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RESOURCE: Data Mining the Internet Archive Collection

Mar

18

2014

A new lesson by Caleb McDaniel on The Programming Historian focuses on downloading and analyzing records from the Internet Archive. From the description: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to download files from such collections using a Python module specifically designed for the Internet Archive. You will also learn how to use another Python module ...

JOB: Curator of Digital Collections, Chemical Heritage Foundation

Mar

18

2014

From the announcement: The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) is actively recruiting for the newly created position of Curator of Digital Collections. Founded in 1982, CHF is a collections-based non-profit organization that preserves the history and heritage of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences and technologies. The collections of rare books, archives, images, fine art, museum ...

POST: Walking the Talk

Mar

11

2014

Kevin Smith (Duke University) has written a post recapping a presentation by Erin McKirenan (National Institute of Public Health, Mexico) about her commitment to open access at the SPARC Open Access meeting. There, McKirenan “offered concrete suggestions for early-career researchers who want to work in the open and also get appropriate credit for their work. Her ...

POST: Accessible Future Workshop

Mar

11

2014

Adeline Koh (Richard Stockton College) wrote about her experiences at Accessible Future, an NEH-funded workshop on making the web more accessible to people with disabilities. Held at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, the two day workshop was led by Jennifer Guiliano (University of Maryland) and George Williams (University of South Carolina Upstate). ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship & Visual Resources Librarian, Connecticut College

Mar

10

2014

From the announcement: “Connecticut College seeks an innovative and learner-centered Digital Scholarship and Visual Resources Librarian who understands the changing environment of instructional technology, digital scholarship, and visual resources in an academic environment. The successful candidate will lead the development and coordinate the College’s digital scholarship program. S/he will also promote and support the use ...

PROJECT: Selfiecity

Mar

10

2014

Selfiecity “investigates selfies using a mix of theoretic, artistic and quantitative methods.” The project, led by Lev Manovich, Mortiz Stefaner and several others, is a collection 3,200 “selfies” collected from five cities around the globe that critically examine a particular type of new media to reveal demographic and other patterns. The site includes an interactive ...

JOB: Lead Developer, MITH

Mar

9

2014

From the announcement: “MITH is seeking a Lead Developer to work on research-intensive projects in the digital humanities. The Lead Developer will work with other senior MITH staff to conceptualize, implement, and develop software for research work in a collaborative, team-driven environment. This role requires creative leadership and commitment to research and development leading to novel ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Illinois Institute of Technology Library

Mar

9

2014

From the announcement: “The Digital Initiatives Librarian is a member of the Paul V. Galvin Library professional staff who, under the direction of the Head of Assessment, Planning and Scholarly Communications, provides leadership for digital collections and special collections services. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will also manage select digital resources at Galvin Library including the ...

POST: What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Leadership, Technology, and Gender?

Mar

4

2014

Chris Bourg (Stanford University) has offered initial ideas for the LTG Summit, a 3-day gathering to discuss leadership, technology, and gender in libraries, which will be held March 19-21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. The summit will explore answers to the challenge question, “What can we do to combat gender inequality and sexism in library technology?” Bourg ...

POST: Biases and Errors In Our Tools: How Do You Cope? Reflections of a Newcomer to Textual Analysis

Mar

4

2014

Jennifer Vinopal (New York University) asks the question, “how do you cope with the possibility that the tools you are using may be biased (or error prone) and that the “black box” is sending you down the wrong research highway?” Vinopal relates her experience using a text analysis tool that revealed the term “e-books” was ...

RESOURCE: A Draft Style Guide for Digital Collection Hypertexts

Mar

4

2014

Trevor Owens (Library of Congress) offers a draft style guide for online collections that will be particularly useful for those responsible for creating and curating digital content (such as exhibits built in Omeka). Owens seeks to “take the ideas of exhibition and print publications that make extensive use of deep captions and figure out how ...