Etext course at Virginia

[Book Arts Press]

                [Cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.]

RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Summer Sessions 2000, a
collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics concerning rare books,
manuscripts, the history of books and printing, and special collections to be
held at the University of Virginia from 19 June - 30 June and 24 July - 11
August 2000.
        THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL prerequisites for RBS courses vary.
Some courses are primarily directed toward research librarians and archivists.
Others are intended for academics, persons working in the antiquarian book
trade, bookbinders and conservators, professional and avocational students of
the history of books and printing, book collectors, and others with an interest
in the subjects being treated. 
        THE TUITION FOR EACH FIVE-DAY COURSE is $690. Air-conditioned dormitory
housing (about $35/night) will be offered on the historic Central Grounds of
the University, and nearby hotel accommodations are readily available.
        FOR AN APPLICATION FORM and electronic copies of the complete brochure
and the RBS Expanded Course Descriptions (ECDs), providing additional details
about the courses offered and other information about RBS, visit our Web site
at:

                        http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks

Or write Rare Book School, 114 Alderman Library, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498; fax 804/924-8824; email oldbooks at virginia.edu;
or telephone 804/924-8851.

Subscribers to the Web4Lib list may find the following Rare Book School courses
to be of particular interest:

14. ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND IMAGES. (Monday-Friday, June 19-23) A practical
exploration of the research, preservation, editing, and pedagogical uses of
electronic texts and images in the humanities. The course will center around
the creation of a set of archival-quality etexts and digital images, for which
we shall also create an Encoded Archival Description guide. Topics include:
SGML tagging and conversion; using the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines; the
form and implications of XML; publishing on the World Wide Web; and the
management and use of online texts. For details about last years version of
this course, see <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/rbs/99>. Some experience with
HTML is a prerequisite for admission to the course. Instructor: David Seaman.

DAVID SEAMAN is the founding director of the internationally-known Electronic
Text Center and on-line archive at the University of Virginia. He lectures and
writes frequently on SGML, the Internet, and the creation and use of electronic
texts in the humanities.


25. IMPLEMENTING ENCODED ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION (SESSION I Monday-Friday, June
26-30). Encoded Archival Description (EAD) provides standardized
machine-readable access to primary resource materials. This course is aimed at
archivists, librarians, and museum personnel who would like an introduction to
EAD that includes an extensive supervised hands-on component. Students will
learn SGML encoding techniques in part using examples selected from among their
own institutions finding aids. Topics: the context out of which EAD emerged;
introduction to the use of SGML authoring tools and browsers; the conversion of
existing finding aids to EAD. Offered again July 31 - August 4. Instructor:
Daniel Pitti.

DANIEL PITTI became Project Director at the University of Virginias Institute
for Advanced Technology in 1997, before which he was Librarian for Advanced
Technologies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the Coordinator
of the Encoded Archival Description initiative.


Book Arts Press			Phone: 804/924-8851 
114 Alderman Library		Fax: 804/924-8824
University of Virginia		Email: oldbooks at virginia.edu
Charlottesville, VA  22903		URL: <www.virginia.edu/oldbooks>