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EVENT: Deconstructing Digital Scholarship Consultations in the Library (ALA Preconference)

Apr

26

2018

On Friday, June 22, the ALA Digital Scholarship Section is offering an ALA preconference workshop for liaison librarians and functional specialist librarians entitled Deconstructing Digital Scholarship Consultations in the Library. The session’s learning outcomes include: Articulate how digital scholarship fits into higher education and why academic libraries are engaging in digital scholarship Identify similarities and ...

EVENT: AUP conversations in Digital Humanities

Apr

26

2018

On May 8, the Journals Committee of the Association of University Presses will convene a conversation with Paul Spence (King’s College London) and Niamh Thornton (University of Liverpool). From the announcement: Paul and Niamh will be considering the current issues and topics of discussion in Digital Humanities, as well as talking about projects they are ...

OPPORTUNITY: ARL Digital Scholarship Institute at Indiana University

Apr

26

2018

The Association of Research Libraries has announced the opening of applications for its third ARL Digital Scholarship Institute, to take place July 30–August 3, 2018 at Indiana University. The Digital Scholarship Institute is a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for professionals in ARL member libraries who are new to digital scholarship and would like to develop their skills ...

CFP: ACRL 2019 Conference Proposals Due May 4

Apr

26

2018

From the call: ACRL 2019 contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals are due May 4, 2018. Submit proposals via the online form available on the conference website. Learn about the overall process, see examples of successful proposals, and discover ways to strengthen your proposal submission in this webcast featuring members of the ACRL 2019 Conference ...

JOB: Director, Arts & Humanities Research Computing, Harvard University

Apr

26

2018

From the announcement: Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to understanding our users and devoted to making it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work through the effective use of information technology. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in ...

JOB: Metadata Product Manager, California Digital Library

Apr

26

2018

From the announcement: The California Digital Library (CDL) is a collaborative effort of the ten campuses of the University of California. As a UC systemwide library, CDL provides services to and on behalf of the UC system in partnership with the UC campus libraries. As a globally-connected digital library, CDL occupies a unique position between ...

JOB: Librarian for English at the University of Virginia

Apr

26

2018

From the announcement: The University of Virginia Library seeks a dynamic, collegial, and highly skilled professional to serve as the Librarian for English. As a member of the Arts and Humanities team, the successful candidate will serve as the liaison to the Department of English, and possibly to other departments or programs that align with ...

POST: Search and Replace: Josephine Miles and the Origins of Distant Reading

Apr

19

2018

As part of their forthcoming book, The Teaching Archive: A New History of Literary Study, Rachel Sagner Buurma (Swarthmore College) and Laura Heffernan (University of North Florida) have published an article in Modernism/Modernity that highlights the work of Josephine Miles, a founding scholar of computational methods in the humanities. They argue that, rather than credit ...

POST: Reviewing is an Act of Leadership

Apr

19

2018

Sharon Leon (Michigan State University) has posted a version of her panel talk at the Organization of American Historians‘ annual meeting, focusing reviewing digital public history projects. We can and should do our best to create a culture of reviewing that is humane and constructive. In that effort we might turn the groundbreaking work of the HuMetricsHSS ...

RESOURCE: Digital Humanities and Academic Libraries: An Australasian Survey

Apr

19

2018

Clare McKenzie and Kerry Ross (University of Wollongong) have shared a summary report and anonymized data for their 2017 study investigating the service and collaboration models within Australian and New Zealand academic libraries in support of digital humanities activities and projects at their institution. The authors’ analysis does not show a strong formal commitment or engagement ...

JOB: Digital Publishing Librarian at Columbia University

Apr

19

2018

From the announcement: The Columbia University Libraries seek a creative, service-oriented Digital Publishing Librarian to lead publishing services for its Digital Scholarship division. This new position reports to the Assistant Director of Scholarly Communication and Projects and is part of a newly-formed team that encompasses scholarly communication, digital humanities, and emerging technologies. The Digital Publishing ...