Author Archives: scaife

Support still missing

Posted on 2005-09-28 by scaife

(via Peter Suber) Brock Read, A New Report Bemoans the State of Online Research on American Literature, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 28, 2005 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: Whether digitizing out-of-print novels or publishing their own criticism, a growing … Continue reading →

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more on Google Print

Posted on 2005-09-28 by scaife

Tom O’Reilly weighs in on the Authors’ Guild suit against Google in today’s New York Times: A search engine for books will be revolutionary in its benefits. Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than copyright infringement, or even … Continue reading →

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deep access to digitised cultural heritage material

Posted on 2005-09-26 by scaife

Repeated here from the Humanist list by permission of the poster, Mats Dahlström (and note that the Classical Text Services protocol being developed principally by Neel Smith and Christopher Blackwell under the aegis of the Center for Hellenic Studies addresses … Continue reading →

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Digital Classicist: Announcement and Call for Participation

Posted on 2005-09-26 by scaife

Dieser Aufruf zur Beteiligung kann man auch auf deutsch lesen Cet appel à participation se trouve aussi en français Questa richiesta di partecipazione e’ disponibile anche in Italiano We should like to announce the creation of a new project and … Continue reading →

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Under my skin…

Posted on 2005-09-23 by scaife

Studying ancient languages seems to be one of the best ways to exercise and strengthen our memories. But sometimes we just seem to hit a wall, for example on the finer points of Denniston’s Greek Particles. At last, the answer … Continue reading →

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Comments on podcasting

Posted on 2005-09-22 by scaife

There’s a useful post on “Podcasting and Classics” on the Memento Vivere blog (via rogueclassicism).

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Observations on the suit by the Authors’ Guild against Google Print

Posted on 2005-09-22 by scaife

Lawrence Lessig: Property law since time immemorial had held that your land reached from the ground to the heavens. Then airplanes were invented — a technology oblivious to this ancient law. A couple of farmers sued to enforce their ancient … Continue reading →

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Gallery 2.0 released

Posted on 2005-09-15 by scaife

from the mailbag: We are very proud to announce that Gallery 2.0 final has been released and is available for immediate download! This is a complete rewrite of Gallery and is the culmination of 3 years of design and effort. … Continue reading →

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IOSA

Posted on 2005-09-15 by scaife

IOSA.it looks worth bookmarking: IOSA stands for Internet and Open Source in Archaeology. It is a research group of young archaeologists, and the aim of this site and of IOSA research team is to promote the use of open source … Continue reading →

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Debut of Copyright, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal

Posted on 2005-09-08 by scaife

Copyright, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal led by a renowned editorial team, seeks papers on all aspects of copyright in the Internet age. The journal features a rapid review and publication time while maintaining rigorous standards regarding the quality of … Continue reading →

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Space available

Posted on 2005-09-07 by scaife

Today Matt Kirschenbaum posted an invitation from MITH to scholars displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the University of Maryland, College Park is pleased to be able to offer an immediate residential … Continue reading →

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ITSEE

Posted on 2005-08-30 by scaife

From Mark Goodacre’s blog, notice of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing, led by Peter Robinson and David Parker. Interesting web site, with descriptions of several meaty-sounding projects.

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Comparisons

Posted on 2005-08-30 by scaife

John Langford and Martin Pool have a worthwhile post on the Machine Learning (Theory) blog on “(Dis)similarities between academia and open source programmers.” (Hat tip Peter Suber.)

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DigInc

Posted on 2005-08-22 by scaife

The Stoa now mirrors the Digital Incunabula site from the Center for Hellenic Studies.

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ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship program

Posted on 2005-08-17 by scaife

With great pleasure we accede to Saul Fisher’s request for posting of the following announcement from ACLS: ACLS OPENS COMPETITION FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce its new Digital Innovation … Continue reading →

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