Project Runeberg Timeline
See also
- Jun 1992 - Start of Gopher Service at Lysator
- The 1992 Nordic University Computer Clubs' Conference (NUCCC) is
hosted by Lysator in Linköping. At the final session it is decided
that all clubs should start Internet information services to display
their activites towards each other. Lars Aronsson maintains Lysator's
Gopher server and tries to figure out how to fill the menus with
interesting information.
- Dec 1992 - Start of Project Runeberg
- Lars Aronsson collects some existing datafiles with poems by
Viktor Rydberg and Erik Stagnelius under a menu called "Project
Runeberg" in Lysator's Gopher server. The idea to start a project like
this has been around for almost a year. The inspiration comes from
Project Gutenberg, USA.
- Feb 1993 - Start of Web Service at Lysator
- Per Hedbor of Lysator starts Sweden's first World Wide Web server,
and soon starts to write his own webserver software. www.lysator.liu.se is born.
Project Runeberg does not immediately transition to the web from
Gopher.
- 6 Mar 1993 - First Announcement, Mailing List Created
- In Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic, the first public message
outside Lysator tells the world about Project Runeberg. The amount of
response sparks the creation of the Project Runeberg electronic
mailing list.
- 18 Mar 1993 - First Media Attention
- An article in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat is the first
ever media coverage of Project Runeberg.
- May 1994 - Information
Leaflet (in Swedish)
- Also published Ordförklaringar
(dictionary) to the 1917 Swedish Bible.
- Jul 1994 - Nordisk Familjebok, Hermes-kalendern 1934
- Aug 1994 - Auto-Generated Catalog
- Since the start, the catalog of our published texts had been
maintained by hand. From now on, the work is left to the one who does
it best - the computer.
- Oct 1994 - Bilder ur Nordens
Flora
- 90 years earlier, this color illustrated book of flowers was a
revolution in biology teaching. It immediately becomes one of Project
Runeberg's most popular titles. Electronic edition by Johan Tufvesson.
- Mar 1995 - Contributions
Wanted
- A promotional text in Swedish. This year, everybody on the web is
doing funny versions of the <hr> tag for horizontal rulers, so
why shouldn't we?
- Apr 1995 - April Fools
- Project Runeberg's announcement proves that intellectuals are just
as easy to kid as anybody.
- Jun 1995 - Converting our Texts to HTML
- Svensk lag, Olavus Petri, Gösta Berlings saga, Karlfeldt, Boye
- Jun 1995 - Proposed New Swedish Copyright
Law
- The new law proposal makes us hurry to publish Selma Lagerlöf's Mårbackablomster. Public Domain
authors who died in 1926-1944 could be brought back under copyright
protection! The proposal is stalling in parliament.
- 16 Oct 1995 - Letter to Swedish
Parliament
- We sent this letter to the Law Committee (lagutskottet) of the
Swedish parliament, asking them to change the transitory rules of the
proposed new copyright law. (in Swedish only)
- 28 Oct 1995 - Böcker är IT.
- This brief text was distributed at the book fair "Bok- och
biblioteksmässan" in Gothenburg (in Swedish only)
- Dec 1995 - Did Karlfeldt Make it into
Cyberspace?
- The gates of cyberspace were about to close for another 20
years. In the last six weeks of 1995, Project Runeberg produced no
less than 30 new electronic editions of Swedish authors who died in
the interval 1926 - 1944. They would be covered by copyright unless we
publish before the end of the year. Yes, Karlfeldt did make it into
cyberspace. We have digitized almost all of his poetry.
- Dec 1995 - Christmas 1995 Front Page
- 25 Jan 1996 - Free Web Space for
Literary Societies!
- As part of the index of Nordic
Authors, Project Runeberg offers to publish information about
literary societies pertaining to Nordic authors and artists.
- Feb 1996 - More to Read about Project Runeberg
- This timeline page and a page on media coverage are set up, first
in reverse order, but soon changed to natural order.
- Feb 1996 - February 1996 Front Page
- Having seen the Christmas greetings all through January, it was
time for some change. This time telling the world about using Project
Runeberg at school.
- Mar 1996 - Complete at last!
- After more than two years of hard work, Project Runeberg's
electronic edition of the Swedish Bible of
1917 is now complete!