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RESOURCE: New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries

Sep

10

2013

A new report from ARL, New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries [pdf], by Janice M. Jaguszewski and Karen Williams, draws on “interviews with administrators at five ARL libraries (Duke University, University of Guelph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, and Purdue University) and the authors’ own extensive experience in research ...

RESOURCE: NCSU Harvests Instagram Photos of Their Library with Open Source Tool

Aug

26

2013

North Carolina State University released a new, open source tool that harvests Instagram images that use the hashtag #HuntLibrary. Initially created to collect images for a Library Journal supplement about Library by Design, the project evolved into a larger community building effort that resulted in more than 2500 images added to the collection. “NCSU Libraries ...

RESOURCE: The Getty Launches the Open Content Program

Aug

20

2013

The Getty has released 4,600 high-resolution images, with embedded metadata in RDF format, and made them “free to use, modify, and publish for any purpose.” The Getty plans to continue making content available through its Open Content Program, which follows the in the footsteps of other museums, such as The Walters Art Museum, of participating in open culture ...

RESOURCE: Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers and Scholarship Beyond the Tenure Track

Aug

13

2013

The finished report and data from the Scholarly Communication Institute’s study on graduate education and career development is now available. “Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers and Scholarship Beyond the Tenure Track” includes specific recommendations on how to better prepare graduate students for alt-ac jobs, including: Evaluate and modify required aspects of graduate-level curricula Rethink standard methods ...

RESOURCE: Library Publishing Toolkit

Aug

6

2013

The Library Publishing Toolkit examines the “broad and varied landscape of library publishing through discussions, case studies, and shared resources. From supporting writers and authors in the public library setting to hosting open access journals and books, this collection examines opportunities for libraries to leverage their position and resources to create and provide access to ...

RESOURCE: Four P’s of Digital Project Outreach

Aug

6

2013

Sheila Brennan, Associate Director of Public Projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, shares her cheat sheet from talks she gave on the four P’s of digital project outreach at the NEH Office of Digital Humanities Project Directors’ meeting and the recent One Week | One Tool summer institute. ...

RESOURCE: Textal Text Analysis App

Jul

23

2013

The University College London (UCL) Centre for Digital Humanities, in collaboration with the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, has released Textal. Textal is a free iOS app “that allows users to analyze documents, web pages and tweet streams, exploring the relationships between words in the text via an intuitive word cloud interface. The app ...

RESOURCE: Using Data Curation Profiles to Design the Datastar Dataset Registry

Jul

23

2013

The current issue of D-Lib Magazine includes an article by Sarah J. Wright, Wendy A. Kozlowski, Dianne Dietrich, Huda J. Khan, Gail S. Steinhart, and Leslie McIntosh titled, Using Data Curation Profiles to Design the Datastar Dataset Registry. From the abstract: The development of research data services in academic libraries is a topic of concern ...

RESOURCE: Crafting Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage: Mapping and Curation Tools for the Linked Jazz Project

Jul

23

2013

In the current issue of The Code4Lib Journal, M. Cristina Pattuelli, Matt Miller, Leanora Lange, Sean Fitzell, and Carolyn Li-Madeo discuss using linked open data for the Linked Jazz project. The abstract reads: This paper describes tools and methods developed as part of Linked Jazz, a project that uses Linked Open Data (LOD) to reveal ...

RESOURCE: Walk This Way: Detailed Steps for Transferring Born-Digital Content from Media You Can Read In-house

Jul

16

2013

OCLC has released the third report in the “Demystifying Born Digital” series: Walk This Way: Detailed Steps for Transferring Born-Digital Content from Media You Can Read In-house [pdf]. Designed to be a practical guide for those beginning to work with born-digital content, the report: [C]ollects the assembled wisdom of experienced practitioners to help those with less ...

RESOURCE: Archive Journal, Issue 3: Data Curation

Jul

16

2013

Patricia Hswe (Penn State) and Erin O’Meara (Gates Archive) have edited the latest issue of the open access Archive Journal, focused entirely on data curation. As their opening contribution, “Curating the Analog, Curating the Digital,” explains: In essence, this issue explores the various roles, perspectives, and practices grounded in the commitment to preserve data, for ...