Subject: WEB RESOURCES: Museum Documentation Association Re-Launched; ArchivesUSA; NYU Humanities Computing: Online Humanities Resources
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 23:36:50 -0500
Message-Id: <v04011702b218a54bc55a@[207.223.177.184]> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 23:36:50 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: David Green <david@ninch.org> Subject: WEB RESOURCES: Museum Documentation Association Re-Launched; ArchivesUSA; NYU Humanities Computing: Online Humanities Resources
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
September 6, 1998
1. MIDDLE ENGLISH COMPENDIUM NOW ONLINE
<http://www.hti.umich.edu/mec/>
2. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
NEW ONLINE GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
<http://www.amphilsoc.org>
3. NYU's NEW HUMANITIES COMPUTING WEBSITE
http://www.nyu.edu/acf/humanities/
4. UK's MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATION RELAUNCHED
http://www.mda.org.uk/
5. CHADWYCK-HEALEY EXPANDS ArchivesUSA DIRECTORY
http://update.chadwyck.com/update/email.htm.
6. ART & SCIENCE UPDATES
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1. MIDDLE ENGLISH COMPENDIUM NOW ONLINE
<http://www.hti.umich.edu/mec/>
>From: Chris Powell <sooty@UMICH.EDU>
>Subject: Middle English Dictionary now online
>To: DIGLIB@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
The University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service is pleased
to announce the availability of the Middle English Compendium at
http://www.hti.umich.edu/mec/
The Compendium provides access to and interconnectivity among three
resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a
HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED
bibliographies, and a full-text Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
The MED and the Corpus are encoded in SGML using the Text Encoding
Initiative Guidelines. The first installment (currently online) includes
1,073 HyperBibliography entries covering 1,526 copies of Middle English
texts, 15,940 MED entries covering M-U (more than one-third of the
projected complete print MED), and 42 searchable texts in the Corpus.
The Compendium is currently available for free during this testing period
(until December 31, 1998); after this time, it will be available
by institutional site license only through the University of Michigan
Press. See http://www.press.umich.edu/webhome/mec/siteform.html for details.
We would appreciate any questions or comments about the functionality of
the Compendium; email us at mec-info@umich.edu.
Christina Powell
Coordinator, Humanities Text Initiative
University of Michigan
http://www.hti.umich.edu/
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2. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
NEW ONLINE GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
<http://www.amphilsoc.org>
>Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:43:52 EDT
>From: "Martin L. Levitt" <110253@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
>Subject: New on-line resource, American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society Library is pleased to announce
that its on-line guide to manuscript collections is now available
with a keyword search engine. This new feature allows more intensive
searching than the former browse-only on-line guide (which remains
available as well).
For those interested, please point your browser to http://www.amphilsoc.org
and follow the links "Library," then "Manuscripts Guide." Your comments
and suggestions about the utility of this feature, or improvements,
are welcome.
Marty Levitt
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3. NYU's NEW HUMANITIES COMPUTING WEBSITE
http://www.nyu.edu/acf/humanities/
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 12, No. 189.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 13:59:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joseph Saponaro <jas265@is4.nyu.edu>
Subject: New Site: Humanities Computing at New York University
The Humanities Computing Group at New York University, the newest
subject-specific group of NYU's Academic Computing Facility, is pleased to
announce that it has developed its Web site. The collection of pages is
intended to be a resource for the humanities computing community; it
includes information about the HCG's computing services, software
resources, and staff as well as links to the online newsletter and to
announcements of our popular on-campus seminars and other events.
A large section of the site serves as an annotated, selective meta-list of
links to other humanities computing sites, arranged by subject and
cross-referenced to lists of relevant journals, mailing lists, newsgroups,
conferences.
http://www.nyu.edu/acf/humanities/
Any comments or questions are welcome and should be addressed to Lorna
Hughes, Assistant Director of the Humanities Computing Group
(lorna.hughes@nyu.edu).
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4. UK's MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATION RELAUNCHED
<http://www.mda.org.uk/>
>Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:40:45 +0100 ()
>Subject: MDA Re-launch<fwd>
>From: Neil Beagrie <neil.beagrie@ahds.ac.uk>
>>>SNIP>>>
Relaunched mda Web Pages
The mda's Web Pages have just been redesigned and updated. Please
note that the URL for the Home page has changed to:
New features are:
1. mda Relaunch - A discussion of the new remit for mda;
2. What's in a Name? - How we came to choose our new look;
3. How big is mda - We're bigger than you thought!;
4. National Grid for Learning - News on how this important Government
initiative affects the sector;
5. European Museums Information Institute? - A proposal to set up a
European focus for cultural information management;
6. Carnegie UK Trust Grants for IT Innovation - Information on this
scheme for independent museums;
Also update pages:
1. About mda;
2. Advice Point;
3. SPECTRUM Adviser Network;
4. The Cultural Grid: Content & Connections (mda Conference);
5. UK Museum E-mail Directory;
6. Term-IT Web site
7. UK Virtual Library Museum Page [please check that you are on]
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5. CHADWYCK-HEALEY EXPANDS ArchivesUSA DIRECTORY
http://update.chadwyck.com/update/email.htm.
>Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 23:08:10 EST
>From: paulw@chadwyck.com
>Subject: ArchivesUSA
Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. [www.chadwyck.com] is continuing to expand its
online database, ArchivesUSA, which is a directory of more than 4800
repositories and over 105,000 collections throughout the United
States.
We now offer the ability to submit your collection information via
email. For instructions, please visit our website at
http://update.chadwyck.com/update/email.htm. This service is at no
cost to your institution.
As always, we continue to accept updated and new collection or
repository information through our submission form at
http://update.chadwyck.com/update/subform.htm. Feel free to contact
me with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Paul Wcisel
Project Coordinator
(703)-683-4890
paulw@chadwyck.com
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6. ART & SCIENCE UPDATES
>Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:44:21 -0400
>To: asci@asci.org
>Subject: ASCI BULLETIN..........................................
ORGANIZATION:
- EYEBEAM ATELIER (http://www.eyebeam.org) is a not-for-profit cultural and
educational organization dedicated to the digital arts. Founded in 1996
by filmmaker John S. Johnson, Eyebeam promotes artistic exploration,
education, and critical discussion of emerging technologies. The work
produced by Eyebeam is disseminated via gallery and online exhibitions,
education programs, lectures, and workshops.
CONFERENCES:
- The IEEE Visualization Conference: "Vis98" will focus on
Interdisciplinary methods across all of science, engineering, medicine, and
commerce.
October 18 for entire week. For info contact: Theresa-Marie Rhyne,
Lockheed Martin, U.S. EPA Scientific Visualization Center
<mailto:trhyne@vislab.epa.gov> http://www.erc.msstate.edu.vis98
- THE SEVENTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
"Minds and Machines and Electronic Culture"; March 4-7, 1999 presented by
The Connecticut College Center for Arts and Technology.
The symposium will consist of paper sessions, panel discussions,
art exhibitions, music concerts, animations, mixed media works, video,
dance, experimental theater and scientific visualizations. Selected
papers and presentations will be published by the Center and abstracts
will be available on line. For full details: cat@conncoll.edu
EXHIBITION:
- Leonardo Electronic Almanac Launches New Work by Tina LaPorta.....
"Translate { } Expression, 1994," uses the technology of 3-dimensional
rendering in conjunction with sound and interaction to engage us in an
investigation of the complex interplay between technology, the body, and
female subjectivity. <http://mitpress.mit.edu/LEA/>.
WEBSITES:
- Useum - is a new Australian pilot website exploring ways to interact
with arts and culture online, funded by the Australian government, and
maintained by EMERGE Cooperative Multimedia Centre.
http://www.useum.org.au
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem launches.....Revolutionary New 3D Virtual
Museum Tour now on-line. A photo-realistic 3D gallery tour, streamed at
15 frames per second over standard dial-up modems. Embedded 3D-hyper links
enabling viewers to interact with the movie, ideal for navigating in
virtual environments. Plug-in for pc downloads and installs automatically.
http://www.imj.org.il/vrmenorah
Cynthia Pannucci
Founder/Director
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)
****Celebrating its 10th Anniversary****
718 816-9796; pannucci@asci.org
PO Box 358, Staten Island, NY 10301
URL: http://www.asci.org
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