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RESOURCE: Data Management Practices in Academic Library Learning Analytics: A Critical Review

Feb

28

2019

Kristin A. Briney (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee) has published “Data Management Practices in Academic Library Learning Analytics: A Critical Review” in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. As the abstract makes clear, Briney’s paper details data management practices by librarians in academic libraries and compares the on-the-ground situation to NISO’s principles on user ...

CFP: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy

Feb

28

2019

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy has released a call for submissions for the next issue, edited by Shelly Eversley (Baruch College, CUNY) and Krystyna Michael (The Graduate Center, CUNY). The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly work that explores the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research. We are interested in ...

JOB: Digital Archivist, New York Historical Society

Feb

28

2019

From the announcement: The New-York Historical Society seeks to hire a Digital Archivist for a three-year project funded by the Leon Levy Foundation to develop a repository of born-digital archival materials. The position is responsible for developing a sustainable infrastructure for collecting, processing, preserving, and making born-digital materials accessible to staff and researchers; deploying that ...

JOB: Digital Publishing Fellow, California Polytechnic State University

Feb

28

2019

From the announcement: The Robert E. Kennedy Library is embarking on a Digital Publishing project to investigate non-traditional methods to publish scholarship and is seeking an enterprising masters-level professional who brings a passion for vibrant publishing methodologies and emerging platforms. The Library Digital Publishing Fellow will assist with this project to explore the intersection between ...

JOB: Data Management Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington

Feb

28

2019

From the announcement: The Data Management Librarian serves as a data manager and research partner for the UTA community providing extraordinary customer experiences and professional data management, curation, and collection development skills. Reports to Director of Research Data Services within the Division of Scholarly Communication. Provides outreach events and educational instruction, consultations, and workshops to campus and ...

POST: The Uncanny Valley and the Ghost in the Machine: a discussion of analogies for thinking about digitized medieval manuscripts

Nov

8

2018

Dot Porter (University of Pennsylvania) has published the text of talk she presented at the University of Kansas Digital Humanities Seminar in September. “The Uncanny Valley and the Ghost in the Machine: a discussion of analogies for thinking about digitized medieval manuscripts” presents a series of ruminations on digitized books: they’re not the original, but what ...

POST: Creating metadata for equity, diversity, and inclusion

Nov

8

2018

Karen Smith-Yoshimura (OCLC) has authored a post on Hanging Together, OCLC Research’s blog. Smith-Yoshimura’s post, “Creating metadata for equity, diversity, and inclusion,” focuses on a recent discussion of OCLC’s focus group of metadata managers on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). The focus group delved into some findings from OCLC Research’s report on the 2017 Research Library ...

OPPORTUNITY: Archives Unleashed Datathon #Washington

Nov

8

2018

Archives Unleashed have released a call for applications to participate in Archives Unleashed Datathon #Washington, to be held March 21-22 at George Washington University. The project team invites archivists, researchers (from the humanities, social sciences, and beyond), librarians, computer scientists, and web archiving enthusiasts to join us over the course of two days to collaboratively work ...

OPPORTUNITY: Code4Lib 2019 Diversity Scholarships

Nov

8

2018

Code4Lib has released applications for diversity scholarships to attend the 2019 Code4Lib conference in San Jose: As part of Code4Lib’s ongoing commitment to reducing economic barriers that prevent participation for underrepresented groups, and to achieving a balanced representation of the human experience, we are pleased to announce that we are now seeking applicants for our 2019 Diversity ...

OPPORTUNITY: 2019 DLF + DHSI Tuition Grants

Nov

8

2018

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) has opened applications for tuition grants for 2019 Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) at the University of Victoria. DLF-DHSI grants may be used to cover tuition for a range of courses offered at either week of DHSI. Applications are due November 23, 2018. dh+lib ReviewThis post was produced through a cooperation between Devin ...

JOB: Head of Scholarly Communication, UCLA

Nov

8

2018

From the announcement: Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Collection Management & Scholarly Communication, the Head of Scholarly Communication develops and implements the strategic vision for the Scholarly Communication unit. The incumbent represents the Library’s strategies and recommendations regarding all aspects of scholarly publishing, barrier-free access to knowledge, and new modes of knowledge creation, ...