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Job Announcements, News

Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, The University of Hong Kong

From the ad: Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in information management, digital humanities, or one of the core-humanities/social science disciplines such as linguistics and sociology. They should have demonstrated experience with digital humanities tools and methodologies, a strong commitment in addressing social and behavioral science related questions, as well as interest in developing pedagogical […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

Conference: Dodging the Memory Hole 2017

About the conference: Please join us at Dodging the Memory Hole 2017: Saving Online News on Nov. 15-16 at the Internet Archive headquarters in San Francisco. Speakers, panelists and attendees will explore solutions to the most urgent threat to cultural memory today — the loss of online news content. The forum will focus on progress […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Colonial and Postcolonial Digital Humanities Roundtable

Below are my Skype remarks from the Colonial and Postcolonial DH roundtable at the College of William and Mary’s Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference.  To my mind, the most significant contribution of digital humanities is to developing and sustaining the digital cultural record of humanity. We can debate about definitions and methods, but, […]

Funding & Opportunities, News

Funding: ACLS Digital Extension Grants

From the post: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the third annual competition for ACLS Digital Extension Grants. The grants, which are made possible by the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seek to advance humanities scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities […]

By: jpc_acls
News, Resources

Resource: CARTOColors

From the resource: Picking colors is one my favorite things to do with visualization when I’m not in a rush for time. But when I can spare the minutes to pick and choose, it’s useful to have a quick reference. ColorBrewer is the go-to, but CARTOColors is a simpler take. It just shows you a […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital and Media Archives Coordinator at San Francisco Symphony

From the ad: This position reports to the San Francisco Symphony Archivist and coordinates the preservation of the Orchestra’s digital heritage and A/V media. The Digital and Media Archives Coordinator works closely with the Archivist and is responsible for migration of obsolete media into archival formats, digitization projects that promote access and use of analog […]

News, Reports

Report: The State of Open Data Report 2017

From the report: Figshare’s annual report, The State of Open Data 2017, looks at global attitudes towards open data. It includes survey results of 2,300 respondents and a collection of articles from industry experts, as well as a foreword from Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of Unit Open Data Policies and Science Cloud at the European Commission. […]

News, Resources

Resource: Which digital tool should I use?

From the resource: It can sometimes be overwhelming to decide which of the legions of digital tools out there are good for any given task, especially when you haven’t yet built expertise in the tools (or sometimes even the task). STEM people tend to lean towards the idea that the right tool is the one […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Data Transformation Associate, Folger Shakespeare Library

From the job ad: The Folger Shakespeare Library seeks a detail-oriented Data Transformation Associate to join our Digital Media and Publications (DMP) team for 18 months as part of the creation of a Digital Asset Platform funded through the Mellon Foundation. The Folger, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., is a well-respected cultural institution […]

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