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Why I Go To MLA

Feb

5

2014

Patrick Williams (Syracuse University Libraries) shares his recent experience at some of the digital scholarship sessions at #MLA14, and ponders the impact of librarians attending a conference outside of the library discipline. In January, I joined thousands of faculty, researchers, graduate students, job-seekers, librarians, and others in the fields of language and literature in Chicago ...

MLA 2014: A Quick Reflection

Feb

5

2014

In this post, Robin Davis (Emerging Technologies & Distance Services Librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice) reports on 2014 MLA Convention sessions of interest to librarians who work in the digital humanities. As the Chicago River thawed and refroze outside the Modern Language Association Convention (Jan. 9-12, 2014), the array of digitally-themed sessions warmed this ...

RESOURCE: Getting Started with GIS

Nov

6

2013

The American Library Association announced a LITA Web Course called “Getting Started with GIS,” based on the book of the same name by Eva Dodsworth. Aimed at librarians, this course will provide students with an introduction to geospatial thinking “through hands on exercises, discussions and recorded lectures, students will acquire skills in using GIS software ...

Open Access Week (#oaweek) in DH

Oct

30

2013

What does Open Access Week have to do with the digital humanities? For those unfamiliar with the event, it is an annual, global celebration of open access (OA) that began in 2007 and is billed as: [A]n opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, ...

CFProposals: Personal Digital Archiving Conference

Oct

1

2013

This year’s Personal Digital Archiving Conference, hosted by the Coalition for Networked Information, will take place April 10–11, 2014, in Indianapolis, Indiana (n.b. the conference date has been changed; it was originally announced to be held April 17-18). The organizers are accepting proposals for 20-minute paper presentations, lightning talks, and posters on the theme of ...

EVENT: 2013 NFAIS Annual Humanities Roundtable

Sep

3

2013

A meeting of the National Federation of Advanced Information Studies (NFAIS) Humanities Roundtable will take place in Chicago on September 30th. According to the organizers, this year’s event “offers a chance to learn from active leaders in the field about projects in the digital humanities, content enrichment and linked data, assessing usage and user behavior ...

EVENT: DH and Libraries THATCamp, DLF

Aug

26

2013

This year’s Digital Library Federation Forum will once again host a DH and Libraries THATCamp: “After a first successful DH & Libraries THATCamp event last year at the DLF Forum in Denver, we are hoping to continue the conversation this year.” Organized as a post-conference event, it will take place in Austin on November 7 from ...

OPPORTUNITY: Speaking in Code

Aug

13

2013

Applications are now being accepted for “Speaking in Code,” an NEH-funded symposium taking place November 4-5, 2013, at the University of Virginia’s Scholars’ Lab. The event has been organized as an attempt to make explicit the tacit knowledge that is usually employed by software developers in the digital humanities. As the announcement explains: Over the ...

EVENT: SHARP 2013 Digital Projects and Tools Showcase

Jul

30

2013

In July, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) held its twenty-first annual conference in Philadelphia. In addition to the conference program, SHARP also held a digital showcase to share updates from various projects from the United States Canada and Europe. Below are examples of some of the projects: The Book ...

WORKSHOP: Now Accepting Application: Digital Humanities Data Curation Institute (Oct. 16-18 @ MITH)

Jul

29

2013

Applications are now open for the second Digital Humanities Data Curation Institute workshop at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). Traditional or alternative professionals, librarians, archivists, cultural heritage specialists, other informational professionals and advanced graduate students are welcome to apply. The application deadline is August 7th. dh+lib reviewThis post was produced through ...

dh+lib meetup at #DH2013

Jul

14

2013

Attending the Digital Humanities 2013 conference and interested in GLAM issues? Join dh+lib for an informal gathering on Thursday, July 18, 7:30-9pm, at Yia Yia’s. Yia Yia’s: 1423 O Street View Larger Map Those attending DH2013 may be interested in checking out several events sponsored by the Association for Computers and the Humanities, including their Annual General ...