News, Resources

Resource: Bamboo DiRT Public Release

Bamboo DiRT is a tool, service, and collection registry of digital research tools for scholarly use. Developed by Project Bamboo, Bamboo DiRT makes it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and compare resources ranging from content management systems to music OCR, statistical analysis packages to mindmapping software. via Bamboo DiRT.

Job Announcements, News

Job: Academic Technology Specialist, Stanford University Library and History Department

The Stanford University Library in partnership with the Department of History seeks a digital historian for the position of Academic Technology Specialist (ATS). The ATS collaborates with faculty and graduate students in the History Department at Stanford University, developing and deploying innovative technological solutions in support of research, pedagogy, and publication. This position requires an […]

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Job: Digital Learning Manager at The Field Museum

The programming of the Digital Learning Team at The Field Museum is currently two-fold: on-site experiences that leverage scientific content and enhancement/acquisition of technology skills and off-site experiences that function as independent products for learners. An average of 6-7 on-site experiences take place annually while at least 1-2 independent products are being pursued. via The […]

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Job: Research programmer, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

Join the team at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. We are seeking an experienced research programmer who will provide technical expertise for research projects in the digital humanities. The Research Programmer will work with senior MITH staff to develop new methods and tools for the exploration and […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Coding a Middle Ground: ImageGrid

I’m venturing into the world of open-source by releasing a program I used in a recent research project. The program tries to tackle one of the fundamental problem facing many digital humanists who analyze text: the gap between manual “close reading” and computational “distant reading.” In my case, I was trying to study the geography […]