Job Announcements, News

Job: Senior Software Developer, Texas Digital Library

To design, develop, maintain and enhance the systems that support the activities of the Texas Digital Library (TDL). TDL provides digital repository software to academic libraries, manages, maintains codebase for the Thesis and Dissertation Management Systems, and develops code toward digital asset preservation. View job here.

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFPosters: Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation: An Action Assembly Biblioteca de Catalunya, November 18-20, 2013

The Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (ANADP) II Action Assembly will align digital preservation efforts internationally between communities—including national libraries, academic libraries, public libraries, research centers, archives, corporations, and funding agencies.

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFParticipation: DHThis

Using a Slashdot-style system of user engagement, DHThis gives registered users the opportunity to upvote and downvote articles and provide karma points that reward commenters that are helpful towards the community’s needs.

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Projects Specialist at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Specialist. The successful candidate will have experience working with digital collections and digital tool development in an academic library setting, and have a familiarity with common programming, web development and/or database languages such as PHP, MySQL, XSLT, JSON, and Javascrip.

News, Resources

Resource: Open access edition of Manovich’s new book is now online

My publisher Bloomsbury Academic made available Open Access edition of my new book Software Takes Command. The edition contains complete text of the book. It uses a new digital publishing software from Issuu. This link will take you directly to the book (you may need to wait a few seconds before it loads): Software Takes Command […]