Dear Digital Classicists
(this is a copy of the post I sent to Humanist - apologies for cross
posting, but I would like to hear the digital classicist opinion!)
>In the past few years, the ACH/ALLC Annual Conference has often been
>preceded by a series of workshops, usually providing basic
>introductions to XML, TEI, and other technologies of interest to
>those who aim to partake in the digital humanities community.
>However, there has been little provision of training for academics
>and practitioners in the field who may like to undertake some
>professional development at a more advanced level.
>
>There has been some discussion within the ALLC committee as to
>whether it would be beneficial to the community to organise and
>support workshops prior to the Digital Humanities conference(s) which
>may be focussed at providing some kind of professional development
>training. These would probably be one day workshops on the day prior
>to the conference.
>
>Topics which have been suggested include (but are not limited to)
>-content management systems
>- digital image colour management
>- eXist databases/servers
>- visualisation and 3d visualisations
>- grid technologies and e-science applications in the humanities
>- xml, SQL and databases
>- gaming technologies, narratives (and theory?)
>- three dimensional scanning: tools, techniques and usability.
>
>Would members of the Digital Humanities community be interested in
>such an endeavour? Are there any topics we should be focussing on? Is
>the involvement of the organisation(s) in the area of professional
>development a good idea? If we build it, will you attend?
Any comments? Would this be useful/ desirable?
cheers
Melissa Terras
(Acting Secretary of ALLC)
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Melissa M. Terras MA MSc DPhil CLTHE
Lecturer in Electronic Communication
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
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University College London
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