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POST: On COVID-19, research libraries, and … turtles

Apr

30

2020

Brian Lavoie (OCLC) recently published a post on OCLC Research’s blog, Hanging Together: “On COVID-19, research libraries, and … turtles.” Lavoie’s post summarizes recent OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) Research Support Interest Group online sessions, with conversations focusing on “how completely the university research enterprise ground to a halt” and how this affected research libraries, their services, ...

POST: Remote Managing in the Time of Corona

Apr

30

2020

ACRLog has published a guest post from Candice Benjes-Small (William & Mary), “Remote Managing in the Time of Corona.” Benjes-Small, Head of Research Services at William & Mary Libraries, shares ten recommendations for how to manage library work and staff remotely during the pandemic. Much of Benjes-Small’s management focuses on flexibility and understanding that remote ...

RESOURCE: Finding Our Way: A Snapshot of Scholarly Communication Practitioners’ Duties & Training

Apr

30

2020

Maria Bonn (UIUC), Will Cross (NC State), and Josh Bolick (University of Kansas) have published “Finding Our Way: A Snapshot of Scholarly Communication Practitioners’ Duties & Training” in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. From the abstract: INTRODUCTION Scholarly communication has arisen as a core academic librarianship competency, but formal training on scholarly communication ...

JOB: Research Librarian for Digital Humanities & History (UC Irvine)

Apr

30

2020

From the announcement: The UCI Libraries seeks a knowledgeable, innovative, and collaborative professional for the position of Research Librarian for Digital Humanities & History to lead the development and growth of the Libraries’ Digital Humanities Program. As a member of the Digital Scholarship Services Department, the Librarian manages digital humanities projects, provides instruction and consultation ...

JOB: Associate Dean for Academic Engagement, JMU Libraries (James Madison University)

Apr

30

2020

From the announcement: JMU Libraries invites applications from dynamic, collaborative, pragmatic, and service-minded leaders to fill the crucial position of Associate Dean for Academic Engagement. The successful candidate will serve as a member of the senior leadership team reporting to the Dean of Libraries and work closely with other Associate and Assistant Deans. In this role, ...

JOB: Associate Dean for Discovery, Access, and Technology, JMU Libraries (James Madison University)

Apr

30

2020

From the announcement: JMU Libraries invites applications from dynamic, collaborative, pragmatic, and service-minded leaders to fill the crucial position of Associate Dean for Discovery, Access, and Technology (DATech). The successful candidate will serve as a member of the senior leadership team reporting to the Dean of Libraries and work closely with other Associate and Assistant Deans. ...

ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re Going On Hiatus

Mar

17

2020

Dear friends, In light of library closures and disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are suspending publication of dh+lib Review for the next couple of weeks. This will allow our community of editors-at-large and editorial staff to free up some mental bandwidth as we refocus and transition professionally and personally. We will be ...

RECOMMENDED: What Does It Mean to Be Cherokee Online?

Mar

12

2020

This project write-up from Susanna at indigenous.engineering highlights an important contribution to digital humanities research, particularly as it relates to the ways in which DH practice intersects with social justice work. The project uses computational methods to examine ways in which the misappropriation of Indigenous identities actively works to negatively impact contemporary Indigenous communities, and ...

CFP: Digital Approaches to Art History and Cultural Heritage

Mar

12

2020

The Digital Approaches to Art History and Cultural Heritage conference invites proposals to its upcoming conference, which will focus on topics such as digital imaging, computer vision, network analysis, visual Distant Reading, digital research infrastructures, data standards, institutional projects, digitization and digital publishing projects. Proposals should be for 20 minute presentations which engage with the ...

CFP: Constructing Digital Humanities Grant Proposals as a Librarian

Mar

12

2020

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section (DSS) Digital Humanities Discussion Group (DHDG) invites submissions for an upcoming webinar examining digital humanities librarianship and grants. Accepted presenters will give 5-10 minute presentations during the webinar, which will be held the week of June 15th, 2020. From the call: With many digital humanities (DH) programs at higher education ...

CFP: DH2020 Workshops

Mar

12

2020

The workshops “Digital Research in First Nations, Native American, and Indigenous Studies around the Globe” and “Twin Talks 3: Understanding and Facilitating Collaboration in DH” are seeking submissions for inclusion in their programs. The workshops will be held at the DH2020 conference in Ottawa, Canada, which will take place from July 20th-205th, 2020. From the ...