Second Summer Institute at the University of New Brunswick

Citation

(1998), "Second Summer Institute at the University of New Brunswick", Asian Libraries, Vol. 7 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/al.1998.17307fab.001

Second Summer Institute at the University of New Brunswick

Second Summer Institute at the University of New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 16-21 August 1998

Creating Electronic Texts and Images: A Practical Exploration of the Research, Preservation and Pedagogical Uses of Electronic Texts and Images in the Humanities.

Instructor: David Seaman, University of Virginia.

Sponsored by the University of New Brunswick Library's Electronic Text Centre (http://www.unb.ca/etc/) and the Department of Archives and Special Collections

Course content

The course will centre around the creation of a set of electronic texts and digital images. Topics to be covered include:

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  SGML tagging and conversion;

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  Using the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines;

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  Basics of Archival Imaging;

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  Form and implications of XML Publishing;

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  SGML on the World Wide Web; and

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  EAD ­ Encoded Archival Descriptions.

The course is designed primarily for librarians and archivists who are planning to develop electronic text and imaging projects; for scholars who are creating electronic texts as part of their teaching and research; and for publishers who are looking to move publications to the Web. Course participants will create an electronic version of a selection of Canadian literary letters from UNB's Archives and Special Collections. Participants will encode the letters with TEI/SGML tagging, tag an EAD finding aid (a one day course component) and explore issues in creating digital images.

Course prerequisites

This year's institute presupposes that participants have some experience with the Web and HTML. It is highly recommended that participants also have had some basic exposure to other SGML applications besides HTML, such as TEI, XML or EAD. For those with little or no previous experience with SGML applications, there will be a one day introductory level session on Saturday, 15 August 1998. For those on the West Coast of Canada an introductory session taught by David Seaman will be offered on 17 June 1998 as a pre-conference workshop at the Canadian Library Association Annual Conference and Trade Show in Victoria, British Columbia.

Facilities and registration

The course will be held in the Instructional Technology Learning Centre (ITLC) in the Harriet Irving Library on the campus of the University of New Brunswick. This is a state-of-the-art facility with a Windows 95 PC for each participant and a high end digital projection system. The facility is air conditioned.

Registration will be limited to 20. The tuition fee of C$750.00 will include all course fees for the Institute, nutritional breaks, lunches and a number of special events. Tuition does not include cost of accommodation. The tuition for the UNB one-day (15 August) introductory workshop on HTML and SGML is not included in the $750 and is an additional $75.00. There will be five bursaries offered at $200.00 each for those who could not otherwise afford to come to the Institute. The Lord Beaverbrook Hotel in downtown Fredericton is offering special room rates at: C$70.00 + tax for a single and C$77.00 + tax for a double.

Detailed course information will be available in April at http://ultratext.hil.unb.ca/Texts/Announce/seaman98.htm. Information on last year's Institute, including comments from participants, is available at http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/SGML_course/Aug97/index.html.