Author Archives: chuckjones

“Radical Change for Tenure”

Posted on 2006-01-02 by chuckjones

Peyer Suber reports on Scott Jaschik, Radical Change for Tenure, Inside Higher Ed, December 30, 2005. Jashik sumarizes discussion in a special panel of the MLA focussed on overhaul of tenure review procedures. Among other things, the panel wants departments … Continue reading →

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AIA Computer Special Interest Group meeting in Montreal

Posted on 2005-12-19 by chuckjones

A communication received today: From: John Wallrodt Date: December 17, 2005 11:12:53 PM EST Subject: CSIG Meeting at Montreal All, It is time once again to wake the slumbering AIA Computer Special Interest Group. I apologize for the silence on … Continue reading →

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Classics and Institutional Repositories

Posted on 2005-12-01 by chuckjones

Peter Suber has a Report on the ALPSP-SSP seminar in The SPARC Open Access Newsletter discussing Repositories and their impact on publishing. My impression is that serious use of institutional repositories has yet to emerge among scholars of Classics and … Continue reading →

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Archaeology Data Service User Services Manager – Department of Archaeology

Posted on 2005-11-23 by chuckjones

Archaeology Data Service User Services Manager – Department of Archaeology Vacancy reference: BR05505 Applications are invited for the position of User Services Manager in the Archaeology Data Service, available from February 2006. This is an opportunity to take a key … Continue reading →

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Managing Digital Assets: Strategic Issues for Research Libraries

Posted on 2005-11-21 by chuckjones

In late October the Association of Research Libraries Forum, the Coalition for Networked Information the Council on Library and Information Resources and the Digital Library Federation held a forum ehtitled Managing Digital Assets: Strategic Issues for Research Libraries. The keynote … Continue reading →

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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

Posted on 2005-10-31 by chuckjones

Perhaps it just snuck by me, but I have no recollection of an announcement of the availability online of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. It seems that all of the out-of -print volumes of the CVA (a couple of hundred volumes?!?) … Continue reading →

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archaeocommons?

Posted on 2005-10-31 by chuckjones

Appearing to be mostly a set of screen shots, Archaeocommons seems nevertheless to be an interesting emerging entity. This organization is one of the ventúres of Eric Kansa, who has written an interesting paper on“Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Expanding Access … Continue reading →

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Google vs. the World

Posted on 2005-10-25 by chuckjones

From his piece “Books of Revelation” in The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2005, reproduced at googleblog: …Imagine the cultural impact of putting tens of millions of previously inaccessible volumes into one vast index, every word of which is searchable … Continue reading →

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Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication

Posted on 2005-10-24 by chuckjones

Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication “…The purpose of this organization shall be to unite all persons interested in the intersection between classical studies, libraries, and scholarly communication, in order to promote timely exchange of information and ideas and … Continue reading →

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“Descriptive Metadata for Copyright Status”

Posted on 2005-10-20 by chuckjones

An interesting article in First Monday proposes that a set of descriptive data elements could accompany digital materials to inform potential users of the copyright status of the item. It concludes: “Adding descriptive data elements for copyright status to the … Continue reading →

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Care to comment on a Greek font?

Posted on 2005-10-13 by chuckjones

The Society of Biblcal Literature [SBL] has an interesting model for the development of fonts that are “… attractive and legible on computer screens and in print, include characters and symbols found in critical editions, display complex scripts, and transfer … Continue reading →

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Another institution goes open access

Posted on 2005-10-13 by chuckjones

The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago announced a new publication policy yesterday: “Starting in 2005, the Oriental Institute is committed to digitizing all of its publications and making them available online, without charge. The minimum for each volume, … Continue reading →

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The Open Content Alliance

Posted on 2005-10-03 by chuckjones

The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. Content in the … Continue reading →

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Suggestions for better data preservation

Posted on 2005-09-26 by chuckjones

In “Digital Biblical Scholarship: Dust to Dust?” Patrick Durusau reflects on the role professional societies might play in the preservation of orphaned digital resources.

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“serious and irreversible damage”?

Posted on 2005-09-26 by chuckjones

In “Journal publishing and author self-archiving: Peaceful Co-Existence and Fruitful Collaboration” an interesting group of scholars responds to a public letter from the ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) which strongly condemned the RCUK’s (Research Councils UK) proposed … Continue reading →

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