Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

Response to APA/AIA

Posted on 2006-12-20 by Gabriel Bodard

A joint APA-AIA Task Force on Electronic Publication has issued a call for comments on its statement. (There’s also a a draft summary of issues and possible recommendations. Greg Crane (Editor in Chief of the Perseus Digital Library) has offered … Continue reading →

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Classics in the Million Book Library

Posted on 2006-11-15 by Gabriel Bodard

After the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science, a group met at the University of Chicago as a part of a Mellon-funded project, centered at Tufts University, to explore the question, “What do you do with a million … Continue reading →

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Open source withstands antitrust scrutiny

Posted on 2006-11-10 by Gabriel Bodard

Seen in Slashdot today: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued an opinion in which Judge Easterbrook declares, “[t]he GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws.” The case is called Wallace v. … Continue reading →

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Firefox extension for humanities scholars

Posted on 2006-11-03 by Gabriel Bodard

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. Has anyone tried using this? Is it actually useful?

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Audio Files: History and Archaeology Expert Seminar

Posted on 2006-11-01 by Gabriel Bodard

Audio files from the Methods Network Expert Seminar ‘Virtual History and Archaeology’, held at the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield, 19-21 April 2006, are now available. The following audio files are currently available. ‘Using GIS to Study Long-Term Population … Continue reading →

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First Swedish CC-licensed PhD

Posted on 2006-09-28 by Gabriel Bodard

From the Creative Commons blog: The first Creative Commons licensed PhD to be defended on 2nd October in Göteborg, Sweden. The PhD thesis entitled Disruptive Technology: Effects of Technology Regulation on Democracy deals with the negative democratic effects which often … Continue reading →

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British Academy: “copyright is hindering scholarship”

Posted on 2006-09-23 by Gabriel Bodard

British Academy says that copyright is hindering scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Baroness Onora O’Neill, the President of the British Academy, chaired the launch event and welcomed the report. “From the national point of view,” she said, “it … Continue reading →

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Open Source Critical Editions workshop

Posted on 2006-09-21 by Gabriel Bodard

A workshop on Open Source Critical Editions will be held on Friday 22nd September in King’s College London. The workshop is co-organised by the AHRC ICT Methods Network, the Perseus Project, and the Digital Classicist. The workshop programme is available … Continue reading →

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3D Egyptian Archaeology in Second Life

Posted on 2006-08-20 by Gabriel Bodard

Some very nice 3D recreations of Egyptian buildings and artifacts have been built and showcased in the Themiskyra land in Second Life (the user-led MMORPG). See a Flickr gallery of some of the objects at https://www.flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/sets/72157594214266172/ or teleport straight to … Continue reading →

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“Books will disappear”

Posted on 2006-06-07 by Gabriel Bodard

Provocative article from the Guardian titled ‘Books will disappear. Print is where words go to die’: We need to kill the book to save books. Now relax. I’m not suggesting burning books, nor replacing them with electronic gizmos in some … Continue reading →

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What is computer literacy?

Posted on 2006-05-24 by Gabriel Bodard

Discussion started in Slashdot today: By Cliff on where’s-the-on-switch rbannon asks: “Computer literacy is becoming an increasingly used term in education, and more and more schools are being asked to set computer literacy goals for their students. Unfortunately for too … Continue reading →

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Open Access & Anti-élitism

Posted on 2006-05-19 by Gabriel Bodard

From Academic Commons: Michael Carroll, Law Professor at Villanova University School of Law , Creative Commons Board Member, and Blogger, turns up the heat in the on-going debate over pending federal legislation that would force open access to research supported … Continue reading →

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Launch of CIRCE Manual

Posted on 2006-05-05 by Gabriel Bodard

Report from Steve Kimberley, Cambridge: Report of the launch of the CIRCE manual – 21 April 2006; IBM, London. On 21 April, I attended the launch of the CIRCE manual at IBM’s South Bank premises, a corporate facility of the … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons in Second Life

Posted on 2006-04-19 by Gabriel Bodard

As seen in the CC-blog: Mia Garlick, Creative Commons’ General Counsel, goes in-world in Second Life to discuss copyright issues and the “Some Rights Reserved” licensing perspective this Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 6 PM PST. The event takes place … Continue reading →

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AHRC ICT Methods Network Call for proposals

Posted on 2006-04-13 by Gabriel Bodard

Call for Proposals The Methods Network invites member of the arts and humanities Higher Education community in the U.K. to submit proposals for Methods Network activities. Activities may include workshops, seminars, postgraduate training events, publications, and other activities. Workshops Workshops … Continue reading →

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