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                     Conference Announcement

              LITERARY TEXTS IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE:
           SCHOLARLY IMPLICATIONS AND LIBRARY SERVICES

  31st Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing

                        April 10-12, 1994
       Graduate School of Library and Information Science
           University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Electronic technologies are not replacing the book so much as
they are changing its form and its role in scholarship.  Rising
interest in electronic texts is evident in the development of new
computational approaches to the study of literature, the
appearance of electronic text centers on university campuses, and
an expanding publishing industry in electronic books.  This
conference will examine the role of electronic texts in the
humanities and the implications of these technologies for
libraries.  Conference speakers will discuss this latest
development in the human pursuit of the literary arts from a
variety of perspectives, including the production and
acquisition of electronic texts, strategies for storage and
dissemination, software for the retrieval and analysis of
electronic texts, problems of bibliographic control and
intellectual property, and publishing trends.

Offered in conjunction with the conference is an optional
preconference workshop in the practical use of Standard
Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in the organization of
electronic texts for interchange and research.  Conducting the
workshop will be C.M. Sperberg-McQueen, an editor of the recently
released Guidelines for Text Encoding and Interchange, a text-
representation standard based on SGML syntax.

Who should attend:  This conference will be of interest to
librarians, academic computing staff, publishers and distributors
of electronic texts, and humanities scholars interested in the
possibilities of electronic texts.

PROGRAM

SUNDAY, APRIL 10

11am-5pm    Registration

1-4:30pm    Preconference Workshop on using Standard Generalized
              Markup Language (SGML)
            C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
            Editor, Text Encoding Initiative
            University of Illinois at Chicago

5-6:30pm    Reception

6:30-7:30pm Dinner

8pm         Keynote Address (Lincoln Hall Theater)
            AUTHORS AND READERS IN AN AGE OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS
            Jay David Bolter
            Professor
            School of Literature, Communication, & Culture
              Georgia Institute of Technology

MONDAY, APRIL 11

8-9:30am    ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN THE HUMANITIES: A COMING OF AGE
            Susan Hockey
            Director Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities
            Rutgers and Princeton Universities

            THE TEXT ENCODING INITIATIVE: ELECTRONIC TEXT MARKUP
              FOR RESEARCH
            C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
            Editor, Text Encoding Initiative
            University of Illinois at Chicago

9:30-10am   Break

10-11:30am  ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND MULTIMEDIA IN ACADEMIC
              LIBRARIES: A VIEW FROM THE FRONT LINE
            Anita Lowry
            Head, Information Arcade, Main Library
            University of Iowa

            HUMANIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: CULTURAL EVOLUTION
              AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ELECTRONIC TEXT
              PROCESSING
            Mark Tyler Day
            Associate Librarian
            Indiana University

11:30am-1pm Lunch (on your own)

1-2:30pm    COHABITING WITH COPYRIGHT IN AN ELECTRONIC
              ENVIRONMENT
            Mary Brandt Jensen
            Director, Law Library
            Professor, School of Law
            University of South Dakota

            STANDARDS, INTERCONNECTIONS, AND THE NONPROFIT DOMAINS
            Michael Jensen
            Electronic Media Manager
            University of Nebraska Press

3-5pm       Software Demonstrations

5-7pm       Dinner (on your own)

7-9pm       Software Demonstrations


Tuesday, April 12

8-9:30am    THE FEASIBILITY OF WIDE-AREA TEXTUAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
              IN LIBRARIES:  A PRACTICAL ANALYSIS
            John Price-Wilkin
            Information Management Coordinator
            Alderman Library, University of Virginia

            THE SCHOLAR AND HIS LIBRARY IN THE COMPUTER AGE
            James W. Marchand
            Professor
            Department of  Germanic Languages and Literature
            University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9:30-10am   Break

10-11:30am  THE CHALLENGES OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN THE LIBRARY:
              BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND ACCESS
            Rebecca Guenther
            Network Development and MARC Standards Office
            Library of Congress

            PROJECT GUTENBERG:  TRYING TO GIVE AWAY A TRILLION
              ETEXTS BY THE END OF 2001
            Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
            Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
            Illinois Benedictine College

11:30am-1pm Lunch (on your own)

1-2:30pm    DURKHEIM'S IMPERATIVE: THE ROLE OF HUMANITIES FACULTY
              IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES REVOLUTION
            Robert A. Jones
            Professor, Department of Sociology
            University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

            THE MATERIALITY OF THE BOOK: ANOTHER TURN OF
              THE SCREW
            Terry Belanger
            University Professor, University of Virginia


GENERAL INFORMATION

Location:  Except as noted, all conference events will take place
in the Illini Union on the campus of the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, Illinois.

Registration and Fees: The fee for the conference is $340 ($380
after March 11, 1994), which includes the Sunday night dinner,
refreshments, and a copy of the Clinic proceedings.  Registration
for the optional SGML workshop is $40.  Registration is limited,
and early registration is recommended.  A limited number of
reduced-fee registrations are available for those who might
otherwise be unable to attend; for consideration, submit a
written request by March 11, 1994.

Transportation: Champaign-Urbana is served by TWA, Midway
Express, American Eagle, and Northwest Commuter.  AMTRAK service
is available from Chicago and points south.  Champaign is located
135 miles south of Chicago on Interstate routes 72, 74, and 57.

Accommodations:  Rooms have been allocated for participants at
the hotels listed below.  Participants must make their own
reservations, and should do so before March 9, 1994.  Please
indicate that you are attending the library data processing
conference.

    Illini Union                  University Inn
    1401 W. Green St.             302 E. John St.
    Urbana, IL  61801             Champaign, IL  61820
    (217) 333-1241                (217) 352-8132
    Single: $54 + tax             Single: $54 + tax
    Double: $62 + tax             Double: $61 + tax


Continuing Education Units: Participants will earn 1.1 CEU for
attending this meeting.

Refunds: Refunds will be made if you find that you cannot attend
and you notify us in writing by March 16, 1994.  You must cancel
your own hotel reservations.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLINIC, PLEASE CALL
(800) 982-0914 OR (217) 333-2973, OR SEND YOUR QUESTION VIA
ELECTRONIC MAIL TO DPC@ALEXIA.LIS.UIUC.EDU.

--------------REGISTRATION FORM------CUT HERE--------------------

              Literary Texts in an Electronic Age:
           Scholarly Implications and Library Services

  31st Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing

                        April 10-12, 1994
       Graduate School of Library and Information Science
           University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

                        Registration Form


Name ____________________________________________________________
Title____________________________________________________________
Organization Name________________________________________________
Business Address_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Phone Number (___)_______________________________________________
Email address____________________________________________________

Registration Fees:
$340 ($380 after March 11)  ________
$40 SGML workshop           ________
TOTAL FEES                  ________

Method of Payment:
  __Check enclosed (make payable to GSLIS/University of Illinois)
  __Charge to credit card
       __Visa
       __MasterCard
       Card #___________________________Exp. date_______
       Signature________________________________________


Any special needs (access, meals, etc.)?_________________________
_________________________________________________________________

If there are issues you are especially interested in, or if you
have particular questions about the topics that will be addressed
at this conference, please write them below.  We will pass them
along to the speakers.
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

You may register by mail by sending this form to the address
below, by phone (217-333-2973 or 800-982-0914), by fax
(217-244-3302),
or by electronic mail (dpc@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu).

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Library and Information Science Building
501 E. Daniel St.
Champaign, Illinois  61820-6212


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