This is part 2 of a 3-post tutorial that walks through process of georeferencing a historical map and using it in Geoserver and Neatline. Check out part 1, which covers rectification in ArcMap. In the first part of this series, we brought a static image into ArcMap and converted it onto a georeferenced .tif file. In this article, […]
The Western Washington University Libraries seeks a Senior Developer for Digital Initiatives to lead the development, implementation and maintenance of applications which support digital initiatives. The successful candidate in this new key position will work with content specialists to test, evaluate, and develop web tools and applications.
The preliminary schedule of speakers and workshops at the KU Digital Humanities Forum, September 20-22, is now online. The event is free and open to the public; however, space is limited, especially for the Workshops and THATCamp. The Forum consists of three separate but related programs held over three days: * Day One (Thursday, September […]
The twentieth International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 1-4 July 2013 The rise of the Digital Humanities as an international, cross-disciplinary approach to humanistic scholarship presents exciting new challenges and opportunities. Perhaps one of the most exciting of these is the convergence of interest among textual editors, art historians, archaeologists, museum and library curatorial staff, government agencies, […]
Reporting to the Manuscripts and Archives (MSSA) Head of Digital Information Systems while working in close collaboration with Library IT, the Fortunoff Video Archives (FVA) Senior Archivist, the Director of Digitization Initiatives, the Digital Preservation Librarian, and other Library stakeholders, the Digital Initiatives Project Manager will have a dual responsibility: (1) to provide technical support […]
I am very pleased to announce the open source release of our SiteStory transactional web archiving solution. The solution is compatible with the Memento “Time Travel for the Web” framework and its current implementation can be used to archive Apache web servers.
On Monday and Tuesday, August 13-14, the Smith Spatial Analysis Lab teamed up with Amherst College to host a workshop for Five College faculty entitled Spatial Techniques for the Digital Humanities. We had a great two days of discussion, learning, and collaboration, as workshop participants and instructors alike worked through eight themed sessions focusing on a […]
The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies (IWGS) at the University of Winnipeg invites applications for a half time Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities and New Media starting as soon as possible, and lasting up to two years. The successful candidate should have received a PhD within the last three years or have a defense […]
Out of the box, Neatline (our recently-released framework for building geotemporal exhibits) can be used to create geo-temporal exhibits based on “modern-geography” base-layers – OpenStreetMap, Google satellite and street maps, and a collection of beautiful, stylized layers from Stamen Design. For historical and literary projects, though, one of Neatline’s most powerful features is its deep integration with Geoserver, […]
The University of Munich is looking for an experienced Programmer and Digital Humanist to work on the Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra project in the Institute for Indian and Tibetan Studies. The initial term of appointment is until 31 December 2015, with the possibility of renewal. The application deadline is 31 August 2012, with a start […]
