Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data: A dh+lib Special Issue

Last spring dh+lib published the special issue “Making Research Tactile: Critical Making and Data Physicalization in Digital Humanities,” which featured seven case studies on ways critical making could be integrated into a digital humanities (DH) research practice. This follow-up special issue features concrete ways we can integrate critical making into our (library) instruction. Given the ...

dh+lib Special Issue CFP: Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data

What is it Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data is a special issue of dh+lib that will explore ways of integrating critical making and data physicalization into library-based digital humanities pedagogy in a variety of forms and modalities, including workshops, course-related instruction, and more. Methods and topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Crafting ...

Play With Your Data (printable zine)

Play With Your Data on Humanities Commons

Making Research Tactile: Critical Making and Data Physicalization in Digital Humanities: A dh+lib Special Issue

This special issue of dh+lib introduces our readers to how digital humanities can integrate data physicalization into the research process and how data physicalization is a form of critical making. Seven case studies are presented here, ranging from how we can use data physicalization to teach digital methods to how data physicalization can aid in ...

SURVEY: Minicomp/Wax Community Feedback

Before work begins on Wax 2.0, Marii Nyrop and Alex Gil are looking to learn from the community about what has worked, what hasn’t, what would be great to have. They have prepared a survey (and an optional follow up) to help gather feedback. You can also share your own Wax site using their other ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, University of Kansas

From the announcement: The Digital Humanities Librarian collaborates with faculty, staff, and students on the use of digital humanities (DH) scholarship, tools, and methods. Duties will include project consulting and development, working with course instructors to incorporate DH into the classroom, and providing training for faculty, staff, and students in digital humanities tools and methods. ...

JOB: Director, Digital Libraries and Preservation, Virginia Tech

From the announcement: Under the general direction of the Associate Dean & Executive Director of IT, the Director of Digital Libraries and Preservation is responsible for the strategic management and development of Virginia Tech’s comprehensive digital libraries and preservation program. They work collaboratively with stakeholders to plan and design the future of digital libraries and ...

JOB: Humanities Librarian, University of New Mexico

From the announcement (For best consideration, please apply by 7/28/2023. This position will remain open until filled): The University of New Mexico College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences (CUL&LS) seeks a collaborative, service-oriented, and innovative Humanities Librarian to support a dynamic library system with a strong outreach and instruction program. The successful candidate will ...

JOB: Associate Director or Senior Associate Director, Digital Humanities Center, Barnard College

From the announcement: Job: Associate Director or Senior Associate Director, Digital Humanities Center Job Summary: Reporting to the Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center (DHC), this position provides leadership and coordination in the strategic planning and implementation of policies, systems, programs, and services to support the DHC’s mission. The Associate Director’s responsibilities include designing, ...

RESOURCE: Jupyter notebooks for digital humanities

Jupyter notebooks for digital humanities is a list compiled by Quinn Dombrowski of Jupyter notebooks covering research, course materials, learning python, as well as specific forms of analysis. There are notebooks available in English, German, Spanish and French. The list was started in 2019, but was most recently updated in April 2023, making this a ...

RESOURCE: LOC By The People Transcription Datasets

The Library of Congress By The People project has released two new datasets from its crowdsourced transcription campaigns, the correspondence of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz and the notebooks of Frederick Hockley. The O’Keeffe/Stieglitz dataset includes over 500 letters they wrote between 1929-1947 to their friend Henwar Rodakiewicz, a documentary filmmaker. The digital collection of ...