COMPUTING AND THE HUMANITIES

Electronic Publishing: Fulfilling the Promise? Fall Colloquia

Estelle Hochberg

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On Friday, October 25, Jean-Claude Guedon, of the comparative literature department at the University of Montreal, will review the development of electronic scholarly journals over the past several years and provide an overview of their exciting potential for scholarly publication. Professor Guedon will then focus on two critical issues for their further growth: the need for legitimacy and prestige, and for a viable economic model.

Bernard Gwertzman will discuss newspapers on the Internet at another presentation on Friday, November 15. The New York Times online edition, of which he is editor, will be a special focus of his Internet tour.

Both presentations take place at 2 p.m. in Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall. All NYU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.

These talks are part of a continuing series of NYU colloquia on computers and communications. Produced each fall and spring semester, the series is co-sponsored by NYU's Academic Computing Facility and the Faculty of Arts and Science, with support from Apple Computer, Inc. Additional departments and schools join in co-sponsorship of individual colloquia.

As we go to press, additional presentations in the series are being planned. For details and updates, please check the NYU Web at {http://www.nyu.edu/acf/nyu-events/} Flyers about each colloquium are mailed to all NYU faculty. To receive an e-mail flyer, or to be added to the ACF's mailing list, please send e-mail to {document@nyu.edu}. All colloquia since 1993 have been videotaped, and have been placed on reserve at the Avery Fisher Media Center in Bobst Library, where they can be viewed onsite or borrowed by faculty overnight for incorporation in a class session.

Posted 25 September 1996. Last reviewed 30 November 2005.