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CFP: DH_BUDAPEST_2018

Dec

14

2017

The Centre for Digital Humanities at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE.DH) has released a call for papers for DH_BUDAPEST_2018, to be held May 27-31, 2018, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference seeks to “survey the current state of research in digital humanities in the hope of exposing further aspects of the role played by the digital ...

JOB: Assistant Director for Digital Archives, The New School

Dec

14

2017

From the announcement: The New School Libraries and Archives seeks an enthusiastic, committed assistant director for digital archives (ADDA) to plan, set policy, implement, and manage systems and workflows for accessioning, appraising, processing, preserving, and facilitating access to digital collections in the New School Archives and Special Collections (the Archives). In this permanent, full-time position ...

JOB: Digital Collections Librarian/Assistant or Associate Librarian, Miami University

Dec

14

2017

From the announcement: The Miami University Libraries seeks an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, proactive and service oriented Digital Collections Librarian for the new Steward and Sustain department. The position requires a self-motivated, creative, client-centered librarian who is committed to providing excellent customer service and who remains knowledgeable of emerging trends in libraries, special collections, and information technology. ...

CFP: dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Spring 2018

Dec

11

2017

We are looking for editors-at-large for Spring 2018. Sign up for a shift today! dh+lib Review posts appear on the dh+lib homepage, in a weekly email newsletter, and are shared in our Twitter feed. Items are selected from the streams of content produced and shared by the dh+lib community. We seek to cast a wide ...

POST: Collections as Data & Information Literacy

Dec

7

2017

John Russell (Penn State University, and dh+lib contributing editor) and Allyssa Bruce (Kansas State University) explore the intersection of library collections and information literacy in a guest post for the Collections as Data project. In “Collections as Data & Information Literacy,” Russell and Bruce approach the Santa Barbara Statement on Collections as Data from the ...

POST: Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC), Phase II

Dec

7

2017

The University of Virginia has announced the second phase of the Social Networks and Archival Context cooperative program, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in a post on the U.S. National Archives Blog. Known as SNAC, the program began in 2010 with funding from the NEH and aimed to “explore the feasibility of extracting ...

POST: Teaching with Digital Archives

Dec

7

2017

The AHA Today blog of the American Historical Association has published a piece by John Rosinbum called “Teaching with Digital Archives,” in which he discusses the use of openly available resources with his undergraduate history class. I have found that targeted and guided use of digital archives in the classroom can powerfully engage students and ...

RESOURCE: Institutionalizing Digital Scholarship

Dec

7

2017

Dan Cohen (Northeastern University) has shared a summary of his recent digital scholarship presentation at Brown University on his personal blog. In “Institutionalizing Digital Scholarship (or Anything Else New in a Large Organization),” Cohen introduces the “three critical elements of institutionalization” as presented in his talk: routinizing, normalizing, and depersonalizing. Drawing from his experience at ...

CFP: Digital Humanities BeNeLux Conference 2018

Dec

7

2017

The Digital Humanities BeNeLux initiative has issued a call for papers for the 5th annual conference, taking place June 6-8, 2018 at the International Institute for Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam. The conference, which focuses on “data or research projects related to Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg,” invites papers from a variety of fields towards ...

JOB: Digital Projects Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington

Dec

7

2017

From the announcement: The Digital Projects Librarian works with library and university staff, faculty, and students to develop and implement new digitization projects. Reporting to the Department Head of Digital Creation, the Digital Projects Librarian oversees and monitors all aspects of digital project work, including project development, assistance in digital collection selection, digitization of materials, ...

RECOMMENDED: Identifying Early Modern Books: Challenges for Citation Practices in Book History and Early Modern Studies

Nov

30

2017

Archive Journal has published an essay by Meaghan Brown (Folger Shakespeare Library), Paige Morgan (University of Miami), and Jessica Otis (Carnegie Mellon University), “Identifying Early Modern Books: Challenges for Citation Practices in Book History and Early Modern Studies.” The article considers the tools and methodologies of bibliometrics, offering insights into the study of citations to ...