EVENT: Interrogating Global Traces of Infrastructure Workshop

King’s Digital Lab, King’s College Department of Digital Humanities, and Critical Infrastructures Studies Initiative (cistudies.org) invite you to a workshop on “Interrogating Global Traces of Infrastructure” to be held virtually on November 18, 2021. The second workshop in the series, this workshop seeks to discuss the global dimensions of infrastructure – scale, flow, accessibility, durability, and transparency ...

EVENT: Ethics and Responsibilities of Open Access and its Realization in the Atikamekw First Nation’s Wikipedia

The Electronic Textual Cultures Lab and University of Victoria Libraries invite you to an upcoming virtual talk by 2021–22 Honorary Resident Wikipedian, Nastasia Herold (University of Leipzig), with Thérèse Ottawa (Atikamekw First Nation), on Ethics and Responsibilities of Open Access and its Realization in the Atikamekw First Nation’s Wikipedia. The talk will be held on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 9:00am–10:00am Pacific ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian/Digital Scholarship Technologist (Hamilton College)

From the announcement: We seek TWO intellectually curious technology enthusiasts, who enjoy sharing their knowledge with others, to join Hamilton College in the role of Digital Scholarship Librarian or Digital Scholarship Technologist. The incumbents will work collaboratively across disciplines with both faculty and students, partnering with others in the Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) ...

JOB: Digital Projects Coordinator (Library of Congress)

From the announcement: Responsibilities Utilizes knowledge of the major issues, program goals and objectives to coordinate and recommend digital projects related to the ingest of preservation and access of digital collections in the American Folklife Center and the Veteran History Project. Adapts analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to the measurement and improvement of the division’s ...

RESOURCE: Disorientation Guide to Librarianship

Violet B. Fox (World Intellectual Property Organization) has published the Disorientation Guide to Librarianship on her website. The zine is: … a compilation zine created by 23 contributors and published in October 2021. The zine is designed to be an accessible resource for people who are unfamiliar with structural oppression and injustice in librarianship. It is ...

EVENT: Seminar Series: Digital Humanities and Materiality

A seminar series: Digital Humanities and Materiality, organized by Gabriel Brooks and Rada Varga, will take place from autumn 2021–spring 2022. “The series will present a range of discussions around material culture and the research possibilities offered by digital methods and approaches.” Sessions for Autumn 2021 include: Tuesday October 19, 2021, 16:00 GMT: Andrew Reinhard ...

CFP: Scholarly Editing Volume 40

Scholarly Editing has released a call for contributions for volume 40 of the journal, inspired by: The essays published in Indigenous Textual Cultures: Reading and Writing in the Age of Global Empire (2020) and in The Digital Black Atlantic (2021) emphasize the impacts of decolonial scholarship worldwide, and we are grateful to editors Tony Ballantyne, Lachy Paterson, Angela Wanhalla, ...

OPPORTUNITY: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Grant

The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) has recently announced three new grant opportunities with awards ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. The three different categories for award include: higher education; library, archives, and museums grant; and a program for an artist or scholar in residence. Higher Education grant: open to two-year and four-year minority-serving higher education ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Librarian (University of Alabama)

From the announcement: The University of Alabama Libraries seeks a creative, forward-thinking professional to serve as Digital Initiatives Librarian within the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library and the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection. Through its Strategic Plan, the University of Alabama Libraries is committed to providing leadership in the areas of digital preservation of rare ...

JOB: Head of Digital Scholarship (University of Oklahoma)

From the announcement: The University of Oklahoma Libraries seeks to recruit a Head of Digital Scholarship. This position will engage with campus entities to identify innovative and evolving digital tools and resources that advance scholarly investigation, while building upon the traditional cornerstones of research methodologies in the arts, humanities, and social sciences disciplines. The Head ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

From the announcement: The University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK), a Research 1 institution and the flagship institution for the state, is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the collaborative and innovative Scholars’ Collaborative team at the University Libraries. The City of Knoxville is a hidden gem with a beautiful and walkable downtown, varied ...