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CFP: Day of DH 2013

Feb

26

2013

Day of DH 2013 is April 8. The project brings together scholars interested in the digital humanities from around the world to document what they do on one day, answering the question, “Just what do digital humanists really do?” We’d love to see a strong turnout from librarians! The process is simple: before April 8, ...

OPPORTUNITY: NEH Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Feb

26

2013

The year’s summer institute, June 17 – July 6 in Jonesboro and Fayetteville, Arkansas, will address the issues surrounding the: “academic use of game engines, including the balance of immersion with accuracy, strategies for storytelling and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in ‘serious’ games, and questions of power and appropriateness in using video game conventions to ...

JOB: National Digital Stewardship Resident (Library of Congress)

Feb

26

2013

Zach CobleDigital Scholarship Specialist, New York UniversityWeb | Twitter | More Posts

JOB: Coordinator, Digital Library Services at Florida Virtual Campus

Feb

26

2013

Zach CobleDigital Scholarship Specialist, New York UniversityWeb | Twitter | More Posts

RESOURCE: Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries

Feb

25

2013

A new report from the Association of Research Libraries and Ithaka S+R investigates the financial and technological longevity of digital special collections: While many research libraries have begun to digitize their collections and share best practices around the steps required to create digital content, much less is known about what happens post-launch…[this study] offers a ...

RESOURCE: Omeka 2.0 Released

Feb

5

2013

There is a new version of Omeka – the free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Updates in Omeka 2.0 include a revamped admin interface, improved search functionality for users, a simpler custom site navigation, and updates to many of the plugins. dh+lib ...

RESOURCE: Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content

Feb

5

2013

JISC and Ithaka S+R have released a report investigating how digital projects can thrive. “Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content” features case studies of three different types of cultural institutions in the UK that have been successful – University College London, the Imperial War Museums and the National Library of Wales. The ...

RECOMMENDED: Digital Humanities in Libraries: New Models For Scholarly Engagement

Feb

5

2013

In January, the Journal of Library Administration published a special issue devoted entirely to DH in libraries. Digital Humanities in Libraries: New Models for Scholarly Engagement features six articles that address both the theoretical and practical aspects of how libraries and librarians can engage in DH work. The issue was guest edited by Barbara Rockenbach, Director ...

JOBS: Head, Digital Research and Publishing, University of Iowa Library

Feb

5

2013

JOBS: Digitization and Preservation Librarian, McGill University

Feb

5

2013

CFP: Digital Frontiers 2013

Feb

5

2013

The University of North Texas Digital Scholarship Co-Operative invites proposals for Digital Frontiers 2013 (September 19-21), a conference that brings together the users and builders of digital resources for research and education. They seek submissions of individual papers, fully-constituted panels, birds-of-a-feather discussions, hands-on tutorials, or posters–all based on the use of digital archives, social media, ...