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POST: Digital Humanities Librarianship, Year One

Jul

15

2014

Thomas Padilla (Michigan State University) has shared the slides and notes from his presentation for the RUSA History Librarians Discussion group panel that explored the ‘role/s of humanities librarians in the digital humanities.’ Harriett Green (University of Illinois) also presented with Padilla. His talk in part discusses the evolving nature of the Digital Scholarship Collaborative at Michigan State. ...

POST: #rbms14 recap

Jul

15

2014

Jackie Dooley (OCLC Research) has written an excellent overview post of the 2014 Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference, which took place June 24-27, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Posts from both Dooley and Merrilee Proffit (OCLC Research) discuss the plenary talk by Michelle Light (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), “Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: ...

POSTS: Data-Driven Conference Wrap-Up

Jul

1

2014

The Data Driven: Digital Humanities in the Library conference took place last week in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference featured keynotes from Riccardo Ferrante (Smithsonian Institution), Emily Gore (Digital Public Library of America), and Trevor Muñoz (University of Maryland), workshops, a day and a half of sessions, and a lively Twitter feed. In a write-up ...

RESOURCE: Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities

Jul

1

2014

A new journal, the Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities (JDMDH), recently published its inaugural issue. JDMDH is an open access peer-reviewed quarterly journal “concerned with the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities, with tools provided by computing such as data visualisation, information retrieval, statistics, text mining by publishing scholarly work ...

OPPORTUNITY: DLF Forum Fellowships

Jul

1

2014

The Digital Library Federation is offering two fellowships for its upcoming conference, to be held October 27-29 in Atlanta, Georgia: ARL/DLF Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups Up to four fellowships will be awarded, which include $1,250 each (to be applied towards travel, board, and lodging) in addition to complimentary registration. Applicants “must be interested in actively ...

CFParticipation: TAPAS Project Early Adopters

Jul

1

2014

The TAPAS project is seeking beta testers for its publishing and repository service. TAPAS is “the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service for scholars and other creators of TEI data who need a place to publish their materials in different forms and ensure it remains accessible over time,” and “also provides a support community of ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian, University of Miami

Jul

1

2014

From the position announcement: “Under the direction of the Head of the Cataloging & Metadata Services Department, the Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian supports the discovery of and access to the Libraries’ digital content through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, and maintenance according to local and national cataloging and metadata standards. Working closely with the Digital Projects ...

RECOMMENDED: Educause Review Articles on DH and Libraries

Jun

24

2014

The May/June issue of Educause Review takes “Digital Scholarship” and its theme and includes several articles and online supplements on DH and libraries: Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers: Joan K. Lippincott (Coalition for Networked Information), Harriette Hemmasi (Brown University), and Vivian Marie Lewis (McMaster University) provide an overview of the broader institutional context played by ...

PROJECT: Around DH in 80 Days

Jun

24

2014

Around DH in 80 Days has begun introducing a new DH project from around the globe, one on each day beginning June 20, 2014 (follow #arounddh on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed). The project “seeks to introduce new and veteran audiences to the global field of DH scholarly practice” as a way to both discover current ...

RESOURCE: Sustaining the Digital Humanities

Jun

24

2014

A report recently released from Ithaka S+R, Sustaining the Digital Humanities: Host Institution Support Beyond the Start-up Phase, investigates different models of supporting DH, particularly around the concepts of service, lab, and network. The report is based on interviews with more than 125 individuals, and key findings include: Faculty are not just using digital tools and ...

RESOURCE: Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications

Jun

24

2014

The Library of Congress (LC) has issues its Recommended Format Specifications for 2014-2015 for analog and digital formats, which are grouped into six categories: Textual Works and Musical Compositions Still Image Works Audio Works Moving Image Works Software and Electronic Gaming and Learning Datasets/Databases In addition to guiding LC’s acquisition and preservation efforts, the recommendations ...