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POST: Sharing historic moments through Google Arts & Culture’s American Democracy Collection

Aug

4

2016

In a post on The National Archives Narations blog, Meredith Doviak (The National Archives) announced the National Archives’ contributions to Google Arts & Culture’s American Democracy Collection. The collection of interactive exhibits about presidential elections in the United States involved collaborations with the WNET Thirteen, The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the Archive of American Television, and the National ...

POST: Providing Access through GIS Data at the Avery Library

Aug

4

2016

Leo Stezano (University of California, San Diego) has published a post on the LITA blog about his work at the Avery Library of Architectural and Fine Arts at Columbia University to “explore the possibilities that GIS data offers for providing access to and context for collections. Stezano recounts three projects (The New York Real Estate Brochures ...

CFParticipation: Digital Humanities on Slack

Jun

9

2016

Amanda Visconti (Purdue University) shared a form to join Digital Humanities Communities on Slack. Aimed at “anyone interested in both in some combination of ‘digital’ and ‘humanities’ (whatever those mean to you), and some activity such as coding/design/making/building/sysadministery/development at *any* level of experience, including being complete new to the activity.” The group also includes a ...

CFParticipation: The Business Model “Bootcamp” for Digital Project Leaders

Jun

9

2016

The Northwestern University Libraries has announced “Sustaining Digital Resources, the Business Model Bootcamp” this summer in Evanston, Illinois between August 8-10, 2016 for Digital Project Leaders. This intensive workshop, which past participants have described as a “mini-MBA where the topic is your project,” takes participants through the steps to developing a strong business case for ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of San Diego

Jun

9

2016

From the announcement: The University of San Diego’s Copley Library seek a Digital Initiatives Librarian, a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position. This person plays a key role in making the University of San Diego’s scholarship and unique collections accessible to the world. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in planning USD’s distinguished ...

JOB: Data Visualization Designer and Digital Consultant for the Arts

Jun

9

2016

From the announcement: The University Libraries of Virginia Tech seeks a specialist to join a team offering critical and sophisticated new technology development services that enhance the scholarly and creative expression of faculty and graduate students. This new position will bring relevant computational techniques to the enhance the fields of Art and Design at Virginia ...

POST: How We Teach? Digital Humanities Pedagogy in an Imperfect World

Jun

9

2016

Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University) posted the text of her keynote delivered at the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN) Conference in Calgary. The talk explores what it means to teach digital humanities and how practitioners “must differentiate it from other practices of digital pedagogy, and whether in this world that is ...

CFParticipation: 2016 DLF Forum

Apr

21

2016

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) issued calls for proposals for the 2016 DLF Forum, the DLF Liberal Arts Pre-Conference and the Digital Preservation 2016 and the annual conference of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) in this central site. The Forum traditionally has no set theme so that it may speak to matters of interest ...

JOB: Digital Collections Librarian, Swarthmore College

Apr

21

2016

From the announcement: As a member of the Digital Initiatives and Scholarship Department, the Digital Collections Librarian will provide strategic and innovative leadership for the burgeoning digital asset management and preservation program of the Swarthmore College Libraries. The Digital Collections Librarian will be responsible for the planning, operations, and management of this program, and will ...

JOB: Digital Processing Archivist, Computer History Museum

Apr

21

2016

From the announcement: The Digital Processing Archivist will have primary responsibility for processing and reading the Museum’s digital collection with an emphasis on historic software objects. Tasks include arranging, describing, and making accessible new and legacy digital objects, ingesting content into the digital repository, and monitoring internal digital workflows. The Archivist will work closely with ...

OPPORTUNITY: Digital Humanities is What You Can Do with It: Going Beyond Digitization in Special Collections

Apr

21

2016

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) is offering a workshop as part of their annual preconference titled “Digital Humanities is What You Can Do with It: Going Beyond Digitization in Special Collections.” Led by Suzan Alteri, Chelsea Dinsmore, Richard Freeman, Jessica Marcetti, Daniel Reboussin, Laurie Taylor (University of Florida, Gainesville). By adding value to digital ...