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PROJECT: The Book Biography Machine

Mar

10

2016

In “The Book Biography Machine at the Medieval Academy of America,” the authors of the metaLAB (at) Harvard blog discuss the development of The Book Biography Machine, an “interface that permits humanities scholars to map the diffusion of written works across geographic space and time in order to ask new questions about the history of ...

CFP: Digging into Data Challenge

Mar

10

2016

The fourth Digging into Data Challenge has been announced, featuring “expanded international funding and opportunities” for the international competition. This year, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) joins a consortium of international funders from Europe, North America, and South America to support “research projects that use ‘big data’ sources and methodologies to address ...

CFP: Digital Humanities Congress 2016

Mar

10

2016

A call for papers for Digital Humanities Congress 2016, to be held at the University of Sheffield, September 8-10, has been issued. The conferences will be hosted by the University of Sheffield’s Humanities Research Institute, with the support of centerNet. Organizers welcome papers, sessions, and posters on “all aspects of the digital humanities,” providing some ...

JOB: Developer for Digital Scholarship, Wake Forest University

Mar

10

2016

From the announcement: In partnership with the WFU Humanities Institute, this position will build and implement new web applications and sites for faculty and student related research projects. This position was created in part through an “Engaged Humanities” grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, and is critical to the delivery of essential applications and service within Z. ...

RECOMMENDED: Service +/- collaboration for digital humanities in the library

Mar

3

2016

In a post on her blog, Amanda Visconti (Purdue University Libraries) shared the job talk she gave when interviewing for her current position as assistant professor & digital humanities specialist. The talk, entitled “Service +/- collaboration for digital humanities in the library,” presents a variety of approaches toward what a DH specialist in a library might ...

RECOMMENDED: Comics and the Digital Humanities

Mar

3

2016

Roger Todd Whitson (Washington State University) and Anastasia Salter (University of Central Florida) introduce the current issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly on Comics as Scholarship with an article entitled “Comics and the Digital Humanities.” In this piece, the authors, who edited the special issue, explore the tension between print and digital with regard to the ...

PROJECT: Rosa Parks Collection Now Online

Mar

3

2016

In a post at the Library of Congress Blog, Erin Allen announced the online launch of the Rosa Parks Papers. The website includes nearly 2,500 digitized photographs, letters, and documents from the collection, which was opened to researchers in 2015. From the collection description: The papers of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) span the years 1866-2006, with the bulk ...

POST: The Digital Liberal Arts at Occidental College

Mar

3

2016

In a Contribute post at the Digital Library Federation blog, Daniel Chamberlain (Occidental College) details the collaborative work that led to the development of his institution’s conception of the Digital Liberal Arts. The Center for Digital Liberal Arts (which Chamberlain directs) partnered with the Library and other campus groups to develop a program that connected the curriculum ...

POST: Three-Dimensional Science Fiction: Visualizing IF Magazine Covers (1952-1974)

Mar

3

2016

Thomas Padilla (Michigan State University Libraries) has written a post on visualizing two-dimensional images in three-dimensional space using cover images from the IF Magazine archive as a dataset. The tutorial walks users through gathering a dataset of images, preparing them for visualization, and using ImageJ to explore the images in three-dimensional space. Padilla details the various tools and commands necessary ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Research Coordinator, Penn State University Libraries

Mar

3

2016

From the announcement: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks creative, forward-thinking individuals to apply for the full-time, three-year appointment as Digital Scholarship Research Coordinator. This faculty librarian will play a critical role in project and service development to strengthen digital scholarship at Penn State. The successful candidate will be conversant with a variety of pertinent ...

JOB: Digital Asset Librarian, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Mar

3

2016

From the announcement: The Philadelphia Museum of Art is currently seeking a Digital Asset Librarian to activate and expand access to our world-class art collections and the digital media that is produced from them. Working under the general direction of the Arcadia Director of the Library and Archives and in close collaboration with the Information ...