The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton is recruiting a Graphic Designer for the Princeton & Slavery Project. From the ad: The Princeton and Slavery digital archive and research environment will invite users to explore the impact and legacy of slavery at Princeton University. Develop a mobile-friendly custom theme for an existing Omeka database, as well…
In October of 2015, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Museum Studies Program convened a group of cultural heritage professionals to discuss digital curation, its integration into the art museum community, and the role the JHU Program in Digital Curation might play in this effort. Attendees included representatives from museums, libraries, archives, foundations, and the JHU Museum…
The Digital Curation Unit-IMIS, Athena Research Centre (DCU) is organizing this summer school on the Digital curation of archaeological knowledge in collaboration with the Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto and the Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business. The school will be held in Athens, Greece, 12 to 17 June 2016. Read full…
Mount Holyoke College is recruiting a Metadata Librarian. From the ad: Reporting to the Associate Director of Discovery & Access (DnA), and positioned within the Digital Assets & Preservation Services (DAPS) department, this position supports the management and administration of metadata related to the discovery, access, and stewardship of library digital collections, primarily related to…
The Institute of Historical Research (University of London) is seeking a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer to lead its Digital History department. From the ad: The successful candidate will lead a team of professional staff, taking an academic lead on digital history projects and initiatives, and manage the financial, HR and administrative affairs of the team. The…
The expansion and consolidation of the field of Digital Humanities (DH) has brought with it a previously unseen internationalization of inquiry interests, (academic) cultural specificities and practices, and, crucially, languages. This level of diversity has resulted in a sense of awareness of the truly global impact that the digital turn has had in the last…
The New York Times is recruiting a Interactive News Developer. From the ad: The Interactive News desk at The New York Times is looking for creative, interdisciplinary thinkers with strong technical backgrounds. Interactive News is the special digital projects team embedded within the newsroom of The New York Times. You’ll be working with editors, reporters, photographers,…
In the academic libraries’ efforts to support digital humanities and social science, GIS service plays an important role. However, there is no general service model existing about how libraries can develop GIS services to best engage with digital humanities and social science. In this study, we adopted the action research method to develop and improve…
During my three years of teaching in England, it’s become apparent that students in my American history classes spend a lot of time worrying about access to primary sources. As an undergraduate myself, I knew that upper-level assessment turns on the ability to find and analyze primary sources—that stipulation is no different in this country….
Far Cry Primal has succeeded in generating a significant buzz in the archaeological community, owing mainly to the fact that it may be one of the first Triple A titles by a major developer set entirely in deep human prehistory. It is set in the year 10,000 BCE in the fictional post-Pleistocene landscape of Oros,…