JOB: Digital Projects Coordinator (Library of Congress)

From the announcement: Responsibilities Utilizes knowledge of the major issues, program goals and objectives to coordinate and recommend digital projects related to the ingest of preservation and access of digital collections in the American Folklife Center and the Veteran History Project. Adapts analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to the measurement and improvement of the division’s ...

PROJECT: Juncture

JSTOR Labs announced a new project, Juncture: Juncture is a free-to-use, open source framework for converting simple text files into an engaging visual essay. A visual essay is an interactive and responsive web page that augments a text narrative with visual elements to provide depth and context. With Juncture you can create a single essay ...

EVENT: VeDPH Seminars in Digital and Public Humanities

The European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH) announces its fall virtual seminar series in Digital and Public Humanities. 6 October 2021: “Producing Knowledge in the Virtual Space: Approaching Archaeological Data from a Reflexive Digital Perspective,” Nicolò Dell’Unto (Lunds Universitet) 20 October 2021: “Resources, Tools and New Chances of Digital Humanities for Cultural Heritage: Academia and ...

CFP: Putting Open Social Scholarship into Practice

Putting Open Social Scholarship into Practice, sponsored by the Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) Partnership, Canadian-Australian Partnership for Open Scholarship (CAPOS), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, announces a call for proposals for its virtual conference: The last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have shone a light on the critical importance of ...

CFP: Computational Analysis Skills for Large-Scale Humanities Data

The Programming Historian invites proposals of new tutorials dealing with computational analysis of large-scale digital collections, as a part of a special series developed in partnership with the National Archives and Jisc. From the call for proposals: Scholarly research has changed thanks to the proliferation of digital collections and the rapid emergence of computational methodologies ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Binghamton University)

From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Librarian is part of the Digital Scholarship team within the Digital Initiatives department. Digital Initiatives is a collegial environment, where communication and collaboration are two of our key values for supporting each other, the Libraries, and the campus community. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate in the development and ...

JOB: Director of Digital Curation & Open Infrastructure (Carnegie Mellon University)

From the announcement: We’re looking for someone to help us build something different. Carnegie Mellon University prides itself on collaborative, interdisciplinary, pragmatic, groundbreaking research— and that spirit carries into its Libraries. As we shift into a post-pandemic posture, we’re rethinking everything: our physical space, our educational, cultural, and research programs, our collections, and our digital infrastructure. We ...

PROJECT: Printed Pathways in US Latino Periodicals

Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage’s US Latino Digital Humanities program (USLDH) launched a new digital project, Printed Pathways in US Latino Periodicals. According to a recent news release, this “is a comprehensive authority list that contains robust bibliographic information about Latina/o authors and poets who published in US Latino periodicals. With over 4,800 records, ...

POST: Accelerating Standards for 3D Data to Improve Long-Term Usability

Writing for the Association of Research Libraries, Cynthia Hudson-Vitale (Penn State) shared details of the Community Standards for 3D Preservation (CS3DP) Initiative. Developed in response to the growth of 3D technologies, including 3D modeling and virtual reality, CS3DP “aims to be an open, radically inclusive, and collaborative community invested in creating standards. Composed of working ...

EVENT: DHSI 2021 Online Edition

Registration is open for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, offered virtually June 7-11 & 14-18. In addition to many of the week-long courses are several free offerings, including aligned conferences & events, online workshops, and institute lectures. From the announcement: To register for DHSI 2021—Online Edition, please complete the form available at the following link: ...

EVENT: Digital Humanities Research Hub Seminar Series

The Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study (University of London) is hosting an inaugural summer series, convened by Gabriel Bodard. Upcoming talks include: Thurs May 20, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Christopher Ohge (SAS) – Editorial Transformations and Minimal Computing at the Melville Electronic Library (book now) Thurs Jun 3, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gabriel Bodard (SAS) – ...