Category Archives: General

Abzu has an RSS feed

Posted on 2005-09-22 by chuckjones

Abzu is a guide to the rapidly increasing, and widely distributed data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East via the Internet. It has been on-line since 5 October, 1994. Since 2001 Abzu has been … Continue reading →

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CAA 2006

Posted on 2005-09-16 by chuckjones

Are any classisicts planning to be attend the following? 34th Annual Meeting and Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology CAA2006– Fargo April 18-21, 2006. The Conference Organizing Committee for CAA2006 invites you to participate in the Annual … 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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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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Atlas of Europe

Posted on 2005-08-27 by Gabriel Bodard

The Atlas of Europe website now includes several interactive physical maps; for example the clickable map showing European rivers (https://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/hydrography.htm), and mountain ranges (https://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/Orography.htm). Some nice effects. (Euratlas also features maps of Ancient Rome, historical atlases, and other resources. And … Continue reading →

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Academic Commons

Posted on 2005-08-18 by juangarces

The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College has launched Academic Commons, “a forum for investigating and defining the role that technology can play in liberal arts education”. The site offers essays, reviews, and interviews, as well … Continue reading →

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Okus — reading environment for Classical Greek texts

Posted on 2005-08-11 by scaife

from the mailbag this morning: Dear Member of Classics Department or Classical Organization: As the academic year approaches, I am writing to inform you about a new computer application, Okus, that is available for studying ancient Greek texts. Okus incorporates … Continue reading →

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Inaugural International Colloquium on Digital Heritage and Preservation 2005

Posted on 2005-08-10 by melissa

University of Abertay Dundee Thursday 10th November 2005 Colloquium announcement and call for papers In November, the University of Abertay Dundee in conjunction with the Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield Trust will host the Inaugural International Colloquium on Digital Heritage and … Continue reading →

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Open Access Translation (The OAT Bible)

Posted on 2005-08-08 by scaife

Thanks to Peter Suber for calling attention to Peter Kirby, Open Access Translation (The OAT Bible), Christian Origins, August 7, 2005. Excerpt: TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) are popular for Bible translations, so I’ve come up with one. The “Open Access … Continue reading →

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Searching unstructured data

Posted on 2005-08-08 by scaife

from InformationWeek: IBM plans to make its enterprise search middleware, designed to facilitate searches of unstructured data, available as open-source code. It’s called Unstructured Information Management Architecture, and IBM says more than 15 knowledge-management companies intend to support it as … Continue reading →

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Confusion at Princeton

Posted on 2005-08-06 by scaife

With its DRM’d textbook program, Princeton University demonstrates how not to use educational technology. Update: Plan now being duly savaged on Slashdot.

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Zapping and mapping

Posted on 2005-08-05 by scaife

Cornell researchers developed a process called X-ray fluorescence imaging to recover faded text on stone by “zapping and mapping” the inscriptions. The group built a machine that generates X-rays a million times more intense than what the doctor uses to … Continue reading →

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ETANA

Posted on 2005-08-05 by scaife

The Scout Report on ETANA (Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives): A number of interesting digital projects have recently been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and the Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives (ETANA) is one such … Continue reading →

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