I think Alpheios and Perseids are meant to address some of those
problems--especially with respect to classroom use. (And the architects
are almost certainly onlist, so we might get some useful feedback once
we have more of a wishlist. :-) )
On 2014-02-06 16:15, Anna Foka wrote:
> Gabriel: Answer out of utter ignorance perhaps (even more) more ubiquity, tangibility (is that even a word?) in the classroom/ for students, less problems with Greek text via browsers, no need for internet access perhaps? (I am ashamed to admit I have a Mac at work- sometimes my word crashes).
>
> Dr. Anna Foka, Umeå University.
>
>> On 6 feb 2014, at 17:10, "Gabriel Bodard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> What would this "competing app" do that Perseus / Alpheios etc. don't
>> already do?
>>
>> (Genuine question, btw: I'm hoping we can brainstorm our wishlist for an
>> open Latin app.)
>>
>>> On 2014-02-06 15:27, Rogueclassicist wrote:
>>> Thinking out loud. .... Given the open access availability of Perseus, couldn't a sort of competing app be developed?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On Feb 6, 2014, at 10:20 AM, "Charles E. Jones" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (With all due respect) In your dreams!
>>>>
>>>> Details on how libraries are going to license this stuff are thin at the moment - possibly through De Gruyter?
>>>>
>>>> Edwin Donnelly and others have worked to make the open (i.e. old) Loebs accessible:
>>>> http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/loebolus-loebs.html
>>>>
>>>> -Chuck-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: The Digital Classicist List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gabriel Bodard [[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:00 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] Fwd: INFO: Loeb Online
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know anything about this Loeb announcement? Will the texts be
>>>> open access, or even better, open licensed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: INFO: Loeb Online
>>>> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:34:39 +0000
>>>> From: Clark, Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/loeb/digital.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Forthcoming in Fall 2014: The Digital Loeb Classical Library®
>>>>
>>>> "The Loeb Classical Library® <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/loeb>, founded
>>>> by James Loeb in 1911, has from the very beginning fostered its stated
>>>> mission to make classical Greek and Latin literature accessible to the
>>>> broadest range of readers. The *digital Loeb Classical library* extends
>>>> this mission for readers of the twenty-first century. Harvard University
>>>> Press is honored to renew James Loeb’s vision of accessibility and with
>>>> the introduction of the digital Loeb Classical Library presents an
>>>> interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library
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>>>> Classical heritage is represented here with up-to-date texts and
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>>
>> --
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>>
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