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dh+lib/DLF Digital Library Pedagogy group/DHIG meetup at DLF 2016

Oct

18

2016

Attending the 2016 DLF Forum? Interested in chatting about libraries, archives, and museums and their intersections with digital humanities? Join dh+lib, DLF’s Digital Library Pedagogy group, dh+lib, and the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Digital Humanities Interest Group for a happy hour starting at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, November 8 at 42 Lounge. Hosts ...

POST: Researching While Unaffiliated

Oct

6

2016

Sarah Werner (@wynkenhimself) has written a post, “researching while unaffiliated,” on the widespread issue of access to research materials and how, as an independent scholar, she has dealt with this difficulty. It’s been just over a year since I left my job to become an independent scholar/freelance writer/humanist at large/wow this terminology is bad. I’ve been ...

RESOURCE: Preserving & Curating ETD Research Data & Complex Digital Objects

Oct

6

2016

The Educopia Institute has released a set of six Guidance Briefs on the curation and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations as part of their ETDplus project: These Guidance Briefs have been authored by the ETDplus project team as short (3-4 page) “how-to” oriented briefs that will help ETD/IR programs build and nurture supportive relationships ...

CFP: Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Oct

6

2016

From the call: DHN calls for abstracts for its 2017 conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference is organised by the Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Gothenburg and will be held at the Conference Centre Wallenberg, March 14–16, 2017. DHN2017 invites submission of abstracts on any aspect of the digital humanities, but we ...

CFP: “How We Make,” Special Issue of TRACE (University of Florida)

Oct

6

2016

From the call (pdf): TRACE publishes online peer-reviewed collections in ecology, posthumanism, and media studies. Providing an interdisciplinary forum for scholars, we focus on the ethical and material impact of technology. We welcome submissions in a variety of media that engage cultures, theories, and environments to “trace” the connections across and within various ecologies. The ...

JOB: Digital Resources Librarian, University of Mary Washington

Oct

6

2016

From the announcement: The Digital Resources Librarian works collaboratively with the Head of Special Collections and Archives to create, maintain, and promote UMW Libraries’ digital collections and services, including creating policies and usage guidelines, planning and implementing workflows, and overseeing quality control. Under the supervision of the Head of Special Collections and Archives, this librarian ...

JOB: Cuban Heritage Coordinator (Library Coordinator 2), University of Florida

Oct

6

2016

From the announcement: The Cuban Heritage Coordinator supports the collections and services of the George A. Smathers Libraries’ Latin American and Caribbean Collection and its national and international partnerships by documenting and digitizing Cuban heritage materials and contributing to other preeminent initiatives. The position is part of the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections ...

RECOMMENDED: “What is an edition anyway?”

Sep

29

2016

Dot Porter (University of Pennsylvania) has posted text and slides from her keynote at the Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces conference at the University of Graz. In her talk, “What is an edition anyway?” Porter offers a broader view of the conversation surrounding digital scholarly editions and their possibilities as interfaces. Electronic and digital editions ...

PROJECT: CWRC / CSÉC (Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory / Le Collaboratoire scientifique des écrits du Canada)

Sep

29

2016

Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta) wrote about the launch of The Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC) / Le Collaboratoire scientifique des écrits du Canada (CSÉC), describing CWRC / CSÉC’s support for various digital scholarly editing projects and acknowledging CWRC Project Leader Susan Brown’s role in conceptualizing and managing the effort: The Collaboratory is a distributed editing ...

CFP: DH2017- Access/Accès, Montreal

Sep

29

2016

The organizers of Digital Humanities 2017 (DH2017), the annual international conference hosted by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, have issued a call for papers (available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish). The conference will be held August 8 – 11 in Montreal, Canada, with the theme of “Access/Accès”; the theme “underscores the conference organizers’ commitment to ...

CFParticipation: Digital Activities and Preservation Trends at Small and Mid-sized Institutions Survey

Sep

29

2016

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) has issued a call for participation in their survey, “Digital Activities and Preservation Trends at Small and Mid-sized Institutions.” The survey, aimed towards collecting information “about the digital activities, equipment, and training at organizations with historic collections and permanent records” is aimed towards “small or mid-sized public libraries, historical societies, municipal offices, academic ...