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JOB: Managing Director, Scholars’ Lab, University of Virginia Library

Jun

23

2016

From the announcement: The University of Virginia Library seeks a Managing Director to help shape and steward our internationally respected Scholars’ Lab. This individual will work closely with the Academic Director to develop and support the deep resources for digital scholarship within the vibrant intellectual community at UVA. The Managing Director will inform the vision ...

JOB: Research Data Management Librarian & Head for Scholarly Communication Department, University of Indiana

Jun

23

2016

From the announcement: The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries seek a proactive, innovative, collaborative Department Head for Scholarly Communications, with additional responsibilities as Research Data Management Librarian. The incumbent will be responsible for directing the work of the department in addition to personal responsibility for the development and delivery of research data management services. In addition ...

Building a dh+lib Community with a Global Outlook

Jun

22

2016

“How can we move beyond a monolingual DH, and promote exchange of works among linguistic communities? And how can we ensure this exchange is ongoing and sustainable?” dh+lib has long been interested in tackling these issues for our community of practice. The 2016 Digital Humanities conference will offer an opportunity to design and test an approach: attendees ...

DHIG at ALA Annual: Leadership Opportunities, Panels, Meetups

Jun

20

2016

Headed to ALA Annual? There will be a lot of opportunities for interacting with colleagues working at the intersection of digital humanities and libraries. At the Digital Humanities Interest Group (DHIG) meeting, self-nominated 2017-2018 Convener candidates will present briefly to the membership. All interested individuals are encouraged to submit self-nominations by June 24. Attendance at ALA Annual ...

RECOMMENDED: #PulseOrlandoSyllabus, #CharlestonSyllabus, and the public good

Jun

16

2016

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) has posted a spotlight item, “#PulseOrlandoSyllabus, #CharlestonSyllabus, and the public good,” discussing the collective syllabus building movements that have followed in the wake of public tragedies and inviting editorial contributions to #PulseOrlandoSyllabus. We are heartened by the rapid response on the part of many in the digital library community to do what ...

POST: Some Thoughts on Ethics and DocNow

Jun

16

2016

Bergis Jules (UC Riverside) recently published “Some Thoughts on Ethics and DocNow” on Medium. Jules’ piece focuses on the ethics of collecting social media archives, prompted by his work on the DocNow project, which “responds to public’s use of social media for chronicling historically significant events, as well as demand from scholars, students, and archivists, among ...

POST: Mecha-Archivists Revisited: An Interview with Trevor Owens and Emily Reynolds

Jun

16

2016

BloggERS!, the blog of the Society of American Archivists’ Electronic Records Section, recently published “Mecha-Archivists Revisited: An Interview with Trevor Owens and Emily Reynolds.” Owens and Reynolds (both IMLS) discussed the IMLS’ national digital platform funding priority, its impact on the work of digital archivists, exciting projects coming out of the funding priority, and the concept ...

RESOURCE: Memorandum of Understanding Collection

Jun

16

2016

Rafia Mirza, Peace Ossom Williamson, and Brett D. Currier (all University of Texas at Arlington) have compiled a Memorandum of Understanding Collection, comprising a workbook, templates for both general and particular project use (such as open access journal-hosting and systematic reviews), and other examples and resources to guide large scale projects that involve collaborations with the library. ...

RESOURCE: Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit

Jun

16

2016

The University of Michigan Library has released Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit, written by Melissa Levine, Richard C. Adler, Justin Bonfiglio, Kristina Eden, and Brian S. Hall (all University of Michigan). The toolkit, which aims to help users determine copyright status of works in their collections, can be read in sections ...

JOB: Director, Georgia HomePLACE

Jun

16

2016

From the announcement: Serves as the primary liaison between the Digital Library of Georgia and the state’s public libraries. Oversees the Georgia HomePLACE (Providing Library and Archives Collections Electronically) project and provides support in planning, budgeting, scheduling, facilitating, reporting and publicizing HomePLACE collaborative digitization projects. Works with DLG to implement multiple collaborative HomePLACE digitization projects ...

JOB: National Digital Stewardship Resident, Various Institutions (5 positions)

Jun

16

2016

From the announcement: The National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) is a collaborative field experience program developed by The Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This will be the third cohort of residents based in Washington, D.C. The program aims to develop a community of professionals in the dynamic field ...