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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are looking for ten bloggers to participate in an exciting new project exploring the relationship between analysis and creativity across a number of disciplines and a range of activities. The project will run from September 2012 – August 2013 and will explore a variety of questions: What is the relationship between analyzing a text […]
To find out whether search-by-example works, we’ve designed a five-minute study around three Shakespearean themes. There are three systems: one search, and two different example-based ones. Participants are shown an example of a theme, and asked to use a system to find as many relevant results as they can in five minutes. The systems and theme […]
This post introduces a new series of blog posts on building capacity in the digital humanities at small liberal arts colleges. How do you find digital humanists who’ve never heard of the digital humanities? Many small liberal arts colleges are now facing this quandary as they try to build capacity in the digital humanities on their […]
Position Title:Program Coordinator Requisition Number:400629747(Apply at hr.duke.edu.) Location:Duke University, Durham, NC Closing date: Please submit all resumes by August 10th This position is 40 hours a week (including full benefits) and is fully funded until June 30, 2014 and may be extended beyond that time contingent on grant funding opportunities and/or partnership opportunities with other units […]
