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RESOURCE: Visualizing the Humanist

Dec

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2014

David McClure (freelance developer) has published a visualization of the corpus of the Humanist listserv. The network analysis uses Textplot and d3 to synthesize the 12 million words that appeared on the listserv from 1987-2014. In a corresponding post, McClure describes the project an effort to uncover “some kind of broad, diachronic shift in semantic ...

RESOURCE: Adventures in Geocoding for Neatline

Dec

11

2014

Anna Kijas (University of Connecticut) shares her experience using Ruby and Omeka’s Neatline plugin to add geocoded information to her Documenting Teresa Carreño project. The tutorial discusses how to use a Ruby geocoding script to geocode data as Well Known Text, which is required for Neatline.

OPPORTUNITY: IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries

Dec

11

2014

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications for Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries. The Sparks grants range from $10,000 to $25,000 and “encourage libraries and archives to prototype and evaluate innovations that result in new tools, products, services, or organizational practices.” IMLS is hosting two information webinars to answer questions about ...

CFP: Code4Lib Journal Special Issue on Diversity in Library Technology

Dec

11

2014

The Code4Lib Journal is accepting proposals for a special issue on diversity in library technology, to appear in April 2015. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to: Building diverse technology teams Implementing a code of conduct and/or assessing its efficacy Designing for accessibility Partnerships to foster inclusivity in the field Library tech programming ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Archivist, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Dec

11

2014

From the announcement: Decimal Lab at UOIT is seeking a researcher at the PhD candidate level to contribute to the development of a Digital Humanities archive called The Fabric of Digital Life, which has met its first phase of development. The Fabric of Digital Life archive has been established to collect, track, and archive the ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Archivist, University of South Carolina

Dec

11

2014

From the description: This position will be responsible for developing and implementing policies for the accessioning, appraisal, preservation, and description of, and access to, born-digital records collected by South Carolina Political Collections. The Digital Initiatives Archivist will also assist with outreach, including digitization of audiovisual materials for use in online and on-site interactive exhibits, and ...

EVENT: The Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, #rrchnm20

Nov

20

2014

A conference celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media took place at George Mason University, November 14-15, 2014. The first day was an unconference format devoted to “Hacking the History of RRCHNM,” followed by a day of invited short talks and discussion grouped into two topics: “the future ...

RESOURCE: Evaluating Digital Scholarship: Suggestions and Strategies for the Text Encoding Initiative

Nov

20

2014

Issue 7 (“Reaching Out, Opting In”) of the Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative is now available. The issue contains work on learning TEI, interoperable scholarly editions, design methodology, as well as an article by Sarah L. Pfannenschmidt and Tanya E. Clement entitled, “Evaluating Digital Scholarship: Suggestions and Strategies for the Text Encoding Initiative.” The ...

RESOURCE: Working with Data Using OpenRefine

Nov

20

2014

Owen Stephens (Open University) has written a post sharing the materials for his British Library course, Working with Data. The course is part of the Digital Scholarship Training Programme aimed at cross-training British Library staff. The program’s offerings are “designed to be introductory and are aimed at ‘Intelligent Novices’, that is, colleagues who have heard ...

CFP: New Directions in the Humanities Conference

Nov

20

2014

The Thirteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus, June 17-19, 2015. The call for papers includes a “Special Focus for 2015: From the Digital Humanities to a Humanities of the Digital”: The conference will analyze this special focus through an interdisciplinary lens, ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, California College of the Arts

Nov

20

2014

From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Librarian (DSL) will provide vision and energy in promoting the discovery, use and interoperability of digital content and digital resources in support of new knowledge creation at the college. The DSL will provide overall management for a multidisciplinary range of digital content, which includes standard file formats (i.e. publication, ...