Dictionary of Old English: 2008 Progress Report

• Published in: Old English newsletter 2008-04, Vol.41 (3), p.22
• Main Author: Holland, Joan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Dictionaries; Munk, Peter; Old English
• ISSN: 0030-1973

Robar ts Library, Room 14285, University of Toronto 130 St. George St. Toronto, ON M5S3H1 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] http://www.doe.utoronto.ca We began our report last year with the news that Eric Stanley, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor Emeritus of the University of Oxford and a thirty-year member of our International Advisory Committee, was to be awarded a Doctor of Sacred Letters degree from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in May 2008. Technological Advances The project, as part of a University of Toronto team, is applying again to the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), as one of thirteen universities across Canada, for funds to enlarge the TAPoR (Text Analysis Portal for Research) project: a grant from CFI in 2002 gave us the initial infrastructure we needed to develop DOEonline, and future funding would facilitate our plans to develop interlinks among databases and to try to create a common search interface across large-scale and heterogeneous language databases. Andy Orchard Funding * The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (formerly the Canada Council): Grants in Aid of Research, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975; Major Editorial Grants, 1976-81, 1981-86, 198691, 1991-96; Grants from the Federal Matching Funds Policy, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991; Special Presidential Grant, 1993; Consortium Support Programme 199698, 1998-2000, 2000-2003, 2003-2005, 2005 * The British Academy * Canada Foundation for Innovation (for TAPoR [Text Analysis Portal for Research]), 2002-2007 * Connaught Fund, University of Toronto, 1986-1991 * Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 1998-99, 19992000, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2008-2009 * Early English Text Society * Marc Fitch Fund * Foundation for Education and Social Development, Boston * Jackman Foundation * Macdonald-Stewart Foundation * McLean Foundation, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000 * Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1985-90, 1994-99, 2000-2005, 2006 * Peter Munk Charitable Foundation * National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Tools Program, 1991-93, 1993-95, 1995-98, 1998-2000, 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008 * Presidents' Committee, University of Toronto * Salamander Foundation, 1998-2001, 2001-2004, 2004-2006, 2006 * Salus Mundi Foundation, 2002, 2004 * St. Georges Society, Toronto, 2007 * Triangle Community Foundation * University of Toronto * Xerox Corporation University Grants Committee