ACRL Philosophical, Religious & Theological Studies Discussion Group
ALA Annual 2011 / New Orleans, LA
Sunday, June 26, 2011 / 4:00-5:30 PM
New Orleans Marriott, Balconies I-K
The PRT Discussion Group invites all who are interested in library support to philosophy, religious studies, theology and related disciplines to our discussion at ALA Annual in New Orleans. Recent discussion group meetings have focused on implications of e-book packages and digital publication for philosophy, theology and religion. These and any other relevant topics are welcome. Please join us!
Colin McCaffrey: colin.mccaffrey@yale.edu
Joshua Barton: bartonjp@msu.edu
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
ALA Annual 2011 - Call for discussion topics
ACRL Philosophical, Religious & Theological Studies Discussion Group
ALA Annual 2011 / New Orleans, LA
Sunday, June 26, 2011 / 4:00-5:30 PM
New Orleans Marriott, Balconies I-K
CALL FOR DISCUSSION TOPICS
The PRT Discussion Group is seeking suggestions for discussion topics at our meeting for ALA Annual in New Orleans. Topics can be on any aspect of library support for philosophy, religion, theology and related fields.
Please send suggestions by June 11 to either of:
Colin McCaffrey: colin.mccaffrey@yale.edu
Joshua Barton: bartonjp@msu.edu
ALA Annual 2011 / New Orleans, LA
Sunday, June 26, 2011 / 4:00-5:30 PM
New Orleans Marriott, Balconies I-K
CALL FOR DISCUSSION TOPICS
The PRT Discussion Group is seeking suggestions for discussion topics at our meeting for ALA Annual in New Orleans. Topics can be on any aspect of library support for philosophy, religion, theology and related fields.
Please send suggestions by June 11 to either of:
Colin McCaffrey: colin.mccaffrey@yale.edu
Joshua Barton: bartonjp@msu.edu
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
ALA 2010 Annual Meeting Report
ALA Annual 2010 Joint Meeting of the Philosophical Religious and Theological (PRT) and Classical Medieval Renaissance Discussion Group (Washington, D.C. Saturday, June 26th, 2010)
New Developments in Online Publication
Convened by Colin McCaffrey, Washington University in St. Louis, and Joshua Barton, Michigan State University.
1. George Leaman, Director of the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC), debuted a beta version of PDC’s forthcoming product, Philosophy Research Index. PDC is actively seeking feedback on their new resource. Those interested can see further information, including how to set up a free trial, here:
http://secure.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&journal=pdc_pri
Leaman demonstrated many features from a live instance of the index. He emphasized that they are striving for "complete" coverage of a portion of philosophical literature, rather than selective coverage. A goal of the product is to include bibliographic information for philosophy literature in many Western languages. To this end, the index includes a translation feature, to roughly translate information such as article titles into English. Other features include faceted browsing, links to share items via social networking sites, and a timeline visualization of search results.
When asked about how PDC’s product would compete with Philosopher’s Index, the established philosophy index used in North America today, Leaman pointed to his product’s scope. He indicated that materials would be indexed more thoroughly, not selectively, and that non-English materials would have a greater representation. His hope is that North American and European bodies of philosophical literature will find a greater shared readership through the use of PDC's forthcoming index.
2. Damon Zucca, Executive Editor, Reference Division, at Oxford University Press, discussed two products: Oxford Biblical Studies Online (OBSO) and Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO). OBSO brings together Oxford’s reference works on the Bible into one integrated resource. Presenting from screen captures, Zucca demonstrated OBSO as an immersive biblical studies tool, appearing to have relatively seamless navigation between the various resources within. More information is available on the OBSO site: http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/ The full list of OBSO contents is here: http://www.oup.com/obso/whats_inside/
The other product, Oxford Bibliographies Online, consists of a series of discipline-based bibliography modules that can be searched and accessed together or separately, such as Classics, Philosophy and Renaissance & Reformation. OBO modules bring together citations to the essential literature through the guidance of an expert in the field. Each entry (e.g. Feminist Philosophy in the Philosophy module) has its own scholarly expert guiding the user through citations to essential and helpful works, from general to specific. Citations included are not limited to Oxford publications. More information is available at the OBO site: http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/
3. "Moving to Online Publications: Practices, Policies, and Goals of the Center for Hellenic Studies." Noel Spencer and Jeremy Linn presented an overview of the Center of Hellenic Studies's online publication program.
CHS is a research institute located in Washington, D.C. affiliated with Harvard University. It was established in 1962 as "an educational center in the field of Hellenic Studies designed to re-discover the humanism of the Hellenic Greeks." Responding to trends affecting libraries and publishing, CHS is taking advantage of digital technologies to expand its publishing program online. This includes publishing monographs and journals (Classics@) as well as innovative projects in the "digital humanities," such as the Homer Multitext. CHS has also established a IT/Humanities Non-Residential Fellowship for scholars working on technological projects.
CHS takes advantage of open-source software and open standards for publishing online, utilizing TEI-XML for its documents and developing an interactive structure for using texts online. It has moved authors into the production processes, having them submit marked-up text. Texts are released with a creative-commons license. Navigating copyright issues, especially regarding images, in a way that maximizes the reach of publications while ensuring proper attribution remains a challenge.
Presentation Slides (on Slideshare)
Note: The background images for these slides where compiled from the Venetus A manuscript of Homer (Marcianus Graecus Z 454=822, currently in the Marciana Library, Venice).
New Developments in Online Publication
Convened by Colin McCaffrey, Washington University in St. Louis, and Joshua Barton, Michigan State University.
1. George Leaman, Director of the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC), debuted a beta version of PDC’s forthcoming product, Philosophy Research Index. PDC is actively seeking feedback on their new resource. Those interested can see further information, including how to set up a free trial, here:
http://secure.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/journal?openform&journal=pdc_pri
Leaman demonstrated many features from a live instance of the index. He emphasized that they are striving for "complete" coverage of a portion of philosophical literature, rather than selective coverage. A goal of the product is to include bibliographic information for philosophy literature in many Western languages. To this end, the index includes a translation feature, to roughly translate information such as article titles into English. Other features include faceted browsing, links to share items via social networking sites, and a timeline visualization of search results.
When asked about how PDC’s product would compete with Philosopher’s Index, the established philosophy index used in North America today, Leaman pointed to his product’s scope. He indicated that materials would be indexed more thoroughly, not selectively, and that non-English materials would have a greater representation. His hope is that North American and European bodies of philosophical literature will find a greater shared readership through the use of PDC's forthcoming index.
2. Damon Zucca, Executive Editor, Reference Division, at Oxford University Press, discussed two products: Oxford Biblical Studies Online (OBSO) and Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO). OBSO brings together Oxford’s reference works on the Bible into one integrated resource. Presenting from screen captures, Zucca demonstrated OBSO as an immersive biblical studies tool, appearing to have relatively seamless navigation between the various resources within. More information is available on the OBSO site: http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/ The full list of OBSO contents is here: http://www.oup.com/obso/whats_inside/
The other product, Oxford Bibliographies Online, consists of a series of discipline-based bibliography modules that can be searched and accessed together or separately, such as Classics, Philosophy and Renaissance & Reformation. OBO modules bring together citations to the essential literature through the guidance of an expert in the field. Each entry (e.g. Feminist Philosophy in the Philosophy module) has its own scholarly expert guiding the user through citations to essential and helpful works, from general to specific. Citations included are not limited to Oxford publications. More information is available at the OBO site: http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/
3. "Moving to Online Publications: Practices, Policies, and Goals of the Center for Hellenic Studies." Noel Spencer and Jeremy Linn presented an overview of the Center of Hellenic Studies's online publication program.
CHS is a research institute located in Washington, D.C. affiliated with Harvard University. It was established in 1962 as "an educational center in the field of Hellenic Studies designed to re-discover the humanism of the Hellenic Greeks." Responding to trends affecting libraries and publishing, CHS is taking advantage of digital technologies to expand its publishing program online. This includes publishing monographs and journals (Classics@) as well as innovative projects in the "digital humanities," such as the Homer Multitext. CHS has also established a IT/Humanities Non-Residential Fellowship for scholars working on technological projects.
CHS takes advantage of open-source software and open standards for publishing online, utilizing TEI-XML for its documents and developing an interactive structure for using texts online. It has moved authors into the production processes, having them submit marked-up text. Texts are released with a creative-commons license. Navigating copyright issues, especially regarding images, in a way that maximizes the reach of publications while ensuring proper attribution remains a challenge.
Presentation Slides (on Slideshare)
Note: The background images for these slides where compiled from the Venetus A manuscript of Homer (Marcianus Graecus Z 454=822, currently in the Marciana Library, Venice).
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
ALA Annual Meeting
Saturday, June 26th, 2010, 8:00 to 10:00am.
Location: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Room: Columbia B
This will be a joint meeting with the WESS Classical Medieval Renaissance (CMR) Discussion Group, on the very general topic of "online publication."
Agenda
The Philosophy Documentation Center www.pdcnet.org
George Leaman, Director, and Susanne Mueller-Grote, Electronic Publishing and Marketing Manager
Oxford Bibliographies (www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com) and Oxford Biblical Studies Online www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com
Damon Zucca, Executive Editor, Reference Division, Oxford University Press
The Online Publications Program of the Center for Hellenic Studies chs.harvard.edu
Noel Spencer and Jeremy Linn
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