[LINK] Fwd: Call for Papers - Computing Arts: Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 2001 - Sydney, Australia

[Tony Barry]

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>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>Computing Arts
>Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 2001
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>A Conference to be held at the
>University of Sydney
>26th - 28th September 2001
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>Computing Arts: Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 
>2001 will explore the impact of digitisation on the humanities, and 
>will focus on new methods of creating, using and conserving the 
>resources which comprise our common cultural heritage.
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>Computing Arts 2001 will focus on the impact of new technologies on 
>research and creative endeavour, on teaching and learning, on 
>publishing, on conservation and curation, on librarianship and 
>archiving. It will be the first forum of its kind in the region to 
>bring together practitioners in such a wide range of disciplines. It 
>will provide a formal ongoing focus for researchers, scholars and 
>librarians in the region to discuss their work in all its aspects 
>and applications, and to develop networks and collaborations to 
>extend the use of new technologies into the traditions of humanities 
>research, study and appreciation.
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>We are planning in addition a number of workshops in partnership 
>with other Australian universities and libraries.  These will focus 
>on new tools and techniques in humanities computing applications, 
>and will be relevant to a broad range of disciplines in the 
>humanities.
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>Hosts at the University of Sydney: RIHSS Research Institute for 
>Humanities and Social Sciences and SETIS the Scholarly Electronic 
>Text and Image Service at the University of Sydney Library.  
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>Computing Arts 2001 is held in association with the Digital 
>Resources for the Humanities (DRH) organisation in the United 
>Kingdom, and is supported by The Australian Academy of the 
>Humanities and the National Scholarly Communications Forum. 
>Sponsors for the conference include Bell and Howell Information and 
>Learning.
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>CONFERENCE WEB SITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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><http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001>http://setis.library.usyd.edu<http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001>.au/drrh2001
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>THEME and TOPICS
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>Computing Arts 2001 intends to attract the reporting of relevant 
>work in a broad range  of fields, including archaeology, art 
>history, history, languages and linguistics,  literary studies, 
>music, performing arts, as well as work detailing techniques and 
>issues associated with the creation and use of digital texts, 
>databases, images, sound, video and digital mapping.
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>Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 
>humanities computing; scholarly editing; text encoding; text 
>analysis; textual studies; hypertext; text corpora; computational 
>linguistics; GIS mapping; digital libraries; archival description; 
>digital imaging; image delivery; iconic visualisation; multimedia; 
>languages; scripts; special characters; unicode; electronic 
>publishing; markup languages; XML; pedagogical applications; 
>institutional implications of humanities computing; national and 
>international coordination and collaboration issues and outcomes; 
>funding.
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>SESSIONS
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>The Conference Program will provide a wide range of sessions including:
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>- Keynote presentations
>- Technical and subject-specific demonstrations and presentations
>- Panel sessions
>- Open discussion sessions
>- Workshops and tutorials
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>All demonstrations and presentations other than keynotes will be of 
>30 minutes duration.
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>Workshops/Tutorials will each last approximately 3 hours.
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>DEADLINES
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>Submissions due: 	Friday 16th February 2001
>Notification Date:	Friday 9th March 2001
>Completed Papers:	Friday 27th April
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>SUBMISSIONS:
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>Submissions to speak at the conference should be sent to:
>Email:  
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>conference@library.usyd.edu.au
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>Paper Post: 
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>Computing Arts 2001
>SETIS
>University of Sydney Library
>University of Sydney NSW 2006
>Australia
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>Submissions MUST contain:
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>1. An abstract of 150-250 words, consisting of statement of purpose, 
>paper description, and final summary.
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>2. A brief biography
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>3. The details listed below:
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>NAME: Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms:_____________________
>POSITION: ___________________
>ORGANISATION/AFFILIATION: _______________________________
>ORGANISATION'S WWW URL: _____________________
>OWN WWW URL: _______________________
>ADDRESS FOR PAPER MAIL:
>__________________________
>__________________________
>__________________________
>TELEPHONE: _______________
>FAX: ________________
>EMAIL ADDRESS: ________________________
>TITLE OF PAPER: _________________________
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>________________________________________________________________________
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>Email Submissions:
>conference@library.usyd.edu.au
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>Contacts for more information:
>Dr. Creagh Cole SETIS Coordinator  -  c.cole@library.usyd.edu.au
>Ms. Rowanne Couch RIHSS Research  Manager - rowanne.couch@rihss.usyd.edu.au
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>Ross Coleman
>Collection Management Librarian
>University of Sydney Library
>University of Sydney.  NSW  2006
>Australia.
>email: r.coleman@library.usyd.edu.au
>phone: +61 02 9351 3352
>fax: +61 02 9351 7305

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