Information Retrieval List Digest 110 (May 3, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-110 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 3 May 1992 21:36:24 PST Reply-To: "Information Retrieval List" Sender: "Information Retrieval List" From: IRLIST Subject: IR-L Digest, Vol.IX,No.14,Issue 110 IRLIST Digest May 3, 1992 Volume IX, Number 14 Issue 110 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES B. Publications Announcements 1. Directory of Scholarly E-conferences 2. Electronic Journal of Technology Education III. JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Drexel University, Associate Dean, Information Studies IV. PROJECT WORK A. Initiatives and Proposals 1. European Corpus Initiative ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.B.1. Fr: Diane Kovacs Re: 4th Revision of the Directory of Scholarly E-conferences. The 4th Revision of the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences is now available on the LISTSERV@KENTVM and via anonymous FTP from KSUVXA.KENT.EDU (in the Library directory) The files available are: filename filetype ------------------- ACADLIST README (explanatory notes for the Directory with an index) ACADLIST FILE1 (Anthropology-Education) ACADLIST FILE2 (Futurology-Latin American Studies) ACADLIST FILE3 (Library and Information Science-Music) ACADLIST FILE4 (Political Science-Writing) ACADLIST FILE5 (biological sciences) ACADLIST FILE6 (physical sciences) ACADLIST FILE7 (business and general academia) ACADWHOL HQX (binhexed self-decompressing Macintosh M.S. Word 4.0 document of all 6 directories) ACADSOCH HQX (binhexed self-decompressing Macintosh M.S. Word 4.0 document of the Social Science and Humanities files 1-3) ACADLIST CHANGES (all the major additions, deletions and alterations) Please let me know about any corrections or updates. Also please get and read the ACADLIST README file if you want to know what the guidelines for inclusion were. The 5th revision won't be until Summer Break. Directions for retrieving the files from Listserv@kentvm or FTPing them from ksuvxa.kent.edu are appended to this note following my sig file. Cordially, Diane ********** I.B.2. Fr: Lon Savage at Virginia Tech Re: New E-Journal NEWS RELEASE March 27, 1992 ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AMONG FIRST TO OFFER GRAPHIC CAPABILITIES The JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, launched three years ago as a refereed scholarly print journal, has initiated simultaneous publication of an electronic edition with its first issue of 1992. The new publication includes graphics -- one of the first electronic scholarly journals to do so. The current issue of the journal, which is published twice a year by the Technology Education Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is now available in electronic form without charge via Bitnet and the Internet. The text of the journal's articles are offered in ASCII format, which is traditional for many on-line electronic journals sent via Bitnet and the Internet, while a single graphic illustration of one of the articles is available as a separate Postscript file. The journal is one of the first electronic scholarly journals, if not the first, of its kind to be offered with graphics over Bitnet and the Internet. JTE, as the journal is known, is co-sponsored by the International Technology Education Association and the Council on Technology Teacher Education. The electronic version is published with the cooperation of Virginia Tech's Scholarly Communications Project, which earlier this year initiated the publication of an electronic version of the 20-year-old print journal CATALYST. Mark Sanders, Associate Professor of Vocational and Technical Education at Virginia Tech and founding editor, said the journal was offered electronically to reach a larger and more diversified readership. "It also seemed appropriate," he said, "to try out a high tech distribution system with a journal on technology education." Offering the journal electronically without charge poses little threat to the financial base of the journal, Sanders said, because of the low cost and better appearance of the print version. Subscriptions to the two printed issues per year is $8.00 for individuals and $15.00 for institutions in the U.S., somewhat more outside the U.S. The print journal is circulated to about 500 teacher educators at colleges and universities in the field of Technology Education. To become an electronic subscriber of the JTE, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV @ VTVM1 (Bitnet) or to LISTSERV @ VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Internet): SUBSCRIBE JTE-L Firstname Lastname. Subscribers will receive information about how to access articles and how to remove their names from the electronic subscription list. Future issues will no doubt have more than one graphic, Sanders said. Consideration also is being given to placing the journal's back issues on line, accessible to electronic subscribers. The journal hopes to stay on the cutting edge of electronic publication, improving the quality of the electronic version as technology allows. For further information, contact Mark Sanders, Technology Education, 144 Smyth Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0432; telephone: 703/231-8173. E-mail to: MSANDERS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Internet) or MSANDERS@VTVM1 (Bitnet). ***************************************************************** Diane K. Kovacs - One of the Moderators of LIBREF-L Instructor, Reference Librarian for the Humanities Kent State University Libraries Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: (216)672-3045 Bitnet: DKOVACS@kentvm or LIBRK329@kentvms Internet: DKOVACS@kentvm.kent.edu or LIBRK329@ksuvxa.kent.edu ***************************************************************** How to retrieve files from the LISTSERV@KENTVM or via anonymous FTP from KSUVXA.KENT.EDU: To retrieve files from the LISTSERV send the message GET to the LISTSERV@KENTVM via interactive messaging or e-mail message (leave the subject line *BLANK*) (e.g., GET ACADLIST FILE1) To retrieve files via anonymous FTP from KSUVXA.KENT.EDU you must have an e-mail account linked to the Internet and a system running the TCP/IP. Ask your computer services people about your local situation. Type: FTP KSUVXA.KENT.EDU (at your dollar sign prompt (VAX) or ready screen (IBM). If you are on another kind of system consult with your computer services people to find out the proper procedure for FTPing. When prompted for 'USERID' type ANONYMOUS your password will be your actual userid on your local machine. e.g. my address is LIBRK329@KSUVXA.KENT.EDU....so my password when FTPing is LIBRK329 Type: cd library You may type 'dir' to review the files in that directory to get the files just type GET . (e.g., GET ACADLIST.FILE2) FTPing causes files to be directly sent to your filelist or directory so their is no need to 'receive' them into your account space. How to receive files sent to you by the LISTSERV into your e-mail reader: If your e-mail address is on a VAX VMS machine, when you get a message that a file has arrived at your e-mail address....type "RECE *". This command will put the file into your directory. You can then type "TYPE file_name" to read the file. If your e-mail address is on an IBM VM CMS machine, either use your mailer front end or type RLIST and RECEIVE the file into your FLIST. Go into your FLIST to look at the file. If your e-mail address is on a different kind of machine OR you are using Profs or some other kind of similar mailing system....go ahead and try the above commands. If they do not work, CALL YOUR COMPUTER SERVICES OFFICE. The people there should be able to help you and/or hopefully give you a manual for your mailing system commands. ********************************************************** III. JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS III.1. Fr: Richard H Lytle Re: Associate Dean Recruit ANNOUNCEMENT Associate Dean College of Information Studies at Drexel University Drexel University's College of Information Studies is seeking nominations and applications for the position of Associate Dean of the college. Anticipated starting date is 1 July 1992. Drexel is a technological university with one of the nation's most extensive cooperative education programs. The College of Information Studies offers several multidisciplinary programs, granting the following degrees: B.S. in Information Systems; M.S. (undesignated, accredited by the American Library Association); M. S. in Information Systems; and Ph.d. in Information Studies. The college has approximately 200 undergraduates, 325 master's students, and 30 doctoral students. College faculty are recipients of significant research funds, and the college is the site of a Pennsylvania-supported Center of Excellence in information systems research and development. The Associate Dean, reporting to the Dean, is responsible for oversight of much of the college educational program. The Associate Dean position is not tenured, but an earned doctorate in library and information science, information systems, computer science, or another computing or information related discipline is required. Administrative experience equivalent to two-years' service as a department head is desired. Industrial or government management experience is applicable. The Associate Dean is assisted by a full time professional Student Services Coordinator and a 1/2 time clerk. The college also has a full time Assistant Dean with primary responsibility for student recruitment, a Placement Director, and a Director of the Resource Center (computing, media and on site literature resources). Graduate assistants and secretarial staff provide additional support. The responsibilities of the associate dean are: undergraduate advisement; master's and doctoral student admissions and advisement; selection of students for awards; financial aid management; course scheduling; financial management of the instructional program; equal opportunity programs; service on university committees, especially those concerning undergraduate and graduate curricula; representation of the college at professional associations; and participation with the dean in college planning and management activities. The Associate Dean will have the opportunity to teach, but teaching is not required. Please forward nominations and applications, with three references, to Dr. Richard H. Lytle, Dean, College of Information Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Drexel is an equal opportunity employer. Review of applications will begin on 15 April 1992. Nominations and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. ********************************************************** IV. PROJECT WORK IV.A.1. I.A.4. Fr: Henry S. Thompson Re: European Corpus Initiative: Call for Contributions European Corpus Initiative Call For Contributions March, 1992 The European Corpus Initiative was founded to oversee the acquisition and preparation of a large multi-lingual corpus to be made available in digital form for scientific research at cost and without royalties. We believe that widespread easy access to such material would be a great stimulus to scientific research and technology development as regards language and language technology. We support existing and projected national and international efforts to carefully design, collect and publish large-scale multi-lingual written and spoken corpora, but also believe it will be some time before the scientific and material resources necessary to bring these projects to fruition will be found. In the interim, a small and rapid effort to collect and distribute existing material can serve to show the way. No amount of abstract argument as to the value of corpus material is as powerful as the experience of actually having access to some in one's laboratory. We aim to make that experience possible very soon, at a very low cost. The ECI is carrying out the first phase of this activity on a purely voluntary basis, under the guidance of an ad-hoc steering committee, using facilities donated by the Human Communication Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh and a small sum for expenses and production costs provided by the European Network for Language and Speech under its Linguistic Resources programme together with the Network of European Reference Corpora. Our present goal is to produce in short order (we're currently aiming for October 1992) a multi-lingual corpus covering as many as possible of the major European languages, in a consistent format, with standardised (TEI-conformant) markup, insofar as resources allow. Our primary focus in this first effort is on textual material of all kinds, including transcriptions of spoken material, but if space and resources permit we may be able to include some sampled speech data as well. If in doubt as to the appropriateness of a contribution, please contact us before assuming we won't want it. As our main method of distribution for this corpus, we will produce a CD-ROM, possibly two if enough material can be collected and prepared in time. We estimate that we should be able to make the results available for around 25 ECU. Because of the low level of resource available for this effort, we are entirely dependent on the goodwill of those members of the research community who have appropriate corpus material, to make it available to us for wide distribution. PLEASE SEND US YOUR DATA. We have promises of material for many, but by no means all, of the languages we would like to cover, and in only one or two cases do we have as much as we would like. We can't guarantee to use everything which is offered, but please, let us judge whether it would be useful. If you know of someone with material which might be appropriate, who may not have received this notice, please pass it on to them. To contribute data, please send electronic or paper mail to one of the addresses given below, describing the data, its current format and the medium it is stored in, and the restrictions on its use, if any, which you would have to impose in making it available to us. Although we hope to make the bulk of the data available with as few restrictions on use as possible, we understand that for various reasons, including restrictions imposed by the original providers of material to those who now hold it, restrictions may be required. Accordingly, researchers who acquire our data will be required to sign a statement along the following lines: =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* ECI User Agreement This statement describes the terms of an agreement between the person whose signature is affixed below (hereafter called "the user") and the European Network for Speech and Language ("ELSNET") in which the user will receive material, as specified below, from the European Corpus Initiative ("ECI"). The ECI is an activity which collects machine-readable language material for the purpose of scientific and humanistic research, and distributes it at cost and without royalties. Under this agreement, the user will receive a machine-readable copy of the material specified below. The user agrees that the material received under this agreement will be used only for research purposes within the user's own research group. The user further agrees not to re-distribute the material to others outside of the user's research group, and that all members of the group will respect the terms of this agreement. The user acknowledges that some of the material, as specified below, is subject to copyright restrictions, and that violations of such restrictions may result in legal liability. The user agrees to abide by the copyright restrictions, and to notify all associates who access the material of the copyright restrictions. Copyright for format modifications to any of the materials on this CD-ROM is assigned to ELSNET. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* We interpret the aim of the ECI User Agreement, and of our efforts in providing this data, as follows: The aim of the European Corpus Initiative is to oversee the acquisition and preparation of a large multi-lingual corpus, to be made available for scientific research without royalties. All copyrighted materials submitted for inclusion in the collection remain the exclusive property of the copyright holders for all other purposes. You should not redistribute the data that you get from us, nor should you sell it, or charge for access to it, or otherwise put it to any direct commercial use. However, commercial application of "analytical materials" derived from the text, such as statistical tables or grammar rules, is explicitly permitted, as long as copyright law is observed. Copyright holders who agree to make material available are being very generous. Their contributions will make possible a resource of great general utility for research and development in language technology and linguistics. It is not our intent to deprive them of any revenues that they should receive in the ordinary course of their business. Thus it would be a violation of trust, as well as a violation of copyright law, for you to republish a dictionary or other work to be distributed under this agreement, whether in print or electronic form. EUROPEAN CORPUS INITIATIVE STEERING COMMITTEE: The current members of the Steering Committee are Nicoletta Calzolari (University of Pisa), Robert Dale (ELSNET), Mark Liberman (University of Pennsylvania), Wolf Paprotte (University of Munster), Henry Thompson (University of Edinburgh) and Susan Warwick-Armstrong (ISSCO, Geneva). Addresses for further information and offers of material for inclusion: Henry S. Thompson (ECI) HCRC 2 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LW SCOTLAND Fax: +44 31 650-4587 eucorp@cogsci.ed.ac.uk Susan Warwick-Armstrong (ECI) ISSCO 54 route des Acacias CH-1227 Geneve SWITZERLAND Fax: +41 22 300 1086 susan@divsun.unige.ch ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests to: LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET Send submissions to IRLIST to: IR-L@UCCVMA.BITNET Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch lynch@uccmvsa.ucop.edu or calur@uccmvsa.bitnet Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.bitnet Mary Engle engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu or meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet The IRLIST Archives will be set up for anonymous FTP, and the address will be announced in future issues. To access back issues presently, send the message INDEX IR-L to LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET. 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