On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:49:20 +0100 Mary Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues: I am posting this on behalf of an academic colleague
> who is putting in a bid for funding to develop an electronic archive of
> UK postcards, 1902-1910. She would welcome hearing from anyone who has
> relevant experience and who might be able to offer some practical advice.
> Details of the project are as follows:
>
> "I am preparing a bid to the AHRB concerning the analysis of vernacular
> writing in 1902 - 1910 as appearing on UK postcards. A by product of the
> research (also can be viewed as part of the research process, but not the
> primary objective of the project) is the creation of an archive, possibly
> either web or CD-Rom/DVD based. This would be produced by scanning both
> sides of the postcard. The writing would be 'converted' to text which would
> be subject to analysis.
I hope you'd offer the text to the British National Corpus (and if you got
their support it may strengthen your case).
Regards
Michael Heaney
Head of Service Assessment and Planning
University Library Services
University of Oxford
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