CFP: Computational Creativity Short Papers, ICCC’23

The 14th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) will take place from June 19-23, 2023 in Federation Hall at the University of Waterloo. ICCC is an annual conference that welcomes papers on different aspects of Computational Creativity (CC), ” on systems that exhibit varying degrees of creative autonomy, on systems that act as creative partners for ...

CFP: Life Narrative and the Digital 2023

The Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna will present Life Narrative and the Digital 2023: Interdisciplinary Conference and Workshop September 26-27 of this year.  This combination of conference and workshop, “brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and different career stages to explore the possibilities, uses, ...

CFP: SWIB23 – 15th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference

The 15th annual Semantic Web in Libraries (SWIB) will take place from September 11-13 in Berlin, Germany. The event will be in person for the first time in three years and “will have more interactive formats in order to get the most out of participants coming together physically in one place.” The conference is an ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Idaho

From the announcement: The University of Idaho Library seeks an innovative, flexible, and highly collaborative librarian who will help promote, develop, and maintain the digital services and projects of the library and the relationships that make these services and projects possible. Reporting to the Dean, this position will work within the Digital Scholarship and Open ...

JOB: Digital Repository Services Librarian, Iowa State University

From the announcement: The Iowa State University Library is seeking applications for a dynamic and forward-thinking Repository Services Librarian who will work collaboratively within and outside of the Digital Scholarship and Initiatives (DSI) department to lead the digital repository unit. DSI is comprised of specialists that support digital collections, digital scholarship, and the digital repository. ...

JOB: Research Data Curation Coordinator, University of Houston Libraries

From the announcement: The University of Houston seeks a Research Data Curation Coordinator to lead data services across the research lifecycle. Reporting to the Head of Research Services within the University Libraries, the Research Data Curation Coordinator will establish partnerships in the Libraries and on campus to address existing and emerging research data needs of ...

POST: John2Vec, or embedding Dewey’s philosophy

Elisabetta Rocchetti and Tommaso Locatelli (both University of Milan) have authored a post on the ISLAB at Università degli Studi di Milano’s Tales from the ISLab blog, “John2Vec, or embedding Dewey’s philosophy.” This post describes using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN), in this case, word2vec, on the massive text corpus of the writings of philosopher ...

RESOURCE: Counter Narratives in Practice

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Heritage at the Rare Book School is launching “Counter Narratives in Practice,” a podcast series about multicultural heritage collections, storytelling, and representation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, and beyond. The Mellon fellows worked in three groups: the Pacific Time Zone Group, Central Time Zone Group, ...

EVENT: Professional Pathways in the Black Digital

Temple University Libraries is hosting a virtual workshop on April 27, “Professional Pathways in the Black Digital.” From the workshop description: Digital tools are being used in a plethora of ways to study and serve the lived experiences and cultures of people across the African continent and Diaspora. These digital tools can include digital mapping, ...

EVENT: AI and Archives: Explorations, Possibilities and Challenges Symposium

Women in Focus, Full Stack Feminism, and the Sussex Humanities Lab are hosting the AI and Archives: Explorations, Possibilities and Challenges Symposium. The full-day hybrid symposium is on April 27, with the in-person portions taking place at the University of Sussex Sussex Humanities Lab. From the symposium description: AI and Archives: Explorations, Possibilities and Challenges ...

EVENT: Inclusive and Ethically-Informed Approaches to Digital Projects

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section (DSS), in association with ACRL DSS Digital Humanities Discussion Group, will present Inclusive and Ethically-Informed Approaches to Digital Projects, a program featuring presentations on digital project work with a focus on studies that highlight inclusive, ethically-minded approaches. From the talk abstract: Molly Roy and Miriam Posner will each present a ...