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RECOMMENDED: Ithaka S&R Brief: “Are the Humanities Ready for Data Sharing?”

Mar

9

2023

An issue brief from Ithaka S+R, “Are the Humanities Ready for Data Sharing?” reports on the paucity of data sharing practices in the humanities, on the heels of the “Nelson Memo,” which states that publicly funded publications (including those with NEH funds) must to deposit their datasets into publicly accessible repositories. The brief introduces the ...

RECOMMENDED: “DH Eh? A Survey of Digital Humanities Courses in Canadian LIS Education”

Mar

9

2023

Marcela Y. Isuster (McGill University) and Donna Langille (University of British Columbia – Okanagan) analyzed course offerings in eight Library and Information Science Programs in Canadian Universities in the March 2023 Issue of College and Research Libraries. Their article finds that “[w]all institutions offer at least a few elective courses on data management topics such ...

POST: Fight for the Future Statement on Libraries’ Digital Rights

Mar

9

2023

Fight for the Future, a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists, published a statement about the ongoing lawsuit against the Internet Archive’s digital library. Oral arguments are scheduled for March 20, 2023 in this suit brought by four major publishers. The post quotes Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns and Communications Director at Fight for the Future: ...

RESOURCE: 23 Linked Data Things

Mar

9

2023

23 Linked Data Things is a resource developed by Minitex, a collaboration between the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is a self-paced program, with each “thing” (from “Defining Linked Data” to “SPARQL Basics” to “Ethics of Linked Data”) containing readings, activities, and the option for a certificate of ...

RESOURCE: New Open Access Resources from the Library of Congress

Mar

9

2023

Eric Willey (Illinois State University) shares a summary of some new historical recordings, books, and datasets that the Library of Congress has added to their online collections thus far in 2023. They also call attention to the LoC’s newly published digitization strategy for 2023-2027. Read more about how librarians at ISU’s Milner Library are spotlighting ...

EVENT: Toward Radical Imagination: HBCUs, Digital Libraries, and Authentic Collaboration

Mar

9

2023

The Authenticity Project, an initiative from the Digital Library Federation, is hosting a two-day virtual event on April 6-7, 2023, from 11:00 am – 4:30 pm EST. Featured speakers include Loretta Parham, CEO and Library Director of the AUC-Robert W. Woodruff Library, and Lopez Matthews, Jr., the State Archivist and Public Records Administrator of the ...

EVENT: A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado

Mar

9

2023

A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado is a collectively authored digital humanities project documenting and interpreting the sites, issues, policies, and cultures associated with the American nuclear weapons complex as it enters its ninth decade. With more than 40 contributors to date, the Atlas collects and cross-references many types of knowledge, affective registers, and forms ...

EVENT: Lightning Talks, DH Open Office Hours Series from Northeastern University

Mar

9

2023

On March 15th at 12:00 pm EST, the Digital Scholarship Group and NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks at Northeastern University is hosting a free, virtual series of lightning talks, featuring 5 panelists in different disciplines and the projects and research they’ve conducted. From the event page: This year’s virtual event will feature lightning talks ...

EVENT: New Horizons in AI and Machine Learning for Libraries and Archives

Mar

9

2023

An online workshop on the applications of AI and machine learning technologies will be March 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm UK time (or 8:00 am EST – 12:30 pm EST), hosted by the AEOLIAN network and the University of Glasgow. The workshop will host several guest speakers, who will discuss their implementations ...

CFP: Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Special Issue

Mar

9

2023

From the call: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope ...

CFP: Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS)

Mar

9

2023

From the call: ILiADS, the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship, welcomes proposals for the seventh annual Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship. This year’s Institute, hosted by Davidson College in North Carolina, will be held in person July 23-28, 2023. ILiADS offers a week-long intensive environment for collaborative project teams composed of some mix ...