The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), Amsterdam, is holding its annual Winter School on Critical Analytics and the Meanings of Engagement. The format is that of a data sprint, with hands-on work on engagement metrics for political, social and media research, together with a programme of keynote speakers and a Mini-conference, where PhD candidates, motivated scholars […]
The University of Wyoming seeks applicants for a Digital Collections Librarian to join our growing Digital Collections office. This position builds digital collections, manages the digital repository, and supports related initiatives and projects across multiple disciplines. Read full ad here.
As I typed the title for this post, I couldn’t help but think “Well, yeah. What else would the library be?” Instead of changing the title, however, I want to actually unpack what we mean when we say “research partner,” especially in the context of research data management support. In the most traditional sense, libraries […]
I have been seeing an enormous amount of momentum in the library industry toward “linked data”, often in the form of a fairly ambitious collective project to rebuild much of our infrastructure around data formats built on linked data. I think linked data technology is interesting and can be useful. But I have some concerns about how it […]
From the ad: Reporting to the Coordinator of Reference, Instruction, and Academic Engagement, the Digital Scholarship Librarian will provide leadership for the integration of digital tools, resources and methodologies with traditional resources and approaches to research, teaching and learning. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate with members of the Library Administration and with Coordinators of […]
Poetics of the Algorithm: Narrative, Digitality, and Unidentified Media is an international conference hosted by the University of Liege (Belgium, 16-17-18 June 2016) with a focus on interactive fiction, apps, digital comics, games, e-literature and other emerging, ‘new’ media. The conference will host workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, and presentations of papers. We invite scholars, artists, […]
Inertia: Momentum welcomes submissions on a broad range of topics related to sound, music, and multimedia. We are particularly interested in alternative format presentations, including workshops, lecture-demonstrations, roundtable discussions, performances, poster sessions, and other collaborative activities. Read full CFP here.
We are pleased to issue the call for proposals for the 7th annual Open Access Symposium at UNT, the premier annual conference regarding Open Access, attracting speakers and attendees from around the world. The conference will be held on the main campus of the UNT system in Denton, Texas, just north of Dallas. This year we invite both […]
These are some remarks I made at the Web Archives conference at the University of Michigan, on November 12th, 2015. I didn’t have any slides other than this visual presentation. To some extent I think the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and similar centers, conferences and workshops like ThatCamp have been so successful at […]
Who remembers Home Improvement? Tim the “Tool Man” Taylor was always trying to show the “Tool Time” audience how to build things, make repairs and of course, demo new tools made by the show’s sponsor, Binford. In true sitcom fashion, he broke more things than he fixed, thanks to his “more power” mantra. But I’m […]
