18.661 shifting to e-publication

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 18, No. 661.
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         Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:28:26 +0000
         From: "David L. Gants" <dgants_at_unb.ca>
         Subject: Shifting to e-Publication

Thanks to everyone who forwarded their experiences with moving to electronic
distribution of administrative and teaching documents. If I might strain
the patience of Humanist readers further, I wonder if I could inquire about
examples of a specific mode of publishing, i.e. simultaneous multi-media
distribution.

What we'd like to build are undergraduate and graduate handbooks that reside
in a single set of files but which can be used in two distinct modes: as the
source for a standard on-line hypertext resource, and as the source for a
print-ready document users will direct to their local printers. These two
versions should be similar in design and layout so that an advisor holding
the printed copy can help a student using the hypertext version without any
confusion.

I'm not asking about the mechanics of how to do this--we have a number of
talented faculty and staff up here who can make it happen. Rather, I'd like
to know of sites where this already takes place and to which I can point my
colleagues.

Thanks in advance,
Dave Gants
Received on Thu Mar 24 2005 - 05:44:15 EST