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RESOURCE: How to Write an ADHO DH Conference Proposal in 2023

Nov

30

2023

Quinn Dombrowski has updated A guide to writing DH conference submissions with How to Write an ADHO DH Conference Proposal in 2023 I’ve been the ACH representative to ADHO since summer 2021, and one of the major initiatives that ADHO has undertaken has been to rework the review criteria for the conference. … The goal ...

CFP: Digital Initiatives Symposium (University of San Diego)

Nov

30

2023

The 2024 Digital Initiatives Symposium will be held April 29-30, 2024 at the University of San Diego. They are now accepting proposals for concurrent sessions, which are 40 minutes (including 10-15 minutes for Q&A) and are limited to 1-2 speakers. They are particularly interested in proposals that touch on “artificial intelligence, data science, diversity and ...

CFP: The Value of the Digital: #DHJewish Conference and Hackathon

Nov

30

2023

The Value of the Digital: #DHJewish Conference and Hackathon will be held in Potsdam, Germany, April 10-12, 2024. The conference organizers seek proposals that will “critically (re)assess the value(s) of the Digital for the field of Jewish Studies” in light of the critical turn in digital humanities: For DHJewish 2024 we invite contributions on any ...

EVENT: Linked Pasts 9 (Online, Asynchronous)

Nov

30

2023

Coming up in early December (December 4-15, 2023) is the online and asynchronous Linked Pasts Symposium. From the Programme of Activities: The Ninth Linked Pasts symposium (LP9) will be a fully virtual and asynchronous affair, better to engage with international participants and different time zones, and reduce the need for financially and environmentally expensive travel. ...

OPPORTUNITY: Call for comments on new NEH grant program

Nov

30

2023

The National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Data and Evaluation (ODE) has posted a call for comments on a new grant program designed to support studies about the state of the humanities in the United States. The ODE are seeking feedback from any interested parties concerning “the most pressing needs and topics in the ...

OPPORTUNITY: Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques

Nov

30

2023

The Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques (cc:DH/HN) is an opportunity to earn a certificate based on attending 100 hours of eligible DH workshops; anyone is eligible to apply for a certificate “regardless of institutional affiliation or citizenship.” Learn more about the certificate and what counts as an eligible workshop, and check out ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship and Technology Librarian (Governors State)

Nov

30

2023

From the job posting: Governors State University invites qualified candidates to apply for the position of Digital Scholarship and Technology Librarian (DSTL) for our University Library. The Digital Scholarship and Technology Librarian (DSTL) manages library technology services and platforms that support discovery, learning, teaching, and research activities. This position is a strategic amalgamation of data ...

JOB: Data Wrangler [Archaeology] (University of York)

Nov

30

2023

From the posting: Department: Archaeology Salary: £36,024 – £44,263 a year Contract status: Fixed term Hours of work: Full-time Based at: University of York – King’s Manor (with some remote working options available) Interview date: 12 January 2024 Role The role is primarily designed to improve and evolve the current metadata pipelines and processes at ...

RECOMMENDED: Debates in the DH 2023

Nov

16

2023

Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023, a book by Matthew K. Gold (CUNY Graduate Center) and Lauren F. Klein (Emory University) looks at digital humanities in 2023, presenting “a state-of-the-field vision of digital humanities amid rising social, political, economic, and environmental crises; a global pandemic; and the deepening of austerity regimes in U.S. higher education.” ...

RECOMMENDED: Towards Responsible Publishing: cOAlition S Proposal and Survey

Nov

16

2023

From cOAlition S, the funded initiative to make full and immediate Open Access publication of research a reality, comes a new draft proposal titled “Towards Responsible Publishing,” which outlines “a vision and a set of principles that a future scholarly communication system should aspire to, along with a mission that enables research funders…to deliver this.” ...

POST: AI Will Lead Us to Need More Garbage-subtraction

Nov

16

2023

Todd Carpenter, Executive Director of NISO, writes for The Scholarly Kitchen, “AI Will Lead Us to Need More Garbage-subtraction.” Amid a flurry of recent articles in LIS journals and higher education blogs on concerns about generative AI and large language models (LLMs) being trained on non-transparent, highly biased swaths of data culled from across the ...