Announcement: 2018 Digital Initiatives Symposium
From the post: Registration for the 2018 Digital Initiatives Symposium is now open! This year we are offering a choice of five workshops for the preconference on Monday, April 23. Read more here.
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Resource: Preserving Accented and Non-Roman Characters in CSV Workflows
From the post: Digital work in and around the Humanities often involves moving data from one system or format to another. That data often involves complex textual materials in multiple languages and writing systems. One commonly used format is the “Comma-Separated Values” text file. It’s not uncommon to find that characters not used in English […]
Announcement: Workshop – Miranda Digital Asset Platform
From the post: This two-day workshop aims to bring together a variety of participants from early modern studies, digital humanities, and libraries and archives for a behind-the-scenes look at the Folger’s new digital asset platform, Miranda. Participants will get a first-hand tour of Miranda and a chance to explore its future development and potential outcomes. […]
Job: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Classics and Digital Humanities, San Diego State University
From the ad: We are searching for a candidate who specializes in ancient Mediterranean culture and the reception of the textual and/or archaeological record of the classical world. The ideal candidate will be skilled at integrating digital technologies within his/her scholarship and teaching. Candidates should hold the Ph.D. in a relevant field of classical studies […]
Editors’ Choice: The Accuracy of Rights Statements on Europeana.eu
Since 2009 we have been contributing to the development of Europeana, the European platform that provides access to the digitised collections of cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) across Europe. One of our main contributions to Europeana is the Europeana Licensing Framework which ensures that data published on Europeana can be freely reused, and that all digital […]
Job: Director for Teaching, Learning and Digital Scholarship, Barnard College
From the ad: Reporting to the Dean of BLAIS, the Director for Teaching, Learning & Digital Scholarship is a new position dedicated to leading and shaping the instruction and liaison program and agenda in the Barnard Library. The Director coordinates the Personal Librarian program, a liaison program designed to create unique, specialized services for students and […]
Job: Digital Innovations Specialist, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern
From the ad: Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center seeks an innovative and energetic individual to provide leadership for digital initiatives at Galter Library. The Digital Innovations Specialist works with a wide range of campus stakeholders to develop and implement programs that increase awareness about digital scholarship and issues in the digital environment among […]
Resource: Visualizing Incomplete and Missing Data
From the resource: We love complete and nicely formatted data. It means we spend less time restructuring and poking at a sparse dataset and more quickly get to the visualization, analysis, and insights. It’s why I like to work with Census data so much. A lot of time and research is put into making sure […]
Editors’ Choice: First Things First – Conducting an Environmental Scan
As a digital humanities librarian, E. Leigh Bonds (The Ohio State University) undertook an institutional environmental scan as the basis for assessment, identifying gaps, and developing recommendations. In this post, Bonds details her approach and framework, which prompted conversations and coordination across campus. In August 2016, I became The Ohio State University’s first Digital Humanities Librarian. I’d […]
Job: Assistant Professor, English and Digital Humanities Specialist, Gonzaga
From the ad: To accelerate the adoption of new and emerging forms of digital scholarship, teaching, and learning, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Foley Center Library at Gonzaga University invite applications for a joint tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 28, 2018. The Digital Humanities Specialist—a faculty member of the Department of […]