Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 293.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: CCH Office <cch@kcl.ac.uk> (24)
Subject: Digital Scholarship, Digital Culture lecture series
[2] From: "Laura Gottesman" <lgot@LOC.GOV> (47)
Subject: Library of Congress: Luminary Lectures @ Your Library
- New Season Begins
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:19:16 +0100
From: CCH Office <cch@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Digital Scholarship, Digital Culture lecture series
You are invited to a public lecture in the series:
DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP, DIGITAL CULTURE
The first Wisbey Lecture:
Stanley N. Katz, (Director, Center for Arts & Cultural Policy Studies,
Princeton)
Why Technology Matters: the Humanities in the 21st Century
Computing and digitization are transforming not only the conditions of work
for humanists, but also the ways in which humanists think and their
disciplines are configured. The digital world both enables and compels new
ways of thinking. And, significantly, it is just as transformative of
teaching as it is of scholarship. Indeed, the most interesting thing about
the new digital humanities environment may be that the distinction between
teaching and scholarship is itself being eroded. The database is fast
becoming the principal site of work in the humanities.
17.30 Thursday 16 October 2003
Arthur & Paula Lucas Lecture Theatre (Room 2B18)
Strand Building, Strand Campus
King's College London
All are invited to a reception following the lecture
Further information regarding this lecture series can be found at -
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/seminar/03-04/index.html
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, Room 11bb,
King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Tel: +44 20 7848 2371
Fax: +44 20 7848 2980
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:19:46 +0100
From: "Laura Gottesman" <lgot@LOC.GOV>
Subject: Library of Congress: Luminary Lectures @ Your Library -
New Season Begins
Luminary Lectures @ Your Library: Dr. Michel Biezunski & Dr. Steven R.
Newcomb 10/15/03
Dr. Michel Biezunski and Dr. Steven R. Newcomb will be presenting a
lecture entitled, "Topic Maps: The Inventor's Perspective on
Subject-based Access" at the Library of Congress on Wednesday, October
15th, from 10:00am-12:00pm** in the Pickford Theater on the 3rd floor of
the Library of Congress' James Madison Building, located at First Street
and Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. Seating at this event
will be limited to 64, so please allow time to arrive early. No
reservations are necessary. All lectures are free and open to the
public. This lecture will be broadcast live via the Internet at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/mbsn.html on the morning of
the lecture, EST, and will be viewable with Real Player software.
**Please note the earlier start time.
Dr. Michel Biezunski and Dr. Steven R. Newcomb are the Editors of
ISO/IEC 13250 and Consultants at Coolheads Consulting.
Description of the lecture: Starting in 1992, Michel Biezunski and
Steven R. Newcomb created, named, standardized and pioneered the
application of the Topic Maps paradigm. Biezunski and Newcomb serve as
co-editors of the ISO 13250 Topic Maps standard. They also co-founded
TopicMaps.Org, where they co-edited the XML syntax (the "XTM
Specification") that was added to the 2002 version of the standard.
Perhaps the simplest way to communicate the goal of the Topic Maps
Reference Model is to ask, "How can a single perspective be most easily
provided for each subject, from which various independent assertions
about the subject are directly available?" To put it even more briefly,
"How can a master index be made from indexes that were never intended to
be merged with others?"
The Public Service Collections Directorate and the Content Management
Working Group of FLICC of the Library of Congress are co-sponsoring this
event.
Other events coming in the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library series this
year include:
"The Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management," Wednesday,
November 19th, 10:30-12:00 noon @ the Pickford Theater, Karen Coyle,
Digital Library Specialist
"No Longer Under Our Control: The Nature and Role of Standards in the
21st Century Library, " Wednesday, December 3rd, 10:30-12:00 noon @ the
West Dining Room, Dr. William E. Moen, Associate Professor, School of
Library and Information Sciences; Fellow, Texas Center for Digital
Knowledge, University of North Texas
Please check the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library web site for more
information about Dr. Michel Biezunski & Dr. Steven R. Newcomb and about
this lecture series at <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/>. A
webcast of this lecture will be made available on this site after the
event.
For special assistance, please contact: Alison Morin, Library of
Congress, Phone: (202) 707-1183, Email: amorin@loc.gov.
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