Job Announcements, News

Job: Online Learning Librarian, Penn State

From the ad: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks applications and nominations for the position of Online Learning Librarian. The campus library seeks a proactive, creative, and inventive librarian to fill a tenure track, faculty position as part of Penn State University Libraries.  The person appointed to this position will be responsible for coordinating and […]

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Job: Director of Library Technology and Collection Management, CSU Fresno

From the ad: The Director is primarily responsible for developing strategic directions for managing access to physical and virtual collections and digital services and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Technology Services and Collection Management Division including materials in all formats, electronic resources management, collection development and collections budget management, and cataloging in […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: Geolocation Plugin 3.0 – Omeka

From the announcement: Big changes have come to the Geolocation plugin for Omeka Classic with today’s release of version 3.0! This new version uses the service Leaflet to provide maps, rather than Google Maps. Not only does this mean you no longer need to worry about registering for an API key, but you can now […]

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Job: Digital Services and Research Librarian, Bryant University

From the ad: The Digital Services and Research Librarian will facilitate and perform a leading role in the library’s emerging digital scholarship and digitization initiatives. Working with other librarians, students, faculty, and campus and community partners, the incumbent will develop, implement, and support library services that focus on current and emerging research, teaching, and innovation […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFParticipation: Hands Up for Digital Humanities Survey

About the survey: This survey is concerned with the knowledge gaps around DH within University and Further Educational settings, however, you don’t have to be currently attending or working in education to respond to this survey. Your engagement with Humanities might stem from previous jobs or qualifications, employment in a related area such as libraries […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFParticipation: Network Analysis + Digital Art History Workshop

From the CFParticipation: The NA+DAH Workshop is a Getty Foundation-supported event that will bring together art historians, network scientists, and digital humanists to advance research at the intersection of these fields. Directed by Alison Langmead (University of Pittsburgh), Anne Helmreich (Texas Christian University), and Scott B. Weingart (Carnegie Mellon University)—all scholars engaged with digital art […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Digitization ≠ Repatriation

This week over at Hyperallergic, I wrote about new exhibits at the British Library and the Victoria & Albert Museum which both engage with the cultural heritage of ancient and medieval Ethiopia. An examination of the Ethiopian cultural heritage held in the libraries and museums of Britain can perhaps demonstrate a seminal point about digitization and […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Creation and Innovation Services Librarian, Miami University

From the ad: Miami University Libraries seeks a dynamic and creative Creation and Innovation Services Librarian for the Create and Innovate department, one of six newly formed departments that emerged from a 2017 Libraries master planning process that examined services, organization and facilities.  This position will join a team currently working and supporting digital scholarship, […]

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Job: Digital Scholarship Research Developer, Stanford University

From the ad: The Stanford University Libraries’ Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR) is seeking a full-time Digital Scholarship Research Developer to build sophisticated, sustainable, and generalizable tools and platforms in order to support interdisciplinary research in the computational social sciences and digital humanities at Stanford. Regular tasks will include programming, analyzing, designing, developing, deploying, […]

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Job: Librarian – Research, Instruction and Digital Humanities, New College of Florida

From the ad: The Research, Instruction and Digital Humanities Librarian collaborates with a team of librarians in delivering research and instruction services while providing leadership and expertise in services supporting digital humanities/scholarship and technology-based research. This librarian will work collaboratively with faculty, students, staff and fellow librarians on established digital projects, support for new digital […]