AN INTERNET TOUR FOR GRAPHOLOGY

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AN INTERNET TOUR FOR GRAPHOLOGY

• Nigel Bradley

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AGENDA

• What is the Internet?
• Graphology Resources
• Web Site Directory
• Graphodigest Groups
• 1st Virtual Conference
• The Future

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What is the Internet?

• Interconnected Networks
• The Information Highway, but no cars ,
• you travel using...
• - Electronic mail
• - Worldwide Web
• - Others (FTP, Gopher, Usenet, Telnet)

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Content comes from...

• Government
• Corporations
• Universities
• Official bodies
• Private citizens

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INTERNET RESOURCES

• ADVANTAGES
• quantity
• variety
• at desktop

• DISADVANTAGES
• relevance
• bias
• time to find/access

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USEFUL TOOLS

• Internet Directories Search engines
• Related web sites/Links
• Browser word-finder
• Language translation software

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GRAPHOLOGY RESOURCES

• Graphology, psychology, and sociology material
  is available on-line as
• Journals
• contents list/index/abstracts/ full articles
• Periodicals
• trade
• popular
• Newspapers

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GRAPHOLOGY RESOURCES

• On-line libraries
• catalogues
• full content
• Archives
• Discussion Groups
• Message Boards
• Web Pages
• Personal
• Organisations

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Web Site Directory

• Web site directory created in March 2000
• Every web-site on earth concerning graphology
• Over 200 items divided across 25 countries

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Graphodigest Groups

• Email groups created Apr 1999 for
• Announcements, information requests,
• Research discussions,
• Calls for papers and TOC listings,
• Debate on the history and uses of graphology

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Graphodigest groups

• Created in
• English Graphodigest.english
• German Graphodigest.de
• Italian Graphodigest.it
• French Graphodigest.fr
• Spanish Graphodigest.es
• Portuguese Graphodigest.po
• Hungarian Graphodigest.hu

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Graphodigest Groups

• Also geographic
• usa United States of America
• uk United Kingdom
• in India
• nl Netherlands (polyglot)
• europa Europe (polyglot)

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1st Virtual Conference

• First Virtual Graphology Conference held in
  Nov-Dec 2000
• Speakers papers on web sites
• Delegates use discussion groups and message
  boards to communicate
• 120 delegates from 20 countries
• No travel, no hotels, nothing to pay

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The Future

• 2001- 2nd Virtual Conference to run in
  parallel in French and English
• 2002 - 3rd Virtual Conference to run in
  other languages in parallel
• 2003 - 4th Virtual Conference to use
  sound and vision

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The Future

• Real conferences will also be virtual
• To increase attendance
• To widen debate
• Organisations will have discussion groups
• To communicate with members
• To allow members to exchange views

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International Graphology Year

• Many graphology-related events are planned for
  2002
• The year is a suitable one to be called
  International Graphology Year
• The benefits of an event every day
• greater awareness
• students attracted
• more users/ more researchers

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International Graphology Year

• Many events
• Jan - SFDG Congress, Paris (F)
• Feb - Spanish Congress (ES)
• July - AHAF/AHAA convention (US)
• Sept - Oxford Symposium (UK)
• Nov - 3rd virtual conference (world)

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Conclusions

• A rich store of resources on graphology are
  available
• The major barrier is knowing how to find these
  resources

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References

• Bradley NR (1996) The Internet and Graphology.
  The Graphologist, 14(4) Issue 53. Winter 77-78
• Graphology Information Centre
• Access to all graphology web sites, discussion
  groups and virtual conference
• www.graphology.ws

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UK ORGANISATIONS

• British Academy of Graphology www.graphology.co.uk
  
• British Institute of Graphologists
  www.BritishGraphology.org
• International Graphology Association
• www.graphology.org.uk

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KEY SITES

• Language Translations
• http//babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
• http//www.tranexp.com2000/InterTran?
• http//tr.voila.fr/
• Search Engine
• www.google.com