----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the NINCH list. Judy -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: INTERNET:[log in to unmask], INTERNET:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] Date: 8/6/97 6:31 PM RE: "Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship" Online Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges-- The United States Focus by Pamela Pavliscak, Seamus Ross, and Charles Henry (ACLS Occasional Paper No. 37) NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE The American Council on Learned Societies has just announced that its recently published Occasional Paper No. 37, "Information Technology in Humanities Scholarship: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges--The United States Focus," is now available on-line in a hypertext version at <http://www.acls.org/op37.htm>. To introduce this report I can do no better than to quote its Preface: "This report surveys the various applications of information technology to research in the humanities. In the course of our investigations we came across a variety of innovative research that could have a profound impact on the humanities. However, the incidence of such work is uneven, and the widespread adoption of information technology in the humanities is being hindered by a number of significant obstacles. We also examine the challenges that must be overcome if such applications are to become the norm among scholars. "We present only a selective view of current activities, focusing primarily on work by American scholars, with some references to international projects of relevance to the humanities, since computer technology now makes scholarship a genuinely global enterprise. This overview is intended for scholars in the humanities who are not yet aware of what has been accomplished, as well as for those who direct and fund research and higher education. Their cooperation and understanding are needed for these obstacles to be overcome and for the potential of information technology in humanities scholarship to be realized. The report comprises five sections I: A Background essay II: Information Technology and Scholarship--a survey of work and achievements in a variety of media (text, data, images, multimedia), an examination of retroconversion projects and of the creation of original works, electronic publication and a look at available tools for scholars. III: New Developments and Change IV: To Challenge and Invigorate Future Scholarship--a look at what is needed to fully prepare faculty, researchers and institutions to take full advantage of the electronic medium V: Principal Recommendations and Follow-up Activities The report concludes with a useful list of links to exemplary projects and services <http://www.acls.org/op37-app.htm>. An expanded version of this report will be available later this year on the American Arts & Letters Network <http://www.rice.edu/aaln/> =============================================================== David L. Green Executive Director NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE 21 Dupont Circle, NW Washington DC 20036 www-ninch.cni.org [log in to unmask] 202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax ============================================================== See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at <http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>. ==============================================================