3.45 various announcements (117)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Thu, 18 May 89 20:45:59 EDT


Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 45. Thursday, 18 May 1989.


(1) Date: Thu, 18 May 89 09:23:03 CDT (17 lines)
From: Steve Dill <UGA108@SDNET>
Subject: A Pool of Experts

(2) Date: Thu, 18 May 89 09:33:28 CDT (14 lines)
From: Steve Dill <UGA108@SDNET>
Subject: Text Encoding Initiative

(3) Date: Thu, 18 May 89 13:03:11 EDT (29 lines)
From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Donald E Walker)
Subject: 15 June new deadline for IJCAI-89 Travel Grant applications

(4) Date: Thu, 18 May 89 20:38 EDT (27 lines)
From: Peter D. Junger <JUNGER@CWRU>
Subject: Hypertext on the IBM PC

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Date: Thu, 18 May 89 09:23:03 CDT
From: Steve Dill <UGA108@SDNET>
Subject: A Pool of Experts

The Modern Language Association has issued the following request in
the Summer, 1989, issue of MLA Newsletter, p. 2.
MLA would like to expand its publications and other programs that deal
with software and technology. It Will need to call on members with
expertise in such areas is instructional research-oriented software,
electronic networks, and bibliographic and informational data bases.
The MLA staff would like to maintain a file of members qualified to
evaluate software, prorposals for electronic data-base or informatin-
sharing projects, and proposals for scholarly and instructional projects
.... Members who would like to share their expertise with the association
should... write to Carol Zuses, Office of the Executive Director, MLA,
10 AStor Pl. New York, NY 10003-6981, for information...and application
forms.
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Date: Thu, 18 May 89 09:33:28 CDT
From: Steve Dill <UGA108@SDNET>
Subject: Text Encoding Initiative

The Modern Language Association has issued a call (in the Summer, 1989,
Newsletter, p. 18) for members to serve on working committees of the
international Text Encoding Initiative sponsored by the Assocaition for
Computers and the Humanities, the Association for Computational Linguistics,
and the Associatin for Literary and Linguistic Computing.
Four central committees are described: on text documentation, text
representation, text analysis and interpretation, and syntax and metalanguage
issues.
See the Newsletter for further information and then contact either
Randall Jones (JONES@BYUADMIN.BITNET) or Nancy Ide (IDE@VASSAR.BITNET)
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Date: Thu, 18 May 89 13:03:11 EDT
From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Donald E Walker)
Subject: 15 June new deadline for IJCAI-89 Travel Grant applications

TRAVEL GRANTS FOR IJCAI-89

IJCAII has established a program to provide travel support for
participants attending IJCAI-89 in Detroit, Michigan. The amounts
awarded will vary depending on location and on the number of persons
applying. Priority will be given to younger members of the AI
community who are presenting papers or are on panels and who would
not otherwise be able to attend because of limited travel funds.

Applications should be received no later than 15 June 1989. They
should briefly identify the expected form of conference participation;
describe benefits that would result from attendance; specify current
sources of research funding; and list travel support from other
sources. A brief resume should be attached, and students should
include a letter of recommendation from a faculty member.

Five copies of the application should be sent to:

Priscilla Rasmussen, IJCAI-89 Travel Grants
Laboratory for Computer Science Research
Hill Center, Busch Campus
Rutgers, the State University
New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
(+1-201)932-2768
internet: rasmussen@aramis.rutgers.edu
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Date: Thu, 18 May 89 20:38 EDT
From: Peter D. Junger <JUNGER@CWRU>
Subject: Hypertext on the IBM PC


In the issue of Computer Language for May, 1989, at page 97
there is a "Public Domain Software Review" of a program called Black Magic.
The key passage in the review reads as follows:

"Hypertext has slowly migrated to the DOS world, but a recent
shareware release has made DOS versions as complete as those in
other operating systems and hardware. Released by Ntergaid, Black
Magic v. 1.3 provides hypertext capabilities in a good package at
reasonable cost."

The program can, according to the review, be obtained [in an
unregistered evaluation copy without technical support) for $15.95
from Ntergaid Inc., 2490 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield, Conn. 06430.
A registered copy costs $39.95 without printed documentation and
$79.95 with it. The evaluation copy is supposedly also available from
BBS's.

I have never been very interested in Hypertext, but at those
prices, especially if one can find a free source of the evaluation
version, it might be worth the investment.

Peter D. Junger--CWRU Law School--Cleveland, OH--bitnet: JUNGER@CWRu