dh+lib

EVENT: Immersive Scholar Symposium: Data, Surveillance, and Privacy (NC State)

Sep

24

2020

The NC State University Libraries, with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will host a virtual mini-symposium about surveillance architecture, the attention economy, and data privacy in online spaces. The symposium will be the conclusion of a creative residency with Sneakaway Studio’s Joelle Dietrick and Owen Mundy, where they adapted their browser-based game Tally Saves the Internet into ...

EVENT: Digital Humanities Conference on Collaboration (UBC-V)

Sep

24

2020

Sponsored by the University of British Columbia Vancouver (UBC-V) Public Humanities Hub, the lab’s inaugural Digital Humanities Conference will take place virtually from 28-31 October 2020, and will be centered on the theme of Collaboration: Collaborations of one kind or another are at the heart of most digital humanities projects: collaborations between researchers, between disciplines, ...

EVENT: Data Practices Conference (Stanford University)

Sep

24

2020

Hosted by Giovanna Ceserani, Chiara Sabatti, and Nicole Coleman at Stanford University, the “Data Practices” conference will take place 2 October 2020, and aims to address, “how data science, digital humanities, and libraries address sources, methods, and meaning.” The conference will feature three plenary talks on 2 October from thought leaders in data science, the ...

CFP: Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities

Sep

24

2020

From the call: [H]umanities, scientific, artistic, geographical, cartographical, informatic and computing disciplines are finding a common space in DEH [Digital Environmental Humanities], and are bringing the use of digital applications, coding and software into league with literary and cultural studies, feminist, queer and critical race studies, and the visual, filmic and performing arts. As such, DEH ...

OPPORTUNITY: ACLS Digital Extension Grants

Sep

24

2020

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for ACLS Digital Extension Grants, which are made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grants are designed to advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as ...

JOB: Librarian for Research, Instruction & Digital Humanities (New College of Florida)

Sep

24

2020

From the announcement: Situated on the Gulf Coast of Florida and Sarasota Bay on the New College of Florida campus, The Jane Bancroft Cook Library, a shared service of New College of Florida and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, is a highly collaborative and innovative organization, which works diligently and creatively to provide access ...

PROJECT: Machine Learning Jim Crow

Sep

17

2020

On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance, a digital project from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, uses collections as data and machine learning approaches to discover Jim Crow and racially-based legislation signed into law in North Carolina between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement. The project is in honor ...

EVENT: Spectrums of DH at McGill University

Sep

17

2020

Digital Humanities at McGill has announced a virtual speaker series, Spectrums of DH. Inspired by Professor Stéfan Sinclair’s legacy of DH Initiatives, the series features talks from renowned DH scholars and researchers from around the world. All events are free and open to the public via Zoom. The series will run from September 17th, 2020 through ...

EVENT: Silences in the LAMS: Digital Surrogacy in the Time of Pandemic

Sep

17

2020

The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries and the University of Pennsylvania, will host a virtual symposium, Silences in the LAMS: Digital Surrogacy in the Time of Pandemic, on Monday, October 12, 2020 from 1-4pm EDT. The event will be ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, Marquette University Libraries (Milwaukee, WI)

Sep

17

2020

From the announcement: Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries seeks a Digital Scholarship Librarian. The library’s Digital Scholarship Lab supports the growing number of Marquette faculty and student research projects involving web development, digital posters, mapping, data analysis, text visualization, open scholarship, and other means of digital knowledge production and communication. This person will play a key role ...

JOB: Digital Collections Librarian, Union College (Schenectady, NY)

Sep

17

2020

From the announcement: The Digital Collections Librarian manages the intake, maintenance, and sustainability of digitized materials that support the Schaffer Library digital collections program. As part of the Content & Digital Library Systems department, the incumbent works closely with colleagues to manage selected digital repository and digital preservation platforms, ensuring both a high degree of ...