RESOURCE: Getting Started with APIs

In a post for ACRL TechConnect, Lauren Magnuson (Trine University) writes a primer on getting started with APIs, including an overview of basic terminology, authentication, and methods for working with APIs. Magnuson also provides a case study using the Twitter API, which can be used for creating bots, automating tweets, and connecting Twitter with other ...

CFP: Digital Small-Scale Editions, 2015 Issue of Scholarly Editing

Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing is accepting proposals for its 2015 issue from individuals interested in editing a small-scale digital edition, which will be peer reviewed and open access. We believe that many scholars have discovered fascinating texts that deserve to be carefully edited and published, and we offer a ...

OPPORTUNITY: ACH Microgrants 2014: DH Pedagogies

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is accepting proposals for microgrants – awards up to $1,000 and $3,000 total grant call – related to pedagogy, although all applications will be considered. Projects should be completed within roughly six months, and might include: a framework for sharing DH syllabi a means of annotating and sharing ...

JOB: Research Associate, Oxford e-Research Centre

From the job description: We are seeking a Research Associate which is a technical role working on Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies that support research in Digital Humanities, specifically for the ElEPHãT and Transforming Musicology projects. These projects share a need for identifying and semantically linking diverse digital resources (images of books OCR-ed text, ...

JOBS: Digital Scholarship Librarians, Boston College

From the position announcement: Boston College Libraries seeks two creative, knowledgeable, and intellectually curious Digital Scholarship Librarians (Arts & Humanities and Sciences & Social Sciences) to advance digital scholarship initiatives at Boston College by providing consultation, technical support, and project management for faculty, librarians, staff, and students engaged in technology-rich scholarly projects … s/he works ...

RESOURCE: Reddit AMA on Digital Preservation

Trevor Muñoz (University of Maryland) and Janel Kinlaw (National Public Radio) hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) forum on Reddit on the topic of digital preservation. Questions from the audience included: What is a good formula for recognizing what to actually archive and what to delete? Do you keep material you can’t access in the ...

RESOURCE: DH Trends

It’s no secret that Twitter is a great way to stay informed about developments in the digital humanities, but sometimes the combination of speed and volume can make it unmanageable. DH Trends is a weekly digest of tweets about the digital humanities, including major news, topics, tools, grants, and more from the past week. The ...

CFP: Textual Corpora and the Digital Islamic Humanities: A Workshop

The Digital Islamic Humanities Project at Brown University is accepting applications for the Textual Corpora and the Digital Islamic Humanities workshop, to take place October 17-18, 2014. The workshop “will comprise a series of introductory sessions on various digital tools and methodologies (e.g. geo-referencing, text encoding and processing, graph visualization, and other topics) aimed to provide scholars ...

JOB: Digital Archivist/Librarian, Harvard University Schlesinger Library

From the position description: The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites applications for the position of Digital Archivist/Librarian. Joining with the Library’s Librarian/Archivist for Digital Initiatives, the successful candidate will contribute to shaping the future of digital collections and services at the Schlesinger Library. The Digital Archivist will combine archival and ...

JOB: Humanities Librarian, IUPUI

From the job description: As a member of the Digital Scholarship Team the Humanities Librarian will support new and ongoing digital scholarship projects and outreach efforts including working with electronic text and metadata. … As a member of the Liberal Arts Group the Humanities Librarian will serve primarily as librarian liaison to one or more ...

We’re Looking for dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Summer 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 Summer 2014 semester. We’ve had a steadily increasing number of editors-at-large for each of the four semesters the Review has been in operation, and we’re hoping to continue the trend. Sign up ...