Hillary Richardson ← dh+lib

RESOURCE: Guidance for Indigenous Collections and Data

Sep

30

2026

Two organizations, Local Contexts and Creative Commons, have collaborated to create guidelines that “share commitments to equitable knowledge sharing, proper attribution, and respect for diverse cultural and community protocols,” in support of cultural heritage institutions that are creating access to data for Indigenous collections. These guidelines go beyond the usual protocols of copyright, priming museum, ...

POST: Projecting Emotions: Mercator and Equal Earth

Sep

30

2026

In this blog post, Stuart Dunn explains the implications of a vote of the United Nations General Assembly to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the more commonly used Mercator map, which privileges the degrees of travel between to points on a sphere to surface area. In addition to explaining the differences between the two ...

POST: What’s the Deal with Topic Modeling?

Sep

30

2026

Alyssa Virker, with the Data Sitters Club, shares a very practical, no-frills post about topic modeling as part of its TL;DR series, which is aimed at people who “don’t know if digital humanities is right for you.” This post is ideal for introducing students to the method as a form of inquiry and exploration, in ...

EVENT: Transitions of Leadership: Succession, Stewardship, and Sustainability in the Digital Humanities

Sep

30

2026

An online conference on November 16, 2026, hosted by Canadian HSS Commons, will discuss how digital humanities projects that “span multiple generations of scholars, infrastructures, and institutions” can teach future scholars about project management, transitions, and tools. The format of the conference will be pre-recorded videos, accompanied by live conversation. Registration is free, but required ...

OPPORTUNITY: Collection Builder Community Developers Program

Sep

30

2026

The CollectionBuilder team is accepting proposals that “enhance, extend, experiment with, and/or document CollectionBuilder.” This opportunity is grant-funded and will pay a small budget to accepted proposals, which are open between September 24 and October 9, 2026. From the program website: Projects should be re-useable enhancements and resources that benefit the CollectionBuilder community with new ...

OPPORTUNITY: DHQ Institutional Host and Editor in Chief

Sep

30

2026

The deadline to submit an initial expression of interest for both the Editor in Chief (EIC)and institutional host for Digital Humanities Quarterly has been moved from August of this year to January 8, 2027. From the call: The new Editor in Chief will serve for a five-year renewable term. Collaborative multi-editor and multi-institution arrangements are ...

JOB: Director of the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship (Case Western Reserve University)

Sep

30

2026

From the announcement: The Director of the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship provides leadership, direction, and establishes priorities for all programs, services, and spaces associated with the Digital Scholarship department and the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship. This includes responsibility for scholarly communication and open scholarship, text and data analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), research ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Reed College)

Sep

30

2026

From the posting: Reed College seeks a collaborative, student-oriented librarian to provide leadership with digital scholarship, data-intensive research, and quantitative-focused liaison areas. In this position, you will oversee the electronic thesis submission process, participate in digital collections support, and collaborate on digital scholarship initiatives. You will work closely with students, faculty, and library staff across ...

CFP: 2026 ILiADS

Feb

26

2026

The Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS) has issued the call for project proposal applications for the 2026 Institute, held in person at Vassar College, July 26th-31st. The Institute invites proposals from digital scholarship teams, as in previous years, and new to this year, proposals from individuals as part of the “Digital Scholarship Incubator, ...

CFP: 2026 Digital Pedagogy Institute

Feb

26

2026

The Digital Pedagogy Institute has announced calls for submission to the 2026 DPI, held virtually and with no registration fees. There are 6 “streams” for submitting: Digital Pedagogy and Emerging Technologies: Higher education institutions are navigating the intersection of pedagogy and emerging technologies. How are these innovative technologies reshaping teaching and learning experiences? What are ...

OPPORTUNITY: 2026 ELO Awards Nominations

Feb

26

2026

The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) is seeking nominations for 4 awards: Robert Coover Award for a Work of Electronic Literature – “for the best work of electronic literature of any length or genre [and] aims to recognize creative excellence” N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature – “for the best work of criticism, ...