8.0080 Qs: Computer-based courses; Scanner Info (2/44)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 23 Jun 1994 23:25:40 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0080. Thursday, 23 Jun 1994.


(1) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 08:39:08 -0500 (28 lines)
From: jslatin@mail.utexas.edu (John Slatin)
Subject: Computer-based courses in English/Rhetoric

(2) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 21:54:14 +0100 (GDT) (16 lines)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it>
Subject: scanner for microfiches (q)

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 08:39:08 -0500
From: jslatin@mail.utexas.edu (John Slatin)
Subject: Computer-based courses in English/Rhetoric

A request for help from my colleagues, wherever they may be: I'm working on
a study of the impact of computers (and other information technologies) on
English studies, and would like information about computer-based and
computer-assisted courses in English and/or Rhetoric and Composition at your
institutions. By "computer-based" I mean a course that does all or most of
its work, including discussion, via computer; by "computer-assisted" I mean
a course in which some work isspecifically designed to be done with
computers, but where the major thrust is elsewhere. I'm also interested in
courses *about* computers and some aspect of English studies, e.g., courses
in Rhetoric and Computers, courses in textual analysis, etc.

Respond to me off-list (jslatin@mail.utexas.edu), please. I'll be happy to
summarize the results and post the summary here.

Thanks very much; apologies if you see this request more than once.

John Slatin
Director, Computer Writing & Research Lab
Division of Rhetoric and Composition
and Department of English
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-8743

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 21:54:14 +0100 (GDT)
From: Maurizio Lana <lana@rs950.cisi.unito.it>
Subject: scanner for microfiches (q)

Does anyone know if it exists any scanner specifically made to scan
microfiches? It seems to me that I saw an ad some time ago about
something like that, but don't recall anything else.

Or, alternatively: any viable, tested way to go from microfiches to OCR
of the text they contain

Many thanks for the help.

Maurizio Lana - CISI, Universita' di Torino
lana@cisi.unito.it fax: 39 11 899 5577