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JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Atlanta University Center

Jun

16

2016

From the announcement: The Atlanta University Center – Robert W. Woodruff Library is committed to displaying excellence in our delivery of service and is known for transformative change in innovative services and programs. Our organizational culture is represented by a staff of engaged and highly motivated individuals and is one in which entrepreneurial thinking is ...

CFParticipation: Digital Humanities on Slack

Jun

9

2016

Amanda Visconti (Purdue University) shared a form to join Digital Humanities Communities on Slack. Aimed at “anyone interested in both in some combination of ‘digital’ and ‘humanities’ (whatever those mean to you), and some activity such as coding/design/making/building/sysadministery/development at *any* level of experience, including being complete new to the activity.” The group also includes a ...

CFParticipation: The Business Model “Bootcamp” for Digital Project Leaders

Jun

9

2016

The Northwestern University Libraries has announced “Sustaining Digital Resources, the Business Model Bootcamp” this summer in Evanston, Illinois between August 8-10, 2016 for Digital Project Leaders. This intensive workshop, which past participants have described as a “mini-MBA where the topic is your project,” takes participants through the steps to developing a strong business case for ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of San Diego

Jun

9

2016

From the announcement: The University of San Diego’s Copley Library seek a Digital Initiatives Librarian, a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position. This person plays a key role in making the University of San Diego’s scholarship and unique collections accessible to the world. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in planning USD’s distinguished ...

JOB: Data Visualization Designer and Digital Consultant for the Arts

Jun

9

2016

From the announcement: The University Libraries of Virginia Tech seeks a specialist to join a team offering critical and sophisticated new technology development services that enhance the scholarly and creative expression of faculty and graduate students. This new position will bring relevant computational techniques to the enhance the fields of Art and Design at Virginia ...

POST: How We Teach? Digital Humanities Pedagogy in an Imperfect World

Jun

9

2016

Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University) posted the text of her keynote delivered at the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN) Conference in Calgary. The talk explores what it means to teach digital humanities and how practitioners “must differentiate it from other practices of digital pedagogy, and whether in this world that is ...

dh+lib/HASTAC Meetup at DHSI 2016

Jun

6

2016

**update** dh+lib and HASTAC both planned meetups for Wednesday at Smugglers’ Cover, so we’re joining forces for a joint dh+lib/HASTAC Meetup! Note the time is now 6:00-8:00. All are welcome! Attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute and interested in how libraries, archives, and museums contribute to the “teaching, research, dissemination, creation, and preservation” of the digital ...

Human Rights and Archival Practice: Equality, Inclusion, Accountability

May

18

2016

Yvonne Ng is Senior Archivist at WITNESS, an organization that “trains and supports activists and citizens around the world to use video safely, ethically, and effectively to expose human rights abuse and fight for human rights change.” Yvonne currently serves on the Advisory Board of Documenting the Now, and previously worked as a Research Fellow for ...

POST: The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Bethany Nowviskie

May

12

2016

In the fifth installment of the special interview feature series “The Digital in the Humanities,” in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Melissa Dinsman (University of Notre Dame) interviews Bethany Nowviskie (Digital Library Foundation) about her background in digital work, its role inside universities and beyond them, and the role of libraries and librarians in the digital humanities. ...

CFP: Places, Spaces, Sites: Mapping Critical Intersections in Digital Humanities

May

12

2016

The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas has released a CFP for its Digital Humanities Forum 2016, on the theme of Places, Spaces, Sites: Mapping Critical Intersections in Digital Humanities. The 2016 forum will take place Saturday, October 1. From the CFP: Notions of place, space, and site are ...

JOB: Program Director of Mountain West Digital Library, University of Utah

May

12

2016

From the announcement: The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) seeks an energetic, visionary, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Program Director. This is an excellent opportunity to work with collaborative and enthusiastic colleagues across the Mountain West to maintain and improve access to unique and rare materials from libraries and other memory institutions. ...