CFP: Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject Specialists

The editors of Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject Specialists welcome chapter proposals for a revised second edition. Five years after the publication of Digital Humanities in the Library, digital humanities — as a field of study and community of practice — continues to transform how scholars and librarians research and ...

RESOURCE: 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report

EDUCAUSE, a community of IT leaders and professionals working together to tackle challenges and leverage opportunities that are constantly evolving within higher education, released its 2020 Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition. As the announcement explains, “This report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning and envisions ...

CFP: CFPs are here – 2020 DLF Forum and Affiliated Events

CLIR’s Digital Library Federation has is opened its Calls for Proposals for the 2020 DLF Forum (#DLFforum) and affiliated events, to be held this November in Baltimore, Maryland. CFP includes the DLF Forum, Learn@DLF, Digital Preservation 2020, and CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections Symposium. Proposals may come from: DLF members and non-members; conference veterans and newcomers; digital library ...

CFP: HASTAC 2020 – More room, more time!

There’s still time to submit a proposal to HASTAC 2020, to be held at the University of Texas at Dallas, October 15-18. HASTAC (“haystack”) is the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, a highly interdisciplinary conference that is particularly welcoming to early-career scholars and librarians. From their announcement: The local HASTAC organizing team ...

JOB: Emerging Technologies and Immersive Learning Librarian (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

From the announcement: Position Description: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a dynamic faculty member to serve as a liaison librarian providing support for faculty and students utilizing emerging and immersive technologies in research and instruction. The Emerging Technologies and Immersive Learning Librarian will develop services and support for emerging and immersive technologies including but ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Services Coordinator (Columbia University)

From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Services Coordinator facilitates the day-to-day operations and programming for Digital Scholarship locations across several Columbia Libraries; oversees the implementation of the outreach initiatives of the division, including maintaining event schedules and communicating programming to members of the Columbia community and beyond; provides entry-level assistance with digital software and emerging ...

JOB: Digital Infrastructure and Preservation Librarian (Washington State University)

From the announcement: As part of a larger functional team, comprised of personnel from the Libraries Systems Office, the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, and Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections at Washington State University, this position will be the primary technical advocate for the creation and curation of sustainable digital collections. This position will ...

RECOMMENDED: ACRL Endorses Protocols for Native American Materials

ACRL, at the request of its Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS), recently endorsed the Protocols for Native American Materials. From the announcement: In April 2006 a group of nineteen Native American and non-Native American archivists, librarians, museum curators, historians, and anthropologists gathered at Northern Arizona University Cline Library in Flagstaff, Arizona. The participants included ...

RESOURCE: Digital Technology and the Practices of Humanities Research

The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-EU) just released a new open access book, “Digital Technology and the Practices of Humanities Research,” edited by Jennifer Edmond. From the announcement: How does technology impact research practices in the humanities? How does digitisation shape scholarly identity? How do we negotiate trust in the digital ...

EVENT: Global Digital Humanities Symposium Registration Open

The Global Digital Humanities Symposium will take place on March 26-27, 2020 in the Main Library at Michigan State University. Attendance is free with advanced registration. The deadline for registration is March 13, 2020. The event will be livestreamed, and conversation about the symposium is encouraged at #msuglobaldh on Twitter. This two-day event features keynote ...

CFP: ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program, Spring 2020

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section’s Professional Development Committee, in collaboration with both the Outreach Committee and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, is seeking proposals for the first virtual professional development program in a series on April 15, 2020. From the call for proposals: The virtual program aims to bring together people from a variety ...