If you missed our conference in Florence Italy in February, its not to late to register for Museums and the Web 2014 in Baltimore Maryland, April 2-5, and join a Deep Dive on Email Archiving in Art Museums. Exhibitors looking to reach museum technologists from around the world are invited to sponsor, advertise, or reserve […]
I’ve got some great news: over the last few years javascript has matured as a language and as a community. No longer are javascript applications “spaghetti” code by default, and cross-browser issues are much less common and painful than in the past. Myriad Model-View-Something frameworks exist to provide structure for your code, and if you’re […]
Harvard University Information Technology is recruiting a Production Systems Librarian. See the full ad here.
I am soliciting abstracts by scholars from all disciplines, including scholar-fans and fan-scholars, to be considered for inclusion in an edited collection on Bruce Springsteen, which will eventually be submitted to Routledge’s Studies in Popular Music series. The editor of this series has expressed an interest in seeing a Springsteen collection proposal. Read the full […]
This is the simplest of SPARQL tutorials. The tutorial’s purpose is two-fold: 1) through a set of examples, introduce the reader to the syntax of SPARQL queries, and 2) to enable the reader to initially explore any RDF triple store which is exposed as a SPARQL endpoint. Read the full post here.
The University of Houston is recruiting a Dean of Libraries and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Chair. See the full ad here.
As I was flipping through the February 2014 issue of the American Historical Review I was encouraged to see that American historical profession’s flagship journal seems to be doing a pretty decent job of publishing the impressive work of female historians. Three out of its four main articles were written by women and four out of the five books […]
Welcome to Assassin’s Creed Week presented by Play the Past, where for a whole week, Play the Past will push content on the most popular historical video game series ever. Part I introduced the Week and asked why Assassin’s Creed mattered, Part II examined slavery and native relations in the series, Part III explored the portrayal of historical women, and Part […]
James Madison University (JMU) Libraries & Educational Technologies (L&ET) seeks a dynamic, creative and service-oriented colleague to provide support to the Special Collections and Digital Collections Departments in enhancing access to archival, digitized and born-digital materials. See Full Posting Here
Seeking an innovative, full-time Emerging Digital Services Librarian with a strong technology and user experience orientation. Responsibilities include: design and maintenance of the Library’s website; creation of digital tutorials, expertise with applicable instructional, social media, and library-specific software, along with reference and instruction. See Full Posting Here
