The Patron Privacy Technologies Interest Group was formed in the fall of 2014 to help library technologists improve how well our tools protect patron privacy. As the first in a series of posts on technical matters concerning patron privacy, please enjoy this guest post by Alison Macrina. When using the web for activities like banking […]
From the ad: As a member of the Library Technology department, reporting to the Director of Library Technology, the Digital Initiatives Librarian provides quality service and support to library faculty, staff and patrons. They collaborate in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of digital projects to enhance user experience and improve workflows within the library. This […]
From the announcement: MoEML is excited to announce the launch of a beta version of our new hi-resolution, zoomable experimental Agas map interface. We encourage you to play around with the map and send us feedback on both its function and design so we can improve it before launching it officially later this year. Some […]
From the CFP: The 9th Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities will be held in conjunction with ACL-IJCNLP 2015 which will take place in Beijing, China, July 26 – 31. The LaTeCH workshop series aims to provide a forum for researchers who are working on developing novel information technology for improved information […]
From the announcement: MITH is excited to announce the lineup of speakers for our Spring 2015 Digital Dialogues season! Our six speakers come from a wide variety of research specialties ranging from ranging from Digital Musicology to Literature/Digital Editions to Urban Media Art and Interaction Design. See the list of speakers and sign up: Mark your calendars … MITH’s Spring 2015 […]
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation –Plato From the beginning of the year, the Praxis cohort recognized ‘play’ as one of the key aspects of the Ivanhoe experience. Yet, how does play shape Ivanhoe? What are the effects of this play? In previous years, […]
In case you missed Jill Lepore has written a superb article for the New Yorker about the Internet Archive and archiving the Web in general. The story of the Internet Archive is largely the story of its creator Brewster Kahle. If you’ve heard Kahle speak you’ve probably heard the Library of Alexandria v2.0 metaphor before. […]
The Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) at Duke University announces the launch of Provoke!: Digital Sound Studies. Provoke! is a web collection of digital projects focused on sound studies, digital humanities, and the audio arts. See the collection here: Provoke!: Digital Sound Studies
Indiana University is looking for a Digital Initiatives Librarian, as well as a Digital Preservation Librarian. See the job postings here: Librarians | Indiana University Libraries.
.entry-header The Digital Classicist London are seeking proposals for papers to be considered for the summer, 2015 seminars. See the full CFP here: Digital Classicist London 2015 call for papers
