Job Announcements, News

Job: Software Engineer, MIT Libraries

The MIT Libraries are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated software engineer to join a group of developers that provides programming and software analysis support across the MIT Libraries. This position provides both general application development for library technical platforms and services, as well as specialized development for the MIT Geodata repository.

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Coding and Digital Humanities Scholarship

Derri(co)da by Alex Gil I want to explore the ways in which critical discourse in general and literary criticism in particular are already procedural, and what it would mean to write code to express and critique natural language discourse. The can of worms I feel I am opening has been opened before in many different […]

News, Resources

Resource: National History Day and Archives Toolkit

New resource: National History Day and Archives | ArchivesNext. I’m also happy to share that there is a new resource available, a National History Day and Archives Toolkit, created by SAA’s Reference, Access and Outreach Section’s National History Day Committee. The toolkit resides on a wiki, and is intended to provide support for both archivists […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Digital Humanities Congress 2012

Digital Humanities Congress 2012 – Call for Papers | arts-humanities.net: Digital Humanities and Arts. Digital Humanities Congress 2012 University of Sheffield, 6th – 8th September 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS The University of Sheffield’s Humanities Research Institute with the support of the Network of Expert Centres and Centernet is delighted to announce its Call for Papers […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Salman Rushdie Discusses Creativity and Digital Scholarship with Erika Farr

University Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Erika Farr, digital archives coordinator in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) discuss how computers and other technology affect Rushdie’s writing and creative process. This builds on previous conversations and addresses new developments such as Rushdie’s acquisition of an iPhone and the ways in which mobile computing has an impact on his work. In addition, given Rushdie’s work on his memoir and his use of his paper and digital archives in MARBL, the discussion turns to the ways in which archival science and archival access changes the way he uses his own archives.