Newly redesigned Women
Writers Online, beta launch at
This early beta version is the first step in redeveloping
the WWO interface and moving WWO onto a platform of modern XML publishing
tools.
We welcome bug reports; a list of the major ones we know
about is here:
Feedback form is here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wwo_feedback
NEW features aimed at improving the value of WWO for
teaching and research (to be rolled out gradually over the coming months)
--faceted browsing, narrow searches by genre, date, and
other metadata
--reader control over the display of the reading text
--simpler, more direct interface for searching and
manipulating the collection
--basic biographical details for many authors
--new tools for exploration, such as maps, timelines, and
visualizations
Other important changes planned for 2012-13:
--all of the contextual and biographical essays currently
included in Renaissance Women Online will be freely available, rather than
being part of WWO's licensed content, and we will be recruiting additional
essays to expand this collection beyond the Renaissance.
--contemporary reviews and reception materials from our
current grant project on readership and reception will be linked from the texts
they comment on.
Both the old and new interfaces will remain available
during the month of March; the old WWO will be retired permanently in early
April.
