Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 66.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Eric Johnson <johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu> (8)
Subject: Multimedia / Web programs
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (41)
Subject: New UK Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries:
re:source.
[3] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (157)
Subject: TWO REPORTS: Authenticity; Emulation
[4] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (96)
Subject: CLIR/DLF "Distinguished Fellows" Program
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:27:44 +0100
From: Eric Johnson <johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu>
Subject: Multimedia / Web programs
HUMANIST members might be interested to know that Dakota State
University has received approval of a major in Multimedia / Web
Development and a minor in Multimedia / Web Design. Information is on the
web:
http://www.dsu.edu/departments/liberal/multiweb.html
We are anticipating excellent enrollments. -- Eric
--Eric Johnson
johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu
http://www.dsu.edu/~johnsone/
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:29:41 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: New UK Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries:
re:source.
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
June 19, 2000
The UK Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries: re:source
<<http://www.resource.gov.uk/>http://www.resource.
<<http://www.resource.gov.uk/>http://www.resource.gov.uk/>
>Launched in April 2000, The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries is
>a new UK strategic organization that will work with and for museums,
>archives and libraries to foster collaboration between and among them.
>The Council is called Resource, and it recently announced a temporary web
>site named re:source. The web site has been described as an interim
>measure to provide general information about the organization.
>
> In a press release dated 1 June 2000, Neville Mackay, Chief Executive
> of Resource is quoted, "Information available on
> <<http://www.resource.gov.uk/>http://www.resource.gov.uk/> includes
> Resource press releases, a media page and news section, Board members'
> biographies, a staff list, office and staff contact details, sections on
> recruitment and publications, and various links to other relevant sites.
> The website will be updated on a daily basis."
>
> For more information about Resource and the new web site re:source,
> please visit the web site or contact Henry Girling,
> <henry.girling@resource.gov.uk>.
Source: D-Lib Magazine, June 2000
<http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june00/06clips.html#RESOURCE>http://www.dlib.org/d
lib/june00/06clips.html#RESOURCE
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:32:17 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: TWO REPORTS: Authenticity; Emulation
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
"Authenticity in a Digital Environment"
Council on Library & Information Resources
<http://www.clir.org>http://www.clir.org
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub92/pub92.pdf
"An Experiment in Using Emulation to Preserve Digital Publications"
by Jeff Rothenberg
The Networked European Deposit Library (NEDLIB)
<http://www.kb.nl/nedlib/results/emulationpreservationreport.pdf>
<http://www.kb.nl/nedlib/results/emulationpreservationreport.pdf>http://www.
kb.nl/nedlib/results/emulationpreservationreport.pdf
Below are two (delayed) announcements of recent reports of interest. One on
the slippery question of what an "authentic" digital object is; the other,
on an experiment to show the feasibility of using emulation as a means of
preserving digital publications in accessible, authentic, and usable form
within a deposit library.
David Green
>Council on Library & Information Resources
>
>For immediate release
>Contact: Abby Smith
>202-939-4758
>
>May 25,
>2000
>
>Report Examines Authenticity in the Digital Environment
>
>
>Washington, D.C.-The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
>has published Authenticity in a Digital Environment, in which five experts
>from different domains of the information resources community address the
>question: What is an authentic digital object? The question has gained
>urgency and importance as information-from personal correspondence to
>medical and financial records-is increasingly created, stored, and
>transmitted electronically.
>
>For humanists and scientists, the question must be resolved before they
>can feel confident in creating and relying upon digital information. For
>custodians of information resources, the answer has profound implications
>for the task of cataloging and describing an item, and for setting the
>parameters of what is preserved and by what technique or series of
techniques.
>
>"Authenticity" in recorded information connotes precise, yet disparate,
>things in different contexts. It can mean being original but also being
>faithful to an original; it can mean uncorrupted but also of clear and
>known provenance, "corrupt" or not. The word has specific meaning to an
>archivist and equally specific but different meaning to a rare book
>librarian, just as there are different criteria for assessing authenticity
>for published and unpublished materials. Behind any definition of
>authenticity lie assumptions about the meaning and significance of
>content, fixity, consistency of reference, provenance, and content. In the
>digital environment, we have yet to create a common understanding about
>the multiple meanings and significance of authenticity.
>
>The report is based on a workshop organized by CLIR in January 2000.
>Contributors include:
>* Charles Cullen, president and librarian of the Newberry Library;
>* Peter Hirtle, co-director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections;
>* David Levy, consultant and former researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto
>Research Center;
>* Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked
>Information; and
>* Jeff Rothenberg, senior computer scientist at The Rand Corporation.
>
>A concluding essay by CLIR Program Director Abby Smith highlights the
>responses of workshop participants to the issues raised by the authors and
>identifies the key themes that emerged.
>
>Authenticity in a Digital Environment is available from the Council on
>Library and Information Resources for $20 prepaid, including postage and
>handling. Checks should be made payable to CLIR and mailed to CLIR
>Publication Orders, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington,
>D.C., 20036-2124. Credit card orders may be placed by calling CLIR at
>202-939-4750, sending a fax to 202-939-4765, or sending e-mail to
>info@clir.org. The full text of the document is also available on CLIR's
>Web site, www.clir.org.
>
>The Council on Library and Information Resources works in partnership with
>libraries, archives, and other information providers to advocate
>collaborative approaches to preserving the nation's intellectual heritage
>and strengthening the many components of its information system. It works
>to support institutions as they integrate audiovisual and digital
>resources and services into their well-established, print-based environments.
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>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 05:12:28 -0700
>From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-announce@cni.org>
>>X->Status:
>
>
>ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
>The Networked European Deposit Library (NEDLIB) Report:
>"An experiment in using Emulation to Preserve Digital Publications"
>by Jeff Rothenberg
>
>is now available on the NEDLIB seb-site at:
>
>URL:
><http://www.kb.nl/nedlib/results/emulationpreservationreport.pdf>http://www
>.kb.nl/nedlib/results/emulationpreservationreport.pdf
>
>
>REPORT SUMMARY
>
>The report presents the results of a preliminary investigation into the
>feasibility of using emulation as a means of preserving digital
>publications in accessible, authentic, and usable form within a deposit
>library. The study was commissioned by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB),
>the National Library of the Netherlands, and jointly funded by the
>European Commission's Telematics for Libraries Programme.
>
>The report describes a prototype experimental environment for trying-out
>emulation-based preservation, using commercial off-the-shelf emulation
>tools to produce an initial proof-of-concept.
>
>Results include proposed data, metadata and procedural models to support
>emulation-based preservation. The analysis is presented in the context of
>the increasingly accepted Open Archival Information System (OAIS) as well
>as the NEDLIB adaptation of the OAIS, the Deposit System for Electronic
>Publications (DSEP).
>
>A specific, concrete proposal is presented for implementing
>emulation-based preservation: the various steps necessary for this
>preservation strategy are described and associated with the appropriate
>processes in the DSEP model.
>
>The results of this preliminary investigation indicate emulation-based
>preservation has significant potential and warrants further
>exploration. Recommendations for future experiments are made.
>
>CONTACTS:
>
>For more information concerning the NEDLIB emulation testbed activity,
>please contact:
>
>Jeff Rothenberg <jeff@rand.org>
>Titia van der Werf <titia@python.konbib.nl>
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:32:53 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: CLIR/DLF "Distinguished Fellows" Program
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and
the Digital Library Federation (DLF)
Announce Distinguished Fellows Program
<http://www.clir.org/pubs/press/fellows.html>http://www.clir
<http://www.clir.org/pubs/press/fellows.html>http://www.clir.org/pubs/press/
fellows.html
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital
Library Federation (DLF) recently announced a particularly interesting new
fellowship program that should identify potential partners to work with
CLIR & DLF in implementing their agendas. The call is to librarians,
archivists, information technologists, and scholars for them to "pursue
their professional development and research interests". It is aimed at
"senior professionals with a well-developed personal research agenda who
will benefit significantly from time away from their day-to-day
responsibilities."
David Green
>NEWS RELEASE
>May 24, 2000
>Contact:
>Deanna Marcum
>202-939-4750 or
>Daniel Greenstein
>202-939-4762
>
>CLIR and DLF Initiate Program for Distinguished Fellows
>
>The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital
>Library Federation (DLF) are pleased to announce a new opportunity for
>librarians, archivists, information technologists, and scholars to pursue
>their professional development and research interests as Distinguished
>Fellows.
>
>The CLIR/DLF Program for Distinguished Fellows is open to individuals who
>have achieved a high level of professional distinction in their fields and
>who are working in areas of interest to CLIR or the DLF. Unlike other
>fellowship programs that provide subventions for individual research, the
>Distinguished Fellows program is aimed at identifying potential partners
>for the CLIR/DLF agenda.
>
>CLIR's current interests are to promote enduring access to resources for
>scholarship, raise preservation awareness, foster leadership in
>information management, address issues in the economics of information,
>and support the development of digital libraries. CLIR is concerned with
>both the domestic and international dimensions of each area. The DLF is
>broadly interested in research, development, and other activities that
>promise to inform the development, maintenance, and use of high-quality
>digital library collections and services. More information on the
>initiatives of CLIR and the DLF can be found at
><http://www.clir.org>http://www.clir.org.
>
>The Fellowships, available for periods of between three and twelve months,
>are ideal for senior professionals with a well-developed personal research
>agenda who will benefit significantly from time away from their day-to-day
>responsibilities.
>
>Although Distinguished Fellows will not be required to relocate to
>Washington, D.C., during their tenure, the Fellows will be expected to
>take part in program planning sessions and to cooperate with CLIR staff on
>existing projects, in addition to working on their own projects.
>
>Prospective applicants are encouraged to write a letter to Deanna Marcum,
>president of CLIR, or Daniel Greenstein, director of DLF, addressing the
>following questions:
>
>1. What work would you carry out during your tenure as Fellow?
>
>2. How would your work contribute to that of CLIR or the DLF?
>
>3. For what period of time do you request the Fellowship?
>
>4. What level of funding is required for you to undertake the Fellowship?
>
>5. What is the likely outcome or product of the Fellowship?
>
>In addition, a resume and a sample of previous work should be enclosed.
>
>Individuals will be selected on the basis of available funding and the
>match between their research interests and the needs of CLIR or the DLF.
>One to three fellowships will be offered each year.
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