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Resource: University of Minnesota compiles database of peer-reviewed, open-source textbooks

Minnesota launched an online catalog of open-source books last month and will pay its professors $500 each time they post an evaluation of one of those books. (Faculty members elsewhere are welcome to post their own reviews, but they won’t be compensated.) Minnesota professors who have already adopted open-source texts will also receive $500, with […]

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CFP: Big Data and Uncertainty in the Humanities

This conference seeks to address the opportunities and challenges humanistic scholars face with the ubiquity and exponential growth of new web-based data sources (e.g. electronic texts, social media, and audiovisual materials) and digital methods (e.g. information visualization, text markup, crowdsourcing metadata).

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Job: Head, University Archives and Co-Director, University Digital Conservancy at University of Minnesota Libraries

The UDC serves as the institutional digital repository and as a repository for key subject collections. Key responsibilities of the position include engaging with faculty and graduate students as partners in integrating special collections and archival research and methods into the curriculum; actively seeking administrative, college and departmental, and faculty records; developing policies and tools […]

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Job: Digital Assets Manager, Missouri History Museum

Digital Assets Manager | Missouri History Museum. The Digital Asset Manager is directly responsible for the evaluation, selection, implementation, and management of a digital asset management system as well as the creation and management of the metadata, policies, and procedures related to digital assets. The ultimate goal of this position is to ensure that all […]

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Resource: CNN transcript collection, 2000-2012

CNN transcript collection, 2000-2012. CNN transcript collection, 2000-2012 Thanks to the Internet Archive and CNN, thirteen years of transcripts, about a gigabyte compressed, is available to download as one file. For over a decade, CNN (Cable News Network) has been providing transcripts of shows, events and newscasts from its broadcasts. The archive has been maintained and […]

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Call For Participation: Who We Are: #alt-academy

Who We Are | #alt-academy: Alternative Academic Careers. In preparation for a formal, confidential survey of career preparation in humanities graduate programs, the Scholarly Communication Institute is conducting an informal census of alternative academics. By “alternative academics,” we refer to people with graduate training in the humanities who apply their skills to a wide spectrum of positions beyond […]

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Job: Project Manager for project at the Berkman Center

Project Manager for project at the Berkman Center | HASTAC. H2O Project Manager/Technical Lead Position Harvard Law School The Berkman Center for Internet & Society Duties & Responsibilities A joint project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Harvard Law School library, H2O is an online platform for textbook development and distribution, […]

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CFP: Open Agenda-Setting 2012, Association for Computers and the Humanities

Open Agenda-Setting 2012 | Association for Computers and the Humanities. This year, the ACH is working toward more open and transparent agenda-setting as a professional society. We look to you to help us better serve our diverse, international digital humanities community — by generating new ideas for us to explore, and helping to prioritize items that are […]

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Resource: Persistent Digital Archives and Library System: Final Project Report to the Library of Congress

DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Persistent Digital Archives and Library System: Final Project Report to the Library of Congress, April 19, 2012. The PeDALS project has released Persistent Digital Archives and Library System: Final Project Report to the Library of Congress, April 19, 2012 . Here’s an excerpt: The Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) research project was […]