Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Unreasonable Effectiveness

Editors’ Summary: In this post, Salvaggio considers how a lot of current scholarship on LLMs is fixated on proving that they are conducting something “akin to thought.” He discusses a recent paper that tested the ability of LLMs to make sense of ‘Jabberwocky’ language in which most or all content words have been randomly replaced […]

News, Reports

Report: Fantastic Futures 2025: highlights and resources

In December, hundreds of library, museum, archive and research staff gathered in the British Library’s Knowledge Centre to share the state of the art in AI research for cultural heritage. The 250 international participants onsite at the British Library Knowledge Centre, 3-5 December 2025 included dozens of presenters who delivered 16 workshops, 19 posters and […]

News, Resources

Resource: Florence University launches digital library showcasing rare historical materials

The University of Florence has unveiled Impronte Digitali (“Digital Imprints”), a new digital library designed to preserve and make accessible rare historical materials held in its libraries. The platform, developed by the University Library System, offers online access to more than 200,000 images representing around 4,000 digital objects. These are organized into 15 documentary collections, […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: FILE – Electronic Language International Festival 2026

FILE – Electronic Language International Festival is now accepting project submissions and invites artists, researchers, creators, and developers to participate in its next edition. An international reference in the fields of art, technology, and innovation, FILE will take place in São Paulo from August 18 to October 11, 2026 at the FIESP Cultural Center, bringing […]

News, Resources

Resource: The ZineArranger by Nash High

Arrange multi-page PDF files into a printable zine layout!  Supports the following zine formats: Half Size, Quarter Size, Eighth Size / Minizine, 1/16th / Micro-Mini, 1/24th, 1/32nd, 1/36th, 1/48th, and 1/64th. With options for: Portrait/Landscape orientation, Single/Double sided printing (for Mini’s & Quarter Size), Side/Top fold (for Mini’s & Quarter Size), and Paper size (US […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Validity and Verifiability: Toward a Hybrid Framework for Evaluating Digital Humanities in India

Editors’ Summary: This article examines how DH scholarship in India is often undervalued because traditional systems value print-based research over digital, collaborative or public-facing work. Digital Curation, Metadata Creation, Multilingual Platform building are serious forms of intellectual labour that get overlooked in University Grants Commission frameworks. Within global debates of DH and local realities, this […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Digital Literacy Strategies to Prepare Incarcerated Students for Education and Work

Editors’ Summary: Here it is argued that digital literacy is not a luxury for incarcerated students but it is a basic requirement for meaningful education, employment, and social reintegration after release. In a world where applying for jobs, accessing services and learning is increasingly dependent on the digital, people in prisons are often left at […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: A Faster Release Cycle for Zotero

Zotero 8, which we announced today, is a huge release, representing more than a year of development. It brings together a large number of new features, improvements, and internal changes that have been in progress for quite some time. Going forward, we’ll be changing how we manage Zotero releases, with the goal of getting stable […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Digital Americas: Global Perspectives on American Narratives Online

Digital environments have generated a vast ecosystem of literary and para-literary production, including fan fiction communities, transmedia projects, Alternate Reality Games, Wiki-based Storyworlds, and countless hybrid forms that challenge older taxonomies. At the same time, social platforms such as Reddit, TikTok, Substack, and Wattpad have become powerful engines for the creation and circulation of American […]