The Code4Lib Journal is accepting proposals for a special issue on diversity in library technology, to appear in April 2015. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to: Building diverse technology teams Implementing a code of conduct and/or assessing its efficacy Designing for accessibility Partnerships to foster inclusivity in the field Library tech programming ...

The Thirteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus, June 17-19, 2015. The call for papers  includes a “Special Focus for 2015: From the Digital Humanities to a Humanities of the Digital”: The conference will analyze this special focus through an interdisciplinary lens, ...

Digital Literary Studies (site under development), a new open access peer-reviewed journal based out of Pennsylvania State University, is currently building its editorial team: Digital Literary Studies will look to publish scholarly articles on research concerned with computational approaches to literary analysis/criticism, or critical/literary approaches to electronic literature, digital media, and textual resources. … We are inviting expressions of interest ...

Proposals are now being accepted for the Personal Digital Archiving 2015 conference, to take place April 24-26, 2015, in New York City. Co-sponsored by NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program, the NYU Libraries, and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the conference “will have two full days of presentations focused on a set ...

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) shared a call  to encourage “members of our community, and those involved in the greater digital library community, to participate in the planning of the 2015 DLF Forum.” Participation requires monthly and then bi-weekly planning phone calls starting in December 2014. Planning Committee members are also expected to attend the ...

Proposals are being accepted for the Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship conference, to be held April 26-28, 2015, in Philadelphia. This new conference seeks to “bring together librarians, scholars, scientists, technologists, publishers, and funders to examine the practices, technologies, roles, and economics that drive scholarly communication in the digital age.” Session types include: Round Table ...

The Visible Language journal is accepting proposals for a special issue on digital humanities. Submissions should address one or more of the following: What are the theoretical or pragmatic ways to frame critical making in design and/or the digital humanities? Where are the similarities, differences and challenges? How are these advantageous? In what ways might design ...

Proposals are now being accepted for the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference which will take place on July 22-24, 2015, at the University of Pennsylvania. Presentations may take the form of interactive presentations, short papers, project demos, or panel discussions. We welcome proposals from emerging and veteran students, teachers, and scholars. Proposals of 200-300 words are ...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has requested input on its revised Digitization Strategy, which is part of the National Archives 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. Marcus Most, Director of the Digitization Division at the National Archives, notes: Our revised strategy outlines some key approaches to digitization at NARA: Cultivating partnerships with institutions and organizations from ...

Proposals are being accepted for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) Colloquium, to be held during DHSI in June 2015 at the University of Victoria. All are welcome to submit, and proposals should be 300-500 words on topics including (but not limited to) the scholar’s role in personal and institutional research projects, tool application and development, ...