2012 has proven to be a significant year as art history continues its transition into the sphere of the digital humanities. The following post aims to provide a summary of discussions around “digital art history”, which at present describes a mode of practise without a fully articulated definition. This summary will also extend beyond the […]
This study, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, uncovers the needs of today’s historians and provides guidance for how research support providers can better serve them. We explore areas such as content discovery, information management, scholarly analysis, collaboration, library use, the writing process, professional interactions, and publication, among others. Our interviews of faculty […]
GC Digital Fellows. The CUNY GC Digital Fellows site has launched The GC Digital Fellows work with Graduate Center faculty members on digital scholarly projects, design websites for special initiatives, receive skills training workshops, and, more broadly, explore new ways for Graduate Center faculty, students, and staff to share their academic work through new technological […]
Thoughts on Public & Digital History by Adam Crymble: How to Download Multiple Records using Python. I’m pleased to announce my latest endeavour to teach historians how to program computers in aid of their research has been published and is freely available on the Programming Historian 2 website. Full Lesson: Downloading Multiple Records Using Query Strings The […]
CFP: “Digital Humanities: Literary Studies and Information Science” « The British Modernities Group. We invite paper, poster, or panel proposals that consider perspectives on media, literature, and information science related but certainly not limited to the following: Text mining, big data, and digital archives Computer programming Digital culture and internet studies New media and gaming […]
Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL) | Stanford University Libraries. Purpose Stanford University Libraries offers a prize to recognize and celebrate innovation through programs, projects, and/or new or improved services that directly or indirectly benefit readers and users. The goal of this prize is to single out for community attention and to celebrate […]
Call for nominations for 3 new aaDH Executive Committee positions – aaDH: Australasian Association for Digital Humanities The Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) invites nominations for three new Executive Committee positions. The Association seeks to elect three Ordinary Members for 3-year terms beginning in 2013. To be eligible, candidates must be current members of the Australasian […]
Job Advertisement: Assistant Professor, Digital Humanities | Michael Ullyot. The Department of English at the University of Calgary invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2013. We are seeking candidates with a completed PhD in English or a closely related discipline, a demonstrated scholarly record, intellectual breadth […]
In my last post, I introduced the idea of using webscraping for the purpose of acquiring relevant ethnographic data. In this second post, I will concentrate on the next step of the ethnographic process: data processing and interpreting. Remember The Hsu-nami, the band that I talked in the last post? The image above is a screenshot of […]
Registration Open: Free ALA Webinar on Digital Literacy and Libraries | District Dispatch. How do librarians and educators keep up with the continual stream of new advancements? How do they motivate and support library staff in staying current? To facilitate a national dialogue on digital literacy education, the American Library Association (ALA) will host the […]
