CFP: Keystone Digital Humanities Conference 2016

The organizers of the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference (Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-24, 2016) have issued a call for proposals, due February 1, 2016. We encourage submissions on all aspects of using and/or studying digital computation within the interpretive context of the humanities, but especially on the role of communities of collaboration and faceted teamwork across ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, DePaul University

From the announcement: Reporting to the Coordinator of Reference, Instruction, and Academic Engagement, the Digital Scholarship Librarian will provide leadership for the integration of digital tools, resources and methodologies with traditional resources and approaches to research, teaching and learning.   The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate with members of the Library Administration and with Coordinators of ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, Ohio State University

From the announcement: The Digital Humanities Librarian will establish and grow a dynamic, multifaceted program that addresses the growing demand for digital arts and humanities support on campus. Working with arts and humanities scholars, faculty and students, the Digital Humanities Librarian will foster successful adoption and application of digital arts and humanities approaches to research, ...

LES/DHIG Meetup at ALA Midwinter 2016

Braving the cold at ALA Midwinter 2016? Interested in literature, Digital Humanities, or libraries? Join the Digital Humanities Interest Group and the Literatures in English Section of ACRL on Saturday, January 9, 6:00-8:00 PM for an informal meetup at Tap Trailhouse, 19 Union Street, Boston. Amanda Rust, Laura Braunstein, and Thomas Padilla will be there as organizers of the ...

POST: Why GLAM Wiki: Wikipedia & Galleries, Libraries, Archives, & Museums

In a guest post at ACRLog entitled “Why GLAM Wiki: Wikipedia and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums,” Siân Evans (Senior Implementation Manager at Artstor) describes her work with Art+Feminism, an organization dedicated to increasing the representation of cis and trans women in the arts on Wikipedia. From the post: Wikipedia edit-a-thons also provide a space in which ...

POST: Twisty Little Passages: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Master Speech File

In response to the release of The Franklin D. Roosevelt Master Speech File, Thomas Padilla (Michigan State University Libraries) has put together a bulk data gathering and transformation workflow tutorial with that dataset as an example. Padilla meticulously documents the phases of the process and provides tips about the tools and commands at work in the scenario. The steps are: ...

RESOURCE: Traces of the Old, Uses of the New

The University of Michigan’s digitalculturebooks has announced the publication of the third title in their Editorial Theory and Literary Criticism Series, Amy Earhart’s Traces of the Old, Uses of the New: The Emergence of Digital Literary Studies. This title “stakes a claim for discipline-specific history of digital study as a necessary prelude to true progress in defining Digital ...

OPPORTUNITY: Digital Strategy Paid Summer Internship, National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum (2 positions)

From the announcement: The Digital Strategy interns will assist with the ongoing project to make the Museum and Library’s unique collections available and searchable online. The interns, under the guidance of the Digital Strategy department, will focus on enhancing previously created metadata using a controlled vocabulary and schema. They will gain familiarity with Islandora, the ...

JOB: Digital Projects Librarian, University of Toronto

From the announcement: The University of Toronto Library invites applications for a Digital Projects Librarian, Scholars Portal. Scholars Portal is the digital service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), which manages infrastructure and services that support Ontario’s 21 university libraries. The Scholars Portal team, based at the University of Toronto, is made ...

JOB: Digital Archivist, State Historical Society of Missouri

From the announcement: Basic Function and Responsibility To create and coordinate digital projects, collections, and services Responsibilities Create and maintain websites, applications including ecommerce, and online databases. Develop and manage digital projects and services. Accession and manage electronic records including image, audio, and video formats. Provide assistance to researchers. Research, plan, and execute outreach efforts ...

JOB: Data & Visualization Librarian, Dartmouth College

From the announcement: The Dartmouth College Library seeks a innovative and collaborative individual to join its Research & Instruction Services department in a newly created position focused on data and visualization support within the curriculum.  Working as part of a team of subject liaisons in support of teaching and research in the Social Sciences and ...