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POST: How Did They Make That?

Sep

3

2013

Miriam Posner has crafted a useful introduction to some exemplary digital humanities projects, outlining the tools and technology used to create each and giving helpful pointers to resources for getting started with them. She writes: Many students tell me that in order to get started with digital humanities, they’d like to have some idea of ...

JOB: Digital Projects Specialist, UWM Libraries

Sep

3

2013

From the announcement: UWM Libraries seeks an energetic, knowledgeable, and technologically capable individual to serve as a Digital Projects Specialist. This position supports resource and digital collection development in the Library’s Digitization Department. The department has been building digital collections drawn from the Library’s unique collections in Archives, Special Collections and the American Geographical Society Library ...

JOB: Technology Specialist, Digital Public Library of America

Aug

27

2013

The Digital Public Library of America (http://dp.la) seeks a Technology Specialist to join its growing team and to further DPLA’s mission to bring together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and make them freely available to all. A belief in this mission and the drive to accomplish it over time in a collaborative ...

JOB: Director of Technology, Digital Public Library of America

Aug

27

2013

The Digital Public Library of America seeks a Director of Technology to lead its digital infrastructure and technology staff, and to further DPLA’s mission to bring together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and make them freely available to all. A belief in this mission and the drive to accomplish it over time in ...

CFP: Call for Papers: International Data Curation Conference

Aug

27

2013

From the announcement: “The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) brings together data and information creators, managers, users, researchers, and teachers. The IDCC14 Programme Committee invites submissions to the 9th International Digital Curation Conference that reflect our conference theme.This year the IDCC will focus on how data-driven developments are changing the world around us, recognising that ...

EVENT: DH and Libraries THATCamp, DLF

Aug

26

2013

This year’s Digital Library Federation Forum will once again host a DH and Libraries THATCamp: “After a first successful DH & Libraries THATCamp event last year at the DLF Forum in Denver, we are hoping to continue the conversation this year.” Organized as a post-conference event, it will take place in Austin on November 7 from ...

RESOURCE: NCSU Harvests Instagram Photos of Their Library with Open Source Tool

Aug

26

2013

North Carolina State University released a new, open source tool that harvests Instagram images that use the hashtag #HuntLibrary. Initially created to collect images for a Library Journal supplement about Library by Design, the project evolved into a larger community building effort that resulted in more than 2500 images added to the collection. “NCSU Libraries ...

POST: No Holds Barred Advice from Tom Scheinfeldt

Aug

26

2013

Tom Scheinfeldt shares some thoughts about how he evaluated a “venerable cultural heritage institution’s” digital program. Scheinfeldt’s appraisal offers cultural heritage institutions a useful roadmap for considering what digital programs need to be successful and relevant, such as an integrated social strategy and mobile strategies. Above all, Scheinfeldt reminds us that “Digital is not a revenue ...

Pedal to the Metal: Our Year of DH

Aug

21

2013

How did Virginia Commonwealth University librarians John Glover, Humanities Research Librarian, and Kristina Keogh, formerly the Visual Arts Research Librarian, build a DH initiative from the ground up? In this post, they detail their process for dreaming up, planning, developing, deploying, and evaluating Digital Pragmata over the course of its first year. Impetus ALA Annual ...

JOB: Principal Metadata Analyst, California Digital Library

Aug

20

2013

From the position description: The Metadata Analyst reports to the Director, Discovery and Delivery Services Group and will work primarily on the HathiTrust Metadata Management and related systems to provide analysis, reporting, planning and coordination. HathiTrust is a collaborative digital repository for the nation’s great research libraries bringing together the immense collections of partner institutions. ...

CFProposals: Practices in the Digital Humanities

Aug

20

2013

The digitalculturebooks imprint of the University of Michigan Press is launching a new series, Practices in the Digital Humanities. The editors have identified some topics for books, but are inviting book proposals from the community. The series is focused on the practices of the digital humanities by providing best practices, models, case studies, and examples of ...