Nearly a year ago I knew that this year's conference organised by the American Historical Association would be exciting, but I also knew I would not be able to attend it. In order to find out what had occurred at a conference like this in the past I would have had to rely on talking to people who had attended and for publication of papers and accounts arising from the … [Read more...] about Nearly There – Experiencing a Conference Online
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Australia’s Historic Newspapers Online
We all know where to go to access Australia's historic newspapers online - the National Library of Australia's Trove website. This site has deservedly received heaps of praise. It has a good search facility, there is no charge for use of the website and it has an effective means of correcting errors in the optical character recognition (OCR) reading of the newspaper text - … [Read more...] about Australia’s Historic Newspapers Online
Story Telling in the 21st Century
Story telling was the subject of a conference I attended at University of Sydney's Women's College recently. History, journalism and fiction writing were covered by the History or Herstory conference. Not only were a broad range of genres covered, the conference also covered a wide range of issues from the traditional to those arising from the technological revolution we are … [Read more...] about Story Telling in the 21st Century