Category: Opportunity

From the call:

From the latest digital preservation tools to new digital exhibits, the tools and technologies at the disposal of archives profession are constantly changing and emerging. Are you interested in new technologies and digital projects and want to explore their impact and utility for archives and archivists? Do you have more than a passing familiarity with the latest archives and information management technology? Are you interested in bringing information about the latest archives resources and technologies to your colleagues?

The Society of American Archivists invites applications for the position of Coordinator of The American Archivist Reviews Portal. The portal includes information about professional products and services, and the reviews complement and expand on content published in the reviews section of The American Archivist. This is a volunteer position and works directly under the supervision of the Reviews Editor.

The deadline for applications is July 1, 2016.

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have announced a jointly funded program to “support individual scholars pursuing research projects that require digital expression and digital publication,” the NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication. Projects funded through this fellowship program:

… must be conceived as digital because the nature of the research and the topics being addressed demand presentation beyond traditional print publication. Successful projects will likely incorporate visual, audio, and/or other multimedia materials or flexible reading pathways that could not be included in traditionally published books.

Applications are due April 28, 2016.

Registration is open for the 2016 slate of Humanities Intensive Learning & Teaching Institute offerings. This year’s program takes place at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis from Monday, June 13 to Thursday, June 16th.

Courses include:

• Building and Sustaining Digital Humanities Centers
• Digital Pedagogy and Networked Learning
• Getting Started with Data, Tools, and Platforms
• Humanities Making
• Humanities Programming
• Text Analysis from Object to Interpretation
• Working with Scalar
• Analyzing and Presenting Spatial Data

The 2016 HILT Institute is a joint project of Center for Digital Scholarship at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University Library, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland, and MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University.

From the announcement:

The Digital Strategy interns will assist with the ongoing project to make the Museum and Library’s unique collections available and searchable online. The interns, under the guidance of the Digital Strategy department, will focus on enhancing previously created metadata using a controlled vocabulary and schema. They will gain familiarity with Islandora, the museum’s digital asset management system, through the ingestion of digital assets and accompanying metadata, and the creation of content for the Hall of Fame’s website. Duties may also include the creation of content for the Museum’s social media and other digital channels.

 

 

The American Historical Association‘s AHA Today blog highlighted a new grant program from the American Council of Learned Societies‘ (ACLS). The ACLS Digital Extension Grant program is designed to provide “flexible support at the level of the digital research project as opposed to the individual scholar.” This funding can cover a range of project activities, such as:

The Digital Library Federation has announced a partnership with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute to provide discounts to the summer digital humanities training programs to all affiliated with its member organizations.  Additionally,  they will provide full-tuition scholarships for five “DLF-DHSI Cross-Pollinator Fellows.” From the announcement:

DLF recognizes the value of partnering with endeavors that seriously engage issues of digital standards, stewardship, digital scholarship, and technical training and education. “DLF member institutions are deeply engaged in the development and application of new technologies to support teaching, research, and the public good,” writes director Bethany Nowviskie, “so DHSI, as a professional development program that builds capacity for DH and humanities data curation, is a perfect match. We hope not only library and museum professionals, but also faculty and students affiliated with our members will take advantage of this terrific benefit.”

More information about the application process to become one of our five 2016 DLF-DHSI Cross-Pollinator Fellows will be available on the DLF website in November — but members not interested in a tuition scholarship opportunity are welcome to register for DHSI courses at any time, using DLF discount codes available here: http://dhsi.org/registration.html.

Adeline Koh (Richard Stockton College) authored a post for ProfHacker about the Digital Pedagogy Lab‘s offerings including upcoming courses: Teaching with Twitter and Learning Online. Koh adds:

What I greatly appreciate about the Digital Pedagogy Lab courses is that they have provided adjunct and student rates for all the classes. They are also short–each of them only lasts about three intense weeks, which for me is the perfect way to learn: build up a momentum quickly and ride through it before it dies out. Early bird specials are still ongoing for the Fall courses, so if they intrigue you, make sure you sign up before they go away.

 

In an effort to bring new voices and perspectives to its annual conference, the Digital Library Federation (DLF) is offering several fellowships and travel awards. The DLF Forum will be held October 26-28, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The fellowships and awards include:

• ARL + DLF Forum Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups
• DLF Forum Fellowships for Students and New Professionals
• DLF Forum Museum Cross-Pollinator Fellowships
• DLF + ER&L Cross-Pollinator Travel Awards
• VRA + DLF Cross-Pollinator Travel Grant (coming soon)

Up to 15 fellows and travel award winners will receive travel assistance and complimentary Forum registration. Applications are due by 4:00pm EDT on May 22, 2015 (with the exception of the VRA + DLF Grant, which are due June 15), and the fellows will be announced in July.

Washington State University is hosting a series of webinars around the theme of “critical making in digital humanities.” The sessions are held online from 10:00-11:30am PST/1:00-2:30pm EST and are free, although signup is required. Sessions include:

March 12, 2015
“DUST: Critical Making and Alternate Reality Games (ARG).”
Kari Kraus, University of Maryland

March 17, 2015
“Media Archaeology as Practice-Based Research”
Lori Emerson, University of Colorado, Boulder

March 23, 2015
“Critical Making: Where are the Politics?”
Jentery Sayers, University of Victoria

March 26, 2015
“Critical Making: Rethinking the Maker Movement”
Garnet Hertz, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

April 7, 2015
“Critical Making Between Page and Screen”
Amaranth Borsuk, University of Washington-Bothell

April 9, 2015
“The Commitments of Critical Making: Rocks, Papers, Screens.”
Matt Ratto, University of Toronto

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) is looking for Communications fellows for 2015-2016. The position requires 3-4 hours per week, pays 600 Euros, and is ideally targeted for graduate students. The fellows will:

• write news releases, blog posts and announcements about ADHO, its constituent organizations, and the broader digital humanities community
• monitor and update ADHO’s social media presence
• maintain its web site
• help to develop and implement ADHO’s outreach strategy
• and perform other communications-related responsibilities

To apply, submit a CV or résumé, a brief writing sample, three letters of reference, and a cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position to Lisa Spiro at lisamspiro@gmail.com by March 30, 2015.