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RESOURCE: Will open access increase journal CiteScores? An empirical investigation over multiple disciplines

Sep

6

2018

Yang Li, Chaojiang Wu, Erjia Yan, and Kai Li (all Drexel University) have published an article in PLOS One entitled “Will open access increase journal CiteScores? An empirical investigation over multiple disciplines.” From the abstract: This paper empirically studies the effect of Open Access on journal CiteScores. We have found that the general effect is positive but ...

RESOURCE: Towards Open Access Self Archiving Policies: A Case Study of COAR

Sep

6

2018

Bijan Kumar Roy (University of Burdwan), Subal Chandra Biswas (University of Burdwan), and Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay (University of Kalyani) have published “Towards Open Access Self Archiving Policies: A Case Study of COAR” in LIBER Quarterly. From the abstract: This paper examines Open Access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Repositories (OARs) affiliated to COAR (Confederation of Open ...

CFP: Current Research in Digital History 2019

Sep

6

2018

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media has released a call for papers for the Current Research in Digital History conference, to be held at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia on March 9, 2019. Following the event, “presentations will be peer-reviewed and published in an online publication that accommodates dynamic visualizations and narrative.” Successful ...

CFP: Terms of Service: Affective Labor and Alt-Ac Careers

Sep

6

2018

Editor Lee Skallerup Bessette (Georgetown University) has issued a call for submissions for a collection of short essays entitled, Terms of Service: Affective Labor and Alt-Ac Careers, which will be released by the University of Kansas Press. This collection seeks to focus on “the experience of those who have chosen alt-ac careers (aka ‘staff’)”: Librarians are ...

CFP: Collections as Data: Part to Whole

Sep

6

2018

The Collections as Data team have issued a call for proposals for project teams to “further develop approaches to integrating and sustaining collections as data implementation and use as a core organizational activity” and develop “broadly viable models that support implementation and use of collections as data.” Successful proposals will receive funding and support from ...

OPPORTUNITY: 2018 GLAM Cross-Pollinator Registration Awards

Sep

6

2018

The Digital Library Foundation and its partners have opened applications for GLAM cross-pollinator awards, intended to fund DLF-affiliated professionals to attend the conferences of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), the Museum Computer Network (MCN), and the Visual Resources Association (VRA): Museum and library staff face similar challenges in the digital ...

JOB: Archivist, Digital Archives, Canadian Centre for Architecture

Sep

6

2018

From the announcement: The responsibilities of this job include the supervision, coordination and monitoring of the archival projects, and specifically the born-digital archives. The incumbent oversees and develops local practices for managing born-digital material held and acquired by the CCA and assists in the strategic direction of acquisition, preservation, and access to born-digital and paper-based ...

JOB: Knowledge Services Librarian, Harvard University

Sep

6

2018

From the announcement: This Knowledge Services Librarian position is in Library & Knowledge Services (LKS) reporting to the Associate Director, Library and Knowledge Services. The Knowledge Services Librarian manages several projects and systems in support of the LKS digital initiatives strategy, including but not limited to identifying and implementing new business processes around the digital ...

POST: Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Parts 1 and 2

Apr

5

2018

Beth Seltzer (Bryn Mawr College) has authored two posts on evaluating work in the digital humanities, as part of a series of MLA Committee on Information Technology blog posts. Part 1, “For Employees” and part 2, “For Employers,” focus on ways to evaluate the work of “alt-ac” and “other digital humanities professionals not working in traditional tenure-track ...

RESOURCE: Hacking heritage: understanding the limits of online access

Apr

5

2018

Tim Sherratt (University of Canberra) has submitted a pre-print of a chapter he authored, “Hacking heritage: understanding the limits of online access,” to Humanities Commons. The chapter will be published in The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites. From the abstract: As cultural heritage collections become available ...

RESOURCE: Shifting to Data Savvy: The Future of Data Science In Libraries

Apr

5

2018

Matt Burton (University of Pittsburgh), Liz Lyon (University of Pittsburgh), Chris Erdmann (North Carolina State University), and Bonnie Tijerina (Data & Society) have shared a project report, “Shifting to Data Savvy: The Future of Data Science In Libraries,” via D-Scholarship, the institutional repository of the University of Pittsburgh. From the abstract: The Data Science in ...