Announcements, News

Announcement: Off the Map Gothic – British Library’s “Off the Map” Competition Underway

We all know that vampires don’t exist and that there are no malevolent beings of Carpathian origin walking the streets of London, Nottingham or Whitby. Don’t we. One of the really powerful aspects of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ is how it creates the impression of authenticity, partially through how it is told (through diaries and […]

News, Resources

Resource: RDFa Introduction and Codelabs for Libraries

My RDFa introduction and codelab materials for the ALA 2014 preconference on Practical linked data with open source are now online! And now I’ve finished leading the RDFa + schema.org codelab that I’ve been stressing over and refining for about a month at the American Library Association annual conference Practical linked data with open source […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Director of Library Technology at Central Michigan University

The Director of Library Technology provides vision and strategic leadership for Library Systems in a team- and service-oriented environment. The Director is responsible for overseeing and managing the full life cycle of the University Libraries’ systems, applications, hardware, and web services. The Director manages the departmental budget, leads a department of six staff members, and […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Fons Luminis: “Using and Creating Digital Medievalia”

Fons Luminis, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal edited and produced annually by graduate students at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto provides a forum in which to address, challenge, and explore the content and methodologies of our various home disciplines. We invite current graduate students to submit papers relating in some way […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Integrated Digital Services Librarian at University of Baltimore

Reporting to the Head of Integrated Digital Services, the Integrated Digital Services Librarian maintains and supports Langsdale and USM library systems, hardware and software. She/he will participate in collaborative design and development of new library technology services. The successful candidate will also work on USM library initiatives such as the implementation of the next-generation consortia […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Projects Developer, Duke University

The Digital Projects Developer develops and maintains web applications utilized by faculty, staff, students, and patrons of the Duke University Libraries (DUL).  S/He provides support for middleware and interface development for DUL’s enterprise platforms.  S/He serves as analyst in a variety of areas, including data management, usability, applications architecture, and workflow enhancement. Read Full Post […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: Seminar on The Leipzig Open Fragmentary Texts Series and Digital Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum Projects

Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies Seminar 2014 Monica Berti, Greta Franzini & Simona Stoyanova (Leipzig) ‘The Leipzig Open Fragmentary Texts Series and Digital Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum Projects’ Friday June 27 at 16:30 in room G37, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU The Leipzig Open Fragmentary Texts Series (LOFTS) is a new collaborative […]