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RECOMMENDED: Never Neutral: Critical Approaches to Digital Tools & Culture in the Humanities

Oct

22

2013

Josh Honn (Northwestern University) presented a talk last week at Western University titled, “Never Neutral: Critical Approaches to Digital Tools & Culture in the Humanities” (paper is available here). Honn continues recent discussions of cultural criticism in DH, examining “how the critical curation of digital tools can lead to a cultural critique of a hegemonic Silicon ...

POST: On Allington on Open Access

Oct

22

2013

David Golumbia draws attention to Daniel Allington’s post, “On open access, and why it’s not the answer.” Allington raises critical issues about the open access movement and whether it meets its objectives, writing: [W]hat did its advocates (me, for example) think it was going to facilitate? And now that it’s become mainstream, does it look as ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha

Oct

21

2013

From the announcement: “The Digital Initiatives Librarian manages the digital assets and digital collections of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library and Archives and Area Research Center. Works directly with students, faculty, staff and members of the community to support access to archival materials in digital formats. Provides direct support for student and faculty archival research. ...

JOB: Head, Digital Services Unit, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Oct

21

2013

From the Announcement: “Under the direction of the Head of Technical Services and working in close collaboration with units across the Beinecke Library and the Yale University Library, the Head of Beinecke Digital Services leads and coordinates the Beinecke Library’s digitization program, digital projects, and user experience initiatives that enhance access to and use of ...

CFParticipation: Registration Open for Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2014, University of Victoria

Oct

21

2013

Registration for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria is now open. DHSI is a week-long seminar that will take place from June 2-6, 2014, and features workshops, colloquia, unconferences and keynote lectures from Aimee Morrision and Alex Gil. There are currently 27 courses offered for varying levels of expertise, and include topics such ...

POST: Done in WordPress: Scholarly Publishing @ MIT Libraries

Oct

21

2013

ALA Tech Source blog debuted the first in a series of posts excerpted from the forthcoming LITA Guide, The Comparative Guide to WordPress in Libraries. “Done in WordPress: Scholarly Publishing @ MIT Libraries” describes how MIT Libraries leverages WordPress as “an information hub on open access Scholarly Publishing @ MIT Libraries.” The post outlines the process ...

CFProposals: Personal Digital Archiving Conference

Oct

1

2013

This year’s Personal Digital Archiving Conference, hosted by the Coalition for Networked Information, will take place April 10–11, 2014, in Indianapolis, Indiana (n.b. the conference date has been changed; it was originally announced to be held April 17-18). The organizers are accepting proposals for 20-minute paper presentations, lightning talks, and posters on the theme of ...

POST: Collaboration Before Preservation: Recovering Born Digital Records in the Stephen Gendin Papers

Oct

1

2013

Mark Matienzo, Digital Archivist at the Yale University Library, wrote a blog post for Yale’s Manuscripts and Archives Blog about “the importance of collaboration both within Yale and beyond about our efforts to preserve and provide access to born digital records.” Matienzo describes how he collaborated to process the born digital records in the Papers ...

RESOURCE: Digital Scholarship and Digital Libraries: Past, Present, and Future

Sep

30

2013

At the recent International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Christine L. Borgman of the University of California, Los Angeles, delivered a keynote presentation, “Digital Scholarship and Digital Libraries: Past, Present, and Future.” Drawing on materials from her forthcoming book Big Data, Little Data, No Data, the keynote traced transformations in scholarly communication such ...

JOB: Director, The Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education

Sep

30

2013

From the Announcement: The Bryn Mawr College Library is seeking a dynamic scholar to lead the development of The Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education, an online portal to support original research, teaching, and the exchange of ideas about the history of women’s education, both in the United States and ...

JOB: Digital Archivist, DePaul University

Sep

30

2013

From the announcement: “The Digital Archivist will report to the Head of Special Collections and Archives. The Digital Archivist will work collaboratively across the library and the University to expand the library’s capacity to responsibly acquire born-digital archival content, manage existing digital holdings, and ensure the effective acquisition, appraisal, description, preservation, future migration, access to ...