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Lynn Ramey started the topic CFP Transnational Medieval (journal) in the discussion
French Medieval Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoLICO Call for Papers: Medieval Literature and the Trans-National
Literature Compass invites contributions for a special issue on transnationalism in medieval literature.
The period from c. 500 to c. 1500CE can be characterized by fluidity of borders and identities. While a town or individual might have belonged to a particular religious group or…[Read more]
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Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited Operating Systems of the Mind: Bibliography After Word Processing (the Example of Updike) in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoPublished in PBSA 108.4. Began as the annual address to the Bibliographical Society of America in 2014; also given as the Mann Lecture at Penn State and at RBS in Charlottesville. Inspired, of course, by D. F. McKenzie’s great paper, “Printers of the Mind.”
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Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited Operating Systems of the Mind: Bibliography After Word Processing (the Example of Updike) in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoPublished in PBSA 108.4. Began as the annual address to the Bibliographical Society of America in 2014; also given as the Mann Lecture at Penn State and at RBS in Charlottesville. Inspired, of course, by D. F. McKenzie’s great paper, “Printers of the Mind.”
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Martin Paul Eve deposited Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoIf you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term ‘open access’ in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalyptic new era of ‘pay-to-say’ publishing. In this book, Martin Paul Eve…[Read more]
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Eleanor F. Shevlin started the topic Representing TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography in the discussion
Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoI am a candidate to represent Book History, Print Cultures, and Lexicography, and I am writing to ask you for your support and to let you know something about me and my qualifications.
An 18th-century scholar of British literature and culture, I have nonetheless worked widely in the field of book history and print cultures across a range of hi…[Read more]
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Brian Rosenblum started the topic Executive Committee Candidate Bios in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoBiography: I am Associate Librarian at the University of Kansas Libraries where I currently serve as co-director of KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities. My work focuses on engagement with faculty and students in areas related to scholarly communication, digital publishing and digital scholarship, and I have administrative,…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller deposited Wikipedia as Imago Mundi in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoWikis have become enormously attractive to Internet users because they are open-access web pages or networks of web pages that can be modified by any interested editors, making them perpetual works-in-progress that evolve and change at the behest of their contributors. Wikipedia, the limitless fountain of collected, and sometimes inaccurate,…[Read more]
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic WESS/SEES DeGruyter European Librarianship Study Grant in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoPlease consider applying for the WESS/SEES DeGruyter European Librarianship Study Grant, which funds a research project relating to the acquisition, organization, or use of library resources from or relating to Europe, either historical or current.
The DeGruyter Foundation will offer €2500 to the recipient to cover airfare, lodging, and other e…[Read more]
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Patricia M. Hswe started the topic Libraries and Research Forum's Open Meeting at 2016 Convention in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoFor the 2016 Convention in Austin, TX, the Libraries and Research Forum has decided to hold an open meeting. The theme: “What Was, Is, and Shall Be an Academic Library – and Who Will Work There?”
The session is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, at 3:30 PM. Bill Thompson (Western Illinois U. Libraries) and Amanda Watson (NYU Libraries) will be…[Read more]
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Michael Hancher started the topic CFP: MLA 2016 Austin: Word Books and Material Culture in the discussion
Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoWord Books and Material Culture
Sponsored by the new Theory and Method forum Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography (formerly known as the Lexicography Discussion Group).
ABCs, dictionaries, spellers, synonymies, thesauruses: what is the life of a word book? What stories do word books tell? Please submit 250 word abstracts by the deadline.…[Read more]
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Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years agoAbstracts for MLA2015, session 356: Teaching with the OED
Friday, 9 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 111, VCC West
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Lexicography
Presiding: Lisa Berglund, Buffalo State Coll., State Univ. of New York
Speakers: Kate Levin, Barnard Coll.; Elizabeth Dyrud Lyman, Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville; J. Lawrence M…[Read more] -
Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Read & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in the forum
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoIn 2000 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to…[Read more]
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Michael Hancher started the topic MLA 2015 Discussion Group CFP: Teaching with the Oxford English Dictionary in the forum
Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoTeaching with the Oxford English Dictionary: A Roundtable
We invite proposals for 8-10 minute presentations (which will be followed by a general discussion). Topics include: teaching students to use the OED; descriptions of successful assignments; negotiating the OED Online; and broader reflections on dictionaries in the classroom.
Please send…[Read more]
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Dawn Childress posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCFP for MLA 2015: Bibliography for the twenty-first century — How are scholars adapting the study and documentation of material texts in the twenty-first century? What affordances, opportunities, challenges, or obstacles are offered to bibliography by digital transmission, transformation, and augmentation? For more information, visit:…[Read more]
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Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
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Dawn Childress posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 12 years agoCFP for MLA 2015: Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory — How do libraries and archives function as sites for preserving and constructing public memory? For more information, visit http://mlalibraries.mla.hcommons-staging.org/?p=181
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Dawn Childress posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoRequest for Proposals: Prototyping Projects for the HathiTrust Research Center
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Dawn Childress posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 12 years, 10 months agoThe Libraries and Research in Languages and Literature blog has relocated to MLA Commons! You can visit the blog by clicking the “Blog” option in the left-hand menu or visiting http://mlalibraries.mla.hcommons-staging.org/.
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