 |
 |
Thanks for the offer, Tom. That will be great! I'll be in touch after the holidays with a couple of files. Cheers, Don Thomas Herron wrote: > > > Hi Don -- I'd be happy to proof-read. All the best, Thomas > >From: Donald Stump > >Reply-To: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Test launch of Spenser, On Line > >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:26:41 -0600 > > > >As many of you know, I have been working with a graduate > >assistant--generously provided by Saint Louis University--to put the > >bibliographies, abstracts, and reviews from Spenser Newsletter and > >Spenser Review on line in a key-word searchable database. I've just > >finished the last technical arrangements to make items available for > the > >years 1986-99. (There are, you might be interested to know, over > 1400). > > > >I hope that you'll all visit the site at give it a spin! Since I > thought > >it best to use the grant from the university to get as much material > as > >possible scanned and on line, you'll find occasional small errors. It > > >would be a big help if you would all take the time to use the simple > >feature "Report errors and omissions" to help us clean up such minor > >matters. We've gone over the data pretty carefully, but we could use > >help with the fine sanding. Here's the address. > > > > http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/spenser/ > > > >We're also looking ahead to the second phase of development. If > anyone > >would like to help proofread scanned files from 1970-85, please drop > me > >a line. The assitantship has run out, so the next stage will depend > >mainly on the active support of the Spenser community > > > >My assistant editor, Janet Garrard-Willis, and I owe a special debt > of > >gratitude to Jerry Dees, who supplied encouragement, copies of back > >issues, and computer files from the journal's archives--some of them > >reconstructed with difficulty after a flood some years back in his > >office. We are also grateful to Terry Krier for supporting the > project > >by offering to continue to supply material from Spenser Review. > > > >Finally, we want to thank all the Spenserians who have volunteered to > > >proofread files for scanning errors, particularly Tom Atwell, > Katherine > >Eggert, Greg George, Bi-qi Lei, Andrew Smyth, Bart van Es, and > Matthew > >Woodcock. Thanks, folks. You've been wonderfully generous with your > >time! > > > >Donald Stump > >Saint Louis University > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.