Most THATCamps utilize a bundle of tools, tags, and links to connect the on-ground conversations taking place locally to broader conversations taking place online. Sometimes this practice has resulted in concepts escaping from a THATCamp session into the wild, sometimes into another simultaneous breakout session during THATCamp. THATCamp Hybrid Pedagogy will build on these previous experiences in…
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is excited to announce the launch of its Registry (http://orcid.org), where researchers can distinguish themselves by creating a unique personal identifier. “ORCID addresses a problem shared by individuals and organizations across the research community: reliably connecting research with researchers,” said Laure Haak, Executive Director of the non-profit ORCID organization. …
In May of this year, a second Getting There cluster was announced. Like the first, this collection will provide a venue for discussing the pathways one may take to an alt-ac track and provide these signposts for those who are curious about alt-ac. My exciting job has slowed me down in organizing this cluster as I would…
http://interactingwithprint.org/datavisualizationresearcher.html The Interacting with Print Research Group is seeking to hire a highly motivated individual who is skilled in the field of digital humanities, with a specialty in data visualization, text mining, and the design of digital tools. The ideal candidate is someone who has experience in both information design and computer programming, and an…
“New Media and the Middle Ages” 8th Annual Pearl Kibre Medieval Study Graduate Student Conference CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY March 1, 2013, 10am-4pm The field of medieval studies has a relatively long and recognized history of scholarship assisted by technology. The 2013 PKMS Graduate Student Conference aims at addressing some of the key…
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is delighted to announce our first Appfest, an informal, open call for both ideas and functional examples of creative and engaging ways to use the content and metadata in the DPLA back-end platform. The first Appfest will take place on November 8-9, 2012, at the Chattanooga Public Library on The 4th…
We are doing Rails Girls in Washington, DC, again! We’re hosting a fun and free web development workshop. Come and learn about building web applications with Ruby on Rails. Here in DC, we’re about more than just politics and monuments, we have a strong technology community who loves Ruby and Rails. Apply now! Applications are open…
Georgia Tech Digital Media Tenure-Track PositionGeorgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), which provides diverse humanistic perspectives on a technological world, is seeking to fill one Digital Media tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in the fall of 2013. We seek practitioner / theorists who combine technical expertise with…
As I wrote in one of the early ProfHacker blog posts, it’s always a good idea to have a backup plan. This truth was brought home to me this semester in my teaching. About a month ago, students in my course on “Writing in Digital Environments” began experimenting with Storify, a social media curation tool we’ve covered before…
An Agenda for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture First Meeting of the Italian Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture Florence, 13-14 December 2012 Via dell’Arte della Lana, 1, 50123 Florence The Italian Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture is passing through a crucial moment. After the important works and results reached by the…