RESOURCE: DIY online exhibitions

Tim Sherratt (University of Canberra) has written a post about an app he developed for creating online exhibits of items in Trove, the digital collections aggregator from the National Library of Australia. In “DIY online exhibitions,” Sherratt explains why he chose to focus on an app for working with collections data that are accessible through ...

CFP: Keystone Digital Humanities Conference 2016

The organizers of the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference (Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-24, 2016) have issued a call for proposals, due February 1, 2016. We encourage submissions on all aspects of using and/or studying digital computation within the interpretive context of the humanities, but especially on the role of communities of collaboration and faceted teamwork across ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, DePaul University

From the announcement: Reporting to the Coordinator of Reference, Instruction, and Academic Engagement, the Digital Scholarship Librarian will provide leadership for the integration of digital tools, resources and methodologies with traditional resources and approaches to research, teaching and learning.   The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate with members of the Library Administration and with Coordinators of ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, Ohio State University

From the announcement: The Digital Humanities Librarian will establish and grow a dynamic, multifaceted program that addresses the growing demand for digital arts and humanities support on campus. Working with arts and humanities scholars, faculty and students, the Digital Humanities Librarian will foster successful adoption and application of digital arts and humanities approaches to research, ...

POST: Academia, Not Edu

In “Academia, Not Edu,” a post published on the heels of Open Access Week, Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Modern Language Association) argues that scholars should move away from sharing work on proprietary social networks, proposing disciplinary repositories as more ethical, and ultimately, more viable, alternatives. Likening Academia.edu to Facebook, Fitzpatrick writes: The network, in other words, does ...

POST: Your First Twitter Bot, in 20 Minutes

Peter Organisciak (University of Illinois) has written a short tutorial, “Your First Twitter Bot, in 20 Minutes,” taking readers through the process of creating a twitter account that automatically tweets according to programmatic specifications (a “bot”). To implement a bot usually requires some programming, some data wrangling, and a server. However, it can be easier. ...

RESOURCE: Exactly: A New Tool to Safely Transfer Born Digital Material to the Archive

Doug Boyd (Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky) has written a post offering a “sneak peak” of Exactly, a tool under development by the Nunn Center in partnership with AV Preserve, intended to bring digital preservation concepts of fixity directly to researchers working in oral history. Boyd notes: By the time ...

CFP: Personal Digital Archiving 2016

A call for proposals for the Personal Digital Archiving 2016 conference has been posted on CNI. The conference, which typically draws a wide range of archivists, librarians, scholars, activists, and hobbyists, will take place at the University of Michigan on May 12-14, 2016. Suggested topics include: Personal digital archives and why they matter to individuals, ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Developer, Columbia University

From the announcement: The Digital Humanities Developer will provide technology support for digital humanities-focused projects by evaluating, implementing and managing relevant platforms and applications; the Developer will also analyze, transform and/or convert existing humanities-related data sets for staff, engage in creative prototyping of innovative applications, and provide technology consulting and instructional support for Libraries staff. ...

JOB: Digital Collections Librarian, University of Wyoming

From the announcement: The University of Wyoming seeks applicants for a Digital Collections Librarian to join our growing Digital Collections office. This position builds digital collections, manages the digital repository, and supports related initiatives and projects across multiple disciplines. Responsibilities: Manage Digital UW (http://uwdigital.uwyo.edu/), the Libraries’ digital repository, including daily operations, digitization of new content, ...

POST: On Capacity and Care

Bethany Nowviskie (CLIR) has shared a “blended” version of two recent talks in her post, “On Capacity and Care.” Addressing the dual topics of sustainable digital humanities and the future of graduate education, Nowviskie frames her discussion using the notion of “care”: I offer care as a hard-nosed survival strategy, and as a strategy to ...