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March 30, 2007
Word 2007 and Blogging
Word 2007 has arrived and upon installing it I see it has an option to post to your blog. Like Google Docs, the online word processor, finding the correct publishing settings is one challenge, solved like this:
- In the Office Button menu, choose New, then choose New Blog Post
- In the Blog Post tab, click on Manage Accounts.
- In the Blog Accounts dialog box, click on "New"
- In the popup box, in the "Choose Your Blog Provider" dropdown menu choose "Other"
- For settings, use these:
API: MetaWeblog
Blog post URL: http://NETID.blog.uvm.edu/mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi (where NetID is your own UVM netid, aka your blog name)
User Name: your UVM NetID
Password: Your password
Word will try to make the connection. If you have several sub-blogs it will ask you which one you want to post to.
Once set-up, posting to that blog is as easy as typing your post and clicking on "Publish" in the Blog post tab.
To edit your blog posting:
You can edit your blog postings at a later date. It's not precisely intuitive:
- Open Word, choose New: New Blog Post
- Once the Blog Post window opens you will see an "Open Existing" icon in the Blog Post tab. Click it and you should see list of your blog postings. Choose the one to edit. Edit it. Publish it.
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Word 2007 Blog posting: Adding Images
Of course, if you want to include images in your posting that's another challenge. You can insert an image into your Word document the usual way (Click the Insert tab: click Picture: find the image: click Insert). Unfortunately, there is one difficulty. In order for the blog to display the image, the image has to be located on a web server somewhere. You can use an external service like Flickr, or you can upload the image the usual blog way, then go to Word and make a post (too redundant and non-sensible), or you can use a combination of your zoo space with a little help from webdav. Here's how:
- First, make a folder in your zoo space to store the pictures. Use Secure Shell File Transfer (sFTP) to connect to Zoo. Then navigate to your public_html folder and make a new folder inside it named blog-images (or any name of your choosing, remembering that all lower case and no spaces in the name works best). Close sFTP.
- Open Word and begin a New Blog Post. In the Blog Post window, go back to Manage Accounts. Click on your account and click on "Change"
- In the dialog box, click on "Picture Options" then type in these settings:
Upload URL: https://webdav.uvm.edu/~UVMNetID/blog-images (note the s in https, and the webdav, and replace 'UVMNetID' with your actual your UVM netid)
Source URL: http://www.uvm.edu/~UVMNetID/blog-images (no s in http, www, and replace 'UVMNetID' with your actual your UVM netid) - Click OK, OK, OK, Close, etc. Now insert a picture in your document the usual Word way and Publish it. It should upload the picture to your blog-images folder. It will give the picture an unusual and ugly name. If you edit and re-Publish the post it will add the picture to your blog-images folder again with a different name (stupid!) but it will work! Here's the proof:
Here's another method:
- Create a folder in your zoo space named blog-images(as described above) and use sFTP to move your images into that folder before creating a post
- Use the Windows drive mapping feature to map a drive to that blog-images folder
- Open Word, choose New: Blog posting, and when you want to insert an image look for it through that drive.
- Watch out! This method sounds reasonable—the images will retain the original name you gave them—however you will still have to move your images into that folder in a way that sets the permissions to be publically accessible via the web. Saving them to a mapped drive does not do this gracefully.
To be continued…
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March 25, 2007
CFP: TEI Annual Meeting
The TEI Members' Meeting
1-3 November 2007
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
*TEI@20*: 20 Years of Supporting the Digital Humanities
The Organizing Committee of this anniversary TEI Members' Meeting invites individual paper proposals, panel sessions, and poster/tool demonstrations on the theme, broadly conceived, 'The TEI@20: 20 Years of Supporting the Digital Humanities'. Topics might include but are not restricted to
* Building and using tools for TEI-based text encoding
* Teaching TEI: Challenges and Opportunities
* TEI as a theory of text
* TEI: the next 20 years
* New career opportunities for those using the TEI
* Lacunae and omissions: new directions for the TEI
Paper presenters will be allocated 30 minutes to speak, 25 minutes for
delivery, and five minutes for questions.
Alternatively, group sessions can be organized for 1.5 hours each and
may be of varied formats, including:
* A working papers session (pre-circulated papers)
* A round-table discussion
* Software demonstrations
Of the formats described above, a working paper session might be more
appropriate for a smaller group, all of whom have all read the
pre-circulated papers in advance. This type of format may span more than
one session and will be held concurrently with the general session.
Submission Procedure
/Individual paper proposals/: submit a title, brief abstract (no more
than 500 words), the name of the presenter, institutional affiliation,
and email address.
/Panel sessions/: submit a session title, brief overview of the session
(no more than 300 words), abstracts of each of the papers (no more than
500 words each) OR a 500 word abstract for a panel discussion, the names
of each of the participants, their institutional affiliations, and email
addresses.
/Poster Session/Tool Demonstration/: submit a title, brief abstract (no
more than 500 words), the name of the presenter, institutional
affiliation, and email address. The local organizer will provide a flip
chart and a table for each presenter, along with wireless internet
access. All poster session participants will have an opportunity to
participate in a poster slam immediacy preceding the poster
session/reception.
All submissions should be sent to Conference Chair, Sebastian Rahtz
Conference papers will be considered for a *TEI@20* Proceedings. Further
details on the submission process will be forthcoming.
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March 23, 2007
TEI at Kalamazoo
Dot porter announces that there will be two TEI-related sessions at Kalamazoo this year taught by James C. Cummings of Oxford
The Medieval Academy of America Committee on Electronic Resources is
pleased to announce two TEI workshops to be held at the International
Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, MI, in May 2007. Both workshops will be
on Thursday, May 10 (sessions 32 and 138; see
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html for complete
conference schedule).
1) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop I: Introduction to TEI Encoding
This workshop offers an introduction to best practices for digital scholarship, taught by a medievalist, James C. Cummings, specifically for medievalists. Instruction includes introductory-level XML and structural encoding, as well as new TEI P5 standards and guidelines, markup concerns for medieval transcription, and a brief consideration of XML Editors.
2) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop II: Advanced TEI Encoding and
Customization
This workshop offers advanced instruction in advanced topics in TEI encoding and the customization of the TEI for an individual project's needs, taught by a medievalist,
James C. Cummings, specifically for medievalists. Instruction includes metadata
for medieval manuscript description, advanced-level concepts of TEI P5 modularization, schema generation and customization for individual projects, and a brief survey of related technologies.
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Conf: U-Learning
Voyaging into a new decade!
TCC WORLDWIDE ONLINE CONFERENCE
April 17-19, 2007
Pre-conference dates: April 3-4, 2007Conf: TCC Online: U-Learning
http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2007/tcc/welcome.html
INTRODUCTION. E-Learning is passe. U-learning is the new wave
globally in higher education. Ubiquitous learning encompasses e-
learning and emphasizes learning anytime, anywhere and anyway in both
formal and informal lifelong learning environments. As u-learning and
Web 2.0 technology evolve, social interaction, intercultural
communications, and global collaboration increases in importance.
Social networking and learning communities are integral components of
u-learning.
Through online social networks, young adults today gain a sense of
community that is important in their daily and social life. How can
we learn from this? How can we learn from our students?
What is the status of social networking (Facebook, Mixi, etc.) and
online learning communities today? Have they succeeded or have they
withered away? How can we complement our students' prior experiences
with interacting socially online? How can we assess learning in this
new environment? Will mobile phones become synonymous with u-learning
as proponents advocate? How do we train faculty and staff and engage
them to support productive learning communities? Will learning
communities help bridge the Internet divide? How do we "feed and
weed" effective learning communities or social networking systems in
the U-learning era? Will virtual worlds such as Second Life become a
new learning environment?
THEME. TCC will offer papers and presentations on the evolution,
trends, successes, or failures of learning communities and social
networking systems in higher education. The coordinators, however,
are interested in a broad range of topics that highlight the use of
educational technology, including but not limited to the following:
* Online, hybrid, blended or other modes of technology enhanced learning
* Distance learning including mobile learning
* E-learning and ubiquitous learning
* Student success factors in online learning
* E-portfolios and other online assessment tools
* Technology implementation and services in learner centered
environments
* Emerging technologies for teaching and learning (blogs, wikis,
podcasts, etc)
* Creating and delivering multimedia including learning objects
* Building and sustaining learning communities
* Student orientation and preparation
* Open content and open source
* Accessibility for persons with disabilities
* Global learning and international education
* Professional development for faculty and staff
* Gender equity, the Digital Divide, and open access
* Online student services (tutoring, advising, payments, etc)
* Technology use to enhance communication and collaboration
* Institutional planning and change catalyzed by technology advances
* Educational technology use in Asia & the Pacific, Europe, South
America, and Africa.
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UVM Web Redesign
The report produced by M. Stoner re: the UVM web redesign can be found at:
http://www.uvm.edu/webguide/redesign/?Page=updates.php
The opening page has some interesting recommendation. (UVM name/password required on first visit)
Updates on the progress will be posted to the webteam blog:
http://webteam.blog.uvm.edu/
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Book: Companion to Digital Humanities
Now Online: The Companion to Digital Humanities, eds. Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth.
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/
Chapters/articles on:
Part I: History
1. The History of Humanities Computing
2. Computing for Archaeologists
3. Art History
4. Classics and the Computer: An End of the History
5. Computing and the Historical Imagination
6. Lexicography
7. Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences
8. Literary Studies
9. Music
10. Multimedia
11. Performing Arts
12. "Revolution? What Revolution?" Successes and Limits of Computing Technologies in Philosophy and Religion
Part II: Principles
13. How the Computer Works
14. Classification and its Structures
15. Databases
16. Marking Texts of Many Dimensions
17. Text Encoding
18. Electronic Texts: Audiences and Purposes
19. Modeling: A Study in Words and Meanings
Part III: Applications
20. Stylistic Analysis and Authorship Studies
21. Preparation and Analysis of Linguistic Corpora
22. Electronic Scholarly Editing
23. Textual Analysis
24. Thematic Research Collections
25. Print Scholarship and Digital Resources
26. Digital Media and the Analysis of Film
27. Cognitive Stylistics and the Literary Imagination
28. Multivariant Narratives
29. Speculative Computing: Aesthetic Provocations in Humanities Computing
30. Robotic Poetics
Part IV: Production, Dissemination, Archiving
31. Designing Sustainable Projects and Publications
32. Conversion of Primary Sources
33. Text Tools
34. So the Colors Cover the Wires : Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability
35. Intermediation and its Malcontents: Validating Professionalism in the Age of Raw Dissemination
36. The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries
37. Preservation
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Digital History Reader
Digital History Reader: Teaching Resources for European and United
States History
http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu
The Digital History Reader is a free, online set of resources for
teaching university courses in United States and modern European
history. These materials are available online: www.dhr.history.vt.edu.
The eighteen modules in the Digital History Reader address critical
questions appropriate for survey courses and advanced analysis in United
States and European history. An introductory module, “How to Use the
DHR,” provides instructors and students with an overview of module
structure as well as suggestions in how to approach each section. The
individual modules all follow a standard structure. A short Introduction
defines the historical question for the students to consider throughout
the module. The Context section contains an approximately 2,000-word
narrative that provides the historical background necessary for the
students to understand the central question and to be able to place the
primary documents within a larger framework. The Evidence section is the
heart of the module; it includes a broad range of primary source
materials, including texts, photographs, political cartoons, posters,
songs, video clips, and recorded speeches, that allow the student to
explore possible answers to the initial historical question. After
students complete the evidence section, the Assignment section allows
students to gauge their own comprehension with a self-test and offers
suggestions for written and in-class exercises. The Conclusion returns
to the central question and asks students to consider the larger
historical significance of the evidence they have contemplated. Finally,
the Resource section lists published and online sources that allow
students to further explore the topic. All DHR materials are available
for free, and are fully contained with this website, hosted by the
Virginia Tech Department of History. Faculty contributors are Tom Ewing
(Project Director), Robert Stephens, Marian Mollin, David Hicks, Amy
Nelson, Hayward “Woody” Farrar, Kathleen Jones, Mark Barrow, Daniel
Thorp, C. Edward Watson, and Jane Lehr. For more information about the
modules, see the “About DHR” page: www.dhr.history.vt.edu/about.html.
Questions may be directed to the Project Director, Tom Ewing, email:
dhr@vt.edu.
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Library of Congress RSS Feeds
The Library of Congress has launched a series of news feeds using the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology. http://www.loc.gov/rss/
The Library's RSS service has launched with the following feeds:
* News, a bulletin service of the latest news from the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing resources to Congress and the American people
* Upcoming Events, a listing of the dozens of free concerts, lectures, exhibitions, symposia, films and other special programs offered at the Library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
* New on the Web, updates on new collections, features, reference materials and other services available on the Library's award-winning Web site
* New Webcasts, the latest webcasts and podcasts of lectures and events sponsored by the Library
* News from the John W. Kluge Center, featuring updates on lectures, presentations and other news from this center for scholars within the Library of Congress, established to bring together the world's best thinkers to stimulate and energize scholarly discussion, distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources and interact with policy-makers in Washington.
* And What's New in Science Reference, new products and services on the subject of science and technology from the Library's Science, Technology & Business Division.
These feeds join four existing RSS feeds from the U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress on current copyright related legislation; announcements, rules, proposed rules and other notices published in the Federal Register; NewsNet (alerts on hearings, deadlines for comments, new and proposed regulations and new publications); and updates to the Copyright Web site at www.copyright.gov.
The Library will launch additional feeds in specific content and subject matter areas in the coming months. All new RSS feeds will be available from key content pages within the Library's extensive Web site, as well as from a central RSS Web page at www.loc.gov/rss/.
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MSOffice Help
Sites for info to help transition to MSOffice:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101491511033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101490761033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA100398921033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA101662871033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101679481033.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/office/demo/newui/index.html
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AAHC Conference: Open Source History: Making History Public
Open Source History: Making History Public
http://theaahc.org
The American Association for History and Computing (AAHC)
2007 Annual Conference
In association with the Brown University Public Humanities Program
Providence, RI
April 19-21, 2007
Join the American Association for History and Computing and Brown University’s Public Humanities Program for an innovative look at how technology is allowing for a shared public dialogue between historians and a broad public audience. This conference will be of interest to anyone who is charged with bringing history to a general audience, including museum professionals, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, filmmakers, as well as academic historians. The conference will explore:
• The role of technology in breaking down the barriers between historians and the larger public
• Ways that historians have used digital technology to communicate with diverse public audiences
• Ways in which the practice of "academic history" is altered when made public
• The "wikipedia-ization" of history
• New forms of collaboration between historians, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, teachers and students
• New forms of display and historical representation
All presenters must be current members of the AAHC. For more information about membership, please visit our website http://theaahc.org
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TAPOR XML Tools
TAPOR XML Tools: http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/~taporware/xmlTools/summarizer.shtml?
TAPOR. the Text Analysis Portal for Research, has been developing text analysis tools for many years. A recent addition are xml tools, including a tool that makes a visualization of the tree structure of any xml file for which you provide a URL. You can then click/drag/explore the structure of the file.
Other XML tools that they have available are:
- list elements and attributes
- extract text
- list words
- co-occurrence
- concordance
- collocation
- tokenize
- distribution
- summarizer
...and more
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Academic Blog Portal Wiki
A wiki that lists and categorizes academic blogs:
http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Posted by hag at 11:00 AM | Comments (0)
March 15, 2007
Google Ocropus
New Google Project in the Works:
http://code.google.com/p/ocropus/
ocropus
open source document analysis and OCR system
OCRopus is a state-of-the-art document analysis and OCR system, featuring pluggable layout analysis, pluggable character recognition, statistical natural language modeling, and multi-lingual capabilities.
Background
The OCRopus engine is based on two research projects: a high-performance handwriting recognizer developed in the mid-90's and deployed by the US Census bureau, and novel high-performance layout analysis methods.
OCRopus is development is sponsored by Google and is initially intended for high-throughput, high-volume document conversion efforts. We expect that it will also be an excellent OCR system for many other applications.
Release dates throughout Q1-Q3, 2007.
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March 8, 2007
ICT/AHDS: Digital Collections, Best Practice Descriptions
ICT (Information and Computing technology) Guides is a new service being offered by the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) at King's College, London. It seeks to promote the use of ICTs in research and learning through cataloging best-practice
digital arts and humanities projects, along with the tools and methods they employed.
The site includes links to many projects, along with indications of what disciplines they are most appropriate to. Each item contains a description of the project. More importantly, each description lists the tools used to create it, as well as the methods employed. As such it provides a good picture of how digital projects are being created.
http://ahds.ac.uk/ictguides/projects/allProjects.jsp
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March 5, 2007
NINES: 19th century scholarship
N I N E S stands for a Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-century Electronic Scholarship, a scholarly organization in British and American nineteenth-century studies supported by a software development group assembling a suite of critical and editorial tools for digital scholarship.
In NINES you can:
* search and browse more than 60,000 peer-reviewed texts and images in 19th-century studies
* build your own collections of documents, articles, images, and ephemera;
* organize, add keywords, and annotate your work;
* discover lines of critical inquiry related to your own;
* and (coming soon!) create syllabi, annotated bibliographies, illustrated essays, and timelines.
NINES integrates material from the following major research archives:
British Women Romantic Poets
Chesnutt Archive
Collective Biographies of Women
Dickinson Virtual Reference Shelf
Letters of Christina Rossetti
Letters of Matthew Arnold
Romantic Circles Praxis
Romanticism on the Net
The Ambrose Bierce Project
The Poetess Archive
The Rossetti Archive
The Swinburne Project
The Walt Whitman Archive
The Willa Cather Archive
The William Blake Archive
Victorian Studies Bibliography
Whitman Bibliography
Forthcoming are contributions from JSTOR, the Whistler
Correspondence, the journal 19, the Nineteenth-Century Serials
Edition, Virginia's Victorian Literature and Culture Series, and the
Wright American Fiction Project, as well as updated and expanded
information from the Dickinson Project, Romantic Circles, and
Romanticism on the Net.
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