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, library, and archive workers to consider ethical and legal issues of open access to Indigenous cultural heritage. The new guidelines

“advance practical understanding among cultural heritage practitioners of how open heritage interplays with the protection of Indigenous rights over their heritage and data. Following a hands-on approach, the guidance unpacks the key issues underlying equitable access to and reuse of Indigenous cultural heritage and maps out the practical steps institutions can take when engaging with Indigenous communities… [and] clarifies how the CC licenses and tools and Local Contexts Labels can work together towards greater cultural equity, supporting communities in sharing on terms that reflect their cultural authority, and supporting respectful cultural exchanges and intercultural dialogue. In other words, it aligns open licensing tools with Indigenous data sovereignty frameworks.”

The guidelines themselves and a webinar explaining an overview are available on the Creative Commons webpage.

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 maps, Dunn also shares a link to a resource that visualizes how the differences have markedly altered the concept of relative size of different countries.  The author is also sure to point out that both projections, while necessary for different purposes, are not perfect:

Equal Earth certainly goes some way to addressing the historic visual imbalance [the Mercator map] created. However, and I will no doubt not be the only person to point out, it is not a “correct” or “accurate” visualisation, or even a “complete” one – no projection is. It is a set of mathematical abstractions and compromises which renders visible what is otherwise too huge to be visible. In that process, some combination of data – be it angles, surface area or symbology – will always be compromised. While the UN vote re-surfaces this debate and brings the matter back to public attention, Equal Earth is certainly not a panacea — a fact fully recognised by the authors of the paper in which it was originally proposed.

This post is a useful resource to explain to student the history of cartography as context for working with maps in the modern day, and it encourages those who read it to think critically about visualizing geographical data.

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 under 1,500 words. Rather than giving a step-by-step for conducting a topic model, this post explains what this particular mode of inquiry does and does not do, and that “topic modeling is a mere mortal swimming in ambiguity with the rest of us.”

The post includes links to to more dense theoretical frameworks and step-by-step guidance.

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 by November 10, 2026. Registrants must be members of the Canadian HSS Commons group to participate.

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 tools, ideas, and solutions (while also supporting new contributors). Potential ideas include, but are in no way limited to:

• CollectionBuilder Built Ons (reusable templates that extends and remixes CB for new purposes).
• CB Add Ons (documented packages that add new features to CollectionBuilder projects, providing self-contained dependencies, templates, and recipes. They generally support unusual formats or functionality beyond Items found in typical collections).
• Porting CB from Jekyll to another static generator or framework.
• Create a theming system or new curated themes that can swap into the default template.
• Create new documentation content such as interactive walkthroughs, workshop content, or special topics that would be useful to the community, such as how to improve accessibility, carry out user testing in digital collections, build in digital preservation practices, or solutions for deploying sites in the wild.
• Create new tools that support collection creation, management, or preservation that simplify workflows for users.

Interested developers can submit their proposals in the linked form on the webpage.

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 welcome.

Responsibilities include:

• Recruiting, coordinating, and leading the editorial and production teams
• Setting strategic direction and serving as liaison to sponsors and the host institution
• Managing staff, finances, and grants
• Representing the journal publicly and communicating with authors, special issue editors, and the broader academic community

Inquiries and expressions of interest should include an editorial philosophy and description (and proof) of institutional support, submitted to Julia Flanders (j.flanders@northeastern.edu), DHQ Editor in Chief, and Stefano Morello (smorello@gc.cuny.edu), ACH and DHQ Liaison.

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 data management, and artificial intelligence services. The Director establishes priorities, operations, and services and implements assessment strategies to enable evidence-based planning and decision-making. They work collaboratively with all library areas and play a leadership role in library-wide planning and decision making as a member of the KSL Leadership Team.

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 disciplines, leading support for data-driven research, data-intensive coursework, and finding and using data sets. The Digital Scholarship librarian is a research and instruction librarian, serving as subject liaison to departments focused on the use of data and quantitative analysis. One of 6 liaison librarians in the highly collaborative Research Services department, you’ll work on an intensely student-focused team responsible for academic support, instruction, and outreach. This position reports to the Director of Research Services.

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, CTRL-ALT-Retreat.” From the call:

The steering committee encourages proposals from teams and individuals in whole or in part new to digital scholarship. We employ an expansive definition of “digital project” that can include topics like infrastructure development and pedagogical practice. Projects of all types, and in any stage, are welcomed. We invite projects led by staff and early career faculty, as well as projects with substantial undergraduate leadership. We especially encourage proposals that include those who are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and people of color, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and LGBTQ+ people.

Registration costs are $750 per person for faculty/staff, and $250 per person for students. ILiADS housing and food costs are $250 for the week.

Proposal guidelines share a list of headings to include and give examples of successful proposals, which will be accepted until April 3rd. Successful proposals will be notified of their acceptance by May 1st.

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:

1. 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 the associated affordances, concerns, and implications?
2. Critical Digital Pedagogy and the Post-Truth society: It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell what is real and what is true. How can Digital Pedagogy help instructors and students to navigate issues related to digital literacy, data ethics, social media influences, etc.? How do we question and challenge dominant beliefs and practices in the field of Digital Pedagogy?
3. Digital (de)colonialism: How have digital pedagogy techniques and tools helped instructors and students address anti-racist and decolonization practices in their curriculum and research? What are the challenges and opportunities? Do you have any best practices to share?
4. Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Digital Pedagogy: Issues related to inclusivity and accessibility are at the forefront of Digital Pedagogy. What barriers have you encountered in your research and practice? How have you resolved them? What barriers remain? This is an opportunity to reflect on and share frameworks and best practices that have helped to reduce pedagogical barriers and integrate digital pedagogy approaches.
5. Sustainability, Renewability, and Environmental Costs in the digital sphere: Digital pedagogy is not immune to environmental critique. There are environmental impacts associated with generating the power and equipment needed to support digital initiatives. How should we reconcile the benefits of digital pedagogy with its environmental costs? Can digital pedagogy proponents be good environmental stewards?

The call for submissions opens on March 2nd, and closes April 13th. Presentations will be 20 minutes, synchronous, and may discuss ongoing research, case studies, reflections, or projects, among other things. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance on June 15th, and will submit their presentation slides by July 31st.

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, of any length, on the topic of electronic literature [and] recognizes excellence in the field”
• Marjorie C. Luesebrink Career Achievement Award – “honors a visionary artist and/or scholar who has brought excellence to the field of electronic literature and has inspired others to help create and build the field.”
• The Maverick Award – “honors an independent spirit: a writer, artist, researcher, programmer, designer, performer, or hybrid creator who does not adhere to a conventional path but creates their own and in so doing makes a singular contribution to the field of electronic literature.”

The deadline for nominations is March 9th, and awards will be given during the 2026 ELO Conference, hosted virtually by the University of Central Florida in July.