4.0909 Queries (7/129)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 20 Jan 91 17:01:22 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0909. Sunday, 20 Jan 1991.


(1) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 12:37 EST (17 lines)
From: Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank <BELL@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Query

(2) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 22:51 EST (15 lines)
From: Grover A. Zinn <FZINN@OBERLIN.BITNET>
Subject: E-mail address in Italy

(3) Date: 01/18/91 , 13:01:41 (20 lines)
From: HEBERLEIN@URZ.KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE
Subject: E-text: Pliny the elder

(4) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 10:30:10 -0500 (16 lines)
From: William J Frawley <billf@brahms.udel.edu>
Subject: Semantics Query

(5) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 08:57:20 CST (25 lines)
From: brad eden <BEDEN@UKANVM>
Subject: other e-mail forums

(6) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 15:55:17 EST (24 lines)
From: Paul Jones <pjones@mento.acs.unc.edu>
Subject: University catalogs and grad school consulting (over the net)

(7) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 91 08:43:24 EST (12 lines)
From: Michael Strangelove <441495@UOTTAWA>
Subject: Address query

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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 12:37 EST
From: Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank <BELL@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Query

The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank wants to carry out large-scale
data entry by scanning and OCR.

Does anyone know about recent or new projects that use Optical Character
Recognition? Did someone overcome the (widely discussed) trouble of
recognizing old fonts or tables? Any recent results with Omnipage?

Thanks,
Jeroen Touwen
Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank,
Rutgers University, NJ
E-mail: BELL@ZODIAC.Rutgers.edu, 4212001@RUTMVS1.BITNET
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 22:51 EST
From: Grover A. Zinn <FZINN@OBERLIN.BITNET>
Subject: E-mail address in Italy

I recall a discussion sometime ago in which mention was made of e-mail to
Italian libraries. Could an Italian colleague (or anyone informed on the
matter of Italian e-mail) give me the address for the Biblioteca
Governativa in Lucca? If there is no e-mail link, is there by any
chance a fax number?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Grover A. Zinn, Jr.
Oberlin College
FZINN@OBERLIN
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Date: 01/18/91 , 13:01:41
From: HEBERLEIN@URZ.KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE
Subject: E-text: Pliny the elder

I know a lot of people here in southern Germany who would like to have a
complete e-text of Plinius maior but don't know, where to find it.

If i am right in guessing that there doesnt exist any machine readable
text of this author (corrections are most welcome; i know only of the
CCAT - CD-Rom - excerpts), i would like to propose to share the work of
creating one, so that a complete Plinius could by ready within a few
months.

We here in Eichstaett offer to other people interested in that proiect
to prepare at least 10 books till the end of our summer term (1th
august) and would be glad to heare of everybody who is willing to
contribute at least one book. We also would be glad to heare about any
other existing books of Plinius (ourselves, we just finished book 28).

Fritz Heberlein
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 10:30:10 -0500
From: William J Frawley <billf@brahms.udel.edu>
Subject: Semantics Query

I'd like to survey all users on the following:

1. Is there a semantics course, or semantics-related course, taught at
your university?

2. If so, what level is it, how often taught, and how many people take it?

So as not to use up the list with responses, please reply directly to me,

Bill Frawley/U of Delaware

billf@brahms.udel.edu
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 08:57:20 CST
From: brad eden <BEDEN@UKANVM>
Subject: other e-mail forums

To Members of Humanist:

I am looking to join other listservs besides this one which deal with
more specialized topics. I have heard the mention of LINGUIST, in which
I am interested. My interests include medieval music, anything medieval
or Renaissance, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, medieval liturgy, etc.
Could someone, or perhaps this listserv, put together a list of current
e-mail discussion groups in these areas? I already belong to ANGL-SAX,
REED-L, EARLY- MUS. Any others? I would appreciate their names and
subscription instructions

Thanks.

Brad Eden
<BEDEN@UKANVM>

* * You might also (regardless of what other responses you draw from
Humanist readers) want to request the Humanist listserv to send you
ACADEMIC LIST1 and ACADEMIC LIST2. See your Guide to Humanist for
further details. --Elaine, for the Editors * *

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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 15:55:17 EST
From: Paul Jones <pjones@mento.acs.unc.edu>
Subject: University catalogs and grad school consulting (over the net)

I appologize for peppering the lists with requests, but after
searching through the list of lists and the news groups, I find that
there is not really a single list that addresses the concerns of thsi
message.

The University of North Carolina is beginning a new student service
to assist its seniors in finding graduate programs in the Arts and
Sciences. Like so much other information, graduate school catalogs,
course offerings, financial aid, assistantships and entry
requirements change almost as soon as they see print.

We're looking for schools that have made their catalogs, etc.
available over the network (or at least machine searchable) or that
are planning to do so. We're also looking for other universities that
have offices that assist their seniors in the ways that we've
mentioned (and other ways we haven't thought of yet).
I am willing to run a listserv (or its internet equiv.) for such
offices if there are enough others out there to warrant it.

Please reply to pjones@samba.acs.unc.edu and not to the list(s).
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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 91 08:43:24 EST
From: Michael Strangelove <441495@UOTTAWA>
Subject: Address query

I am tyring to locate, via e-mail, Douglas Edwards. Professor Edwards
normally teaches at The University of Puget Sound but I have been told
he is temporarily at Oxford University. Are any HUMANISTs at Oxford in
touch with Mr. Edwards and in a position to relay a few e-mail messages
with him if he is not online. Please reply directly to me.

Michael Strangelove
<441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>