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 their calendar of upcoming DH workshops offered by cc:DH/HN-affiliated organizations.
The CollectionBuilder 2023 Incentives Program is the latest grant-funded opportunity for using and contributing to CollectionBuilder, and open-source, Lib-Static tool and infrastructure. Currently, applications are being accepted to their Library & Information Science (LIS) Student Program. The program offers eight $400 stipends to current LIS students interested in learning more about and using CollectionBuilder for their own digital projects. From the announcement:
Are you a Library and Information Science (LIS) student interested in expanding your digital collection knowledge and/or learning web development skills? CollectionBuilder is an excellent option for creating a free and long lasting digital collection site that you can add to your portfolio, while exploring tools and platforms such as Git, GitHub, Jekyll, Markdown, HTML, and CSS that you are likely to encounter in your future career as a digital librarian.
We are looking for students who are interested in learning and customizing a CollectionBuilder site. A CollectionBuilder project might be suitable for an independent study or capstone project at your institution. To view example CollectionBuilder projects, please visit our CollectionBuilder Examples site.
Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with creative uses of the CollectionBuilder framework while learning from one another and comparing experiences in a cohort environment. This program is meant to be a learning opportunity; therefore, no specific technical knowledge is required to apply. Participants will use CollectionBuilder’s robust documentation and follow tutorials to set up their sites, then work with the CollectionBuilder team and one another to implement and document customization ideas.
Expectations Include:
- Participate in virtual discussions with other student incentive recipients and the CollectionBuilder team
- Follow a series of brief tutorials to prepare data and create a CollectionBuilder site
- Prepare and publish one short video tutorial documenting a CollectionBuilder feature, or a blog post that highlights your project
- Submit feedback and attend a follow-up virtual meeting with the CollectionBuilder team to discuss the experience
How to Apply: In the application form, you will be asked to answer some basic questions about yourself and the following short answer questions:
- Please briefly describe why you are interested in learning how to use CollectionBuilder.
- In 1-2 paragraphs, please describe any ideas you have for CollectionBuilder projects and discuss your research and academic interests.
- What kind of skills are you most interested in learning while using CollectionBuilder and why? We suggest reading this article before writing your response to help generate ideas.
- How would this cohort experience benefit your education and future career?
Students will create their projects during the Spring 2024 semester. Applications are due November 30, 2023.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a new program, Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, “to support research projects that seek to understand and address the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI. NEH is particularly interested in projects that explore the impacts of AI-related technologies on truth, trust, and democracy; safety and security; and privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.” The initiative supports AI-related humanities projects through the following funding opportunities:
See the announcement for more details, deadlines, and funding amounts at https://www.neh.gov/AI.
The Journal of Map & Geography Libraries is seeking 10 individuals to join their Editorial Board. From the email announcement:
The Journal of Map & Geography Libraries is seeking 10 individuals to join the Editorial Board and contribute to the future directions and success of the journal. We aim to assemble an Editorial Board with a diverse membership in terms of geographic distribution, professional expertise, and lived experience. We welcome applicants from a variety of roles (librarian, faculty, staff), areas of librarianship, and geographic regions, who have interests and expertise in topics relevant to map and geospatial library professionals.
Applicants are asked to provide a brief vision statement indicating why they are interested and what they would hope to accomplish as an Editorial Board member (300 words max.) along with a CV. Please send these materials via email to the journal’s Co-Editors – Theresa Quill (theward@indiana.edu) and Joshua Sadvari (sadvari.1@osu.edu) – by Friday, December 15, 2023 with the subject line “JMGL Editorial Board.”
Expectations and responsibilities of Editorial Board members
Editorial Board members will be expected to bring ideas, perspectives, contacts, and enthusiasm to their engagements with the Co-Editors and the board. A level of commitment and willingness to contribute is necessary, as the success of the journal depends on the support of the board.
Board members will be expected to serve for at least three years in their first term, and subsequent term periods can be negotiated. The expected annual time commitment of individual board members is relatively minimal and will consist of the main duties described below.
- To participate in an annual virtual Editorial Board meeting that will be organized by the Co-Editors
- To advise the Co-Editors on current trends and topics relevant to the field, especially as they relate to the scope, strategic directions, and operations of the journal
- To serve as peer reviewers for at least one submission per year and to provide constructive feedback, especially when working with new authors
- To assist the Co-Editors in identifying peer reviewers and to provide second opinions on submissions when requested (e.g., if there is a conflict between reviewers)
- To propose topics for special issues and to assist in identifying guest editors as appropriate
- To provide content for the journal, including writing guest editorials or submitting manuscripts for review as appropriate
- To identify future possible papers and encourage potential contributors through engagement in professional associations, conferences, networks, etc.
- To act as ambassadors of the journal to authors, readers, and subscribers, and encourage colleagues to submit their best work
- To assist the Co-Editors with other specific tasks when necessary (e.g., serving on the Best Paper of the Year selection committee)
Questions you may have about serving as an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries or the application process can be directed to the journal’s Co-Editors: Theresa Quill (theward@indiana.edu) and Joshua Sadvari (sadvari.1@osu.edu).
Applications are due Friday, December 15, 2023.
Visual Resources Association (VRA) announced the call for project grant applications for 2023-2024. From the VRA Project Grant description:
The Visual Resources Association Project Grant awards up to $3,000 to support projects in the field of visual resources and image management. The project must be completed within one year from the time the grant is formally accepted. The funds may be used for stand-alone projects or pilots, start-up financing for larger projects, or for a component of a larger project. Collaborative projects and those proposed by groups, whether or not affiliated with an organization or institution, are encouraged. Of particular interest are innovative projects with results that can have a broad impact and be shared with the global community. Categories to be considered for funding include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Metadata for Visual Media
- Visual Media Cataloguing Standards
- Visual Media Data Standards
- Digitization Projects of Special or Unique Collections (Educational Institutions, Libraries, Museums)
- Visual Literacy
- Technology Development for Visual Media Management and Pedagogy
- Intellectual Property Rights
Applicants should work in the broad field of visual resources and image management and do not have to be VRA members. Applications are due by November 3, 2023.
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced its call for proposals for the 2023-2024 cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices. From the call:
Launched in 2021, the program is designed to support efforts to digitize materials that deepen public understanding of the histories of people of color and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended.
These often “hidden” histories include, but are not limited to, those of Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other People of Color; Women; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-binary, and other Genderqueer people and communities; Immigrants; Displaced populations; Blind, Deaf, and Disabled people and communities; and Colonized, Disenfranchised, Enslaved, and Incarcerated people.
The application award site includes information about past and upcoming informational webinars, application guidelines, and the application portal. Initial Applications are due by November 1, 2023.
Early Modern Digital Itineraries, or EmDigIt, is looking for participants to attend 3 virtual workshops and 1 in-person conference toward developing a database of traveler itinerary books published between 1500-1750 and will provide a stipend for lodging and travel for the conference, slated for August 2024 at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
Each workshop will build toward the project and tool development and will conclude with presentations on the subsequent research. From the CFP:
Workshop 1 in January/February 2024 (precise date to be determined based on participant input): Introductions. Presentation of EmDigIt dataset and survey of available tools for spatial, premodern analysis.
Workshop 2 in March/April 2024 (TBD): Project updates from PI and student research assistants. Hands-on workshop in data exploration. Discussion and formation of research collaborations.
Workshop 3 in May/June 2024 (TBD): Lightning round presentations of progress on research questions to be presented in August workshop. Feedback and discussion.
Between the first and third meetings, participants will correspond independently with Dr. Midura and the student research assistants and/or advisory board members to refine research questions and identify the data that will be most useful to them. Participants are encouraged to work collaboratively, and co-authorship of presentations will be welcomed. We will work in turn to develop the data and produce targeted data subsets to use for your queries.
Workshop 4 will take place in-person on August 5th, to coincide with the Association for Digital Humanities Organization’s annual conference hosted by GMU on August 6th-9th. Participants will present on the outcome of their research using the EmDigIt data in 90-minute panels. A final roundtable will bring all participants together for a discussion and initial formulation of a collaborative, public white paper. Further opportunities for publication may be available depending on participant interest.
Early scholars, graduate students, and researchers who’s work may go beyond early modern history are still encouraged to apply. Digital Humanities experience is not required (though considered a bonus!) to apply.
Applications for this collaborative cohort are submitted in the online form on this site through October 1, 2023.
Enrollment is open for Omeka’s intensive courses for both Omeka Classic and Omeka S. The classes are appropriate for both new and experienced users. Upon completion students will receive a certificate. The classes run for eight weeks and are offered three times a year but are limited to 20 participants. Enrollment costs $600. From the description:
Perfect for digital scholarship librarians, project managers, and instructors, each eight-week, online course is designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of the Omeka platform infrastructure, of key approaches to planning sophisticated projects, of the techniques for building accessible, well-structured sites that take advantage of Omeka’s many functional add-ons.
Disclosure: This post highlights an opportunity in which a dh+lib editor has a financial interest. The editor involved has recused themselves from making editorial decisions on this post.
Hosted by the National Humanities Center, in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University, Podcasting the Humanities is a five-day virtual institute that will provide hands-on training for college and university faculty and staff, including librarians, digital humanities practitioners, and administrators, to translate research, commentary, and community-sourced narratives into podcast episodes.
The institute takes place June 12-16, 2023. All college or university faculty and staff are eligible to participate. Tuition for each participant is $975 and includes all equipment (microphone, headphones, windscreen) and materials. Applications are due April 21, 2023. New this year, the National Humanities Center is offering a scholarship program for independent scholars and financially unsupported instructors. These scholarship applications are due April 21.
Registration for Dream Lab 2023 is now open. Organized by the Price Lab for Digital Humanities and the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, this week-long digital humanities training opportunity is designed for “graduate students and early-stage scholars aspiring to be teaching faculty, research librarians, museum professionals, and archivists.”
Courses include:
Advocating for Community: Data Collection and Visualization, Dr. Jennifer Garcon, Cassandra Hradil, and Emily Esten
Black Speculative Digital Arts and Humanities, Dr. Michael Burns & Dr. Clay Colmon
Creative Coding, Dr. Mark Sample
Digital Humanities in the Classroom, Dorothy Berry & Roberto Vargas
Digital Surrogates, Dot Porter
East Asian Studies and Digital Humanities, Dr. Paula R. Curtis & Dr. Paul Vierthaler
Humanities Mapping, Dr. Andrew Janco
Nuts and Bolts of DH Project Development, Kayla Abner & Lauren Cooper
Text Analysis, Dr. J.D. Porter
Registration links are found at the top of each course page.
Registration costs: $400 Early-Bird Student, $500 Early-Bird Non-Student (through May 4).
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The Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR) is accepting applications for the Recordings at Risk program, which “support[s] the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value.” Applications for between $10,000 and $50,000 to digitally reformat projects will be accepted through April 19th, be announced in August, and be active between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024. From the announcement:
Awards will cover direct costs of preservation reformatting for aging audio, audiovisual, or visual time-based media by eligible U.S. nonprofit organizations working with experienced service providers. To make their determinations, CLIR’s independent review panel will assess the potential scholarly or public impact of proposed projects, the urgency of undertaking those projects, the viability of applicants’ plans for long-term preservation, and the appropriateness of the planned approach to creating access.
CLIR will hold an informational webinar for prospective applicants on Wednesday, February 15, at 2:00 pm EST. To register or for more information visit the Apply for an Award page.
CLIR is always looking for community members interested in reviewing applications to Recordings at Risk and other grant and fellowship programs. Anyone interested can submit their details using the Reviewer Expression of Interest Form.
News and future developments from the Recordings at Risk program will be available through the program website and Twitter @CLIRgrants.
Questions? Contact recordingsatrisk@clir.org.
Source: CLIR Invites Applications
