Etext/EAD Courses at Virginia

[Book Arts Press]

[Cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.]

RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Summer Sessions 2001, 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 4 June - 8 June, 16 July - 20 
July, 23 July - 27 July, 30 July - 3 August, and 6 August - 10 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 $745. 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:


55. ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND IMAGES. (MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 23-27) 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 year's 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.


45, 65. IMPLEMENTING ENCODED ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION (SESSION I, 
MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 16-20; SESSION II, MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 30-AUG 3). 
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 institution's 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. Instructor: Daniel Pitti.

DANIEL PITTI became Project Director at the University of Virginia's 
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.


43. PRINTING DESGIN AND PUBLICATION. (MONDAY-FRIDAY, JULY 16-20) In today's 
cultural institutions, the texts for announcements, newsletters -- even 
full-dress catalogs -- are composed on computers, often by staff members 
with scant graphic design background. By precept and critical examination 
of work, the course pinpoints how available software can generate 
appropriate design from laser-printed posters and leaflets through complex 
projects involving commercial printers. Prime concerns are suitability, 
client expectations and institutional authority.

GREER ALLEN has designed publications for Colonial Williamsburg, the 
Houghton, the Beinecke, the Metropolitan, Yale's art museums, the 
Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Rosenbach, the Art Institute of Chicago, 
Storm King Art Center, and many other libraries and museums. Formerly Yale 
University Printer, he now serves as Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the 
Yale School of Art. He has been designated Honorary Printer to the 
Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City. He has taught this course 
annually since 1994.





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              http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks