CODEC are pleased to invite applications for three new posts within this exciting and pioneering Research Project based at St John’s College in the University of Durham. CODEC are looking for: Curator for the Digital Discipleship Project (full-time, Grade 6) Research Fellow in Digital Resources (full-time, Grade 6) Research Fellow in Biblical Literacy (full-time, Grade 6) […]
There have been “dramatic changes in the status of digital forensics within LAMs (Libraries, Archives and Museums) in just a few years”. This is a conclusion of a wide ranging white paper released by the BitCurator Project: From Bitstreams to Heritage: Putting Digital Forensics into Practice in Collecting Institutions. The BitCurator project is funded by the […]
Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies seminars: Ségolène Tarte (Oxford): On Cognition and the Digital in the Study of Ancient Textual Artefacts (abstract) (video) (audio) (slides) (slides [ppt]) Lorna Richardson (University College London): Public Archaeology in a Digital Age (abstract) (video) (audio) (slides) See Full Program and Resources Here
We all know that vampires don’t exist and that there are no malevolent beings of Carpathian origin walking the streets of London, Nottingham or Whitby. Don’t we. One of the really powerful aspects of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ is how it creates the impression of authenticity, partially through how it is told (through diaries and […]
My RDFa introduction and codelab materials for the ALA 2014 preconference on Practical linked data with open source are now online! And now I’ve finished leading the RDFa + schema.org codelab that I’ve been stressing over and refining for about a month at the American Library Association annual conference Practical linked data with open source […]
The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law has an immediate opening for a Scholarly Communications and Faculty Services Librarian at its University Park location. Read Full Posting Here
When most people think of “folklore,” they tend to think of fairy tales and urban legends. Trevor Blank thinks of photoshopped memes and dark humor. Folklorist Trevor J. Blank is an assistant professor of communication at the State University of New York at Potsdam, where he researches the hybridization of folk culture in the digital […]
On BoingBoing today, Cory Doctorow writes: “The Creative Commons-licensed version of The Internet’s Own Boy, Brian Knappenberger’s documentary about Aaron Swartz, is now available on the Internet Archive, which is especially useful for people outside of the US, who aren’t able to pay to see it online…. The Internet Archive makes the movie available to […]
The Director of Library Technology provides vision and strategic leadership for Library Systems in a team- and service-oriented environment. The Director is responsible for overseeing and managing the full life cycle of the University Libraries’ systems, applications, hardware, and web services. The Director manages the departmental budget, leads a department of six staff members, and […]
Mirador, a collaborative effort led by Andrés Colubri from Fathom Information Design, is a tool that helps you find correlative patterns in datasets with a lot of variables and observations. It’s in the early stages of development, but is available to use and test on Windows and Mac. Colubri explains the process, from its early […]
