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CFP: K’zoo 2013 Critical Remediation: Intersections of Medieval Studies and Media Theory

CFP: K’zoo 2013 Critical Remediation: Intersections of Medieval Studies and Media Theory « Digital Medievalist. This panel has been sponsored by Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Columbia University, and we welcome one-page proposals (250-300 words) from scholars of all levels. They may be sent along with a completed participant information form (found athttp://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html) to Heather […]

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Resource: The Key Questions of Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing Projects

The Key Questions of Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing Projects | Trevor Owens. To sum up my series of posts on different considerations for crowdsourcing in cultural heritage projects I thought it would be helpful to lay out a set of questions to ask when developing or evaluating projects. I think if a project has good answers to each of these […]

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CFParticipation: Translating Neatline

Scholars’ Lab. If you’re fluent in English and another language, and would love to help with the Neatline project, please consider contributing a translation for our Neatline plugins! We’re using a service called Transifex to manage translation work. To get started, just sign up for a free account on Transifex (or log in using your Twitter or […]

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Resource: Thematic Child Theme Development: Suggested Resources

Thematic Child Theme Development: Suggested Resources | Practical E-Records. I am preparing to dive into deeper customization, but before doing that, I would like to list some resources that I found helpful in learning about Thematic and in customizing the site.  Then, I will describe some of the steps I took to actually customize the […]

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CFP: Digital Media and Learning Badge Development Research Competition

Announcing CFP: Digital Media and Learning Badge Development Research Competition | HASTAC. We seek research proposals that support and inform the design, development, and deployment of the digital badges and badge systems in any of these categories: The Digital Media and Learning Badges for Lifelong Learning general category, which supported the development of badges and badge systems […]

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CFP: The Critical Power of Free Software: from Intellectual Property to Epistemologies? » Journal of Peer Production

The Critical Power of Free Software: from Intellectual Property to Epistemologies? » Journal of Peer Production. From the perspective of social organization, Free Software can be conceived as a form of critique by adaptability and modifiability, as pointed out by anthropologist Christopher Kelty [Two Bits, 2008], standing outside institutionalized forms of power and providing working […]

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Announcement: Introducing Scripto: a Tool for Community Transcription

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media » Blog Archive » Introducing Scripto: a Tool for Community Transcription. The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University is pleased to announce the release of its newest open source tool, Scripto, which opens up the possibilities of community transcription for digital […]

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Resource: The Map of Early Modern London

MoEML. The Map of Early Modern London (MoEML) maps the streets, sites, and significant boundaries of late sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century London (1560–1640). Taking the Agas map as its platform, the project links encyclopedia-style articles, scholarly work, student work, editions, and literary texts to the places mentioned therein. Students will view the landmarks of Shakespeare’s London […]

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Job: Digital Preservation and Electronic Records Archivist at Purdue University Libraries

Reporting to the University Archivist and Head, Archives and Special Collections Division, the Digital Preservation and Electronic Records Archivist will be responsible for the management, acquisition, appraisal, description, and preservation of born-digital records with historical, evidential, research, or administrative value to the university. Will collaborate with faculty and staff to collect, manage, preserve, and provide […]