6.0457 Misc. Qs: Including Sicehl Dist; OTAS (6/99)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:54:12 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0457. Tuesday, 26 Jan 1993.


(1) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:59:58 +0000 (30 lines)
From: "MARCUS BANKS, ISCA, OXFORD" <banks@vax.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: References for on-line catalogues

(2) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:59 CDT (6 lines)
From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET>
Subject: RE: Roman a' Clef ?

(3) Date: 25 Jan 93 15:55:36 GMT (16 lines)
From: D Mealand <ewnt05@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Sichel distribution

(4) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:58 CET (16 lines)
From: LETTVA@RULMVS.LEIDENUNIV.NL
Subject: OTAS

(5) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:51:39 EST (16 lines)
From: CZBU000 <CZBU@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: request

(6) Date: 21 January 93, 22:06:35 EST (15 lines)
From: CLEARY at OUACCVMB

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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:59:58 +0000
From: "MARCUS BANKS, ISCA, OXFORD" <banks@vax.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: References for on-line catalogues

I am currently writing a grant application to support the
construction of an on-line, world-wide access catalogue of
archival materials (pre-war ethnographic film footage, in fact).
I am not a librarian or information scientist, and so am
searching for one or two references to convince more traditional
colleagues (ie. non computer-using) that this is a worthwhile
project. I am not so much looking for a literature on how-to-
do-it (though that would be helpful), but rather for published
research results that show that databases/catalogues like this
have a valuable role to play. Can anyone help? If so, many
thanks.

Perhaps I should add that I intend to catalogue all the material
I can find, wherever it is located; the catalogue will act as a
centralised source of information on a widely-scattered set of
archives.

Marcus Banks, Oxford
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Marcus Banks
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
51 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6PE

banks@vax.ox.ac.uk
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:59 CDT
From: HOKE ROBINSON <ROBINSONH@MEMSTVX1.BITNET>
Subject: RE: 6.0294 NEH (1/54)

Does anyone know the origin of the characterization "roman a' clef"?
Hoke Robinson, Memphis
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Date: 25 Jan 93 15:55:36 GMT
From: D Mealand <ewnt05@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Sichel distribution


Just a query to see if someone knows of a good succinct and incisive
discussion of the use of the Sichel distribution for stylometry.
Please send the info to me direct as I do not always get to the
humanist file here before some of it is wiped.

David Mealand
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:58 CET
From: LETTVA@RULMVS.LEIDENUNIV.NL
Subject: OTAS

Sometime ago Oxford University Press advertised with the
forthcoming program OTAS (Oxford Text Analysis System).
Recently I enquired when it would be available and received
the following answer: "I am afraid this publication is not after
all being developed by Oxford University Press".
Does anybody know what happened and if there is any chance
that it will come after all?

Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen
Dept of Comparative Linguistics
Universiteit Leiden PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands, LETTVA@rulmvs.LeidenUniv.nl
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:51:39 EST
From: CZBU000 <CZBU@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: request


Could you please post this on the Humanist Line. Thank-you

"Academic Couple on Sabbatical, September 1993-June, 1994
seeking furnished house to rent in Santa Cruz area or in the
Santa Rosa area in Northern California (minimum 2 bedrooms)
We would also be happy to house-sit for anyone going on leave
during this period."

Dr. Ron Burnett, Director, Graduate Program in Communications
McGill University, E-mail: CZBU@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA
Voice: (514) 398-4110 Fax: (514) 398-4934
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Date: 21 January 93, 22:06:35 EST
From: CLEARY at OUACCVMB

Sub: Institute for the Humanities

OU is studying the posibility of beginning an Institute for the Humanities
as an undergraduate degree program. I am interested in receiving information
concerning Humanities offerings in higher education. Info can include but
is not limited to: philosophy of, program designs, course offerings and
descriptions, syllabi, etc.

Please email me direct. I am not currently a member of this list.

Thank you,
D.L. Cleary at OUACCVMB.BITNET