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Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public
The manuscript is one of a number published online to mark the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society, Britain’s national academy of science, and can be accessed at www.royalsociety.org/turning-the-pages (from the Age)
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TEI by example
The Centre for Scholarly Editing and Document Studies (CTB) of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature, the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) of King’s College London, and the Department of Information Studies of University College London, are pleased to announce that funding has been secured to develop the online resource “TEI…
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The Case for Books; Past Present and Future
I am back in Melbourne now and normal viewing will resume once when I find my feet. In the mean time, here is a new book from the cultural historian, Robert Darnton who has recently taken up the post as Librarian at Harvard University. “In The Case for Books, Robert Darnton offers an in-depth examination…
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In Tasmania…
OK, sorry that I have been a slow blogger of late but I am in Tasmania and the Internet connection that I have is not that swift. Normal viewing will resume shortly.
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Digital Humanities in India
I am not sure if there is a defined ‘Digital Humanities’ field in India (where I am at the moment), but there is activity occurring in numerous places. The Library Science is one area to find Digital Humanities activities in India as per this International Conference on Digital Libraries in New Delhi early in 2010.…
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The Digital Future is Now: A Call to Action for the Humanities
This paper is based upon the Keynote lecture given at Digital Humanities 2009 in Maryland, USA, by Professor Christine Borgman (link). ABSTRACT The digital humanities are at a critical moment in transitioning from a speciality area to a full-fledged community with a standard set of methods, sources of evidence, and infrastructure necessary for achieving academic…
