CFParticipation: THATCamp Games 2014
Registration is now open for THATCamp Games 2014: NASAGA Edition! Join us in Baltimore for workshops, games, conversations, debates, writing, game jams, making, and play! Read full announcement here
Author: The Editors
Job: Chair in Digital Humanities | School of Advanced Study, University of London
This is an exciting opportunity for a leading practitioner in the field to play a key role in promoting digital humanities activity across the School and central University of London, and in championing the digital humanities to the wider academic community and beyond. Source: Chair in Digital Humanities | School of Advanced Study, University of […]
Resource: Using Digital Tools in the Classroom and in Research – NYU Humanities Initiative
NYU Humanities Initiative video series: Join us to hear a panel of faculty and graduate students present case studies of successful digital projects for teaching and to share best practices and new approaches to using technology in their research. Source: Resource: Using Digital Tools in the Classroom and in Research – YouTube
Jobs: CODEC, St. John’s College at Durham University
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) […]
Editors’ Choice: Open Source Digital Forensics Adapted for Archival and Memory Institutions
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 […]
Conference: Digital Classicist London & ICS Seminars
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
Announcement: Off the Map Gothic – British Library’s “Off the Map” Competition Underway
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 […]
Resource: RDFa Introduction and Codelabs for Libraries
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 […]
Job: Scholarly Communications and Faculty Services Librarian at Penn State
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
Editors’ Choice: Understanding Folk Culture in the Digital Age: An Interview with Folklorist Trevor J. Blank
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 […]