Jobs: Digital Humanities Computing Consultant
The University of Chicago Research Computing Center is seeking to hire a Digital Humanities Computing Consultant Continue reading: UChicago Jobs – Applicant Site.
Author: The Editors
Opportunity: New Developments for the Praxis Network
The Praxis Network was developed as part of a 2012-2013 Scholarly Communication Institute focused on graduate education. Its goal is to share model programs that are engaged in methodological training and collaborative research in the humanities. Deeply invested in demystifying collaborative, iterative, and public work, Praxis Network programs prep students to have a broader view […]
Announcement: Digital Classicist New England, Spring 2015
We are pleased to announce the schedule for Digital Classicist New England. This initiative, inspired by and connected to London’s Digital Classicist Work in Progress Seminar, is organized in association with the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University. It will run during the spring term of the academic year 2014/15. Seminars will run from February through April 2015 […]
Opportunity: ADHO Communications Fellow
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) seeks applicants for its 2015-2016 Communications fellowship. Working on a small team, the fellow will write news releases, blog posts and announcements about ADHO, its constituent organizations, and the broader digital humanities community; monitor and update ADHO’s social media presence; maintain its web site; help to develop and […]
Announcement: CLIR Hidden Collections and DPLA
Recently, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced a national competition to digitize and provide access to collections of rare or unique content in cultural heritage institutions, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This new iteration of the popular Hidden Collections program will enhance the emerging global digital research environment in […]
Resource: Getting Started with OpenRefine
Thomas Padilla has put together a tutorial on data preparation for the digital humanities using OpenRefine. It serves as a companion to the Data preparation for the Digital Humanities Workshop. Read the full post here.
Editors’ Choice: Mapping Artistic Attention in Amsterdam, 1550-1750
These are the slides and notes from the lightning talk I gave at the CAA 2015 session “Doing Digital Art History: Reflections on the Field”, an overview of the work done at the 2014 summer institutes sponsored by the Kress and Getty Foundations. See the underlying data and processing code here. This project is an […]
Announcement: DPLA Welcomes Four New Service Hubs
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the addition of four Service Hubs that will be joining our Hub network. The Hubs represent Tennessee, Maryland, Maine and the Caribbean. The addition of these Hubs continues our efforts to help build local community and capacity, and further efforts to build an on-ramp […]
Job: Digital Services Manager at George Washington University
George Washington University is recruiting a Digital Services Manager. The position is located within Special Collections and Archives, an area of strategic priority for the University Libraries, and reports to the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Archives. Working in close collaboration with appropriate individuals and units across the Libraries and the University, the […]
Resource: The Medical Heritage Library
The aim of the UK Medical Heritage Library (UK-MHL) Project is to provide free access to a wealth of medical history and related books from UK research libraries. There are already over 50,000 books and journal issues in the Medical Heritage Library drawn from North American research libraries. The UK-MHL Project will expand this collection […]