Want to volunteer to support the Fellowship? There are many opportunities! Here are a few...
- Bibliographies
- There are a surprising number of ways members can help with the bibliographies, ranging from monitoring publications from the current literature and submitting them as they appear, to creating records retroactively for the Studies bibliography so that it becomes a cumulative reference tool, to enhancing existing records with additional info, to proofing, verification, and bibliographic detective work.
- Sources bibliographer: bibliographies need proofing. The data has been verified by direct inspection, not merely reports in the bibliographies of other studies. Yet the data as entered still needs additional proofing and enhancement.
- Studies bibliographer: Let's make the Studies bibliography the go-to reference for the best Torrance scholarship in print and digital formats. We can teach you how to scan bibliographical databases and follow select authors. We will also train you in creating records using the Drupal backend of the website. We would welcome anyone willing to train in Drupal who would serve as the Studies Bibliographer. Contact us if interested.
- Participatio
- Copy-editing assistance to the editors is sorely needed and always appreciated! See "Copy Editor Quick Start."
- Production assistance with managing the editorial workflow using the website back-end would be greatly appreciated. The production queue is the bottleneck. With more help, more issues could be published!
- Website, general
- Know Drupal? We welcome collaboration to develop and maintain the website as a project in the digital humanities. Our mission with the resources and website is to create a hub for an academic community that stimulates and sustains multi-disciplinary research carried on by geographically-dispersed scholars in a Torrance-related Trinitarian vision.
- Fellowship Profiles and Member-relations
- Enhance and update member profiles: Each Member Profile includes a professional introduction, institutional and denominational affiliations, regional locations and research interests, cross-referenced with Member Publications. (Profiles require log-in to access.)
- Enhance non-member profiles: Each non-member profile includes biographical data based on publicly available sources. Profiles note relations and roles, including mentors, students, family, institutional and denominational affiliations, etc., cross-referenced with the bibliographies and other pages. (Profiles require log-in to access.)
- Student liaison: Enhance student networking, and the posting of in-progress Torrance-related theses and dissertations.
- Faculty liaison: Enhance postings of institutional programs, and the directory for graduate study.
- Oral History Project
- Oral histories are recorded conversations with transcriptions. We provide training in the purposes, methods, logistics, and ethics of oral histories. A small software and hardware investment may be required. We welcome assistance both with editing transcripts and with recording new oral histories. Check out the project manual.
- Marty Folsom's Reading Group
- Maintaining the calendar pages of past and future topics
- Recording and editing the weekly sessions
- Uploading the videos to youTube or Vimeo
- Linking bibliography records to the videos
Contact us to let us know what you're interested in. We would love to hear from you!
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