Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0031. Thursday, 13 January 1994.
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Date: Wednesday, 12 Jan 1994 20:44:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Uses of Electronic Texts: Conference
Just in case this would interest SHAKSPERians, and has not been brought to
their attention already.
I have no commercial or other connection with this event.
Michael Sharpston
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Conference Announcement
LITERARY TEXTS IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE:
SCHOLARLY IMPLICATIONS AND LIBRARY SERVICES
31st Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
April 10-12, 1994
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Electronic technologies are not replacing the book so much as they are changing
its form and its role in scholarship. Rising interest in electronic texts is
evident in the development of new computational approaches to the study of
literature, the appearance of electronic text centers on university campuses,
and an expanding publishing industry in electronic books. This conference will
examine the role of electronic texts in the humanities and the implications of
these technologies for libraries. Conference speakers will discuss this latest
development in the human pursuit of the literary arts from a variety of
perspectives, including the production and acquisition of electronic texts,
strategies for storage and dissemination, software for the retrieval and
analysis of electronic texts, problems of bibliographic control and
intellectual property, and publishing trends.
Offered in conjunction with the conference is an optional preconference
workshop in the practical use of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in
the organization of electronic texts for interchange and research. Conducting
the workshop will be C.M. Sperberg-McQueen, an editor of the recently released
Guidelines for Text Encoding and Interchange, a text- representation standard
based on SGML syntax.
Who should attend: This conference will be of interest to librarians, academic
computing staff, publishers and distributors of electronic texts, and
humanities scholars interested in the possibilities of electronic texts.
PROGRAM
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
11am-5pm Registration
1-4:30pm Preconference Workshop on using Standard Generalized
Markup Language (SGML)
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
Editor, Text Encoding Initiative
University of Illinois at Chicago
5-6:30pm Reception
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
8pm Keynote Address (Lincoln Hall Theater)
AUTHORS AND READERS IN AN AGE OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS
Jay David Bolter
Professor
School of Literature, Communication, & Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
MONDAY, APRIL 11
8-9:30am ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN THE HUMANITIES: A COMING OF AGE
Susan Hockey
Director Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities
Rutgers and Princeton Universities
THE TEXT ENCODING INITIATIVE: ELECTRONIC TEXT MARKUP
FOR RESEARCH
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
Editor, Text Encoding Initiative
University of Illinois at Chicago
9:30-10am Break
10-11:30am ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND MULTIMEDIA IN ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES: A VIEW FROM THE FRONT LINE
Anita Lowry
Head, Information Arcade, Main Library
University of Iowa
HUMANIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: CULTURAL EVOLUTION
AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ELECTRONIC TEXT
PROCESSING
Mark Tyler Day
Associate Librarian
Indiana University
11:30am-1pm Lunch (on your own)
1-2:30pm COHABITING WITH COPYRIGHT IN AN ELECTRONIC
ENVIRONMENT
Mary Brandt Jensen
Director, Law Library
Professor, School of Law
University of South Dakota
STANDARDS, INTERCONNECTIONS, AND THE NONPROFIT DOMAINS
Michael Jensen
Electronic Media Manager
University of Nebraska Press
3-5pm Software Demonstrations
5-7pm Dinner (on your own)
7-9pm Software Demonstrations
Tuesday, April 12
8-9:30am THE FEASIBILITY OF WIDE-AREA TEXTUAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
IN LIBRARIES: A PRACTICAL ANALYSIS
John Price-Wilkin
Information Management Coordinator
Alderman Library, University of Virginia
THE SCHOLAR AND HIS LIBRARY IN THE COMPUTER AGE
James W. Marchand
Professor
Department of Germanic Languages and Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:30-10am Break
10-11:30am THE CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN THE LIBRARY:
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND ACCESS
Rebecca Guenther
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
PROJECT GUTENBERG: TRYING TO GIVE AWAY A TRILLION
ETEXTS BY THE END OF 2001
Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College
11:30am-1pm Lunch (on your own)
1-2:30pm DURKHEIM'S IMPERATIVE: THE ROLE OF HUMANITIES FACULTY
IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES REVOLUTION
Robert A. Jones
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
THE MATERIALITY OF THE BOOK: ANOTHER TURN OF
THE SCREW
Terry Belanger
University Professor, University of Virginia
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Except as noted, all conference events will take place in the Illini
Union on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1401 W.
Green St., Urbana, Illinois.
Registration and Fees: The fee for the conference is $340 ($380 after March 11,
1994), which includes the Sunday night dinner, refreshments, and a copy of the
Clinic proceedings. Registration for the optional SGML workshop is $40.
Registration is limited, and early registration is recommended. A limited
number of reduced-fee registrations are available for those who might otherwise
be unable to attend; for consideration, submit a written request by March 11,
1994.
Transportation: Champaign-Urbana is served by TWA, Midway Express, American
Eagle, and Northwest Commuter. AMTRAK service is available from Chicago and
points south. Champaign is located 135 miles south of Chicago on Interstate
routes 72, 74, and 57.
Accommodations: Rooms have been allocated for participants at the hotels
listed below. Participants must make their own reservations, and should do so
before March 9, 1994. Please indicate that you are attending the library data
processing conference.
Illini Union University Inn
1401 W. Green St. 302 E. John St.
Urbana, IL 61801 Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1241 (217) 352-8132
Single: $54 + tax Single: $54 + tax
Double: $62 + tax Double: $61 + tax
Continuing Education Units: Participants will earn 1.1 CEU for attending this
meeting.
Refunds: Refunds will be made if you find that you cannot attend and you notify
us in writing by March 16, 1994. You must cancel your own hotel reservations.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLINIC, PLEASE CALL (800) 982-0914
OR (217) 333-2973, OR SEND YOUR QUESTION VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO
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Literary Texts in an Electronic Age:
Scholarly Implications and Library Services
31st Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing
April 10-12, 1994
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Registration Form
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