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Job: Librarian for Collections and Digital Scholarship, European Languages Division, Harvard

From the ad: Reporting to the Head of the European Languages Division (ELD), the Librarian for Collections and Digital Scholarship will initiate and lead the ELD’s digital projects. As a member of a team of librarians emphasizing collections in the humanities and social sciences in Western European and Slavic languages, providing collaborative support for the Division’s digital […]

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Job: Web Developer 2, University of Houston Libraries

From the ad: The University of Houston Libraries is seeking a talented individual to fill its Web Developer 2 position. This developer will work with an agile team to develop, maintain, and integrate the University of Houston Libraries Digital Asset Management System (DAMS). They will provide advanced web skills in the areas of interface design, […]

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Job: Postdoctoral Fellow & Project Coordinator in Digital Humanities and Popular Political Education, Smith

From the ad: Putting History in Domestic Workers’ Hands will produce research on domestic worker history and create digitally-based products to support key elements of NDWA’s capacity-building initiatives… The Fellow will assist with research, content development and design for the core political education curriculum, provide expert assistance in popular education pedagogy, including advising on best practices for […]

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Job: Digital Research Studio Director, Claremont Colleges

From the ad: The Claremont Colleges are seeking an energetic, innovative, collaborative, and highly organized Digital Research Studio Director (DRSD) to play a key leadership role in developing and supporting the Digital Humanities within the consortium.  This position is funded by a five-year grant from the Andrew J. Mellon Foundation.  The colleges are currently in […]

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Job: Assistant Professor of English – Digital Humanities, Marshall University

From the ad: Applications invited for a tenure-eligible assistant professorship in English with specialization in Digital Humanities. We are seeking a scholar with a well-developed Digital Humanities project as well as expertise and ability to teach in one or more of the following secondary areas: literary studies, media studies, professional writing, digital writing and rhetoric, […]

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Job: Head of Preservation and Digitization, Washington University

From the ad: Under the direction of the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections Services Division, is responsible for the development and operation of a library-wide, comprehensive preservation and digitization program. Leads and manages all preservation/conservation and digitization efforts, including the management of general and special collection care and digitization activities, preservation/digitization lab and services, […]

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Job: Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech

From the ad: The postdoc will advance the partnership in the Digital Humanities between the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, University Libraries, and faculty and students across Virginia Tech. The postdoc is expected to assume a high visibility position advancing the digital humanities at the intersection of research, outreach, and instruction appropriate to […]

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Resource: How to Scrape Reddit with Python

From the resource: Last month, Storybench editor Aleszu Bajak and I decided to explore user data on nootropics, the brain-boosting pills that have become popular for their productivity-enhancing properties. Many of the substances are also banned by at the Olympics, which is why we were able to pitch and publish the piece at Smithsonian magazine during the 2018 […]