>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:57:12 +0100
>Reply-To: "SHARP-L Society for the History of Authorship,
>Reading & Publishing" <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Ian Gadd <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: CFP: EEBO in teaching & research (UK conference)
>
>
>(de)materialising the early modern text: Early English Books Online in
>Teaching & Research
>
>8-9 September 2005
>
>School of English & Creative Studies, Bath Spa University College, Bath, UK
>In association with ProQuest, JISC & the English Subject Centre
>
>Organisers: Dr Ian Gadd ([log in to unmask]) & Dr Tracey Hill
>([log in to unmask])
>
>Confirmed speakers: Professor William Sherman (University of York), Richard
>Ovenden (Bodleian Library)
>
>Since 1998, Early English Books Online (EEBO) has given scholars and
>students 'instant access' to over 125,000 sixteenth- and seventeenth-century
>English books. Books in research libraries across the world can now be read
>at any time and in any place; moreover, it reaches readers who, because of
>their status or their geography, have traditionally found it difficult to
>access these rare book collections. By bringing early printed books into any
>library, into the academic office, into the classroom, even into the home,
>EEBO has changed how scholars and students study these texts.
>
>But how much impact has EEBO had on research and on teaching? What have
>scholars and students gained? What have they lost? How does EEBO fit with
>the renewed attention to the materiality of the early modern text and the
>increasing interest in the history of early printing and publishing? Just
>how scholarly are the technologies and structures underlying EEBO? What kind
>of relationship should there be between EEBO and academia? How should EEBO
>develop?
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>The organisers invite proposals from literary and historical scholars for
>10-15 minute case-study presentations outlining personal techniques, methods
>and experiences of using EEBO as a teaching tool. Please send proposals
>(max. 250 words), along with a brief biography and any audio-visual
>requirements, to Dr Tracey Hill ([log in to unmask]) by 31 MAY.
>
>CONFERENCE
>This conference, the first to focus specifically on EEBO as a teaching and
>research tool, will bring together academics, students, librarians and
>technology specialists from the UK and abroad to explore these questions
>through a series of lectures, seminar presentations and workshops. There
>will be extended opportunities to discuss and debate the use and development
>of EEBO with representatives from ProQuest (who provide EEBO), JISC and
>EEBO-TCP.
>
>The conference is aimed at anyone studying, teaching or researching the
>early modern period (whether or not you have had any direct experience of
>EEBO) or at anyone with an interest in the use of digital resources such as
>EEBO. Postgraduate students are particularly welcome. For further details
>about the conference, please contact Patricia Lynn ([log in to unmask]),
>Project Development Officer, at the School of English & Creative Studies,
>Bath Spa University College, Newton Park, Bath BA2 9BN (01225-875559).
>
>There will be no registration fee; however, a charge will be levied for the
>optional conference banquet (Thursday evening).
>
>LINKS
>EEBO (Early English Books Online): http://eebo.chadwyck.com
>Hosting charges for UK HE and FE institutions:
>http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_eebo.html
>
>Bath Spa University College: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/
>School of English & Creative Studies, Bath Spa University College:
>http://ecs.bathspa.ac.uk
>
>ProQuest: http://www.proquest.com
>JISC: http://www.jisc.ac.uk
>English Subject Centre: http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/
>
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>Dr Ian Gadd
>School of English & Creative Studies
>Bath Spa University College
>Newton Park
>Bath BA2 9BN
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