As has previously been reported in dh+lib review, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) issued a call for proposals for Special Interest Groups (SIGs), through which “those with similar professional specialties, interests, and aptitudes can exchange ideas, stay current, and mobilize to pursue common goals across the boundaries of ADHO’s individual Constituent Organizations.”

During ADHO’s Annual General Meeting, held during Digital Humanities 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska, Glen Worthey (Stanford), in collaboration with Zoe Borovsky (UCLA), Sarah Potvin (Texas A&M), and Angela Courtney (IU Bloomington), pitched a Libraries and Digital Humanities SIG. One goal of the newly-proposed SIG is to work with dh+lib and the ACRL Digital Humanities Discussion Group on projects such as DH “toolkits,” mentorship and training, and collection development policies.

Sign up for the SIG: http://bit.ly/ADHOlibs

Read Zoe Borovsky’s draft proposal for the SIG: http://bit.ly/DH_libs

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

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Those attending DH2013 may be interested in checking out several events sponsored by the Association for Computers and the Humanities, including their Annual General Meeting (July 17, 12-1:30pm), Newcomers Dinner (July 17, 6pm), and Mentorship Mixer (July 18, 7pm).

Members of Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) constituent organizations are invited to attend a joint ADHO-centerNet Annual General Meeting, ending with a “SIG Slam” (July 19, 12-1:30pm). As Neil Fraistat announced on Humanist, “Some potential SIGs [Special Interest Groups] already suggested include: DH and Libraries, DH and Linked Open Data, DH and Bioinformatics, DH and Postcolonialism, DH and Small Liberal Arts Colleges, DH and Social Justice, DH and Born Digital Preservation, and DH and Disability.”

Sarah Potvin

Sarah works as the Digital Scholarship Librarian in the Office of Scholarly Communications, Texas A&M University Libraries.

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