In my earlier post “Digital Collections and Accessibility”, I touched upon the considerations we would need to address when building or creating digital collections (or other things that rely heavily on utilizing images such as data visualization) for public use. Here are the questions I put down in that post: “Given the ubiquitous nature of […]
Pending funding, Universität Hamburg invites applications for a Research Associate for the project “The Early Islamic Empire At Work” in accordance with § 28 (3) of Hamburg’s Higher Education Act (HmbHG*). The position commences on 1 April 2015. It is remunerated at the salary level TV-L 13 and calls for 39 Hours of work per […]
We’re happy to announce a new version of Neatline which adds a couple new features along with resolving a few small issues. The two main features in this release were implemented based on community feedback. First, it’s now possible to set the opacity of a WMS layer when its selected using the “selected” opacity setting. Previously […]
When my CHI project shifted from database driven to my new mapping focus I had a decision to make; which mapping tool to use? There are many great tools available for free, or for limited cost, but there were a few key aspects I needed to consider. Do the maptiles have enough resolution? Can it […]
In the past decade there has been an intense growth in the number of library publishing services supporting faculty and students. Unified by a commitment to both access and service, library publishing programs have grown from an early focus on backlist digitization to encompass publication of student works, textbooks, research data, as well as books […]
Showing data isn’t always about trying to convey an insight, or giving people the means to understand the intricacies of data. It can also be a tool to communicate a fact, an amount, or an issue beyond just the sheer numbers. Data illustration is poorly understood, but it can be very powerful. About a year ago, […]
The Library & Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announces Ed Summers as the 2015 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. The award, which is jointly sponsored by OCLC, is given for research relevant to the development of information technologies, especially work […]
The University of California Press and the California Digital Library have been given a $750,000 grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “to develop a web-based, open source content and workflow management system to support the publication of open access (OA) monographs in the humanities and social sciences.” Here’s an excerpt from the announcement: The […]
One of the things that I keep coming back to in our digital library system are the states that an object can be in and how that affects various aspects of our system. Hopefully this post can explain some of them and how they are currently implemented locally. Hidden vs Non-Hidden Our main distinction once […]
What can we take away from this transversal reading of feminist new materialism, critical and media theory, and remix studies, with respect to cutting as an affirmative material-discursive practice—especially where this reading concerns how remix and the cut can performatively critique the established humanist notions such as authorship, authority, quality and fixity underlying scholarly book […]
