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OPPORTUNITY: Apply for ARL Digital Scholarship Institute

Feb

13

2020

The ARL Academy is accepting applications for the fifth iteration of the ARL Digital Scholarship Institute, to be held June 15-19 at the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From the announcement: The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute (DSI) is a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for library professionals and graduate students enrolled in a library and information science program ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian (Washington University)

Feb

13

2020

From the announcement: The Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian will be responsible for providing expertise and leadership in development, implementation, and assessment of metadata systems, policies, and procedures to support discovery, access, management, and preservation of general and special collections, digital collections and digital repository holdings in the University Libraries. PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead and ...

RECOMMENDED: Radical Collaboration: Making the Computational Turn in Special Collections and Archives

Dec

5

2019

In a recent ResearchDataQ editorial, Montana State University (MSU) Library’s Justin D. Shanks (CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow), Sara Mannheimer (Assistant Professor, Data Librarian), and Jason Clark (Professor, Head of Special Collection and Archival Informatics) explore the computational turn in special collections and archives. With initiatives such as Collections as Data, librarians and archivists are working closer ...

POST: Co-creating Open Infrastructure to Support Epistemic Diversity and Knowledge Equity

Dec

5

2019

Reflecting on the theme of this year’s Open Access Week, “Open For Whom,” Yasmeen Shorish and Leslie Chan turn their attention to scholarly infrastructure. In their post, Shorish and Chan call attention to questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly communication, broadly construed to include digital humanities work happening within and beyond libraries. They ...

POST: ‘Despatches from the Fourth Quadrant’: Three observations from this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference

Dec

5

2019

Stephen Brooks shares reflections from the recent DCDC2019 in Jisc‘s Content and Digitisation blog. ‘Despatches from the Fourth Quadrant’: Three observations from this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference, held November 12-14 in Birmingham, U.K. In addition to providing a thoughtful and detailed overview of the conference and its many innovations, Brooks noted several ...

CFP: Recounting Algorithms

Dec

5

2019

The University of Toronto Mississauga Library invites proposals for its upcoming workshop, Recounting Algorithms: A Workshop on Critical Algorithm Studies in the Library. From the call: How can libraries and archives best contribute to emerging critical discourses around algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence? Recounting Algorithms is a two-day workshop, supported by the Council on ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Fairfield University)

Dec

5

2019

From the ad: Job Description: The Digital Scholarship Librarian provides leadership in the development, implementation, promotion, and assessment of digital scholarly initiatives. Participates in the Library’s Faculty Partnership program. Participates in the Library’s instruction program. Provides research services. EXPERIENCE: Experience and knowledge of current practices in digital scholarship. Project management experience. Evidence of potential in ...

JOB: Center for Black Digital Scholarship Librarian (Penn State University)

Dec

5

2019

From the ad: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks creative and collaborative applicants for the Center for Black Digital Research (CBDR) Scholarship Librarian. This person will play a key leadership role in developing and coordinating scholarly activities and digital research initiatives in the Center for Black Digital Research. This position, supported by the Provost in ...

POST: Intra-Campus Collaboration Around Research Support

Oct

17

2019

Brian Lavoie, a research scientist at OCLC has published a post about developing formal and informal intra-campus collaboration around research support. He shares several observations garnered from recent discussions by the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) Research Support Interest Group: Collaborative relationships on campus are both formal and informal Who you know is important … build ...

RESOURCE: Digital Collections Management Compendium

Oct

17

2019

The Library of Congress has announced the launch of its Digital Collections Management Compendium (DCMC). The DCMC is a comprehensive set of guidelines and policies for LoC’s digital collection management. The DCMC is intended to promote “enduring access to the Library’s vast digital collections.” Senior Digital Collections Specialist Jesse Johnston writes, “This resource is primarily ...

CFParticipation: Digital Preservation Services in Digital Scholarship Centers Survey Participation

Oct

17

2019

Digital humanities/digital scholarship librarians and staff are invited to participate in a brief online survey about digital preservation practices at digital scholarship centers (including digital humanities centers) in the United States. This survey is primarily multiple-choice, and we anticipate it will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. This research is focused on digital scholarship centers, including digital humanities ...