CFP: Early English Books Online in Teaching & Research (UK) (5/31/05; 9/8/05-9/9/05)

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(de)materialising the early modern text: Early English Books Online in
Teaching & Research

8-9 September 2005

School of English & Creative Studies, Bath Spa University College, Bath, UK
In association with ProQuest, JISC & the English Subject Centre
 
Organisers: Dr Ian Gadd (i.gadd_at_bathspa.ac.uk) & Dr Tracey Hill
(t.hill_at_bathspa.ac.uk)
 
Confirmed speakers: Professor William Sherman (University of York), Richard
Ovenden (Bodleian Library)
 
Since 1998, Early English Books Online (EEBO) has given scholars and
students 'instant access' to over 125,000 sixteenth- and seventeenth-century
English books. Books in research libraries across the world can now be read
at any time and in any place; moreover, it reaches readers who, because of
their status or their geography, have traditionally found it difficult to
access these rare book collections. By bringing early printed books into any
library, into the academic office, into the classroom, even into the home,
EEBO has changed how scholars and students study these texts.
 
But how much impact has EEBO had on research and on teaching? What have
scholars and students gained? What have they lost? How does EEBO fit with
the renewed attention to the materiality of the early modern text and the
increasing interest in the history of early printing and publishing? Just
how scholarly are the technologies and structures underlying EEBO? What kind
of relationship should there be between EEBO and academia? How should EEBO
develop?

CALL FOR PAPERS
The organisers invite proposals from literary and historical scholars for
10-15 minute case-study presentations outlining personal techniques, methods
and experiences of using EEBO as a teaching tool. Please send proposals
(max. 250 words), along with a brief biography and any audio-visual
requirements, to Dr Tracey Hill (t.hill_at_bathspa.ac.uk) by 31 MAY.

CONFERENCE
This conference, the first to focus specifically on EEBO as a teaching and
research tool, will bring together academics, students, librarians and
technology specialists from the UK and abroad to explore these questions
through a series of lectures, seminar presentations and workshops. There
will be extended opportunities to discuss and debate the use and development
of EEBO with representatives from ProQuest (who provide EEBO), JISC and
EEBO-TCP.
 
The conference is aimed at anyone studying, teaching or researching the
early modern period (whether or not you have had any direct experience of
EEBO) or at anyone with an interest in the use of digital resources such as
EEBO. Postgraduate students are particularly welcome. For further details
about the conference, please contact Patricia Lynn (p.lynn_at_bathspa.ac.uk),
Project Development Officer, at the School of English & Creative Studies,
Bath Spa University College, Newton Park, Bath BA2 9BN (01225-875559).
 
There will be no registration fee; however, a charge will be levied for the
optional conference banquet (Thursday evening).
 
LINKS
EEBO (Early English Books Online): http://eebo.chadwyck.com
Hosting charges for UK HE and FE institutions:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_eebo.html

Bath Spa University College: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/
School of English & Creative Studies, Bath Spa University College:
http://ecs.bathspa.ac.uk

ProQuest: http://www.proquest.com
JISC: http://www.jisc.ac.uk
English Subject Centre: http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/

--------------------------------
Dr Ian Gadd
School of English & Creative Studies
Bath Spa University College
Newton Park
Bath BA2 9BN
i.gadd_at_bathspa.ac.uk / 01225-875455
(alternative e-mail: gadd_academic_at_yahoo.co.uk)

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