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Introducing dh+lib Scene Reports

Oct

21

2015

Do you ever wonder what digital humanities (DH) programs are simmering at other institutions? How others got involved with DH or libraries and archives? What emergent theory is guiding this area? How galleries and museums are encountering and implicated by DH (and vice versa)? dh+lib is pleased to introduce Scene Reports, a series that aims ...

POST: The World As Seen Through Books: An Interview with Kalev Hannes Leetaru

Oct

15

2015

Erin Engle (Library of Congress) has posted an interview with Kalev Hannes Leetaru (George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security) at the Signal Digital Preservation blog, detailing research he recently completed comparing the Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and Google Books Ngrams Collections. Kalev: … To explore this further, with the assistance of Google, Clemson University, the Internet ...

CFP: Debates in the Digital Humanities 2017

Oct

15

2015

Matthew K. Gold (City University of New York) and Lauren Klein (Georgia Tech), editors of Debates in the Digital Humanities 2017, have released a call for proposals . Suggested topics of particular interest to those working in libraries, archives, and museum include: DH, diversity, and difference. How should DH account for diversity and difference–in terms ...

CFP: Call for Case Studies on Data Ethics from the Council on Big Data, Ethics & Society

Oct

15

2015

The Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society has issued a call for case studies written by researchers, practitioners, and educators on complex issues of data ethics. From the call: The Council is seeking researchers, practitioners, and educators to write case studies based on real-world examples that examine complex issues of data ethics. A case study should ...

OPPORTUNITY: Digital Humanities training through DLF & DHSI

Oct

15

2015

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 ...

JOB: Omeka Designer, People’s Archive of Police Violence, Cleveland

Oct

15

2015

From the announcement: People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland exists as an online archive to collect, preserve, and provide access to the stories, memories, and accounts of police violence as experienced or observed by Cleveland citizens. The archive, which currently holds more than 20 hours of primary-source audio and video footage, seeks a designer ...

JOB: Assistant or Associate Professor position in Digital Humanities, University of Cincinnati

Oct

15

2015

From the announcement: The University of Cincinnati invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in Digital Humanities with a specialization in Early Modern British Literature and Culture. This is a tenure-track position. Finalist must have PhD by August 14th, 2016. This is a joint appointment between the Department of English and Comparative Literature ...

JOB: Digital Projects Librarian, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR

Oct

15

2015

From the announcement: The Digital Projects Librarian will develop, implement, lead, and manage a variety of digital library projects for the preservation, discovery, sharing, and integration of scientific information. This includes prioritizing work and managing deadlines for multiple digital projects with competing demands. Essential Functions: Design, test, and maintain digital library applications and associated tools. ...

POST: On Capacity and Care

Oct

8

2015

Bethany Nowviskie (CLIR) has shared a “blended” version of two recent talks in her post, “On Capacity and Care.” Addressing the dual topics of sustainable digital humanities and the future of graduate education, Nowviskie frames her discussion using the notion of “care”: I offer care as a hard-nosed survival strategy, and as a strategy to ...

POST: Questions to Ask When You Learn of Digitization Projects

Oct

8

2015

Sarah Werner highlights some of the thornier issues around access to digital collections in a recent blog post, “Questions to Ask When You Learn of Digitization Projects.” As news reports of increased access to historical materials make the rounds, Werner reminds us to interrogate the motives behind projects, noting the challenges of balancing the often ...

POST: Guidelines for Digital Dissertations in History

Oct

8

2015

Sharon Leon (Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media) has written a post discussing the genesis of the newly-released “Digital Dissertation Guidelines” for George Mason University’s History and Art History Department. Leon points to some of the materials that were consulted in developing the guidelines, though she ends on a cautionary note: [W]e still ...