[Vwoolf] Google Stats

[Jane deGay]

Hello all

Quite by chance, I recently discovered the following potted history of the IVWS on the website of the E.J. Pratt Library, Toronto which now holds the IVWS archive:

The Society traces its origins to the 1970 MLA Convention, when a seminar entitled “The Uses of the Manuscripts in Virginia Woolf Studies” took place, bringing together 35 scholars. From this initial connection a newsletter, the Virginia Woolf Miscellany, was begun in 1973, and at the 1975 MLA Convention a steering committee was formed that laid the groundwork for the incorporation of the Virginia Woolf Society in 1976. In 1982 the Society began to contribute a portion of its dues to the publication of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany. By 1996 about a fourth of Society members were outside the United States, and recognition of this global scholarship led to the name being changed to the International Virginia Woolf Society in December of that year.
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Best wishes
Jane

PS I don’t think that the accompanying photo is of Woolfians, but I could be wrong… 😊

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Yes Sarah, Marielle told me and I apologised for my misreading and misunderstanding. And yes, you’re correct, the Italian Society was founded in February 2017, and it would be really interesting to have data going back to 1998 or 1976!!!  ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart
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Yes Sarah, Marielle told me and I apologised for my misreading and misunderstanding.
And yes, you’re correct, the Italian Society was founded in February 2017, and it would be really interesting to have data going back to 1998 or 1976!!!

What Paula says about her post is interesting as well.

Have a nice day!
Elisa


Elisa, Marielle was first to share the Google results; I just made the remark about the Google Doodle. I was wondering why there was such a spike for Jan 2018 and thought it might have been when the Italian VWS was founded, but that was around May 2017, wasn't it?

Shame the figures don't go back as far as 1998, when the VWSGB was formed (beginnings of the internet), or 1976, for the IVWS (before widespread computer use). But let's not get into that or we could be here for some time . . .

However, a minor point of interest is that about the same number of people access the VWSGB Facebook page from Italy as from the US, a slightly lower number (but not much) than from the UK.
Sarah


Sarah M. Hall
Executive Council, Virginia Woolf Society of GB
Web: virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk
Facebook: @VWSGB
Twitter: @VirginiaWoolfGB
Instagram: @virginiawoolfsociety

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