Job: Digital Humanities Tenure Track Assistant Professorship at University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina seeks an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities. See job ad here.
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Conference: Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching (HILT) Registration is Now Open
The HILT conference is being held at the University of Maryland August 4-8, 2014. Registration is now open. See information here.
Editors’ Choice: Introducing the Graphic History Project
Dreaming of What Might Be examines the contentious but significant history of the labour organization known as the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. The comic book shows how the organization took root in Canada and “encouraged people to ‘dream of what might be’ and take action on the job rather than give […]
Editors’ Choice: Study of Google Scholar As Replacement for Systematic Literature Searches
Recent research indicates a high recall in Google Scholar searches for systematic reviews. These reports raised high expectations of Google Scholar as a unified and easy to use search interface. However, studies on the coverage of Google Scholar rarely used the search interface in a realistic approach but instead merely checked for the existence of […]
CFParticipation: NCAW’s Digital Research and Publication Initiative
The peer-reviewed, online art history journal, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, has funding available for the development of articles that take full advantage of new web technologies either in the research or the publication phase, or both. Read full post here.
Job: Solutions Developer at University of Leicester
The University of Leicester in Leicester, England i seeking a Solutions Developer within their library. See job ad here.
Job: Library Applications Development Manager at University of Massachusetts Boston Libraries
The Library Applications Development Manager is responsible for working with the Dean of University Libraries and other campus leadership to identify, discover, develop, and define new library-specific technology-related projects, applications, and making recommendations regarding the priorities of these projects. View job ad here.
Conference: Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities & Computer Science
The 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science will be held at DePaul University December 5-7, 2013. Registration is now open. See information here.
Editors’ Choice: Warping the City – Joyce in a Mudbox
This academic year (2013-14), I am the lead researcher for the Maker Lab’s “Z-Axis” project, which—in collaboration with the Modernist Versions Project (MVP)—is exploring forms of visualization that express subjective encounters with literary data through 3D modeling and prototyping. Stephen Ross (director of the MVP) describes this research as a combination of “literary analysis and […]
Editor’s Choice: Is Angry Birds the Gateway to Gamification in the Classroom?
Many would argue that there is a clear distinction between videogames and the art of gamification since the latter specifically applies game mechanics to non-game contexts. However, with a generation brought up on videogames and the need to engage these children in the classroom, the lines are becoming ever more blurred. Traditionally, one may think […]