CoHSL-list May 2008

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Survey on special collections and Web 2.0 technologies

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Beth Whittaker <whittaker.50(a)osu.edu> Date: Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:50 AM Rare books and special collections colleagues, In preparation for the publication of our book, tentatively titled Special Collections 2.0, we are looking for your responses to a series of questions about special collections, archives, and Web 2.0 technologies. We anticipate the survey will take you about 7-10 minutes to complete, depending on your answers. We appreciate your thoughts, insights, and contributions! Please also share this link with others who you think might like to participate, as we are hoping for a broad response from the cultural heritage community. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227U3ARBQA4 Thank you for your time and participation. Beth M. Whittaker and Lynne M. Thomas ---------------------- Beth M. Whittaker Associate Professor Head, Special Collections Cataloging The Ohio State University Libraries 5783 Ackerman Library 610 Ackerman Road Columbus OH 43202 614-247-7463 FAX 614-292-2015 whittaker.50(a)osu.edu

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Re: [Cohsl-list] CoHSL-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 7

by KALAMOS BOOKS

> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:20:30 -0400 > From: "Karen Green" <klg19(a)columbia.edu> > Subject: Re: [Cohsl-list] NEH awards announced > Yes, June, we've got one here at Columbia, though not for CoHSL-related > materials, and I confess to having absolutely no involvement in the process > whatsoever: > > *Columbia University, New York, NY* *Outright: $340,217* > Enhancements to an integrated information system of papyri collections > with access to catalog records, texts, images, and a bibliography, a new > user interface, and better integration with related scholarly databases, and > expansion of the digital repository. www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/pn/ ================ Karen. I was just wondering if the NEH grants might be available for the COHSL project for Greek collections....? Though I suppose one or other of the member institutions would need to apply, rather than the less formal "COHSL" group June S ================ June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Re: [Cohsl-list] NEH awards announced

by Karen Green

Yes, June, we've got one here at Columbia, though not for CoHSL-related materials, and I confess to having absolutely no involvement in the process whatsoever: *Columbia University, New York, NY* *Outright: $340,217* Enhancements to an integrated information system of papyri collections with access to catalog records, texts, images, and a bibliography, a new user interface, and better integration with related scholarly databases, and expansion of the digital repository. www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/pn/ Best, Karen -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Graphic Novels Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 klg19(a)columbia.edu On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <cohsl-list-request(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NEH Awards Announced (KALAMOS BOOKS) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:24:25 -0400 > From: "KALAMOS BOOKS" <kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Cohsl-list] NEH Awards Announced > To: cohsl-list <cohsl-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> > Message-ID: > <3926b9750805221424t1ae29379q3dc08c5e1b5c8484(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Have any COHSL libraries applied for/won/used > these grants for digitization projects ? > > June S > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Wurl, Joel <JWurl(a)neh.gov> > Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM > > The National Endowment for the Humanities has recently posted its list > of awards for fiscal year 2008 in three funding categories supported by > the Division of Preservation and Access: 1) Humanities Collections and > Resources, 2) Documenting Endangered Languages (in cooperation with the > National Science Foundation), and 3) the Joint Information Systems > Committee (JISC) / NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants. > These applications were submitted during calendar year 2007. Please visit > > http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/preservationFeb2008.html > > for details. > > As a reminder, guidelines are available for requesting support this year > from the following categories with upcoming deadlines: > > * Education and Training (July 1 deadline) > http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pet.html > > * Humanities Collections and Resources (July 31 deadline) > http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collections_and_Resources.html > > Prospective applicants seeking further information are encouraged to > contact the Division at 202-606-8570 or preservation(a)neh.gov. > > Joel Wurl > Senior Program Officer > Division of Preservation and Access > National Endowment for the Humanities > 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW > Washington, DC 20506 > > phone: (202) 606-8252 fax: (202) 606-8639 > e-mail: jwurl(a)neh.gov <mailto:jwurl@neh.gov> > > Visit the NEH website at: www.neh.gov <http://www.neh.gov> > > ================ > > June Samaras > KALAMOS BOOKS > (For Books about Greece) > 2020 Old Station Rd > Streetsville,Ontario > Canada L5M 2V1 > Tel : 905-542-1877 > E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com > www.kalamosbooks.com >

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NEH Awards Announced

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Have any COHSL libraries applied for/won/used these grants for digitization projects ? June S ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wurl, Joel <JWurl(a)neh.gov> Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM The National Endowment for the Humanities has recently posted its list of awards for fiscal year 2008 in three funding categories supported by the Division of Preservation and Access: 1) Humanities Collections and Resources, 2) Documenting Endangered Languages (in cooperation with the National Science Foundation), and 3) the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) / NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants. These applications were submitted during calendar year 2007. Please visit http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/preservationFeb2008.html for details. As a reminder, guidelines are available for requesting support this year from the following categories with upcoming deadlines: * Education and Training (July 1 deadline) http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pet.html * Humanities Collections and Resources (July 31 deadline) http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collections_and_Resources.html Prospective applicants seeking further information are encouraged to contact the Division at 202-606-8570 or preservation(a)neh.gov. Joel Wurl Senior Program Officer Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20506 phone: (202) 606-8252 fax: (202) 606-8639 e-mail: jwurl(a)neh.gov <mailto:jwurl@neh.gov> Visit the NEH website at: www.neh.gov <http://www.neh.gov> ================ June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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[Fwd: Oxford Summer Schools on TEI, XML and more]

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dot Porter <dporter(a)uky.edu> Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:09 AM Please excuse cross-posting. Summer workshops in Oxford on the Text Encoding Initiative. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Oxford Summer Schools on TEI, XML and more Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 08:35:23 +0100 From: Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz(a)OUCS.OX.AC.UK> Reply-To: Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz(a)OUCS.OX.AC.UK> To: TEI-L(a)listserv.brown.edu Join us at OUCS this summer for two workshops organized by the Research Technologies Service. During the week July 21st to 25th, the TEI team at Oxford is once again offering special training in text encoding principles and techniques. This year we have two workshops: * XML, TEI, and beyond: July 21st-23rd 2008 This three-day course combines in-depth coverage of the latest version of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Recommendations for the encoding of digital text with hands-on practical exercises in their application. If you are a project manager, research assistant, or encoder working on any kind of project concerned with the creation or management of large amounts of digital text, this course is for you. * XML processing using XSLT: July 24th-25th 2008 This is a two-day technical course is a practical guide to the use of XSLT to do more than simply render your XML documents. Aimed at project research assistants, encoders, and programmers, it provides in-depth coverage of the principles and practice of the W3C's extensible Stylesheet language, focussing on its use as a general purpose text manipulation and processing language. Interested? Please register as soon as possible, as places are limited. The two workshops are independent of each other, but we're pleased to announce a 20% discount is available if you register for both. For further information and booking, please visit http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/rts/events/ -- Sebastian Rahtz Information Manager, Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN. Phone +44 1865 283431 Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ Discussion list: dm-l(a)uleth.ca Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 ***************************************

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Dutch Library Fire

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Everett Wilkie <ewilkie(a)ix.netcom.com> Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:31 AM This message appeared on another list today. --ECW +++++++++++++++++++++++ Last Tuesday 13 May a big cloud was hanging over my hometown of Delft when I was returning home from Utrecht. There was a big fire in the Faculty of Architecture (Faculteit Bouwkunde) of the Technical University Delft. It started in the morning, and around 5 PM a part of the building collapsed. All people were in time out of the building, so there are no persons injured. The Faculty has (or must I sadly write: had) one of the most important libraries in the field of Architecture, with 40,000 books including several atlases (Blaeu, Braun & Hogenberg), and a map collection of 12,000 maps (topographical maps of the 19th century, soil maps, planning maps of the Noordoostpolder, Berlage's plans of the new parts of Amsterdam and The Hague, and the plans for the rebuilding of Rotterdam after WW II). The older maps (pre-1850) were stored in the University Library. The fate of the library is not known yet. The map curator, Addie Ritter, wrote that his depot is almost certainly destroyed, since it was in the part of the building that collapsed. The library, which was on the ground flour of a different wing of the building, is not accessible because the building is instable. It can take three to four weeks before it may be entered (the building of 14 stories has to be demolished first). The older books were in a safe, but if that saved them is unknown (the fire lasted for about 24 hours). There was also a collection of chairs of famous designers and maquettes of architects - there would be an exhibit opened yesterday 15 May. That collection is saved for the major part. Report (in Dutch naturally) and photos of this fire at the Technische Universiteit Delft, with links to newspaper articles: http://www.historischecartografie.nl/Logboek/Nieuws/Brand-TU-Delft-vernietig t-kaartencollectie.html Peter -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Re: [Cohsl-list] CoHSL-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2

by Karen Green

Rhea, Karen Van Dyck, here at Columbia, asked me once if Modern Greek scholars should learn to adapt their transliteration schemes to LC, so that we all knew what we were looking for coherently. But if LC's scheme is the minority, it might make sense to look at it again. I think, though, that it would behoove us to talk to our various heads of Tech Services, who might better calculate the cost in money and man-hours for the sort of recon that a changeover would entail. Whatever we decide won't be worth much if we can't get our administrative heads to go along with us! Karen -- Karen Green Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian Graphic Novels Librarian Columbia University New York NY 10027 212-854-3031 klg19(a)columbia.edu On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <cohsl-list-request(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > Send CoHSL-list mailing list submissions to > cohsl-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/cohsl-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cohsl-list-request(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cohsl-list-owner(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CoHSL-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Query from LC (Rhea Karabelas Lesage) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:11:40 -0400 > From: Rhea Karabelas Lesage <karabel(a)fas.harvard.edu> > Subject: [Cohsl-list] Query from LC > To: listserv for the Consortium of Hellenic Studies Librarians > <cohsl-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> > Cc: Lavinia Griffiths <lavinia.griffiths(a)kcl.ac.uk> > Message-ID: <4829CBCC.1010704(a)fas.harvard.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Dear Colleagues, > Bob Hiatt, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist from the Cataloging Policy > and Support Office(CPSO)of the Library of Congress, at Barbara Tillett's > (Chief, CPSO) request, has been in touch with me about revisiting the > transliteration issue, specifically, the rough breathing mark. I told him > that I would bring the discussion to the list, since it does continue to be > a problem. Modern Greek has been a monotonic language since the government > decree in 1982. We are now well past its 25 year anniversary and as time > passes there are new generations of native-speaking Greeks who have no idea > whether a word had a daseia in the days of polytonic Greek. I can certainly > understand LC's desire to eliminate this anachronistic rule. > > Please note that the above query comes from LC. Below I am proposing that > we think about the whole issue of transliteration as a group, especially if > there is going to be a change on the rough breathing mark issue. Such a > change will require retrospective conversion projects so perhaps we should > take the time now to look at the bigger picture. Transliteration of modern > Greek in library catalogs is a problem since the ALA/LC table does not match > the rest of the international community. As libraries are looking at new > discovery platforms in order to facilitate users' access to the catalog > while giving them "Google-like" searching, it might be appropriate for us to > consider using internationally accepted standards. Now that many of us have > begun cataloging in the vernacular using parallel fields, I've seen some > records in OCLC in which the transliterations are so far off that I can't > recognize what scheme they have used. Some contributors appear to have > already eliminated the "! > h" for the rough breathing. As more international libraries are loading > records into OCLC I expect that this problem will continue to grow. > > I would like to propose that we come together as a group and decide how we > want modern Greek to be transliterated going forward. Since the rough > breathing mark issue needs to be dealt with, > 1.Should we then consider a proposal to radically change the table > to the International Standards Organization (ISO843,1997 > version) which has a letter for letter transliteration? (With *no* > exceptions, as the previous LC change proposed) This would > enable us to download bibliographic information from publishers and > libraries in Greece thus helping us in the speedy > cataloging of these materials. > 2.To our Greek colleagues, what scheme would you like to see > libraries outside of Greece adhering to? Would this be > helpful to you and your work? > 3.What will this mean in terms retrospective conversion projects? > 4.Finally, think about the pros and cons of: > a. elimination of the rough breathing mark rule > b. full adoption of the ISO843 scheme > and PLEASE communicate them to this list! > > For a review of various transliteration schemes, I refer you to Thomas T. > Pedersen's very helpful table and web site: > http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Greek.pdf > http://transliteration.eki.ee/ > > I would like to encourage discussion on this list first before posting this > to any other list. Please do forward this message to people that you think > will add to this discussion and encourage them to join our list serv: > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/cohsl-list > Many thanks! > Rhea > > -- > Rhea K. Lesage > Head and Bibliographer for Modern Greek > Modern Greek Section > Collection Development Department > Widener Library > Harvard College Library > Cambridge, MA 02138 > (617)495-3632 > FAX (617)496-8704 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CoHSL-list mailing list > CoHSL-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/cohsl-list > > > End of CoHSL-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2 > ***************************************** >

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Query from LC

by Rhea Karabelas Lesage

Dear Colleagues, Bob Hiatt, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist from the Cataloging Policy and Support Office(CPSO)of the Library of Congress, at Barbara Tillett's (Chief, CPSO) request, has been in touch with me about revisiting the transliteration issue, specifically, the rough breathing mark. I told him that I would bring the discussion to the list, since it does continue to be a problem. Modern Greek has been a monotonic language since the government decree in 1982. We are now well past its 25 year anniversary and as time passes there are new generations of native-speaking Greeks who have no idea whether a word had a daseia in the days of polytonic Greek. I can certainly understand LC's desire to eliminate this anachronistic rule. Please note that the above query comes from LC. Below I am proposing that we think about the whole issue of transliteration as a group, especially if there is going to be a change on the rough breathing mark issue. Such a change will require retrospective conversion projects so perhaps we should take the time now to look at the bigger picture. Transliteration of modern Greek in library catalogs is a problem since the ALA/LC table does not match the rest of the international community. As libraries are looking at new discovery platforms in order to facilitate users' access to the catalog while giving them "Google-like" searching, it might be appropriate for us to consider using internationally accepted standards. Now that many of us have begun cataloging in the vernacular using parallel fields, I've seen some records in OCLC in which the transliterations are so far off that I can't recognize what scheme they have used. Some contributors appear to have already eliminated the "h" for the rough breathing. As more international libraries are loading records into OCLC I expect that this problem will continue to grow. I would like to propose that we come together as a group and decide how we want modern Greek to be transliterated going forward. Since the rough breathing mark issue needs to be dealt with, 1.Should we then consider a proposal to radically change the table to the International Standards Organization (ISO843,1997 version) which has a letter for letter transliteration? (With *no* exceptions, as the previous LC change proposed) This would enable us to download bibliographic information from publishers and libraries in Greece thus helping us in the speedy cataloging of these materials. 2.To our Greek colleagues, what scheme would you like to see libraries outside of Greece adhering to? Would this be helpful to you and your work? 3.What will this mean in terms retrospective conversion projects? 4.Finally, think about the pros and cons of: a. elimination of the rough breathing mark rule b. full adoption of the ISO843 scheme and PLEASE communicate them to this list! For a review of various transliteration schemes, I refer you to Thomas T. Pedersen's very helpful table and web site: http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Greek.pdf http://transliteration.eki.ee/ I would like to encourage discussion on this list first before posting this to any other list. Please do forward this message to people that you think will add to this discussion and encourage them to join our list serv: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/cohsl-list Many thanks! Rhea -- Rhea K. Lesage Head and Bibliographer for Modern Greek Modern Greek Section Collection Development Department Widener Library Harvard College Library Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)495-3632 FAX (617)496-8704

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Princeton University Library Position: Assistant Curator for Modern Greek Collections

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dimitri H. Gondicas <gondicas(a)princeton.edu> Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:39 PM Subject: [MGSA-L] Princeton University Library Position: Assistant Curator for Modern Greek Collections To: mgsa-l(a)uci.edu PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Program in Hellenic Studies http://www.princeton.edu/~hellenic/ <http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ehellenic/> Dear colleagues: The Princeton University Library invites applications for a new two-year position of Assistant Curator for Modern Greek Collections. This post is jointly funded by the Program in Hellenic Studies. The Assistant Curator will work on a broad array of rare and unique materials at Princeton, under the supervision of the Curator of Manuscripts, the Curator of Rare Books, and other senior professional staff of the Department on projects related to the selection, acquisition, organization, description, cataloging, preservation, digitization, and exhibition of Princeton's growing collections of post-Byzantine bound manuscripts, historical archives, travel journals, documentary photographs, modern literary and publishing archives, and materials related to the Greek Diaspora and Philhellenism. This opportunity will provide someone with a strong academic background with practical training and mentoring relationships to allow the individual selected to pursue a professional career in Greek libraries, archives, or special collections. There will be opportunities for the Assistant Curator to interact with the Program in Hellenic Studies and other Princeton faculty interested in Modern Greek Studies. Please circulate the announcement below and bring it to the attention of qualified candidates: http://library.princeton.edu/hr/positions/JobAsstCuratorModernGreekColl. html<http://library.princeton.edu/hr/positions/JobAsstCuratorModernGreekColl.html> Many thanks, Dimitri Gondicas Dimitri Gondicas Executive Director Program in Hellenic Studies Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/~hellenic/ <http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ehellenic/> _______________________________________________

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