From the CFP: Over the last decade, new technologies and improvements in affordable computing power have allowed for significant advances in the way that researchers and conservation managers are approaching decisions of what land to protect. Publicly available datasets and satellite and aerial imagery have been steadily increasing in resolution and land managers are gaining […]
From the post: ClearTerra®, a leader in geospatial and activity based intelligence tools, announces the release of a new product line, FindFZ. FindFZ software provides enhanced attribute searching within the Esri® ArcGIS® for Desktop application. Access resource here.
Omeka S is the next-generation, open source web-publishing platform that is fully integrated into the scholarly communications ecosystem and designed to serve the needs of medium to large institutional users who wish to launch, monitor, and upgrade many sites from a single installation. Read full post here.
From the report: As part of our Open Access Week celebrations we’re very excited to release the results of our global survey of 2,000 researchers and report, “The State of Open Data,” to assess the global landscape around open data and sharing practices. This report has been supported by parent company Digital Science and the […]
From the Announcement: The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is proud to announce the launch of Understanding Sacrifice (abmceducation.org/understandingsacrifice). Sponsored by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), this website is part of an 18-month professional development program for middle- and high-school teachers. Working with National History Day and RRCHNM, 18 teachers are […]
From the Announcement: The James Lollar Hagan Intern will focus on ways to broaden access to our new and existing content of Latino and women’s history stories. The Hagan Intern will be mentored by staff in the units that figure prominently in producing our online content, such as History Explorer, New Media, and Education, and […]
From the Announcement: The Head of Digital Preservation will lead efforts to create a long-term digital preservation strategy, establishing the policies and procedures that address the preservation of the digital assets the Library collects and generates. For over a decade, the Library has made significant investments in digitizing distinctive collections and building online systems to […]
From the Announcement: Women’s History in the Digital World 2015, the second conference of The Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education, will be held on the campus of Bryn Mawr College on May 21-22. We aim to bring together experts, novices, and all those in between to share insights, lessons, […]
From the Announcement: Today President Obama announced a major new program, with the Digital Public Library of America as a core partner, that will provide children from across the country with greater access to thousands of ebooks. The Open eBooks initiative will include ebooks from DPLA’s extensive collection of openly available content as well as […]
From the posting: The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) seeks a Program Officer/Director for its new Digital Culture program. The program engages the opportunities and challenges presented to the social sciences, and scholarship more broadly, by the digital revolution. In the program’s first phase, the Program Officer/Director will oversee the engagement of these issues through […]
