This post is based on a talk I gave at Vancouver Island University’s “DH Innovations: Lab Based Environments in the Humanities” conference in late May. The full title of the talk was ”Portable, Tacit, Temporary: Popup Makerspaces in the Humanities,” and during that talk I read aloud a portion of what’s below. I want to thank…
Digital curation involves the selection, maintenance, dissemination, preservation and adding value to digital assets. Examples of these activities include the development of repositories for digital resources, the creation and/or selection of digital assets; creation and management of metadata; file format identification and management, and provision for dissemination and access to digital assets. Digital curation is a…
Cross-posted at my Emerging Tech in Libraries blog Backstory In my text mining class at GSLIS, we had a lot of ground to cover. It was easy enough to jump into Oracle SQL Developer and Data Miner and plug into the Oracle database that had been set up for us, and we moved on to…
We are thrilled to announce an exciting job opportunity on the leadership team here in the Department of Digital Research & Scholarship. Read on for more details! Head of Scholars’ Lab Are you an experienced digital humanities scholar-practitioner with a strong background in project management and public service? The University of Virginia Library seeks an…
A milestone: my list of Digital Humanities GIS projects has now topped 100 entries. It currently stands at 103 entries, the latest to be added being the Google-sponsored Routes of Sefarad, mapping Jewish Heritage in Spain, and Placing Literature, an ambitious attempt to crowd-source the locations of novels. The original aim was to catalogue academic…
In conjunction with the University of Michigan Series in Digital Humanities, the University of Michigan and the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) are pleased to announce the 2014 UM Press/HASTAC Digital Humanities Publication Prize. The prize, an advance contract, will be awarded for an innovative and important project that displays a…
The PressForward project at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) now invites applications for a one-year position (with the possibility of renewal) at the rank of Research Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will work with the project directors to manage the publication of Digital Humanities Now and the Journal of Digital Humanities, as well…
To aid in navigating the behemoth that is the ALA Annual Conference, we’ve compiled a list of sessions that intersect in some way with the digital humanities. Thanks to all who responded to our call for suggestions. Have a session you’d like us to add? Shoot us an email or find us on twitter @dhandlib. And, of course,…
http://laurientaylor.org/2013/06/15/new-scalar-webinars-register-now/ Curious about Scalar? Sign up for a free webinar! Following up on their recent Beta release, the Scalar development team is offering free online webinars to help new users and the curious learn the platform more easily. The “Intro” webinars will cover the basics of Scalar: fundamental concepts, a review of existing Scalar books,…
The Manager of Digital Initiatives (MDI) will oversee the TNSLA’s (The New School Libraries & Archives) rapidly-expanding collections of unique digital material. Reporting to the director of the Archives & Special Collections unit, the MDI’s responsibilities will include: Manage TNSLA’s digital materials, including digitization projects, metadata capture and creation, and preservation of special digital collections….