[Sigdl-l] EAD/Etext/XML Courses at Rare Book School

Rare Book School bap-rbs@virginia.edu
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:53:39 -0500 

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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is=
 pleased to announce its Spring and Summer Sessions 2004, 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.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> FOR AN APPLICATION FORM and=
 electronic copies of the complete brochure and the RBS Expanded=
 Course Descriptions, providing additional details about the=
 courses offered and other information about RBS, visit our Web=
 site at:</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> Subscribers to the list may=
 find the following Rare Book School courses to be of particular=
 interest:</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> 75. ELECTRONIC TEXTS IN XML=
 (MONDAY-FRIDAY, 26-30 JULY). Designed as a continuation of=
 =93Introduction to Electronic Texts and Images=94 (L-70; see=
 previous page), this course will further develop practical=
 skills for the use of TEI, the manipulation of XML datasets, and=
 the delivery of data through stylesheets. Topics include: TEI=
 document design for multiple genres and for crossdatabase=
 searching; reading and modifying DTDs; the mechanics of SGML/XML=
 conversion; basic PERL skills; grants and project management=
 strategies; XSL stylesheets for content formatting,=
 transformation, and delivery; XML conversion to ebook formats=
 (including Palm, MS Reader, OeB, and PDF); discussion of METS=
 and Open Archives Initiative harvesting; and basic Unix skills,=
 including a guide to Unix text-manipulation utilities.=
 Instructors: David Seaman, with Matthew Gibson and Christine=
 Ruotolo.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> DAVID SEAMAN became Director of=
 the Digital Library Federation in 2002. He was the founding=
 director of the internationally-known Electronic Text Center and=
 on-line archive at the University of Virginia. He and his=
 colleagues taught this course for the first time in 2002.=
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> MATTHEW GIBSON is Associate=
 Director of the Electronic Text Center, and CHRISTINE RUOTOLO is=
 Lead Information Community Coordinator, at the University of=
 Virginia Library. Libraries, Archives, and Electronic=
 Resources.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> 85. PUBLISHING EAD FINDING=
 AIDS. (MONDAY-FRIDAY, 2-6 AUGUST). This course will introduce=
 students to standards and software used for publishing=
 Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoded documents, with a focus=
 on EAD encoded finding aids. It is aimed at systems support=
 personnel in archives, libraries, and museums, or=
 self-supporting archivists, librarians, and museum staff who=
 would like an introduction to EAD publishing technology and=
 methods. The course will focus on writing stylesheets using=
 Extensible Stylesheet Language - Transformation (XSLT), but will=
 also cover Web server technology, available software for=
 indexing and searching XML encoded information, and use of=
 Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Formatting Objects to=
 produce printed finding aids. Topics include: in-depth=
 introduction to the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL);=
 authoring of stylesheets using the XSLT language, focusing on=
 XML to XML, and XML to HTML transformations; implementing Web=
 servers to perform real time XML to HTML transformations; use of=
 multiple stylesheets and frames; survey and functional=
 evaluation of available indexing and searching software; use of=
 XSL Transformation and Formatting Objects to produce PostScript,=
 PDF, RTF, and other printable encodings; survey and functional=
 evaluation of XSL and XSLT software. The course will conclude=
 with a discussion of management and administrative issues=
 presented by Web publishing. Instructor: Daniel=
 Pitti.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> DANIEL PITTI became Project=
 Director at the University of Virginia=92s 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.=
 He taught this course for the first time in 2002. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> Rare Book School</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> 114 Alderman=
 Library</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> PO Box 400103</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> Charlottesville, VA=
 22904-4103</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> Phone:=
 434-924-8851</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE=3D"Georgia" SIZE=3D3> Fax: 434-924-8824</FONT></div>
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