Actually, Betsy, I wasn't clear; there are two archives. One is the
archive of the CASLL list, which is part of the LISTSERV program
running at UNB. It's here:
https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL
That's the one I think we need to do something about fairly soon.
The other is the Inkshed Web site, which has all the issues of the
Newsletter, running back to September 1982.
http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/backs.htm
That's on the St. Thomas Web site,and while in the long run I think
it should move, too, it will probably be okay for a while.
-- Russ
On 23 Apr 2010 at 9:03, Betsy Sargent wrote:
> Russ, I think the archives and the domain name are both
> important. I'm wondering if it might make sense to have CASDW host
> the archive (and also claim the domain name as a subgroup--sort of
> the way that CCCC is a subgroup of NCTE), if McGill was okay with
> that (it seems a natural connection to me, since so many people in
> CASDW started with Inkshed).
> Those past newsletters are really useful--I send students to various
> of those articles online all the time. I use them myself.
>
> Can you clarify for me if the archive is safe at UNB? You said that
> "The existing Inkshed Web site, with its archive of back issues of
> the Newsletter, will probably stay up indefinitely at STU"--but you
> also suggested that the listserv might be eliminated soon and that
> "The only way I know to preserve the archive, though, is to preserve
> the listserv." If the archive is in danger, we need to do something
> to preserve the inkshed website and past issues of the newsletter,
> in my view.
>
> Best, Betsy
>
> At 08:27 AM 4/23/2010, you wrote:
> >A few years ago I registered inkshed.ca as a domain name. I've
> never
> >done much with it -- all it does is to bounce browsers to
> >http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -- but the registration is about to
> >expire. I don't see any point in my renewing it, but I thought
> I'd
> >post the possibility on CASLL of someone else taking it over, in
> case
> >anyone has plans for it. There's a week before it expires and
> becomes
> >publicly available -- I suppose the easy way to claim it if you
> want
> >it would be to wait till it's free and register it. Of if you want
> it
> >and think someone's crouched and ready to pounce, let me know and
> >we'll arrange a transfer.
> >
> >The existing Inkshed Web site, with its archive of back issues of
> the
> >Newsletter, will probably stay up indefinitely at STU, but if
> someone
> >has a better idea about preserving it it would be movable.
> >
> >In a similar issue, I've been finding it more and more difficult
> to
> >maintain the CASLL listserv. It's on the UNB server, and UNB
> doesn't
> >like to have listowners who aren't on the UNB system. (I'm having
> a
> >similar issue with the STLHE-L list, which is much bigger and
> more
> >active.) My guess is that in May they'll ask me to find someone
> with
> >a UNB account to act as listowner of record.
> >
> >There's only been one message on CASLL since the flurry about
> Inkshed
> >2010 toward the end of February, so it seems to me it's not
> serving
> >much function -- except that some people might think the CASLL
> >archive worth preserving. It goes back to January of 1995, and
> there
> >might be historical interest in some of the discussions. The only
> way
> >I know to preserve the archive, though, is to preserve the
> listserv.
> >That could be done by moving the whole works to another
> university
> >server running LISTSERV and willing to host it, but I've been
> trying
> >to set that up with STLHE-L, and finding it pretty complicated.
> >
> >Anybody have any ideas?
> >
> >-- Russ
> >
> >
> >
> >Russ Hunt
> >Department of English
> >St. Thomas University
> >http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/
> >
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Department of English
St. Thomas University
http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/
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