CFP: The Digital Lifecycle

The Best Practices Exchange is accepting session proposals for their next (un)conference, The Digital Life Cycle, to be held at California State University, Sacramento on June 10-12, 2024. Proposed sessions can be in a variety of formats and will ideally focus on any aspect of the digital life cycle, but proposals on topics not related ...

EVENT: DH and Libraries THATCamp, DLF

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 ...

RESOURCES: THATCamp Prime

THATCamp CNHM 2013 took place at George Mason University last weekend and included a Maker Challenge, which resulted in some great tangibles. Some of the notable projects include: Publishing Contract Repository: “This site aims to enable honest negotiations between authors and publishers by sharing information about contracts. Authors are encouraged to contribute copies of their contracts and to ...

Digital Humanities & Libraries: More of THAT!

In this report on the Digital Humanities & Libraries THATCamp, held in conjunction with the 2012 Digital Library Federation Forum meeting in Denver, Michelle Dalmau, Acting Head of Digital Collections Services at the Indiana University Libraries, draws out and discusses six broad themes that emerged from the sessions. As an organizer and attendee, Dalmau also invites ...

EVENT: Copyright Camp, University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Library will be hosting a Copyright Camp 2013, on the afternoon of June 20, with a theme of Copyright and Data. Registration is free. From the announcement: We’ll kick off with a keynote from Michael Carroll, Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at ...

OPPORTUNITIES: THATCamp Alabama

The Alabama Digital Humanities Center announces THATCamp Alabama, to be held August 9-10, 2013, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Registration for the event will open in April. This post was produced through a cooperation between Caro Pinto, Gergana Kostova, and Anna Kijas (Editors-at-Large for the week), Sarah Potvin (Editor for the week), ...

Reflections on THATCamp MLA 2013

In this post, Amanda Rust (English + Theatre Librarian at Northeastern University Libraries) shares her notes and reflections from THATCamp MLA, and offers advice for those considering THATCamp attendance. THATCamp MLA, held in Boston on January 2, 2013, just before the annual MLA Convention, had a rich selection of session proposals (the final schedule is here). While I’ll report ...