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LIBRES 3.3  Announcements

LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research
(ISSN 1058-6768 published monthly)
March 15, 1993

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1.  ACH-ALLC 93 Conference announcement (255 lines)
2.  E-text information via Gopher and FTP (144 lines)

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From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET>
Subject: ACH-ALLC 93 Conference Announcement


        THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES
      THE ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING

               1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

                        JUNE 16-19, 1993
                      GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
                         WASHINGTON, DC



On behalf of the Executive Committees of the Association for
Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and
Linguistic Computing, we cordially invite you to attend the fifth
annual joint international conference, to be held at Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C., June 16-19, 1993.

This conference is the major forum for discussion of the
preparation, encoding, and use of character-based electronic text
and for computer-based research in literature, linguistics, and
related humanities disciplines.  It will feature presenters from
fourteen countries and include eighty papers on the development
of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the
humanities, on the development of significant new materials and
tools for humanities research, and on the application and
evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects.
Keynote addresses will be delivered by Hugh Kenner, Franklin and
Calloway Professor of English at the University of Georgia, and
Clifford Lynch, Director of Library Automation at the Office of
the President, University of California.  A special feature will
be a series of sessions, organized by the library community, on
electronic resources for the humanities.   Other attractions
include a forum on the Text Encoding Initiative and encoding with
SGML, a software fair, banquet, vendor display, and optional
text-analysis workshop.

Georgetown University, situated along the Potomac River in an
historic district that predates our Nation's Capital, is the site
for the conference.  Domestic flights arrive at Washington
National Airport, and taxi service (approximately $12) is
recommended for the short ride to your accommodations in
Georgetown.  International flights arrive at Dulles Airport (40
miles away), and a shuttle service ($16 one-way, $26 round-trip)
provides transportation into downtown Washington.  In the city
you will find that taxi service is reasonably priced; a ride to
Georgetown from downtown will cost approximately $7.  Parking in
Washington is prohibitively expensive, so participants are urged
to take public transportation to the conference.

American Airlines will offer domestic-flight discounts of 5% off
all relevant fares for conference participants flying to and from
Washington, DC between June 12th and June 22nd.  To obtain this
discount, call the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 1-
800-433-1790 and specify the Star Number S1463FS for ACH-ALLC93.

The Association for Computers and the Humanities is a
professional society for scholars working in computer-related
research in literature and language studies, history, philosophy,
and other disciplines of the humanities.  Individual membership
is $60 US a year and includes a subscription to Computers and the
Humanities (six issues a year) and the ACH Newsletter (four
issues a year).

The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing was founded
in 1973 as an international association to promote the
development of literary and linguistic computing.  Membership is
by personal subscription to the journal Literary and Linguistic
Computing, which is published by Oxford University Press,
Pinkhill House, Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford, OX8 1JJ.
Subscription rates for 1992 are L30 (UK) or $57 (rest of the
world).

On-site registration will be held from 9 am to 9 pm at the ACH-
ALLC93 Conference Headquarters in Copley Formal Lounge beginning
June 15th and extending throughout the conference.  At 6 pm on
June 15th, a welcome cocktail party for participants will be held
on the upper-level esplanade of the Leavey Conference Center.
The conference will commence with an opening session on
Wednesday, June 16th, at 9 am in Gaston Hall.

Occasional reports of interest to participants will be accessible
by Internet, either through the Georgetown University Gopher
server (in the ACH_ALLC93 directory) or by anonymous ftp from
guvax.georgetown.edu (141.161.1.2) in directory ACH_ALLC93.

Options for accommodations at the conference include:

     1. Village C Residence Hall on campus.  $50 a night (single)
or $25 a night (double).  Air conditioned with private bath,
daily linen service.  Furnishings Spartan but clean.  Staff
assistance.  Telephones and televisions in common areas only.  3-
minute walk to conference sessions.  Optional meal plan available
on campus at $20 a day.  Access to gym and pool available at $10
a week.   10-12 minute walk to Georgetown shopping and
restaurants.  Vending machines on site.  Parking available at $10
a day, $30 a week.  Extensions of reservations at the conference
rate are available for several days before and after the
conference.

     2. Leavey Conference Center Hotel on campus.  $115 a night
(single), $130 (double) with sales tax @ 11% plus $1.50 a night
occupancy tax.  Full services and plush furnishings of a new and
luxurious conference hotel.  3-minute walk to sessions.  Access
to gym and pool available at $5 a day.  13-15 minute walk to
Georgetown shopping and restaurants.  Restaurants on site.
Parking available at $9 for a 24-hour period.  Extensions of
reservations at conference rate depend upon availability; contact
the hotel soon at the address below.

     3. Georgetown Inn (in business district).  $95 per room a
night (single or double) with tax at 11% plus $1.50 a night.
Complimentary continental breakfast and parking.  Air conditioned
with private bath.  Atmosphere and furnishings of a small,
recently remodeled hotel.  Service from front desk and concierge.
Telephones and television in rooms.  10-15 minute walk (up slight
incline) to campus and sessions; free conference van service at
regular intervals.  No access to gym or pool.  In the heart of
tourist and shopping district.  Restaurants on site and nearby.
Extensions of reservations at conference rate depend upon
availability; contact the hotel soon at the address below.



                           REPLY FORM

                       Please return to:
               Dr. Michael Neuman, Local Organizer
                           ACH-ALLC93
                    Academic Computer Center
                   238 Reiss Science Building
                      Georgetown University
                      Washington, DC 20057
     Country code: 1  phone: 202-687-6096  fax: 202-687-6003
            Internet: ach_allc93@guvax.georgetown.edu


(Details provided below will be used to compile the Conference
List of Participants.  Please enter your name and affiliation as
you would like them to appear on your badge.)

Your Name:
Institution/Affiliation:
Title:
Surface-mail address:
City, State or District, Postal Code, and Country:

Telephone:                         Fax:
Email:



Software Fair: Please check here if you would like to demonstrate
     a product or project.  Yes ___

     Then specify requirements for operating system, RAM, hard
     disk space, special graphics or controller cards, or
     software platform needed for your demonstration.






                              FEES

Please enter relevant amounts (in US$) and return this form with
your remittance to the address above.

Registration status:                         Amount
     Regular registration                    $140           ___
     Member of ACH or ALLC in good standing   100           ___
     Spouses, companions                       30           ___
     Graduate students                         30           ___
     One-day rate (Specify day and date)       70           ___
     Other approved designation (Please specify)            ___
     Late registration surcharge (after June 1) 20          ___
     (Cancellation penalty after May 15): $20

Registration includes access to all program sessions,
special-interest-group meetings, software fair,
exhibits, and inter-session refreshments.

Membership fee:
     Association for Computers and the Humanities at $60    ___
     Assoc. for Literary and Linguistic Computing at $57    ___

Banquet (7:30 p.m. Thursday 6/17/93) Number ___ at $38      ___

     Name of guest _____________________________________

     Please note any dietary restriction:


Residence hall* at $50 per night (single) or $25 (double)

     Number of nights ___ at nightly rate $ ___ =  Total:   ___

     If double, please include name of the other person:

     Arrival/check-in date:   Departure/check-out date:


     Check-in at Village C Residence Hall beginning
     Tuesday, June 15 at 9 am or (by prior arrangement).

GRAND TOTAL for registration, membership fee, banquet,
and residence-hall lodging                                  ___

Method of payment in US$ (Please do not send cash.)

     Check or money order (enclosed)  ___
          Payable to: Georgetown University

     Credit card (Mastercard or Visa) ___
          Card number _____________________
          Expiration date _________________
          Name as it appears on card _____________________

* For alternative lodging, please make your reservation before
May 15, 1993 at hotel or conference center directly.
Reservations at conference rate may not be available after May
15.

GU Conference Center          The Georgetown Inn
3800 Reservoir Road, NW       1310 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Box 2315 Hoya Station         Washington, DC 20007
Washington, DC 20057          Phone from USA and Canada
Phone from USA and Canada          800-424-2979
     800-446-9476             From other countries
From other countries               1-202-333-8900
     1-202-687-3232           Fax: 202-625-1744
Fax: 202-687-3291

Be sure to mention ACH-ALLC93 when making reservations, and
confirm the conference rate listed under options for lodging.

Please check here if arranging your own accommodations.  ___


Program Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University
International Program Committee:
     Thomas Corns, University of Wales (ALLC)
     Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH)
     Jacqueline Hamesse, Universit/e catholique de Louvain-
          la-Neuve (ALLC)
     Susan Hockey, Center for Electronic Text in the
          Humanities (ALLC)
     Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH)
     Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH)
     Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH)
     Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC)
Local Organizer: Michael Neuman, Georgetown University
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From: Paul Mangiafico <PMANGIAFICO@GUVAX.BITNET>
Subject: E-Text Information via Gopher and FTP

We thought this announcement might be of interest to your community.
It is also being sent to a number of other discussion groups in the
library and humanities communities.

Paul Mangiafico, project assistant

Center for Text & Technology                 pmangiafico@guvax.bitnet
Academic Computer Center, 238 Reiss          pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu
Georgetown University                        tel: 202-687-6096
Washington, DC  20057  USA                   fax: 202-687-6003




             CPET DIGESTS NOW AVAILABLE VIA GOPHER AND FTP


For the past four years, Georgetown University's Center for Text &
Technology (CTT), under the aegis of the Academic Computer Center,
has been compiling a directory of projects that create and analyze
electronic text in the humanities.  A relational database
accessible via the Internet, Georgetown's Catalogue of Projects in
Electronic Text (CPET) includes information on more than 350
projects throughout the world.

Now digests of project information -- organized by humanities
discipline and by language of the electronic text -- can be read,
searched, and retrieved by means of the Internet's protocols for
Gopher and anonymous FTP. There are digests for 40 different
languages, as well as for linguistics, literature, philosophy,
biblical studies, and a variety of others, ranging from Medieval
and Renaissance studies to Archaeology, African studies, and
Buddhism.


GOPHER - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESS

The CPET digests are organized into subdirectories on Georgetown
University's Gopher server.  If you have never used Gopher, you may
wish to consult your local Internet expert to determine whether you
have access to Gopher client software or to obtain for instructions
for using it.  At many locations, one simply types the word GOPHER
at the system prompt of the networked mainframe.

Once inside the main Gopher directory, look for CPET files under:

      Other Gopher and Information Servers
      North America
      USA
      Washington, DC
      Georgetown University

Please note that the menu item for Washington, DC, appears
alphabetically after Washington state and not after Delaware.

On the Georgetown server look into the directory
CPET_PROJECTS_IN_ELECTRONIC_TEXT, where you will find the following
files and subdirectories:

      1. CPET_DIGESTS_INTRODUCTION.TXT  (information on the digests)
      2. CPET_INTRODUCTION.TXT (information on the CPET database)
      3. CPET_USER_GUIDE.TXT (how to access the on-line database)
      4. DIGESTS_DISCIPLINES.DIR (digests organized by discipline)
      5. DIGESTS_LANGUAGES.DIR (digests organized by language)

The filenames of the digests have as extensions the approximate
size in kilobytes of each file; filesize will determine the length
of time needed to acquire the file.

Before retrieving any of the digests, please read the introductory
file (CPET_DIGESTS_INTRODUCTION.TXT).


FTP - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESS

The digests are arranged in a similar structure in Georgetown's FTP
server.  To survey the digests, first enter the following command
from your system prompt:

      ftp guvax.georgetown.edu  (or ftp 141.161.1.2)

When requested, login with the username ANONYMOUS and a password
according to the formula YOURNAME@YOURSITE.

Once within GUVAX, at the ftp prompt ( often either ftp> or * ),
change directories as follows:

      ftp> cd cpet_projects_in_electronic_text

Then if you then enter a directory command -- DIR -- you will find
the same files and subdirectories that are described in the
preceding section of these directions on gopher.

To inspect the other directories in a subdirectory, change
directories again.  Do not enter the .DIR extension or the version
number, and distinguish between hyphens and underscores when typing
the filenames.

For example, at the prompt enter a command such as the following:

      ftp>cd digests_disciplines

To explore further the directory structure and the file contents,
enter the commands to show the directory (DIR) or to change the
directory (CD) as often as necessary.

Note: some subdirectories contain more than one complete screen of
filenames, so when you enter a dir command, the initial contents of
the subdirectory may scroll off the screen.  To stop the scrolling,
use whatever device your system permits.  For example, with VAX VMS
one would use CTRL-S (that is, hold down the CTRL key and press the
S key) to stop scrolling and CTRL-Q to continue scrolling.

To retrieve a file, type at the ftp prompt the command GET followed
by the name of the file (with the filename extension) that you wish
to retrieve.  For example,

      ftp> get finnish.17K

A system message will confirm that the file has been transferred to
your computer (more specifically, to the directory from which you
invoked ftp).

To leave FTP, enter at the prompt the command BYE.

      ftp> bye


If you have any questions or comments on this service, or would
like to learn more about CPET and Georgetown's Center for Text and
Technology, please contact us at the address below.



Georgetown Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text (CPET)
Center for Text & Technology
Academic Computer Center, Reiss 238
Georgetown University, Washington, DC  20057  USA
tel: 202-687-6096        fax: 202-687-6003

Contacts:
      Paul Mangiafico, CPET Project Assistant
           pmangiafico@guvax.georgetown.edu
      Dr. Michael Neuman, Director, Center for Text & Technology
           neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu

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