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RECOMMENDED: How to destroy special collections with social media

Aug

6

2015

Sarah Werner has posted the slides, notes, and audio from her recent talk at Rare Book School, “How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps: A Guide for Researchers and Librarians.” After pointing out that many special collections are engaging in outreach via social media, Werner lays out, step-by-step, how to ...

RECOMMENDED: What’s Counted Counts

Aug

6

2015

Scott Weingart (Carnegie Mellon University) wrote a blog post, reflecting on his research on gender inequality in academia, particularly for his ongoing blog series on acceptances to the annual Digital Humanities conference. I’ll cut to the chase. My well-intentioned attempts at battling inequality suffer their own sort of bias: by focusing on measurements of inequality, I bias that ...

POST: ADHO Announces New SIG, Libraries and Digital Humanities

Aug

6

2015

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) has announced the formation of a new Special Interest Group, Libraries and Digital Humanities: ADHO’s Libraries and Digital Humanities SIG aims at fostering collaboration and communication among librarians and other scholars doing DH work, by showcasing the work of librarians engaged in DH projects, advocating for initiatives of interest and ...

POST: What is “extended” about Extended Collective Licensing?

Aug

6

2015

Kevin Smith (Duke University) has authored a post for the Duke University Libraries Scholarly Communications @ Duke blog on the US Copyright Office’s new proposals on orphan works and mass digitization. Smith breaks down the proposals, including how the “extended collective licensing” provision would work: Alongside this proposal for how to deter use of individual orphan ...

RESOURCE: Why Diversity Matters: A Roundtable Discussion on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Librarianship

Aug

6

2015

In the Library with the Lead Pipe recently published “Why Diversity Matters: A Roundtable Discussion on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Librarianship,” by Juleah Swanson (University of Colorado Boulder), Ione Damasco (University of Dayton), Isabel Gonzalez-Smith (University of Illinois, Chicago), Dracine Hodges (the Ohio State University), Todd Honma (Pitzer College), and Azusa Tanaka (University of Washington). ...

RESOURCE: Kludging: Web to TXT

Aug

6

2015

Thomas Padilla (Michigan State University) has written a post addressing a central concern in text analysis projects: how do you get the data you want, and how to do you make it usable? … more experienced Digital Humanists often have programmatic means of getting data and transforming it in such a way that it suits their needs. These ...

JOB: Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies, Brown University

Aug

6

2015

From the announcement: Brown University Library seeks a dynamic, visionary leader for the role of Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies. This position provides strong leadership and strategic direction in the development, delivery, and integration of new and existing systems, technology services, and digital initiatives across the libraries. S/he supervises department heads for the following ...

JOB: Digital Collections Manager, State Library of North Carolina

Aug

6

2015

From the announcement: The State Library of North Carolina’s Government & Heritage Library (GHL) is looking for an experienced digital librarian who is passionate about digital preservation, committed to ensuring that digital government publications remain available to the public into the future, has innovative ideas, and has a strong customer service ethic. While this is ...

RECOMMENDED: What’s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities

Jul

30

2015

Miriam Posner (UCLA) shared her keynote address from the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference, which took place at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries from July 22-24, 2015. In it, Posner explores the “radical, unrealized potential of digital humanities,” especially calling for engagement with gender, sexuality, and critical race theory: DH needs scholarly expertise in critical race theory, ...

JOB: Director, Metadata & Digital Strategies, Hamilton College

Jul

30

2015

From the announcement: Hamilton College seeks a dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking leader to join the strategic leadership team of an integrated information services organization. This is a perfect professional opportunity for someone who enjoys collaborating with others to help guide Hamilton’s digital future while maintaining its excellence in traditional media. We are looking for an ...

JOB: Digital Archivist, Emerson College

Jul

30

2015

From the announcement: The Digital Archivist works with the Head of Archives and Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Librarian to plan and execute workflows for the digitization of analog records. Core responsibilities will include acquisition, appraisal, description, and preservation of both digitized and born-digital records. The Digital Archivist will also monitor the activities of interns ...