JOB: Director, Georgia HomePLACE

From the announcement: Serves as the primary liaison between the Digital Library of Georgia and the state’s public libraries. Oversees the Georgia HomePLACE (Providing Library and Archives Collections Electronically) project and provides support in planning, budgeting, scheduling, facilitating, reporting and publicizing HomePLACE collaborative digitization projects. Works with DLG to implement multiple collaborative HomePLACE digitization projects ...

JOB: National Digital Stewardship Resident, Various Institutions (5 positions)

From the announcement: The National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) is a collaborative field experience program developed by The Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This will be the third cohort of residents based in Washington, D.C. The program aims to develop a community of professionals in the dynamic field ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Atlanta University Center

From the announcement: The Atlanta University Center – Robert W. Woodruff Library is committed to displaying excellence in our delivery of service and is known for transformative change in innovative services and programs.  Our organizational culture is represented by a staff of engaged and highly motivated individuals and is one in which entrepreneurial thinking is ...

CFParticipation: Digital Humanities on Slack

Amanda Visconti (Purdue University) shared a form to join Digital Humanities Communities on Slack. Aimed at “anyone interested in both in some combination of ‘digital’ and ‘humanities’ (whatever those mean to you), and some activity such as coding/design/making/building/sysadministery/development at *any* level of experience, including being complete new to the activity.” The group also includes a ...

CFParticipation: The Business Model “Bootcamp” for Digital Project Leaders

The Northwestern University Libraries has announced “Sustaining Digital Resources, the Business Model Bootcamp” this summer in Evanston, Illinois between August 8-10, 2016 for Digital Project Leaders. This intensive workshop, which past participants have described as a “mini-MBA where the topic is your project,” takes participants through the steps to developing a strong business case for ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of San Diego

From the announcement: The University of San Diego’s Copley Library seek a Digital Initiatives Librarian, a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position. This person plays a key role in making the University of San Diego’s scholarship and unique collections accessible to the world.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in planning USD’s distinguished ...

JOB: Data Visualization Designer and Digital Consultant for the Arts

From the announcement: The University Libraries of Virginia Tech seeks a specialist to join a team offering critical and sophisticated new technology development services that enhance the scholarly and creative expression of faculty and graduate students. This new position will bring relevant computational techniques to the enhance the fields of Art and Design at Virginia ...

POST: How We Teach? Digital Humanities Pedagogy in an Imperfect World

Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University) posted the text of her keynote delivered at the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN) Conference in Calgary. The talk explores what it means to teach digital humanities and how practitioners “must differentiate it from other practices of digital pedagogy, and whether in this world that is ...

dh+lib/HASTAC Meetup at DHSI 2016

**update** dh+lib and HASTAC both planned meetups for Wednesday at Smugglers’ Cover, so we’re joining forces for a joint dh+lib/HASTAC Meetup! Note the time is now 6:00-8:00. All are welcome! Attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute and interested in how libraries, archives, and museums contribute to the “teaching, research, dissemination, creation, and preservation” of the digital ...

Human Rights and Archival Practice: Equality, Inclusion, Accountability

Yvonne Ng is Senior Archivist at WITNESS, an organization that “trains and supports activists and citizens around the world to use video safely, ethically, and effectively to expose human rights abuse and fight for human rights change.” Yvonne currently serves on the Advisory Board of Documenting the Now, and previously worked as a Research Fellow for ...

POST: The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Bethany Nowviskie

In the fifth installment of the special interview feature series “The Digital in the Humanities,” in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Melissa Dinsman (University of Notre Dame) interviews Bethany Nowviskie (Digital Library Foundation) about her background in digital work, its role inside universities and beyond them, and the role of libraries and librarians in the digital humanities. ...