POST: Learning How Fair Use Works

Kevin Smith (Duke University) has written a post introducing the new Fair Use Index released by the U.S. Copyright Office. The index, which will be updated and expanded by the Copyright Office, contains searchable summaries of approximately 170 fair use cases in U.S. courts and, as Smith notes, doubles as a learning tool: “the best ...

CFP: Communities of Practice: Toward a Local and Global Digital Humanities

The peer-reviewed, open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities has issued a call for papers for a special collection on the topic of Communities of Practice: Toward a Local and Global Digital Humanities. Guest editors Aaron Mauro (Pennsylvania State University) and Ray Siemens (University of Victoria) seek: submissions dedicated to describing community formation and collaboration while accounting for ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Xavier University

From the announcement: Job Description Xavier University seeks an energetic individual to fill the newly created position of Digital Initiatives Librarian. This is a unique opportunity blending traditional librarian skills, technology and innovation to strategically position the library to meet future needs. The librarian in this key position has primary responsibility for coordinating our digital ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, University of Miami

From the announcement: The University of Miami Libraries seeks nominations and applications for a collaborative and innovative Digital Humanities Librarian. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and working within a growing digital strategies team, the Digital Humanities Librarian will develop a set of services to support the evolving digital humanities research and pedagogy ...

POST: We’re Overdue on Altmetrics for the Digital Humanities

Stacey Konkiel (Altmetric) has written a post reflecting on her recent efforts to understand how research in the humanities is evaluated, with an eye towards the digital humanities in particular. Observing that scholarly societies have begun to issue guidelines for evaluating digital scholarship projects, Konkiel notes that they: tend not to address newer types of ...

POST: Digital Texas Round-Up!

Charlotte Nunes (Southwestern University) has written a round-up of two Texas digital scholarship conferences: the Texas Digital Humanities Conference and the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Chock full of links to projects and presentations, Nunes’s post covers presentations from Tanya Clement, Rebecca Frost Davis, Liz Grumbach, Adeline Koh, Alan Liu, Bess Sadler, George Siemens, and ...

CFParticipation: The Future of Crowdsourcing

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invite “interested members of the public” to participate in a discussion on the future of crowdsourcing, to take place May 6-8, 2015. “Engaging the Public: Best Practices in Crowdsourcing across the Disciplines” will “bring together by invitation over 60 ...

CFP: Journal of Digital and Media Literacy

The Journal of Digital and Media Literacy invites submissions for its Winter 2015 issue, due by July 1, 2015. JoDML explores the ways people use technology to create, sustain, and impact communities on local, national, and global levels. Our content examines how civic leaders, media practitioners, scholars, and educators engage with all aspects of digital ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Salem State University

From the announcement: The Digital Initiatives Librarian will provide leadership and vision in planning, implementing, managing and growing digital initiatives that support the mission of the library and the university. The digital initiatives librarian will provide specialized reference services, deliver library instruction sessions, create instructional materials, and develop the library’s collections. The incumbent will participate in ...

JOB: Head of Digital Preservation, New York Public Library

From the announcement: The Head of Digital Preservation will lead efforts to create a long-term digital preservation strategy, establishing the policies and procedures that address the preservation of the digital assets the Library collects and generates. For over a decade, the Library has made significant investments in digitizing distinctive collections and building online systems to ...

POST: Notes from HathiTrust Uncamp 2015

Melissa Levine, in collaboration with Alix Keener and Rick Adler (all University of Michigan), has compiled a thorough recap of the HathiTrust Uncamp, held March 30-31, 2015, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event “featured a diverse range of perspectives, ideas, demos, and poster sessions all featuring non-consumptive uses of HathiTrust,” and Levine’s post provides both summary ...