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RESOURCE: New Open Access Resources from the Library of Congress

Mar

9

2023

Eric Willey (Illinois State University) shares a summary of some new historical recordings, books, and datasets that the Library of Congress has added to their online collections thus far in 2023. They also call attention to the LoC’s newly published digitization strategy for 2023-2027. Read more about how librarians at ISU’s Milner Library are spotlighting ...

EVENT: A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado

Mar

9

2023

A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado is a collectively authored digital humanities project documenting and interpreting the sites, issues, policies, and cultures associated with the American nuclear weapons complex as it enters its ninth decade. With more than 40 contributors to date, the Atlas collects and cross-references many types of knowledge, affective registers, and forms ...

CFP: Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Special Issue

Mar

9

2023

From the call: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope ...

CFP: Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS)

Mar

9

2023

From the call: ILiADS, the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship, welcomes proposals for the seventh annual Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship. This year’s Institute, hosted by Davidson College in North Carolina, will be held in person July 23-28, 2023. ILiADS offers a week-long intensive environment for collaborative project teams composed of some mix ...

CFP: Modern Language Association (MLA) 2024 Sessions

Mar

9

2023

Numerous MLA committees that perform work related to digital humanities and libraries are seeking proposals for sessions planned for the 2024 MLA Annual Convention. Of note, the MLA’s Committee on Information Technology (CIT) initiates projects, publications, and other activities relating to the use of computers and other technologies for teaching and research in the language ...

FUNDING/OPPORTUNITY: Podcasting the Humanities

Mar

9

2023

Disclosure: This post highlights an opportunity in which a dh+lib editor has a financial interest. The editor involved has recused themselves from making editorial decisions on this post. Hosted by the National Humanities Center, in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University, Podcasting the Humanities is a five-day virtual institute that ...

RECOMMENDED: Data Primer: Making Digital Humanities Research Data Public

Dec

1

2022

Published earlier in 2022, the collaboratively authored and edited Data Primer: Making Digital Humanities Research Data Public (Felicity Tayler; Marjorie Mitchell; Chantal Ripp; and Pascale Dangoisse) provides an overview of current practices around data management and curation for digital humanities practitioners. Book Description Data management and curation are important processes for digital humanists: without proper ...

RESOURCE: Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal

Dec

1

2022

The National Museum of African American History and Culture has announced the launch of the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal – a comprehensive search platform allowing users to search over 1.7 million pages of Freedmen’s Bureau records. From the announcement: The portal allows users to search records from the United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and ...

CFP: Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions

Dec

1

2022

Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the 3-year Collections as Data: Part to Whole project culminates in an international summit: Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions. The Collections as Data: Part to Whole team has shared a Call for Participation for this collaborative international working event, which will be held ...

CFP: Inclusive Pedagogies and Services

Dec

1

2022

From guest editors of a forthcoming Reference Services Review issue, Dr. Kawanna Bright and Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre, comes a Call for Papers regarding Inclusive Pedagogies and Services. From the Call: How do we create cultures of inclusivity in libraries where librarians not only value inclusive principles, but enact them in meaningful ways? Reference Services Review (RSR) ...

OPPORTUNITY: The Art Historical Image in the Digital Age

Dec

1

2022

“The Art Historical Image in the Digital Age” is a two-week seminar that will take place at the Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut (KHI) from June 26 to July 7, 2023. The seminar will be led by Emily Pugh, Principal Research Specialist for Digital Art History, Getty Research Institute, and David Ogawa, Associate Professor ...