Job Announcements, News

Job: Open Content and Digital Publishing Librarian

Ball State University is looking for an Open Content and Digital Publishing Librarian. From the post: The Open Content and Digital Publishing Librarian will play a central role in maximizing the visibility and impact of scholarship and creative content at Ball State University, classified as a “high research activity” institution by the Carnegie Foundation for […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: CNI Spring Meeting

From the Call: Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be presented at CNI’s Spring 2018 Membership Meeting on April 12-13 in San Diego, CA, at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter. Please note that this year’s spring meeting will fall on THURSDAY & FRIDAY. Project briefings are 30-minute, 45-minute or one-hour sessions that focus on a discussion of a […]

News, Resources

Resource: Python Programming for the Humanities

From the Resource: The programming language Python is widely used within many scientific domains nowadays and the language is readily accessible to scholars from the Humanities. Python is an excellent choice for dealing with (linguistic as well as literary) textual data, which is so typical of the Humanities. In this book you will be thoroughly […]

News, Resources

Resource: Transverse Reading Gallery

From the Resource: This site focuses on mapping the plot structures of interactive narratives, and in particular gamebooks – that is, playable print stories. The project data mines, analyzes, and visualizes the branching plot structures of hundreds of interactive stories, with examples from different decades, nations, and languages. Find the site here: Transverse Reading Gallery

News, Reports

Report: “All of the Questions” – A Recap of the 2017 BUDSC Pre-Conference

From the report: How do we engage students in digital scholarship and support instructors as they incorporate DH or DS practices in their traditional classes? The BUDSC pre-conference was initially convened around these concerns and charged with the task of developing a “DS Cookbook” featuring ideas, best practices, and resources for instructors looking to include […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Digital Research in Early America, WMQ-UC, IRVINE Workshop

From the CFP: We seek scholars at all levels and positions who are producing analytic research on early American studies using computational techniques. This might include those working on language and text analysis, such as topic modeling or word vectors; mapping and geospatial modeling; quantitative analysis of archival databases; or other computational approaches that allow […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Director, Center for Digital Scholarship, University of Chicago

From the ad: The Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship will provide leadership for the development of a new Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) at the University of Chicago Library that will provide space, technology, and services to faculty and students to facilitate the exploration of new methodologies enabled by digital technology, the analysis […]