Announcements, News

Announcement: Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers Data Challenge

How can you use open data to explore history? NEH invites members of the public to produce creative web-based projects demonstrating the potential for using the data found in the Chronicling America website, available at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  Chronicling America is a website providing access to digitized U.S. newspapers and to information about historic newspapers.  The National Digital […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Data and Technology Services Coordinator at UCLA

UCLA is recruiting a Data and Technology Services Coordinator. From the ad: The Data and Technology Services Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the development, performance and ongoing evaluation of instructional and other support for biomedical big data, data plan management, and location/submission to data repositories to assist NN/LM PSR Network members. The DTSC also provides […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

Conference: Digital Inclusion, Transforming Education through Technology

MIT is hosting the upcoming LINC 2016 Conference on Digital Inclusion: Transforming Education Through Technology.  This three-day event, May 23 – 25, 2016, will bring together thought leaders from around the world to explore the impact of digital learning technologies on education at scale and provide a collective opportunity to envision the future of education. […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Web Applications Developer at National Network of Libraries of Medicine

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine is recruiting a Web Applications Developer. From the ad: The Web Applications Developer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing NN/LM’s online presence and reports to the NWSO Executive Director. . . . The position also requires managing the WordPress installation for RML blogs and newsletters and configuring add-ons […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: A Liberian Journey Launches

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce the launch of A Liberian Journey: History, Memory, and the Making of a Nation <liberianhistory.org>, developed in partnership with the Liberian Center for National Documents and Records Agency (CNDRA), the Indiana University Liberian Collections, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with generous support […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Library Chief Technology Officer at the University of Cincinnati

From the ad: The University of Cincinnati Libraries seeks a self-motivated, strategic-thinking, innovative, risk-taking, and adaptable leader to fill its newly created senior chief technology position.  The Library Chief Technology Officer (LCTO) will join an outstanding leadership team and will play a leadership role in continuing the evolution of the research library at the university. […]

News, Resources

Resource: DOI wrangling for WordPress

This post is a test, but it might also be an announcement. A while back I was working on a plugin that, among other things, added DOI information to a post. It’s handy if you’re using something like ScienceSeeker used to be though not quite enough for ResearchBlogging. I now have a new version of the […]