From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Dear Ann,

You question may be more aimed at the text mining scientific
literature, so my apologies if this is not entirely responsive--

Some resources regarding text mining and the digital humanities are
available here: http://www.matthewjockers.net/ (many slides,
presentations, and notes on his forthcoming book, Macroanalysis:
Digital Methods and Literary History, UIUC Press, 2013).

You will have to wait for Matt's book to come out. In the meantime, I
think one of the best (and most concise) summaries of text-mining
applications in the field of the digital humanities is Franco
Moretti's well-known book "Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for
Literary History" (Verso, 2005).

Also perhaps of interest are some resources on the legality of copying
of works (under the doctrine of fair use) to enable text-mining uses.
Only applicable in the US, but still worth looking through:

Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in
Authors Guild v. Google, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2102542 . The brief
itself has many citations to other good works.

Essentially the same brief was filed in the HathiTrust case, and was
cited approvingly by the court in its decision in favor of HathiTrust.
See http://thepublicindex.org/docs/cases/hathitrust/156-opinion.pdf
(at p. 16, foot note 22).

Best,
Dave

David R. Hansen
Digital Library Fellow
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
UC Berkeley School of Law
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