CFPs & Conferences, News

Announcement: Workshop – Miranda Digital Asset Platform

From the post: This two-day workshop aims to bring together a variety of participants from early modern studies, digital humanities, and libraries and archives for a behind-the-scenes look at the Folger’s new digital asset platform, Miranda. Participants will get a first-hand tour of Miranda and a chance to explore its future development and potential outcomes. […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Classics and Digital Humanities, San Diego State University

From the ad: We are searching for a candidate who specializes in ancient Mediterranean culture and the reception of the textual and/or archaeological record of the classical world. The ideal candidate will be skilled at integrating digital technologies within his/her scholarship and teaching. Candidates should hold the Ph.D. in a relevant field of classical studies […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: The Accuracy of Rights Statements on Europeana.eu

Since 2009 we have been contributing to the development of Europeana, the European platform that provides access to the digitised collections of cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) across Europe. One of our main contributions to Europeana is the Europeana Licensing Framework which ensures that data published on Europeana can be freely reused, and that all digital […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Director for Teaching, Learning and Digital Scholarship, Barnard College

From the ad: Reporting to the Dean of BLAIS, the Director for Teaching, Learning & Digital Scholarship is a new position dedicated to leading and shaping the instruction and liaison program and agenda in the Barnard Library. The Director coordinates the Personal Librarian program, a liaison program designed to create unique, specialized services for students and […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Innovations Specialist, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern

From the ad: Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center seeks an innovative and energetic individual to provide leadership for digital initiatives at Galter Library. The Digital Innovations Specialist works with a wide range of campus stakeholders to develop and implement programs that increase awareness about digital scholarship and issues in the digital environment among […]

News, Resources

Resource: Visualizing Incomplete and Missing Data

From the resource: We love complete and nicely formatted data. It means we spend less time restructuring and poking at a sparse dataset and more quickly get to the visualization, analysis, and insights. It’s why I like to work with Census data so much. A lot of time and research is put into making sure […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: First Things First – Conducting an Environmental Scan

As a digital humanities librarian, E. Leigh Bonds (The Ohio State University) undertook an institutional environmental scan as the basis for assessment, identifying gaps, and developing recommendations. In this post, Bonds details her approach and framework, which prompted conversations and coordination across campus. In August 2016, I became The Ohio State University’s first Digital Humanities Librarian. I’d […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Assistant Professor, English and Digital Humanities Specialist, Gonzaga

From the ad: To accelerate the adoption of new and emerging forms of digital scholarship, teaching, and learning, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Foley Center Library at Gonzaga University invite applications for a joint tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 28, 2018. The Digital Humanities Specialist—a faculty member of the Department of […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Assistant Professor, Digital History/Native North America, OSU

From the ad: The Oklahoma State University Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in digital history with a specialization in the indigenous peoples of North America to begin in August 2018. The successful candidate will have a completed PhD, teaching experience, and a strong record of research productivity. The position […]

Funding & Opportunities, News

Opportunity: Digital Humanities Research Institute

About the opportunity: Are you interested in learning fundamental technical skills and growing a community of digital humanities practitioners locally? Join the GC Digital Initiatives from June 11 – 21, 2018 to learn how to work from the command line, git/GitHub, Python, databases, mapping, APIs, and more. Then learn how to take our curriculum back […]