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FIELD AGENDA

Thursday

Session 1: Thursday 9:-10:30

Introductions

Questionnaires: brief discussion of the questionnaires and proposed agenda which revolves around document-based teaching and research in interdisciplinary studies

 

Session 2: Thursday 11-12:30

Set Goals:

Identify issues pertaining to access and use of documents

specify short-term goals and projects
specify long-term goals

Friday

Session 3: Friday 2-3:30

Access to Documents

- list wide range of issues even though not all may be pursued:

political issues
financial issues
technological issues
finding tools (print and online)

Session : Friday 4-5:30

Use of documents in teaching and research

-model of traditional solitary teacher and/or scholar

assisting the traditional model:
searching documents and relationship to finding tools
multilingual documents

-newer models:

collaborative projects
non-linear/narrative models

Saturday

Session 5: Saturday 2-3:30

Define Projects

example of shape of short term project:

create digital library with materials appropriate to some/all members, such as pre-1700 documents pertaining to the contact of European and non-European cultures (from both points of view); include multilingual and multimedia documents; develop model for intelligent searches from bibliographical level to document level; take into account challenges of accessibility; develop ways for individuals or groups to work with documents, that is, to wrap their own commentary/notes/teaching materials around the documents

Session 6: Saturday 4-5:30

Define Projects

example of shape of long-term project:

similar to above but focus on new models for teaching and presenting research in a web environment