Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 15, No. 484.
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: Stefan Sinclair <ss@huco.lang.arts.ualberta.ca> (30)
Subject: TAPoR (Text-Analysis Portal for Research)
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (102)
Subject: Digital Preservation Collaboration Announced
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Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:56:43 +0000
From: Stefan Sinclair <ss@huco.lang.arts.ualberta.ca>
Subject: TAPoR (Text-Analysis Portal for Research)
Dear Colleagues,
Many of us involved with Humanities Computing in Canada are celebrating
today as we received news that the "Text Analysis Portal for Research"
(TAPoR) project has received substantial funding from the Canadian
Foundation for Innovation (CFI) <http://www.innovation.ca/>. The total
budget for the project is $6,784,740 (a portion of which comes from CFI).
This is obviously a significant vote of confidence for our activities in
Humanities Computing.
Geoffrey Rockwell headed the application team with much help from
colleagues across Canada. The following is a brief description adapted
from the application:
TAPoR will build a unique human and computing infrastructure for text
analysis across Canada by establishing six regional centers to form
one national text analysis research portal. This portal will be a gateway
to tools for sophisticated analysis and retrieval, along with
representative texts for experimentation. The local centers will include
text research laboratories with best-of-breed software and full-text
servers that are coordinated into a vertical portal for the study of
electronic texts. Each center will be integrated into its local research
culture and, thus, some variation will exist from center to center.
The institutions (regional centres) involved are the University of
Victoria, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, McMaster
University, Universit de Montral, and the University of New Brunswick.
Yours very happily,
Stefan
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Stefan Sinclair, University of Alberta
Phone: (780) 492-6768, FAX: (780) 492-9106, Office: Arts 218-B
Address: Arts 200, MLCS, UofA, Edmonton, AB (Canada) T6G 2E6
M.A. in Humanities Computing: http://huco.ualberta.ca/
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Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:58:26 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Digital Preservation Collaboration Announced
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
January 31, 2002
New Digital Preservation Collaboration Announced
UK's Digital Preservation Coalition and National Library of Australia
Sign Memorandum of Understanding
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/
To assist the invaluable summary and digest of digital preservation
resources, events, news, etc., available on the National Library of
Australia's PADI web site, an agreement has been made with the UK Digital
Preservation Coalition to increase the flow of information between the two
organizations. Readers may sign on to the PADI listserv or receive
announcements as they come via the NINCH-Announce list. We look for a
similar agreement with a US-based organization.
David Green
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From: Hilary Berthon <hberthon@nla.gov.au
To: "'padiforum-l@nla.gov.au'" <padiforum-l@nla.gov.au
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:54:11 +1100
Reply-To: padiforum-l@nla.gov.au
Status:
Press Release 31 January 2002
Collaboration announced between Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and
National Library of Australia (NLA)
The DPC and NLA are pleased to announce that they have signed a memorandum
of understanding to work collaboratively on digital preservation activities.
The parties recognise that the facilitation of the long-term preservation
of digital heritage is a shared goal of the DPC and NLA, which can be
enhanced by working together.
As a new product of this collaboration, the DPC and NLA will jointly
compile a 'What's New in Digital Preservation' electronic digest of
selected new items added to PADI and to the JISCmail Digital-Preservation
list. The digest will be compiled as a quarterly list and as an annual
edition containing an evaluation of the year's additions in review.
Users of PADI will also now have access to resources relating to digital
preservation initiatives and events in the United Kingdom contributed
directly to PADI by the DPC. This will provide comprehensive UK input to
the database and direct UK support for this international resource. In
addition to pointing to padiforum-l, PADI's own discussion list for the
exchange of news and ideas about digital preservation issues, PADI will
also provide a direct link to the Digital-Preservation list archive from
its News and Discussion area.
The Preservation Management of Digital Materials handbook - a selective,
peer-reviewed, cross-sectoral introduction and guide to best practice in
digital preservation - was published in October 2001. The DPC will shortly
provide and maintain an electronic edition online. This will include the
PADI search function. Users of both PADI and the Preservation Management of
Digital Materials will benefit from the shared expertise of the NLA and DPC
in writing and reviewing selected topics of interest to both resources.
The NLA currently coordinates and maintains the PADI safekeeping
initiative to promote the permanent preservation of selected significant
digital preservation resources. As part of this initiative, the DPC will
work to ensure long-term preservation of the archives of its
Digital-Preservation list and the DPC web pages. It will also contribute to
the shared annual selection of new digital preservation resources for this
initiative.
Both organisations will provide appropriate acknowledgements to each
other for contributions made under our MOU.
Notes
1.The Digital Preservation Coalition was established in 2001 and includes
18 major organisations involved in digital preservation in the UK and
Ireland. Further information on the Coalition is available from
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation
2. The PADI subject gateway (http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/) has been
developed by the NLA with the guidance of an international advisory group.
With the implementation of PadiUpdate (http://www.nla.gov.au/padiupdate/)
in 2001, registered contributors from around the world can now enter data
onto PADI.
3. The Digital-Preservation list on JISCmail is a moderated announcement
list covering key digital preservation news items in the UK and
internationally. It reaches over 750 list members worldwide. Further
information on the Digital-Preservation list is available from
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation
4. Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook, was written
by Neil Beagrie and Maggie Jones and published by the British Library in
October 2001. The handbook was developed from research and testing
conducted over an 18 month period with funding from Resource:the Council
for Museums, Archives, and Libraries, and the British Library Collaboration
and Partnership Programme. An international advisory group including staff
from the NLA contributed to its development and peer review.
5. Commenced in mid-2001, the safekeeping project aims to cooperatively
build a distributed and permanent collection of digital resources from the
field of digital preservation. All resources incorporated in this project
have been selected from the PADI subject gateway. This project has received
financial support from the Council on Library and Information Services
(CLIR). Its website is located at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/safekeeping/safekeeping.html
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