News, Resources

Resource: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to d3.js

From the resource: The landscape for learning d3 is rich, vast and sometimes perilous. You may be intimidated by the long list of functions in d3’s API documentation or paralyzed by choice reviewing the dozens of tutorials on the home page. There are over 20,000+ d3 examples you could learn from, but you never know […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Visiting Assistant Professor

From the add: The Ohio State University Libraries (OSUL) seeks a dynamic librarian for the position of Mary P. Key Diversity Resident… The Resident will contribute to the Libraries’ ongoing efforts to deeply engage with and support digital humanities scholarship by acting as a liaison for multidisciplinary area studies research centers. Situated at the intersection of […]

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Job: Professor of Digital Humanities at University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle, Australia is seeking a Professor of Digital Humanities. From the ad: The Professor of Digital Humanities will lead the development of Digital Humanities in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and across the Faculty and wider university. The role is a leader in research and teaching in the context of new multidisciplinary clusters […]

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Job: Digital Collections Program Manager

From the announcement: Harvard Library seeks a skilled, innovative, and collaborative professional to serve as Digital Collections Program Manager at Houghton Library.  The incumbent leads, coordinates, participates in, and/or collaborates on a series of initiatives and activities designed to build digital collections that facilitate access to and discovery of the library’s holdings, as well as […]

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Job: University of Massachusetts Amherst Data Services Librarian

From the job ad: The UMass Amherst Libraries seek a dynamic and innovative Data Services Librarian. The incumbent will lead the UMass Amherst Libraries‘ efforts to support faculty, researchers and students in the management of their research data throughout the research life-cycle. Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Job Posting: Data Services Librarian (Librarian III or […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: Open Epigraphic Data Unconference

From the CFP: This one-day workshop, or “unconference,” brings together scholars, historians and data scientists with a shared interest in classical epigraphic data. The event involves no speakers or set programme of presentations, but rather a loose agenda, to be further refined in advance or on the day, which is to use, exploit, transform and […]

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CFParticipation: Call for Nominations to EADH Executive Committee

From the post: The executive committee of The European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) seeks to elect four positions on its executive committee for the term 2017-2020, and now opens its Call for Nominations. The committee highlights the importance of a diverse and representative executive, and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds. For further information, please […]

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CFP: Metadata and Semantics Research

From the CFP: The management of the cultural information has to deal with challenges related to (i) metadata modeling, specification, standardization, extraction, evaluation, mapping, integration and effective use, (ii) knowledge representation as conceptualization to provide the context for unambiguously interpreting metadata, and (iii) information integration from different contexts for the provision of integrated access and advanced […]

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CFP: Future Past – Researching Archives in the Digital Age

From the CFP: This conference aims to promote the understanding and collaboration between archivists and researchers; explore challenges posed by digital access to collections, and improve methodologies (e.g. education/training for researchers in what information is available from online catalogues, how archivists can improve catalogue descriptions so researchers can find relevant records more easily and how you […]