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Why I Go To MLA

Feb

5

2014

Patrick Williams (Syracuse University Libraries) shares his recent experience at some of the digital scholarship sessions at #MLA14, and ponders the impact of librarians attending a conference outside of the library discipline. In January, I joined thousands of faculty, researchers, graduate students, job-seekers, librarians, and others in the fields of language and literature in Chicago ...

MLA 2014: A Quick Reflection

Feb

5

2014

In this post, Robin Davis (Emerging Technologies & Distance Services Librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice) reports on 2014 MLA Convention sessions of interest to librarians who work in the digital humanities. As the Chicago River thawed and refroze outside the Modern Language Association Convention (Jan. 9-12, 2014), the array of digitally-themed sessions warmed this ...

CFParticipation: Taxonomy of DH Research Activities and Objects

Feb

4

2014

Librarians! An invitation to comment and provide feedback on a draft “Taxonomy of DH Research Activities and Objects” has been extended until February 9, 2014. The taxonomy, which is available as a Google doc, will be used by digital humanities resources such as DH Commons, Bamboo DiRT (Digital Research Tools), and DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure ...

JOB: Director of Digital Humanities and Social Science Lab, MSU

Feb

4

2014

From the announcement: The Department of History at Michigan State University seeks a specialist in Digital Social Science and Humanities to coordinate its new digital initiative, LEADR (Lab for the Education and Advancement in Digital Research). The successful candidate will have knowledge of digital research methods and tools; experience developing collaborative research projects; strong oral and written communications skills; expertise ...

POST: Paris Review Interviews and Wikipedia

Feb

4

2014

Ed Summers (Library of Congress) has written a brief post about playing with interviews from the Paris Review and Wikipedia articles, and his attempts to use JSON-LD and D3 for network visualization. His post is a great example of the way that a passing interest in something can be an entry into new technology skills. It also demonstrates ...

POST: Interface, Exhibition & Artwork: Geocities, Deleted City and the Future of Interfaces to Digital Collections

Feb

4

2014

Trevor Owens (Library of Congress) has written an intriguing post on The Signal that considers the future direction of interfaces to digital collections by examining the rescue of Geocities data by a group of digital preservationists known as the Archive Team. Owens explains: Through data dumps of full sets of raw data, cultural heritage organizations can consider embracing ...

Opportunity: Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents

Feb

4

2014

Applications are open for the Association of Documentary Editing’s 43rd Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents (July 20-24, Louisville, KY). The Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents is an annual five-day workshop for individuals new to the field of historical documentary editing. With the needs of the participants as a guide, experienced documentary editors ...

JOB: Digital Archivist for Manuscript Collections at Ball State University Libraries

Feb

4

2014

From the announcement: Position Function: Engage in acquisition, processing, preservation, digitization, promotion, and use of the unit’s collections, programs, and services; contribute to the development, management, and promotion of the University Libraries’ digital initiatives and transformation to a predominately digital environment. Duties/Responsibilities: 1. Acquire, process, digitize, preserve, and promote use of Archives and Special Collections materials, including ...

Digital Humanities in the Research Commons: Precedents & Prospects

Jan

30

2014

Editor’s note dh+lib is pleased to feature a mini-series of three posts from Donald Beagle, currently the Director of Library Services at Belmont Abbey College. In his seminal 1999 article, “Conceptualizing an Information Commons,” Beagle applied the Strategic Alignment management theory, developed for information technology, to Information Commons, a term which then referenced both integrated ...

The Charleston Multimedia Project: A DH Public Library Case Study

Jan

30

2014

In a three-part series for dh+lib on Digital Humanities in the Research Commons, Donald Beagle, Director of Library Services at Belmont Abbey College, reflects on influences to his 1999 writings on Strategic Alignment in the information commons, uncovering precedents to his theories, tracing subsequent development, and suggesting future prospects. In this first part, Beagle introduces ...

Towards a Learning Commons: The Influence of Hypertext Theorists of the 1980s-90s

Jan

30

2014

In part two of a three-part series exploring precedents to and prospects for the development of Research Commons to incubate DH, Donald Beagle considers the influence of hypertext theorists and the distinct paths created by those seeking to redefine or realign libraries in an age of rapidly-changing technologies. Precedent 2: Towards a Learning Commons: The ...