[MEI-L] AMS "Introduction to MEI" Workshop

[McBride, Renee]

I certainly enjoyed and learned from the summer workshop, though unfortunately I had to miss the end of it. Thanks, Perry, Johannes and Maya!

Also, I have shared this announcement with MLA-L.

Renee

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Renee McBride
Head, Special Formats & Metadata Section
Resource Description & Management Dept.
Davis Library, CB 3914
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
mcbrider at email.unc.edu
(919) 962-9709 (phone)
(919) 962-4450 (fax)


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From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] On Behalf Of Roland, Perry (pdr4h)
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:29 AM
To: Music Encoding Initiative
Subject: Re: [MEI-L] AMS "Introduction to MEI" Workshop

I think it went very well judging by the comments we got.

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p.


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Perry Roland
Music Library
University of Virginia
P. O. Box 400175
Charlottesville, VA 22904
434-982-2702 (w)
pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
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From: mei-l-bounces+pdr4h=virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mei-l-bounces+pdr4h=virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de] on behalf of Andrew Hankinson [andrew.hankinson at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:26 AM
To: Music Encoding Initiative
Subject: Re: [MEI-L] AMS "Introduction to MEI" Workshop

I just sent it to the Canadian Music Libraries list.

How did the Summer Workshop go?

-Andrew

On 2012-08-27, at 11:16 AM, "Roland, Perry (pdr4h)" <pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu>
 wrote:

> Dear MEIers,
>
> This is a gentle reminder about the pre-conference workshop in conjunction with the American Musicological Society and Society for Music Theory joint meeting in New Orleans.  Please forgive any cross-posting, but we want to get the word out to a broad range of potential participants.
>
> This announcement has already been (or will soon be) posted to TEI-L and DH lists.  However, please distribute this to other lists, such as national and local discussion lists concerned with music and digital humanities, and other interested individuals.
>
> Thanks for getting the word out,
>
> --
> p.
>
>
> __________________________
> Perry Roland
> Music Library
> University of Virginia
> P. O. Box 400175
> Charlottesville, VA 22904
> 434-982-2702 (w)
> pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
>
>
>
> AMS "Introduction to MEI" Workshop
>
> The University of Virginia Library, the University of Paderborn, and 
> the Music Encoding Initiative Council are pleased to offer an 
> opportunity to learn about the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI), an 
> increasingly important tool for digital humanities music research, in 
> conjunction with the joint meeting of the American Musicological Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology and the Society for Music Theory in New Orleans, scheduled for 1-4 November.
>
> "Introduction to MEI," an intensive, hands-on workshop, will be 
> offered Wednesday, 31 October from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Experts from 
> the Music Encoding Initiative Council will teach the workshop, during 
> which participants will learn about MEI history and design principles, 
> tools for creating, editing, and rendering MEI, and techniques for customizing the MEI schema. The day will include lectures, hands-on practice, and opportunities to address participant-specific issues.
>
> There are no fees associated with this workshop and no previous 
> experience with MEI or XML is required; however, an understanding of 
> music notation and other markup schemes, such as HTML and TEI, will be 
> helpful. Participants are encouraged to bring laptop computers for hands-on exercises. The number of participants is limited to 25.
>
> To register, visit the AMS special events page at http://www.ams-net.org/neworleans/special_events.php.
>
> Please address questions to info at music-encoding.org.
>
> Workshop Schedule
>
> Session 1 (9:00-10:00): What is music encoding?
> This session introduces the basic need for and techniques of music encoding using XML.
> * What is markup? What is its function?  Why is it important?
> * Basic concepts of XML: elements, attributes, document structure, and 
> schemas * What is the role of standards such as MEI?  Why do we need markup languages?
>
> Session 2 (10:15-12:00): What is MEI?
> The following issues will be addressed during this session:
> * MEI's situation within the landscape of digital humanities scholarship: What are its intellectual affiliations and commitments?
> * How does MEI support the creation of digital musical texts? What is its role in defining how music documents should be represented?
> * How is MEI currently used, and how is it evolving?
> * What are the alternatives to MEI? What are the advantages and risks of using a detailed encoding system like MEI?
>
> Session 3 (1:30-3:00): Basics of Encoding with MEI This session will 
> describe basic MEI elements and describe their use, using detailed musical examples.
>
> Session 4 (3:15-4:30): MEI Application Tutorials This session 
> introduces MEI-specific encoding tools, such as, MerMEId, MEISE, and the Edirom Editor.  Participants will learn how these tools can be used to design workflows for entering, editing, and rendering MEI.
>
> Session 5 (4:45-5:30): Wrap-up Discussion Participants will reflect on 
> MEI markup and tools and how they can be employed in the participants' current and future projects.  In addition, opportunities for participation in the MEI community will be covered.
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