This SPEC Kit explores how research institutions are currently organizing staff to support scholarly communication services, and whether their organizational structures have changed since 2007, when member libraries were surveyed about their scholarly communication education initiatives. SPEC Kit 332: Organization of Scholarly Communication Services (November 2012).
To answer the question, how much does it cost to start a small digital humanities lab; first, consider the most expensive element: personnel. The other costs: a few computers, web-hosting, software, and furniture are relatively inexpensive. The other big issue, and one where the costs may not necessarily be monetary, is physical space. Is there […]
At THATCamp CHNM and THATCamp Philly 2012, Interactive Mechanics presented on the topic of mobile devices meets digital humanities. How can these rich projects port to smartphones? What technology is out there, and what would work best for your project? Mobile Devices and Digital Humanities – Interactive Mechanics.
So you want to make some charts in R, but you don’t know where to begin. This straightforward tutorial should teach you the basics, and give you a good idea of what you want to do next. Getting Started with Charts in R.
Two to three students from both Carleton and St. Olaf will be selected to learn a few carefully chosen, important Digital Humanities technologies. They will train intensively with staff members in IT and the Library from both colleges during the month of January 2013. They will then “practice” these technologies through working consistently on a […]
As part of the 7th annual Northeastern University English Graduate Student Association Conference, alt/, we seek proposals for a special roundtable on innovative digital approaches to literary, historical, and/or cultural materials. alt.dh.edu — Digital Humanities special panel — 3/16-3/17/2013, proposals due 1/15 | cfp.english.upenn.edu.
Tapestry is a new conference on storytelling with data. While it focuses on visual ways of telling stories in journalism, there will be a broad range of topics, and a line-up of amazing speakers. The conference is limited to 100 participants, and invite-only. We are looking for more people who are interested in storytelling with data. […]
This is a multi-disciplinary conference aimed at a wide range of history and heritage practitioners making no distinction between professionals and non-professionals. Papers are thus invited from academic historians, those working or volunteering in the museum, heritage and archives sectors, those working in the media, film makers, funding bodies, policy makers, publishers, along with family, […]
The Department of Communication at Worcester State University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor of Communication whose teaching and research focus is on the theory and practice of social media and emerging digital technologies. H-Net Job Guide.
Starting in February 2013, the Allard Pierson Museum and the department of Media Studies of the Faculty of Humanities participate for four years in the EU-FP7 funded project on “Material EncounterS with Cultural Heritage” (meSch) as part of an international consortium. 2 PhD Positions in the Area of Digital Heritage – Universiteit van Amsterdam.
