CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: The Journal of Interactive Humanities

The Journal of Interactive Humanities is a new peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides an important forum for the development of new methods of outreach and scholarship within the digital humanities, such as interactive games and media for museums, digitized collections, cultural heritage preservation, and interactive narrative. Submission deadline and Publication Dates February 28 May […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Special issue of “Information Visualization” journal on “Visualization Evaluation”

Call for papers for the special issue of Information Visualization journal (SAGE) on “Visualization Evaluation” Guest Editors: Enrico Bertini, Petra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg, Heidi Lam, Adam Perer. This special issue calls for innovative ideas about how to evaluate visualization and reflections about its state of the art. We call for papers dealing with evaluation in […]

News, Resources

Resource: Folger Digital Texts: Shakespeare’s Plays, Cutting-Edge Code: A Powerful Research Tool for Scholars

The Folger is delighted to announce the launch of Folger Digital Texts. These are reliable, expertly edited, and free digital Shakespeare texts for use by researchers. Starting from the Folger Editions of Shakespeare’s works edited by Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine,Folger Digital Texts uses XML to create a highly articulate indexing system. Researchers can read the plays […]

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Resource: The player: a new way of viewing digital collections at Wellcome Library

Since 2010, the Wellcome Library has been digitising a significant amount of material related to the history of genetics. As part of this project, we’ve been working with Digirati, our software partners, to develop a tool to display all of our digitised content, including cover-to-cover books, archives, works of art, videos and audio. The outcome of […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Oxford Internet Institute – 4 New positions

We are currently recruiting for the following 4 new positions: Researcher Research Fellow Research Fellow Researcher Please see our Visitor Programme page for information about our Visitor Programme, including Visiting Fellowships and Associateships, and Postdoctoral Fellowships. Oxford Internet Institute – People – New positions.

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: The moment of digital art history?

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 […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: “Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians” Report from Ithaka S+R

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 […]

News, Resources

Resource: E-Book Media and Communications Toolkit from ALA

To assist libraries in informing the public about e-book lending practices, the American Library Association (ALA) released today the “ALA E-book Media & Communications Toolkit,” a set of materials that will support librarians in taking action in their communities. E-Book Media and Communications Toolkit | Transforming Libraries.