JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, Haverford College

From the announcement: Creatively engages in support of faculty and students involved in digital scholarship. Participates in the development of digital projects and collections by providing a full range of reference, instruction, and collection development/management, preservation, and metadata services for all areas of digital scholarship.. Supports and serves as a resource to colleagues in developing ...

RESOURCE: staticAid: A Static Site Generator for Archival Description

Hillel Arnold (Rockefeller Archive Center), has written a blog post, “Introducing staticAid: A Static Site Generator for Archival Description” that describes an approach to creating static web pages for archival finding aids using the ArchivesSpace REST API and Jekyll. He explains: I’ve termed this a “thought exercise in code” since this was really a way for me ...

CFP: Digital Humanities Awards

Voting for the 2015 round of Digital Humanities Awards: Highlighting Resources in Digital Humanities opened this week. Participants can vote for their favorite projects and pieces in four categories: Best use of DH for Fun, Best DH Tool of Suite of Tools, Best Blog Post or Series of Posts, Best DH Data Visualization, and Best Use DH ...

OPPORTUNITY: Humanities Intensive Learning & Teaching Institute

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 ...

JOB: Technology Initiatives Coordinator, Triangle Research Libraries Network

From the announcement: The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) seeks a collaborative, tech-savvy, and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Technology Initiatives Coordinator. A newly-envisioned position, the TRLN Technology Initiatives Coordinator will work closely with talented librarians, technologists, and developers across four academic institutions to lead the development of a variety of ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries

From the announcement: The University of Toronto Libraries seeks a highly organized, flexible, and creative professional librarian to work in the Information Technology Services Department. Reporting to the Director, ITS, the Digital Initiatives librarian is responsible for the support and continued development of innovative local digital scholarly projects and collections that support the teaching and ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, San Diego State University

From the announcement: San Diego State University Library & Information Access seeks applications and nominations of dynamic, innovative, and service-oriented candidates for the position of Digital Humanities Librarian. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking individual to collaborate with SDSU’s Digital Humanities Initiative to envision and develop digital scholarship services at SDSU. This position ...

JOB: Digital Services Coordinator, Loyola Notre Dame Library

From the announcement: The Loyola Notre Dame Library seeks a dynamic, innovative and experienced individual to provide leadership to support digital and technology services. The Digital Services Coordinator will coordinate and support digital and technology services that support research, teaching and learning programs in the Library. The successful candidate will communicate effectively and work collaboratively with units throughout ...

JOB: Solutions Architect, University of Michigan Library

From the announcement: The University of Michigan Library is seeking a talented and experienced Solutions Architect to join the Library Information Technology (IT) division in designing, engineering, and building solutions for enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure, and large-scale application integration for the U-M Library. The successful candidate will first focus on the large-scale implementation of a ...

RECOMMENDED: To Hell With Good Intentions: Linked Data, Community and the Power to Name

Mx A. Matienzo (Digital Public Library of America) has posted a version of their keynote address from the 2015 Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Forum, “To Hell With Good Intentions: Linked Data, Community and the Power to Name.” Matienzo frames the talk in the context of a hope that “… we can start to examine linked ...

POST: Library-Faculty Partnerships Enrich Undergraduate Teaching at Washington and Lee

In a post on the Digital Library Federation’s blog this week, Mackenzie Brooks and Brandon Walsh (both Washington and Lee University) detail collaborations between librarians and faculty on undergraduate-centered digital pedagogy and scholarship across Washington and Lee University. Brooks and Walsh state that their “primary goal is to foster communication and training among librarians and faculty at ...