From the announcement: Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland is seeking two PhD students for its new international research project “Fragmentarium –laboratory for digital manuscript research.“ The successful candidates will have a degree in medieval history, auxiliary historical sciences, medieval Latin or medieval philosophy; will have experience in manuscriptresearch; will have a good command of Latin; […]
From the announcement: The CrossRef Taxonomy Interest Group is a collaboration among publishers, and sponsored by CrossRef, to share the Knowledge Models they are using, creating opportunities for standardization, collaboration and interoperability. Please join the webinar to get an introduction to the work this group is doing, use cases for the information collected and learn […]
From the announcement: The University of St. Thomas is recruiting a Libraries Web Developer. The incumbent serves as the chief technical expert in developing and maintaining the Libraries’ digital presence, including the website and associated applications; formatting of the e-resource management and discovery tools; database, subject guide, and scheduling applications; institutional repositories and finding aids; interlibrary […]
From the CFP: Deadline for Submissions – March 9, 2015 The DHCommons Journal seeks submissions for a section dedicated to procedural descriptions of how to launch and/or maintain an exemplary aspect of a stable digital project. We encourage you to emphasize in your submission a component of the project that came out particularly well and/or […]
Much of the hype surrounding MOOCS has faded and as Steve Kolowich shows in a recent Chronicle piece, “Few people would now be willing to argue that massive open online courses are the future of higher education.” As the Babson Survey Research Group (that Kolowich cites) shows, higher ed leaders are less certain that MOOCs […]
I’m trying to tackle a topic that I’ve been mulling over more or less since the Center opened: Why I think every edtech group should have a student support organization like the DKC. There’s a long history of how we ended up where we are with our Center, and there’s a lot of unpacking that […]
From the job announcement: Reporting to the Archivist and working collaboratively with staff across the Symphony, the Digital Asset Coordinator will develop sustainable practices and processes to ensure the availability and integrity of digital assets that chronicle the Symphony’s history, collections, programs, and operations. The successful applicant will demonstrate experience with a variety of technologies […]
From the Announcement: Some of the digital art history summer institutes from last year are returning for 2015! At the moment, there are two announced institutes, both being funded by the Getty Foundation: July 13 — July 24: Building a Digital Portfolio at George Mason University: “Participants will learn from experienced RRCHNM and GMU faculty […]
From the Announcement: The University of Michigan Library is seeking a librarian to be a project manager and specialist in the area of digital preservation services.The successful candidate will work as part of a team of programmers, librarians, and other experts on a major initiative to build a new digital library system architecture. The new […]
From the announcement: PressForward is hiring an Outreach Coordinator to work with us as we develop new publications using the PressForward plugin. The PressForward Outreach Coordinator will identify and recruit key pilot partners and deliver hands-on training using the PressForward plugin. The RRCHNM PressForward team offers pilot partners customized technical and editorial expertise at each stage of […]
