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Job: CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowships
CLIR is now accepting applications for six two-year postdoctoral fellowships in social science and science data curation to begin this summer. Review of applications begins May 1; applications will be accepted through June 30, 2012. The new fellows will be placed at Indiana University, Lehigh University, McMaster University, Purdue University, UCLA, and the University of Michigan. […]
Resource: Learn DST
LearnDST.richmond.edu | . LearnDST is an instructional tool for creative people interested in learning the 5-step process (writing, recording, searching, producing, and publishing) of digital storytelling. It was developed to meet the “just-in-time” training needs required to create digital stories in the context of IT fluency. Learn more about digital storytelling (DST) here and learn how DST […]
Job: Research Associate in Digital Humanities and Computational Criticism at Stanford
[Humanist] 25.891 jobs at Stanford and at Colorado-Boulder. Description The Literary Lab in the English Department seeks to fill a 75-100% FTE, one-year, fixed-term position (with possible renewal) in Digital Humanities and Computational Criticism, starting September 1, 2012. This position reports directly to the Faculty Director of the Lit Lab. The candidate is responsible for […]
Resource: The new QueryPic (or what a difference an API makes)
discontents – The new QueryPic (or what a difference an API makes). It seems a bit late to be introducing the newest version of QueryPic. Folks are already using it to explore the contents of digitised newspapers made available through Troveand Papers Past. Some, like the National Library of New Zealand, Andrew S. Bowmanand the Carnamah Historical Society are already blogging about […]
Call for Submissions: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
JITP CUNY The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy —. JITP, The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, cordially invites submissions by May 1, 2012 for our upcoming second issue. What kinds of subjects are you interested in? We welcome any work that engages an audience in critical and creative uses of interactive […]
Job: Media Commons Coordinator – Undergraduate Library
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented professional for the position of Media Commons Coordinator. Reporting to the Head of the Undergraduate Library, the successful candidate for this newly-created position will provide leadership for the establishment of the Undergraduate Library’s Media Commons. The Media Commons Coordinator will collaborate with colleagues […]
Resource: how to make a digital scholarly edition–and why
The abstract I submitted last fall declared that I’d draw uponAutobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 to show that scholars hold the means of production of editions more immediately now than in any prior decade since the 1470s. I’m trained as a medievalist and a manuscript scholar, and this is not hyperbole. I’ll touch upon some […]
Funding: NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants
Applications may be submitted for projects that address one or more of the following activities: arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture; providing conservation treatment (including deacidification) for collections, leading to enhanced access; digitizing collections; preserving and improving access to born-digital […]
Resource: The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture
The book “The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture”, edited by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay and Juan Carlos De Martin as an output of the Communia Thematic Network which took place between 2007 and 2011 and is at the origin of Communia Association, is out in all formats (hardback, paperback, and digital editions) […]