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POST: Learning How Fair Use Works

May

14

2015

Kevin Smith (Duke University) has written a post introducing the new Fair Use Index released by the U.S. Copyright Office. The index, which will be updated and expanded by the Copyright Office, contains searchable summaries of approximately 170 fair use cases in U.S. courts and, as Smith notes, doubles as a learning tool: “the best ...

RESOURCE: Deconstructing Bricolage: Interactive Online Analysis of Compiled Texts with Factotum

May

14

2015

The current issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly (v. 9, no. 1) includes an article by Tomas Zahora, Constant J. Mews, David Squire (Monash University), and Dmitri Nikulin (Google) entitled “Deconstructing Bricolage: Interactive Online Analysis of Compiled Texts with Factotum.” From the abstract: Textual bricolage, the unacknowledged re-use of chunks of existing texts within a new composition, spans ...

CFP: Communities of Practice: Toward a Local and Global Digital Humanities

May

14

2015

The peer-reviewed, open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities has issued a call for papers for a special collection on the topic of Communities of Practice: Toward a Local and Global Digital Humanities. Guest editors Aaron Mauro (Pennsylvania State University) and Ray Siemens (University of Victoria) seek: submissions dedicated to describing community formation and collaboration while accounting for ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Xavier University

May

14

2015

From the announcement: Job Description Xavier University seeks an energetic individual to fill the newly created position of Digital Initiatives Librarian. This is a unique opportunity blending traditional librarian skills, technology and innovation to strategically position the library to meet future needs. The librarian in this key position has primary responsibility for coordinating our digital ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, University of Miami

May

14

2015

From the announcement: The University of Miami Libraries seeks nominations and applications for a collaborative and innovative Digital Humanities Librarian. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and working within a growing digital strategies team, the Digital Humanities Librarian will develop a set of services to support the evolving digital humanities research and pedagogy ...

POST: Lessons Learned from “Bridging the Gap: Women, Code, and the Digital Humanities”

May

7

2015

Celeste Sharpe and Jeri Wieringa (George Mason University) have written a post on the Association for Computers and the Humanities blog about their experience with DH Bridge, “an open curriculum and workshop framework for teaching computational thinking in the context of the humanities.” Taking a cue from Rails Bridge and Rails Girls, the project: set ...

RESOURCE: OPenn: Primary Digital Resources Available to Everyone

May

7

2015

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries have announced the release of OPenn: Primary Digital Resources Available to Everyone, a site dedicated to making high quality digitized cultural heritage material freely available: “OPenn is a major step in the Libraries’ strategic initiative to embrace open data, with all images and metadata on this site available as free cultural works ...

CFParticipation: Day of DH 2015

May

7

2015

The Day of DH 2015 website is now live, launching the community effort to answer the question ‘Just what do digital humanists really do?’ by blogging one day in the life of DH. Day of DH 2015 marks the first time the project, an initiative of centerNet, will be hosted outside of North America (by Laboratorio ...

CFP: Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative

May

7

2015

The Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative is accepting submissions for a special issue on TEI and Materiality. Submissions are accepted in two categories: “research articles of 5,000 to 7,000 words and shorter articles reflecting new research or new tools/services of 2000-4000 words.” jTEI is a peer-reviewed, open access publication. Potential topics include: Conceptual and ...

OPPORTUNITY: DLF Forum Fellowships and Travel Applications

May

7

2015

In an effort to bring new voices and perspectives to its annual conference, the Digital Library Federation (DLF) is offering several fellowships and travel awards. The DLF Forum will be held October 26-28, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The fellowships and awards include: ARL + DLF Forum Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups DLF Forum Fellowships for ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University Libraries (2 openings)

May

7

2015

From the announcement: K-State Libraries invite applications and nominations for two Digital Scholarship Librarians. These positions will work collaboratively to grow the center’s publishing, copyright, and data services; support the institutional repository, K-State Research Exchange (K-REx), and online publishing imprint, New Prairie Press (NPP); engage campus content providers; and provide education and guidance on digital scholarship. Master ...