RECOMMENDED: Static Web Methodology as a Sustainable Approach to Digital Humanities Projects

Olivia Wikle (Iowa State University) and Evan Peter Williamson (University of Idaho), have published an article in latest issue of the code4lib Journal, on “Static Web Methodology as a Sustainable Approach to Digital Humanities Projects.” Their article advocates for a reexamination of digital humanities platforms through a minimal computing lens, proposing static web development, “Lib-Static,” ...

RECOMMENDED: ALA Statement on White House Assault on IMLS

On March 15, 2025, the American Library Association (ALA) released a statement in response to the March 14 executive order that calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) along with several other federal agencies. As the statement notes, “To dismiss some 75 committed workers and mission of an agency ...

RECOMMENDED: ACH Town Halls

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is holding two Town Hall meetings to  “discuss recent events affecting Digital Humanities” that are “designed to hear your experiences regarding how the recent government actions are affecting your ability to pursue digital humanities, and the steps that ACH can take to support you and your communities.” ...

RECOMMENDED: Data Rescue Efforts

Multiple data rescue efforts are currently underway to track and preserve disappearing government and public data in response to recent executive orders from the US government. Many public datasets have been taken down from governmental data repositories and while some have since been restored, their removal is having massive implications for researchers in accessing data ...

RECOMMENDED: Empowering GLAM Institutions: The Launch of Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) recently published the Digital Library Accessibility Policy and Practice Guidelines, a “collaborative document provides guidance for GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) to implement accessibility best practices through policies and workflows.” From the announcement: Some topics discussed and key takeaways include: Policies should commit to accessibility, name standards like ...

RECOMMENDED: Preserving Geospatial Data: DPC Technology Watch Report

The Digital Preservation Coalition has made freely-available online Preserving Geospatial Data, written by Meagan A. Snow, Geospatial Data Visualization Librarian at the Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress: This report is designed as a resource for use by librarians, archivists, and digital preservation specialists who may be new to the realm of ...

RECOMMENDED: Modeling Doubt: A Speculative Syllabus

Shannon Mattern (University of Pennsylvania) has published an open-access piece in the Journal of Visual Culture titled “Modeling doubt: a speculative syllabus.” Adapted from Mattern’s May 2023 King’s Public Lecture in Digital Humanities at King’s College London, the piece explores “where humanistic conceptions of doubt do, or could or should, reside within our digital systems: ...

RECOMMENDED: Large Language Models and Academic Writing

The South African Journal of Science recently published an article by Martin Bekker (University of the Witwatersrand) that explores a tiered model for assessing academic authors’ engagement with large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. “Large language models and academic writing: Five tiers of engagement” offers guidance for academic journal editors, university instructors and curriculum ...

RECOMMENDED: Collections as Data: Part to Whole Final Report

The Collections as Data: Part to Whole team recently released their final report. The report is a summary of the last five years of work and a sharing out of discussions from the recent international summit in Vancouver. The report ends with reflections on moving forward in a way that recognizes the potential of collections ...

RECOMMENDED: Debates in the DH 2023

Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023, a book by Matthew K. Gold (CUNY Graduate Center) and Lauren F. Klein (Emory University) looks at digital humanities in 2023, presenting “a state-of-the-field vision of digital humanities amid rising social, political, economic, and environmental crises; a global pandemic; and the deepening of austerity regimes in U.S. higher education.” ...

RECOMMENDED: Towards Responsible Publishing: cOAlition S Proposal and Survey

From cOAlition S, the funded initiative to make full and immediate Open Access publication of research a reality, comes a new draft proposal titled “Towards Responsible Publishing,” which outlines “a vision and a set of principles that a future scholarly communication system should aspire to, along with a mission that enables research funders…to deliver this.” ...