JOB: Digital Initatives Librarian, Rochester Institute of Technology

From the job description: This position will lead TWC staff in the identification of digital resource needs and solutions. Identify and lead new digital and open access initiatives. Assist with staff training related to digital collections and technologies. Supervise both permanent staff and student employees working on digital and open access initiatives. Formulate policies, procedures ...

JOB: Digital Projects & Technologies Librarian, University of Toronto

From the position announcement: Responsibilities: Creates and enhances appropriate software frameworks for Digital Scholarship Unit (DSU) initiatives. Designs, develops and analyzes dynamic web and mobile-enhanced applications, systems and tools. Maintains and improves existing DSU-related systems and applications and works closely with campus technical staff to develop and maintain supporting infrastructure. Provides project planning and management, ...

We’re Looking for dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Fall 2014

The dh+lib Review, a volunteer-driven service for highlighting and sharing the best of digital humanities and libraries, is looking for editors-at-large for the Fall 2014 semester. We’ve had a steadily increasing number of editors-at-large for each of the five semesters the Review has been in operation, and we’re hoping to continue the trend. Sign up ...

RESOURCE: The Mewar Ramayana

A newĀ digital edition of the Mewar RāmāyaṇaĀ has been published, inĀ a transnational “digital reunification project” that brings together pieces of the manuscript held at the British Library; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Mumbai); the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery (Vadodara); the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute (Jodhpur); and a private collection in Mumbai. The RāmāyaṇaĀ is “one of ...

RESOURCE: Digital Preservation 2014 Conference Wrap-Up

Mat Kelly (Old Dominion University) has written a thorough wrap-up of the Digital Preservation 2014 conference, held July 22-23 in Washington, D.C. Kelly’s post includes links to recordings of 25 of the talks given atĀ DigiPres2014. The conference organizers have also uploaded slides for all talks, which can be viewed by scrolling down to the schedule ...

CFParticipation: Digital Humanities Forum 2014 and Digital Frontiers

Two conferences scheduled forĀ this Fall have recently opened registration, with registration costs aimed at encouraging attendance by early career professionals and students. Digital Humanities Forum 2014: Nodes & Networks in the Humanities: Geometries, Relationships, Processes To be held September 12-13, 2014 in Lawrence, Kansas, including keynotes by Isabel Meirelles (Northeastern University), Steven Jones (Loyola University ...

CFP: ALA-LITA Midwinter 2015 Workshops

LITA is accepting proposals for preconference workshops for the ALA Midwinter conference, to be held January 30 – February 3, 2015, in Chicago (the workshops willĀ be held on January 30). Presenters do not need to be LITA members to apply. Proposals should include a 75-word description of the program, and are due August 4, 2014. ...

JOB: Services Manager, Digital Preservation Network

From the position announcement: The national effort to build the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) continues to gain momentum as the organization, under the umbrella of Internet2, moves from development stage to a prototype pilot phase in 2014. Funded by a membership that includes 60 research universities and foundations, DPN’s objective is to preserve the academic ...

JOB: Associate Director for the Digital Library, North Carolina State University

From the job announcement: The Associate Director for the Digital Library provides vision and leadership for information technology; resource management and discovery; and digital projects and associated research and development. The position serves as administrator for three departments: Information Technology (23 FTE), Acquisitions & Discovery (24 FTE), and Digital Library Initiatives (11 FTE). The Digital ...

POSTS: Data-Driven Conference Wrap-Up

The Data Driven: Digital Humanities in the Library conference took place last week in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference featured keynotes from Riccardo Ferrante (Smithsonian Institution), Emily Gore (Digital Public Library of America), and Trevor MuƱoz (University of Maryland), workshops, a day and a half of sessions, and a lively Twitter feed. In a write-up ...

RESOURCE: Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities

A new journal, the Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities (JDMDH), recently published its inaugural issue. JDMDH is an open access peer-reviewed quarterly journal ā€œconcerned with the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities, with tools provided by computing such as data visualisation, information retrieval, statistics, text mining by publishing scholarly work ...