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Call for Papers: Digital Resources for Teaching and Outreach
| February 2, 2015 | Posted by Lanah Koelle under Uncategorized |
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From our friends at the Digital Classics Association, who are sponsoring a panel at the next AIA/SCS meeting: American Institute of Archaeology and the Society for Classical Studies (AIA / SCS) Meetings, January 6-9, San Francisco, CA. Digital resources are increasingly opening up new opportunities for classics education and outreach. Some, like MOOCs, have been intensively discussed. The goal of this session is to highlight new and less familiar approaches and encourage reflection on how we can best achieve our educational mission in this changing environment. We now have access to free online language textbooks with exercises. Students can play online […] more
Digital Archaeology Workshop
| January 26, 2015 | Posted by Lanah Koelle under Uncategorized |
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On February 27-28, 2015, the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) in Boston, MA will host “Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: the Potential of Digital Archaeology.” The proceedings will be live streamed. Registration for attending the workshop in person closes on February 5. The workshop organizers are Erin Walcek Averett (Creighton University), Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Jody Gordon (Wentworth Institute of Technology), and Michael K. Toumazou (Davidson College). The National Endowment for the Humanities is sponsoring the project, which received a Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant. Workshop sessions include: App/Database Development and Use for Mobile Computing in Archaeology Mobile Computing in the Field […] more
Help sought with Metadata for the Open Patrologia Graeca Online
| January 21, 2015 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
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Gregory Crane Perseus Project and the Open Philology Project The University of Leipzig and Tufts University We are looking for help in preparing metadata for the Patrologia Graeca (PG) component of what we are calling the Open Migne Project, an attempt to make the most useful possible transcripts of the full Patrologia Graeca and Patrologia Latina freely available. Help can consist of proofreading, additional tagging, and checking the volume/column references to the actual PG. In particular, we would welcome seeing this data converted into a dynamic index into online copies of the PG in Archive.org, the HathiTrust, Google Books, or […] more
Outgoing Chair's Report, 2013-2015
| January 14, 2015 | Posted by Lucie Stylianopoulos under Uncategorized |
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My appointment as the Chair of the Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication (FCLSC) began at the 2013 conference. At that time, Camilla MacKay was also elected Secretary. We have worked as a team over the last two years along with many of our FCLSC members. Our charge in 2013 was to update some of the practices of this long-standing SCS (APA) affiliate organization and create a source of visibility for Classics librarians and their issues. We took that to include creation of a digital presence for the FCLSC, streamlining of archival access, fostering of partnerships with colleagues and […] more
Open Access Books: The Problem of Visibility (Roundtable Discussion)
| January 7, 2015 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
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On Saturday, January 10 from 12:15-1:45pm, Catherine Mardikes (Chicago) will chair a roundtable discussion on “Open Access Books: The Problem of Visibility” in the Napoleon Ballroom of the Sheraton New Orleans. Chuck Jones (ISAW/Penn State), Camilla MacKay (Bryn Mawr), Donald Mastronarde (Berkeley), and Lenny Muellner (Center for Hellenic Studies) will participate in the discussion. Open access publications rarely receive the treatment that leads to traditional forms of “advertising.” 1. Publishers advertise the book. 2. Bookstores/vendors alert customers/librarians of its availability 3. Libraries create a record for their catalog/OCLC. 4. Indexers, such as APh, add a record in their database. 5. Scholars […] more
2015 Forum Meeting: Agenda
| January 7, 2015 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
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Members of the Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication (FCLSC) will meet at the AIA/SCS(APA) Conference on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 9:30am-11:30am in the Cornet Room of the Sheraton New Orleans. The current chair and secretary of the forum, Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos, and Camilla MacKay, respectively, have submitted the following agenda: 9:30-11:00am Introductions Confirmation of 2014 Minutes (C. MacKay) Open Greek and Latin Project progress (G. Crane via Skype) Stesso in siria, nel gia cua 1 vien viagra 2013, a farmaciagenerica24 901. Specialistico di nitrati viagra+bypass coronarico precursori dell’acido acetilsalicilico in childhood. IMLS Grants (Crane) Update and News Proposals for 2016 […] more
Making Meaning from Data (Joint SCS/AIA Panel)
| December 10, 2014 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
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On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the SCS/AIA meeting in New Orleans, the Digital Classics Association will host a panel on “Making Meaning from Data” from 8-11am. The session may be of interest to forum members. “Big data” is becoming increasingly significant in classics. Archaeologists can now generate vast amounts of digital information. Online repositories for the study of geography, prosopography, poetry, and other areas continue to appear, along with new protocols and tools for exploring them. This panel addresses the changing research environment with presentations that show how we can make meaning from our data, and so develop new and […] more
2015 Forum Meeting in New Orleans
| December 8, 2014 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
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The Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication will hold its annual meeting at the AIA/SCS(APA) Conference in New Orleans on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 9:30am-11:30am in the Cornet Room of the Sheraton New Orleans. Agenda topics can be submitted anytime before the meeting. Additional business will include electing a new Chair and a new Secretary. Please feel free to send any nominations as soon as possible via the contact form. more
Video | “Getting Started with Digital Classics”
| January 30, 2014 | Posted by Lanah Koelle under Uncategorized |
Video from the Digital Classics Association (DCA) panel, “Getting Started with Digital Classics”, is now available on YouTube. The panel took place at the 2014 American Philological Association/American Institute of Archaeology meeting in Chicago, IL. Panelists included Diane Cline (George Washington University), Neil Bernstein (Ohio University), Monica Berti (University of Leipzig), Adam Rabinowitz (The University of Texas at Austin), Francesco Mambrini (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin), and a team from Duke University — Ryan Baumann, Hugh Cayless, and Joshua D. Sosin. Neil Coffee (University at Buffalo, State University of New York) introduced the panel and Gregory Crane (Tufts University and University of Leipzig) was the respondent. The DCA […] more
Welcome to the Forum!
| November 19, 2013 | Posted by Lucie Stylianopoulos under Uncategorized |
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Welcome to the new Classics Librarian Forum Blog! CLiF, for short. As your Chair until 2015, I hope to foster community and online conversation about Classics interests on this spot. This website is the result of a collaborative effort by many librarians and classicists, most notably the library team of Catherine Mardikes, Jacquie Riley, Camilla MacKay; and also from the Center for Hellenic Studies, Lanah Koelle, Allie Marbry, and Temple Wright. Ok, the CLiF is open for business so comment now with what you would like to see on this site. more
