[okfn-coord] [Fwd: Your DRHA 2008 Submission (Number 86)]

[Jonathan Gray]

We've been accepted to speak at DRHA 2008.

Jonathan

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Subject: 	Your DRHA 2008 Submission (Number 86)
Date: 	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:23:37 -0700
From: 	Susan.Broadhurst at brunel.ac.uk
To: 	jonathan.gray at okfn.org
CC: 	Susan.Broadhurst at brunel.ac.uk



Dear Mr. Jonathan Gray:

On behalf of the DRHA 2008 Program Committee, I am delighted 
to inform you that the following submission has been accepted 
to appear at the conference:

     Open Resources for the Humanities: Weaving History and
           Open Shakespeare

The Program Committee worked very hard to thoroughly review
all the submitted papers.  Please repay their efforts, by 
following their suggestions when you revise your paper.

To upload your final manuscript, please visit the following 
site:

     https://www.softconf.com/s08/drha08/

and, on the left-hand side of the page, enter the passcode 
associated with your submission.  Your passcode is as follows:

         86X-J7F2G1D3B6

Alternatively, you can click on the following URL, which will take you 
directly to a form to submit your final paper:

 https://www.softconf.com/s08/drha08/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=aLogin&passcode=86X-J7F2G1D3B6

The reviews and comments are attached below.  Again, try to follow
their advice when you revise your paper. 

Congratulations on your fine work.  If you have any additional 
questions, please feel free to get in touch.


Best Regards,
Susan Broadhurst 
DRHA 2008 

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DRHA 2008 Reviews for Submission #86
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Title: Open Resources for the Humanities: Weaving History and Open Shakespeare

Authors: Jonathan Gray and Rufus Pollock
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                            REVIEWER #1
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Reviewer's Scores
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          Relevance to conference themes: High
                             Originality: Low
                           Accessibility: Medium


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Comments
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The authors propose to discuss two open resources for the humanities, one
focusing on the presentation and accessibility of history and the other on
Shakespeare. I can see that these would be of great interest to some conference
participants and a demonstration of these resources could potentially be highly
relevant to the conference themes. 

However, this is a proposal for an 'academic paper', not a
demonstration/'performance' and, as such, I have absolutely no idea what it is
actually attempting to say to an academic/research/professional audience about
the creation of open resources. 

The abstract doesn't tell us how the two projects are framed theoretically or
critically (e.g. perhaps using pedagogical models, etc.) There is no mention of
any other similar resources that have been developed by others and what they
have learned from them. While some detail is provided for the Weaving History
project (to explain its aims, user groups, etc.), there is no attempt to link
the two projects together in order to present a single argument or coherent
focus for the presentation. As it stands (and I'm quite sure this is
unintentional), it feels like the authors simply wish to 'sell' their resources
to the conference participants, rather than use it to generate real discussion
and debate.

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                            REVIEWER #2
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Reviewer's Scores
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          Relevance to conference themes: High
                             Originality: High
                           Accessibility: High


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Comments
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An intriguing proposition. Will be an interesting contribution to the
conference.