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EVENT: Connecting Collections as Data, May 2020

Jan

30

2020

The Library of Congress Labs will be hosting “Connecting Collections as Data: Transforming Communities, Sharing Knowledge, and Building Networks with International GLAM Labs,” in Washington, DC, 4-6 May 2020. The two-day event aims to “connect with the active and robust digital library, digital scholarship, digital humanities, and collections as data communities active across North America ...

OPPORTUNITY: Summer School in eXist-db and XQuery for Humanists, June 15-19, 2020

Jan

30

2020

Applications are open for a one-week intensive workshop, Summer School in eXist-db and XQuery for Humanists, which will be held at the University of Lyon in France, 15-19 June 2020. The training is intended for people interested in capitalizing on their existing knowledge of XML and XPATH, and other web technologies, in order to develop ...

JOB: Systems & Data Services Librarian (Davidson College)

Jan

30

2020

From the announcement: Davidson College’s library is seeking a Systems and Data Services Librarian to partner with teaching and learning colleagues to provide technological implementation and oversight for library information systems, digitization, research data management, metadata management, and database construction. The ideal candidate will also contribute to the continuous improvement and integration of the Library’s ...

CFP: We’re Looking for Spring 2020 Editors-at-Large!

Jan

10

2020

Greetings, friends! 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 2020. 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 ...

RECOMMENDED: Radical Collaboration: Making the Computational Turn in Special Collections and Archives

Dec

5

2019

In a recent ResearchDataQ editorial, Montana State University (MSU) Library’s Justin D. Shanks (CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow), Sara Mannheimer (Assistant Professor, Data Librarian), and Jason Clark (Professor, Head of Special Collection and Archival Informatics) explore the computational turn in special collections and archives. With initiatives such as Collections as Data, librarians and archivists are working closer ...

POST: Co-creating Open Infrastructure to Support Epistemic Diversity and Knowledge Equity

Dec

5

2019

Reflecting on the theme of this year’s Open Access Week, “Open For Whom,” Yasmeen Shorish and Leslie Chan turn their attention to scholarly infrastructure. In their post, Shorish and Chan call attention to questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly communication, broadly construed to include digital humanities work happening within and beyond libraries. They ...

POST: ‘Despatches from the Fourth Quadrant’: Three observations from this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference

Dec

5

2019

Stephen Brooks shares reflections from the recent DCDC2019 in Jisc‘s Content and Digitisation blog. ‘Despatches from the Fourth Quadrant’: Three observations from this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference, held November 12-14 in Birmingham, U.K. In addition to providing a thoughtful and detailed overview of the conference and its many innovations, Brooks noted several ...

CFP: Recounting Algorithms

Dec

5

2019

The University of Toronto Mississauga Library invites proposals for its upcoming workshop, Recounting Algorithms: A Workshop on Critical Algorithm Studies in the Library. From the call: How can libraries and archives best contribute to emerging critical discourses around algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence? Recounting Algorithms is a two-day workshop, supported by the Council on ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Fairfield University)

Dec

5

2019

From the ad: Job Description: The Digital Scholarship Librarian provides leadership in the development, implementation, promotion, and assessment of digital scholarly initiatives. Participates in the Library’s Faculty Partnership program. Participates in the Library’s instruction program. Provides research services. EXPERIENCE: Experience and knowledge of current practices in digital scholarship. Project management experience. Evidence of potential in ...

JOB: Center for Black Digital Scholarship Librarian (Penn State University)

Dec

5

2019

From the ad: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks creative and collaborative applicants for the Center for Black Digital Research (CBDR) Scholarship Librarian. This person will play a key leadership role in developing and coordinating scholarly activities and digital research initiatives in the Center for Black Digital Research. This position, supported by the Provost in ...

RECOMMENDED: Queer Criticalities, Instagram, and the Ethics of Museum Display

Nov

21

2019

Dr. Horace Ballard, Curator of American Art at the Williams College Museum of Art, recently published an essay titled “Queer Criticalities, Instagram, and the ethics of museum display,” which looks at how critical queer theory can be used to analyze digital art history. Ballard “creates a theoretical framework of digital and aesthetic futurity that accords ...