21.214 seminar on a Virtual Research Environment for the Study of Documents and Manuscripts

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 214.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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         Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:27:41 +0100
         From: simon mahony <simon.mahony_at_KCL.AC.UK>
         Subject: A Virtual Research Environment for the Study of
Documents and Manuscripts

Announcing the last in this Summer's Digital Classicist/ICS work in
progress seminar series.

The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments and as always, all
are welcome.

Friday 17th August at 16:30, in room NG16, Senate House, Malet Street,
London

Charles Crowther (Oxford)
'A Virtual Research Environment for the Study of Documents and
Manuscripts'

The scholar interpreting an ancient documentary text has a broad range
of relevant electronic tools available; but the interaction is largely
in one direction and the experience is fragmented by the dispersal of
the electronic resources. Decipherment and transcription are scholarly
activities that naturally benefit from shared visualisation and
multiple perspectives, but the potential of ICT to mediate
collaborative investigation has yet to be fully exploited. A VRE for
the Study of Documents and Manuscripts is a two-year JISC funded
project designed to explore these challenges through the construction
of an integrated collaborative environment for the study of ancient
documentary artefacts.

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Simon Mahony
Research Associate
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London
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Received on Thu Aug 16 2007 - 01:33:36 EDT