POST: Is Open Access Enough? Strategies for Healthier OA

In a post, for the ACRLog blog entitled “Is Open Access Enough? Strategies for Healthier OA,” Dylan Burns (Utah State University) analyzes difficulties in getting buy-in for submission to institutional repositories and using Open Access resources in his role as a digital scholarship librarian. Low faculty involvement in the Institutional Repository and suspicion of OA are ...

CFParticipation: Please: Help Build the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

The Internet Archive has posted asking for help building a “web archive documenting reactions to the 2016 Presidential Election”: You can submit websites and other online materials, and provide relevant descriptive information, via this simple submission form. We will archive and provide ongoing access to these materials as part of the Internet Archive Global Events ...

CFP: Global Digital Humanities Symposium at Michigan State University

Digital Humanities at Michigan State University has issued a CFP for their Global Digital Humanities Symposium, to be held March 16-17. Possible topics include: Critical cultural studies and analytics Cultural heritage in a range of contexts How identity categories, and their intersections, shape digital humanities work Global research dialogues and collaborations Indigeneity – anywhere in ...

RESOURCE: Growing Pains and Growing Pleasures in Digital History: Announcing the November Issue of Perspectives

A post at AHA Today announces the release of the latest issue of Perspectives, which takes on the topic “Doing History in the Digital Age.” …we’ve assembled a group of articles that do not issue the “go digital or else” imperatives that rightly ruffle many in our community—they explore possibilities and complications of the digital ...

PROJECT: Early African American Film: Reconstructing the History of Silent Race Films, 1909-1930

A story at the UCLA Daily Bruin details the development and release of Early African American Film: Reconstructing the History of Silent Race Films, 1909-1930. Seven digital humanities students found 759 entertainment industry professionals involved in early silent race films and compiled them into a centralized database for the first time. The students, as well ...

JOB: Ivy Plus Web Resources Collection Librarian, Columbia University Libraries

From the announcement: Columbia University Libraries is seeking an experienced information professional to build, maintain and promote a collaborative web resources collection program supporting the Ivy Plus partnership of academic research libraries. Since starting exploratory web archiving activity in 2008, Columbia has established a permanent web resources collection program and built rich thematic web archives ...

JOB: Program Assistant, Digital Public Library of America

From the announcement: The Digital Public Library of America seeks an energetic Program Assistant to help support activities across the organization. Duties include logistics, communication, and project support. This is an entry-level position that will serve an important role across the institution. At DPLA, we work as a team and all staff have the chance ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Analyst, University of Exeter

From the announcement: In order to support a growing portfolio of grant-funded research projects with digital outputs, the College is looking for an analyst to join Exeter’s Digital Humanities team. The successful applicant will collaborate with other analysts, developers and academic staff to deliver innovative and sustainable digital outputs. You will join a small team ...

JOB: Library or Librarian and Instructional Technology Liaison Data Services, Mount Holyoke College

From the announcement: As a member of a fully blended group of librarians and instructional technologists in the Research & Instructional Support (RIS) department, the Librarian/Library and Instructional Technology Liaison (title dependent on qualifications) will work closely with fellow liaisons in RIS to provide forward-looking library research and instructional technology services to faculty and students, ...

JOB: Digital Preservation Librarian, Northwestern University

From the announcement: Reporting to the Head of Repository and Digital Curation, the Digital Preservation Librarian designs, coordinates and executes the day-to-day operations of repository preservation services for significant digitized and born-digital collections. The Digital Preservation Librarian will provide leadership and collaborate with library experts to help manage digitized and born digital collections for preservation ...

POST: Wrestling with The Digital Dissertation in Anthropology

Nikki Silva (Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative) authored a blog post reflecting on the changing state of the dissertation across disciplines. Silva lists examples of hybrid and digital dissertation projects: Knowing that these projects are out there, may lead other PhD Students to start the conversation with their committee and may lead to more digital dissertation ...