Hum Workshop 2000

	Document Contents Presenters:

Presenters:

• . Marilyn Deegan, University of Oxford, UK
• . Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen, University of Joensuu, Finland
• . Espen S. Ore, University of Bergen, Norway
• . Harold Short, King's College, London, UK

Introduction

The workshop at the University of Macedonia was the first in what is planned to be a regular series of events organized by the Association of Literary and Linguistic Computing, and was co-organized by the ACO*HUM (Advanced Computing in the Humanities) project. The University of Macedonia was chosen because Marilyn Deegan and Harold Short had been invited by the Librarian, Anna Fragkou, to present a two-day workshop on digital libraries, and was delighted also to host the humanities computing workshop. The digital libraries workshop, ëThe Era Of Digitization: Transforming Scholarly Texts into Digits' was held on 23-24 May. A programme is attached as Appendix 1.

Workshop Programme

The humanities computing workshop, held on 25-26 May, was entitled: ëThinking with machines: Computing tools and resources in Humanities research and teaching'. The programme is attached document as Appendix 2. The presentations were mounted on the library web site at the University of Macedonia, where they can still be consulted. (URL) The participants were students, academics, and librarians from the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University, both in Thessaloniki. There were also participants from other local organizations, including the British Council. No prior knowledge of the field was assumed, and levels of expertise were mixed, as were the discipline areas of the participants. However, the evaluation forms showed that all gained a great deal out of the workshop, and all felt that they would like to take more courses in humanities computing. A blank evaluation form is attached as Appendix 3.

Technical Support

Two technicians were provided by the University of Macedonia Library, and they worked tirelessly to ensure that all programs ran and that all documents were available to the students on the web site both during and after the workshop. The excellence of the technical support was a key factor in ensuring the success of the event.

Comments

The workshop presenters found the event both fulfilling and worthwhile. It is difficult to design a workshop with no idea of the possible attendees, their disciplines, and their technical skills, but the eagerness of the participants to learn and engage more than made up for these possible difficulties. It was, however, a very demanding experience for all the presenters, and we make some recommendations based on our experiences for future workshop presenters.

Evaluation Form

The Evaluation Form used at the event is available as Appendix 3 to this document, in a portable document format (Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 required).

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