Choice of color scale can make a big difference in how the data reads. A careless choice might make the data appear skewed too far low or too far high, so you need to look at the data and decide what’s right for the context. But, sometimes you just gotta make a lot of charts […]
What struck me as I listened to Amanda Visconti’s question and answer session last Wednesday is that the generosity of Visconti’s mentors helped enable her success in academia as an Assistant Professor in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Business division of Purdue University Libraries. I focus on the word “generosity” because it indicates that […]
From the ad: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seek creative, forward-thinking individuals to apply for the fixed-term, non-tenure track, three-year appointment as Digital Scholarship Fellow. This faculty librarian will play a critical role in outreach, training, and service development to strengthen digital scholarship at Penn State. The successful candidate will be conversant with methods, technologies, […]
From the ad: The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submission of abstracts for its annual conference, on any aspect of digital humanities. Read full ad here.
A new R package called tabulizer is now available. It works with Tabula to extract tables from PDFs. Access resource here.
From the announcement: If you’re an Open Culture old timer, you know the work of EmperorTigerstar–a Youtuber who specializes (to quote myself) “in documenting the unfolding of world historical events by stitching together hundreds of maps into timelapse films”… This week, the map animator released The History of Europe: Every Year. In ten minutes, he takes us from The […]
“The Ancient World in 19th-Century Fiction” is a lightly revised version of a lecture delivered at the first meeting of the Digital Classicists Association. The intent of the lecture, in accordance with the invitation to deliver it, was to introduce literary “macroanalysis” in the context of the ancient world and offer some exploration of how […]
From the ad: The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona University Library is seeking a dynamic and innovative librarian to play a leadership role in planning, implementing, and supporting digital collections and services including the coordinating and functioning of Bronco Scholar, the university’s institutional repository; providing vision and direction for all aspects of the Library’s website; […]
From the ad: The Digital Resources Librarian works collaboratively with the Head of Special Collections and Archives to create, maintain, and promote UMW Libraries’ digital collections and services, including creating policies and usage guidelines, planning and implementing workflows, and overseeing quality control. Under the supervision of the Head of Special Collections and Archives, this librarian […]
From the ad: The Vassar College Libraries seek a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and experienced professional for the position of digital library developer. We are looking for a creative problem-solver with a passion for libraries who enjoys the design, development, and implementation of technical solutions that will bring our digital scholarship and library technology services to new […]
