POST: Mellon Funding for the Open Library of the Humanities

Adeline Koh (Stockton College) announced on ProfHacker that the Open Library of the Humanities, under the direction of Martin Paul Eve (University of Lincoln) and Caroline Edwards (University of London), has received “a substantial Mellon Foundation grant to build its technological platform, business model, journal and monograph pilot scheme.” In an interview with Koh on ProfHacker this week, Eve explains the origins ...

RECOMMENDED: Commit to DH people, not DH projects

Miriam Posner (UCLA) has written a post calling for digital humanities centers and programs to focus on people rather than projects as a means of “investing in people’s long-term potential as scholars.” Posner outlines the benefits of investing in people and teams rather than projects, citing successful efforts at the Universities of Virginia and Maryland: ...

PROJECT: HubCab

MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory has shared HubCab, “an interactive map that captures the more than 170 million unique taxi trips that were made by around 13,500 taxi cabs within the City of New York in 2011.” More than a fascinating snapshot of a year in transit in New York City, the “analysis introduces the novel concept ...

JOB: Digital Repository Analyst at Center for Research Libraries

From the announcement: The Digital Repository Analyst will assess and compare the capacity of various systems to provide long-term access to digitized news. Based on this assessment, he/she will play a key role in developing a rational methodology and process for libraries and publishers to collaborate on digitizing newspaper content to ensure broad access, interoperability, and ...

JOB: Digital Library Access Engineer, Stanford University

From the announcement: “Stanford University Libraries is seeking an enthusiastic and talented software engineer to support infrastructure and services as part of its digital library, an internationally recognized technology program developing innovative solutions to advance teaching, learning and research at one of the world’s leading universities. We are a mission-driven organization that emphasizes open, collaborative ...

POST: The Walt Whitman Archive

The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) shared an update on a new project related to the Walt Whitman Archive, a longstanding DH project that “sets out to make Whitman’s vast work, for the first time, easily and conveniently accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.” Working in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin and the Center ...

POST: Accessible Future Workshop

Adeline Koh (Richard Stockton College) wrote about her experiences at Accessible Future, an NEH-funded workshop on making the web more accessible to people with disabilities. Held at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, the two day workshop was led by Jennifer Guiliano (University of Maryland) and George Williams (University of South Carolina Upstate). ...

JOB: Lead Developer, MITH

From the announcement: “MITH is seeking a Lead Developer to work on research-intensive projects in the digital humanities. The Lead Developer will work with other senior MITH staff to conceptualize, implement, and develop software for research work in a collaborative, team-driven environment. This role requires creative leadership and commitment to research and development leading to novel ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Illinois Institute of Technology Library

From the announcement:  “The Digital Initiatives Librarian is a member of the Paul V. Galvin Library professional staff who, under the direction of the Head of Assessment, Planning and Scholarly Communications, provides leadership for digital collections and special collections services. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will also manage select digital resources at Galvin Library including the ...

JOB: Head of Digital Experience, Archives of American Art

From the announcement: The incumbent will serve as the Archives’ Head of Digital Experience in an ongoing effort to improve the website www.aaa.si.edu as the primary means of communicating information about the Archives within the context of the Smithsonian Institution, and in providing access to collections and resources. Included in the responsibilities are coordinating and ...

POST: J-Term: Team Engagement Developers

Caro Pinto (Mount Holyoke College) discusses her experience co-teaching the course Media Archaeology, Digital Humanities & The Archives, which experimented with the concept of a humanities lab in the classroom. Projects included appraising digital photos, taking apart an iMac, and running programs on a C-64. Pinto also discusses how librarians need to adapt their pedagogical ...