CFP: Datafication in the Historical Humanities: Reconsidering Traditional Understandings of Sources and Data

The German Historical Institute (GHI) Washington has released a call for papers for the Fifth Annual GHI Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History, to be held December 9-11, 2021. This year’s conference will “revolve around the concept of ‘datafication,’ that is, the production of and the shift toward digital representations of historical sources as a ...

JOB: Scholarly Communications & Digital Scholarship Librarian (San Jose State University)

From the announcement: The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at San José  State University (San José , CA) seeks a service-oriented, innovative, and collaborative individual for the full-time, tenure-track position of Scholarly Communications & Digital Scholarship Librarian. This position is one of three that will be hired in 2021–STEM Librarian, iSchool Librarian, and Scholarly Communications & ...

JOB: Digital Services Librarian (Florida State University)

From the announcement: Florida State University (FSU) Libraries invites applications for the position of Digital Services Librarian. Reporting to the Repository Developer in the Technology & Digital Scholarship Division, this position will primarily focus on providing key support and extension services for Diginole, FSU’s institutional repository which houses over 80,000 titles (over 34 TB of ...

POST: What is Metadata Assessment?

Hannah Tarver (University of North Texas) and Steven Gentry (University of Michigan), who are members of the Digital Library Assessment Interest Group’s Metadata Assessment Working Group (DLF AIG MWG), have written an overview of metadata assessment in digital libraries, and its importance and benefits for the DLF blog. In “What is Metadata Assessment?,” they posit ...

RESOURCE: Engaging Researchers in Data Dialogues: Designing Collaborative Programming to Promote Research Data Sharing

The Journal of eScience Librarianship has published an article, “Engaging Researchers in Data Dialogues: Designing Collaborative Programming to Promote Research Data Sharing,” by Moira Downey, Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Patrick Charbonneau, and Angela Zoss (all Duke University). From the abstract: A range of regulatory pressures emanating from funding agencies and scholarly journals increasingly encourage researchers to engage ...

CFP: Revisiting Teaching and Games: Mapping Out Ecosystems of Learning

The journal gamevironments seeks submissions for a special issue entitled, “Revisiting Teaching and Games: Mapping Out Ecosystems of Learning.” From the call: In this special issue, we want to curate a collection of accessible stories, theories, and methods of triumphs and failures involving gaming and teaching. We invite perspectives from inhabitants of the entire gameplay ecosystem: ...

CFP: Archiving 2021

Proposals for Archiving 2021 are now being accepted. The two-week conference aims to serve as an interdisciplinary forum for information exchange on the latest research results on digitization and curation, new technologies and projects, and different platforms and ways of visualizing collection data. Archiving 2021 will take place June 9-18 and 21-24, and will include ...

OPPORTUNITY: LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING) Fellowships

The LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING) is accepting applications for 2021 cohort of fellows. As per the website, “The LEADING project scales-up the highly successful LEADS-4-NDP initiative and will prepare a diverse, nation-wide cohort of 50 LIS doctoral students and early to mid-career librarians for data science endeavors.” LEADING fellows receive a ...

JOB: Director of Digital Scholarship (University of Chicago)

From the announcement: The Director of Digital Scholarship provides leadership and vision for digital scholarship at the University of Chicago Library and manages the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS).  The Center’s mission is to serve as a hub for the expertise, services, technology, and spaces that equip faculty and students to integrate digital tools and ...

JOB: Digital Archivist (Smith College)

From the announcement: As a member of the Technical and Digital Services unit within Special Collections, Smith College Libraries, the Digital Archivist will provide practical implementation, expertise, and leadership in areas related to born-digital and digitized collection materials. The Digital Archivist will carry out specialized activities related to digital collections, and will provide ongoing training ...

JOB: Scholarly Communications Librarian (University of Chicago)

From the announcement: As a part of the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship, the Scholarly Communications Librarian leads the University of Chicago’s growing scholarly communication and repository services. Reporting to the Director of Digital Scholarship, the Scholarly Communications Librarian provides expertise in open scholarship, author rights, copyright, research data management, and compliance with public-access requirements ...