This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor, and Nico Larrondo, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choice selections this week include a discussion of the difficulties in digitizing at-risk media, a critique of “vintage” AI models such as Talkie, and an article introducing a minimal computing approach to teaching Marx’s Capital. We have […]
Editors’ Summary: In “3D Digitisation Guidelines translated into multiple languages by EUreka3D-XR,” published on Digital Meets Culture, the EUreka3D-XR project announces that its 3D Digitisation Guidelines: Steps to Success is now available in Catalan, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, and Spanish. Aimed at cultural heritage professionals digitising collections in three dimensions, the guidelines simplify the standards […]
Editors’ Summary: In “Context Laundering and the Human Bottleneck in AI Research,” Alex Reid examines a recent arXiv preprint showing that AI research agents can be poisoned through user-generated content on platforms like Reddit and Wikipedia. Reid draws two rhetorical implications: first, AI “launders” the questionable rhetorical contexts of such content, presenting it in an […]
Editors’ Summary: In “Saving Tangible Media for Tomorrow: A Reflection from Natalie Nemes,” published on the Library of Congress blog The Signal, 2026 Junior Fellow Natalie Nemes describes her work in the Library’s Tangible Media Project, which reformats at-risk carriers such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, and USB drives before decay, demagnetization, or equipment obsolescence […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor, and Zhihui Zou, DHNow Guest Editor. Welcome to the first themed issue of DHNow! Our guest editor, Zhihui Zou, has compiled an issue focused on data management and visualization. All three of our Editors’ Choice posts reflect this thematic focus, including an article highlighting best […]
The Pudding is a digital publisher which produces data journalism for storytelling. Articles in the publication are visual essays which emphasize data visualizations and use fewer words than conventional journalism. The publication does not have central editorial planning, and instead invites its journalists to publish according to their interests and expertise. While not a formal […]
This survey is for prospective applicants of the British Columbia History Digitization Program grant. By filling out and submitting the following information, you signal your organization’s intent to apply for a BCHDP grant in the upcoming cycle and your interest in seeking additional support. In an effort to bolster BCHDP’s commitment to building capacity and […]
MUM 2026, the 25th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, will be held in Glasgow, United Kingdaom, December 1st –4th. MUM is an interdisciplinary forum for advances in research of mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems, applications, and services. At MUM, academics and practitioners discuss challenges and achievements in this field from diverse perspectives, such […]
PCG Academia and DataCite are pleased to announce that PCG Academia is now a DataCite Registered Service Provider, strengthening DataCite infrastructure among DSpace communities and users. The DataCite Registered Service Providers (RSP) Program strengthens the global research ecosystem by enabling trusted partners to deliver DataCite services locally and at scale. DataCite RSPs help institutions adopt […]
Editors’ Summary: This post reviews a conversation between researchers from Mozilla AI and Internet Archive Europe on computing infrastructure dependency. For digital humanists, we use cloud-based systems on a daily basis, whether that is to store research data, digitized primary sources, machine learning models, etc. As seen in events like AWS’s major outage in the […]
