How should we understand the part played by code in digital media and learning? We are accustomed to arguments that digital media are affecting our existing practices of reading, looking, seeing and hearing, yet relatively little is said of how the underlying code and algorithmic architectures of software actually exert those effects. The work done […]
*Editors’ Note: American History Now is the newest journal to be launched as part of the Pressforward Project. Have you got some research, a small conclusion, an idea or possibility; some piece of work which isn’t really suitable for the standard journal format? Maybe a piece which doesn’t fit easily in any single discipline? Would you […]
English & Creative Writing – Assistant Professor of Literature & Technology | Inside Higher Ed. The Department of English & Creative Writing at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor with a specialty in Literature and Technology. Review Date: Review of applications will begin November 1, […]
Welcome to Maker Librarian! | Maker Librarian. Having been involved in Maker Culture since 2009, I’ve taken a lot of pleasure in watching the maker and hacker movement intersect with libraries and was excited to play a small role in making this happen. And in the last year interest seems to have exploded! This is where […]
Scholars’ Lab. For part three of our release parade, we’re showcasing the 1.0.0 release of the FedoraConnector plugin forOmeka. Fedora Commons is a digital repository management system. It’s used by libraries to manage and scale their online repository and digital assets and collections. As such, it’s often used by larger institutions; however, this isn’t aimed at those organizations. […]
Electronic Literature Showcase, Digital Reference Section, Library of Congress. Electronic Literature Showcase April 3-5, 2013 Save the date! Please join the Digital Reference Section for an Electronic Literature Showcase to be held April 3-5, 2013 on site at the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Planned events include: Exhibition and Open House. Read and interact with more than a hundred […]
Survey: how do you read? « Text Mining and the Digital Humanities. How do you read? A six-question multiple-choice survey. I’m working on understanding the reading practices of humanities scholars. I’ve learned a lot from in-person interviews, but now I’m looking to confirm my understanding with a larger survey. If you’re a humanities scholar, and […]
HASTAC seeking Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF EAGER Social Network Data Grant | HASTAC. HASTAC is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to carry out social network data analysis for a newly awarded $294,000 NSF EAGER project “Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research: A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success […]
The Laboratorium : HathiTrust Wins. Judge Baer issued his decision in the HathiTrust case, and it’s a near-complete victory for HathiTrust and its print-disabled codefendants. The opinion doesn’t even make it seem like a close case. On every substantive copyright issue, HathiTrust won: Section 108 on library privileges doesn’t limit the scope of fair use. A search […]
Digital Humanities Implementation Grants | National Endowment for the Humanities. Office of Digital Humanities Receipt Deadline January 23, 2013 for Projects Beginning September 2013 Brief Summary This program is designed to fund the implementation of innovative digital-humanities projects that have successfully completed a start-up phase and demonstrated their value to the field. Such projects might enhance our understanding […]
