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KlausGraf - am Montag, 26. September 2005, 19:05 - Rubrik: English Corner
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The Archive, the Activist, and the Audience, or Black European Studies: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Study of Identities, Positionalities, and Differences
FATIMA EL-TAYEB
in: Transit [new E-Journal]
Special Topic: Migration, Culture, and the Nation State
http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/
PDF
http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/2005/TRANSIT50910.pdf
Abstract:
My aim in this brief article is the introduction of a new international and interdisciplinary project on Black Europe, which could be of some interest to German Studies for a variety of reasons that will hopefully become evident. In doing so, though, I would like to focus initially on one particular aspect of this project; it is, incidentally, the one that might seem less than fascinating at first sight: the attempt to re-discover and re-contextualize archival materials on the black presence in Europe. My central argument here is that a rethinking of the uses of archives could open up a number of exciting possibilities going beyond this particular subject: in making history usable and relevant for people who would not normally go near an archive, for students who have abilities in information processing their teachers often fail to tap into, for activists linking worldwide through internet-based networks, and for a new reading of existing but largely unknown or ignored materials.
FATIMA EL-TAYEB
in: Transit [new E-Journal]
Special Topic: Migration, Culture, and the Nation State
http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/
http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/2005/TRANSIT50910.pdf
Abstract:
My aim in this brief article is the introduction of a new international and interdisciplinary project on Black Europe, which could be of some interest to German Studies for a variety of reasons that will hopefully become evident. In doing so, though, I would like to focus initially on one particular aspect of this project; it is, incidentally, the one that might seem less than fascinating at first sight: the attempt to re-discover and re-contextualize archival materials on the black presence in Europe. My central argument here is that a rethinking of the uses of archives could open up a number of exciting possibilities going beyond this particular subject: in making history usable and relevant for people who would not normally go near an archive, for students who have abilities in information processing their teachers often fail to tap into, for activists linking worldwide through internet-based networks, and for a new reading of existing but largely unknown or ignored materials.
KlausGraf - am Freitag, 23. September 2005, 18:42 - Rubrik: English Corner
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http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/
Free web version of the book by Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig
This book provides a plainspoken and thorough introduction to the web for historians—teachers and students, archivists and museum curators, professors as well as amateur enthusiasts—who wish to produce online historical work, or to build upon and improve the projects they have already started in this important new medium. It begins with an overview of the different genres of history websites, surveying a range of digital history work that has been created since the beginning of the web. The book then takes the reader step-by-step through planning a project, understanding the technologies involved and how to choose the appropriate ones, designing a site that is both easy-to-use and scholarly, digitizing materials in a way that makes them web-friendly while preserving their historical integrity, and how to reach and respond to an intended audience effectively. It also explores the repercussions of copyright law and fair use for scholars in a digital age, and examines more cutting-edge web techniques involving interactivity, such as sites that use the medium to solicit and collect historical artifacts. Finally, the book provides basic guidance on insuring that the digital history the reader creates will not disappear in a few years.
Free web version of the book by Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig
This book provides a plainspoken and thorough introduction to the web for historians—teachers and students, archivists and museum curators, professors as well as amateur enthusiasts—who wish to produce online historical work, or to build upon and improve the projects they have already started in this important new medium. It begins with an overview of the different genres of history websites, surveying a range of digital history work that has been created since the beginning of the web. The book then takes the reader step-by-step through planning a project, understanding the technologies involved and how to choose the appropriate ones, designing a site that is both easy-to-use and scholarly, digitizing materials in a way that makes them web-friendly while preserving their historical integrity, and how to reach and respond to an intended audience effectively. It also explores the repercussions of copyright law and fair use for scholars in a digital age, and examines more cutting-edge web techniques involving interactivity, such as sites that use the medium to solicit and collect historical artifacts. Finally, the book provides basic guidance on insuring that the digital history the reader creates will not disappear in a few years.
KlausGraf - am Samstag, 17. September 2005, 21:56 - Rubrik: English Corner
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http://www.archivesmadeeasy.org/
Hosted by the International History department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Archives Made Easy aims to empower historical researchers of all levels and make unrewarding research trips a thing of the past.
The archives are reviewed by researchers, see e.g. for the Bundesarchiv Koblenz the "Easy Archive Tip" by C. Germond, August 2005
http://www.archivesmadeeasy.org/pdfs/germany/Germany_Bundesarchiv_Koblenz%20_August2005_Carine_Germond.doc
An excerpt concerning Italy:
If you want to undertake research at the ASMAE, you must be extremely patient and be prepared to the lengthy, nonsensical and bureaucratic procedure of the archive.
Interesting website!
Hosted by the International History department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Archives Made Easy aims to empower historical researchers of all levels and make unrewarding research trips a thing of the past.
The archives are reviewed by researchers, see e.g. for the Bundesarchiv Koblenz the "Easy Archive Tip" by C. Germond, August 2005
http://www.archivesmadeeasy.org/pdfs/germany/Germany_Bundesarchiv_Koblenz%20_August2005_Carine_Germond.doc
An excerpt concerning Italy:
If you want to undertake research at the ASMAE, you must be extremely patient and be prepared to the lengthy, nonsensical and bureaucratic procedure of the archive.
Interesting website!
KlausGraf - am Samstag, 17. September 2005, 21:06 - Rubrik: English Corner
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The Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA) has established a weblog to
capture and share information about our colleagues and friends from
Louisiana and Mississippi, who have been affected by Hurricane
Katrina. The url is as follows:
http://herbie.ischool.utexas.edu/ssacares
A big frustration for everyone is not knowing the status or situation
of the individuals affected. SSA hopes that this weblog can help with
that. For those individuals from the affected states, let us hear
from you directly by checking in on the weblog. Secondly, if anyone
knows anything about the individuals from these states, please share
that as well.
Additional features of the blog include sections for repository
information and for repository needs.
Source:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0509a&L=archives&T=0&F=&S=&P=5790
See also:
http://www.archivists.org/
Museums and Libraries damages:
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/Katrina.HTM (Clearing house)
http://slis.lsu.edu/faculty/McCarthy/katrina.htm
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2005abc/august2005abc/katrina.htm
http://www.cronaca.com/archives/003775.html
capture and share information about our colleagues and friends from
Louisiana and Mississippi, who have been affected by Hurricane
Katrina. The url is as follows:
http://herbie.ischool.utexas.edu/ssacares
A big frustration for everyone is not knowing the status or situation
of the individuals affected. SSA hopes that this weblog can help with
that. For those individuals from the affected states, let us hear
from you directly by checking in on the weblog. Secondly, if anyone
knows anything about the individuals from these states, please share
that as well.
Additional features of the blog include sections for repository
information and for repository needs.
Source:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0509a&L=archives&T=0&F=&S=&P=5790
See also:
http://www.archivists.org/
Museums and Libraries damages:
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/Katrina.HTM (Clearing house)
http://slis.lsu.edu/faculty/McCarthy/katrina.htm
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2005abc/august2005abc/katrina.htm
http://www.cronaca.com/archives/003775.html
KlausGraf - am Freitag, 2. September 2005, 17:58 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Freitag, 2. September 2005, 02:15 - Rubrik: English Corner
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Tomorrow's File Endings:
On Archiving Principles and Archiving Formats
By Marcus Uneson, PhD Student at Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University
Marcus.Uneson@ling.lu.se
http://www.sciecom.org/sciecominfo/artiklar/uneson_05_02.shtml
The article discusses without technical detail a few important aspects of long-term archiving, in particular of scientific and scholarly publications. After a brief overview of physical data survival, emphasis is laid on general, sound principles for document archiving, and on how such principles might be considered in the choice of archive file formats. From the Golden Rule of Archiving, “do not unnecessarily restrict future options”, three general principles for publication archiving are derived: a) use simple, text-based formats; b) use open standards; c) archive a representation, not a presentation. With these as point of departure, some common current document formats for archiving are commented, in particular pdf, pdf-a, tex/latex, xml.
On Archiving Principles and Archiving Formats
By Marcus Uneson, PhD Student at Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University
Marcus.Uneson@ling.lu.se
http://www.sciecom.org/sciecominfo/artiklar/uneson_05_02.shtml
The article discusses without technical detail a few important aspects of long-term archiving, in particular of scientific and scholarly publications. After a brief overview of physical data survival, emphasis is laid on general, sound principles for document archiving, and on how such principles might be considered in the choice of archive file formats. From the Golden Rule of Archiving, “do not unnecessarily restrict future options”, three general principles for publication archiving are derived: a) use simple, text-based formats; b) use open standards; c) archive a representation, not a presentation. With these as point of departure, some common current document formats for archiving are commented, in particular pdf, pdf-a, tex/latex, xml.
KlausGraf - am Donnerstag, 1. September 2005, 19:26 - Rubrik: English Corner
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"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China will provide OA to hundreds of fundamental legal documents --as soon as it can find them." Open Access News
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH22Ak03.html
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH22Ak03.html
KlausGraf - am Montag, 22. August 2005, 00:01 - Rubrik: English Corner
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http://collib.info/index.php/Main_Page
colLib, the collaborative platform for organizing Open Access materials in Library & Information Science (LIS).
colLib harvests metadata-records from OAI-PMH-compliant repositories and enables manual 'tagging' of these records to cluster them by subject or other meaningful categories. Tags are represented by pages in a wiki, that can be annotated with links to related tags, external links and any other text deemed relevant.
colLib, the collaborative platform for organizing Open Access materials in Library & Information Science (LIS).
colLib harvests metadata-records from OAI-PMH-compliant repositories and enables manual 'tagging' of these records to cluster them by subject or other meaningful categories. Tags are represented by pages in a wiki, that can be annotated with links to related tags, external links and any other text deemed relevant.
KlausGraf - am Dienstag, 16. August 2005, 19:15 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Dienstag, 16. August 2005, 19:03 - Rubrik: English Corner
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