing Coordinator CJS Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 17:59:58 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 181 (352) Due to miscommunication, this position did not get posted on the network when it should have during the summer, but it did appear in local listings in Philadelphia. Thus the closing date for the search is now, but if someone with just the right qualifications is interested and can get the appropriate material together immediately, we can wait a couple of days. Please contact me immediately if an application is forthcoming or if clarification is needed -- telephone 215 898-5827. The position would be filled best by someone who can combine the technical competence described below with knowledge and experience in working with the sorts of research appropriate to the Center for Jewish Studies (formerly the Annenberg Research Institute). Bob Kraft, UPenn, for David Goldenberg, Assoc Director CJS/Annenberg ===== [deleted quotation] goldenberg@annenres.bitnet David Goldenberg Associate Director, CJS (formerly Annenberg Institute) 420 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA /end/ From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: 7.0178 Qs: E-Address; Female Lit/Crit Theorists Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 17:28:25 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 244 (353) Comparative Literature University of Alberta For Prof. Hayward: If you read German, Gisela Brinker-Gabler's DIE FRAU IN DER GESELLSCHAFT: FRUEHE TEXTE - ZUR PSYCHOLOGIE DER FRAU (Frankfurt: Fischer, 1978) has such, although the book covers other types of early women's theoretical writings. The span is about 1876 to the Interwar period. Also, Elizabeth K. Helsinger, Robin Lauterbach Sheets, and William Veeder, eds. THE WOMAN IN QUESTION, vol. I Society and Literature in Britain and America, 1837-1883: Defining Voices and vol. II Society and Literature in Britain and America, 1837-1883: Literary Issues (Chicago and London: The U of Chicago P, 1983) has early women theorists. Regards, S. Totosy From: mcc@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu (George McClintock) Subject: 7.0179 R: Software Tools (1/31) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 22:43:40 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 245 (354) Many thanks to Thomas B. Horton for his information about GUI tools. He is absolutely correct to point out portability as a fundamental factor to be considered when choosing a GUI tool. I would appreciate more information about SUIT. George /******************************************************************* * The opinions expressed are those of the author and in no way * * represent the opinions of CUNY, its agencies or personnel. * * mcc@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu || CMCGC@CUNYVM.BITNET * *******************************************************************/ From: John Lavagnino Subject: Re: Robin Alston's lecture Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 10:55 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 246 (355) Robin Alston's jeremiad sounded familiar to me---because I'd already read it: another version of this lecture was published in June, in a book called The Politics of the Electronic Text, edited by Warren Chernaik, Caroline Davis, and Marilyn Deegan, and published by the Office for Humanities Communication at Oxford. The electronic version seems to have a different opening and closing but much the same body; and, of course, it is a far more appropriate aesthetic experience to read this in a book than on a screen or printout. It's a valuable book---there are some other denunciations of the Moderns, and some level-headed accounts of things people are actually doing with computers. The London Review of Books should have given this a plug rather than encouraging the masses to pester Robin Alston. I gather that information about ordering it may be had from CTITEXT@VAX.OX.AC.UK. John Lavagnino Department of English and American Literature, Brandeis University From: A.K.Henry@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Address for Andreas Lund? Date: Sat, 11 Sep 93 15:48:31 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 247 (356) If Andreas will please send me his full e-mail address (the posted one results in bounces, even for our list-owner) I will reply privately to his last posting. Avril Henry A.K.Henry@exeter.ac.uk From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.D400.DE Subject: Snobol4 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 93 11:49+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 248 (357) Having for many years used and loved the freeware Vanilla SNOBOL4 I find sadly that the program no longer runs on most of our new 486-powered DOS machines: attempts to load it simply cause a hang-up. Does anyone know of a fix (new version, some kind of workaround, or whatever), or an alternative version? I suppose I really ought now to learn ICON instead, but old dogs prefer old tricks. Timothy Reuter MGH Munich From: J_CERNY@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: seeking SUNY Buffalo's "Unrequired Reading List" Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 13:54:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 249 (358) Hi. In the 8-SEP-1993 issue of _The Chronicle of Higher Education_, on p. A19, there is brief mention of an "Unrequired Reading List" of 48 books that is in distribution at SUNY Buffalo. The note lists just enough titles to be tantalizing, but not the full list or a pointer on how to get it. I've tried Gopher to several Buffalo systems on the chance it would be there but did not locate it. I was able to look-up the one person at Buffalo mentioned in the article, in an on-line phone directory, but could not translate their alias into a valid e-mail address. So, if someone has a copy perhaps they could post it to HUMANIST? -- Jim Cerny, Computing and Information Services, Univ. N.H. jim.cerny@unh.edu From: ksalzber@hamline.edu (Kenneth Salzberg) Subject: Call for Papers Date: Sun, 12 Sep 93 17:48:31 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 184 (359) CALL FOR PAPERS KALAMAZOO 1994 - MEDIEVAL LAW SECTION Wanted: Papers for the 29th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 5 - May 8. (Date for section to be announced by March, 1994.) Length limited to 20 minutes reading time and to the topic: BREACH OF THE KING'S PEACE in the Section on Medieval Law. Please forward abstracts by September 20th to Karl Van D'Elden Asst. Minneapolis City Attorney Suite 2304 1920 S. 1st Street Minneapolis, MN 55454 or to E-mail svandeld@maroon.tc.umn.edu [This call is posted to a number of lists. Please forgive the duplications.] From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: science Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 22:39:32 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 185 (360) A characteristic story of naive (dogmatic) falsificationism that should be just the thing for beginning of term: "The story is about an imaginary case of planetary misbehaviour. A physicist of the pre-Einsteinian era takes Newton's mechanics and his law of gravitation (N), the accepted initial conditions, I, and calculates, with their help, the path of a newly discovered small planet, p. But the planet deviates from the calculated path. Does our Newtonian physicist consider that the deviation was forbidden by Newton's theory and therefore that, once established, it refutes the theory N? No. He suggests that there must be a hitherto unknown planet p' which perturbs the path of p. He calcu- lates the mass, orbit, etc., of this hypothetical planet and then asks an experimental astronomer to test his hypothesis. The planet p' is so small that even the biggest available telescopes cannot possibly observe it: the experimental astronomer applies for a research grant to build yet a bigger one. In three years' time the new telescope is ready. Were the unknown planet p' to be discovered, it would be hailed as a new victory of Newtonian science. But it is not. Does our scientist abandon Newton's theory and his idea of the perturbing planet? No. He suggests that a cloud of cosmic dust hides the planet from us. He calculates the location and properties of this cloud and asks for a research grant to send up a satellite to test his calculations. Were the satellite's instruments (possibly new ones, based on a little-tested theory) to record the existence of the conjectural cloud, the result would be hailed as an outstanding victory for Newtonian science. But the cloud is not found. Does our scientist abandon Newton's theory, together with the idea of the perturbing planet and the idea of the cloud which hides it? No. He suggests that there is some magnetic field in that region of the universe which disturbed the instruments of the satellite. A new satellite is sent up. Were the magnetic field to be found, Newtonians would celebrate a sensational victory. But it is not. Is this regarded as a refutation of Newtonian science? No. Either yet another ingenious auxiliary hypothesis is proposed or . . . the whole story is buried in the dusty volumes of periodicals and the story never mentioned again." Imre Lakatos, "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes," in _Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge", ed. Imre Lakatos and Alan Musgrave (Cambridge, 1970): 100-1. From: Stuart Lee Subject: _Computers & Texts_ CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Tue, 14 Sep 93 14:30 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 186 (361) Computers & Texts CALL FOR PAPERS Newsletter of the CTI Centre for Textual Studies Computers & Texts has now been running for over two years and is the newsletter of the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Textual Studies, based at Oxford University Computing Services. It has a selection of short articles relating to computer-aided learning in textual studies, a section devoted to the Office for Humanities Communication, and has a mailing of over 2,000 world-wide. This issue will concentrate on software development. Format: Submissions should be of approximately 1000 words although this is open to discussion with the editors. Footnotes should be limited and placed at the end of the article. References to published works should be of the form (Smith, 1992) with full bibliographical details given at the end of the article. Screen dumps are accepted, preferably in TIFF or PICT format for the Macintosh. Deadline: 15 October, 1993 Computers & Texts (issue 6) This issue will continue on from some of the themes explored in Computers & Texts 5. In the last issue problems of integrating software into the classroom were discussed. In this issue we would like to focus on the pedagogical implications of the designing and creation of new software. We would like contributions from anyone who has written their own software with relation to the teaching of humanities subjects, in particular those of literature, linguistics, classics, theology, theatre arts & drama. Material is especially welcome on interface design, structuring the software, and evaluation procedures. Send all details to: Lorna Hughes or Stuart Lee Research Officers CTI Centre for Textual Studies Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel:0865-273221 Fax:0865-273221 E-mail: CTITEXT@UK.AC.OX.VAX From: tom@sailfish.cse.fau.edu (Tom Horton) Subject: 7.0179 R: Software Tools Date: Tue, 14 Sep 93 14:19:33 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 187 (362) Regarding GUI software development tools that create software portable across platforms.... There is an article in the October issue of the trade magazine *UNIX Today* (pages 65-74) that describes 5 such tools, including one that I mentioned, XVT. To learn more about SUIT, the available-for-free-for-educators GUI package from the Univ. of Virginia, send an empty e-mail message to suit@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu and you'll automatically get back a message describing the software's features and you can get it. (You can get it off the Internet using ftp.) I have a student who will look at SUIT this term, but right now I can't say much about it. (Can anyone else out there?) I am interested in this package and how it (and other things) could be used to facilitate software development for text processing in the humanities. Here's an extract from SUIT's introduction message: [deleted quotation] Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Prof Norm Coombs Subject: EASI has moved its email discussion list Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:48:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 188 (363) EASI" Equal Access to Software and Information EASI has moved its email discussion list to the listserve machine at St. Johns University. It is now open to public subscriptions. To join send email to listserv@sjuvm.bitnet or listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu Leave the subject blank and for the text input: sub easi "Yourfirstname Yourlastname" So what is EASI and why might you want to be on its public email discussion list? Our mission is to serve as a resource primarily to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access- to-information technologies by persons with disabilities. We are dedicated to staying informed about developments and advancements within the adaptive computer technology field and to spreading that information to schools, colleges, universities and into the workplace. Our membership is comprised of people from a wide range of schools, colleges, universities, businesses and other institutions. They include computing staff, disabled student services staff, faculty, administrators, vendors, representatives of professional associations, private consultants, heads of both non-profit and profit organizations and companies for people with disabilities. Students are also encouraged to join EASI EASI has created a number of useful publications related to disability access to computing and information technology. They can be found by anonymous ftp at um.cc.umich.edu or by gopher from the St. Johns gopher menu. Any major gopher that lists most New York State gophers will get you into St. Johns. We want to be a place where knowledgeable people on adaptive computing can serve to reach others and where anyone with questions can write and see if someone on the list has info or experience relevant to that question. There is a lot we do not know, but we are eager to learn and equally eager to share. Norman Coombs nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu Subject: Bill Dickey's E-Mail address Date: Mon, 13 Sep 93 15:16:00 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 189 (364) For William Dickey's E-Mail address, one can try WDickey@sfsuvax.sfsu.edu or Dickey@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu or BDickey@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu Sorry that I cannot be more specific. I do not know his exact address (if it were published, it would be available on SFSU's gopher telephone directory), but the VAX accounts tend to use a variation of the individual's name as chosen by that individual. Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU ---------------------- Replied Message Body ----------------------- Could somebody send me William Dickey's e-address at the Department of English and Creative writing, San Francisco University State University. He apparently specializes in hyperpoem writing. Thanks. -- 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: P_MCNAMARA@UNHH.UNH.EDU Subject: RE: 7.0185 Science (1/40) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 18:37:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 190 (365) I feel compelled to register a complaint. The least Professor McCarty could do is inform us of the agency from which the scientist in question received funds for his magnetic field detector satellite! I, for one, have a proposal all ready to go! Desperately yours, Paul McNamara Philosophy UNH :) From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Battle of the Books Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1993 08:28:22 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 191 (366) Robin Alston's *Battle of the Books*' appearance on HUMANIST reminds me of the fifteenth century abbot Johannes Trithemius' publication in print form of his treatise *de laude scriptorum*, usually read as a defense of the manuscript culture against the printed book. In fact what both have in common is that they express vividly what is already a nostalgia for a *culture* that is threatened, that is, for a particular form of social organization that, if it does not adapt itself wisely to new circumstances, may very well dry up and blow away in the new environment. The Benedictine monastery that Trithemius cherished is still with us, but remarkably diminished and limited in its powers. If we insist, we as scholars of the humanities can certainly go the same way. At the same time it must be remembered that attachment to the present order of things is attachment to a technology that floods the world with Danielle Steel, Tom Clancy, and the National Enquirer, and actively discourages publishers from keeping serious scholarly materials available in print. The hope that new technologies may lead to some improvements is not a priori absurd. One point to make, perhaps. Alston points to the inability at present of e-libraries to incorporate even universal bibliographical data much less universal texts. Quite rightly, but perspective must be maintained. The vast majority of books in our libraries are of recent production: as near as I can tell, half the books in a major university library came there in my lifetime, and a much higher percentage during this century. A hundred years from now, under a waterfall of e-information, the percentages of materials on deposit of various kinds will be something like this: rare, historical, uncatalogued, non-e-accessible: small printed materials e-accessible in one way or another: large e-materials: vast That does not change the responsibility to maintain and protect those rarer items, whose value will surely increase. But it suggests that the totality of the information environment will as heavily emphasize electronic materials then as it emphasizes now print materials (over manuscript). Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn. From: Roland Hjerppe Subject: Re: 7.0189 Rs: E-Mail Address (1/29) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 00:16:06 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 250 (367) Netfind is a nice service for finding email-addresses of people. The following log should be self-explanatory (I hope) ntelnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu Trying [128.138.243.151]... Connected to bruno.cs.colorado.edu. Escape character is '^]'. SunOS UNIX (bruno) Login as `netfind' to access netfind server Login as `da' to access CU Boulder directory assistance login: netfind -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome to the University of Colorado Netfind server. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alternate Netfind servers: archie.au (AARNet, Melbourne, Australia) bruno.cs.colorado.edu (University of Colorado, Boulder) dino.conicit.ve (Nat. Council for Techn. & Scien. Research, Venezuela) ds.internic.net (InterNIC Directory and DB Services, S. Plainfield, NJ) lincoln.technet.sg (Technet Unit, Singapore) macs.ee.mcgill.ca (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) malloco.ing.puc.cl (Catholic University of Chile, Santiago) monolith.cc.ic.ac.uk (Imperial College, London, England) mudhoney.micro.umn.edu (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) netfind.oc.com (OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, Texas) netfind.vslib.cz (Liberec University of Technology, Czech Republic) nic.nm.kr (Korea Network Information Center, Taejon, Korea) nic.uakom.sk (Academy of Sciences, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia) redmont.cis.uab.edu (University of Alabama at Birmingham) I think that your terminal can display 24 lines. If this is wrong, please enter the "Options" menu and set the correct number of lines. Top level choices: 1. Help 2. Search 3. Seed database lookup 4. Options 5. Quit (exit server) --> 2 Enter person and keys (blank to exit) --> dickey sfsu Please select at most 3 of the following domains to search: 0. sfsu.edu (san francisco state university, california) 1. admin.sfsu.edu (administration office, san francisco state university, california) 2. bus.sfsu.edu (business school, san francisco state university, california) 3. ccs.sfsu.edu (san francisco state university, california) 4. cs.sfsu.edu (computer science department, san francisco state university, california) 5. library.sfsu.edu (library, san francisco state university, california) 6. math.sfsu.edu (mathematics department, san francisco state university, california) 7. psy.sfsu.edu (psychology department, san francisco state university, california) 8. stat.sfsu.edu (statistics department, san francisco state university, california) Enter selection (e.g., 2 0 1) --> 0 ( 1) check_name: checking domain sfsu.edu. Level = 0 ( 1) get_domain_addr: Got nameserver sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu ( 1) get_domain_addr: Got nameserver sutro.sfsu.edu ( 1) check_name: checking nameserver sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu. Level = 2 ( 2) check_name: checking nameserver sutro.sfsu.edu. Level = 2 SYSTEM: sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu Login name: wdickey In real life: William Dickey Directory: /usr/f1/wdickey Shell: /bin/csh Last login Thu Sep 9 00:15 on ttyq8 from modem15.sfsu.edu No Plan. ( 2) Attempting finger to current indication of most recent "Last login" machine modem15.sfsu.edu ( 2) check_name: checking host modem15.sfsu.edu. Level = 1 ( 2) connect timed out SUMMARY: - Among the machines searched, the machine from which user "dickey" logged in most recently was modem15.sfsu.edu, on Thu Sep 9 00:15. - The most promising email address for "dickey" based on the above search is wdickey@modem15.sfsu.edu. Continue the search ([n]/y) ? --> n Enter person and keys (blank to exit) --> Top level choices: 1. Help 2. Search 3. Seed database lookup 4. Options 5. Quit (exit server) --> 5 Exiting Netfind server... Connection closed by foreign host. Roland Hjerppe LIBLAB Dept. of Computer and Information Science Linkoping University S-581 83 Linkoping Sweden Internet: rhj@ida.liu.se T. +46 13 281965 F. +46 13 142231 From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz) Subject: Re: 7.0189 Rs: E-Mail Address (1/29) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1993 09:47:06 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 251 (368) Michael_Kessler@HUM.SFSU.EDU writes: [deleted quotation] The network command finger can be used to check things like this out, though what it can accomplish depends on the remote system. In this case finger Dickey@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu returns: -------------------------------------------------------------------- [sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu] Login name: wdickey In real life: William Dickey Directory: /usr/f1/wdickey Shell: /bin/csh Last login Thu Sep 9 00:15 on ttyq8 from modem15.sfsu.edu No Plan. -------------------------------------------------------------------- So the mailbox is wdickey. From: Annelies Hoogcarspel - CETH Subject: New e-list: ETEXTCTR Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 10:10:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 193 (369) This announcement will be sent to HUMANIST, PACS-L, LIBREF-L, LIBADMIN and CETH. My apologies for the multiplication. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- New discussion list: ETEXTCTR@RUTVM1 At the first Humanities Computing Summer Seminar, organized by the Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities in August 1992, the librarian participants suggested that there be some way for participants and other librarians actively developing electronic text centers to come together and share their experiences so that all could benefit and expand their expertise. As a result of this suggestion, the ALA ACRL Discussion Group on Electronic Text Centers was established in January 1993, with Marianne Gaunt (Associate University Librarian at Rutgers University) as its Chair. At the first meeting of this group, in June 1993 in New Orleans, a suggestion was made and accepted to take this further and set up an electronic discussion list for electronic text centers. This list has now been established. Its name is ETEXTCTR (Discussion Group on Electronic Text Centers), and will be administered from the listserv at Rutgers University, listserv@rutvm1 or listserv@rutvm1.rutgers.edu. It is a moderated list, meant to cover broad issues: budgets, acquisitions, cataloging, public services, management, training and staff development, etc. but to be focused initially on full-text files that are primarily monographic in nature rather than e-journals or numeric data files. If you would like to join in with this discussion, or would like to learn from the discussion among others, please subscribe to this list by sending a message to listserv@rutvm1 (bitnet address) OR listserv@rutvm1.rutgers.edu (internet address) Leave the subject line blank, and send as the body of the message the following line subscribe etextctr Firstname Lastname where Firstname is your first name and Lastname is your last name. The minutes of the first meeting of the ALA ACRL Discussion Group on Electronic Text Centers will be posted to this list shortly. You may respond to these minutes through the list, or post questions, comments or ideas on anything related to the development of electronic text centers. Send your postings to etextctr@rutvm1 (bitnet) OR etextctr@rutvm1.rutgers.edu If you have any questions about this list, or problems with technicalities, please write to the moderator, Annelies Hoogcarspel, at hoogcarspel@zodiac or hoogcarspel@zodiac.rutgers.edu. I look forward to a good discussion! Annelies Hoogcarspel P.S. I am new at moderating a list, so please bear with me :-). Center for Electronic Texts phone: (908) 932-1384 in the Humanities fax: (908) 932-1386 169 College Avenue bitnet: hoogcarspel@zodiac New Brunswick, NJ 08903 internet: hoogcarspel@zodiac.rutgers.edu From: Dana Paramskas Subject: Need address Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 22:57:57 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 252 (370) Our department urgently needs to contact the following person: Prof. Padraig O'Gormaile Department of Romance Languages University College Galway Galway, Ireland Attempts to contact the University College by phone have resulted only in contact with an answering machine... presumably the College is closed during intersession. If someone knows how to contact Prof. O'Gormaile via e-mail, or personal address or personal phone number, please send a message to me directly rather than to the list. With many thanks in advance... Dana Paramskas Lngdanap@vm.uoguelph.ca FRENCH STUDIES DANAP@UOGUELPH.CA University of Guelph, Ont. Canada From: simionat@unive.it Subject: outlining text with a tree structure Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 15:57:03 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 253 (371) I would like to sort my notes about American literature - from Realism up to the present - for myself and a couple of friends who would like to take college papers on that subject. I was thinking of simply using MS Word's outlining facility, but this would only give me a hierarchically sequence of texts ordered from top-left to bottom-right. I would rather have the possibility of giving a more accurate layout to the tree so that - for example - if an upper-level string expands onto a lower level, the former is always positioned at the middle right of the lower-level list. I wouldn't like to do that manually. Also, when I need to reposition some blocks of texts, I would like to just move the block, with all the "expanded" text automatically following it. I know this is something quite basic, but I cannot think of any software program which could relieve me of all the "handicraft" work. BTW, the resulting image would be taken to a service center in the form of a Postscript file and printed on - at least - A0 size paper. There, I expect, would fit quite a few pages of notes using character size as small as 5. Thanks. _____________________________________________________________________ Marco Simionato tel : 39 - (0)41 5225570 University of Venice, Computing Centre fax : 39 - (0)41 5225570 Dorsoduro 2408/B email: simionat@unive.it 30123 Venezia, ITALY _____________________________________________________________________ From: Dr. S. Totosy Subject: 7.0191 R: Battle of the Books (1/38) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 93 21:33:41 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 195 (372) Comparative Literature University of Alberta I agree with O'Donnell's reply to the "Battle of the Books." Perhaps Alston should participate in next year's Paris conference of the Associa- tion of Literary and Linguistic Computing with the general theme "con- sensus ex machina"? Despite my agreement with O'Donnell's position voices like Alston's are valuable in adiscussion aimed at ways of investing in the electronic revolution on our part, humanists. Regards, S. Totosy From: Elaine M Brennan Subject: Second Call for Papers: ALLCACH '94 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 10:56:34 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 196 (373) Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Association for Computers and the Humanities "CONSENSUS EX MACHINA" Joint International Conference ALLC-ACH94 April 19-23, 1994 Paris Second Call for Papers: The ALLC-ACH conferences are the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. A particular focus of the conference "Consensus ex Machina" will be the methodological impact of computer science and mathematics on the humanities. Resorting to computer science and to mathematics is now often the most dramatic attempt to impart more objectivity (and consequently more consensus) to the humanities. What obstacles does such an undertaking meet? What successes can it claim? What failures must it admit to? Is there a way forward which will increase our knowledge and understanding of the humanities? LOCATION The conference will be held at La Sorbonne which stems from a college founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon and presently hosts the Universities of Paris IV (Arts and Humanities) as well as the famous /Ecole des Chartes (History). Accommodation for participants will be available in the lively Latin Quarter through the conference travel agency. The Latin Quarter and la Sorbonne can be very easily reached from Paris airports and stations thanks to the metro and the RER (regional express network). PROGRAMME The Paris conference will be held in April 1994. Its programme will be as follows: Tuesday 19th morning: welcome Tuesday 19th afternoon: opening and sessions Wednesday 20th: sessions Thursday 21th morning: sessions Thursday 21th afternoon: excursion (Versailles) Friday 22th morning and afternoon: sessions Friday 22th evening: banquet Saturday 23th morning: sessions TOPICS The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computers and the Humanities invite submissions on computer-aided topics in literature, linguistics and the language- oriented aspects of the humanities disciplines such as history, archaeology and music: statistical methods for text analysis, text encoding, text corpora, computational lexicography, machine translation, etc. LANGUAGES The official languages of the conference will be English and French. However papers can also be presented in another EEC language provided that they bear on the corresponding linguistic or literary themes. The coding scheme used in this announcement for French words is : /e = e + acute accent, /E = E + acute accent, \e = e + grave accent and \a = a + grave accent. 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. ABSTRACT LENGTH Abstracts of 1500 words should be submitted for presentations of 25 minutes. Abstracts of 2500 words should be submitted for lectures of 45 minutes (state of the art themes only). FORMAT FOR 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 author(s) 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 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS These should be plain ASCII text files, not files formatted by a word processor, and should not contain tab character 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 ot the markup scheme after the title information. Electronic submissions shoud be sent to: ALLCACH@BLIULG11 with the subject line " Submission for ALLC-ACH94." PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to the ALLC-ACH94 Programme Chair: Christian Delcourt, BELTEXT-Li\ege, Universit/e de Li\ege, place Cockerill, 3, B-4000 Li\ege, Belgium. DEADLINES: October 15th, 1993 (proposals of papers). December 15th, 1993 (notification of acceptance) February 15th, 1994 (advance registration) PUBLICATION OF PAPERS 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. Another one will be published as a special issue of T.A. Information. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Christian Delcourt, Chair Universit/e de Li\ege (ALLC) Elaine Brennan Brown University (ACH) Gordon Dixon Manchester Metropolitan University (ALLC) Paul A. Fortier University of Manitoba (ACH) Joel D. Goldfield Plymouth State College (ACH) Susan Hockey Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Antonio Zampolli Universit\a degli Studi di Pisa (ALLC) Michael Neuman Georgetown University (ACH) Andr/e Salem, Local Organizer /Ecole normale sup/erieur de Saint-Cloud (ALLC) INQUIRIES Please address your inquiries to the ALLC-ACH94 Local Organizers: Andr/e Salem and Maurice Tournier, CNRS-INaLF, Lexicom/etrie et textes politiques, /Ecole Normale Sup/erieure, avenue de la Grille d'Honneur, F-92211 Saint-Cloud, France. Phone: 00+33+1+47.71.91.11 Fax: 00+33+1+46.02.39.11 From: Diane Kovacs Subject: Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, 7th Revision Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 22:32:08 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 197 (374) The 7th Revision of the _Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences_ is now available on the LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU and via anonymous FTP to ksuvxa.kent.edu in the library directory. This announcement is extracted from the ACADLIST README file ***************** This directory contains descriptions of electronic conferences (e-conferences) on topics of interest to scholars. E-conference is the umbrella term that includes Bitnet and Internet discussion lists, Internet interest groups, Usenet newsgroups, distributions for e-journals, e- newsletters, electronic fora, etc. We have used our own judgment in deciding what is of scholarly interest, and will consider any advice or critique about our decisions. ******** The Files Available ******** ACADLIST README (explanatory notes for the Directory) ACADSTAC HQX (binhexed, self-decompressing, HYPERCARD version of the Directory - Keyword searchable) 498 ACADSMAL HQX (the above only smaller for small screen Macs) ACADLIST FILE1 (Anthropology- Education) 85 k ACADLIST FILE2 (Geography-Library and Information Science) 115k ACADLIST FILE3 (Linguistics-Political Science) 64k ACADLIST FILE4 (Psychology-Writing) 68k ACADLIST FILE5 (Biological Sciences) 55k ACADLIST FILE6 (Physical Sciences) 51k ACADLIST FILE7 (Business, Academia, News) 31k ACADLIST FILE8 (Computer Science; Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects of Computing; and Academic Computing Support) 139k ACADLIST CHANGES (Listing of all deleted e-conferences deleted because they no longer function) *********** How to retrieve files from the LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU *********** 1. Send an e-mail message addressed to LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU. 2. Leave the subject and other info lines blank. 3. The message must read: GET Filename Filetype f=mail (e.g., ACADLIST FILE1 or ACADSTAC HQX or whatever) 4. If you need assistance receiving, etc. contact your local Computer Services people *********** How to retreive files via anonymous FTP to KSUVXA.KENT.EDU *********** 1. type: ftp KSUVXA.KENT.EDU at your dollar sign prompt (VAX) your shell prompt (Unix) or ready screen (IBM VM). If you are on another kind of system consult with your computer services people to find out the proper procedure. 2. when prompted for 'USERID,' type ANONYMOUS. 3. Your password will be your actual userid on your local machine. 4. Type: cd library 5. Type: get Filename.Filetype (e.g., ACADLIST FILE1 or ACADSTAC HQX or whatever) 6. The files will be transferred directly into the directory you ftp'ed from. ******** The Directory Team: ******** Diane Kovacs-Editor-in-Chief (Bitnet) dkovacs@kentvm (Internet) dkovacs@kentvm.kent.edu Laura Bartolo (Bitnet) lbartolo@kentvm (Internet) lbartolo@kentvm.kent.edu Gladys Bell (Bitnet) gbell@kentvm (Internet) gbell@kentvm.kent.edu Paul Fehrmann (Bitnet) pfehrman@kentvm (Internet) pfehrman@kentvm.kent.edu Michael Kovacs (Internet) mkovacs@mcs.kent.edu Leslie Haas (Bitnet) lhaas@kentvm (Internet) lhaas@kentvm.kent.edu Jeannie Langendorfer (Bitnet) jlangend@kentvm (Internet) jlangend@kentvm.kent.edu Amey Park (Bitnet) apark@kentvm (Internet) apark@kentvm.kent.edu Kara Robinson (Bitnet) krobinso@kentvm (Internet) krobinso@kentvm.kent.edu From: ian@epas.utoronto.ca (Ian Lancashire) Subject: Early Dictionaries Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 01:25:34 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 198 (375) Conference on EARLY DICTIONARY DATABASES Sponsored by The Centre for Computing in the Humanities & the Departments of English and French University of Toronto with the generous support of The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Friday and Saturday 8-9 October 1993 Room 179, University College (*) 15 King's College Circle St. George Campus, University of Toronto (*) Friday afternoon sessions in Room 140 The first CCH conference on early dictionaries in October 1991 discussed encoding methods. This conference focuses on a wider range of issues. Central to these are the impact that future research into early dictionaries will have on scholarship, the scholarly principles inherited from traditional lexicography that should guide this new research, and the ways in which computing technology makes possible the integration of early dictionaries and texts. Speakers will identify decisions to be taken during a dictionary project and discuss how differences among early texts influence what those decisions are. Typical questions of concern include: ~ what is the early dictionary corpus? what should be included? ~ which edition should be captured electronically? ~ how can the new guidelines of the Text Encoding Initiative help in using early dictionaries? ~ what kinds of new knowledge are emerging from computerized corpora? ~ what do particular dictionaries have to offer? ~ how do contemporary texts (in electronic form) relate to dictionaries of the period? ~ to what extent can early dictionaries be of use to historical dictionaries written today? ~ which types of software are relevant to research on early dictionaries and how do they lead to scholarly discovery? ~ what ways and means do we have to publish electronic dictionaries? Early manuscript and printed English and French bilingual and monolingual dictionaries, prior to Murray and Littre, offer neglected resources for the study of European languages, whether by lexicographers and historical linguists, or by scholars seeking a historical context in which to study early literature. PROGRAMME FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER Keynote address (9 a.m.) B. Quemada (Tresor de la langue francaise, Nancy) Manuscript Dictionaries (10 a.m.) A. Healey: Old English Glossaries (Dictionary of Old English, Toronto) V. McCarren: Medulla Grammatice (Middle English Dictionary, Michigan) A. Grondeux: Glossaire latin-francais, Montpellier H236 (Bureau Du Cange, Paris) B. Merrilees: Papias and Firmin Le Ver (Toronto) Renaissance Dictionaries (2 p.m.) D. Kibbee: Baret's Alvearie of 1573 and 1580 (Illinois at Urbana) R. Siemens: Robert Cawdrey's Table Alphabeticall of 1604 (British Columbia) I. Lancashire & S. Armstrong-Warwick: Early English Bilingual Dictionary Database 1500-1658 (Toronto, Geneva) Perspectives on Computerizing Early Dictionaries (3.45 p.m.) L. Catach: Graphist lemmatization, indexation and modernization software (CNRS-HESO, Paris) L. Jones: Applying technology to dictionary databases (Open Text Corp.) R. Weyhrauch: Historical dictionaries and texts in hypermedia (Ibuki) A. Collier: Software for the Johnson dictionary project (Birmingham) Reception (Croft Chapter House, 6 p.m.) SATURDAY OCTOBER 9 Keynote address (9 a.m.) R. Bailey: Old dictionaries, new knowledge (Michigan) Historical Dictionaries (10 a.m.) F. Dolezal: The canon of the English dictionary (Georgia) C. Poirier & A. Auger: TACT et le Dictionnaire du francais quebecois (TLFQ, Laval) A. Renouf: Corpora and historical dictionaries (Research and Development Unit for English Language Studies, Birmingham) 17th-18th-century Dictionaries (1.30 p.m.) I. Leroy-Turcan: Le Dictionnaire etymologique de Gilles Menage (Lyon III) N. Catach: Les dictionnaires de l'Academie francaise (CNRS-HESO, Paris) A. McDermott: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary as an encyclopedia (Birmingham) P. Caron: Le Dictionaire critique de l'abbe Feraud (GEHLF, Paris et Limoges) Publishing Electronic Early Dictionaries: How and Why (3.45 p.m.) M. Sperberg-McQueen: TEI guidelines (Illinois at Chicago) J. Triggs: the needs of OED 3 (Oxford University Press at Bellcore) R. Wooldridge: the scholar's viewpoint (Toronto) Chadwyck-Healey: the publisher's viewpoint REGISTRATION 1. Regular: $25.00 * wine-and-cheese reception on Friday at 6:00 pm 2. Full: $85.00 * regular registration * copy of published proceedings Students are admitted free. Register at the door, or send this slip with cheque (only) to Early Dictionary Databases, CCH, Robarts Library, 14th Floor, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A5, Ont. CANADA. Voice: (416) 978-6391 Fax: (416) 978-6519 E-mail: cch@epas.utoronto.ca Name: ______________________________ Affiliation: _______________________ Address: ___________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Voice: _____________________________ Fax: _______________________________ E-mail: ____________________________ From: tbrunner@orion.oac.uci.edu (Theodore F. Brunner) Subject: TLG gopher Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 14:13:09 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 254 (376) The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae has activated an information server meant to prese nt general information about the TLG, and to provide answers to frequently as ked questions. Postings include listings of the contents of TLG CD ROMs, inf ormation about the sources of TLG CD ROM-compatible software, addenda and co rrigenda to the printed Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Canon of Greek Authors and Works, samples of TLG license agreements, instructions on how to order TLG pr oducts and resources, special announcements, and other items of potential int erest to the TLG user and to the field at large. Access to the server is pos sible via gopher. The gopher gateway is University of California-Irvine; fr om there, go to Departmental Information Sources. The host name is gopher-server.cwis.uci.edu on port 70. We welcome suggestions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Theodore F. Brunner, Director * * Thesaurus Linguae Graecae * * University of California Irvine * * Irvine, CA 92717 * * * * Phone: (714) 856-6404 * * FAX: (714) 856-8434 * * E-Mail: TLG@UCI.BITNET * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From: Jon Butler Subject: Mormon hearings on scholars Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 22:04:39 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 255 (377) Historians and historians of religion may be interested in reading the story appearing in today's New York TIMES on hearings allegedly being held by authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints regarding the views of several scholars, among them the historian D. Michael Quinn. Quinn and other scholars face criticism, censure, and, reputedly, excommunication for their views, including their published scholarship. Historians with access to NEXIS may find additional stories by combining the keywords MICHAEL QUINN and MORMON. --Jon Butler JBUTLER@YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" Subject: Re: libraries and old books Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 13:16:30 MDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 256 (378) I had the privilege in July of viewing a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (1609), along with a number of other contemporary book treasures, at the Shakespeare Library in Stratford-on-Avon in England. We were told by the librarian that when the Second Folio appeared in 1623, Cambridge University Library discarded its copy of the First Folio. Fortunately, someone rescued it and preserved it, but Cambridge had to pay a large sum in the last century to get it back. [The dates are from memory, and may well be inaccurate.] Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 581 4148 Department of Mathematics, 105 JWB Internet: beebe@math.utah.edu University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: Politics of E-Text, once more please Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 19:06:30 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 200 (379) John Lavagnino recommended the recent book, _The Politics of Electronic Text_, ed. Cherniak, Davis, and Deegan. I'd say that this book is essential reading and feel irresistibly moved to give you all a listing of the contents: Introduction Warren Chernaik and Marilyn Deegan 3 Manuscript Politics Peter Robinson 9 Authorship and Collaboration: The Problem of Editing Shakespeare Peter Holland I7 Text-editing and the Computer: Facts and Values Ian Small 25 The Fluid Text and the Orientations of Editing Marcus Walsh 3I Electronic Editions and the Hierarchy of Texts Michael Leslie 4I Challenging Assumptions: Women Writers and New Technology Kathryn Sutherland 53 The Politics of Knowledge Christopher Shelley 69 The Politics of Access Clive Bradley 73 The Politics of the Electronic Text: An Historian's View Peter Denley 77 Books and Electronics Robin C. Alston 8I It is available, I understand, for 5 pounds (shipping not included?) from the Office for Humanities Communication, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX26NN. Willard McCarty From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: teaching in the university Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 18:47:55 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 257 (380) Two questions. Who in recent times has written with insight and persuasive recommendations on the nature and role of teaching in the university? Of these, who (if anyone) has touched on the role computers might play, not as surrogate teachers but as means for thinking and exploring the subject matter? Any suggestions will be most welcome. Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: "Phyllis Wright" Subject: literary agent Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 17:59:03 EST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 258 (381) Can someone provide me with the address for the following literary agent: Janet Turnbull-Irving At one time she had a Toronto address. I cannot seem to locate it. I've tried the trade book directories, telephone books, etc. Many thanks Phyllis Phyllis M. Wright (416)688-5550, ext. 3961 Brock University Library pwright@spartan.ac.brocku.ca St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2S 3A1 From: Chris Scheurweghs Subject: New List: NATOSCI from NATO Scientific Affairs Division Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 20:24:50 +0200 (MET DST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 202 (382) COMING SOON - COMING SOON - COMING SOON In addition to the information on various topics though NATODATA, NATO will shortly make available through NATOSCI information on the NATO Science Programme and the Environmental projects of the CCMS (Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society). It is planned to introduce this service around 27th September. Following initial descriptions of the activities and the possibilities of support for collaborative projects, updates will be posted on an occasional basis, and a quarterly newsletter and tri-annual list of scientific meetings will be provided. 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William Mathews (Research Publications) - Placing the Format in its Proper Perspective 2:45 - 4:00 SESSION IV: SCHOLARSHIP: BYTING THE DUST? OR REACHING FULL POTENTIAL? David Seaman (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center) - Supplying the Scholar with Integrated Resources: the Seamless Information System Susan Hockey (Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities) - Beyond the Reference Tool: Large Full Text Databases and their Importance to Scholarship ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PROFIT, TECHNOLOGY & SCHOLARSHIP REGISTRATION FORM Last Name: First Name: Title: Organization: Address: City: State: ZIP: Phone: FAX: E-Mail: Do you need disabled or other special services? If so, please describe: Vegetarian meal required? ___ SSP Member: Early Registration - $195 Postmarked after October 8 - $245 ___ Non-Member: Early Registration - $245 Postmarked after October 8 - $295 $_________ Amount Enclosed ___ This form confirms a FAX registration ___ Check made payable to SSP ___Visa ___ MC Credit Card #: Name of Cardholder: Signature: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CANCELLATION POLICY: Full refund for cancellation received at least one week prior to the seminar date. All others subject to $50 service fee. There are no refunds for cancellations received less than 72 hours prior to the seminar. Mail this form to: SSP Seminar Registration 10200 West 44th Avenue Suite #304 Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Phone: 303 422-3914 FAX: 303 422-8894 ---------- Marcia Tuttle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu From: Charles Ess Subject: handy word? Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 11:21:04 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 259 (384) I appeal to my more literate colleagues on this list to help me find (invent?) a word which means "serving to justify/legitimate violence." I'm working on a paper which explores Genesis 2-3 in both historical and contemporary interpretation, with regard to how specific interpretations work as _myth_ defining a basic image/value of woman, and thus "serving to justify or legitimate violence against women." I would like to be able to convey this function with a single adjective, so that I can refer to "the __________ (=serving to justify/legitimate violence against women) myth" without having to always use this cumbersome phrase. "Misogynist" is too broad. I would appreciate any suggestions, and, of course, happily credit the contributor who hits the phrase on the head, so to speak. Thanks in advance, Charles Ess * "Life is change; Drury College * How it differs from the rocks" Springfield, MO 65802 USA * -- Grace Slick (voice) 417-873-7230 * From: Tim Unwin Subject: Discussion Lists on (French) Film Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 19:48:05 +0800 (WST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 260 (385) At a recent French Studies conference in Melbourne, Australia, colleagues asked me if I knew of any discussion list devoted to cinema, and particularly to French cinema. A related question was whether I knew of a source of information about forthcoming conferences in this area. Since I am personally unable to offer an answer to either of these questions, I would be grateful for any information that could be passed on to me. Please respond either to me personally, or to our French Studies bulletin board: ozfrench@uniwa.uwa.edu.au. With thanks, 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: BushC@BYUVAX.BITNET (Chuck Bush) Subject: E-texts of the Bible Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 15:54:06 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 261 (386) I've had an inquiry for electronic texts of the Bible in different modern European languages. English is easy, of course. Can anyone give me leads to others? Chuck Bush ---------- 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: Jim_Cahalan Subject: Re: 7.0201 Qs: Teaching in the University Date: 20 Sep 1993 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 205 (387) In reply to Willard McCarty's query about writing on the role of computers in teaching as means for thinking and exploring, may I suggest James J. Sosnoski, "Students as Theorists: Collaborative Hypertextbooks," in PRACTICING THEORY IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE LITERATURE COURSES, ed. James M. Cahalan (that's shameless me) and David B. Downing (Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1991, ISBN 0-8141-3653-2) ? 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: arb1@ukc.ac.uk Subject: PALA ARTICLE COMPETITION Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 14:07:43 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 206 (388) PALA ARTICLE COMPETITION The PALA/LONGMAN Prizes The Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), in conjunction with Longman, the publishers of the journal "Language and Literature", will award two prizes per year for the next three years for the best papers published in areas of interest to PALA members, and typically covered by "Language and Literature". The PALA Prize (#100, a year's free membership of PALA and free attendance at a PALA conference) and the Longman prize (#100 worth of Longman literature and/or linguistics books and one year's free subscription to Language and Literature) will be awarded by a specially appointed committee. The competition for the first two prizes will cover papers published in 1992 and 1993. The closing date for nominations is 31 January 1994. For further details, contact one of the editors of "Language and Literature" (for addresses see the inside front cover of the journal; or send to Dr.M.Short . From: KIRSHENBLATT@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Faculty opening in Performance Studies Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 00:04:30 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 207 (389) FACULTY OPENING IN PERFORMANCE STUDIES Entry-level appointment (PhD in hand by 9/1/94) in one of two areas: * Gendered performance: drag, transvestite performance, queer theories. Candidates with research interests in historical and cross-cultural approaches are encouraged to apply. OR * Hispanic and/or Native American Performance Studies. Candidates with research interests in music and/or dance, as well as other performance forms, are specially encouraged to apply. Send vita and three letters of recommendation to: Joseph Roach, Chair Department of Performance Studies 721 Broadway, 6th floor New York University New York, NY 10003 Deadline: November 15, 1993. New York University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. From: Judy Boss Subject: CFP: Romance Readers and Writers Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 08:32:26 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 208 (390) CALL FOR PAPERS ROMANCE READERS AND WRITERS CONFERENCE March 25-27, 1994 Omaha, Nebraska Plan to attend this unique multidisciplinary event, now in its second year. You may present a paper on any aspect of the popular romance novel, including literary, feminist, and historical. Possible topics include: the foremothers of romance, teen romance, seduction and rape in the romance, ideologies of love, and romance novels in the classroom. Abstracts due by October 19, 1993, to Conference Coordinator: Mary Macchietto, Conference Coordinator College of Continuing Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 68182 Phone (402) 595-2355 Fax (402) 595-2345 Email queries or abstract submissions should be sent to: Susan Naramore Maher maher@cwis.unomaha.edu From: Dominick Stanzione Subject: Re: 7.0205 Lonely R: Teaching in the University (1/11) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 14:50:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 205 (391) [deleted quotation]excellent chapter on writing, including a vibrant review of CSILE ("Cecil"). Also interesting for text-based computing is "The Digital Word', Landow and Delany (MIT Press 1993) Dominick Stanione Stanzi@panix.com From: csmith@epas.utoronto.ca (Claire Smith) Subject: Early English Text Society Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 12:42:15 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 210 (392) (I am sending this message for Gary Shawver, at the University of Toronto) Would someone know the e-mail address and fax number of Wendy Collier, of the Early English Text Society? I need to contact her about a failed subscription. My e-mail address is: gshawver@epas.utoronto.ca Thanks. Gary Shawver. From: JSOSNOS@uoft02.utoledo.edu Subject: Guidelines for Software Reviews for Tenure? Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 14:42:09 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 211 (393) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON EXISTING GUIDELINES FOR SOFTWARE REVIEWS The Emerging Technologies Committee of the Modern Language Discussion is gathering information on any existing guidelines for evaluation of computer-related work during tenure and promotion reviews. If you know of such guidelines please send an email message to James Sosnoski JSOSNOSKI@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU If you happen to be in possession of a copy of such guidelines it would be much appreciated if you sent a copy to The Emerging Technologies Committee % Bettina Huber The Modern Language Association 10 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 From: JSOSNOS@uoft02.utoledo.edu Subject: Request for Information on Guidelines for S/W Reviews Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 14:42:09 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 212 (394) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON EXISTING GUIDELINES FOR SOFTWARE REVIEWS The Emerging Technologies Committee of the Modern Language Association is gathering information on any existing guidelines for evaluation of computer-related work during tenure and promotion reviews. If you know of such guidelines please send an email message to James Sosnoski JSOSNOSKI@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU If you happen to be in possession of a copy of such guidelines it would be much appreciated if you sent a copy to The Emerging Technologies Committee % Bettina Huber The Modern Language Association 10 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 From: NAME Subject: CONF: Maritime History Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 15:47:24 -0230 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 213 (395) The quinquennial congress of the International Commission for Maritime History (ICMH) will be held in conjunction with the Congress of the International Commission of Historical Sciences in Montreal, Canada in August 1995. The Programme Committee of the ICMH has therefore issued a call for papers on the theme "Ports, Port Cities and Maritime Communities." To participate, members of the International Maritime Economic History Association (IMEHA) should prepare a one-page synopsis of the proposed paper, including title, principal argument(s), and sources to be employed. They should also prepare a one-page curriculum vitae, which should include affiliation (if any) and major publications. These can be submitted either to members of National Commissions in those countries in which they exist or to Professor Lewis R. Fischer, Secretary-General, ICMH, Maritime Studies Research Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld. A1C 5S7. Proposals must be submitted no later than 31 October 1993. The authors of successful proposals will be notified early in 1994. A selection of the papers will be published. For further information on this congress, please contact the Secretary-Gen- eral, ICMH, at the address above. From: jkohi@unity.ncsu.edu Subject: Position in East Asian Religions (fwd) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 23:05:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 214 (396) I'm posting this for my colleaguesin Philosophy and Religion. Thanks. Jonathan Ocko Email: jkohi@unity.ncsu.edu Department of History Phone: (919) 515-2484 North Carolina State University Fax: (919) 515-3886 [deleted quotation] From: Christian.Bauer@uibk.ac.at Subject: Virtual Reality Vienna '93, Dec. 1-3 Date: 25 Sep 93 19:11:31 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 215 (397) Dear Colleagues, just to keep you informed... Yours faithfully, Christian Bauer Cut here: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************************** * * * Pre-Agenda * * * * Virtual Reality Vienna 1993 * * --------------------------- * * * * The Global VR-Focus in Europe * * 1st to 3rd of December 1993 * * Palais Ferstl Vienna/Austria * * * ***************************************************************** Simulation in Progress ---------------------- The cutting-edge in simulation technologies and the continuous development in Computer Science led towards a new and fascinating field: "Virtual Reality". The symposium offers the opportunity to attend discussions and present and respond to presentations and papers about Virtual Reality (VR) and closely related fields. Participants will also have the opportunity to test VR-Systems, exhibited in an industry showcase. Special topics featuring Asian and European VR-research and development as well as academic- and industry-activities make VRV 1993 a unique possibility of information exchange. 1. General Remarks ------------------- * Conference languages are English and German, simultaneous translation services will be offered in all presentations. * Workshops and exhibits are not included in this pre-agenda. We will follow up with this information later, several exciting demonstrations are under final preparation like a MARS- WALKTHROUGH of NASA / Xtensory, "life" interactive VR-links and others. * On request we offer a detailed description of each speech in English and German. 2. The "Virtual Polis" ----------------------- We have the honour to cooperate with Prof.Carl Eugene Loeffler. He is Project Director for Telecommunications and Virtual Reality at Carnegie Mellon University and is working on a project called "Virtual Polis". VIRTUAL POLIS ************* Overview: The virtual polis or city is an actual three dimensional city, inhabited by a multitude of participants, each with their own purposes. Tele-existence is an essential aspect. Imagine a virtual city complete with private spaces or domiciles, parks, stores, entertainment centers. As much as a grand social experiment, it also is a far reaching graphical user interface (GUI) for electronic home shopping and entertainment. The salient points of the virtual city include: ~ a distributed, three dimensional inhabitable environment ~ investigation of tele-existence in a distributed virtual construct ~ capability of supporting potentially unlimited participants ~ private spaces, property and moral code ~ exploration of tools to alter the environment, while inhabiting it ~ interface (GUI) for home shopping and entertainment The idea of a distributed application based on the notion of an inhabited city, is fascinating. Traversing the city and encountering other inhabitants will be a startling experience. VRV '93: The premier and first presentation to the public of the ~Virtual Polis~ prototype will be presented at Virtual Reality Vienna-93. People from three different locations, including Pittsburgh in the USA, Tokyo in Japan and the VRV '93 location Palais Ferstel in Vienna, Austria will be inhabitants of a virtual city, as a dynamic example of networked Virtual Reality. They explore a city that is sound intensive, inclusive of high-rise buildings, private domiciles and a park. Tele-existence is an essential aspect. This new way of meeting and interacting is possible through Virtual Reality (VR) and new telecommunications technologies, developed at Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh, USA. Date and time: December 1, 1993, starting at 15:00 EMT 3. Preliminary Agenda ---------------------- 3.1. The Day Before, November 30, 1993, Tuesday ------------------------------------------------ * Press conference * Dinner with Speakers 3.2. First Day, December 1, 1993, Wednesday ------------------------------------------- 3.2.1. Morning Session ----------------------- Working Pool VRV'93 Vienna, Austria "About the VRV '93" Introduction 20 Austrian State Dpt. of Science and Education Vienna, Austria "Official Opening of the VRV '93" Politics, Austria, Education 20 Linda Jacobson Wordswork San Francisco, USA "An Introduction to VR" Introduction, History, Sociology 45 Scott Fisher, Ph.D. Telepresence Research USA "Building Virtual Worlds: An Overview of Current Applications." Application, Industry 60 Lew Hitchner, Ph.D. Xtensory Inc. Scotts Valley, USA "Virtual Planetary Exploration - Walking on Mars" Fundamental Research, Application 60 3.2.2. Afternoon Session ------------------------ FOCUS ON VR AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Univ.Prof.Dr.Robert Trappl University of Vienna Vienna, Austria "The Role of Artificial Intelligence in VR" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, AI 45 Dipl.Ing. Yong Cao + Dipl.Ing. Ipke Wachsmuth University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Technology Bielefeld, Germany "Situated Space Agent for 3D Graphics Design" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, AI 30 ******************************************** * * * Special Feature starting at 3 p.m.: * * * * "VIRTUAL POLIS" * * * * presented by * * * * Prof. Carl Eugene Loeffler * * * ******************************************** FOCUS ON HYPERTEXT / HYPERMEDIA: Dipl.Ing. Andreas Dieberger + Mag. Jolanda Tromp Technical University of Vienna, Dept. for Design and Assesment of Technology + University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Psychology Vienna, Austria + Amsterdam, Netherlands "VR User Interface for Collaborative Navigation in Hypertexts" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, Collaborative Navigation 30 Keith Andrews, M.S. University of Technology at Graz Graz, Austria "Constructing Cyberspace: VR and Hypermedia" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, Hypermedia 30 Additional Industry-Presentations 3.2.3. Night Session --------------------- * Panel Discussion on TV (Club 2 in ORF, ev.CNN) "VR as a new Technology - How will it change your life?" * Formal Dinner - with all Speakers, Exhibitors and VIPs * Vienna Sightseeing 3.3. Second Day, December 2, 1993 Thursday --------------------------------------------- 3.3.1. Morning Session ----------------------- Prof. Carl Eugene Loeffler Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA "Inhabiting the Domain: Distributed Virtual Reality" Fundamental Research, Academic, Application, Distributed VR 60 Susan Wyshynski Mandala Systems Toronto, Canada "Virtual Cities" Application, Industry, Entertainment, Education 30 FOCUS ON VIRTUALITY AND EDUCATION: Mag. Wolfgang Schinagl Ludwig Boltzmann Institut Graz, Austria "The Interactive Information Center - A New Way in Education and Teaching" Education 30 Morten Soby, M.S. University of Oslo Oslo, Norway "Possessed by VR" Fundamental Research, Academic 30 Ola Odegard Norwegian Telecom Reasearch Oslo, Norway Selected Speaker "Terminals and Applications in Education and Work" Fundamental Research, Education, Application, Industry 30 Additional Industry-presentations 3.3.2. Afternoon Session FOCUS ON VR AND 3D USER INTERFACES: Dipl.Ing. Klaus Boehm + Dipl.Ing. Michael Sokolewicz Fraunhofer Institute, Computer Graphics Center Darmstadt, Germany "GIVEN++ - A Toolkit for Advanced 3D User Interface Construction" Fundamental Research, Application, Toolkit, HCI 30 Mag. Sabine Musil University of Vienna, Vienna User Interface Group Vienna, Austria "Virgets: Elements for Building 3D User Interfaces" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI 30 D.I. M.Rauterberg + D.I. M.Kuehni + D.I. E.Styger + D.I. K.Szabo University of Zuerich + Swiss Federal Instiute, Multimedia Lab Zuerich, Switzerland "2 1/2 D vs. 3D - A Classification Concept and an Experimental Comparison" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, Experiment 30 FOCUS ON VR AND MEDICINE: Col.Dr. Richard Satava US Army Washington DC, USA "Teleprecence and VR - A Framework for Surgery in the 21st Century" Fundamental Research, Concptual, Medicine, Application, Industry 60 Dr. Duane Boman Stanford Research Institute Stanford, USA VEDA: Virtual Environment Design Applications Fundamental Research, Industry, Application, Medicine 60 Zhaowei Jiang, Ph.D. Wayne State University, Dept. of Computer Science + Dept. of Neurological Surgery Wayne, USA "VR and Tele-Presence Nerro Surgery - Basic Theory and a Prototype" Fundamental Research, Application, Medicine 45 Dr. Rudolf Morawetz University Clinic for Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Innsbruck, Austria "The Olfactory Dimension - The Forgotten Part of the Virtual World?" Fundamental Research, Academic 45 3.3.3. Night Session --------------------- * Panel-Discussion "VR in Japan and the USA - Two Different Approaches" * Reading: "Street Tech" - a new book of Linda Jacobson * Techno-Party * Vienna Sightseeing 3.4. Third Day, December 3, 1993, Friday ------------------------------------------- 3.4.1. Morning Session ----------------------- Dr. Robert Jacobson Worlddesign Inc. Seattle, USA "Through the Looking Glass - The Virtual Worlds Industry in 2010, a Prospective Retrospective" Fundamental Reasearch, Theory 60 Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder Ars Electronica Center Linz, Austria "The Ars Electronica Center" Science, Education, Entertainment, Industry 60 3.4.2. Evening Session ----------------------- Carolina Cruz-Neira, M.S. University of Illinois at Chicago, Electronic Visualization Lab Chicago, USA "The Cave Automatic Environment" Fundamental Research, Academic, HCI, Application, Visualization 45 Florian Brody + Dr.Peter Gathmann Consultant for New Media + Vienna Medical School, Dept. for Psychosomatics Los Angeles, USA + Vienna, Austria "Psychopathology of Virtual Worlds" Phsychology, Sociology, History 45 Paco Xander Nathan Writer Austin, USA "Practical Cybernetic Environs" Sociology, Homebrew, Street-Tech 30 3.4.3. Night Session -------------------- * Panel-Discussions "Hype in VR - What possibilities do we have to avoid that?" "Results and Comments on the VRV'93" * Partying till the morning... * Vienna Sightseeing - end of pre-agenda - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chair ----- * IDG-International Data Group World's leading company of information for success with information technology, offices in > 50 countries worldwide. Dr. Manfred Weiss, Gen.Manager, IDG Austria * ICON - Int.Comm.Network Christian Klezl Initiator --------- * Christian Bauer & Freunde Christian Bauer Organizing Committee -------------------- * Worlddesign Dr. Robert Jacobson 128 NW 56th. Street Seattle, WA 98107 USA * Wordswork Linda Jacobson Box 31263 San Francisco, CA 94131 USA * Dentsu Inc. Chubu, Project Planning and Development Dept. Etsuroh Kitauchi 4-16-36 Sakae Naka-ku, Nagoya 460 Japan * JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization Yoshiyasu Imazu Mariahilferstr. 41-43 / 3 1060 Wien Austria * Systems Education Centre Pte Ltd. David Ong 12th Floor WTC Convention Centre, World Trade Centre 1 Maritime Square Singapore 0409 * University of Oslo, The Faculty of Social Science Morten Soby Helga Engs Building, 4th Floor, Room 414 P.O. Box 1092 Blindern N-0317 Oslo Norway * Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute for Economic Reasearch Mag. Wolfgang Schinagl Mozartgasse 14 8010 Graz Austria * Ars Electronica Center - Austrian Broadcasting Corp. (ORF) Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder Franckstrasse 2a 4010 Linz Austria * University Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Dr. Rudolf F. Morawetz Anichstrasse 35 6020 Innsbruck Austria Location -------- Vienna is the capital city of Austria. It is a beautiful and friendly city, located in the very center of Europe. Vienna is well known as a place for international fairs and exhibitions, but also for its cultural riches and its unique, relaxed atmosphere. The symposium will be held in the center of the 1,5 Mio city. The Palais Ferstl, an old castle in Vienna's first district, is located right in the central heart of Vienna. Accommodation and Travel ----------------------- Rooms in Vienna vary from US $65 to $400. Accommodation can be easily booked through IDG (see below). Fees & Grants ------------- Full conference fee (incl.lunch & beverages, social programm, exhibits and all sessions) ATS 12.980,- Special Fare (Academic personal of schools and universities, "early bird" for registration till Sept. 1, 1993, member of special institutions, second attendant of the same company) ATS 9.990,- Student Fare (limited amount of reduced full registrations, only for students with recommendation by university teachers) ATS 2.980,- Visitor to the Exhibition ATS 240,- Remark: UDS 1,- equals approx. ATS 12,- Registration & Information -------------------------- Dr. Manfred Weiss IDG Communications GMBH Zieglergasse 6 A-1070 Vienna Austria / Europe Tel +43 / 1 / 523 05 08 - 0 Fax +43 / 1 / 523 05 08 - 33 ICON Int.Comm.Network Christian Klezl Gobergasse 34 / 13 A-1130 Vienna Austria / Europe e-mail: 100276,1277 (Compuserve) Christian Bauer e-mail: christian.bauer@uibk.ac.at -end- From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Closing of Penn ReligSt Dept Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 00:59:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 262 (398) With the usual apologies for posting to several lists, and the invitation to cross-post as seems appropriate -- [deleted quotation] From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: update on Penn ReligSt crisis Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 01:03:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 263 (399) A more detailed presentation of the Dean's recommendation to close the department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania has now appeared in the University's official publication Almanac for Tuesday, 28 September, 1993. The timetable for action on this and the related recommendations [see the "news release" posted earlier] has also been clarified: the recommendations will be the subject of a faculty meeting of the School of Arts and Sciences on 12 October 1993, although it does not appear that the faculty is empowered to overturn or modify the recommendations if they wish to do so; then on 14 October, there is a scheduled meeting of the Trustees at which the recommendations are to be presented for approval. Whatever is to be done in an attempt to overturn or modify the action must be done quickly! Here is the text of the section on Religious Studies in the Dean's published letter to the SAS Faculty (in Almanac): As is the case in American Studies [also recommended for closing], the array of talent across the School in the field of religious studies -- including Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, History, Classics, Anthropology [to which could be added Folklore, Sociology, Art History, Philosophy, and English, among others] -- is impressive. The recent merger of the Annenberg Research Institute into Penn -- now the School's Center for Judaic Studies: Classical and Modern -- further symbolizes our commitment to religious studies as a field. But, as in the case of American Civilization, fields are not always best or necessarily served through the structure of a specialized department. The programs of the Religious Studies Department at both the graduate and undergraduate levels are inadequate reflections of the strength of interest in religious studies across the School; for example, the Department has had few undergraduate majors in recent years (2 graduates in May 1993), and the department's graduate program has consistently fallen short of attracting the financial resources that it needs to flourish. In the present economic climate we cannot make the significant investment that it would take to bring this department into a competitive position vis-a-vis other first-rate Departments of Religion or Religious Studies across the world. Nor can we justify shifting resources from other departments. I am recommending that the Department be closed as of June 30, 1994 with transfer of the six standing faculty (five tenured) to other departments, and to reconceive religious studies as an inter-departmental teaching program which will attract the best and the brightest students in the future. The shape and scope of this program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels will depend on the degree of faculty interest and involvement. ----- Brief responses from the interdisciplinary religious studies graduate group, which already exists and is the degree granting program for graduate studies in the field, and from the department, will appear in next week's Almanac. They will include such points as: (1) The Dean's office does not seem to understand the nature of the current departmental and graduate group structures, which do exactly what is recommended as the future for religious studies at Penn; (2) The Dean's office does not seem to understand the nature of the field of the academic study of religion, which requires some attention to core concerns (comparative, methodological, synthetic) that cannot be expected to survive in or emerge from the various departments that currently supply other specific courses and resources for the study of religion(s), and into which the current faculty will be incorporated; (3) The perception of the quality of the current religious studies programs as reflected in the Dean's presentation is inaccurate for those select sub-fields that the current program has chosen to support (e.g. Ancient Near East, Early Judaism/Christianity, Medieval Popular Religion, Religions of India, Modern Western Religious Thought, Hermeneutics) -- fields in which our graduates compete successfully on the job market, for example. (4) The failure to follow normal procedures of consultation and collegiality in developing and presenting these recommendations is deplorable, and seems to preclude the otherwise desirable possibility of a smooth transition from the existing situation to something deemed more appropriate for Penn's future; instead, destructive disruption -- even as attempts are made to cooperate -- seems inevitable. Whether this sort of response -- a combination of compliance (we already are doing these things and are anxious to improve) and opposition (so why destroy the mechanisms?) will have any effect remains to be seen. But time is short, and any responses that we can gather from the academy at large will be appreciated. Materials can be addressed to Dean Rosemary Stevens, Arts and Sciences 116 College Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6377 (Internet: rstevens@pilot.sas.upenn.edu); or to Alvin Shoemaker, Chair of the Trustees 121 College Hall [as above] 19104-6382 Bob Kraft, UPenn (Religious Studies ?) From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Re: Closing of Penn ReligSt Dept: clarification Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 11:28:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 264 (400) Let me hasten to clarify some issues raised by Paul Swarney's welcome, if disconsolate, note (on IOUDAIOS) that is appended below. The dean is not proposing to close the graduate program in religious studies at Penn, although exactly how it would function in a departmentless situation is not yet clear. Thus the issue of graduate education here is not as problematic as the announcements might suggest, on the surface. But just how it will be possible to maintain core courses in religious studies for both undergraduates and graduates without a department is a serious issue, and our considered contention is that in the long run, if there is no stable mechanism to insure such core commitment (whether it is called a "department" or not), the study of religion as a phenomenon (as opposed to the study of religious dimensions of specific subjects) will not survive with integrity. That is the main battle we are currently fighting, and for which intelligent support is greatly appreciated. I hope to post the formal responses of the department and of the graduate group later today, which should help to pinpoint the issues. Unfortunately, it is not a bad joke. Bob Kraft, UPenn [deleted quotation] From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Penn ReligSt Dept Crisis Responses Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 15:06:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 265 (401) Again, with apologies for multiple postings and for a subject that will not interest everyone, here are the formal responses from the department and the graduate group to the Dean's recommendation to close the Religious Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania. If you missed the first two postings -- the news announcement and the detailed explanation from the Dean -- please contact me (kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu) and I will forward them to you. The earlier postings also include suggestions about where to register any reactions -- I will include the pertinent addresses below as well. Bob Kraft, UPenn ===== September 30, 1993 RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES On behalf of my colleagues, I wish to respond to the proposal of the SAS administration to close the Department of Religious Studies. I think it is necessary to begin by carefully distinguishing between the undergraduate study of religion at Penn and the existing interdepartmental Religious Studies Graduate Group [RSGG]. The RSGG is already made up of virtually all faculty in the School who have shown interest in the study of religion as an academic discipline. The contribution of the Department to the graduate program includes coordination and administration, which could be handled in other ways, and the locus for important core courses dealing with religion as a phenomenon, which would be very difficult to replace otherwise. Commonly, half of the course work taken by our graduate students originates in other departments. RSGG members with appointments outside the Department play active roles in the training of every graduate student in the program through courses, final examinations, and throughout the dissertation process. In some cases the extra-departmental members of the RSGG serve as chairs of dissertation committees. We are perplexed, therefore, at the suggestion that the graduate program does not adequately reflect "the strength of interest in religious studies across the School." That the graduate program does not attempt to encompass all possible specializations within the broad field of Religious Studies represents a consistent policy of the RSGG. We admit graduate students to our program only in fields in which we do compete successfully on an international basis, an assessment readily confirmed by both the quality of our applicants and by the success of the program in placing our Ph.D.'s in academic positions. Given this, we are mystified by the assertion that we are not in "a competitive position vis-a-vis other first-rate Departments of Religion or Religious Studies across the world." Ironically, in this world of shrinking academic resources, Religious Studies is an expanding field. Even Cornell University, explicitly forbidden by its charter from religious instruction, is initiating steps to establish a formal program in comparative religion. This is a field which does offer careers for young scholars and teachers, and in which our graduates have competed successfully against candidates from programs with far better support. With regard to the undergraduate program in Religious Studies, it is true that we consistently have a small number of majors, seldom more than ten. We think this is consistent with the atmosphere of undergraduate education at Penn. The Department offers both a coherent undergraduate major - invariably involving interdisciplinary study to the same degree as the graduate program - as well as a number of service courses at the introductory level. Despite our small size, we contribute regularly to interdisciplinary programs such as Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, and Women's Studies. Our faculty has also participated generously in School-wide undergraduate seminar programs (Freshman Seminars, General Honors Seminars, "Writing About" Seminars). While we welcome the support (and resources) of the administration in helping us rethink the undergraduate program and course structures for the purpose of their improvement, we are at a loss to know how the closing of the Department would further the goal to "reconceive religious studies as an interdepartmental teaching program." What disturbs us most of all is that the dissolution of the Department will make impossible the study of religion as a phenomenon. The study of religion is not circumscribed by isolated movements (e.g. Hinduism, Judaism), or specific approaches (e.g. sociology of religion, history of Christianity), or creative expressions (religious art, literature, music). It is a coherent field of its own. We believe the deans of SAS are people of good will who have been basically misinformed and misguided about our department. It is easy to see how they were, since in our case, "no consultation" means no effort at all on their part to see what sort of program we have. The department has not been evaluated for over a decade, in spite of our repeated requests for an internal or an external review. Nor did the deans discuss our five-year plan with us before making this decision. Religious Studies is not a field that receives national rankings; but it would have been possible to make inquiries to other departments at Ivy League Schools and other competitive institutions, or indeed, to consult with us. To our knowledge, no such attempt was made before passing judgment. It is the conviction of the Department of Religious Studies that the closing of the Department will culminate in the abolition of the study of religion as a coherent discipline at the University, a tragic move at a time when events all over the world fully demonstrate the need for critical academic understanding of religion as a distinct, discrete cultural phenomenon. E. Ann Matter, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies ===== September 30, 1993 RESPONSE OF THE GRADUATE GROUP IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES The interdisciplinary Religious Studies Graduate Group [RSGG], composed of a wide array of talented faculty from across the entire School, met on Wednesday, September 29 to discuss the recommendation to close the Department of Religious Studies. The RSGG has authorized me as Graduate Chair to communicate the following four points: 1. The RSGG deplores the decision to close the Department of Religious Studies. 2. The RSGG, as a separate entity from the Department, most of whose members hold primary appointments in other departments, particularly deplores failure to consult with either the Department or the Graduate Group. 3. After extensive discussion, members of the RSGG are unable to see any merit whatsoever in the arbitrary decision to freeze graduate admissions for the coming year. We are concerned that this precipitous move would cause irreversible damage to graduate study of religion at Penn, which takes place across departmental lines. We recommend reconsideration of that decision in consultation with the RSGG. 4. The RSGG reaffirms its commitment to excellence in this area, and stands ready to work together with the SAS administration to enhance the graduate study of religion at Penn. Stephen N. Dunning, Chair of the Religious Studies Graduate Group ===== [deleted quotation]/end/ From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) Subject: Preprint exchange update Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 12:07:47 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 217 (402) We apologize for the recent 12-hour service interruption at the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, which was due to a network router failure. In the future, we will be posting the abstracts of recently submitted papers to PHILOS-L and NSP-L, and placing them on PHILOSOP's filelist. However, in a shameless fit of self-promotion, we're giving this first batch wider circulation. Here, then, are the abstracts of some of the papers recently uploaded to the IPPE. I have also appended a copy of our initial public announcement, for those we have not yet seen it. Richard Reiner, Coordinator International Philosophical Preprint Exchange The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abstracts of recent submissions, as of Sep 27 04:21:33 JST 1993: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Korb : Monash University : korb@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au Infinitely Many Resolutions of Hempel's Paradox preprints/Phil_of_Science What sorts of observations could confirm the universal hypothesis that all ravens are black? Carl Hempel proposed a number of simple and plausible principles which had the odd ("paradoxical") result that not only do observations of black ravens confirm that hypothesis, but so too do observations of yellow suns, green seas and white shoes. Hempel's response to his own paradox was to call it a psychological illusion--i.e., white shoes do indeed confirm that all ravens are black. Karl Popper on the other hand needed no response: he claimed that no observation can confirm any general statement--there is no such thing as confirmation theory. Instead, we should be looking for severe tests of our theories, strong attempts to falsify them. Bayesian philosophers have (in a loose sense) followed the Popperian analysis of Hempel's paradox (while retaining confirmation theory): they have usually judged that observing a white shoe in a shoe store does not qualify as a *severe* test of the hypothesis and so, while providing Bayesian confirmation, does so to only a *minute* degree. This rationalizes our common intuition of non-confirmation. I shall demonstrate that all these responses to the paradox are wrong--granting an ordinary Bayesian measure of confirmation. A proper Bayesian analysis reveals that observations of white shoes may provide the raven hypothesis *any degree of confirmation whatsoever.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Pierson : York University : pierson@nexus.yorku.ca The Epistemic Authority of Expertise preprints/Epistemology All of us defer to the authority of experts, but to what extent is this a rational thing to do? How should our cognitive labour be divided between the layperson and the expert? I argue that expertise is of two dominant sorts: closed-system oriented and lay-person oriented. The first sort of expertise is concerned primarily with controlling and manipulating a discipline's defining set of variables as a closed or relatively closed system. The second sort of expertise is simply in the business of "advising" clients. When expert claims are the result of the first sort, then there is no rational room for lay evaluation of those claims, and so the layperson must defer to the experts. However, when experts either extrapolate from their closed-systems to produce programmes for personal or lay action, or if experts are of the second sort, then the layperson is rationally obliged to think for herself, which amounts to nothing more than determining whether the *benefit* of following the expert's advice is worth the *cost* of doing so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Fuller : University of Pittsburgh : CAN SCIENCE STUDIES BE SPOKEN IN A CIVIL TONGUE? preprints/Phil_of_Science The emerging field of "science studies" has finally reached a field of public visibility. Indeed, it is perceived as a threat to the future of science. Two prominent works of science popularization -- Steven Weinberg's _Dreams of a final theory_ and Lewis Wolpert's _The Unnatural nature of science_ -- devote entire chapters to describing and criticizing science studies. While neither Weinberg nor Wolpert believe that science studies will warp the minds of scientists, they do believe that it can have an unsavory influence on science policymakers who are looking for excuses to trim down expensive science. I examine the arguments that Weinberg and Wolpert make on behalf of science and against science studies, with an eye toward turning their charges into an opportunity for public debate about the future of science. I especially focus on how Weinberg and Wolpert mobilize the history of science for their purposes, and their implicit notions of the "scientific mind" and what constitutes a "rational" attitude toward science. One notable feature of their critiques is that they put positivist philosophy of science and relativist sociology of science -- normally at loggerheads with one another -- in the same boat as opponents to the idea that scientists should set the course of their own inquiries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Austen : York University : F.H. Bradley and feminist ethics preprints/Ethics In this paper I argue for the re-evaluation of ethical idealism on the basis of its consistency with feminist ethics. Bearing on the work of Carol Gilligan and others, I outline how standard moral theory fails to account for the different voice. My paper takes seriously Gilligan's challenge to the comprehensiveness of standard conceptions of morality, but goes further to argue that ethical idealism can accommodate feminist criticism without excluding issues of justice and impartiality. Finally, I argue that a thoroughgoing *feminist* ethic must account for both orientations without relegating the different voice to some form of moral immaturity or underdevelopment. 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To upload a paper or comment: see pub/submissions/README. -- Richard Reiner..............rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca..............416-538-3947 Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. -- Bellamy Brooks From: "S.A.Rae (Simon Rae)" Subject: Call for Contributors (CMC) Date: 27 Sep 1993 10:29:57 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 266 (403) Call for Contributors ... forwarded on from: D.A.O.Barry@open.ac.uk (apologies if you get this more than once!) INSTRUCTIONAL SCIENCE - AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING AND COGNITION Special issue on the use of Computer Mediated Communication to support learning. It is proposed to produce a special issue devoted to applications of CMC in education and training. If sufficient papers of high quality are received it may be a double issue. Contributers who wish to register an interest should contact the guest editors NOW. (With abstracts to follow by 3 December 1993) Email may be sent to:- D.A.O.BARRY@OPEN.AC.UK Post may be sent to Dr Paul Barber at:- The Department of Psychology Birkbeck College, University of London Malet Street LONDON WC1X 7HU United Kingdom Faxes may be sent (marked for the attn. of Dr Barber as above) to:- 071 531 6270 IF SENDING BY MORE THAN ONE MEDIUM PLEASE STATE THIS ON EACH COPY Phone calls are not encouraged but may be made at caller's risk..... Further information about the Special issue. ************************************************************ CMC is no longer a novel, interesting technology seen to have an enormous (but so far unfulfilled) potential for the support of the learning process. While still largely novel in the world of education and training there have been a number of cases in which it has been used. It has begun to move beyond the pilot stage where merely using CMC at all was remarkable enough (and worth reporting) to the implementation stage. There are increasingly many examples of creative and innovative uses of CMC and an increasing need for practioners to share their often hard won insights into what makes CMC succeed or fail (or even what counts as success or failure). The papers we wish to attract will report experiences of CMC in use. They may do this from a wide range of points of view (including aspects NOT mentioned in this notice!) examples of topic areas could include:- *introducing CMC into an institution ("selling CMC?") *aspects of instructional design where CMC is to be used *Orientating tutors to CMC *problems in using CMC *CMC and Distance Study *CMC in support of otherwise conventional courses *CMC in support of tutors *CMC and the non traditional student *CMC and the disabled *Evaluating courses that use CMC *Training in the use of CMC For the purposes of this discussion CMC includes computer conferencing (usually, but not always asynchronous), electronic mail (which would cover Listservers and UNIX news) and bulletin boards. It is assumed to be a text based medium but news of multimedia applications would be welcomed as would accounts of the combination of CMC with other teleconferencing media such as audioconferencing and video conferencing. The implications for CMC users of the INTERNET and the Clinton administration's "information highways" initiative might be another fruitful area. Intending authors should register their interest now and deliver an abstract of the proposed paper to the guest editors Paul Barber and David Barry by 3 September 1993. The abstract should be about 250 words in length and may be submitted by email, fax or post as you wish. (You may like to note that this notice is about 500 words long.) Paul Barber David Barry From: Pierre_J._Hamel@INRS-URB.UQuebec.CA (Pierre-J. Hamel) Subject: Housing Beijing 1994.09.21-24 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 10:07:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 267 (404) 6e conference internationale 6th international research de recherche sur l'habitat conference on housing 21-24 septembre 1994 september 21-24 1994 Beijing Defi global - defis locaux Global challenge - Local challenges du 21e siecle in the 21st century Appel de communication Call for papers d'ici le 30 octobre 1993 deadline: october 30 1993 Ateliers: Worshops: Habitat urbain et politiques publiques Housing and Public Policies Habitat et qualite de vie Housing and Quality of Life Marche du logement The Housing Market Construction de l'habitat urbain Construction of Urban Housing et environnement urbain and the Urban Environment Urbanisation et developpement urbain Urbanization and Urban Development Sociologie de l'habitat Sociology of Housing Pour plus de details: For more details: Ye Qimao Liu Hanju CIRH 94 Institut de recherche Urban Studies Institute sur l'urbanisation B.P. 2822 100044 Beijing, Chine tel.: 86-1-831-1882 fax: 86-1-831-3158 hamelpj@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: Computer generated literature conference - Paris 1994 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 12:14:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 219 (405) LAST CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS FOR THE CGL CONFERENCE Please note that two minor modifications have been added to the original text of the call for papers; these are indicated by --> in the left margin of the text. Alain Vuillemin Michel Lenoble -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CALL FOR PAPERS COMPUTER GENERATED LITERATURE SPECIAL SESSION DURING ALLC-ACH 94 CONFERENCE 19-23 april 1994 Paris - Sorbonne = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = As we are planing to ask the ALLC-ACH 94 organizers to include in their conference programme a special session on "Computer Generated Literature" (CGL), we are gathering submissions on this very topic. These will be forwarded all together to the ALLC-ACH 94 selection comittee with our proposal for a special session. CGL, in its broadest sense, includes, among others, these research fields: - animated typography, animated poetic video - sound and spatial poetry - computer generated poetry, theater and fiction - computer generated scripts, scenarios and tales - interactive literature, poly-auctorial literature --> - hypertextual literature Papers could deal, among others, with the following research topics: - literary text generators: theoretical or practical approaches - methods and programming environments for generator developpment - historical or typological survey of CGL - pedagogical applications - legal implications (copyright), commercial implications (publication, distribution) - relationships between CGL and literary institutions and archiving facilities and libraries of the future and genetic studies and critical studies - particular project or realization in CGL --> - CGL publications on computer readable medium * * * PRACTICAL INFORMATION Refer to ALLC-ACH94's "Preliminary Call for Papers" for further details. Please note the following particulars of the proposed CGL session. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES Papers will be accepted both in French and in English. MAXIMUM ABSTRACTS LENGTH 1500 words for 25 minute presentations 2500 words for 45 minute lectures SUBMISSION FORMAT In order to speed up the submission process, e-mail usage is *strongly* encouraged. Submission should all include the following information: ------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------ TITLE: AUTHOR(S): AFFILIATION: POSTAL ADDRESS: E-MAIL ADDRESS: FAX NUMBER: PHONE NUMBER: ------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------ Please mention the name of the author as the "subject" of the e-submission message. Submission for this particular CGL-session should be sent directly to Michel Lenoble: lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca DEADLINES October 1, 1993 - Proposal for CGL session October 15, 1993 - CGL Session proposal sent to ALLC-ACH December 15, 1993 - Notification of acceptance February 15, 1994 - Advanced registration PUBLICATION OF PAPERS In case of CGL-session acceptance by ALLC-ACH, the organizers of this particular session are planning a selective paper publication, most probably in cooperation with a french research center. Negociations with the publishers are currently under way. | More info: contact Michel Lenoble: lenoblem@ere.umontreal.ca | From: ericj321@aol.com Subject: Folksongs of the Vietnam War Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 15:41:00 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 268 (406) "FOLKSONGS OF THE VIETNAM WAR" On Saturday, October 16th, 7:30 p.m. at New York University's Loeb Student Center Auditorium, join us in a lecture and concert by Vietnam Vets. The click of a rifle in the jungle...a rescue helicopter names "Jolly Green"..getting drunk on Vietnamese beer... The songs of soldiers in Vietnam vividly recreate these experiences. Lecture: "Music of Americans in the Vietnam War" 7:30 pm FREE by Lydia Fish, Director, Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project, Buffalo State College Concert: "Folksongs of the Vietnam War" 8:30 PM, suggested contribution $9, students/seniors $5, The concert will feature Toby Hughes, known as the baladeer of the In Country air war, an F4-C Aircraft commander who flew 204 missions with the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and flew in support of the the Khe Sanh during the Tet offensive on 1968. Chip Dockery, who did two tours of duty with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, he performs a series of songs written from the point of view of the North Vietnamese truck drivers on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Chuck Rosenberg, who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor in Company C, Sixth Special Forces Group at Forg Bragg from 1965 to 1968, sings many of the songs composed by ground soldiers in the war. For more information contact CITY LORE: 212/529-1955 Program sponsored by New York University Tisch School of the Arts Department of Performance Studies School of Arts and Sciences Metropolitan Studies American Studies Department of Anthropology Department of History. - 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: Marc Nelissen Subject: STUDIUM. University history discussion list Date: Sat, 02 Oct 93 11:51:01 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 269 (407) STUDIUM University History discussion list STUDIUM intends to be a forum for scholars involved with university history and the history of higher education. An interdisciplinary approach will be appreciated. No chronological or geographical limits are imposed. The list is moderated : list-owners control the flow of messages and try to shield members from superfluous messages. STUDIUM is maintained at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Subscribers to the list are invited to post communications and questions (the language of communication is English). Possible topics are announcements of colloquia and all kinds of meetings, questions on current research, bibliographical information, short book reviews, job announcements, the sharing of information on access to other electronic information and so on. 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Could you help me. Where can I find out this information. Thank you very much. Jose Luis Espinosa. From: Jean-Michel Boulay Subject: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 14:52:58 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 271 (409) Does anybody know about a multilingual text-analysis software called SATO? I would like to know if it is a good program and if it is readily available. Do you know of any other program that would be as good, or better? Jean-Michel Boulay Music, Un. of Ottawa Ottawa, CANADA boulay@acadvm1.uottawa.ca From: Vicky_A._Walsh@Quadzilla.Apple.COM Subject: Lakota Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 15:18:24 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 272 (410) Does anyone have any information on computerized Lakota (Sioux language)? I am interested in instructional materials as well as spoken language. There is a conference called Native Voices which has sound files for various SW languages and there is interest in Sioux as well if we can find someone to do them. Thanks for your help, Vicky ------- OneNet member Network Prime Hub. Providing access to Information, Tools & Community From: CNOWENS@DEPAUW.BITNET Subject: Self Induced Slavery Date: 27 Sep 1993 16:54:34 -0500 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 273 (411) I'm presently working on an argument against a persons right to give up his rights and willingly become a slave. I have encountered some arguments that claim a person may if he wishes sell himself into slavery, but the ones I've seen have pretty obvious flaws. While I certainly intend on refuting those, I want to make sure I attack the hardpoints of the opposing view. Can any- one direct me to a fairly strong set of arguments supporting a person's right to enter into slavery willingly? Please reply directly, if it is no trouble. CNOWENS.BITNET@DEPAUW From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: tinker toys Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 07:22:44 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 274 (412) For serious scholarly reasons (really), I need to know if the phrase "tinker toy" is immediately familiar to Anglophones, not necessarily maternally tongued, educated outside the United States. The OED 2nd edn. notes "tinkertoy" as "orig. and chiefly U.S., the proprietary name of a type of child's construction set; a toy made of this; also fig.", and for example cites "1972 Newsweek 19 June 23/3 McGovern will go into the campaign against Nixon with those Tinkertoy proposals of his." It would be especially helpful if I could discover usage among scientists, physicists in particular, who are claimed to use the term to describe a deliberately over-simplified model. Thanks. Willard McCarty mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: Romantic literature Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 08:15:21 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 275 (413) On behalf of a colleague I am looking for a discussion group devoted to Romantic English literature or, more generally, early 19th-century English lit., esp. prose fiction. I have checked the recently published (and exellent) list of academic discussion groups by Kovacs et al. Thanks. Willard McCarty From: turi@ludens.elte.hu Subject: Q: Peter Shaffer Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 13:33:27 +0200 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 276 (414) Dear Subscribers, A friend of mine, a graduate student of English, is writing a thesis on Peter Shaffer's most recent play, _The_Gift_of_the_Gorgon_. Since the play was first published only two years ago no literature is available on it in our university library. Could any of you recommend some review or other publication on this play? My friend would also appreciate a general "reading list" on Peter Shaffer. Please, reply directly to me. Thank you in advance. Laszlo Turi Dept. of English Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary E-mail: "turi@ludens.elte.hu" From: Heyward Ehrlich Subject: Oct 20 NEACH: New Directions Panel Date: Mon, 27 Sep 93 8:28:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 222 (415) An Invitation from NEACH: Northeast Association for Computers and the Humanities [Please distribute this announcement but forgive any cross-listings] Where is humanities computing heading? NEACH invites you to a special panel on NEW DIRECTIONS IN HUMANITIES COMPUTING on Wednesday, October 20, 1993 at 1:30 p.m. room 25B, the IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street, in New York City. The event, the first of 1993-1994, marks the start of NEACH's tenth anniversary season. The pace of change is increasing in such areas as text analysis, networking, the human-computer interface, artistic creativity, new operating capabilities, and multimedia. The members of the panel will select for discussion significant changes and unexpected challenges as well as opportunities that will face us in the mid-1990s. The panel members for New Directions in Humanities Computing will present overviews, explore special topics, and share discussions in their areas of expertise: Susan Hockey, Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities Joseph Raben, SCHOLAR listserv, CUNY Kurt DeBelder, Bobst Library, New York University Louie Crew, Academic Foundations, Rutgers University Put the NEACH meeting schedule for 1993-1994 on your calendar: Wed. Oct. 20 New Directions in Humanities Computing Panel: Hockey, Raben, DeBelder, Crew Tues. Nov. 9 The Alliance for Writing with Computers Trent Batson (Gallaudet & George Mason) Wed. Dec. 8 To be announced All NEACH meetings are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required, but seating space may be limited. NEACH usually meets on the second Tuesday or the second Wednesday of the month from October to May. NEACH is an affiliate of the ACH, the Association for Computers and the Humanities. Joint ACH/NEACH membership is available. All visitors to the IBM Building must obtain a pass at the entry desk on the ground floor: ask for "NEACH" or the "Humanities." For membership information, please contact Nan Hahn, NEACH sec'y-treas., 322 Second St., Dunellen, NJ 08812. Heyward Ehrlich, NEACH President (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) From: johnstonj@attmail.com (James Johnston ) Subject: Re: 7.0201 Qs: Teaching in the University; Literary Agent (2/40) Date: 27 Sep 93 02:53:32 GMT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 277 (416) In response to Willard McCarty's inquiry about who has used computers not as surrogate teachers, but rather as a means to enhance discovery -- I sent Humanist a copy of three articles written by a Long Island High School teacher who has used WordCruncher and the electronic OED as a means to assisting twelfth grades to develop critical thinking skills. While certainly not a panacea, the approach has met with success and excitement. JWJ From: allegre@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Allegre Christian) Subject: list BALZAC-L Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 09:54:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 278 (417) I would like to mention to the HUMANISTS a typing mistake in the 7th Revision Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences. The list BALZAC-L (French Studies; French Literature) address is wrong and should read as: Balzac-l@cc.Umontreal.ca To subscribe, the address is : Balzac-l-request@cc.Umontreal.ca (The "U" is missing in the directory's listing) Ch. Allegre Co-owner Balzac-L allegre@ere.umontreal.ca Universite de Montreal Departement d'etudes francaises From: "Jim Marchand" Subject: Kudology and computers Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 20:26:52 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 279 (418) I have been somewhat disturbed at the trend to follow what we Germans used to call Lohnmoral in computer aided research. The MLA wants to set guidelines for who gets rewarded, for example. An example: suppose that I decide to do a concordance of the works of Thomas Mann. I obtain an e-text from somewhere, ask my university's research board to pay for a programmer to write a concordance routine for me, ask the same university to provide me with a computer, printer, etc. and an assistant to run it for me. My German is not so good, so I ask friends to help, perhaps even get another research assistant to help there and run to the library for those inevitable problems which arise. I also ask the university to help with the subvention the publisher requires. {If you think this is an unlikely scenario, you are naive} Who gets the kudo? Suppose there is another person who types (or scans) in the text himself, writes his own concordance routine, uses his own equipment and has no assistant. Does he get more kudo? These may seem to be frivolous questions, and I always treated them so, but force nous est. When I. J. Good invented the term "kudology", he had no inkling of how the problem might grow. Jim Marchand. From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: Politics of Electronic Text bibliographized Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 07:59:18 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 280 (419) My apologies for the table of contents & strong recommendation of The Politics of Electronic Text without the bibliographic information. The missing follows: The Politics of Electronic Text. Ed. Warren Chernaik, Caroline Davis, and Marilyn Deegan. Office for Humanities Publications, No. 3. Oxford: Office for Humanities Communication, Oxford Univ. Computing Services, with the Centre for English Studies, Univ. of London, 1993. ISBN 1 897791 04 6. It is, as I said, available from OUCS, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX26NN, for 5 pounds, but I do not know about shipping charges. A note to CITTEXT@VAX.OX.AC.UK might do the trick. I wonder (mischievously in public) if an electronic publication might not be possible. The book is, however, handsomely produced, and so very reasonable for the price. Willard McCarty From: rrs@uclink.berkeley.edu (Rebecca R Simon) Subject: RE: REPRESENTATIONS 42 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 11:01:40 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 281 (420) To: HDOW@delphi.com Message-id: <9309271801.AA14571@uclink.berkeley.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thank you for your interest in the "Future Libraries" special issue of Representations. Unfortunately, the journal is currently available only in hardcopy. You may order a copy from the University of California Press Journals for $7.50 (US$; add $1.50 for foreign surface mail). Orders must be prepaid and may be placed by: - FAX (510) 642-9917 credit card information to UC Press Journals - email payment and credit card information to rrs@uclink.berkeley.edu (this is dangerous, however, due to lack of privacy on the net) - phone Betty Dover at (510) 642-4191 We look forward to hearing from you. I would also appreciate your posting the order information on the Humanist list, if it has not already appeared. Thanks again. Rebecca Simon, University of California Press Journals -*- Harmon Dow HDow@Delphi HDow@MCImail.com "The trouble with the world is not what people don't know; it's what they know that ain't so." - Will Rogers From: Grant Stirling Subject: Freud in translation Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 09:19:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 225 (421) Anyone familiar with Luce Irigaray's reading of Freud's "Femininity" paper in her *Speculum of the Other Woman* is probably also aware of the problematic issues of the inter- lingual translation of Freud raised by Irigaray. In her "The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry" Irigaray acknowledges that she is using a French translation of Freud's "Femininity" paper which she identifies as: "La f=82mininit=82" Nouvelles conf=82rences sur la psychoanalyse. Gallimard, Ide=82s. But at the same time, Irigaray states that this French translation of Freud's German text is fragmentary and in places, incomplete. In her *The Enigma of Woman*, Sarah Kofman criticises Irigaray's use of this "quite dreadful" French translation and turns instead, to the German language %Gesammelte Werke% 18 vols. (Frankfurt and London, 1952-1968) edition of Freud's work.=20 Kofman states by turning to the German text, she is "manifesting the minimum intellectual honesty that consists in criticising an author in terms of what he has said [in the original German] rather than what someone has managed to have him say [in the corrupt French translation]." So clearly, what is at stake here is an issue of "textual adequacy": the adequacy of a French translation in terms of a German "original." To wrap up this long-winded question, I would ask if anyone can direct me to any materials that examine the "adequacy" of the French Freud %vis-=85-vis% the German Freud. Further, I would also ask if anyone can direct me to any materials that discuss the editorial procedures by which the standard edition of the German Freud was created. Please reply off-list and, if responses warrant, I will summarize and post all citations to the list. Thanks in advance. Grant Stirling York University Toronto, Ontario E-mail: stirling@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca From: LEINWAND@vax.museum.upenn.edu Subject: ARIT Fellowships Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 00:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 226 (422) AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN TURKEY ANNOUNCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED FOR 1994-1995 - American Research Institute in Turkey Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 1994-1995 ARIT Fellowships offered in 1994-1995 cover all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Fellowships are given for up to 12 months, but shorter term awards are favored. Applications must be submitted to ARIT before November 15, 1993. The committee will notify applicants by late January, 1994. - - American Research Institute in Turkey / National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 1994-1995. ARIT/NEH Fellowships offered for 1994-1995 cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history. The fellowships are held for a full or half year term. Stipends range from $15,000 to $30,000. Applications must be submitted to ARIT before November 15, 1993. The committee will notify applicants by late January, 1994. For further information and application forms contact: American Research Institute in Turkey University Museum 33rd and Spruce Streets Philadelphia PA 19104-6324 telephone (215) 898-3474 fax (215) 898-0657 e-mail leinwand@vax.museum.upenn.edu + + + + + + PLEASE POST + + + + + + From: yngve.skramm@ilf.uio.no (Yngve Skramm) Subject: Hypertext & History (research) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 15:35:33 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 227 (423) I'm a graduate student at the University of Oslo. I'm also assistant teacher in an introductory class in "Hypermedia in the Humanities" here at the university. I'm looking for information about current research projects dealing with hypertext/ -media for use in history research/teaching. The reasons for this is that I'm writing my thesis on the subject and would like to know more what's going on in this field. More important is that I would like to get ideas where to study a semester or more abroad to get new impulses and get in touch with others dealing with the same subject (I'm the only one here). Hope to hear from you, Yngve |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| | Yngve Skramm | | | Priv.: | | Institutt for lingvistiske fag | Sigurdsgate 36 | | Postboks 1102 Blindern | 2000 LILLESTROM | | 0317 OSLO | NORWAY | | NORWAY | Tlf. +47 63803147 | | e-mail: Yngve.Skramm@ilf.uio.no | | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| From: tshannon@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: Berkeley Dutch Linguistics Conference Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 18:15:40 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 228 (424) Please pass the following conference information along to any and all potentially interested colleagues. Thomas F. Shannon, UC Berkeley Europe After 1993: Dutch Linguistics in an International Context October 15-16, 1993 Program Friday Morning Session Moderator: Thomas F. Shannon, U.C. Berkeley 9:30 Coffee 10:00 Welcome. Johan P. Snapper, Director of Dutch Studies, U.C. Berkeley John L. Heilbron, The Vice Chancellor, U.C. Berkeley Representatives of the Netherlands and Belgian governments 10:30 Roeland van Hout (University of Brabant, Tilburg) "The Future of Standard Dutch" 11:15 Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl (California State University, Chico) "Language Policy in the Netherlands after 1993: A Macro-sociolinguistic Perspective" 12:00 Lunch Friday Afternoon Session Moderator: Marco Haverkort, U.C. Berkeley 1:30 Guus Extra (University of Brabant, Tilburg) "Ethnic Minorities, Language Diversity and Education in the Netherlands" 2:15 Anthony Buccini (University of Chicago) "The Dialectal Origins of New Netherland Dutch" 3:00 Intermission 3:15 Ludo Beheydt (Catholic University, Louvain) "Dutch Linguistics at the Crossroads of Development in Linguistics" 4:00 Wine and Cheese Friday Evening Program 8:00 The Mariska Huynen Memorial Lecture, Sponsored by the Netherlands America University League The Alumni House, U.C. Berkeley Werner Abraham Professor of Germanic Linguistics, University of Groningen Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley "German 'Cold and Male' vs. Dutch 'Warm and Female.' Culturemes and Some of Their Linguistic Counterparts in German, Dutch, and English." Reception following the lecture Saturday Morning Session Moderator: Orrin W. Robinson III, Stanford University 9:30 Ad Foolen (Catholic University of Nijmegen) "Dutch Modal Particles: Frameworks For their Functioinal Analysis" 10:15 Theo Janssen (Free University of Amsterdam) "Heterosemy or Polyfunctionality of Dutch maar 'but, only, just?" 11:00 Coffee 11:15 Thomas Shannon (University of California at Berkeley) "Exptraposition of NP Complements in Dutch and German: An Empirical Comparison" 12:00 Lunch Saturday Afternoon Session Moderator: Robert S. Kirsner, UCLA 1:30 Marco Haverkort (University of California at Berkeley) "Romance and Germanic Clitics: A Comparison of their Syntactic Behavior" 2:15 Wim de Geest (Catholic University, Brussels) "A Critical Confrontation Between West Flemish and East Flemish Cliticization Phenomena" 3:00 Intermission 3:15 Henny Broekman (University of the Orange Free State) "A Comparison Between Germanic and Afrikaans Verbal Cluster" 4:00 Wine and Cheese From: Elaine Brennan Subject: Query to Humanist members Date: Tue, 05 Oct 93 16:24:20 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 229 (425) A list member is writing a paper on "reassessing prospects for electronic scholarly communication" and would like to use the Humanist subscription list as a source for a random selection of names for personally addressed surveys. How do list members feel about this? Is there anyone who would prefer that her or his address be excluded from the subscription list if I were to make it available to this list member? Elaine From: sjd@ebt.com Subject: New edition of "SGML tutorial" Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 17:18:11 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 230 (426) For users of Eric van Herwijnen's online "SGML Tutorial:" Electronic Book Technologies, publisher of the SGML Tutorial, has released a second edition. It addresses certain font problems experienced with XVGA monitors, includes additional stylesheets for alternate views, and uses version 2.1 of the DynaText(tm) Browser software. Along with many other enhancements, 2.1 permits the reader to globally scale text in a document up or down to suit personal preference. Owners of the first edition can upgrade to the second at no charge beyond $7.50 to cover postage/handling costs. To upgrade, send your original distribution diskette, the address to which we should send the upgrade, and p/h charges, to: Electronic Book Technologies, Inc. 1 Richmond Square Providence, RI 02906 USA Or call 401-421-9550 for further information. Steven J. DeRose System Architect EBT, Inc. sjd@ebt.com From: Joseph Raben Subject: Re: 7.0225 Freud in Translation (1/47) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 17:14:43 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 282 (427) One person who should know about the validity of Freud translation is Randy Jones at Brigham Young University; he programmed the software for the Freud concordance. By coincidence, as I was flying into Salt Lake City to meet him about ten years ago, I was reading a New Yorker article by Bettelheim that criticized the Ernest Jones translation for introduc- ing concepts that did not match their counterparts when expressed in German. I understand that Bettelheim expanded on this problem elsewhere. From: ksalzber@hamline.edu (Kenneth Salzberg) Subject: Re: 7.0225 Freud in Translation (1/47) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 13:04:18 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 283 (428) Grant, Could you clue me in on which program/scheme/whatever uses % as the beginning and end of (underlining or italics) and =85 as a-grave (If I've got that right). Thanks. --Ken Salzberg ksalzber@hamline.edu From: Minott Kerr Subject: Re: MA in Humanities Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 13:57:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 284 (429) Reed College in Portland, Oregon (USA) has a small program leading to a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. For information contact: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program c/o Ms Toinette Menashe Director of Special Programs Reed College Portland, OR 97202-8199 (USA) From: Stuart Lee Subject: RE: 7.0224 Rs: Politics of E-Text; Future Libraries (2/64) Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1993 12:08:19 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 285 (430) Postage for Politics of the Electronic Text is 1 pound within the UK, 2 pounds within Europe, and 3 pounds elsewhere (just to save me answering hundreds of queries on CTITEXT!). Dr 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: Michael Strangelove <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: The Internet: Your Guide to the Information Super Highway Date: Tue, 05 Oct 93 18:12:42 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 232 (431) The Internet -- Special Issue -- Online Access (BBS Edition, October 1993) Your Guide to the Information Super Highway Michael Strangelove -- Guest Editor Available on Newsstands Everywhere (almost) For Further Information: Tracy Weisman, Editor-in-Chief Online Access 920 North Franklin, Suite 203 Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: 312-573-0520 70324.343@CompuServe.Com Table of Contents Internet Soup: An alphabetical Guide to the Net Aneurin Bosley (054408@acadvm1.uottawa.ca) Editor-in-Chief, Internet Insanity NREN Explained: The National Research and Education Network Program Ross Stapleton BIX: New Windows to the Internet Larry Krumenaker Internet Tips and Tools: Free Internet Guides, Manuals and Information Files Natalie Strangelove (mstrange@ccs.carleton.ca) Editor-in-Chief , ElectroPolis The Essential Internet: The Birth of Virtual Culture and Global Community Michael Strangelove (Mstrange@Fonorola.Net) Publisher, Strangelove Internet Enterprises, Inc. Internet Hunt Kevin M. Savetz BBS Spotlight: Internet Access Providers The Online Access BBS Phone Book Connecting to the Internet: A Buyers Guide Susan Estrada For more information on the quickly expanding line of Strangelove Press Internet publications, including the Internet Business Journal, contact Michael Strangelove at mstrange@fonorola.net or call collect: 613-747-6106. Michael Strangelove, Publisher The Internet Business Journal 441495@Acadvm1.Uottawa.CA (for academic correspondence) MSTRANGE@Fonorola.Net (for commercial correspondence) STRANGELOVE PRESS - Purveyors of Fine Internet Publications S-Mail: 60 Springfield Road, Suite One Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1M-1C7 Voice: (613) 747-6106 FAX: (613) 564-6641 From: Gregg=Boalch%IS=Staff%CURTIN@ba1.curtin.edu.au Subject: Research Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 11:59:44 WST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 233 (432) I am doing research into the use of expert systems as a tool for hypothesis validation and generation in historical research, in particular in chronology determination. I would like to spend a term or two during either 1994 or 1995 at a University where this research is either of interest or already underway - preferably under a fellowship (young family and all that). Can anyone on the list please suggest any campuses (campii?) or contacts with whom I can discuss this matter directly. Apologies for any duplication - this is being posted to a number of lists (ANE-L, AHC-L, HALBION-L, ANCIEN-L, KLIEO-L). Thanking you all for your time... ************************************************************************ * Gregg Boalch E-Mail: Boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au * * School of Information Systems Phern: (619) 351 7246 * * 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: Michael Strangelove <441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA> Subject: The Internet Business Journal Vol. 1.2 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 93 18:11:14 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 234 (433) The Internet Business Journal Commercial Opportunities in the Networking Age Volume 1, Number 2 - August, 1993 Michael Strangelove (Mstrange@Fonorola.Net) Publisher Electronic version featuring the full text of Robert Larribeau Jr.'s article, "The Future For The Commercial Internet Service Providers". NOTE: This freely available electronic edition contains a table of contents and abstracts only. Also note that it has been designed to be compatible with electronic reader devices for the print challenged, therefore, no extraneous characters, lines or tags have been used. Copyright (C) 1993 by Strangelove Press. All rights reserved. This document may be archived for public use in electronic or other media, so long as it is maintained in its entirety and no fee is charged to the user; any exception requires written consent from Strangelove Press. Contents: RFC/FYI - Editorial Michael Strangelove The Internet Hunt Rick Gates The Future For The Commercial Internet Service Providers Robert Larribeau Jr. Internet Company Profile Archie - A Canadian Internet Success Story Kevin M. Savetz The Internet and E-Mail Internet Continues to Exert Influence on E-Mail Jim Carroll The Gender of Cyberspace Leslie Regan Shade and Gladys We Internet Use At Carnegie Michael Bauer Regular Features: Internet in the UK - SuperJANET Explained Susan Hallam Government Online Carl Briggs Resources for networked Business, Commerce and Industry Internet Access News ABSTRACTS The Internet Hunt Rick Gates The Internet Hunt is a monthly "game" intended to sharpen the skills of Internet users. Every month its creator, Rick Gates, sends a set of questions out to the Internet community. Participants have a limited amount of time to discover the correct answers and e-mail these back to Rick for scoring. The August Hunt focused on business related questions. Internet Providers: The Future for the Commercial Internet Service Providers Robert Larribeau Jr. The growth of the Internet is well documented. In 1992 the number of hosts grew from 750,000 to 1.4 million. The current growth rate for the number of networks connected to the Internet is about 7% per month and about 14% per month for hosts. The backbone traffic at the end of March 1993 was about 5.3 terabytes and increasing about 10% per month. The commercial use of the Internet is an important component of this prodigious growth. The Internet is a hierarchical network with the NSFNET is at the top. The NSFNET is the backbone that connects separately administered and operated mid-level networks and NSF funded super computer centers. The approximately 35 mid-level networks provide Internet connection services for local academic or commercial networks. When the Internet was formed by the NSF in 1987, its objective was to provide data services for the research and education communities. The NSF instituted an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) that limited the use of the NSFNET backbone to research and education purposes. Specifically it says that use "for-profit" and that "extensive use for private or personal business" are unacceptable uses of the Internet. However, the AUP explicitly permits the use of the Internet by for-profit organizations where this use is "covered by the General Principles or as a specifically acceptable use." .This opens the door wide enough to allow the engineering departments of many companies to use the Internet, especially those in computer and communications companies. The AUP does not apply to the mid-level networks, which permits the formation of for-profit, commercial mid-level networks. As the Internet grew, commercial companies started using it more and more. Today more than half the hosts connected to the Internet are said to be in commercial organizations. At first commercial companies accessed the Internet through the existing nonprofit mid-level networks whose primary objective is to serve the research and education community. These mid-level networks were generally organized as nonprofit associations of the academic institutions that they served. Their commercial users are generally offered a lower level of membership than the academic members. These networks typically enforce the NSF AUP on their own network. However the nonprofit mid-level networks still provide Internet access for many commercial companies today. These nonprofit mid-level networks are providing "Commercial use" of the Internet. This is different from the "commercialization" of the Internet. In January 1990 the commercialization of the Internet started when both Performance Systems International (PSI) and UUNET started offering Internet commercial Internet services. PSI and UUNET are for-profit organizations that offer TCP/IP network services and access to the Internet. They do not require conformance to the NSF Acceptable Use Policy on their own networks. PSI was formed in 1989 as a spin-off from the NYSER- Net, a nonprofit academic network based in Syracuse, NY. NYSERNet continues to use PSI as its network service sup- plier. PSI's network has grown to the point that it now has 51 points of presence in over 40 cities in the U.S. and includes 31 dialup terminal servers. PSI can be contacted at info@psi.com or 1-800-82PSI82. UUNET began offering UUCP based information services in 1987. It created its AlterNet network in 1990 to provide Internet services. AlterNet currently has twelve backbone nodes located in the U.S. and provides several connections to international Internet networks. UUNET can be contacted a info@uunet.uu.net or 1-800-4UUNET3. A third network, CERFnet, which provides AUP-free services in California was formed in 1988. It is managed by General Atomics of San Diego, a high- technology research and development company. CERFnet has seven nodes located in both Northern and Southern California. CERFnet can be contacted at help@CERF.net or 1-800-876-CERF. The first challenge for PSI, UUNET, and CERFnet was to provide an NSF AUP-free path for their customers to communicate with each other. At the time they were formed, PSI, UUNET, and CERFnet were interconnected by the NSFNET backbone. This meant, for example, that a PSI customer communicating with a UUNET customer had to conform to the NSF AUP. These three networks were isolated islands of commercialization that had to be bridged. In March 1991 the islands were linked by the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX). The CIX was formed to provide a direct AUP-free interconnection among the three original members: PSI, UUNET, and CERFnet. The membership of CIX has expanded from three members to 12 members today. The CIX members connect directly or indirectly using T1 facilities to a router, called CIX-West located in Santa Clara, CA that is managed on a 24 hours per day, seven days per week basis. CIX-West provides an AUP-free path between the CIX members. CIX can be reached at info@cix.org. One interesting aspect of the CIX is that there are no settlement fees. Members pay an annual membership fee of $10,000 and a one-time start-up fee of $5,000. Each member arranges for its own connection to CIX-West. CIX members do not charge each other for the traffic that they exchange at CIX-West. This is quite unlike the public telephone networks. Soon after the commercial Internet providers started business a significant event in the development of the Internet occurred. Advanced Network & Service, Inc. (ANS), a not-for-profit company, was formed by IBM, MCI, and Merit, Inc. in September 1990 to implement and operate an upgraded T3 backbone for the NSFNET. ANS quickly became a major factor in development of the Internet and began to take a strong role in the commercialization of the Internet. ANS formed a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary in May 1991 called ANS CO+RE Systems, Inc. to serve com- mercial customers and link them to the research and education community. ANS CO+RE provides AUP-free access to the NSFNET T3 backbone for a premium over the price charged to a research and education organization. Net returns from ANS CO+RE are returned to ANS for reinvestment in the network infrastructure. CIX and ANS CO+RE provide alternative and competing means of providing AUP- free access to the Internet. This competition has created issues that have been difficult to resolve. ANS has recently connected its network to the CIX without becoming a CIX member. This has created routing issues that prevent complete, bi-directional AUP- free communication between customers connected to the CIX and customers connected to ANS CO+RE. As a result both BARRnet in California and NEARnet in Massachusetts have subscribed to ANS CO+RE and have become CIX members. Not every Internet provider that serves commercial companies can afford to do this. ANS and the CIX will have to resolve these issues in order for the commercialization of the Internet to reach its full potential. ANS and ANS CO+RE can be contacted at info@ans.net or 1-800-456-8267. The commercial Internet providers offer a range of services. Typically they offer full TCP/IP leased-line access at speeds of 56 kbps to full T1 rates. They also offer dialup SLIP or PPP access at speeds up to 14.4 kbps using modems or up to 56 kbps using switched digital services. Asynchronous modem dialup access is offered for PCs using standard terminal emulation software. These services are quite similar those offered by the nonprofit mid-level networks. The nonprofit mid-level networks typically have low overhead and can set prices very competitively. This can make it difficult for the commercial providers to compete in regions where there are strong regional nonprofit mid-level networks. The larger commercial Internet providers have several advantages over the academic regionals. They have nationwide networks that offer lower cost toll- free dialing in the important locations around the country. Some of them offer unique connection options. For example, ANS CO+RE offers T3 access for the truly high speed application. PSI offers a frame relay access service at 56 kbps. The commercial Internet providers offer added value services beyond Internet connectivity. PSI offers Clarinet (clarinet@psi.com), an electronic publishing network service that provides professional news and information, including live UPI wire service news. UUNET offers global networking and archive services for international electronic mail and electronic news with publicly available UNIX software and information. Network security on the Internet is a major concern for commercial organizations. Both PSI and ANS have come up with solutions that provide security for private network applications of the Internet. PSI uses its frame relay service to define fixed private connections across its own network. The frame relay architecture prevents access from the public Internet. ANS offers the InterLock service that is a family of application level security services that establishes a barrier between a private IP network and the public Internet. Unauthorized users cannot gain access from the Internet to proprietary data residing on the private network. These services also prevent unauthorized communication from the private network to the Internet. In addition, InterLock services can be used to provide enhanced access control between segments of any given enterprise private network. By its very nature, network connectivity tends to be a commodity. The non-profit mid-level networks have, on the whole, been able to build and operate networks successfully. The challenge for the commercial providers will be to develop services that differentiate themselves in terms of quality of service, coverage, support, ease of use, and added value services. As they grow and start to compete with the established added value network providers such as CompuServe and Prodigy, the commercial Internet providers will have an even more difficult challenge to face. The revenue for commercial Internet providers in 1992 appears to have been about $15 million. PSI accounted for approximately half this figure. This is an educated guess because many of the commercial providers are privately held and do not disclose their revenues. This is a significant accomplishment for the third year of operation for these businesses. The rate growth of the commercial Internet providers will in all likelihood continue or even increase its current high rate. The tremendous growth of the Internet itself will generate significant growth for the commercial Internet providers. The revenue for the commercial Internet providers could reach $50 million or more by 1995. This growth will create management challenges that will include organization growth, rapid product development, and network expansion. Maintaining the quality of their service and support will become increasingly difficult as these networks grow in size and their customer base expands. The competitive environment will become more diffi- cult. Some nonprofit mid-level networks, such as JvNCnet in Princeton, NJ (market@jvnc.net or 1-800-35-TIGER), are converting into for-profit commercial operations. The formation of SprintLink by Sprint (1-703-904-2000) and the participation in ANS by MCI are examples of how the telephone carriers are starting to enter the market. Pacific Bell and other RBOCs seem to be looking at the developments in the Internet and its conversion to the NREN with great interest. Everybody is wondering when and how AT&T will enter the market. The current commercial Internet providers will need to develop strong marketing strategies and programs to support their growth. They need to differentiate themselves from their current and future competitors. Even more importantly they must define a strong market position for themselves and for the Internet to continue their growth in the long term. There are still too many people who really do not know what the Internet is or how they can connect to it, even among sophisticated users. Accomplishing all this will not be easy. The current revenue levels probably do not generate enough profits to finance the growth, the product development, and the mar- keting programs required for long term success. The chal- lenge for the current commercial providers will be to finance and manage their growth so that they end up among the winners of this game. Robert Larribeau Jr. has been working with ISDN technology and applications for the last seven years. Internet Company Profile: Archie - A Canadian Internet Success Story Kevin M. Savetz In this article Kevin Savetz traces the growth of Archie from it's genesis at McGill University in 1986 to the Creation of Bunyip Information Systems Inc. in 1992. An excellent example of a software company that has found its main source of revenue in the Internet. Kevin Savetz is a freelance writer living in Arcata, California with his fiancee (Peace), his cat (Kinsey) and his Mac Ilsi (Tofu). The Internet and E-Mail: Internet Continues to Exert Influence on E-Mail Jim Carroll "Anyone involved with electronic mail today has to consider how they are going to deal with the Internet. It is a complex and difficult issue; denying its existence will not make it go away ... Estimates of the number of individuals accessible via e-mail through a simple form of domain addressing through Internet connected networks is now said to be surpassing 40 million." The Gender of CyberSpace Leslie Regan Shade and Gladys We This article provides an overview of issues that relate to women's use of the Internet and discusses ways to make the Net more accessible and welcome to women, particularily in the business arena. This subject should be of great interest to any business concerned with creating a comfortable working environment on the Internet for all of its employees. Gladys We is a Master's student in the Department of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Leslie Shade is a Doctorate student in the Graduate program in Communications at McGill University. Internet Use At Carnegie Michael Bauer The author explores Carnegie Group Incorporated's current use of the Internet and takes stock of the benefits of CGI's Internet connectivity. He also points out that CGI, in recognition of the excellent commercial potential of the Internet, has undertaken a program to review its Internet usage and develop a plan to better use its Internet connection. Michael Bauer is the principal consultant at Internet Business Information Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Internet in the UK SuperJANET Explained Susan Hallam The Internet in the UK column continues to monitor Internet developments and issues in Great Britain. In this month's column Susan Hallam informs us that the academic community in the UK is implementing a four-year, $30 million project to provide a state-of-the-art high- speed computing network. "Complementing the existing Joint Academic Network (JANET), SuperJANET will use high-performance optical fibre technology to transmit voices, data and images. It will transmit up to a billion bits of information per second, about 1,000 times faster than the existing JANET service. The breadth and potential importance of application exploiting this new resource present a tremendous opportunity, and great emphasis is being placed on collaborative ventures between academia and industry. Discussions are already under way on ideas for links with the USA and across Europe." This article's further exploration of the uses to which SuperJANET will be put provides food for thought for commercial enterprises. Susan Hallam is a Senior Lecturer in Information Technology at The Nottingham Trent University. Other Items Covered In This Issue: Internet Business Snapshot A look at a motion picture soundtrack composer's use of the Internet Access - Ability: Assistive Technologies and the Net Online IBJ Supplement The Internet Business Journal is pleased to announce the electronic publication of a regular feature, Access - Ability: Assistive Technologies and the Net, by Dr. Norman Coombs. Dr. Coombs has written a series of articles that focus on the different types of disabilities and discusses some of the adaptive computing solutions for each. To receive the first in this series of articles, e-mail mstrange@fonorola.net. 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Gold" Subject: UNIV BUFFALO LIST OF UNREQUIRED READING - as requested Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1993 16:50:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 235 (434) ***************************************************** UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE, LIST OF UNREQUIRED READING ****************************************************** The Undergraduate College of the State University of New York at Buffalo created the List of Unrequired Reading by asking professors, librarians, advisers, and administrators from the University at Buffalo an unusual question. Instead of asking "What are The Great Books that all students should read?" we asked for a more personal recommendation: "What have you enjoyed reading? What books have been important to you, as a scholar and as a person?" Their answers may surprise you. Plato, Dante, and Emerson did not make the final list--but a cookbook, a science fiction novel, an account of a famous scientific expedition, and a history of Coney Island did. Some of the books on the list were published a year or two ago, while a few have been around for over a century. Out of nearly two hundred nominations, the Selection Committee chose 48 books for this list--enough to keep students reading for pleasure, at a rate of one book per month, for four years of their college careers. We hope you'll enjoy reading these books as much as we enjoyed reading them and building this list. ******************************************************* Please send your comments or requests for a poster to the Undergraduate College, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1607, or PROPETER@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU. ******************************************************** The List of Unrequired Reading is brought to you by the Undergraduate College, the Office of Student Life, the Oscar A. Silverman Undergraduate Library (UGL), Lockwood Memorial Library (LML), the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and the Vice President for Student Affairs. This is a 1993 "September Welcome" gift to new and returning undergraduates. ******************************************************** "One good book a month for four years [of college]" is the theme ********************************************************* --Each title on the list also includes the name and affiliation of the recommender and the Library of Congress call number. --Also included are comments about many of the books from the recommenders. --A list of the Selection Committee is provided. **********LIST OF UNREQUIRED READING*********** *******Fiction******* Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Claude Welch, Political Science UGL & LML: PR 6051 C5 T4 Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Barbara Bono, English UGL & LML: PR 6051 T9 H3 Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Jeanette Ludwig, Modern Languages UGL & LML: PS 3503 R167 F2 Dunn, Katherine. Geek Love. Stephen Bradley, Music UGL & LML: PS 3554 U47 G4 Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. James Bono, History UGL & LML: PS 3555 L625 I5 Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Jeannette Ludwig, Modern Languages UGL & LML: PR 6056 O85 F7 Heller, Joseph. Catch 22. Charles Fourtner, Biology, and Mark Kristal, Psychology UGL & LML: PS 3558 E476 C3 Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Gerald Rising, Learning and Instruction UGL & LML: PS 3562 E4 T6 Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Judith Adams, Lockwood Library, and William Fischer, English UGL & LML: PS 3563 O8749 S6 Paton, Alan. Cry the Beloved Country. Barbara Bono, English UGL & LML: PR 6031 A757 C7 Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth. Jeannette Ludwig, Modern Languages UGL & LML: PT 9150 R55 I213 Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. James Bono, History LML: PS 3569 I44 C4 Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Gerald Rising, Learning and Instruction UGL & LML: PS 1305 A1 Vonnegut, Kurt. Cat's Cradle. Stephen Bradley, Music UGL & LML: PS 3572 O5 C3 *******History******* Boorstin, Daniel. The Discoverers. Charles Ebert, Geography UGL & LML: CB 69 B66 Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones). Blues People. William Fischer, English UGL: ML 3556 J73 Brown, Dee Alexander. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Charles Fourtner, Biology UGL & LML: E 81 B75 Carter, Howard. The Tomb of Tutankhamen. Fred See, English UGL & LML: DT 87.5 C4 Kasson, John F. Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. Judith Adams, Lockwood Library UGL: F 129 C75 K37 Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Orville Murphy, History UGL & LML: DA 360 M3 Mumford, Lewis. The City in History. Alfred D. Price, Planning and Design UGL & LML: HT 111 M8 Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August. Charles Ebert, Geography UGL & LML: D 530 T8 *******Psychology and Social Relations******** Axelrod, Robert. The Evolution of Cooperation. Newton Garver, Philosophy UGL & LML: HM 131 A89 1984 Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. Ruth Meyerowitz, Women's Studies UGL & LML: HQ 1420 F7 Goffman, Erving. Stigma. Ann McElroy, Anthropology UGL & LML: BF 727 H3 G6 Mayeroff, Milton. On Caring. Ann Hicks, Student Life UGL & LML: BV 4639 M36 Rogers, Carl. On Becoming a Person. Charles Behling, Psychology UGL & LML: BF 173 R64 Sheehy, Gail. Passages. Mary Anne Rokitka, Physiology UGL & LML: HQ 1064 U5 S522 Tannen, Deborah. You Just Don't Understand. Clyde Herreid, Biology UGL & LML: HQ 734 T24 *******Science******* Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Gerald Rising, Learning and Instruction UGL & LML: SB 959 C3 Darwin, Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. Charles Fourtner, Biology, and Clyde Herreid, Biology UGL & LML: QH 11 D2 Dyson, Freeman. Disturbing the Universe. Warren Barbour, Anthropology UGL & LML: QC 16 D95 A33 Gould, Stephen J. The Mismeasure of Man. Clyde Herreid, Biology UGL & LML: BF 431 G68 Kidder, Tracy. The Soul of a New Machine. Judith Adams, Lockwood Library UGL: TK 7885.4 K53 Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed.). Hugh Petrie, Graduate School of Education, and Roger Des Forges, History UGL & LML: Q 175 K95 McPhee, John. Coming Into the Country. John Dings, English UGL & LML: F 910 M29 Thomas, Lewis. The Lives of a Cell. Michael Metzger, Modern Languages, and John Dings, English UGL & LML: QH 307.2 T4 *******Biography and Autobiography******* Chesnut, Mary B. A Diary From Dixie. Karen Noonan, Undergraduate Academic Services UGL & LML: E 487 C52 Churchill, Winston. My Early Life. Rowland Richards, Civil Engineering UGL & LML: DA 566.9 C5 A3 Cousins, Norman. Anatomy of an Illness. Michael Hudecki, Biology UGL & LML: RC 924 C65 Feynman, Richard. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!. Robert Daly, English, and Mary Anne Rokitka, Physiology UGL & LML: QC 16 F49 A37 Kerouac, Jack. On The Road. David Gerber, History UGL & LML: PS 3521 E735 O6 Robinson, Roxana. Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life. Karen Noonan, Undergraduate Academic Services UGL: N 6537 O39 R64 Wright, Richard. Black Boy. Stefan Fleischer, English UGL & LML: PS 3545 R815 Z5 1950 *******Other******* Bierce, Ambrose. The Devil's Dictionary. Warren Barbour, Anthropology, and Mark Kristal, Psychology UGL & LML: PS 1097 D4 Leopold, Aldo. Sand County Almanac. Rowland Richards, Civil Engineering UGL: QH 81 L56 Pirsig, Robert. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Margaret Wells, Undergraduate Library UGL & LML: CT 275 P648 A33 Rombauer and Becker. The Joy of Cooking. Orville Murphy, History UGL: TX 715 R67 COMMENTS BY RECOMMENDERS The Devil's Dictionary is as true today as it was 100 years ago when it was written. --Warren Barbour Stigma is a really focused book whose central themes helped me (as an undergraduate) integrate what I was learning from a mix of anthropology, psychology, and sociology courses. --Ann McElroy I read The Joy of Cooking as a "how-to" manual that is clear, explains the vocabulary, and introduces students to the many cultures that inform our society. --Orville Murphy There are maybe 5000 books in my library, but I knew exactly where to go for The Tomb of Tutankhamen--virtually could have put my hand on it in the dark. --Fred See In my opinion, no one should leave college without reading at least one Kurt Vonnegut book. He is one of the most keen observers of the Human Condition in print today (and terribly funny at the same time). --Stephen Bradley I recommend Giants in the Earth because the hard work and the sense of community of the early settlers give a spectacular insight into American values today. Per Hansa and his wife Beret are unforgettable. --Jeannette Ludwig I believe that Things Fall Apart is the best novel dealing with "traditional" Africa. --Claude Welch On the Road is the sad, funny, manic, and deeply felt narrative of Kerouac's own search for an ethical, meaningful way to live. --David Gerber I really enjoyed historian John Kasson's lighthearted look at thepyrotechnic insanitarium of Coney Island: Coney as a marvelous democratic force, the place that made America "feel good." --Judith Adams Blues People is a book that has profoundly affected my understanding of personal and national identity. --William Fischer Leslie Marmon Silko's and Ralph Ellison's novels are among the very best of twentieth-century novels; in addition, each forces the reader to examine the belief-systems and values of Western society from the perspective of the "Other." --James Bono Some authors will help you learn how to live; some will help youlearn why it matters; and Richard Feynman will help you to have a happy time doing it. --Robert Daly When I first read On Becoming a Person, back in the Sixties, I was inspired. Even now, I still feel helped by Rogers' vision; I'm still inspired by his description of a good life. I love this book! --Charles Behling I believe that architects, sociologists, cultural anthropologists, political scientists, philosophers, historians, architects and city planners all find Lewis Mumford's comprehensive "story" of the city to be fascinating. --Alfred Price The Handmaid's Tale is a book that makes readers think hard about individual rights, as we see these rights taken away from the citizens of a world--defensive, polluted, technologically sophisticated--that is very much like our own. --Barbara Bono I remember Boo Radley as one of the great characters of modern fiction: his appearance in the last few pages of To Kill a Mockingbird produces a heart-stopping and finally heart-expanding reading experience. --Gerald Rising The Voyage of the Beagle is an exotic trip through and around South America in the 1830's. Charles Darwin's thorough descriptions from the perspective of a biologist is a beautiful entree to the themes of evolution. --Charles Fourtner Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a history of the western American Indians, emphasizing the wars after 1860. Told from a Native American perspective, we see both the divine right (white) of conquest and the tragic loss of cultures. --Charles Fourtner The Lives of a Cell is a mind-bending collection of short essays, quick reads, which explain and celebrate the wonders of contemporary cell biology as a window on the whole, ecologically-connected natural and human world. --John Dings Coming into the Country recounts the adventures of America's best roving journalist as he explores and celebrates the Alaskan wilderness and all the creatures it supports - Natives and river people and crazy prospectors, as well as grizzlies and caribou. --John Dings ************SELECTION COMMITTEE*********** Judith Adams, Lockwood Memorial Library Barbara Bono, English James Bono, History Stephen Bradley, Music Leah Doherty, Millard Fillmore College Stefan Fleischer, English Ann Hicks, Office of Student Life Joanne Koszuta, Millard Fillmore College Jeannette Ludwig, Modern Languages Michael Metzger, Modern Languages Carmello Privitera, Biological Sciences Rowland Richards, Civil Engineering Gerald Rising, Learning and Instruction Mary Anne Rokitka, Physiology Margaret Wells, Undergraduate Library Dorothy Wynne, Academic Advising -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=END=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: Grant Stirling Subject: Freud in Translation Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 09:40:24 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 286 (435) My original posting has caused some confusion due to the typographic irregularities contained within it. These irregularities are due to the difference between the fonts supported by WordPerfect and the fonts supported by Internet. My original message, written on WP, contained accented French letters (e-grave) which when posted to Humanist became the non-sensical "=f8" or some such thing. Sorry for the confusion. As for the notation of % to indicate italics and * to indicate bold/underline, these are conventions that I have picked up from other postings on other listservers. Grant Stirling From: Michael Metzger Subject: MA in Humanities Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 17:46:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 287 (436) The University at Buffalo offers an interdisciplinary MAH that has been popular and successful over many years; for information write to: Alan Spiegel, Director, MA in Humanities Program, 306 Clemens Hall, Buffalo NY 14260 - M Metzger From: Subject: InteLex Corp.: Past Masters e-text Date: Thu, 07 Oct 93 17:01:00 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 288 (437) Several weeks ago I posted an inquiry to Humanist asking for information about e-texts from InteLex Corp. under the title "Past Masters." I'd like to thank those who responding regarding their own use of the InteLex e-texts, or referring me to colleagues who were familiar with them. I'm particularly grateful to William Fontaine of Dartmouth, who passed along the following citation: Cowley, Edwin, et al. "Report on the Past Masters Project." _Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie_, Bd. 75(1993), p. 89-102. This article reviews several of the texts supplied by InteLex, and provides some general background on the project: "In August 1989 Mark Rooks, a young philosopher in North Carolina with considerable computer expertise, founded a company, InteLex Corporation, whose goal was to produce a database containing the major works of the great philosophers." It seems that the texts are taken from editions now in the public domain, but are compared with more recent editions for accuracy. The retrieval software on the PC platform is Folio Views. The information in the article must be a bit dated, since the brochure which I have indicates that texts are provided for the Macintosh using the HyperKRS software. Options for obtaining the files on CD-ROM have also been added since the article was written. The article includes reviews of several sections issued to date: Locke, reviewed by Edwin McCann Berkeley, reviewed by Douglas M. Jesseph Hume, reviewed by Don Garrett Sidgwick, reviewed by Bart Schultz The various reviews provide some sense into the strengths and weaknesses of the texts, and well as some basic insight into usefulness of e-texts generally. For Humanists who may not have seen the previous posting with contact information: InteLex Corporation POB 1827 Clayton, GA 30525-1827 USA Voice: (706) 782-7844 FAX: (706) 782-4489 E-mail: 70671.1673@compuserve.com Duane Harbin Information Services Librarian Yale Divinity Library Caveats: This constitutes neither an endorsement nor a review of these products. I have no affiliation with InteLex Corporation. Any opinions expressed herein are strictly my own and not those of my employer. From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) Subject: IPPE one-month status report Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 23:10:30 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 237 (438) Since our opening (one month ago this week), the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange has handled a total of 3131 requests for the working papers and other documents available on the system. These requests came from a total of 845 distinct users, in dozens of countries. We find this level of usage very encouraging, and we thank all of those who have supported our fledgling effort. We have plenty of room for growth, and we encourage all to browse the papers available on the IPPE, and to submit their own working papers for instant, free distribution to colleagues worldwide. To get started using the IPPE, try the command "gopher apa.oxy.edu" on your host computer. If that doesn't work (presumably because your host system doesn't yet have Gopher software--ask your system adminstrator to install it!), send a piece of email containing the following four lines: begin send getting-started send INDEX end to the address phil-preprints-service@phil-preprints.l.chiba-u.ac.jp, and a beginner's guide will be sent to you by email. We are now in the process of preparing a short document explaining how to place a working paper on the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and explaining other factors relevant to submitting a paper (that copyright remains with the author,that the paper remains publishable, etc.). This guide is not yet ready, but we strongly encourage submissions. Please contact me by email at the address rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca if you have a paper you'd like to make available through the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and I or one of our volunteers will be happy to guide you through the submission process. Richard Reiner, Coordinator International Philosophical Preprint Exchange -- Richard Reiner..............rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca..............416-538-3947 Litigant, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary From: Subject: Records of Libr. Symposium Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1993 10:11 N X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 238 (439) Just issued (limited number of copies) a book containing the Records of the first French Meetings about subject headings (Fribourg (Switzerland), 1-2 June 1992, cf. Humanist 30 Apr. '92): ************************************ Bibliotheques et vedettes, Principes et pratiques de l'indexation matiere dans les pays francophones du nord, ed. P. Buntschu, M. Nicoulin, F.G. Nuvolone, Fribourg, Editions Universitaires - Quebec, Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 1993, 256 p. 39.- frS ISBN 2-8271-0602-7 (Fribourg) ISBN 2-7637-7340-0 (Quebec) ************************************* Table of contents: Table des matieres (1), Sommaire (5) Preface: L'elan de Fribourg, MARTIN NICOULIN (7) Introduction: Interet des "Rencontres", PIERRE GAVIN (9) PRINCIPES ET PRATIQUES DE L'INDEXATION MATIERE DANS LES PAYS FRANCOPHONES DU NORD Canada, MICHEL FOURNIER (13) France, CECILE MAURY (37) Luxembourg, CLAUDE LOUTSCH (61) Les universites francophones en Belgique: Experience des LCSH et de LAVAL a l'Universite libre de Bruxelles. Pour une recherche bilingue, JACQUELINE CLEMENT (73) Suisse romande: Le langage d'indexation matiere RERO JOELLE WALTHER (97) TABLE RONDE SUR LE MULTILINGUISME (131) Introduction, PIERRE GAVIN (133) Les differents aspects du multilinguisme GENEVIEVE CLAVEL (135) Quelques problemes d'organisation dans la gestion d'un vocabulaire multilingue, MICHEL FOURNIER (145) Presentation des problemes du multilinguisme lies a l'acces-matieres d'ETHICS, MAGALI DOUMONT (147) L'elaboration a la Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique d'une liste trilingue de mots sujet sur base des LCSH PAULA GOOSSENS - YVES DENEULIN (160) SYNTHESE ET LIGNES DE COLLABORATION Synthese des diverses pratiques, CLAUDE BONNELLY (179) Accord et mecanismes de cooperation entre la France et le Canada (RAMEAU / RVM de LAVAL) CHANTAL FRESCHARD - CLAUDE BONNELLY (201) TABLE RONDE SUR LA COLLABORATION (217) ANNEXES (243) Annonce du colloque (245) Proposition de canevas pour les exposes (247) Liste des participants (249) ************************** for further information contact directly the editors (Editions universitaires, Perolles 42, CH-1700 Fribourg, Tel. +41 (37) 86.43.00, FAX +41 (37) 86.43.00 // Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4, Tel. (418) 656-2803, FAX 656-3305), or exceptionnally the undersigned at the University where teachs: Flavio G. Nuvolone Universite de Fribourg - Misericorde (BP 23) CH - 1700 Fribourg Fax: +41 (37) 21'93'55 Email: NUVOLONE@CFRUNI51.BITNET From: "Filip J.R.C. Dochy" Subject: NEM ASS&EVAL EUROPEAN LIST Europ. Assoc. for Research on Learning and Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 14:33 +0000 (N) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 289 (440) CALL FOR JOINING NEW DISCUSSION LIST EARLI-AE discussion list ****************************************************************** European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction - SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION' ******************************************************************* Subscription is free for anyone. Read the goals and discussion topics below. 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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP A&E The Special Interest Group, entitled 'Assessment and Evaluation' will cover the following themes: - Assessment as tool for facilitating future learning. - Assessment of learning processes. - Assessment and evaluation of knowledge, skills, attitudes. - Measurement of educational quality. - The use of educational indicators. - Performance measurement. - Assessment of instructional processes. - Assessment of prior knowledge. - Adaptive testing. - Classroom testing. - Evaluation of educational programmes. - Item Response Theory. - Criterion referenced measurement. - Psychometric qualities and item analysis. - Evaluation research. - Research methods and strategies. - Ethics of evaluation studies. - Industrial training testing. - Computer testing (interactive testing). - Software for educational assessment. At this moment this SIG is chaired by two researchers who coordinate the SIG: - Dr Filip J.R.C. 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For participating the activities such as SIG meetings, EARLI conferences, joint publications or other, one must be a member of EARLI and the SIG Assessment and Evaluation. ************************************************************************ MEMBERSHIP EARLI EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH INTO LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION ************************************************************************ Anyone interested in the activities of the Association can become a member of EARLI (also people from outside Europe). In order to become member (costs are 85 D Mark & 5 D Mark for the SIG) send a message to Prof. Andreas Helmke, Secretary of EARLI on Email: Helmke@SUN.RHRK.UNI-KL.DE put the following in the body of your message: membership EARLI / SIG Assessment & Evaluation Yourfirstname yourlastname your address From: Heyward Ehrlich Subject: New Address for James Joyce List Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 21:16:06 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 290 (441) Re: The James Joyce list has a new address. I received a message from the Postmaster who handles the James Joyce list at Utah. The addresses are being changed and the service will be better supported as a listserv. The changes will take place on October 15, 1993. To subscribe, etc., use the "request" address. To communicate use the first address. Send queries to the postmaster whose address is given below. I quote and condense the message. Heyward Ehrlich (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu) :::::: In order to provide a faster delivery service and prevent multiple copies of messages sent to the j-joyce mailing list, the mailing list has been moved to a better machine. The name of this machine is called: lists.utah.edu The address j-joyce@cc.utah.edu is now j-joyce@lists.utah.edu The address j-joyce-request@cc.utah.edu is now j-joyce-request@lists.utah.edu [deletion] On a futher note: Once the new address has been in place for sometime I will be placing this mailing list under the control of a list server process. [end of quote] :::: The notice is signed Jonzy postmaster@cc.utah.edu postmaster@utahcca.bitnet (801) 581-8810 From: jkrehnb1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Joan K Krehnbrink) Subject: Position in Swarthmore College available Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 14:52:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 291 (442) Social Sciences Computing Coordinator SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, a highly selective liberal arts college located in suburban Philadelphia, has an immediate opening for a Social Sciences Computing Coordinator. Selected candidate will be responsible for dealing with the curricular computing needs of the Social Sciences division. Responsibilities include Macintosh system and application support, technical support for centralized Help Desk, supporting divisional faculty with their curricular and research computing needs. Reports to the Manager of Academic Computing. Qualified applicants will possess a Bachelor's Degree in a Social Science discipline, 3-4 years experience in academic-based microcomputer support with very strong Apple Macintosh OS experience. Must be able to work independently on assigned projects and as a team member in the Computing Center. Strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of Social Science databases, experience with Macintosh and UNIX-based statistical packages such as JMP, Statview, SPSS and SAS are necessary. For immediate consideration, please send letter of interest and resume to: Office of Personnel Services Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081 Swarthmore College is an equal opportunity employer. From: Donald A Spaeth Subject: Job announcement: Coordinator, History Courseware Consortium Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 17:26:15 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 292 (443) Job announcement: Please circulate University of Glasgow COORDINATOR for HISTORY COURSEWARE CONSORTIUM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A Research Officer is required to coordinate the History Courseware Consortium, funded in phase 2 of the HEFCs' Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP). The Consortium, which includes the University of Glasgow, the University of Southampton and over 40 other institutions, will produce computer-based tutorials which present core resources with the aim of teaching history students more efficiently and effectively. Appointments will be on Research scale 1A (12,828-20,442 pounds) with placement according to age, qualifications and experience. The post, which will be held at the University of Glasgow, will be for one year in the first instance. Applicants should be graduates in history with experience of teaching, research and the use of computers in history. Further particulars may be obtained from Mrs A. V. Lee, TLTP Applications, CTICH, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, tel. 041 339-8855 x6336, email ctich @ uk.ac.gla.dish, to whom applications with full CV and the names of two referees should be sent no later than 29 October 1993. FURTHER PARTICULARS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The History Courseware Consortium will produce history tutorials which present core resources on key historical topics. The Consortium aims to make teaching more efficient while enhancing the quality of the learning experience. It was funded in August 1993 under phase II of the HEFCs' Teaching and Learning Technology Programme TLTP and includes over forty institutions of higher education in the UK. All TLTP phase II projects, including the History Consortium, have initially been funded for one year only. However, TLTP II is a three year programme, and the Consortium has applied for funding for a further two years. The Coordinator will join the staff of the CTI Centre for History with Archaeology and Art History (CTICH) at the University of Glasgow, which is the lead site. The postholder will work closely with the Centre's Deputy Director, Dr Donald Spaeth, and with other members of the Centre's staff, including the Consortium secretary and Coordinator of the TLTP Archaeology Consortium. The Coordinator will also work closely with the HiDES Project at the University of Southampton, which will make production services available to the entire Consortium, as well as with other institutions within the Consortium. The Coordinator will manage the work of the Consortium on a day to day basis, under the supervision of Dr Spaeth. The postholder's duties will include the following tasks: (1) Coordination of all aspects of the development of Consortium tutorials, from design to implementation and evaluation, ensuring adherence to the work timetable and to Consortium standards. (2) Promotion of cooperation between all members of the Consortium, including the Advisory Committee, Steering Group, course teams, and history departments, and collection of information, e.g. on course offerings, to assist planning of new tutorials. (3) Administration of Consortium resources and purchasing of equipment for the Consortium. (4) Presentation of conference papers, demonstrations and other publications on Consortium tutorials and activities. (5) Contribution to other Centre activities and projects to promote the use of computers in the teaching of history, archaeology and art history. The Coordinator will report to the Consortium's Steering Group and Advisory Committee, and to CTICH's Management Committee. However, the postholder will be expected to exercise initiative in realising the aims of the Consortium. The Coordinator will be based within the CTI Centre for History 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 history and will have experience in history teaching and/or research, and particularly in the application of computers to these areas. Good administrative and communication skills will be essential. Computing skills should include demonstrable experience in using a word- processor, database and electronic mail. Familiarity with hypermedia authoring, image processing, image capture, spreadsheets, or programming will be to the candidate's advantage. Appointment will be on Research scale 1A (12,828-20,442 pounds) with placement according to age, qualifications and experience. The post, which will be held at the University of Glasgow, will be for one year in the first instance. 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 29 October 1993, to Mrs. A. V. Lee, TLTP Applications, CTICH, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (041-339-8855, ext. 6336). Further details about CTICH, HiDES and the History Consortium are also available. The University of Glasgow is an equal opportunities employer. From: bob_taylor@nwu.edu (Bob Taylor) Subject: Instructional technology job opening at Northwestern Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 18:57:57 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 293 (444) HUMANIST colleagues: Please feel free to pass this notice on to folks that you think are well-qualified and interested in this position. I will be attending the EDUCOM conference in Cincinnati this coming week and am willing to meet with candidates who happen to be at this conference. Thanks, Bob Taylor Northwestern University -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Instructional Technology Specialist, Northwestern University Academic Computing & Network Services (ACNS), a division of Information Systems & Technologies at Northwestern University, is looking for an Instructional Technology Specialist to join its Instructional Technology Group. The Instructional Technology Group (ITG) is composed of eight people. ITG works to support effective use of technology in the classroom and other learning environments at Northwestern. ITG also promotes the use of networked information resources, including Northwestern's campus-wide information system NUinfo. The successful candidate for this position will be an energetic, well-organized, and outgoing project leader, with experience in introducing instructional software into the university environment. She or he should have a proven track record in working successfully with faculty on multimedia development projects, as well as introducing faculty to existing instructional software. During the last year ACNS has developed a well-received program for introducing faculty to learning technologies during a three-day conference of presentations and hands-on training. We look to the successful candidate for this position as our project leader for this effort. The continuing development of this conference program calls for considerable grace-under-pressure, good teambuilding skills, sound budgeting capabilities, and a strategic vision for the role that computing technologies will best play in university education during the coming years. We are looking for someone with Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or else a good Humanist with great computing skills acquired on-the-job. An advanced degree is useful. The candidate should have strong Macintosh and Windows skills, as well as significant experience using Internet resources in support of instruction. Northwestern is making large investments in computing and networking technology. The next few years promise significant excitement as we complete our backbone, bring Ethernet to all students in their rooms, implement a distributed computing model for the campus, and continue to work with faculty and deans to introduce technology into the curriculum. If you have the skills, background and desire to be part of this, we'd like to hear from you. Send your resume to bob_taylor@nwu.edu, in either text or MS Word format. We are ready to fill this position as soon as the right candidate is found. Bob Taylor Manager, Instructional Technology Group Northwestern University 2129 North Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60201 fax: 708-491-3824 email: bob_taylor@nwu.edu From: Allen Renear Subject: Jobs: Director of Textbase Project Date: Fri, 15 Oct 93 08:19:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 294 (445) The NEH/Brown Women Writers Project is adjusting its organizational structure to cope with the increasing scale and complexity of its projects. Part of this restructuring is hiring a new Director to replace the two part-time Co-Directors. We believe this new position is an unusual opportunity for a qualified manager of scholarly projects to participate in an influential enterprise -- one that is both recovering previously inaccessible women's writing and at the same time exploring the new technologies of scholarship. We would appreciate your posting this notice and bringing it to the attention of anyone you think would be qualified and interested. Susanne Woods, Franklin and Marshall College Allen Renear, Brown University Co-Directors, Brown Women Writers Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Position Available Director Women Writers Project Brown University The Director administers a major NEH-funded computer textbase project that is collecting women's writing in English, 1330-1830; conducting new research on texts, cultural history, and information technology; producing print and electronic publications and curricular materials; and developing innovative approaches to scholarship and teaching. The Director reports to the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University and to the Chair of the WWP Board of Scholars and has full managerial and administrative responsibility for the Project, overseeing all WWP activities and personnel, allocating resources, coordinating workflow; determining, in concert with the Chair of the Board of Scholars, strategic directions for research, development, and fund raising; and representing the Project to the scholarly community. Qualifications: three years of experience managing scholarly publishing, editing, bibliographical, or textbase projects, or equivalent. Advanced degree in literary or library studies required, Ph.D. preferred. Desirable: experience in textual criticism, scholarly editing, pre-Victorian women's literature, or humanities computing. A adjunct faculty appointment in an appropriate academic department may be possible for qualified candidates. This position may involve considerable travel to academic conferences in North America and Europe. To apply send a current c.v. to Marilyn Netter, Search Coordinator, Box 1852, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 by October 29. For further information phone 401-863-3729 or fax 401-863-7412. Please post or distribute From: walker@bellcore.com (Don Walker) Subject: ACL-94 CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 11:17:12 -0400 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 241 (446) ACL-94 CALL FOR PAPERS 32nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 27 June - 1 July 1994 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico, 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 modeling; machine translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces and dialogue systems; message and narrative understanding systems; and theoretical and applications papers of every kind. 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The ACL LISTSERV has been set up at Columbia University's Department of Computer Science. Requests from the archive should be sent as e-mail messages to listserv@cs.columbia.edu with an empty subject field and the message body containing the request command. The most useful requests are "help" for general help on using LISTSERV, "index acl-l" for the current contents of the ACL archive and "get acl-l <file>" to get a particular file named <file> from the archive. For example, to get an ACL membership form, a message with the following body should be sent: get acl-l membership-form.txt Answers to requests are returned by e-mail. Since the server may have many requests for different archives to process, requests are queued up and may take a while (say, overnight) to be fulfilled. The ACL archive can also be accessed by anonymous FTP. Here is an example of how to get the same file by FTP (user typein is underlined): $ ftp cs.columbia.edu ------------------- Name (cs.columbia.edu:pereira): anonymous --------- Password:pereira@research.att.com << not echoed ------------------------ ftp> cd acl-l -------- ftp> get membership-form.txt.Z ------------------------- ftp> quit ---- $ uncompress membership-form.txt.Z -------------------------------- [10-1-93] From: Onderzoeks Instituut Taal en Spraak <ots@let.ruu.nl> Subject: Robustness Conference Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 15:21:19 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 242 (447) THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE LANGUAGE FACULTY: COPING WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION Organized by the Research Institute for Language and Speech (OTS) on the occasion of its 5th anniversary 28-30 October 1993 Theme Description The human language faculty shows a remarkable robustness with respect to incomplete information. Many possible features are not realized in the signal of a normal linguistic utterance; and on the meaning side too, the interpretation is highly underdetermined by the expression itself. Yet, in the normal case, understanding is not in any way hampered by this. It may well be that the availability of knowledge from other cognitive domains contributes to the overall success, or perhaps this robustness is caused by the modular structure of the linguistic system itself. Information that disappears from one module would be compensated for via another module. The central question of this conference will be how this robustness of the language system can be explained, focusing in particular on the role of non-linguistic information and higher order redundancy. PROGRAMME Wednesday, October 27 1993 (OTS Building, Trans 10) 18.00-21.00 Registration & drinks Thursday, October 28 1993 (Academy Building, Domplein 29) 9.00-10.00 Registration 10.00 Opening Wiecher Zwanenburg (Dean Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht) 10.15-11.30 Theme: Language Acquisition Speaker: Ken Wexler (MIT) Title: `Recent developments in the modular theory of language acquisition: Parameter-setting and the underspecification of tense' Comments: Juergen Weissenborn (MPI, Nijmegen) 11.30-12.00 Coffee 12.00-13.15 Theme: Aphasia Speaker: Greg Dogil (Stuttgart) Title: `Coping with incomplete information in aphasia' Comments: Leo Blomert (MPI, Nijmegen) 13.15-14.45 Break 14.45-16.00 Theme: Language Processing Speaker: Michael Tanenhaus (Rochester) Title: `Toward a constraint-based framework for language processing' Comments: Louis des Tombe & Steven Krauwer (Utrecht) 16.00-16.30 Tea 16.30-17.45 Theme: Sign Language Speaker: David Perlmutter (San Diego/Rochester) Title: `What happens when the language faculty encounters a non-natural language?' Comments: Ann Mills (Amsterdam) 18.00- Reception Friday October 29 1993 (CSB Building, Kromme Nieuwegracht 29) Theme: Partial information 9.30-10.15 Speaker: Ivan Sag (Stanford) Title: `Toward a constraint-based framework for knowledge of language' 10.15-11.00 Speaker: Ruth Kempson (SOAS, London) Title: `How we understand sentences. And fragments too?' 11.00-11.30 Coffee 11.30-12.15 Speaker: Henk Verkuyl (Utrecht) Title: `The lazy ticket controller. or: How do we manage to (under-)inform each other?' 12.15-12.45 Comments: Johan van Benthem (Amsterdam) 12.45-13.00 General Discussion 13.00-14.30 Break Theme: Overdetermination and underspecification in phonology 14.30-15.15 Speaker: Paul Kiparsky (Stanford) Title: `On the architecture of the phonological component' 15.15-16.00 Speaker: Rene Kager (Utrecht) Title: `Generalized alignment and morphological parsing' 16.00-16.30 Tea 16.30-17.15 Speaker: K.P. Mohanan (Singapore) Title: `The formal interpretation of robustness: Storage or processing?' 17.15-17.45 Comments: Stephen Anderson (Johns Hopkins) 17.45-18.00 General Discussion Evening lecture (Academy Building, Domplein 29) 20.00-21.00 Speaker: David Lightfoot (Maryland) Title: `Small causes: Big effects' 21.00- Party (Kromme Nieuwegracht 80) Saturday, October 30 (CSB Building, Kromme Nieuwegracht 39) Theme: Phonetic Underspecification 9.30-10.15 Speaker: Bjorn Lindblom (Austin) Title: `The H&H Hypothesis' 10.15-11.00 Speaker: Chris Darwin (Sussex) Title: `Separating speech from other sounds' 11.00-11.30 Coffee 11.30-12.15 Speaker: Stephen Anderson (Johns Hopkins) Title: to be announced 12.15-12.45 Reaction & Comments: Louis Pols (Amsterdam) Title: `Vowels in context: Production and perception' 12.45-13.00 General Discussion 13.00-14.30 Break Theme: Contextual vs Grammatical Conditions on Interpretation 14.30-15.15 Speaker: Tanya Reinhart (Tel Aviv/Utrecht) Title: `Syntactic encoding of referential properties' 15.15-16.00 Speaker: Molly Diesing (Cornell) Title: `NP types and conditions on interpretation' 16.00-16.30 Tea 16.30-17.15 Speaker: James Huang (Irvine) Title: `Two types of donkey sentences' 17.15-17.45 Comments Denis Delfitto (Utrecht) 17.45-18.00 General Discussion Organization Peter Coopmans Research Institute for Language & Speech Martin Everaert Utrecht University Eric Reuland Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht Wim Zonneveld tel:+31-30-536006, fax:+31-30-536000, e-mail:ots@let.ruu.nl **************************************************************************** Accommodation: The organisation will not take care of hotel accommodation. Please contact the VVV Tourist Information Office: Utrecht VVV Tourist Information Office address: VVV Utrecht Vredenburg 90 Postbus 19107 3501 DC Utrecht Holland tel.: +31-6-34034085 fax: +31-30-331417 **************************************************************************** Registration Fee for registration: Employed: Dfl 90 Unemployed/student: Dfl 60 Payment: All payments must be made in Dutch guilders. **************************************************************************** - You can transfer the appropriate amount to our bank account: Coopmans en/of Buenen, Inz.Congres Account no 40.84.68.939 ABN-AMRO Bank Postbus 362 3500 AJ Utrecht Reference : OTS-Robustness registration fee A copy of the bank transfer should be sent to us together with your registration form. 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Tel: +31-30-536006 Fax: +31-30-536000 Email: OTS@let.ruu.nl From: koehler@ldv01.Uni-Trier.DE (Prof. Dr. Koehler) Subject: Dateitransfer Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 10:11:07 +0100 (MEZ) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 295 (448) (* PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE THIS CALL FOR PAPERS *) CALL FOR PAPERS QUALICO - 94 Second International Conference on Quantitative Linguistics Moscow, Russia, September 20(Tue)-24(Sat), 1994 The Permanent International Qualico Committee invites the submission of papers and participation in this conference, which will be organized by Moscow State University in cooperation with the University of Trier Chair of the Organizing Committee: Anatoliy A. 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OTHER ACTIVITIES: 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 Ana- toliy A.Polikarpov and Reinhard Koehler. From: Mark Glazer <MGLAZER@PANAM> Subject: 1994 Contemporary Legend Conference Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1993 08:35 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 296 (449) 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 Twelfth International Conference Paris, France July 19-22, 1994 The International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR) is pleased to announce that the Twelfth International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Seminar is to be held in Paris, France. The conference will be hosted by the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France from the nineteenth to the twenty-second of July 1994. VÊronique Campion-Vincent,Paris, France and Mark Glazer, Edinburg, Texas are co-chairs of the conference. First held in 1982 at the Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, Sheffield, England, these 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 1994 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 and a four hundred word abstract of your paper and conference fee of $22.00 for ISCLR members ($40.00 for non- members) to reach the convener at the address below by February 1, 1994. Similarly, if you would like to propose any special discussion sessions or events, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Send abstracts to: [deleted quotation]VÊronique Campion-Vincent 27 Rue de LiËge 25008 Paris, France [deleted quotation]Mark Glazer, College of Arts and Sciences The University of Texas - Pan American 1201 West University Drive Edinburg, Texas, 78539.2999, U.S.A. Telephone: (210) 381-3551 Fax: (210) 381-2177 E-Mail: MGLAZER@PANAM.BITNET MGLAZER@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 Twelfth International Conference Paris, France July 19-22, 1994 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. Abstracts are due on February 1, 1994. 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. 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Send check to: [deleted quotation]VÊronique Campion-Vincent 27 Rue de LiËge 25008 Paris, France [deleted quotation]Mark Glazer, College of Arts and Sciences The University of Texas - Pan American 1201 West University Drive Edinburg, Texas, 78539.2999, U.S.A. Telephone: (210) 381-3551 Fax: (210) 381-2177 E-Mail: MGLAZER@PANAM.BITNET MGLAZER@PANAM.EDU (Internet) From: trobb@ksuics.kyoto-su.ac.jp (Thomas Robb) Subject: TESL-EJ: Now Accepting Manuscripts Date: Mon, 11 Oct 93 13:46:21 JST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 244 (450) ***********************CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS******************* ************************************************************** TESL-EJ is a refereed electronic journal publishing articles in the research and practice of the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. TESL-EJ welcomes, for quarterly publication, studies in ESL/EFL pedagogy, second language acquisition, language assessment, applied socio- and psycholinguistics, and other related areas. 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From: AU100@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: MultiLingual Computing Conference Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 12:48:09 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 245 (451) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 Provisional Programme 1st October, 1993 I. List of Contributors, Discussants and Chairmen --------------------------------------------------- Australia --------- Mr Darabi Golshani, A., School of IT & Maths, Edith Cowan University. Republic of China ----------------- Prof. Hsu, Cheng-Hsiang, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, National Chengchi University. Cyprus ------- Mr Ubaidly, Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd. Czech Republic -------------- Dr Zemnek, Petr, Charles University. Denmark ------- Ass Prof. Wien, Charlotte, Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Odense Universitet. Egypt ------ Mr Emam, Ashraf, Information Technology Department, Alexandria University. Mr Emam, Ossama, IBM Cairo Scientific Center. Mr Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center. Prof. Hegazi, Nadia, Electronics Research Institute. Mr Ismail, Mohamed, Information Technology Department, Alexandria University. Mr Korany, Ezzat, Information Technology Department, Alexandria University. France ------ Mr Meddeb Hamrouni, Boubaker, Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatique and WinSoft. Germany ------- Prof. Lagally, Klaus, Institut fr Informatik, Universitt Stuttgart. Dr. Wedel, Gerhard, Freie Universitt, Berlin. Italy ----- Ms. Correale, Daniela, Dipartimento di Studi Eurasiatici, University of Venice. Jordan ------ Dr al-Ajeeli, Abid, Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University. Dr Jazaa, Abed, Yarmouk University. Dr Mashhour, Ahmad, Yarmouk University. Ms al-Rujoob, Khulode, Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University. Lebanon ------- Ms Nassar, Hilda, Saab Medical Library, American University of Beirut. The Netherlands ---------------- Dr Ditters, Everhard, TCMO, University of Nijmegen. Russia ------ Mr Kondybaev, Nurlan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg branch. Saudi Arabia ------------ Dr Ahmed, P., King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Science. Dr Aref, Mustafa, Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Mr al-Kulaib, Ali. Mr Mathkour, Hassan I. , King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Science. Mr al-Muhtaseb, Husni, Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Dr SharafJEldin, A., College of Computer and Information Science, King Saud University. Spain ----- Dr Baez, Valerio, Departmento de Humanidades, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid. Dr Berge, H. Dr Snches, Francesco, Instituto de Electrnica de Comunicaciones, Univ Politecnica-Madrid. Syria ----- Mr Farah, Mansour, Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Gaudic, R., Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Malek, M., Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Razouk, R., Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Tunisia ------- Abdennader, S., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohammad, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information. Mr Ben Miled, Z, Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Mr Boussetta, Slim, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information. Mr Fehri, Mohammed, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information. Garbout, N., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Mr Ghazali, Salem, Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Mr Labed, L., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Salhi, R., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications. Dr Zrigui, Mounir , Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information. UK -- Mr Bachir Imad, al-Hayat Information Centre. Prof. Brockett, Adrian, Darlington. Mr Clews, John, John Clews Associates. Goraine, H., School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Reading University. Mr Knight, Andrew. Mr Rochford, Thomas, Computer Services, Anglia Polytechnic University. Dr Usher, M, School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Reading University. USA --- Abdelazim, H., Apple Computers, Inc. Ms Bernstein, Debbie , Training Systems Research Division, Army Research Institute. Dr Hassibi, Khosrow, Mitek Systems Inc., Automatic Document Recognition Group (ADRG). Dr Jiyad, Mohammed, Mount Holyoke College. Dr al-Khatib, Hasan, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University. Mr Martin, Jeffery, Training Systems Research Division, Army Research Institute. Mr Mcconnell, J., Apple Computers, Inc. Dr Roochnik, Paul, Language Analysis Systems, Inc. Dr Saba, Mohamed. II. Provisional List of Papers ------------------------------- "Arabic computer-based assistant systems for handicapped", MrEmam, Ossama and Mr Hashish, M., IBM Cairo Scientific Center, Egypt. "Automatic generation of the Arabic theoretical lexicon using morphematic structure combination", Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohammad, Dr Mounir Zrigui and Mr Slim Boussetta, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information, Tunisia. "Automatic translation of Arabic language to English and vice versa", Dr Mashhour, Ahmad and Dr Jazaa, Abed, Yarmouk University, Jordan. "The basic structure of a formal Arabic-English verbal lexicon", Dr Ditters, Everhard, TCMO, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. "Books in Arabic in the Danish library system" Ass Prof. Wien, Charlotte, Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Odense Universitet, Denmark. "Character recognition of Arabic script" Dr al-Khatib, Hasan, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University USA, Mr Ismail, Mohamed, Mr Korany, Ezzat and Mr Emam, Ashraf, Information Technology Department, Alexandria University, Egypt. "A complete assisted language learning programme used at a Spanish university", Dr Baez, Valerio, Departmento de Humanidades, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, and Dr H. Berge, Spain. "A computer-assisted Arabic poetry prosody", Dr SharafJEldin, A., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. "A computer-based tutoring system for modern standard Arabic", Mr Martin, Jeffery and Ms Bernstein, Debbie, Training Systems Research Division, Army Research Institute, USA. "Computer recognition of Arabic script based text: the state of the art", Dr Ahmed, P. and Mr Mathkour, Hassan, College of Computer and Information Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. "Computerized critical editions of medieval Arabic manuscripts. Requests for high standard features in software applications", Dr,JWedel, Gerhard, Freie Universitt, Berlin, Germany. "Connectivity between Arabic systems: a case study in reference to the Chinese systems", Prof. Hsu, Cheng-Hsiang, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, National Chengchi University, Republic of China. "Description of some support programs (utilities) applied in the Lirica Persica research project" , Ms.JCorreale, Daniela, University of Venice, Dipartimento di Studi Eurasiatici, Italy. "Detection and correction of misspelled isolated words in Arabic language", Dr Zrigui, Mounir and Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohamed, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information, Tunisia. "The development of Arabic support on the Macintosh", Mr Mcconnell, J. and Abdelazim, H., Apple Computers, Inc., USA. "The encoding of non-Latin scripts under MS-DOS", Zemnek, Petr, Charles University, Czech Republic. "Escala: musical measure and notation of oriental scales", DrJSnches, Francesco, Instituto de Electrnica de Comunicaciones, Univ Politecnica-Madrid, Spain. "An intelligent teaching system of Arabic language", DrJal-Ajeeli, Abid and Ms al-Rujoob, Khulode, Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Jordan. "The IRSIT Arabic text-to-speech synthesis system", Mr Ghazali, Salem, Mr Ben Miled, Z., Dr Zrigui, M. and Abdennader, S., Institut Regional des Sciences Informatiques et des Telecommunications, Tunisia. "KHOOL: Khabeer object orientated language" Dr Aref, Mustafa, MrJal-Muhtaseb, Husni and Mr al-Kulaib, Ali, Information and Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. "Logic compression of multi-lingual dictionary" Mr Meddeb Hamrouni, Boubaker, Groupe d'Etudes pour la Traduction Automatiqu and WinSoft, France. "Machine-printed Arabic OCR using neural networks", DrJHassibi, Khosrow, Automatic Document Recognition Group (ADRG), Mitek Systems Inc., USA. "Multi-lingual (Arabic & Roman) strategies for checking Arabic name dataJbases", Dr Roochnik, Paul, Language Analysis Systems, Inc., USA. "A multimedia archaeological knowledge-based system", MrJFarah, Mansour, Gaudic, R., Malek, M. and R. Razouk, Department of Computer Engineering, Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Syria. "A new approach to Arabic character recognition in multi-font document", Mr Fehri, Mohammed and Prof. Ben Ahmed, Mohamed, Laboratoire RIADI, ENSI (Universit Tunis II) - Centre National de l'Information, Tunisia. "New approach to the automatic classification of symbol's image: automatic classification of Kufi letters from early Qur'anic MSS", Mr Kondybaev, Nurlan, Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg branch, Russia. "An overview of the application of multi-media computer based training for Arabic and Persian speakers", Mr Darabi Golshani, A., School of IT & Maths, Edith Cowan University, Australia. "Pan-Arabic script computing: implication for creating systems, fonts, printing and data base applications", Mr Clews, John, John Clews Associates, UK. "Printed Arabic text recognition", Dr Usher, M. and Goraine, H., School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Reading University, UK. "A proposal for an Arabic standard code for information interchange", DrJSaba, Mohamed, USA. "Steps towards Arabizing LATEX", Prof. Lagally, Klaus, Institut fr Informatik, Universitt Stuttgart, Germany. "Technology, proficiency and the integrative culture - learning process", Dr Jiyad, Mohammed, Mount Holyoke College, USA. "Torjomane: An Arabic-to-English computer assisted translation system", Mr Labed, L., Salhi, R., Garbout, N., and Mr Ghazali, Salem, Institut Regional des Sciences Information et des Telecommunications, Tunisia. "The use of computer to format and produce printed Arabic indexes for daily newspaper", Mr Bachir, Imad, al-Hayat Information Centre, UK. "User evaluation of Aldoc information system", Mr Ubaidly Ubaidly, Dilmun Publishing Ltd., Cyprus. "Using Urdu page layout. Programmes for community development" Mr Knight, Andrew, UK. **************** **************** Please use the form appended below for applications. ------------------------------ cut here -------------------------------- I C E M C O 94 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] * I wish to attend ICEMCO 94; send me a Registration Form: Yes [ ] No [ ] * I wish to contribute a paper entitled: Yes [ ] No [ ] related to the following theme no. (see list of themes): PLEASE ENCLOSE A 100-WORD ABSTRACT Deadline for camera-ready copy: 17th December 1993 * I wish to act as a discussant on papers related to the following theme/themes no. * I wish to participate in the Exhibition Yes [ ] No [ ] Surname: other names: Title and affiliation: Address: Phone: Fax: E-mail address(es): From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall) Subject: Q: Timeline-generating software? Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 11:30:17 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 297 (452) Howdy, historians. I had an interesting query from a group of honors students who want software that does the following: takes a set of dates and a text annotation for the date and generates a traditional 2-D timeline (for printing or on-screen viewing). Any major platform would do, but Unix or Macintosh greatly preferred. If you email me information, I can summarize back. If nothing seems to be out there, I will look at maybe doing a simple version in Hypercard; if you have a similar interest, let me know so I can gauge how useful this might be beyond this group of students. It doesn't seem like it would generally be preferable to just using your average draw/paint program, but this group seems to want to generate a rather large set of time-lines for preparing for their honors exams. Thanks for any leads... - Matt Matthew Wall * Humanities Coordinator * Swarthmore College - wall@cc.swarthmore.edu - From: "ERIC W. NYE" <NYE@corral.uwyo.edu> Subject: Making Sense of Words? Date: 07 Oct 1993 09:08:25 -0600 (MDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 298 (453) Could we have a brief report from anyone who attended the recently concluded conference at the University of Waterloo called "Making Sense of Words"? It was the ninth annual conference of the University's Centre for the New OED and Text Research, and was held in Oxford. Proleptic thanks, Eric Nye, Dept. of English, Univ. of Wyoming NYE@UWYO.EDU From: Luc Herman <lherman@reks.uia.ac.be> Subject: Electronic Pynchon Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 11:59:52 +0100 (MET) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 299 (454) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Elaine Brennan, Could you please a message on HUMANIST, asking people to let me know if they possess (and would be willing to share) electronic versions of any text by Thomas Pynchon. Thanks a million! Regards, Dr. Luc Herman Department of Germanic Philology University of Antwerp B-2610 Wilrijk Belgium Internet E-mail: lherman@reks.uia.ac.be From: Timothy.Reuter@MGH.BADW-MUENCHEN.D400.DE Subject: PHI reader software Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 14:46+0000 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 300 (455) Does anyone know of good, straightforward, reliable software for reading the PHI CD-ROMS under DOS or (preferably not) Windows? We have PHAROS and the PHI Workplace, but neither really does all that we want (or, I'm tempted to say, all that the manuals claim, but I will make allowances for the way in which my irritation at Grotesquely Unnecessary Interfaces gets in my way). All we really want to be able to do is regular expression searches on an author or user-defined group of authors and viewing of the results with some indication of context and some marking of the finds; but nothing I have yet tried can fulfil these simple needs. Timothy Reuter, MGH Munich From: MCSWAIN@Acd.Tusk.Edu Subject: cinema Date: 11 Oct 1993 17:05:46 -0500 (CDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 301 (456) I recently viewed the movie 'THE MUSIC OF CHANCE' which was directed by Philip Haas and featured James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, Joel Gray, and Charles Durning (sp?). It concerns a former Boston firman who "by chance" hooks up with a cardshark named Jim (corr. "fireman"). They then travel to Pennsylvania to the home of two eccentric and wealthy men played by Grey and Durning. What happens beyond that seems to be to me a parable about the fortuitous nature of human existence. However, my tendency to view things through Augustinian eyes (or Calvin if you like) left me confused about the message intended by Haas--assuming there was one. Comments from other HUMANISTS who have seen the movie and have formed a conclusion about it or have a philosophical perspective on it are invited. James McSwain Tuskegee University From: mstrange@fonorola.net (Strangelove Press) Subject: IBJ Special Issue on Internet Advertising Date: Sat, 16 Oct 93 18:04:02 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 247 (457) The Internet Business Journal Commercial Opportunities in the Networking Age Volume 1, Number 3/4 - September/October 1993 Including a Special Report on Internet Advertising Free sample copy available on request to mstrange@fonorola.net Contents: RFC/FYI - Editorial Michael Strangelove Partnering on the Internet - A Primer Tyson Macaulay Corporate Use of the Internet Edward J. Tully Internet in Canada CANARIE: A New Billion Dollar IT Market Dr. Hawley L. Black Creating a Corporate Presence on the Net A New User's Guide Joel H. Maloff The Internet and the Law Law Schools Integrate Internet into Curriculum Michael B. Rizik Jr. Internet Company Profile Horse Horse Lion Lion: A Consulting Co-op Steven Hodas Internet Provider Profile ClarkNet: Enabling Technology Stephen Balbach The Japan That Can't Say No Directory of Internet Trainers and Consultants SPECIAL REPORT - Internet Advertising Internet Advertising Services Advertising on the Net Limitations to Internet Advertising Elizabeth Lane Lawley Selling Software on the Internet USENET as an Advertising Forum Stephen Balbach Advertising by E-Mail Philip M. Tsang & Ken Eustace Features: Gopher Business Resources Internet Publishing News Resources for Networked Business, Commerce, and Industry Internet Marketplace Government Online Internet Access News ABSTRACTS Partnering on the Internet - A Primer Tyson Macaulay Tyson Macaulay discusses the competitive advantages realised by companies using Internet-facilitated communications. He also warns of the challenges faced by Internet partnerships in the areas of trust, economic assurances, and secure communication. He concludes with a number of potential communications scenarios pointing out the pros and cons of each. Corporate Use of the Internet Edward J. Tully This article encourages the use of the Internet High Speed Backbone for corporate networking. Mr. Tully explains the robust nature of the Internet Backbone and offers a number of reasons why the corporate world is not making full use of the Internet for its corporate networking. Mr. Tully then discusses the advantages of corporate Internet connections and weighs them against the many perceived, and the very few real, problems corporations anticipate. Edward J. Tully is Director of Client Services of Advanced Network & Services and has been a telecommunications professional for over thirty years. Internet In Canada - CANARIE: A New Billion Dollar IT Market Dr. Hawley Black Dr. Black provides an up-to-date overview of Canada's CANARIE project. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry, and Education and will become as common an acronym as NREN over the next few years. CANARIE's goal is to build a national electronic information highway by 1999. Dr. Black points out the potential opportunities for the commercial Internet sector. Creating a Corporate Presence on the Net - A New User's Guide Joel H. Maloff This article explores some of the commercial possibilities for the expansion of electronic commerce over interconnected, worldwide Internet. Mr. Maloff divides the business functionality afforded by the Internet into three distinct areas: rare remote devices, databases, and collaborative activities. Each of these functionalities are explored and actual examples of how businesses have used them are given. Joel Maloff is vice-president of Client Services at ANS CO+RE Systems, Inc. ANS CO+RE provides a variety of WAN and TCP/IP outsourcing services, including network design, security services, consulting, and connectivity. The Internet and the Law - Law Schools Integrate Internet into Curriculum Michael B. Rizik Jr. Largely through an interview with Linda Karr O'Connor, a reference librarian at the Cornell Law Library, Michael Rizik explores the impact that the Internet is having in the legal community. In his article he looks at the current status of Internet training as part of legal training and discusses the benefits lawyers and legal firms will experience as a result of using the Internet as an information gathering tool. Michael B. Rizik Jr. is a Flint, Michigan attorney specialising in, among other things, computer law. He is also sysop of The Law Review BBS and pro-bono legal counsel for the Genesee FreeNet. Internet Company Profile - Horse Horse Lion Lion: A Consulting Co-op Steven Hodas "Horse Horse Lion Lion started about ten years ago in New York. We formed to study and work with what we called 'interactive information communities.' ... Around 1985, we realised that the future of information communities was going to be electronically mediated and networked. Most of our work from that point on involved the introduction of computers into work or learning environments as Trojan Horses whose ultimate end was the restructuring of that environment. We started providing telecommunications training on a large scale in 1989, and a great deal of our work now involves instruction in the appropriate and effective use of Internet resources." See how Horse Horse Lion Lion has mined the potential of the Internet in this month's Internet Company Profile. Internet Provider Profile - ClarkNet: Enabling Technology Stephen Balbach "Late in 1992, Jamie cashed in some family stocks and bonds, borrowed money from a bank and began his Internet provider business with $100,000 in start-up capital ... What drove Jamie, traditionally considered a handicapped and disabled citizen, to get into the high-tech business of providing Internet access? Quite simply that on the Internet there are no physical barriers to keep someone from reaching their full potential." In this article Stephen Balbach looks at Jamie Clark: his concept, his methods and his service - ClarkNet. The Japan That Can't Say No - English Translation of Controversial Book On Net It was a best seller in Japan. The writers did not want it published in the United States. The publisher had no plans to publish the book in English and had not authorised any translations. All the same, in 1990 an anonymous group made the book The Japan That Can't Say No available in English translation on the Internet. Prefaced to their edition was the note, "We hope that reading The Japan That Can't Say No will help to jolt Americans out of their complacency." This month's IBJ tells you how to access this controversial book on the Internet. ADVERTISING SPECIAL REPORT Advertising on the Net - Limitations to Internet Advertising Elizabeth Lane Lawley In this article Elizabeth Lane Lawley attempts to find advertising's place on the Internet by looking at the history of advertising on the Internet, user reaction to advertising, the potential for advertising in Cyberspace and the question of what is acceptable advertising practice. Elizabeth Lane Lawley is the founder of Internet Training & Consulting Services, as well as an instructor and doctoral student at the University of Alabama's School of Library and Information Studies. Selling Software on the Internet - Usenet as an Advertising Forum Stephen Balbach "The possible ways to use the resources of the Internet for distributing services and software is a business opportunity that has yet to be defined, an opportunity that, given current trends of exponential Internet growth, will take off for those willing and able to see that it exists." Stephen Balbach has created a business for himself in distribution of free software through the mail. Find out how he uses his Internet connection for advertising and much more. Stephen Balbach is currently following his dream of working on the Internet and is also an employee of Clark Internet Services, Baltimore's first public dial-up Internet provider. Advertising by E-Mail Philip M. Tsang & Ken Eustace This article provides some preliminary findings from the Internet Signature Project and will be of interest to commercial Internet users who are considering using electronic mail to advertise events, products, and services. The Internet advertising techniques discussed in the article are: the use of personal signatures in daily e-mail communications, the use of .plan or similar files for finger inquiry, and the use of animated advertisements. Regular Features: Telecom Review Mr. William Park has written a review of events in the telecommunications industry for September and October. Directory - Internet Trainers and Consultants One of the most frequent requests the IBJ editors receive is for information on Internet trainers and consultants. As a result, IBJ is now compiling a directory of Net trainers and consultants and will make this document freely available on the Internet. Contact mstrange@fonorola.net to be included in the IBJ Directory of Internet Trainers and Consultants. Internet Publishing News A new regular feature, the Internet Publishing News will track developments in Internet facilitated publishing. Internet Marketplace IBJ will be offering Internet Marketplace as a regular feature that will provide readers with information about new Internet-facilitated businesses that are using the Net to sell their wares. Other Items Covered In This Issue: The WELL: Small Town on the Internet Highway Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides Law Related Internet Archives Carpal Tunnel Syndrome National Awards for Excellence in Business-Education Partnerships Telephone Code Indexes Nafta Documents Catalogue of Free Database Software Shareware Book Online The Internet Hunt Creating a Finger File Animated E-Mail Cello Winsock The Net Advertiser Internet Marketing Service for Advertisers Online Catalog of Goods and Services Roswell Computer Books Legal Researchers Online Travel Savings Via E-Mail Realtors Online Commercial Users Discover Internet ANS CO+RE Introduce Nationwide Internet Access First Commercial Network for Women Murdoch Buys Delphi Senator Kennedy Online The Management Archive, University of Minnesota Centre for Labour Studies, University of Adelaide Asia Pacific Business & Marketing Resources International Marketing Insights - Japan East and Southeast Asian Business and Management Japanese Business and Management Korean Business and Management Economics and Business Journals USA Federal Jobs U.S. Federal Budget 1993 Singapore's IT2000 Plan for Info Technology Texas A&M (Business) Texas A&M (Economics) Resources for Economists on the Net Israeli R&D Archive Catalogue of Free Databases Journalism Resource Directory Economics Bulletin Board at U of Michigan New England Electronic Data Centre Service Models for Packet Networks National Online Media Association Free Access to Commerce Business Daily Environmental Protection Agency Gopher Softlocks for Software and E-Texts National Export Strategy, TPCC Report to Congress Patent Titles Via E-Mail List for Business Faculty Economic Bulletin Board of the U.S. Department of Commerce Note: This freely available electronic edition contains a table of contents and abstracts only. Also note that it has been designed to be compatible with electronic reader devices for the print challenged, therefore, no extraneous characters, lines or tags have been used. Copyright (C) 1993 by Strangelove Press. All rights reserved. This document may be archived for public use in electronic or other media, as long as it is maintained in its entirety and no fee is charged to the user; any exception requires written consent from Strangelove Press. For The Internet Business Journal subscription information or a free sample copy contact mstrange@fonorola.net (Tel: 613-747-6106). From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Update: Penn ReligSt Dept Crisis Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 01:19:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 248 (458) Very briefly, the scheduled Arts and Sciences Faculty meeting was held today with much discussion of the Dean's recommendation to close three departments, etc. [see earlier postings]. The discussion was still in progress when the room had to be vacated for an evening class! Thus the discussion will be continued on 21 October. A proposal has been made to suspend the recommended actions until proper consultation, including external review of the departments in question, can be effected. Several colleagues addressed the specific situation with regard to Religious Studies, in an encouraging show of understanding and support. Look for a further update in two weeks or so! Your letters and responses thus far have been very heartening and helpful to us. Don't stop now. Bob Kraft, UPenn From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty) Subject: perspective Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 23:03:40 -0500 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 249 (459) The following was found on a colleague's door in the dept. of Near Eastern Studies here. It certainly helps to put the godlike behaviour of our colleagues in perspective, and perhaps to ameliorate those mid-term blues: Why God Never Received Tenure at the University 1. Because He had only one major publication. 2. And it was in Hebrew. 3. And it had no references. 4. And it wasn't published in a refereed journal. 5. And some even doubt He wrote it himself. 6. It may be true that He created the world but what has He published/done since ? 7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited. 8. The scientific community has had a very rough time trying to repeat His results. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Willard McCarty Centre for Computing in the Humanities University of Toronto mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca From: phil-preprints-admin@cogsci.l.chiba-u.ac.jp Subject: New preprints on the IPPE Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 16:10:03 +0900 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 250 (460) The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abstracts of recent submissions, as of Sat Oct 16 06:33:37 JST 1993: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stevan Harnad : Princeton University : harnad@princeton.edu Artificial Life: Synthetic vs. Virtual preprints/Phil_of_Mind Artificial Life III (Santa Fe, June 1992) (to appear) Artificial life can take two forms: synthetic and virtual. In principle, the materials and properties of synthetic living systems could differ radically from those of natural living systems yet still resemble them enough to be really alive if they are grounded in the relevant causal interactions with the real world. Virtual (purely computational) "living" systems, in contrast, are just ungrounded symbol systems that are systematically interpretable as if they were alive; in reality they are no more alive than a virtual furnace is hot. Virtual systems are better viewed as "symbolic oracles" that can be used (interpreted) to predict and explain real systems, but not to instantiate them. The vitalistic overinterpretation of virtual life is related to the animistic overinterpretation of virtual minds and is probably based on an implicit (and possibly erroneous) intuition that living things have actual or potential mental lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bernhardt Lieberman : University of Pittsburgh : Bernie1@vms.cis.pitt.edu What the Controversies Over the Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Tell Us About the Debates Between Objectivists and Social Constructionists preprints/Phil_of_Science Some social analyses of scientific knowledge are based on objectivist assumptions, while others assume that scientific knowledge is social constructed. The condemnation of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by the antismoking movement affects the life of virtually every American and uncounted millions of others throughout the world. Investigators who argue that ETS causes lung cancer claim the influence, objectivity, and authority of scientific inquiry, while critics of the results of the investigations argue that the conclusion that ETS causes lung cancer is unwarranted. The present study uses this fascinating and important sociotechnical controversy to shed light on the debate between objectivists and social constructionists and reaches the conclusion that the condemnation of environmental tobacco smoke is a deliberate social construction of an elite social movement which mixes advocacy and alleged objective inquiry so that the actual relationship between ETS and lung cancer will probably never be determined. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THEORIES By GEORGE GALE University of Missouri Kansas City MO 64110 ggale @vax1.umkc.edu It is useful to hybridize some of Steven Toulmin's and Rom Harre's ideas about theories. Toulmin thinks that maps provided an informative analogy for the structure and function of theories in science. So do I. Harre thinks that icons and propositions fit together to make of theories statement-picture complexes. So do I. The first two sections of this paper show how the two sets of notions might be put together. In the next section I show how Harre's ideas about models can be used to trace out the progress of Robert Boyle toward his theory of pneumatics. Finally, these ideas are joined by some ideas of Ron Giere about how Mendel's theory is structured; in the end I produce a fairly full picture of the scheme of neo-Mendelian genetics. Unfortunately, the picture itself isn't included in this special internet version of the paper. If anyone manages to slog through the paper to the end, and STILL would like to see the figures, I'll be glad to snailmail them to you. Request them either via e-mail or snailmail. By the way, this material was prepared for my sophomore/junior level scientific methods class, and as a possible candidate for a new chapter in my imagined revised edition of _Theory of Science_, McGraw-Hill, 1979. I'd sure appreciate your comments on this essay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gregory R. Mulhauser : University of Edinburgh : <scarab@ed.ac.uk> Materialism and the "Problem" of Quantum Measurement preprints/Phil_of_Mind Forthcoming in _Minds and Machines_ For nearly six decades, the conscious observer has played a central and essential role in quantum measurement theory. I outline some difficulties which the traditional account of measurement presents for material theories of mind before introducing a new development which promises to exorcise the ghost of consciousness from physics and relieve the cognitive scientist of the burden of explaining why certain material structures reduce wavefunctions by virtue of being conscious while others do not. The interactive decoherence of complex quantum systems reveals that the oddities and complexities of linear superposition and state vector reduction are irrelevant to computational aspects of the philosophy of mind and that many conclusions in related fields are ill founded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stevan Harnad : Princeton University : harnad@princeton.edu Does the Mind Piggy-Back on Robotic and Symbolic Capacity? preprints/Phil_of_Mind To appear in: H. Morowitz (ed.) "The Mind, the Brain, and Complex Adaptive Systems. Cognitive science is a form of "reverse engineering" (as Dennett has dubbed it). We are trying to explain the mind by building (or explaining the functional principles of) systems that have minds. A "Turing" hierarchy of empirical constraints can be applied to this task, from t1, toy models that capture only an arbitrary fragment of our performance capacity, to T2, the standard "pen-pal" Turing Test (total symbolic capacity), to T3, the Total Turing Test (total symbolic plus robotic capacity), to T4 (T3 plus internal [neuromolecular] indistinguishability). All scientific theories are underdetermined by data. What is the right level of empirical constraint for cognitive theory? I will argue that T2 is underconstrained (because of the Symbol Grounding Problem and Searle's Chinese Room Argument) and that T4 is overconstrained (because we don't know what neural data, if any, are relevant). T3 is the level at which we solve the "other minds" problem in everyday life, the one at which evolution operates (the Blind Watchmaker is no mind-reader either) and the one at which symbol systems can be grounded in the robotic capacity to name and manipulate the objects their symbols are about. I will illustrate this with a toy model for an important component of T3 -- categorization -- using neural nets that learn category invariance by "warping" similarity space the way it is warped in human categorical perception: within-category similarities are amplified and between-category similarities are attenuated. This analog "shape" constraint is the grounding inherited by the arbitrarily shaped symbol that names the category and by all the symbol combinations it enters into. No matter how tightly one constrains any such model, however, it will always be more underdetermined than normal scientific and engineering theory. This will remain the ineliminable legacy of the mind/body problem. Those attending this conference and those reading the published volume of papers arising from it will be struck by the radical shifts in focus and content among the various categories of contribution. Immediately preceding mine, you have heard the two most neurobiological of the papers. Pat Goldman-Rakic discussed internal representation in the brains of animals and Larry Squire discussed the brain basis of human memory. Others are presenting data about human behavior, others about computational models, and still others about general classes of physical systems that might share the relevant properties of these three domains -- brain, behavior, and computation -- plus, one hopes, a further property as well, namely, conscious experience: this is the property that, as our brains do whatever they do, as our behavior is generated, as whatever gets computed gets computed, there's somebody home in there, experiencing experiences during most of the time the rest of it is all happening. It's the status of this last property that I'm going to discuss first. Traditionally, this topic is the purview of the philosopher, particularly in the form of the so-called "mind/body" problem, but these days I find that philosophers, especially those who have become very closely associated with cognitive science and its actual practice, seem to be more dedicated to minimizing this problem (or even declaring it solved or nonexistent) than to giving it its full due, with all the perplexity and dissatisfaction that this inevitably leads to. So although I am not a philosopher, I feel it is my duty to arouse in you some of this perplexity and dissatisfaction -- if only to have it assuaged by the true philosophers who will also be addressing you here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sule H. Elkatip : Bosphorus University : elkatip@trboun.bitnet Individuation and Scotus preprints/History_of_Phil/ INDIVIDUATION AND SCOTUS Dr. Sule H. Elkatip Dept. of Philosophy Bosphorus University Istanbul In the texts written by Scotus the most striking philosophical achievement is his method of analysis. It is perhaps surprising to see that he is often unwilling to adopt the philosophical analyses of his predecessors. The major reason for this probably was that Scotus had not found Aristotle's treatment of philosophical problems such as "substance", "individuation", "being" ultimate. For Scotus individuation applies to entities which in general give us our predicates such as quality and quantity and so forth. One of his arguments is to the effect that these predicates enjoying being are where we should start our philosophical analyzing rather than with substance. A second argument considers the alternative of beginning with substance and after criticizing it rejects it. This second argument points out that starting with predicates the principle for individualizing is attained not by introducing things in addition to predicates but through further analysis. The case for the substance theory is of course different. It does not begin with predication. It sets out with substances. These substances are both particular and universal entities and are spoken of as primary and secondary by Aristotle. The task, then, is to explain how this happens to be so. Scotus indicates that there is a logical difficulty in this procedure: not an outright contradiction perhaps but still some inconsistency. In Aristotle's framework the problem of substance presents itself as the central question to be addressed. In Scotus' philosophical texts the need to explain what substance is or what substances are is not felt as the most urgent question of philosophy. He concentrates not on the criteria for calling something "a substance" but on how in fact we do talk about things. Parellel to this there is the following difference in the two frameworks. Aristotle wishes to classify exhaustively the kinds of sentences to be formed about the substances which he allows for according to his criteria about categories. Scotus analyzes the inferential relationships of statements about things. It may be better indeed to mark statements or even sentences as his starting point instead of predication because the latter is arrived upon after clarification. Naming something as "substance" was for Aristotle a way of calling it "a being". But, normally people do not go around visualizing or describing things as "substances". Why should they do something like this? They look to see whether they are there or not. If we talk of something as "a being" or as "substance" we do this indirectly for Scotus. For him being is a presupposition. It is not, however, an implicit one because we make this explicit when we use the verb "to be". As we use predicates to pick out the determinations of things we engage in a claim to truth. This claim for truth values, according to Scotus, necessitated verification so as not to end in a vicious infinite regress. It is a fact, according to Scotus, that we use language to make statements. There are things to begin with although one may not be certain as to whether they are substances or not. What is interesting for Scotus are the conditions or requirements which make this fact possible, in other words, the determinations of so called "substances". In epistemology these are studied as those things which are present to the five senses. In logic they are known as predicates. In metaphysics as universals. It would be incorrect to see in these arguments of Scotus a great figure in epistemology only because obviously at times they are strictly logical or at times metaphysical in character. To put it roughly, in a generally Aristotelian framework it is taught that predicates presuppose substances and that substances presuppose being. It is possible to come across this interpretation in Thomist literature, for instance, in an article by Herbert McCabe, O.P., as well as in Allan Wolter's, O.F.M., notes to his translated selections from Scotus. Thomists do add and emphasize that the being presupposed comes analogically in different senses. Given a classical understanding of validity, inference and implication, predicates do not presuppose substances. "Rational" for instance does not presuppose "human". "Human", on the other hand, would imply "rational". According to Wolter both "rational" and "human" presuppose being from Scotus' point of view. But since the notion of being is simple, there must be univocity. However this can not be the position that Scotus is arguing for because it requires not only a postulate on the simplicity of being but also a postulate to insure the being of entities in addition to substances, namely predicates. Hence according to this Scotist point of view endorsed for example notably by Wolter and also by historians of philosophy Scotus is presented as a realist Aristotelian with various weighty epistemological arguments on the side. The postulate that is attributed to Scotus in the notes of Wolter in relation to the being of predicates asserts that all predicamental entities are included in (or implied by when construed in sentences) at least one substantial entity. If this postulate were not added univocity of being would not follow and we would be left with a doctrine that is close to McCabe's standpoint instead of Scotus' for univocity of being is not reached and analogy remains. The only significant difference between the two would now be that Scotists would be reinforcing logical standards by pointing out that predication does not presuppose substances but substantial statements imply some truths about predicates. Hence there are here two problems to be discussed. Does Scotus maintain substances along with predicates? Does he say that all predicates are included in some substance or other? The first question addresses Scotus' treatment of the traditional doctrine of substance. The second question seems to have a negative answer for it is thought that Scotus' views on possibility can not tolerate absolutely necessary connections among all predications. This may be true for mathematics but not for every predication otherwise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Accessing the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By gopher: "gopher apa.oxy.edu" or "gopher kasey.umkc.edu". By ftp: "ftp Phil-Preprints.L.Chiba-U.ac.jp" By email: "mail phil-preprints-service@Phil-Preprints.L.Chiba-U.ac.jp". To place a paper or comment on the IPPE: see pub/submissions/README. If you have questions: send mail to <cburke@nexus.yorku.ca>. From: Eric Crump <C509379@MIZZOU1> Subject: Computers & Writing reminder Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 14:09:19 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 251 (461) ----------------------------------------------------------- This is a wee little voice, which normally speaks from the back of your head, but is rendered in text here for ease of wide distribution. This is, of course, a *reminder*. ----------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Call for Proposals: The Tenth COMPUTERS AND WRITING CONFERENCE Deadline: November 1, 1993 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hosted by the University of Missouri Columbia, MO May 20-23, 1994 THEME: The Global Web of Writing Technologies SPEAKERS: Australian feminist scholar Dale Spender and MIT media researcher Amy Bruckman have agreed to serve as featured speakers. PROPOSALS We invite proposals that pertain in some way (any way!) to the use of computers at any level of writing education, K-12 to community colleges to colleges and large universities, from technologically rich environments to places where instruction with computers is just getting started. Hands-on sessions, demonstrations, or any other format that encourages audience participation and interaction are particularly welcome. Here is a short list from among innumerable possible topics: --The latest reports from teachers and students--K-12 through college level--who are exploring the possibilities of networked classrooms --Tales of adventure from teachers and students who are venturing from the classroom into the wider network world --Help taking the first steps toward incorporating computers into writing instruction and research --Possibilities for using computers to forge better connections between K-12 and college educators --Hypertext theory, its classroom applications and cultural implications --The legal, economic, and cultural impact of computer technology --How global information networks may affect the nature of journalism --The changing relationship between writers and information sources: libraries and librarians of the future SPECIAL FOCUS: --The history and future of the computers and writing field The tenth Computers and Writing Conference seems like an appropriate place and time in which to indulge in some retrospection, introspection, and prognostication. We hope veterans and novices in the field will suggest opportunities for exploring the State of the Field, whether via special forums or by weaving the subject into regular sessions. VIRTUAL SESSIONS? We hope to have adequate access to a multiple user environment (MediaMOO, probably, or Internet Relay Chat) for conference activities. Presenters who are interested in trying something rather new might want to consider proposing sessions that include realtime conferencing over the Internet using these systems. NOTE: Presenters whose proposals are accepted will be asked to submit longer versions for use in conjunction with the electronic conference. Details will be included in acceptance notices. -------------------------------------------------- PROCEDURES: We like electronic submission, but acceptance is not in any way contingent upon it. Submissions can also be made in print or on 3.5 inch computer disks, initialized either in Macintosh or IBM format, as long as the text is saved in ASCII (text) format. Notification will be made in January 1994. Please submit a 200- to 300-word abstract plus title for individual presentations, for poster sessions, and for each portion of panel presentations. For roundtables, think tanks, and readings (creative writing, for example), please submit a single 300-word abstract with names and addresses of each participant along with descriptions of the contribution each participant will make. For workshops, please include, in addition to a single 300-word abstract, an estimated timetable of activities. We also invite alternative session formats to the ones listed here. Past conference-goers have expressed interest in more of the hands-on and demo-type sessions, but presenters should also feel free to suggest presentation formats that best fit their work (although in the interest of the organizers' sanity, it might be good to also suggest standard options in case the preferred version simply can't be made to fit the program). Include name, institutional affiliation, postal address, and electronic mail address for each presenter. Each submission should include a description, as precise as possible, of equipment needs, if any. We do not guarantee absolutely that equipment requests will be fulfillable, but we will do our best to provide excellent technical support and will work with presenters to make the best arrangements we can. Computer classrooms and labs sporting IBM 55s with OS/2 2.1 or DOS 6.0 and Macintosh Centris computers with System 7.1 will be available. Any additional hardware or software requirements will need to be arranged on a case-by-case basis. Send electronic submissions (and any other correspondence) to: Eric Crump at LCERIC@mizzou1.bitnet or LCERIC@mizzou1.missouri.edu. Please include somewhere in the subject line: CWC94. Send disks and print submissions to: Eric Crump, 231 Arts & Science, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO 65211. From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET> Subject: Re: 7.0235 Unrequired Reading List -- Univ at Buffalo Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:57:08 -0600 (CST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 302 (462) The list is nice. Some of the entries I've gotten a great deal out of myself (in particular, Catch-22), and I could add more (Raymond Chandler, for instance). But it misses the point of a canon. The question is not, "What's fun to read, enjoyable, even meaningful and relevant?" but, "What does an educated person need to _have read_, whether it's fun or not? What will you need to have read, 5, 20, 50 years from now?" Many of the books on this list are already beginning to fade, and will be forgotten in 10 or 20 years. Look back 20 or so: Khalin Gibran or "Zen and the Art" may have been more fun to read, but would you trade your ability to recognize themes such as "Who shall guard the guardians?", "He doth protest too much," "The life of man: solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short," "Man was born free, yet everywhere he is in chains," "You have nothing to lose but your chains," to _have read_ "Zen"? If you think this list is more relevant to "today," remember that today's students will presumably live some 40-50 years after graduation, and that this education will have to last them that time. Then figure what the staying power of these contemporary works is likely to be. How? Again, go back a few decades and look at the books that occupied the same place then that these do now, and see how they've held up. I hated Thomas Mann's _Magic Mountain_, and enjoyed "Trout Fishing," but I'd have missed very little not reading "Trout Fishing," and _Magic Mountain_ has enriched me. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with recreational or "light- weight" reading, just as there's nothing wrong with partying. But reading light-weight stuff _instead of_ the classics is like partying _instead of_ going to your lectures: more fun now, but ultimately a waste of a good education. -- Hoke Robinson From: A.K.Henry@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: 7.0235 Unrequired Reading List -- Univ at Buffalo (1/396) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 18:06:41 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 303 (463) What a lovely thing to offer us: thank you! Avril Henry Univ. Exeter, UK From: blspahr@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: Unrequired Reading List Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 11:19:52 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 304 (464) Inspired by the Univ. at Buffalo, Undergrad. College List of Unrequired Reading, I was reminded of Grad. School teaching assistant days, when some of our students at Yale asked us for summer reading, the implication being that they wanted something "interesting," the reading of which they could justify by claiming its importance (or at least by the fact that it had been recommended by "their teachers"). The late Cecil Wood (Jim Marchand will remember him) and I compiled a list of what we called "The Damnedest Books." Today it will no doubt show the generation gap, but such wonderful books should not be forgotten. I reproduce what memory brings back: Beerbohm, Max: Zuleika Dobson (the most beautiful of all beautiful women). Butler, Ellis Parker: Pigs is Pigs -- a beautiful oldie (l906) that should not be forgotten; reissued by Dover. Chevalier, Gabriel: Clochemerle (and its sequel Clochemerle Babylon), the first of which has been produced as a not-so-good movie. Douglas, Norman: Southwind. Field, Eugene: Echoes from a Sabine Farm. If you like poetry and/or are a frustrated classicist--a translation of Horace into the same sort of slangy language that he himself wrote. Karig, Walter: Zotz. Munro, H.H.: The short stories of Saki--try "Sredni Vashtar," and you will be hooked for the rest (in Modern Library series). Romains, Jules: Les Copains (translated as 'The Boys in the Back Room")-- supposedly written at daily snits while its author was commuting by train, it is the story of a group of amiable drunks who conceive a hatred of a little village which they find on the map. Sterne, Laurence: Tristram Shandy--don't be discouraged by the fact that it is a classic--it is still one of the funniest books ever written. Wylie, Elinor: The Venetian Glass Nephew. Sorry, that is all my ancient memory can bring up. I would be glad to hear of other "damnedest books." Blake Lee Spahr (blspahr@garnet.berkeley.edu.) From: wmiller@garnet.berkeley.edu (Wayne Miller) Subject: NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers in Berlin Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 09:44:20 -0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 253 (465) Hi, I would like to post the following announcement on the behalf of Professor Anton Kaes. I am not directly associated with this seminar; please don't send inquiries to me. The proper email address for questions, information and applications is shlowent@garnet.berkeley.edu. Thanks. Wayne Miller Workstation Support Services University of California, Berkeley -------------------- NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers in Berlin TOPIC: "The City and Modernity: Film, Literature, and Urban Culture in the Weimar Republic" Location: Berlin Director: Professor Anton Kaes Dates: June 13-August 5, 1994 (8 weeks) Stipend: $4,000 APPLICATION Deadline: March 1, 1994 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT: March 28, 1994 RESTRICTIONS: US Citizenship or permanent resident status; finished degree; teaching at a college that does not grant a Ph.D.in German or Film; interest in the Weimar Republic and/or modernism. The seminar will focus on the responses of German filmmakers (Lang, Murnau, Pabst, among others) and intellectuals (Benjamin, Kracauer, Brecht) to the contradictory experience of rapid modernization and urbanization. College teachers of film, history, German literature and culture, feminist studies, mass communication, and popular culture are encouraged to apply. A knowledge of German is not required. For application forms and further information, please call: (510)642-7445, or write *shlowent@garnet.berkeley.edu* or Professor Anton Kaes, Department of German, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. From: tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au Subject: Journal of European Studies 23:3 (1993) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 12:18:37 +0800 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 254 (466) JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES _Journal of European Studies_ is a major journal, published quarterly, which deals with the literature, ideas and culture of Europe since the Renaissance. Vol. 23, part 3 (September 1993), contains the following articles: "Image and body: the optical alignment of Walter Benjamin and Luis Bunuel" (E.D. Yeats) "Changing perceptions of Jules Michelet as historian: History between Literature and Science, 1831-1874" (John Hooper) "Something about nothing: Michel Tournier's _La Jeune Fille et la mort_" (W.D. Redfern) "The triumph of chance over necessity" (essay review of Jean Baudrillard, _L'Illusion de la fin_) (Amal Banerjee) The volume also contains an extensive review section divided into the following area studies: European and General Studies, German and Austrian Studies, Russian Studies, French Studies. Contributions for future numbers should be sent to the General Editor: Prof. J.E. Flower, Department of French and Italian, University of Exeter, Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive, Exeter EX4 4QH, England. If your library does not already subscribe, please ask them to address enquiries to: Alpha Academic, Halfpenny Furze, Mill Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. HP8 4NR, England. Institutional subscription: 58.00 pounds sterling per annum; private subscription: 30.00 pounds sterling per annum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: NADELHFT@MAINE Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 10:34:12 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 255 (467) Call for papers for the second annual conference on NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY the topic PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES June 9-11 1994 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 illustrating differences and commonalities within the region of northern New England during the nineteenth century. Topics might include but are not limited to the general subjects of agriculture, climate, education, popular culture, art, and literature. 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. Last year, inaugurating the annual event, the conference theme was WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, 1840-1880. In 1995 the conference will focus on the general topic of MIGRATIONS (of people, ideas, culture, crops, animals) into/out of/ within northern New England. 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 a one page abstract and a one page vita by January 31 to: Nadelhft@Maine.maine.edu (Jerome Nadelhaft History Department University of Maine) OR TO: Billie Gammon Washburn Humanities Center R. R. 2, Box 3395 Livermore Falls, ME 04254 Phone: (207) 897-4366 Previously published material should not be submitted. Room and Board will be provided for people presenting papers. From: Kathleen Margaret Lant <klant@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu> Subject: A Job Announcement Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:43:15 -800 (PDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 256 (468) ETHNIC STUDIES POSITION: Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track, Ethnic Studies. Beginning September 1994. Rank and Salary contingent on qualifications and experience. concentrations in Chicano/Chicana Studies, Latino Studies, and Social Science disciplines. QUALIFICATIONS: PhD in Ethnic Studies or comparable interdisciplinary program. University teaching experience required and evidence of some publishing record expected. Course work in Latino, Chicano/Chicana Studies and in aspects of gender analysis preferred. HOW TO APPLY: For a full job announcement and instructions on how to apply, email to Kathleen Lant (klant@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu). CLOSING: 30 November 1993 From: Ted Parkinson <parkinsn@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca> Subject: Re: 7.0246 Qs: S/W: Timelines, Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 12:58:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 305 (469) This is a reply to the question about the movie _The Music of Chance_ and its "meaning." This movie is adapted from a work by the novelist Paul Auster. Much of his fiction involves issues of chance, the meaning of interpretation, etc. He likes to play lots of games with language and sometimes he writes himself into his own work (in fact, he had a bit part in the movie). He writes what some call postmodern detective fiction including _The New York Trilogy_ which includes _The City of Glass_, _Ghosts_, and _The Locked Room_. For more information you could search out criticism of his work, or read his own volume of essays titled _The Art of Hunger_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ted Parkinson Department of English McMaster University parkinsn@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca Hamilton, Ontario From: jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James O'Donnell) Subject: Unrequired Reading List Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 21:45:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 306 (470) B.L. Spahr's consistently excellent list, and the collection of three postings praising the Buffalo list, inspires me to ask, was I the only one who thought there were some perfectly *awful* books on that list? Gail Sheehy? Carl Rogers? Barbara Tuchman? Those are the kinds of books that I find in student hands and immediately think to myself, how can I put a *real* book into those hands? Jim O'Donnell Classics, U. of Penn jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu From: "G. Bencivengo" <benciven@andromeda.rutgers.edu> Subject: God in law firms Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 16:16:12 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 307 (471) God also exists in law firms. Even a law librarian who is an attorney is painfully aware of this. I had had senior partners bark orders over the phone to me and not even identify themselves. I guess they assumed I would know the voice of God when I heard it. I did, but just to be a devil I asked them to identify themselves. I knew my days as a law firm librarian were numbered. Now I deal with God in a law school. Librarians learn to work with God every day. Does this mean we will all go to heaven? From: Alan D Corre <corre@convex.csd.uwm.edu> Subject: Query Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 11:03:27 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 258 (472) In Meredith's novel *The Ordeal of Richard Feverel* there is a passage where a lower-class British speaker c. 1850 is describing the happy recovery of a young lady from a typical Victorian fainting-fit. She declares that the black ox has not stepped on her foot. Is this some kind of classical reference? What is the black ox? From: Elaine M Brennan <ELAINE@BROWNVM> Subject: ALLC-ACH '94 submission problems Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 12:50:17 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 259 (473) The mailer at Lieges, Belgium, was quite unhappy last week, and vented its spleen by eating mail coming in on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (14-16 October). All proposals that were received as of 20 October 1993 have now been acknowledged. If you have not yet received an acknowledgment of a proposal submitted for ALLC-ACH '94, please re-send it immediately. The address for electronic submissions is: allcach@bliulg11.bitnet Elaine Brennan for the Program Committee ALLC-ACH '94 Consensus ex machina From: Dr Christiane Rahner <RAHNER@mtb.und.ac.za> Subject: Q: Traven, "Land des Fruehlings" Date: 20 Oct 93 15:36:27 +0200 (SAST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 308 (474) I would be grateful for any information on an English or Spanish translation of Bert Traven's travel diary "Land des Fruehlings" [Tierra de la Primavera; Land of Spring]. Has anyone ever come across a translation? From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net> Subject: German volunteer regiment in 1870 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 9:59:01 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 309 (475) I'm working on G.E. Mueller, who was a professor at Goettingen from 1881 to 1920. He wrote a biographical abstract to an American psychologist in 1928 in which he said he volunteered for a Berlin regiment in 1870. As a university student, Mueller would have qualified for a one-year assignment, or _Einjahriger_. I have a table of organization of the Imperial army from 1899, and all the Berlin regiments are the personnel for Guards regiments, with perhaps the exception of the 3rd artillery regt., which might also have been the artillery for the guards. Later, my American psychologist turned this around and said Mueller joined a volunteer regiment. I assume there was no such thing as a volunteer regiment in 1870, simply because the time was too short and because the army was fully structured with each person assigned to a regiment in which he had already trained. While this seems obvious to me, I would like some sort of citation to make the point that a volunteer regiment in 1870 was an impossibility. I have found a quotation in Sybel's _Founding of the German Empire_ that indicates that students tried almost anything to join a regiment, often joined reserve battalions, and sometimes in "emergency corps" (Not-corps?). Any help will be appreciated. Edward J. Haupt snail: voice: 1(201) 655-4327 Department of Psychology internet: haupt@pilot.njin.net Montclair State bitnet: haupt@njin 1 Normal Ave. fax: 1(201) 655-5455 Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-1624 USA From: Arjan Loeffen C&L/RUU <Arjan.Loeffen@let.ruu.nl> Subject: Tags, codes, marks Date: 20 Oct 1993 14:07:49 +0000 (GMT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 310 (476) Does anyone have any strong ideas about terminology for: Mark Markup 'Standard generalized markup language' Tag Tagging 'Starter set of tags' Code Encoding 'Text encoding initiative' What's the difference? What's the same? Thanks, Arjan. From: Shirley Arora <ILX3ARO@UCLAMVS.BITNET> Subject: Re: 7.0258 Q: Black Ox Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 10:25 PDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 311 (477) An earlier response was accidentally transmitted before it was complete. I was referring to Archer Taylor's article on the proverb "The black ox has not trod on his foot," originally published in _Philological Quarterly_ 20 (1941), 266-278, and I had intended to add to that the article has been reprinted in _Selected Writings on Proverbs by Archer Taylor_, ed. Wolfgang Mieder, Folklore Fellows Communications #216 (Helsinki, 1975), 152-164. You will also find a substantial number of citations of the proverb in Morris Tilley's _A Dictionary of the Proverbs in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries_ (Ann Arbor, 1950), p. 517, entry O103. Shirley Arora Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese U.C.L.A. From: "Jim Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: black ox Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 09:43:28 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 312 (478) The expression "the black ox has trod upon his foot" and such like is found under ox in the OED2, with the meaning of "misfortune has happened to him". The black ox is, of course, Satan. Heywood's proverb dictionary mentions the expression; I think the earliest instance in English may be from 1546. The examples cited in OED2 are all from the latter half of the 19th c. The fact that the expression is found in other languages makes it quite likely that it is old. Curiously enough, a black bull (Satan) appears in Alfonso el Sabio's Cantigas (good pictures). Jim Marchand. From: gene <FCOTTER@SETONVM> Subject: Re: 7.0258 Q: Black Ox Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 10:11:59 EDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 313 (479) Black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto and other infernal deities - Brewer, Dictio nary of Phrase and Fable From: G.R.Hart@durham.ac.uk Subject: Black ox Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 14:37:46 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 314 (480) The only classical reference which comes to mind is from Aeschylus' Agamemnon, where the Watchman says that a great ox has stepped on his tongue (meaning that he doesn't intend to talk about what he knows). I'm sorry that I don't have the exact reference to hand. I can't see how this fits the situation in the novel, however, unless the speaker is being ridiculed for his inept attempt at classical allusions, perhaps. From: nelro01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Thomas Rommel) Subject: black ox Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 12:48:16 +0100 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 315 (481) Alan Gorre asks about the "black ox" in Meredith's _The Ordeal of Richard Feverel_. Cf. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable: Black ox. The black ox has trod on his foot, i.e. misfortune has come to him. Black oxen were sacrificed to PLUTO and other infernal deities. Thomas Rommel, Uni Tuebingen From: "F.W.Langley" <F.W.Langley@french.hull.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 7.0258 Q: Black Ox Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 13:29:56 BST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 316 (482) The 'black ox' appears in proverbs ('the black ox has/has not trod upon his/her foot') with the meaning 'hardship', 'adversity', 'misfortune', 'old age' from as eaerly as the 16th century (see examples in the Oxford English Dictionary). The OED offers no explanation as to the origin of the expression, nor does it suggest that it is classical in origin. From: Lamar Hill <lhill@benfranklin.hnet.uci.edu> Subject: Used books Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 00:36:35 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 262 (483) Please feel free to cross-post this query. * * * * * * * I am sending this message in the hope that my colleagues and I in the Department of History at UC,Irvine will be able to benefit from your counsel and advice. We are exploring ways to deal with the problem presented by the practice in our campus bookstore of ordering used text books even if we call for new ones. I'll outline the problem and solicit your remarks. Students at UCI have only one practical source for textbooks: our campus bookstore which is a profit-making arm of the Student Center. When we place our orders for books, the bookstore first buys as many used copies as possible (regardless of edition in some cases) from used book suppliers and only then orders the remainder new from the publisher. Although the bookstore management insists that it applies a uniform mark-up on all books, some of us suspect that they make more money on used books because we know what they pay our students when they sell back their books. The high cost of text books has been a source of aggravation for our students, many of whom choose not to buy a text if they must pay full price. Instead they use library copies or make xerox copies for themselves. Because of this resistance to buying new books, the bookstore claims that it must return unsold stock to the publisher and eat the cost. As a result, if I were to submit an order and specify only new books, the bookstore would order a reduced number in anticipation of reduced sales. Many of us feel that the use of used text books makes publishers even more than ordinarily reluctant to publish and stock titles that don't sell. Those of us in fields such as Latin America or Medieval or Early Modern Europe find it exceptionally frustrating to assemble a list of required texts as old titles go out of print and are not reprinted, while new titles have such small print runs that they are only available for a year or two. The source of this problem may be, in part, the sluggish sales in university bookstores. There is also a fairness issue that concerns the authors of the books we use for our courses. They are deprived of the fruits of their work when a used copy is purchased instead of a new one because royalties are paid only on the initial sale. I should add, I am aware of a potential abuse when a professor orders his own book and I am not suggesting that we want a procedure that will ensure that we can deeply feather our own nests. We have negotiated an interim agreement with our bookstore according to which no less than 33% and no more than half of any order will be filled with new copies. Needless to say, the bookstore wants to study this again before the ink has dried. At one point they wanted us to post a notice that would indicate that any shortage of used books was occasioned by the faculty's insistence upon new copies. If any of you have advice or tales from the trenches that would illuminate our problem, please write. Thank you, Lamar M. Hill Professor of History University of California, Irvine From: Judy Koren <LBJUDY@vmsa.technion.ac.il> Subject: RE: 7.0223 Rs: Teaching; Balzac-l; Kudology (MLA) (3/61) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:41:04 +0200 (EET) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 263 (484) [deleted quotation] I've been away for a week at a conference so you may have all moved on past this discussion, but I haven't seen anyone take Jim up on this. I take Jim's point, but the only thing in the above list that in my opinion justifies re-apportioning kudos is the writing of the concordance program. Nobody ever suggested you should get less kudos for paying a typist rather than typing yourself, and IMHO if you scan or type in a text that's available from a reliable source you're a darn fool and deserve *less* kudos than the fellow who bothered to find out that the OTA has it... If you have no research assistant you'll undoubtedly be busier than if you had, but how much kudos are you entitled to expect for doing things that a student could do for you? As for the university's help with the "subvention the publisher requires", does it merit academic kudos to be rich enough to pay it yourself? All these forms of help belong in the "acknowledgements" section. Period. HOWEVER, if the concordance was actually produced by a paid programmer I personally would think that merited a by-line, and if it was produced by an unpaid programmer it certainly does. (This is a grey area, isn't it? Most books are actually written to some extent by an editor working for the publisher, who is however not responsible for content, and who is never mentioned because s/he's simply doing his/her job. If the programmer turns out code that does what you have decided the concordance ought to do, and is paid for it, does he/she deserve more kudos than the publisher's editor? But if you thought the concordance should include such-and-such and the programmer persuaded you to do it differently, then the programmer is partly responsible for the academic/intellectual content and deserves some of the credit and/or blame.) This seems to be a subset of the problem in the sciences: if you have a research team of 500 people, how many of them get their names on the article? What about the 300 technicians? Life is more complicated these days and often you get academic kudos for being able to manage a team, and you get the team by being able to win friends and influence people (esp. those in Senate House); that's life; is it a bug or a feature? Judy Koren, The Technion, Haifa, Israel. From: Brian.Opie@vuw.ac.nz Subject: Early Modern Studies Conference - Call for Papers Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 15:45:05 +1300 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 264 (485) Dear Editors Please publish the following on Humanist. Best Wishes, Brian Opie CALL FOR PAPERS An interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Victoria University of Wellington TITLE: Freedom and Modernity?: Early Modern Studies in the Pacific To be held at the National Library, Wellington, N.Z., 5-7 August 1994 The main purpose of the conference is to examine the relation of early modern studies (to c.1850) to contemporary thinking about 'freedom' and 'modernity', with particular reference to the significance of European intellectual culture in the Pacific. Possible topics might include law and censorship, toleration, privilege, elite and popular cultures, gender and sexuality, literature and literacy, bibliography,the state and political freedom, global and local economies, travel and communication, scientific investigation and race. Offers of papers are invited from scholars working in the humanities on any aspect of early modern studies related to these issues, or which take an inter-disciplinary approach to the issues involved in studying the 'early modern' in a Pacific context FREEDOM is the 1994 theme of the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University. MILTON will be the subject of a major exhibition presented by the Alexander Turnbull Library, whose Milton collection is ranked fifth in the world in terms of the scope and quality of its holdings. The conference is timed to coincide with the opening of this exhibition. Enquiries and offers of papers to Dr Glyn Parry History Department Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600 Wellington, New Zealand Phone: (04) 472 1000 x 8363 Fax: (04) 471 2070 E-mail: glyn.parry@rata.vuw.ac.nz Abstracts must be submitted no later than 1 February 1994, IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: ABSTRACT GUIDE TITLE (caps, centred) (space) AUTHOR(S) PERSONAL NAME AND FAMILY NAME (caps, centred) (space) AFFILIATION(S) (caps,centred) (space) Start text ... GUIDELINES 1. Paper size A4 2. Maximum length one page 3. 2.5cm margins 4. Single space typing 5. Use printing which photocopies distinctly (at least near-letter-quality) Provide full address, with fax number and E-mail address if available. From: Alan_Rudrum@sfu.ca (Alan Rudrum) Subject: The journal "Connotations" Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 10:23:57 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 265 (486) I should like to bring to the attention of list-members a fairly new journal called "Connotations" ed. by Prof. Dr. Inge Leimberg and others. Its editorial address is Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Department of English, Johannisstr. 12-20, 4400 Munster, Germany; Fax (251) 834827. An abbreviated version of information from the journal follows: Connotations wants to encourage scholarly communication in the field of English literature (from the Middle English period to the present), as well as American and Commonwealth Literature. It focuses on the semantic and stylistic energy of the language of literature in a historical perspective and aims to represent different approaches. Each issue consists of articles and a forum for discussion.... As a rule, articles should not exceed 12,000 words and follow the MLA Handbook (2nd or 3rd edition) with notes at the end of the text. Contributions to the forum should not exceed 4000 words. If possible, all contributions should be submitted on a 3.5" or 5.25" disk in Word Perfect or any other DOS word processing program, accompanied by a hard copy. Orders for subscriptions should be sent (in America) to Waxmann Publishing Co. P.O. Box 1318, New York, NY 10028. In the U.S. and all other countries except Germany subscriptions are $50 a year. Please cross-post. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Alan Rudrum, Dept of English, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 rudrum@sfu.ca Telephone (604) 263-7321(H); (604)291-3125(O) Fax (604) 291-5737 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: wall@cc.swarthmore.edu (Matthew Wall) Subject: Info on Timeline software for the Mac Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 16:17:55 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 266 (487) Thanks to Lynne Bolduc of MIT for the initial lead on this, and to a modestly intelligent AT+T operator for figuring out what I meant when I called directory assistance. A company called Tom Snyder Productions makes two products, MacTimeline and Chronos, that generate timelines. I'm told that since they specialize in K-12 Timeline might be too 'elementary' for Higher Ed, but that Chronos can do all sorts of things, such as attach sounds, graphics, etc. to the generated timeline. They have prices for lab packs ($209 and $499 for Timeline and Chronos respectively), site licenses, and reasonable single copy prices ($70 and $170) that can be applied to the lab packs or site licenses; reasonable, that is, if it's useful software. We'll see...They will ship 30-day approval copies via phone order. I've ordered up trial copies and will report back to Humanist with an evaluation since there was modest interest at my query. Sorry if this is redundant, I don't recall this coming up recently. Directory info: 617-926-6000 Tom Snyder Productions 80 Coolidge Hill Rd. Watertown MA 02172 - Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu * Swarthmore College Humanities Coordinator * Swarthmore, PA 19081 * 215-328-8506 From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <U35395@UICVM> Subject: Re: 7.0260 Qs: Tag Terms Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 10:25:42 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 267 (488) On Thu, 21 Oct 1993 14:17:29 EDT, in Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0260. Thursday, 21 Oct 1993, Arjan Loeffen asked: [deleted quotation] Of course, any descriptive linguist will do well to be skeptical of native-speaker introspection, but for what it's worth, here is my mix of observation and introspection. In most usage I am familiar with, these terms refer to much the same thing, but there are, I think, differences of scope. An 'encoding scheme' is (at least as I understand and endeavor to use the term) any method of representing information of any kind in a specific given medium; the most common use is to refer to methods of representing text in electronic form. Encoding schemes for electronic text must determine at least: - how to represent each character of the text - how to represent (if at all) characteristic features of the source text such as quotation, language shifts, font shifts, font size, ... - whether and how to represent structural divisions of the text (e.g. book, chapter, verse, ...) - how to reduce the source to a single linear stream of bytes. This is fairly easy for conventional running text; it is harder for running titles (transcribe where?), catch-words, footnotes, end-notes, parallel texts printed in parallel columns, text-critical apparatus, and other common disturbances of linearity. - whether and how to represent analytic or interpretive information not present, or not explicitly present, in the source (e.g. morphological or syntactic analysis) - whether and how to represent ancillary information relevant to the use of the encoding (identity of the transcriber(s), source edition used, nature of the encoding, ...) The TEI, for example, answers these questions more or less as follows: - represent characters with their analogues in the local character set, or with SGML entity references - represent quotation, etc., with SGML tags; represent language shifts by changes in the LANG attribute. - represent structural divisions of the text with <div> or with <div1>, <div2>, ... <div7>, or with special-purpose elements for the appropriate divisions (<entry>, <termEntry>, <list>, ...) - transcribe running titles, catchwords, etc., in <skel> elements, or omit them; transcribe footnotes and endnotes either at the point of attachment or at their point of appearance, and link them to their target appropriately. And so on. Word Perfect also must answer all these questions, though the answers are more often 'omit the information' or 'make it look like it looks on the source page'. So must every piece of software that works with electronic text. Most encoding schemes choose to represent at least some information by means of 'markup', which is usually held to apply to everything not part of the character stream of the running text (a definition not without its problems, given the difficulty of defining the 'running text'!). Among other things, markup is what you see when you press the Reveal Codes key in Word Perfect. Often, the units of markup in an encoding scheme are referred to as 'tags', and the process of inserting them as 'tagging'. SGML elements are marked with 'tags' at their beginning and end; the Brown and LOB corpora use 'tags' to encode part-of-speech and morphological information, COCOA, OCP, and TACT use 'COCOA tags' to indicate where certain textual features change value, or begin or end. Thus, the extensions of the terms nest rather neatly, at least in some usages. A 'tag' is a unit of 'markup', and 'markup' is a tool of 'encoding'. N.B. tags are not necessarily the only kind of markup: no one refers to Word Perfect's proprietary markup as 'tags', and SGML defines other types of markup beyond tags: notably entity references and markup declarations. Similarly, not all encoding schemes use markup explicitly identifiable as markup: Project Gutenberg, for example, prides itself on having no markup in its texts. Since some authorities give 'markup' a broad sense which includes punctuation and the like, Project Gutenberg's claim to have markup-free texts is at best problematic. But no one disputes that their texts have a peculiarly impoverished markup, if any. So the three terms in the middle column are not mutually exclusive, but nested in their extensions. The left-hand terms, however, simply don't match: 'code' is not a general term for the units of encoding; although Word Perfect does use the term, any similarity between Word Perfect's 'codes' and the work of the Text Encoding Initiative is purely superficial. Nor is 'mark' used at all to denote the units of a markup language: for this denotation, 'tag' and 'code' are typically used instead, 'tag' almost universally, and 'code' somewhat less frequently. All this to be taken, as usual in cases of usage discussion, with a grain or two of salt. -C. M. Sperberg-McQueen ACH / ACL / ALLC Text Encoding Initiative University of Illinois at Chicago u35395@uicvm.uic.edu / u35395@uicvm From: "Jim Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: black ox Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 20:02:29 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 317 (489) Since Archer Taylor discussed it, there is little reason to return to the black ox. I did find a nice note in Wander (Ochs, *350), where English, Dutch, German and Low German examples are given, and where Schleicher is quoted as giving the saying in Lithuanian. Wander also points out that the black ox is the devil. G. L. Apperson, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases (Black, 24), has a nice set of quotations, including Heywood (1546), Lyly, Jonson (Tale of a Tub), Swift, Scott (Nigel). Jim Marchand. From: Richard Tuerk <TUERK@ETSUACAD> Subject: Re: 7.0262 Used Books (1/71) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 15:28:32 -0500 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 318 (490) Frankly, my sympathies are with the students. New textbooks are extraordinarily expensive. I can't blame students for buying used books if they are even slightly cheaper than the new ones. I also cannot understand how the university bookstores get away with charging so much for used textbooks when they buy them back so cheaply from the students. By the way, as the parent of an undergraduate, I also am glad the used books are available. When my daughter tells me she bought a used textbook for only $40, I gulp, but I realize that a copy of a new textbook would cost more. Still, you do have what I consider to be two legitimate problems: a university bookstore that ignores your request for a particular edition of a textbook and misleads students into thinking that they have the right edition when they don't, and a bookstore that does not make new textbooks available for those students who want them and can afford them. Please, however, have pity on us poor parents and don't demand that your bookstore only stock new books or that it make available at least half of the books you order in the form of new textbooks. If anyone can figure out how to get a bookstore to order the exact edition the instructor wants, please let me know. RICHARD TUERK DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY COMMERCE, TX 75429 TUERK@ETSUACAD TUERK@ETSUACAD.ETSU.EDU (903) 886-5266 From: rww@ibuki.com (Richard Weyhrauch) Subject: The price of Textbooks Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 11:37:14 -0700 X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 319 (491) My mane is Richard Weyhrauch, president of IBUKI, a new publisher of electronic texts. As a startup in this area, let me tell you some of my experiences concerning selling books through college bookstores. 1) From the point of view of college bookstores, books come in two kinds: books adopted for courses; and, "trade" books. In fact most college bookstores are subtly divided into these two parts and there are usually different buyers for each type of book. The difference is this: books adopted for courses are the ones the professors require for courses. Thus the sale is "sure" ... thus the discount off list for such books is only 20%. The drive for used books in this area is the result of only giving a 20% discount for these types of books. It's easy to see why used books are attractive to bookstores. Even though the prices "may" be less they make more, because their cost is lower. This means that, for a publisher, the "lifetime" of a textbook is realistically only 3 years. After that almost all sales are of used copies. It makes publishing tough, but part of the fault in in the LOW discount for adopted courses. This situation is further encouraged by the existence of centralized clearing houses for used text books, so that it is not necessary that your school teaches from the same textbook next quarter or year, but simply that some shcool somewhere is. You create the supply of used books they need, they create the ones you need. It is further exaggerated by the fact that more than 50% of the college bookstores are owned by 4 companies, who use centralized purchasing. 2) trade books. These are the books not required for courses. For these books a publisher gives a 40% discount and the dymanics are different. This is the discount common for ordinary bookstores. 3) under ordinary circumstances, all bookstores can return unsold books to a publisher. In practice many bookstores do not pay until just before this return priviledge runs out and they return everything they haven't sold. This "service" is usually free except the bookstore must pay return shipping (and sometimes, but infrequently, a restocking charge) 4) we intend let people order our books over the internet, and possibly ignore the bookstores entirely. In this way we can pass some savings on to our customers. Richard Weyhrauch President, IBUKI rww@ibuki.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBUKI - Publisher of Scholarly Texts and Reference Works in electronic form 340 Second Street Phone: +1 (415) 961-4996 Los Altos, CA 94022 Fax: +1 (415) 961-8016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Marchand" <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Subject: kudology Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 19:57:15 CST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 320 (492) In my fictitious (though not much so) case of the person who publishes, e.g. a concordance, using a text gotten by e-mail, with a concordance routine written by someone in the Computer Dept., etc. etc., I was not worried about the person who scanned/typed the original missing out on his kudo, I was concerned that the "author" was misappropriating. There are those in academe who do not have student help or assistants (I am one). Another concern is the lowly status of the "guru", who gets asked everything, but who gets little thanks or recognition for it. In fact, we ought to rethink the kudology of computer work, since people seem to want to be paid for their work. At my age, to put in a personal note, I do not have to worry about such things; it is not likely I would get a raise or a promotion. One does encounter people who can do little more than turn a computer on, but who boast of their computer work and expertise. What else is new? Jim Marchand. From: Cathy Ball <CBALL@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> Subject: Re: 7.0263 R: Credit Where Credit is Due: Computer Work (1/59) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 18:06:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 321 (493) The recent discussion of apportioning kudos for a hypothetical concordance to the works of Thomas Mann raises a basic issue - why should *anyone* get kudos for a concordance in these days of e-text and freeware concordancers? In the 19th century, when it took Mary Cowden-Clarke 16 years to produce a concordance to Shakespeare, it was an incredible feat to produce a complete concordance, but now ...unless there's some scholarly added value that I'm missing ... -- Cathy Ball (cball@guvax.georgetown.edu) From: lenoblem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Lenoble Michel) Subject: PMC and GST Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 22:31:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 322 (494) First, does anyone on the list know whether Post Modern Culture is still reachable at the same address: listserv@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu -------------------------------- Second, I find it strange that an american book publisher/distributer charges GST (General Sales Tax = Canadian tax) to its canadian customers. - Do they repay the amount to the Canadian Revenue Department? (I doubt it) - Are they legally entitled to do so? (I doubt it) - Do they make more profit by charging GST? (I am just asking) Did anyone on the list have the same experience? 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: "William Winder" <winder@unixg.ubc.ca> Subject: Computer lab design Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 20:31:07 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 323 (495) I have a question about computer lab design that I would like to put to the Humanist community. At UBC we are in the process of designing a lab and find that several incompatible layouts for the room are needed, or at least desirable. For example, sometimes we may wish to use the lab for drop-in and would need to pack as many machines as possible into the room; probably the best configuration for that use would be by rows. At other times we may wish to hold a class in the lab, and then the center of the room would have to be open and the machines arranged around the perimeter only, perhaps in clusters. Most labs I have seen have stations that are indeed stationary. Which generally means that the room layout is decided once and for all during construction. What I would like to know is whether anyone has ever seen a lab that is designed around less stationary stations. One could imagine a PC sitting on a cart, that could be wheeled anywhere. Portable computers are in some sense mobile workstations. But it would seem technically difficult to design a unit that could be easily attached to a power supply and to the Lan. I suppose cables could be combined and run to a single coupling, and a single cable could perhaps drop down from the ceiling for each machine. But it doesn't seem like one could ever design a system that would be simple enough to allow the room to be rearranged quickly, say in 30 min. between a class and a drop-in session. Plus there are all the problems associated with machines careening around the room, such as wear and tear on the mechanical parts. But perhaps someone could enlighten me: is there any way to design a workstation that is as mobile as an office chair on casters? Any remarks would be most welcome. -- William Winder: French, U. of British Columbia, WINDER@UNIXG.UBC.CA From: Antony Dugdale <antdugl@minerva.cis.yale.edu> Subject: Heidegger and Cyberspace Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 18:20:38 -0400 (EST) X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 324 (496) Heidegger and Cyberspace I am currently working on a project that seeks to open a space within the Heideggerian vocabulary for a non-primitivist, non-technophobic perspective. I will be using cyberspace as a model for this movement through technology towards what I will construe as a utopic vision that is in accord with Heidegger's language of the "Holy", "Revelation/Manifestation" and "Being/Appearance". If anyone out there has any knowledge about literature that has philosophically addressed the phenonemon of cyberspace (I have Michael Benedikt's book _Cyberspace_), preferably within the perspective of Continental philosophy, could you please send me some information about it? You can send to the list or private email at: antdugl@minerva.cis.yale.edu Sincerely, Antony Dugdale Dep't of Religious Studies Yale University From: "William Winder" <winder@unixg.ubc.ca> Subject: Job announcements Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 20:30:42 PST X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 270 (497) VACANCIES - FRENCH The Department of French of the University of British Columbia invites applications for 2 tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1st, 1994. First postion: Requirements: doctorate by September 30, 1994, in >the teaching of French as a second language<; experience in the development and co- ordination of French language courses at the post-secondary level, in teacher training and in CALL; research and publications in this area; excellent teaching evaluations; bilingual; or doctorate by September 30, 1994, in >French Stylistics<; research and publications in this area; demonstrated teaching ability in advanced language courses; bilingual. Second postion: Requirements: doctorate by September 30, 1994, in >francophone literature (outside France and Canada)<; research and publications in this area; secondary specialisation in 20th century poetry an advantage; demonstrated excellence in teaching both literature and French language; bilingual. Salary for both positions will be determined according to qualifications and experience. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Closing date for application is 1 December 1993 or later if position not filled. Send applications, including a C.V. and the names of at least three referees, to Valerie Raoul, Head, Department of French 797-1873 East Mall The University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Fax: (604) 822-6675 Tel.: (604) 822-2879 In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to citizens and permanent residents of Canada. U.B.C. welcomes all qualified applicants, especially women, aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. Appointment may be considered at a higher rank for a woman with exceptional qualifications. -- William Winder: French, U. of British Columbia, WINDER@UNIXG.UBC.CA From: Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor <JVTAYLOR@macc.wisc.edu> Subject: request to post call for papers--thank you! Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 20:38 CDT X-Humanist: Vol. 7 Num. 271 (498) ********************************************* * * * Call for Papers * * for the * * * * Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference * * on Netherlandic Studies * * * * June 1-5, 1994 * * Indiana University in Bloomington (USA) * * * ********************************************* The American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS) is pleased to announce that the Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference on Netherlandic Studies will take place June 1-5, 1994 at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, USA. Our goal is once again the holding of a conference that is multidisciplinary in nature. Accordingly we are inviting proposals for papers in literature, language, art, history, culture, social sciences, and other related disciplines. Papers must be based on original, unpublished research and should be no longer than 20 minutes. Selected papers will be published in the series _Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies_. Please send the text of your proposed paper or a detailed abstract as soon as possible, but in no case later than November 15, 1993, to either of the following: Prof. William Z. Shetter Prof. Molly Faries Dept. of Germanic Studies Dept. of Art History Indiana University Indiana University Bloomington, UN 47405 Bloomi