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OED changes with the times

Posted on 2006-11-07 by scaife

Worthwhile piece in the NYT on the OED today. An excerpt: The job of a new-words editor felt very different precyberspace, Paton says: “New words weren’t proliferating at quite the rate they have done in the last 10 years. Not … Continue reading →

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Carthage in Wikipedia

Posted on 2006-11-07 by scaife

Amusing blog entry involving Carthage at Infocult, Wikipedia delenda est.

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Sanity

Posted on 2006-10-27 by scaife

Emphasis added: For better or for worse, Wikipedia has become the first destination for many a student researcher. Does the site’s ubiquity mean that professors have a responsibility to contribute? “I feel I have an obligation to do so, at … Continue reading →

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Alouette

Posted on 2006-10-23 by scaife

hangingtogether.org comments on the newly announced Canadian digitization effort called AlouetteCanada. Some of the juicy bits: Billed as an “open digitization initiative,” Alouette shares some common features with the Open Content Alliance (OCA) — not altogether surprising, since founding members … Continue reading →

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On the limits of collaboration

Posted on 2006-10-23 by scaife

There’s a provocative entry by Bob Stein at the if:book blog today on the enduring value of a strong, identifiable point of view.

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On the power of CC licensing @ Flickr

Posted on 2006-10-19 by scaife

Mark Glaser of MediaShift: Creative Commons + Flickr = 22 Million Sharable Photos

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Excellent suggestion: self-help

Posted on 2006-10-17 by scaife

if:book discusses the progress Microsoft is making towards its book search portal, and sees a big risk: But more important, we should get to work with OCR scanners and start extracting the texts to build our own databases. Even when … Continue reading →

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“naturally more expressive digital object focus”

Posted on 2006-10-13 by scaife

This Object Reuse and Exchange initiative looks like a project to keep an eye on: The Open Archives Initiative (OAI), with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, announces a new effort as part of its mission to … Continue reading →

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British Museum site on Ancient Greece

Posted on 2006-10-13 by scaife

from The Scout Report: 5. Ancient Greece [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ Presented with a physical relief map of Greece and its many islands, visitors to the homepage of this site will then be treated to a range of material objects, … Continue reading →

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Alun Salt’s MuGeum Gateway to Ancient Greece

Posted on 2006-10-07 by scaife

What I’m working on is a list of various Greek cities as a reference for the new first years who start lectures in Ancient Greek history this coming week. Hopefully they’ll know where Athens is, but working out which island … Continue reading →

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The Parthenon Frieze

Posted on 2006-10-07 by scaife

from Dorothy King: Columbia has a great new site about the Parthenon Frieze, where you can click on the plan and see either old photos (pre recent 20th century damage) or drawings based on Carrey and other sources. The Parthenon … Continue reading →

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Zotero goes live

Posted on 2006-10-06 by scaife

Release notes.

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20,000 entries for Suda On Line

Posted on 2006-10-04 by scaife

Progress Report (as of October 2, 2006): Assigned: 20,385 Translated: 20,001 Vetted: 19,998 A message from Managing Editor Bill Hutton to contributors and potential contributors: Dear contributors to the Suda On-Line: Yesterday the 20,000th was submitted to the Suda On … Continue reading →

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A pitch for ATM-like print-on-demand

Posted on 2006-10-03 by scaife

From Jason Epstein’s NYRB article, Books@Google: Page’s original conception for Google Book Search seems to have been that books, like the manuals he needed in high school, are data mines which users can search as they search the Web. But … Continue reading →

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Wikimapia plus GE

Posted on 2006-10-02 by scaife

The new connection between Wikimapia and Google Earth announced on the Google Earth blog looks intriguing: Wikimapia Does Google Earth! Exciting news! A few months ago one of the most talked about (and most used) Google mapping applications was released … Continue reading →

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