8.0102 Oxford Humanities Computing WWW (1/181)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 17 Jul 1994 19:29:38 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0102. Sunday, 17 Jul 1994.

Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 12:23:02 +0100
From: Stuart Lee <stuart@vax.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Oxford Humanities Computing WWW

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Centre for Humanities Computing, Oxford University, WWW Address

The CHC in collaboration with the CTI Centre for Textual Studies is pleased to
announce the establishment of a World-Wide-Web Home Page at the address
'http://www.ox.ac.uk/depts/humanities/'. As well as containing information on
the Centre, Staff, Other Services at Oxford University, and the HUMBUL Gateway
to International Resources (see below), the archive also holds a complete
version of the CTI Centre's Resources Guide (1994, see below) converted into
HTML. This electronic version of the publication will be updated on a regular
basis.



The HUMBUL Gateway

For some years now the Office for Humanities Communication has been maintining
an electronic Bulletin Board for the Humanities, known as HUMBUL (now based at
Oxford). Written under the USERBUL software (designed at Leicester University)
HUMBUL ran successfully for nearly eight years. For the last three years it has
been my responsibility to edit and maintain the various sections. At its peak
it attracted over 5,000 subscribers and was accessed nearly 1,000 times a
month. However, due to the substantial increase in electronic resources, gopher
sites, world-wide-web pages, and software to aid the accessing and searching
of the Internet, HUMBUL began to look like a bit of a dinosaur. This, coupled
with the fact that USERBUL was no longer operational with the installation of
new software at Oxford University, has meant that the policy of maintaining
such a large resource has had to be reviewed. Consequently, the decision has
been taken to close down HUMBUL as of July, 1994.

Nevertheless, the name still lives on. As part of the growing need for gateways
to other resources, I have established the HUMBUL Gateway which provides a
means of accessing international resources applicable to the humanities with
relative ease. The time and effort spent on maintaining the old bulletin board
will now be diverted to the updating of this web service. To access this you
need a WWW viewer such as Mosiac, Lynx, etc. The address is:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/depts/humanities/




CTI Centre Resources Guide

As mentioned above the WWW site at Oxford also holds a complete version of the
CTI Centre's Resources Guide (eds. L. Hughes and S. Lee). This will be updated
on a regular basis. However, for those of you who wish to obtain a printed
copy, please see the statement attached below


Stuart Lee
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Dr Stuart Lee
Research Officer
CTI Centre for Textual Studies
Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
Tel:0865-273221/283282
Fax:0865-273221
E-mail: Stuart.Lee@oucs.ox.ac.uk

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As many of you are aware the Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) Centre for
Textual Studies has for some years now been operating a policy of freely
distributing all our printed publications. This has included six issues of our
newsletter, 'Computers & Texts', and two versions of our Resources Guide (a
guide to some of the software available in the area of humanities computing).

However, due to financial constraints, we have had to revise this policy.
Subscribers outside of the United Kingdom will have to pay a subscription
charge that covers printing, postage, and packing costs (academics within the
UK will still receive a copy of all our publications free of charge). This
reflects our funding by the Higher Education Councils of England, Scotland, &
Wales, plus the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.

The subscription charge for institutions/individuals outside of the UK will be
#70.00 (pounds sterling) per annum. For this you will receive a copy of our
'Resources Guide', and two issues of our newsletter 'Computers & Texts'. You
will also receive a free copy of our new publication series relating to CAL in
teaching; the first issue of which is the 'Victorian Periodicals Hypertext
Project' (normal price: #10.00). Subscribers will also be able to consult the
CTI Staff for more specific information on related matters.

For further information I enclose some details about the CTI Centre, plus
information on the new Resources Guide, and a subscription form.

The staff at the CTI Centre regret this change in policy but feel that with
rising costs it has become inevitable. We feel we should also point out that
the Centre has always been funded to support UK academics only and that our
previous policy of distributing material internationally free of charge was
unique in the CTI.

Stuart Lee
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Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) Centre for Textual Studies

The Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) is a Government funded project aimed
at increasing or enhancing the use of computers in University education
throughout the United Kingdom. It has evolved into 20 subject specific centres,
each with the same aims and objectives.

The CTI Centre for Textual Studies is based at Oxford University Computing
Services, but as with all CTI Centres, is funded to cover the whole of the UK.
The subjects covered by the Centre are Literature, Linguistics, Classics,
Theology, Philosophy & Logic, and Theatre Arts & Drama. The Centre produces a
regular newsletter called _Computers & Texts_ and an annual _Resources Guide_
which aims to introduce beginners to some of the software and electronic
resources available to them for their teaching.

Staff
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Dr Marilyn Deegan (Director)
Dr Stuart Lee (Research Officer)
Ms Lorna Hughes (Research Officer)
Ms Mari Gill (Administrative Secretary)

Mrs Christine Mullings (Research Officer and co-ordinator of the Office for
Humanities Communication)

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Resources Guide 1994 (eds. L. Hughes and S. Lee)

This 84 page book supersedes the previous Guide (eds. C. Davis and S. Lee,
1992). Sections covered include: Internet Resources; Electronic Texts; Text
Analysis Tools; Text Corpora in Humanities Research; Bibliographical Packages;
Hypermedia; Testing and Assessment Packages; Film Studies, Theatre Arts, and
Drama; Philosophy and Logic; Religious Studies and Classics; Miscellaneous
Teaching Packages; Scanners and OCR; Fonts and Typesetting; and an extensive
Bibliography. Over 150 pieces of software are detailed including information on
availability, hardware and software requirements, a brief description, and
current prices.
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