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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Cindy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>My resource site, ACTS, has been taken off line over the years by the Electronic Text Centre of UNB for a couple of reasons. One was that my primitive coding (dBase III+, etc) was not up to more modern standards and is thus in need of a major, intensive and expensive, rewrite. A second, and <i>much</i> more significant reason, had to do with the security of UNB’s whole system. The UNB Text Centre supported a number of academic research sites under its umbrella. It became obvious that such sites were almost completely unprotected gateways for would-be hackers into the <i>entire</i> university system. Thus they had to be blocked off. They were.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>In recent months, though, the situation has begun to look a little more sanguine. To begin with, the ETC has begun what its leader, Erik Moore, calls a “rebirth”. The ETC is no more; in its place is the Centre for Digital Scholarship. It has its own Scholarly Communications Librarian, who is focused on two new repositories: UNB Scholar (the new text repository), and also a digital collection repository (which is where ACTS could well find its new home). The hope is that a new migration path for ACTS can be achieved in this new digital repository. Of course, an infusion of new funding for the project would help speed this rebirth immensely. Everyone lives in hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>So it looks as though ACTS has not been abandoned and, more, that it could well lead the way into this wondrous brave new world. The hope is that, maybe even this fall, work will begin on the template for a newly structured coding of the ACTS Bibliography. My own thought is that, from there, we could go on to the performance calendars. And on. And on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>The interest in this site has, gratifyingly, not diminished in recent years – both academics and theatre professionals have been prodding UNB and myself for signs of new life. Inasmuch as the site has published, over the decades, much primary research from Ann Saddlemyer, Richard Plant, Anton Wagner (<i>much</i> research by Anton Wagner), John Ball, Patrick O’Neill and many, many others, I’m hoping that my optimism for the site turns out to be justified.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I will keep Candrama in touch. Of course, the email thoughts outlined above bear no <i>official</i> weight. They represent simply my own view of the present situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Best wishes to all who continue to toil in the vineyard of Canadian theatre research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>PS. Please note that my own email address is <a href="mailto:emullaly@nbnet.nb.ca">emullaly@nbnet.nb.ca</a> One of your other responders had it slightly wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>I'm really sorry for you all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>But it's an unjust world,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>And virtue is triumphant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Only in theatrical performances <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> -- Mikado<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Edward Mullaly, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>511 Mansfield St,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Fredericton, NB E3B 3A1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>(506) 454-3463<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Canadian Theatre Research [mailto:CANDRAMA@listserv.unb.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cindy Murrell<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br><b>Subject:</b> ACTS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know what has become of the Atlantic Canada Theatre Site? I can no longer manage to access it. Is there another organization which has taken it over? Is there another way to access the Ball & Plant bibliography and its updates online?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any help will be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a lot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cindy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cindy Murrell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visual and Performing Arts Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Calgary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>