At EFF, we are big fans of open wireless. But we also know that operators of open networks sometimes worry that they could be legally responsible if people use their networks to engage in copyright infringement. We’ve put together a short white paper that generally explains the scope and limits of operator liability for the […]
We wish to appoint a Research Associate with expertise in nineteenth century demography, social history or historical geography for an exciting post in a major research team. You will work closely with Prof Ian Gregory and an inter-disciplinary group of researchers at Lancaster University. The project, Spatial Humanities: Text, GIS, Places (www.lancs.ac.uk/spatialhum), funded by the […]
New Web Program Allows Free Image Download for Non-Commercial Use (New York, May 16, 2014)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including […]
The George Mason University, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (chnm.gmu.edu/) within the Department of History and Art History is seeking an innovative, full-time Systems Administrator/Webmaster to maintain and grow the technical infrastructure of the center that includes 23 servers and a complex set of networked connections, storage, databases, software, programming languages, and […]
While I’m a pretty big fan of strategy games in general, historical strategy games are particularly interesting, especially from a pedagogical standpoint. As I and many of the other Play the Past authors have previously discussed, these games allow us to look at the past through a different lens than we typically get through other […]
This Guide is part of a series that reflects on three years of research on sourcing and circulating scholarly communication on the open web. In the coming weeks we will share our discoveries, processes, and code developed through rapid prototyping and iterative design: the PressForward plugin for WordPress; the collaboratively-edited weekly publication Digital Humanities Now; and the experimental overlay Journal of Digital Humanities. We hope […]
ECU Libraries, East Carolina University, seeks an experienced and innovative individual with excellent organizational skills for the position of Digital Collections Coordinator. See Full Posting Here
The Top Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Hubs, Partners, and Other Usage Statistics. See the Data Partner Charts Here
RSA 2015 26-28 March, Berlin Since 2001, Renaissance Society of America (RSA) meetings have featured panels on new technologies for scholarly research, publishing, and teaching. At the 2015 meeting in Berlin, we will offer panels on new research (with 20-minute papers, followed by questions) and a digital “poster session,” (with 3-minute introductions followed by hands-on […]
1. The Differences between Digital History and Digital Humanities by Stephen Robertson For the last nine months I’ve spent much of my time exploring digital history. Part of becoming director of RRCHNM involved familiarizing myself with areas of work about which I had only passing knowledge despite almost twenty years of reading, teaching and creating digital history. Moreover, […]
