RESOURCE: Persistent identifiers for heritage objects

Code4Lib Journal has published a piece by Lukas Koster (University of Amsterdam), “Persistent identifiers for heritage objects.” From the abstract: Persistent identifiers (PID’s) are essential for getting access and referring to library, archive and museum (LAM) collection objects in a sustainable and unambiguous way, both internally and externally. Heritage institutions need a universal policy for ...

CFP: Disrupting Digital Monolingualism

The Department of Digital Humanities and the Language Acts and Worldmaking project at King’s College London has released a call for proposals for a two-day workshop, Disrupting Digital Monolingualism. The workshop, which will take place on June 16th and 17th at King’s College London, aims: To map the current state of multilingualism in digital theory ...

CFParticipation: DH and Proto-DH Conferences

Scott B. Weingart (Carnegie Mellon University) and Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara (University of Colorado Boulder) are asking for participation for the DH community to complete a list of conferences “explicitly considered ‘Digital Humanities’ (or any translation thereof),” in order to add to a history of DH. An editable Google spreadsheet to add conferences to can be found ...

JOB: Head, Digital Initiatives (Tufts University)

From the announcement: The Head of Digital Initiatives leads the management and preservation of Tisch Library’s digital collections, ensuring that content and associated metadata is managed effectively across all library repositories, and aligning staff resources to support digital initiatives. The role provides integrated management of library repositories, cultivating teamwork and collaborative relationships to ensure that ...

JOB: Digital Preservation Librarian (Washington University)

From the announcement: Under the direction of the Head of Preservation and Digitization, the Digital Preservation Librarian develops, documents, implements and oversees preservation workflows, procedures and policies for Washington University Libraries’ digital collections and assets, both digitized and born-digital. The incumbent will collaborate with stakeholders across the Libraries and campus to develop programmatic and sustainable ...

RESOURCE: Teaching with Digital Primary Sources: Literacies, Finding and Evaluating, Citing, Ethics, and Existing Models

Brianna Gormly (Franklin & Marshall College), Maura Seale (University of Michigan), Hannah Alpert-Abrams (University of Texas), Andi Gustavson (University of Texas), Angie Kemp (University of Mary Washington), Thea Lindquist (University of Colorado Boulder), and Alexis Logsdon (University of Minnesota) have released a whitepaper entitled “Teaching with Digital Primary Sources: Literacies, Finding and Evaluating, Citing, Ethics, ...

RESOURCE: What About the Little Guys?: How to Approach Supporting Research Data Management at a Small Liberal Arts College

ResearchDataQ has published an editorial by Rachel Walton and Patti McCall-Wright (both Rollins College), entitled “What About the Little Guys?: How to Approach Supporting Research Data Management at a Small Liberal Arts College.” From the introduction: When it comes to supporting the range of Research Data Management Services (RDMS) that campus communities need in the ...

CFP: Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue on Minimal Computing

Alex Gil (Columbia University) and Roopika Risam (Salem State University), guest editors of Digital Humanities Quarterly, have released a call for proposals for a special edition on minimal computing. From the call: Minimal computing can be defined as any form of digital or computational praxis done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, ...

CFP: Engaging with Web Archives (#EWA20)

Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute have released a call for papers for the first Engaging with Web Archives conference (#EWA20), to be held at Maynooth University in Ireland, April 15-16, 2020. The conference, with the theme of “Opportunities, Challenges and Potentialities,” aims to: raise awareness for the use of web archives and the archived ...

JOB: Metadata Projects Librarian (University of Texas at Arlington)

From the announcement: The Metadata Projects Librarian is a forward thinking professional consulting on digital creation projects. This role implements workflows across the entire metadata lifecycle, from creation through discovery, using works acquired and created by the UTA community. This position is a member of the expanding Scholarly Communications Division, working across library departments focused on research ...

JOB: Archivist for Digital Initiatives (Loyola Notre Dame)

From the announcement: The Loyola Notre Dame Library seeks an innovative and collaborative individual to lead the development of a program for accessioning, processing, preserving, and providing access to digital materials in Archives and Special Collections. Reporting to the Head of Archives and Special Collections, the Archivist for Digital Initiatives’ role includes planning, policy development, ...