In previous posts we downloaded a single book from the Internet Archive, calculated word frequencies, searched through it with regular expressions, and created a permuted term index. In this post, we extend our command line methods to include automatically downloading an arbitrarily large batch of files and building a simple search engine for our collection of sources….
The open learning innovation contest invites innovators whose work embodies the principles of connected learning to submit their stories and experiences for consideration. They might be running online or offline courses, activities, learning programs, study groups, or hybrid classes or out-of-school (extra-institutional) activities having to do with independent learning and volunteer work. The contest focuses…
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites its members to propose a Special Interest Group (SIG). By forming a SIG, 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. For example, ADHO’s first SIG, Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (GO::DH), aims to reduce barriers to communication and…
Digital Preservation Tool Grid. This tool grid is the product of researching digital preservation tools by Digital POWRR team members in early 2013. The information included is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but some information may be incorrect or have changed. We learned the information from various sources including tool websites, contacting the…
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the second series of the Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin [1]. This initiative, inspired by and connected to London’s Digital Classicist Work in Progress Seminar [2], is organised in association with the German Archaeological Institute and the Excellence Cluster TOPOI. It will run during the winter…
The Five Hundred Year Archive project focuses on bringing together scattered, lost, misidentified and inaccessible records of pre-colonial Southern Africa. Post-docs and research scholarships are available for digital archivists and graduate students: The Five Hundred Year Archive (FYA) project by the Archival and Public Culture Research Initiative (APC) builds on a resurgence of research interest…
A full-time, tenure-track, academic post (research and teaching) in the digital humanities has been advertised at KU Leuven. From the jobsite: We are looking for a candidate with a PhD in one of the Arts Faculty’s fields of cultural scholarship (history, literature, fine arts, musicology, archaeology, area studies) or in Digital Humanities and whose research shows substantial…
Over the last two years, in over 200 posts, Play the Past has come to be a rather fantastic project. It’s a great body of work. I often find myself telling people that they need to read something from the blog on close readings of code, or about war gaming, or folklore and alchemy in Skyrim, or some of…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian. Here’s an excerpt from the ad: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library seeks a creative, forward-thinking, innovative individual for the position of Digital Scholarship Librarian in the Carolina Digital Library and Archives (CDLA) (http://cdla.unc.edu). The…
To aid in navigating the behemoth that is the ALA Annual Conference, we’ve compiled a list of sessions that intersect in some way with the digital humanities. Thanks to all who responded to our call for suggestions. Have a session you’d like us to add? Shoot us an email or find us on twitter @dhandlib. And, of course,…