JOB: Digital Humanities and Web Services Librarian, University of Delaware

From the announcement: The University of Delaware Library seeks a creative, enthusiastic professional for the position of Digital Humanities and Web Services Librarian. Reporting to the Head, Library Server and Data Management Department in the Library Technologies and Digital Initiatives Division, the position works closely with colleagues throughout the library in three areas of primary ...

JOB: Digital Projects Developer, Lewis & Clark College

From the announcement: Reporting to the Digital Services Coordinator, the Digital Projects Developer performs advanced technical and creative work essential to Watzek Library’s services and digital initiatives. The Developer authors and modifies web software code and installs, configures and administers web content management software. The Developer manages technical projects and assures that deadlines are met ...

OPPORTUNITY: Personal Digital Archiving—a new LITA web course

The Library and Technology Association (LITA) division of ALA is offering Personal Digital Archiving for Librarians, “a Moodle based web course with asynchronous weekly content lessons, tutorials, assignments, and group discussion.” Running from October 6 to November 11, 2015,  participants will learn best practices for managing digital “stuff,” how to save social media content, understand basics ...

RESOURCE: The Digital Humanities Are Alive and Well and Blooming: Now What?

Nancy L. Maron (Sustaining Digital Resources Training Program) published “The Digital Humanities Are Alive and Well and Blooming: Now What?” in the September/October edition of the EDUCAUSE Review. Maron observes three challenges for institutions establishing a digital humanities program from her work with the Ithaka S+R Study: Building an Inventory Examining the Digital Life Cycle Choosing ...

RECOMMENDED: What’s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities

Miriam Posner (UCLA) shared her keynote address from the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference, which took place at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries from July 22-24, 2015. In it, Posner explores the “radical, unrealized potential of digital humanities,” especially calling for engagement with gender, sexuality, and critical race theory: DH needs scholarly expertise in critical race theory, ...

JOB: Director, Metadata & Digital Strategies, Hamilton College

From the announcement: Hamilton College seeks a dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking leader to join the strategic leadership team of an integrated information services organization.  This is a perfect professional opportunity for someone who enjoys collaborating with others to help guide Hamilton’s digital future while maintaining its excellence in traditional media.  We are looking for an ...

JOB: Digital Archivist, Emerson College

From the announcement: The Digital Archivist works with the Head of Archives and Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Librarian to plan and execute workflows for the digitization of analog records. Core responsibilities will include acquisition, appraisal, description, and preservation of both digitized and born-digital records. The Digital Archivist will also monitor the activities of interns ...

JOB: Scholarly Technologies Specialist, Washington and Lee University

From the announcement:  W&L University Library seeks to fill a four-year grant-funded position to implement technologies that will promote the Library’s role as a center of campus-wide academic engagement as well as modernize and streamline traditional library operations and services. As a member of a small organization, this position requires teamwork, collaboration, and self-motivation. The ...

POST: HILT2015, iSchools+DH, and deconstructive/critical digital pedagogy.

Micah Vandegrift (Florida State University) shared a post in which he considers how to build on the iSchools+DH project that cross-pollinated iSchool students with digital humanities centers. Vandegrift has set his focus on compiling syllabuses from DH courses taught in library schools, asking: How are DH courses being taught in LIS programs and iSchools? Is ...

POST: #guerrilladh

Alex Gil (Columbia University) shared a post collocating thoughts on the #dhpoco summer school in 2013 with more recent ruminations inspired by the work of Bess Sadler and Chris Bourg, Miriam Posner, and Tim Sherratt. Exploring questions of activism and the potential for digital humanities to work towards “one of the broadest universals we have known,” ...

POST: Omeka Curator Dashboard

Jess Waggoner (University of California, Santa Cruz) has written a post providing an overview of the Omeka Curator Dashboard, “a suite of fifteen plugins (though a bonus sixteenth will be coming soon!) designed to facilitate object import and export, manage metadata, and curate collections.” Waggoner explains how working on the Grateful Dead Archive Online project ...