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RESOURCE: Archiving the Web: A Case Study from the University of Victoria

Oct

23

2014

The October 2014 issue of code4lib Journal includes an article by Corey Davis (University of Victoria), “Archiving the Web: A Case Study from the University of Victoria.” From the abstract: The University of Victoria Libraries started archiving websites in 2013, and it quickly became apparent that many scholarly websites being produced by faculty, especially in the digital ...

CFP: Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship

Oct

23

2014

Proposals are being accepted for the Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship conference, to be held April 26-28, 2015, in Philadelphia. This new conference seeks to “bring together librarians, scholars, scientists, technologists, publishers, and funders to examine the practices, technologies, roles, and economics that drive scholarly communication in the digital age.” Session types include: Round Table ...

CFP: Critical Making: Design and the Digital Humanities

Oct

23

2014

The Visible Language journal is accepting proposals for a special issue on digital humanities. Submissions should address one or more of the following: What are the theoretical or pragmatic ways to frame critical making in design and/or the digital humanities? Where are the similarities, differences and challenges? How are these advantageous? In what ways might design ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, University of Rochester

Oct

23

2014

From the announcement: The River Campus Libraries (RCL) seeks an innovative and creative librarian to join the Digital Humanities (DH) Center team, a highly collaborative and innovative unit that supports faculty research and teaching across the humanities disciplines in the University of Rochester’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering. The successful candidate will be able ...

JOB: Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Iowa

Oct

23

2014

From the description: Reporting to the Head, Preservation & Conservation Department, the Digital Preservation Librarian explores, adapts, implements, and manages emerging digital preservation policies and strategies for the long-term protection and access to digital materials and advises on all phases of the life cycle of digital content with the aim of long-term retention and access. ...

POST: Linking Lived Experiences of WWI Through Battalions?

Oct

16

2014

Mia Ridge (Trinity College Dublin) has written an update on the project, “In their own words: linking lived experiences of the First World War,” as part of her CENDARI Visiting Research Fellowship. In addition to discussing the potential of crowdsourcing transcriptions, Ridge post helps to “figure out the issues researchers face and the variations in ...

RESOURCE: Día de las Humanidades Digitales 2014

Oct

16

2014

October 15th marked the second annual “Día de las Humanidades Digitales” (Día HD), a Day of DH for digital humanists who work primarily in Spanish or Portuguese. The event, which consists of individuals blogging about their workday, aims to draw attention to digital humanities work in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula. Ernesto ...

EVENT: Digital Humanities — Where are the Libraries?

Oct

16

2014

The 12th International Bibliotheca Baltica Symposium, which took place October 9-10, 2014, at Södertörn University in Stockholm, focused on “Digital Humanities — Where Are the Libraries?” The symposium included presentations from institutions from a variety of countries across Europe, including Latvia, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Germany, and Russia. Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen (National Library of Finland) posted slides from ...

RESOURCE: HILT Trip Report

Oct

16

2014

Archivist Eira Tansey (University of Cincinnati) has written a detailed trip report outlining her experience in the Digital Forensics course at the Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching Institute (HILT), taught by Kam Woods (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Porter Olsen (University of Maryland) of BitCurator. In addition to a day-by-day recap of the course and the lectures, ...

OPPORTUNITY: The Digital Antiquarian Conference + Workshop (AAS)

Oct

16

2014

The American Antiquarian Society has announced “The Digital Antiquarian,” a 2-day conference and 5-day workshop taking place May 29-June 5, 2015, in Worcester, MA. The two-day conference will open up questions related to digitization, cataloguing, and research design, exploring applications of digital tools and methods to diverse library materials, and identifying needs and opportunities in ...

CFP: Keystone Digital Humanities Conference

Oct

16

2014

Proposals are now being accepted for the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference which will take place on July 22-24, 2015, at the University of Pennsylvania. Presentations may take the form of interactive presentations, short papers, project demos, or panel discussions. We welcome proposals from emerging and veteran students, teachers, and scholars. Proposals of 200-300 words are ...