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This project was constructed by [[User:Grlucas|Gerald Lucas]] (Editor) and the graduate student editors of NMAC 5108: Roger C. Byrd, Sandy Callaway, Jennifer Huynh, Dana McGonagill, Miriam Qureshi, Sherita Sims-Jones, Matthew Smith, Josef Vice, and Rian Williams. Original documents, including his 2004 book ''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'', were generously supplied by J. Michael Lennon. Dana Casper provided Wiki and research support. | This project was constructed by [[User:Grlucas|Gerald Lucas]] (Editor) and the graduate student editors of NMAC 5108: Roger C. Byrd, Sandy Callaway, Jennifer Huynh, Dana McGonagill, Miriam Qureshi, Sherita Sims-Jones, Matthew Smith, Josef Vice, and Rian Williams. Original documents, including his 2004 book ''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'', were generously supplied by J. Michael Lennon. Dana Casper provided Wiki and research support. | ||
===Acknowledgments and Appreciations for the Project Mailer Version=== | ===Acknowledgments and Appreciations for the Project Mailer Version=== | ||
During the spring semester of 2019, my graduate course, [[grl:Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2019|NMAC 5108 Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments]], helped publish this Digital Humanities project. Builders of “[[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]] collected, edited, and posted artifacts from the years surrounding the publications of Norman Mailer’s 1965 novel ''[[An American Dream]]''. The major artifact and primary focus of our work was the 2004 collection [[AAD:Letters|''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'']], edited by Mailer’s official biographer [[J. Michael Lennon]]. | During the spring semester of 2019, my graduate course, [[grl:Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2019|NMAC 5108 Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments]], helped publish this Digital Humanities project.<ref>See {{cite web |url=https://inside.mga.edu/mga-graduate-students-publish-digital-humanities-project-about-norman-mailer/ |title=MGA Graduate Students Publish Digital Humanities Project About Norman Mailer |last=Brooks |first=A. |date=April 25, 2019 |website=Inside MGA |publisher=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2019-05-01 |quote= |ref=harv }}</ref> Builders of “[[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]] collected, edited, and posted artifacts from the years surrounding the publications of Norman Mailer’s 1965 novel ''[[An American Dream]]''. The major artifact and primary focus of our work was the 2004 collection [[AAD:Letters|''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'']], edited by Mailer’s official biographer [[J. Michael Lennon]]. | ||
Acting as editor, I gave students an overall format and organization, and they ''translated'' the book into a digital document using MediaWiki — the same software used by Wikipedia. This involved posting each letter (75 in all); editing, annotating, and linking each; formatting the overall project; and making the digital book work with the rest of the web site. In addition to the letters, students posted other documents and images that had to do with the publication and reception of ''An American Dream'', like full-text scholarly essays and reviews, advertisements, various book covers, and other snippets that give insight into Mailer’s artistic and logistical processes. | Acting as editor, I gave students an overall format and organization, and they ''translated'' the book into a digital document using MediaWiki — the same software used by Wikipedia. This involved posting each letter (75 in all); editing, annotating, and linking each; formatting the overall project; and making the digital book work with the rest of the web site. In addition to the letters, students posted other documents and images that had to do with the publication and reception of ''An American Dream'', like full-text scholarly essays and reviews, advertisements, various book covers, and other snippets that give insight into Mailer’s artistic and logistical processes. | ||
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I’d like to offer deepest appreciations to [[Mike Lennon]] for his indefatigable support and enthusiasm for ''An American Dream'' Expanded. He has been an inspiration and an endless source of knowledge and resources: it’s from him that most of the original material for this project came from. He once called Mailer Proteus; if that’s true, then Mike’s some sort of Mailerian muse: a fount and guarantor of all things Mailer. I, too, would like to thank [[Maggie McKinley]] for her support as the president of the Norman Mailer Society and all of our endeavors here. Dana Casper, the graduate librarian at Middle Georgia State University, offered her support and guidance to me and the class, and [https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education] also provided training and other resources for new editors. | I’d like to offer deepest appreciations to [[Mike Lennon]] for his indefatigable support and enthusiasm for ''An American Dream'' Expanded. He has been an inspiration and an endless source of knowledge and resources: it’s from him that most of the original material for this project came from. He once called Mailer Proteus; if that’s true, then Mike’s some sort of Mailerian muse: a fount and guarantor of all things Mailer. I, too, would like to thank [[Maggie McKinley]] for her support as the president of the Norman Mailer Society and all of our endeavors here. Dana Casper, the graduate librarian at Middle Georgia State University, offered her support and guidance to me and the class, and [https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education] also provided training and other resources for new editors. | ||
The work of my students has been stellar, especially [[User:Dillbug|Sandy Callaway]], [[User:Dmcgonagill|Dana McGonagill]], [[User:Mango Masala|Miriam Qureshi]], [[User:Sherita Sims-Jones|Sherita Sims-Jones]], and [[User:JVbird|Josef Vice]]. Their efforts were consistent, enthusiastic, and went well beyond the class requirements. They are examples of just how a collaborative project should be accomplished, | The work of my students has been stellar, especially [[User:Dillbug|Sandy Callaway]], [[User:Dmcgonagill|Dana McGonagill]], [[User:Mango Masala|Miriam Qureshi]], [[User:Sherita Sims-Jones|Sherita Sims-Jones]], and [[User:JVbird|Josef Vice]]. Their efforts were consistent, enthusiastic, and went well beyond the class requirements. They are examples of just how a collaborative project should be accomplished, evidenced throughout the talk pages. While tentative at first, all of them adopted the Wikipedia mantra to “be bold” in their edits, and when needed, they asked questions, discussed their approaches, and came to a consensus. Based on their work here and on Wikipedia, I am confident that all of them grew from wiki neophytes to competent editors over the course of the last two months. This project would not have been the same without them. | ||
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