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OPPORTUNITY: Host a #DLFteach Twitter Chat

Jan

28

2021

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) Digital Library Pedagogy working group, also known as #DLFteach, has published their slate of 2021 #DLFTeach Twitter chats: Tuesday, February 16th, 2:00pm EST – more info coming soon! Tuesday, April 20th, 2:00 pm EST Thursday, June 17th, 2:00 pm EST Tuesday, August 17th, 7:00 pm EST Monday, October 18th, 2:00 pm ...

JOB: Director of Information Systems & Digital Access (University of Dayton)

Jan

28

2021

From the announcement: The University Libraries at the University of Dayton seek a collaborative and service-oriented individual to provide leadership to the Libraries’ information systems and digital access initiatives and services. Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and serving as a member of the Libraries’ leadership council, this position leads a team responsible for the ...

JOB: Digital Access & Preservation Librarian (Center for Jewish History)

Jan

28

2021

From the announcement: From 2018-2020, the Center implemented a new digital asset management and preservation system, Ex Libris’ Rosetta, to replace the Center’s previous system. As part of the implementation, over 50 terabytes of digital assets were migrated to Rosetta. The Center seeks a systems-focused librarian tasked with the maintenance of the shared system and ...

RECOMMENDED: CNI Fall 2020 Project Briefings

Dec

10

2020

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) released abstracts for its Fall 2020 project briefings, which include wide-ranging topics and scope, from containerization of digital exhibits and building data literacy, to big social data stewardship and collaborative pedagogy. We’ve listed some of the many of interest to digital humanities librarianship. Academic Libraries Join the Fight Against ...

RESOURCE: CariDiScho2020: A Directory of Caribbean Digital Scholarship

Dec

10

2020

CariDiScho2020: A Directory of Caribbean Scholarship is “an open-source bibliography of digital resources resulting from—and meant for—the study of the Caribbean.” From the project, All of our entries were compiled during one of the out-of-synch events that defined The Caribbean Digital VII conference. We shared a “Data Sheet” on Google docs with our colleagues on social media ...

RESOURCE: Accessible Documentary Heritage (UNESCO)

Dec

10

2020

In honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2020, UNESCO released, Accessible Documentary Heritage, which offers a set of guidelines for digitizing heritage documents that centers disability and accessibility. The publication draws upon key features of the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the 2015 ...

EVENT: PIDapalooza 2021

Dec

10

2020

PIDapalooza is an annual festival and collaboration between the California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite, NISO and ORCID, to celebrate a shared love of persistent identifiers (PIDs) and the metadata that connects them. “An excuse to get together with other like-minded PID-fans across the world and party like only PID-lovers can. Usually taking place in January ...

CFP: dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Spring 2021

Dec

10

2020

The dh+lib Review, a volunteer-driven service for highlighting and sharing the best of digital humanities and libraries, is looking for Editors-at-Large for Spring 2021. dh+lib Review posts appear on the dh+lib homepage, in a weekly email newsletter, and are shared in our Twitter feed. Items are selected from the streams of content produced and shared ...

CFP: KULA Special Issue: Metadata as Knowledge

Dec

10

2020

KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies is a peer-reviewed and multidisciplinary open-access journal. The editors are currently seeking submissions for a special issue, “Metadata as Knowledge.” From the call: Metadata plays a powerful role in our lives. It describes, tracks, and annotates all manner of things including resources, websites, products, communication, and even people. ...

CFP: Visualizing Objects, Places, and Spaces: A Digital Project Handbook

Dec

10

2020

Developed by Beth Fischer (Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities at the Williams College Museum of Art) and Hannah Jacobs (Digital Humanities Specialist, Wired! Lab, Duke University), Visualizing Objects, Places, and Spaces: A Digital Project Handbook is an open-access publication “designed to fill the gap between platform-specific tutorials and disciplinary discourse in digital humanities, digital scholarship, ...

JOB: Data & Digital Collections Librarian (University of Toronto)

Dec

10

2020

From the announcement: The University of Toronto is committed to diversity. Applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the diversification of ideas are especially welcomed. POSITION: Data & Digital Collections Librarian (Librarian I/II position) DEPARTMENT: University of Toronto Scarborough ...