From the post: As an open-access journal comprised of educators, scholars, and librarians deeply committed to studying how knowledge is produced, preserved, and circulated, the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy is thrilled to announce a special themed issue on archives. Digital technologies have prompted renewed attention to archival research and teaching practices, creating new…
From the post: The JHU Sheridan Libraries and Museums of Johns Hopkins University seeks applications for a 24-month Fellowship to work on best practices for making geospatial data discoverable, accessible, and curating it for longer-term preservation. The Fellow will look at both curating library collections of geospatial data and making them more accessible to users,…
This post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers) continues a series of blog posts from the MLA Committee on Information Technology about evaluating work in the digital humanities. (See Amanda Visconti’s post on digital dissertations and Shawna Ross’s explanation for the series.) I’ve taken on…
From the ad: Under general direction, design, implement, and/or deploys tools for statistical analysis, machine learning, data acquision, data cleaning, and data visualization. Performs professional work in the research, design, development, implementation and maintenance of data science projects. Works typically involves researching a complex problem and implementing a machine learning or analytic tools to solve…
From the ad: The Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) project is an international effort, gathering digital resources of Middle East and North African (MENA) material from providers around the world. This initiative will create the first seamlessly interoperable, large-scale digital library of cultural artifacts from the region. Working as part of Stanford Libraries’…
From the ad: Reporting to the Head of the European Languages Division (ELD), the Librarian for Collections and Digital Scholarship will initiate and lead the ELD’s digital projects. As a member of a team of librarians emphasizing collections in the humanities and social sciences in Western European and Slavic languages, providing collaborative support for the Division’s digital…
From the ad: We are pleased to invite applications for a full-time staff position at MARCH, located in the Cooper Street Historic District on the campus of Rutgers-Camden. The primary responsibility of the Public Historian in Residence will be to serve as co-editor of The Public Historian, the journal of the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and as Digital Media…
From the post: A tweet by Hadley Wickham made me realize that we’ve learned quite a few good practices for using Google Sheets as part of our in-progress Provenance Index Remodel project at the Getty Research Institute…This post is an attempt to sum up some lessons learned. Read more here.
I was invited to be a discussion leader for a panel on Preprints: Challenges and Opportunities at the National Academy of Sciences Journals Summit, but a nor’eastern prevented me from attending. I am grateful to Diane Sullenberger, Executive Editor of PNAS for reading my remarks. Discussion leaders were asked to talk about preprints from their own…
From the ad: Loyola University Chicago (LUC), College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities invite applications for a full-time, renewable, three-year Lecturer position in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, beginning August 13, 2018 for academic year 2018-2019…The candidate will be responsible for supporting ongoing research projects in the Center and…