CFP: Computational Analysis Skills for Large-Scale Humanities Data

The Programming Historian invites proposals of new tutorials dealing with computational analysis of large-scale digital collections, as a part of a special series developed in partnership with the National Archives and Jisc. From the call for proposals: Scholarly research has changed thanks to the proliferation of digital collections and the rapid emergence of computational methodologies ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Binghamton University)

From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Librarian is part of the Digital Scholarship team within the Digital Initiatives department. Digital Initiatives is a collegial environment, where communication and collaboration are two of our key values for supporting each other, the Libraries, and the campus community. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate in the development and ...

JOB: Director of Digital Curation & Open Infrastructure (Carnegie Mellon University)

From the announcement: We’re looking for someone to help us build something different. Carnegie Mellon University prides itself on collaborative, interdisciplinary, pragmatic, groundbreaking research— and that spirit carries into its Libraries. As we shift into a post-pandemic posture, we’re rethinking everything: our physical space, our educational, cultural, and research programs, our collections, and our digital infrastructure. We ...

CFP: dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Fall 2021

Dear friends and colleagues, The dh+lib Review team sends you well-wishes as our fall semesters are underway. We’re inviting librarians, archivists, students, and anyone interested in the intersections of digital humanities and librarianship, to volunteer weekly shifts for the journal. Editors-at-Large play an essential role in discovering and highlighting new ideas, opportunities and projects that ...

PROJECT: Printed Pathways in US Latino Periodicals

Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage’s US Latino Digital Humanities program (USLDH) launched a new digital project, Printed Pathways in US Latino Periodicals. According to a recent news release, this “is a comprehensive authority list that contains robust bibliographic information about Latina/o authors and poets who published in US Latino periodicals. With over 4,800 records, ...

POST: Accelerating Standards for 3D Data to Improve Long-Term Usability

Writing for the Association of Research Libraries, Cynthia Hudson-Vitale (Penn State) shared details of the Community Standards for 3D Preservation (CS3DP) Initiative. Developed in response to the growth of 3D technologies, including 3D modeling and virtual reality, CS3DP “aims to be an open, radically inclusive, and collaborative community invested in creating standards. Composed of working ...

EVENT: DHSI 2021 Online Edition

Registration is open for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, offered virtually June 7-11 & 14-18. In addition to many of the week-long courses are several free offerings, including aligned conferences & events, online workshops, and institute lectures. From the announcement: To register for DHSI 2021—Online Edition, please complete the form available at the following link: ...

EVENT: Digital Humanities Research Hub Seminar Series

The Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study (University of London) is hosting an inaugural summer series, convened by Gabriel Bodard. Upcoming talks include: Thurs May 20, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Christopher Ohge (SAS) – Editorial Transformations and Minimal Computing at the Melville Electronic Library (book now) Thurs Jun 3, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gabriel Bodard (SAS) – ...

JOB: Digital Archivist (UT Southwestern Medical Center)

From the announcement: This position reports to the Manager of the UT Southwestern Medical Center Special Collections and Archives unit. Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience. This is a non-tenured faculty position. Department Name: UT Southwestern Medical Center Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center – Special Collections and Archives Unit. Experience ...

JOB: Metadata Project Coordinator for Archival Collections (Georgetown University)

From the announcement: The Metadata Project Coordinator for Archival Collections is assigned to the grant-funded project On These Grounds: A Project to Model and Share the Archival Materials and Data from Universities with Past Ties to Slavery (https://onthesegrounds.org/).  The term of the grant runs through December 2022.  This project, in partnership with Michigan State and the ...

PROJECT: PRISMS

Huber Digital has released PRISMS, or PRImary Source Materials & Scholarship, a collaborative and open scholarship tool for publishing, collaboration, and analysis of digital editions with primary source materials. PRISMS is a flexible Open Scholarship platform, with the potential to aggregate all digitised primary source material, and the associated scholarship, in a semantic network. It ...