RESOURCE: #DLFteach Toolkit

Edited by Erin Pappas (University of Virginia) and Liz Rodrigues (Grinnell College), the #DLFteach Toolkit is an open access and peer-reviewed collection of lesson plans and concrete instructional strategies. From their website: This publication emerged from #DLFteach workshops, office hours, Twitter chats, and open meetings. Community members and digital pedagogy practitioners expressed interest in lesson ...

RESOURCE: Recording of DSS+LES Anti-oppressive and Allyship Facilitation Training

As part of the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section’s ongoing work to address equity, diversity, and inclusion in our professional practice, DSS teamed up with the Literatures in English Section (LES) on September 6 to offer anti-oppressive and allyship facilitation training to executive board members, committee chairs, and discussion group conveners. Led by Tyler Dzuba and ...

CFP: The Librarian Parlor

Launched in 2017 by a collaborative team of librarians, The Librarian Parlor “is a space for conversing, sharing expertise, and asking questions about the process of developing, pursuing, and publishing library research. In providing this space, we hope to help demystify the processes of Library and Information Science (LIS) research and develop community.” They are ...

CFP: Popular Culture Association

The Popular Culture Association (PCA) annual conference will be held April 15-18, 2020, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Popular Culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or research. Possible topics include: Descriptions of research collections ...

OPPORTUNITY: AMIA/DLF Hack Day 2019

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) have partnered for their sixth year to offer the AMIA/DLF 2019 Hack Day, which serves as a unique “opportunity for archivists, collection managers, technologists, and others to work together develop software solutions, documentation or training materials, and more for digital collections management needs. ...

JOB: Learning Design & Open Education Engagement Librarian (Penn State)

From the announcement: Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian  Penn State University Libraries Apply by visiting: https://psu.jobs/job/90884 The Pennsylvania State University Libraries invite applications and nominations for the position of Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian. This 12-month tenure-track position reports to the Head of Library Learning Services and will collaboratively coordinate Penn ...

RESOURCE: The Digital Humanities Literacy Guidebook

Spearheaded by Scott Weingart through a five-year A.W. Mellon Foundation grant, Carnegie Mellon University has created The Digital Humanities Literacy Guidebook, with information on various aspects of Digital Humanities. CMU described the resource as “your slim guidebook into this world, like the tourist map they give you when you check in at a hotel.” Contents ...

CFP: Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference

CT DH is now accepting proposals for the Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference, which will take place on February 28-29, 2020 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.  From the call: CT DH endeavors to bring to together a network of DH practitioners committed to advancing collaborative scholarship in digital humanities research and pedagogy across the New ...

CFP: 2020 Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium

The 2020 Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium invites you to participate in a conversation on Technologies and Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Information Studies. The conference will take place on July 24, 2020 in Washington, DC at George Washington University.  From the call: This gathering seeks to create an inclusive space ...

EVENT: Centering Art History & Visual Culture in the Digital Humanities

A Symposium Celebrating 10 Years of the Wired! Lab will be hosted by Duke University on October 17-18, 2019. This conference will highlight the analysis of spatial problems through computational methods and digital visualization, focusing on the contributions of art historians and visual culture scholars. The event is intended to spark conversations on spatial and ...

OPPORTUNITY: Research Institute in Digital Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Call for Applicants

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is inviting applications to attend “Research Institute in Digital Ethnic Studies,” a two-week program that will afford 25 participants (ACLS Summer Scholars) the opportunity to collaborate with other scholars from Minority Serving Institutions. The institute will be held July 26-August 8, 2020. From the call: This ACLS summer institute is designed ...