Month: April 2011

Following are usage statistics for the Roman de la Rose Digital Library for both the current month and cumulative statistics since September 2008.

Usage statistics for the period March 1-31, 2011:
2,304 visits from 66 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain
1,533 absolute unique visitors
42% of these visitors have returned to the site
87 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
95 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
114 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
170of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
77 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
15 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
185 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
167 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through March 31, 2011, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:
50,076 visits from 149 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada
33,842 absolute unique visitors
33% of these visitors have returned to the site
1,474 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
1,306 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
1,066 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
1,001 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
889 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
1,334 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
3,639 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
2,541 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures

Call for Submissions

Digital Philology is a new peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of medieval vernacular texts and cultures. Founded by Stephen G. Nichols and Nadia R. Altschul, the journal aims to foster scholarship that crosses disciplines upsetting traditional fields of study, national boundaries, and periodizations. Digital Philology also encourages both applied and theoretical research that engages with the digital humanities and shows why and how digital resources require new questions, new approaches, and yield radical results.

Digital Philology will have two issues per year, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. One of the issues will be open to all submissions, while the other one will be guest-edited and revolve around a thematic axis.

Contributions may take the form of a scholarly essay or focus on the study of a particular manuscript. Articles must be written in English, follow the 3rd edition (2008) of the MLA style manual, and be between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, including footnotes and list of works cited. Quotations in the main text in languages other than English should appear along with their English translation.

Digital Philology welcomes submissions for the 2012 and 2013 open issues. Inquiries and submissions (as a Word document attachment) should be sent to dph@jhu.edu, addressed to the Editor (Albert Lloret) and Managing Editor (Jeanette Patterson). Digital Philology will also publish reviews of books and digital projects. Correspondence regarding digital projects and publications for review may be addressed to Timothy Stinson at tlstinson@gmail.com.

Editorial Board

Tracy Adams (Auckland University)
Benjamin Albritton (Stanford University)
Nadia R. Altschul (Johns Hopkins University)
R. Howard Bloch (Yale University)
Kevin Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania)
Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet (Université Paris Sorbonne – Paris IV)
Suzanne Conklin Akbari (University of Toronto)
Lucie Dolezalova (Charles University, Prague)
Alexandra Gillespie (University of Toronto)
Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University)
Daniel Heller-Roazen (Princeton University)
Sharon Kinoshita (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Joachim Küpper (Freie University of Berlin)
Deborah McGrady (University of Virginia)
Christine McWebb (University of Waterloo)
Stephen G. Nichols (Johns Hopkins University)
Timothy Stinson (North Carolina State University)
Lori Walters (Florida State University)

The Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, PA 23, 24, and 25 shelfmarks have been corrected. Please let us know if you find any other errors.

There have been a number of changes behind the scenes, but users familiar with the site should notice only small tweaks and refinements. The book browser has a draggable separator.  Displays of tabular data have a new look.

If anything seems out of place or does not work, try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the site. Let the team know at contactus@romandelarose.org if the problem continues. Other feedback is welcome at the above email address or as comments on this post.

Metadata updates:

• Correction to UC1380 102v image description.
• Updates to instrument names in image descriptions of Arras 897 and Douce 332
• Correctly attribute ms to Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon