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CFP: 2016 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities & Computer Science (deadline extended)

Sep

22

2016

The organizers of the 2016 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (November 11-13, 2016) have extended the call for papers and poster presentations: The 2016 theme is “New Directions,” and we invite submissions on any research broadly related to Digital Humanities and Computer Science work applied to humanistic research, with a particular focus ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Outreach Librarian, Michigan State University

Sep

22

2016

From the announcement: The Michigan State University Libraries currently has a posting for a Digital Scholarship Outreach Librarian, Librarian I, posted on MAP (MSU Applicant Page). Posting 3981: Reporting to the Head of the Digital Scholarship & Curation Unit, outreach, branding and coordination of digital scholarship services will be a significant and immediate focus for ...

POST: Doing not Being a Book

Sep

15

2016

Jacqueline Wernimont (Arizona State University) has published the slides and text of a recent talk she gave at the Yale Book History Seminar,”Doing not Being a Book.” Wernimont’s post focuses on “the death of the book” by looking at its history and academic current uses, including “affordances of digital ‘dynamic knowledge systems’ that (like books) ...

POST: The Open Library of Humanities: Year One

Sep

15

2016

Open Library of Humanities (OLH) founders and Academic Project Directors Martin Paul Eve and Caroline Edwards (both Birkbeck, University of London) have authored a post celebrating the one year anniversary of the launch of the OLH. The post provides information on the journals published by OLH, as well as statistics on publication, subscriptions, and views ...

POST: There’s A (Digital) Outcome For That!

Sep

15

2016

Cinthya Ippoliti (Oklahoma State University) has authored a post for the LITA blog on creating information literacy learning outcomes for digitally inflected assignments. How do we know that students know how to use a 3D printer successfully? How can we measure the learning that occurred when they designed a file for upload into a visualization ...

CFP: Histories of Digital Labor, Past and Present

Sep

15

2016

Shawna Ross and Andrew Pilsch (both Texas A&M University) have issued a call for proposals for an edited collection, Histories of Digital Labor, Past and Present: This edited collection will not only continue to uncover … occluded histories, but also will interrogate our definitions of and assumptions about labor, effort, merit, and reward structures as they relate ...

CFP: Digital Humanities Centres: Experiences and Perspectives

Sep

15

2016

The Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Warsaw is hosting a two-day conference on “Digital Humanities Centres: Experiences and Perspectives.” The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH EU), Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, and the Committee of Linguistics of ...

OPPORTUNITY: NFAIS 2016 Humanities Roundtable

Sep

15

2016

Onsite and virtual registration is open for the National Federation of Advanced Information Systems (NFAIS) 2016 Humanities Roundtable. The theme of this year’s roundtable is “Digital Humanities: Preserving the Past, Capturing the Present & Building the Future.” The roundtable “will explore the world of digital humanities through various lenses”: How scholarly communications supports Digital Humanities ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian & Curator of OWU Historical Collection, Ohio Wesleyan University

Sep

15

2016

From the announcement: Background Experience General knowledge of library procedures; demonstrated technological acumen; knowledge of and comfort with emerging technologies; knowledge of copyright, intellectual access and digital rights management issues; knowledge of cataloging, metadata, and archival storage standards; experience with digitization projects/initiatives; familiarity with digital asset management systems such as CONTENTdm and Digital Commons; and ...

JOB: Metadata Technologies Librarian, Ohio University

Sep

15

2016

From the announcement: Ohio University Libraries seeks a dynamic and ambitious individual for the position of Metadata Technologies Librarian. The successful candidate will be motivated by metadata challenges in a changing library landscape; will be energized by collaborative efforts; and will work effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds. Reporting to the Head ...

RECOMMENDED: Trans-ing History on the Web: The Digital Transgender Archive

Sep

8

2016

In a post on AHA Today, Sadie Bergen (American Historical Association) discusses the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) with K.J. Rawson (College of the Holy Cross, DTA). The DTA was established to enable researchers to locate and make use of transgender-related materials in digital and physical collections. The DTA, which continues to grow, currently contains some ...