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JOB: Head of Digital Initiatives (Georgetown University)

Apr

18

2025

From the announcement: Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation’s capital. With the Hilltop Campus located in the heart of the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus, just minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court, Georgetown University offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, and unparalleled opportunities to engage with ...

RECOMMENDED: ALA Statement on White House Assault on IMLS

Apr

3

2025

On March 15, 2025, the American Library Association (ALA) released a statement in response to the March 14 executive order that calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) along with several other federal agencies. As the statement notes, “To dismiss some 75 committed workers and mission of an agency ...

RESOURCE: Digital Preservation Coalition Competency Framework

Apr

3

2025

The Digital Preservation Coalition has released version 2 of The DPC Competency Framework that “builds on previous work on identifying competencies for digital preservation and guidance from key models of good practice to provide a framework” that is accessible for professional development, training, and easy access. Like version 2, the original version contained 5 competency areas ...

PROJECT: Digital Humanities Awards 2024

Apr

3

2025

The Digital Humanities Awards are annual, community-driven awards recognizing innovation and expertise in digital humanities. Resources are nominated and voted on entirely by the public. This year, over 90 resources have been nominated across eight categories, including “Best Use of DH for Fun,” “Best DH Dataset or Model,” and “Best DH Resource.” These awards aim ...

PROJECT: Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online

Apr

3

2025

Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online is a scholarly platform for introducing concepts, terms, projects, and resources for teaching and working with the art, architecture, and visual culture of Islam. The project was founded in 2020 by a team of researchers and students, lead by Professor of Islamic art at the University of Michigan, Christiane Gruber, ...

EVENT: DH@Guelph 2025

Apr

3

2025

DH@Guelph is hosting their annual, in-person workshops Monday, May 12 to Thursday, May 15, 2025, in the McLaughlin Library at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada). Workshops will be of interest to students, researchers, and library workers, covering digital humanities topics and tools including: Using Play as a Design Approach to Create Exploratory Digital Archives ...

EVENT: ACRL DSS Membership Committee Information Sharing Virtual Event

Apr

3

2025

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Digital Scholarship Section (DSS) Membership Committee is holding a virtual event on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time: Join us to connect and share what exciting initiatives you are working on and learn about workshops/[professional development]/initiatives in the field as well as relevant programming ...

EVENT: Digital Commonwealth Annual Conference

Apr

3

2025

The 2025 Digital Commonwealth Annual Conference is taking place virtually on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. This year’s theme is “Ethics and Access: Treating Users and Collections with Care.” Alison Macrina (Library Freedom Project) is the keynote speaker. Registration information, including rates and a complete schedule, is available ...

CFP: Latin American & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium

Apr

3

2025

The University of Florida, the University of North Florida, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the University of Puerto Rico will host the 2025 Latin America & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium in-person at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. From the CFP: We seek proposals for individual papers, themed sessions with multiple presentations, ...

CFP: ACH 2025 Panel – “Stuck on the List: Local Approaches to the DH Directory”

Apr

3

2025

A panel for the 2025 annual meeting of the Association for Computers and the Humanities is seeking participants for a virtual panel session during ACH 2025. The panel, “Stuck on the List: Local Approaches to the DH Directory,” organized by Kiran Mohammadi-Williams of Cornell University, proposes to “circulate ideas, questions, and thoughts about various methods ...

CFP: Oh, the (Digital) Humanity!: Building a Collaborative Future

Apr

3

2025

Scaffold: the Journal for the Institute of Comparative Studies of Literature, Art, and Culture has issued a call for papers for its next issue titled “Oh, the (Digital) Humanity!: Building a Collaborative Future,” which focuses on the importance of digital humanities in the academy. The journal seeks articles (5,000–7,000 words) that explore innovative uses of DH ...