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From: David Hawgood <>
Subject: [SOG-UK-L] Lecture recording
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 04:37:48 -0500

There have been several messages under topics starting from "Overseas
membership" then "taping of lectures" and "value for money". They started
from a suggestion that lectures should be taped and transcribed, to make
them available more widely. Discussion has shown some of the possibilities
and problems.

I would like to continue the discussion to consider more general ways of
recording and disseminating the content of lectures. I think the Society
could do more. Lectures and lecturers vary so much that no one method is
relevant to all. I think the crucial stage is to make it clear to lecturers
that we would like to make material available more widely, in ways which
suit the particular lecture, but that there is no obligation.

Possibilities include a summary to be distributed on this mailing list, a
handout, copies of slides, a list of references, the name of the
lecturer's book on the subject plus some updates and recent developments, a
meeting report written by a member of the audience, lecture notes, or the
lecture turned into an article. In some cases it may be worth the effort of
taping and transcribing. As long as the request is worded suitably it makes
it clear that the Society values the lecturer's contribution and wishes to
make sure that the effort of preparation is not lost to those not at the
lecture. (If the request is not worded suitably it might look as if we are
a bunch of cheap-skates wanting to steal the lecturer's valuable material).
After a lecture, we should be in a position to tell members what parts of
its content will be available, and in what form.

regards,
David Hawgood.

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