Resource: Resources for Getting Started with R
R, the open source statistical software environment, is powerful but can be a challenge to approach for beginners.
Category: News
Resource: Review of 10 Digital Timelines
The digital revolution brings us all kinds of cool tools that make it easier to study, teach and present history. Interactive timelines are one of my favourites. Compared to their analogue versions, the benefits are clear: you can zoom in and out on time, minimize and maximize text boxes, add pictures and video, cooperate, share, […]
Resource: Online Catalogue of the Sculptures in the Archaeological Museum of Salonica
The Archaeological Museum of Salonica holds one of the largest and most diverse collections of ancient sculpture in Greece. The register, which is kept in the Cast Museum of the University of Salonica along with the photographical archive, contains about 1500 entries. The objects were newly measured, described and recorded. The sculptures were photographed from […]
CFP: Teaching How We Read Now, NEMLA
In the past decade, literary scholars have increasingly turned their readerly attention from symptoms to surfaces, even as a variety of innovative approaches–from book history and media studies to digital humanities and performance studies–have nudged literary studies beyond “close-reading.” Such hermeneutical shifts invite us to rethink how we teach what we do, yet the teaching […]
CFP: Training: Humanities and Social Sciences on the Internet, Dakar, 4-7 June 2012 (in French)
Original French: Cette formation en trois volets devrait permettre de comprendre les relations entre les modalités de circulation des publications et des ressources numériques en SHS, les usages des réseaux sociaux, la mise en place de stratégies de recherche et de veille sur Internet et d’appréhender comment, dans cet environnement, développer son identité numérique. Les […]
Opportunity: Wikipedian-In-Residence at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is seeking a Wikipedian-In-Residence for an unpaid internship. The successful applicant will have a commitment to the Library, Wikipedia, and the performing arts.
Job: Grant Specialist, U. of Kansas Hall Center for the Humanities
The University of Kansas Hall Center for the Humanities. Responsible for collaborative & interdisciplinary grant development with special emphasis on the digital humanities. Required qualifications: Master’s, two years of experience, strong communication skills, academic experience, & strong computer skills. July 2 application deadline, salary commensurate with experience, online application required: https://jobs.ku.edu, position # 00208158. EO/AA.
Resource: Updated Draft for “Linked Data Patterns” by Leigh Dodds and Ian Davis
An updated draft of “Linked Data Patterns: A pattern catalogue for modelling, publishing, and consuming Linked Data” is now available.
Resource: Pelagios API Documentation Available
The Pelagios Cookbook on gitHub now has API documentation available. The documentation is aimed at developers who want to build their own applications or mashups using data from the Pelagios network of partners.
Resource: Tools for Creating Mobile Apps
A list of resources for creating mobile apps compiled for the DH Summer Institute.