BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 1999
Electronic Texts and Images (27 & 46)
David Seaman
This course will provide a wide-ranging and practical exploration of
electronic texts and related technologies. It is aimed primarily
(although not exclusively) at librarians and scholars keen to develop,
use, publish, and control electronic texts for library, research, or
teaching purposes. Drawing on the experience and resources available at
UVa's Electronic Text Center, the course will cover the following areas:
- how to create archival-quality etexts, including digital image facsimiles;
- the necessity of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) for etext
development and use;
- the implications of XML;
- text-analysis software;
- the management and use of Web-based SGML text databases.
As a focus for our study of etexts, the class will create an electronic
version of an archival collection (this year we are working on
Edgar Allan Poe letters), mark its structure with SGML ("TEI") tagging, create digital images of
sample pages and illustrations, produce a hypertext version, and make
it all available on the Internet.
Edgar Allan Poe letters
from the University of Virginia and from
the Poe Museum and the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA.
These letters are now part of the
The Sesquicentennial of the
DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE:
a Commemoration
Preliminary Reading List
Syllabus
Summary of Resources
Participants
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/rbs/99/