Brief: Computer help available to humanists

Project Hermes, the initiative by the Computing and Communications Services
Office in support of computing in the humanities, will offer two noncredit
short courses this semester.

The classes are intended primarily for faculty and professional staff
members and graduate students in the text-based disciplines.

A basic class in computer literacy for potential and recent computer users
will be offered from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 15 and 17.

"Computing in the Humanities," offering a more comprehensive look at how
computers can aid humanistic scholarship, will meet from 3 to 5 p.m.  March
22 and 24.  The fee for each class is $15.

The project's consulting office, now located in 204 Lincoln Hall, shares
facilities with CCSO's Office of Computing and Communications in the Social
Sciences. Its new hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. most
weekdays; but it is advisable to call 244-8517 for an appointment.

The project continues to make available appropriate equipment (both
IBM-compatible and Apple Macintosh), documentation, short courses,
individual tutoring and consulting to those in the humanities. It also
attempts to help new users begin to identify, locate and use all the
computing equipment and services that may contribute to scholarly
effectiveness in their disciplines, including such areas as word
processing, e-mail, text scanning,  electronic texts, hypertext, text
retrieval, and networking with topical forums and on-line information
services.

The project's staff this semester includes Rory Clark (French) and Mark
Lewis (German).  Questions and comments may be directed to Ron Szoke,
333-8630, or e-mail to szoke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu.