Frequently Asked Questions About Gypsy
Lore Society
Membership
What are the differences among the classes of
membership?
All members receive the same privileges. Through
the
categories of sustaining, supporting and contributing membership,
members may
make additional donations to the Gypsy Lore Society.
What are the privileges and duties of membership?
Members
receive Romani Studies (continuing Journal of the Gypsy Lore
Society).
Members
receive the Newsletter of the Gypsy Lore Society.
Members
receive discounts on books published by the Gypsy Lore Society.
Members may receive discounts on Annual Meeting fees.
Members
vote for the Board of Directors of the Gypsy Lore Society.
Members are eligible to access the Members Only pages.
Members are eligible to access back issues of Romani Studies from 2000 on.
Members are eligible to access the index of the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society/Romani Studies.
Members support the purposes of the Gypsy Lore Society.
Who may become a member?
Anyone with an interest in the
cultures of the various groups
known as Gypsies or Travelers and who supports the purposes of the Gypsy
Lore
Society is welcome to join.
When will my membership
begin?
All memberships begin on
January 1, of any year. You may join
at any time. When you join you will receive the issues of Romani
Studies
and the Newsletter that have already appeared that year and
subsequent
issues as they are published.
When will my membership be
due for renewal?
Memberships are due for renewal
every January 1.
How do I access online services?
Your Gypsy Lore Society membership
offers you access to a number of online services. Here is how you can access those
services.
Members Only
On Members Only current members of
the Gypsy Lore Society can view
- Newsletter of the
Gypsy Lore Society back issues
- Indexes to the
Newsletter, volumes 1 through 25
- Membership Directory
- Gypsy Lore Society Board
of Directors contact information
Now you may also
- Add
your directory information directly on the web.
- Report
changes in address, telephone numbers, or e-mail directly on this site.
- Renew
your membership directly on the web.
Get to Members Only from the link
on the public web site, www.gypsyloresociety.org, or directly at
https://sites.google.com/site/gypsyloresocietymembersonly/.
You will receive an invitation to
access the Members Only portion of the Gypsy Lore Society web site when you
join the Gypsy Lore Society or renew your membership. Access is for the
calendar year. A new invitation will be sent each year when you renew your
membership.
You must have a Google Account to access Members Only. Creating a Google Account is easy and free. Sign in to
Members Only using your e-mail address.
Hint: If you use
several e-mail addresses, please register only one address for Gypsy Lore
Society correspondence and site access. That will be of great help to the
volunteer administrators.
Journal Index
Join the Gypsy Lore Society Zotero group to access an index to the Journal of the Gypsy Lore
Society and Romani Studies (continuing Journal of the Gypsy Lore
Society).
The index was created by the Special Collections
section of the University of Liverpool
Library and by
Dr. Carmen Hendershott, archivist of the Gypsy Lore Society. While some subject
cataloguing is still incomplete, it is hoped that the index will be useful to
researchers.
Zotero is a free citation management software plug
in for Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
It enables users to collect,
manage, and cite research from all types of sources. It is easy to use, lives
in your web browser where you do your work, and it is free! Zotero allows
you to attach pdfs, notes, images and screenshots to your citations, to
organize them into collections for different projects, and to create
bibliographies using Word or OpenOffice. There is also a standalone version of
Zotero.
The University of Illinois Library offers a good guide for
downloading and using Zotero. Download Zotero and find more documentation at
the official Zotero web site, www.zotero.org.
After downloading Zotero, go to the Gypsy Lore Society group and click on
"join group." After you have joined the group, the index should
appear under "group libraries" when you open the Zotero pane at the
bottom of your screen.
You may also get to the Gypsy Lore
Society Zotero group from Members Only.
Back Issues of Romani Studies
Current members of the Gypsy Lore
Society may consult back issues of Romani
Studies published from 2000 on.
When you join the Gypsy Lore
Society or renew your membership you will receive a token (password) and
instructions. A new token will be sent each year when you renew your
membership.
Romani
Studies Alerts
It
is now much simpler to sign up to receive Romani
Studies table of contents alerts. Follow the link
below and enter your e-mail address. Each time a new issue of Romani Studies is
published you will be notified of its contents.
Receive regular Table of Contents alerts
here: https://liverpool.metapress.com/content/122070/toc-alert
