Wrangling data into a shape that can be used to create visualizations is a huge problem with few available tools. Trifacta Wrangler is a powerful new tool that is free to use. Learn more here.
From the ad: We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated academic committed to excellence in teaching, research and project management in the emerging field of digital humanities. The appointee will contribute to and provide academic leadership in digital humanities research. Read full ad here.
Since 2007, our lab has been visualizing large collections of cultural images. Being able to use the latest computer vision techniques for the analysis of image content is very exciting, but it also brings new challenges. Learn more here.
From the ad: The Harvard Library Innovation Lab is looking for a devops engineer to help us build tools to explore the open internet and see deep into the future of libraries. Read full job post here.
The International Conference on Open and Distance Education was hosted by the University of South Africa this month. Paul Prinsloo put together a truly remarkable set of keynote addresses and invited me to present the opening keynote. I have more than a few reflections, many of which are probably beyond the scope of a post but […]
Earlier today Paul Putz wrote a post about an interactive bibliography that he and I created of books that study American religion in the context of cities. Paul explained our motivation for the project and how we created it. I’d like to offer a few observations about what I think we can learn from the […]
For the past 11 months, members of the DLF Assessment Interest Group (AIG)’s User Studies Working Group have been researching and writing a white paper on assessing use and usability in digital libraries. Today we are excited to announce that “Surveying the Landscape: Use and Usability Assessment of Digital Libraries” is available for public comment. […]
The editors of Debates in the Digital Humanities, have released a call for proposals. Read CFP here.
The University of Miami’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures seeks a scholar of the digital humanities at any rank, in any field, to contribute to the department’s intellectual life by maintaining an active research and publication agenda, teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, directing dissertations, and serving on departmental, college, and/or university […]
The Journal on Data Mining and Digital Humanities is seeking contributions to a special issue on “Computer-Aided Processing of Intertextuality in Ancient Languages.” Abstracts are due October 31st. Read full CFP here.
