I’ve gone on record as saying that the digital humanities is not about building. It’s about sharing. I stand by that declaration. But I’ve also been thinking about a complementary mode of learning and research that is precisely the opposite of building things. It is destroying things. I want to propose a theory and practice of […]
CC HowTo #1: How to Attribute a Creative Commons licensed work | Molly Kleinman. If part of the goal of Creative Commons is to reduce transaction costs, then there must be some way to use those works without having to contact the creator to ask about proper attribution. In practice, here’s how you can handle […]
New Variorum Shakespeare Digital Challenge. The MLA Committee on the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare is sponsoring a digital challenge and is seeking the most innovative and compelling uses of the data contained within its recently published volume, The Comedy of Errors. The MLA has released the XML files and schema for The Comedy of Errors under a Creative […]
New resources on sustainability for digital content : Digitisation and Content Programme. A new video discusses the work on sustainability of digital content that the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) and ITHAKA S+R have been doing over the last few years and new resources now available. Highlights include five things sustainable projects do and a tool […]
MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Employment: Job Board. Job Title: Digital Preservation Archivist State: Massachusetts City: Lexington Description: Digital Preservation Archivist Position Summary: MIT Lincoln Laboratory has pioneered in advanced electronics since its origin in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Knowledge Services team is currently developing […]
Digital Conversations @ British Library is hosted by the Digital Research and Curator Team. In this bi-monthly series, inspirational and creative individuals and organisations are invited to give short, thought-provoking presentations on a topic relating to the digital environment. The series offers an invaluable opportunity for colleagues to engage in a lively discourse about digital […]
The increasing interest number of courses and concentrations focusing on public history suggests that we need to have a serious conversation about what are the skills that are necessary for students to pursue careers in public history in the 21st century. In his presentation for our panel on the future of public history instruction, Steven Burg from […]
How will national cultures survive in the digital age? Will they be subsumed in the centripetal pull of global monoculture? Or will counter-currents and hybrid combinations thrive in a transmedia world? 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of RTÉ TV – Ireland’s public television network charged with broadcasting the nation to itself: ‘a […]
Working under the direction of the Head of Digital Library Initiatives, the Digital Projects Librarian manages a portfolio of digital library projects, providing the project management framework and technical know-how needed to complete projects successfully. S/he works in close collaboration with other librarians and archivists, metadata specialists, IT staff, scanning/digitization staff, external vendors, and partnering […]
This fully funded collaborative doctoral award is offered by REACT: Research and Enterprise in Arts and Creative Technologies Hub. REACT is one of four knowledge exchange hubs awarded nationally as part of a £16 million investment by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for knowledge exchange projects between research academics, creative industry partners and […]
