James Madison University is recruiting a Digital Preservation Librarian. From the ad: The Digital Preservation Librarian reports to the Head of Digital Collections and is responsible for the stewardship and protection of LET’s digital assets; leads the development of an effective and achievable strategy to establish a cohesive digital preservation program ensuring the long-term viability […]
Recent budget proposals by the Trump administration have allocated zero funding to a number of independent federal agencies concerned with education, democracy, cultural preservation, and public-facing scholarship. Among them are the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports NPR and […]
Ball State University is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Strategist From the ad: More than one year of experience with digital scholarship/humanities project management and utilization of digital tools in a research environment. Knowledge of research methods and technical applications in a digital publishing or repository environment. Strong technical, problem-solving and communication skills required. Working knowledge […]
The Texas Digital Library is recruiting a Communications Specialist. From the ad: Develop and implement communications and member recruitment plans targeting multiple audiences, in collaboration with Executive Director and other team members. Manage promotional campaigns from conception to completion. Manage the development, distribution and maintenance of all external-facing print and electronic collateral, including multiple web […]
The College of the Holy Cross is recruiting a Data Concepts Librarian. From the ad: Reporting to the Head of Research, Teaching & Learning, the Data Concepts Librarian will coordinate instructional and learning assessment initiatives within the library, working closely with the Office of Assessment and other pertinent offices. He/she will initiate projects surrounding Research, Teaching […]
When I was asked to come speak at Keene it was due, in part, to a presentation I gave last summer at Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute at Mary Washington. My presentation was titled Making & Breaking: Rethinking the Web in Higher Education, and the purpose of that talk was to disentangle a bit of the history of the […]
From the post: Below is a list of existing datasets, as well as those still in development, that are suitable for research and teaching on black resistance. These sources can be used to ask other questions related to social and human capital, and the ways in which enslaved people made use of their immediate resources […]
From the CFP: We would like to invite you to participate in the international workshop on” Data Sharing, Holocaust Documentation and the Digital Humanities. Best Practices, Case Studies, Benefits”, to be held in Venice on 29-30 June 2017. Launched in November 2010, the main goal of EHRI is the implementation of a research infrastructure, which enables collaborative […]
From the post: The understanding of the term stylometry underlying the conceptual scope of the bibliography is relatively wide and covers any type of quantitative analysis of literary style. In practice, a large part of the entries are focused on stylometry understood as the theory and practice of authorship attribution with so-called non-traditional, quantitative methods. […]
From the CFP: I am an adjunct in the Public History program at the University of New Hampshire, Manchester, and I am conducting a research study to identify obstacles to digital humanities professional development for adjuncts. I am writing to invite you to participate in this study. Take the survey here.
