Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/FAX (416) [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html => REED-L's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/archive.html => library & archives page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 21:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Conference on Editorial Problems <[log in to unmask]> To: notice mailing list <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Conference on Editorial Problems -Notice Please post and circulate as widely as possible, Thank-you CONFERENCE NOTICE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION **COMPUTING THE EDITION** Problems in editing for the electronic medium The Thirty Third Annual Conference on Editorial Problems 7-9 November 1997 University College, University of Toronto http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cep/ Email: [log in to unmask] INVITED SPEAKERS Julia Flanders (Brown) Data or Wisdom? Electronic editing, empiricism and the quantification of knowledge John Lavagnino (Brown) Access Jerome McGann (Virginia) The contradictory imperatives of eye and mind Peter Robinson (De Montfort) The Canterbury Tales project and other electronic editions: where next? Peter Shillingsburg (Mississippi) The dank cellar of electronic texts Michael Sperberg-McQueen (Illinois at Chicago) Why you should not teach your edition to swim Kathryn Sutherland (Oxford) The real presence of texts PANELISTS (University of Toronto) Alex Jones ancient science Andrew Hughes musicology Ian Lancashire (chair) English Renaissance literature Keren Rice linguistics Gary Shawver medieval studies Jens Wollesen art history Russon Wooldridge lexicography The objective of the 1997 Conference on Editorial Problems is to examine the practice of editing as it is shaped by the electonic medium, and to explore the practiccality of the opportunities and the problems that come from their implementation. Many believe that the future of scholarly editing, if not specialized academic publishing generally, lies with the electronic medium. This Conference will take stock of major developments to date, examining critically, and from the problems that have arisen, adumbrating the nature of scholarly editing for the electronic medium. It will ask What are the desirable features of an electronic edition? How is the medium affecting our conception of editing and of the nature of text? How may we may refurbish our old wisdom and skills for this new medium? The Conference will consist of papers from seven invited speakers, followed by a panel of scholars representing a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives at Toronto. The resulting volume will be published in print and electronic forms by the University of Toronto Press. The imitative use of the computer to assist in producing an edition for print may now be taken for granted. The concerns of this Conference lie, rather, in the taken for granted. The concerns of this Conference lie, rather, in the ext= raensions of computting beyond a mirror-image of what we have always been abe to do. Thus its subject consists of the practical and theoretical problmes arising from new kinds of processing and analysis the rapid interactivity between editor or reader and the data; and the plethora of choices in what an electronic scholarly edition might be or do. Recent achievements and current projects dispel any doubt that the dividends of computing the edition are great, but they also show that these dividends have far-reaching and disturbing consequences. It is not simply that the choices we face are difficult, or even that the most positive and seemingly least problematic dividends challenge old ideas. The creative disturbance to our status quo originates in the objectification of editorial practice that computerization entails in the perceptual shift to a view of source material as data. Futhermore, the digital gift of including so much more in an edition than was formerly possible means a rethinking of what we consider to be data, what processes constitute editing, indeed what we mean by "scholarly" and others Convenors Willard McCarty King's College London Fred Unwalla Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto Conference Coordinator Jennifer Forbes University of Toronto LOCATION The Conference will take place at University College in the University of Toronto. Travel information and a detailed map will be sent with the conference fee receipt. Internet Access All attendees will be offered access to the Internet, from which they may reach their regular e-mail accounts as well as browse the web. Computers with on-line access will be made available at Robarts Library and at other locations on campus. ACCOMMODATION All hotels detailed here will have rooms available during the conference. For all hotels the cut-off date for guaranteed reservations at the conference price is 7 October 1997 (i.e. one month before the start of the conference. When making their reservations, all guests are asked to quote the conference name, "The Conference on Editorial Problems" to qualify for the conference rate. Conference rates cannot be guaranteed on days other than 7-9 November, though all hotels will try to be accomodating. Any special arrangements (non-smoking rooms, whellchair accesible rooms, etc., must be made directly with the hotel concerned. People wishing to stay later or arrive earlier will have to make their own arrangements with the particular hotel. It is bext to make reservations early to ensure requirements are met. All hotel rates are in Canadian funds and do not include taxes (the taxes on hotel rooms are the Goods and Service Tax at 7% and the Provincial Sales Tax at 5%). Many hotels have penalties for cancellations, early departures etc. Please check all charges, potential penalites and other conditions with the hotel prior to booking. List of Hotels Quality Hotel Midtown 280 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1V8 phone: (416) 968-0010 fax: (416) 968-7765 Toll free reservations: 1-800-228-5151 $72 plus taxes (1 person) $84 plus taxes (2 people) Venture Inn Toronto Yorkville 89 Avenue Rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5R 2G3 phone: (416) 964-1220 fax: (416) 964-8692 Toll free reservations: 1-800-387-3933 $75 plus taxes for singles or doubles Park Plaza Hotel 4 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5R 2E8 phone: (416) 924-5471 fax: (416) 924-4933 Toll free reservations: 1-800-977-4197 $149.00 plus taxes for singles or doubles Hotel Inter-Continental Toronto 220 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1T8 phone: (416) 960-5200 fax: (416) 324-5920 Toll free reservations: 1-800-267-0010 $165.00 singles, $185.00 doubles plus taxes Each guest must make his or her own reservations directly with the hotel and is responsible for any and all hotel charges and special arrangements. Please quote "Conference on Editorial Problems" when booking. For all hotels the cut-off date for guaranteed reservations at the conference price is October 7, 1997. REGISTRATION FORM Name: Institution: Address: Email: Tel: Fax: REGISTRATION FEE [ ] Full (includes papers, reception, banquet & Saturday lunch:$90 [ ] Partial (excludes reception & banquet): $70 [ ] Student (with Saturday lunch):$40 [ ] Student (papers only):$30 Students wishing to attend the Friday reception and the banquet must pay for Full registration I require a vegetarian (ovo-lacto) menu [ ] (please tick) Canadian or US currency only. Cheques or money orders should be made payable to the 'Conference on Editorial Problems'. Please note that no refunds will be awarded to cancellations received after 7 October 1997. Prior to that date a service charge of $15 will be levied on all cancellations. Numbers are limited to 100 for the conference so early registration is advised. The conference fee can be paid in advance with this form or on-site, but a $35 surcharge will be required for all on-site registrations. Please return this form along with your registration fee to: Jennifer Forbes, CEP97, PIMS, University of Toronto, 59 Queens Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C3 CANADA