Job Announcements

Job: Postdoctoral Associates, Yale University Library

From the post: The Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab) at Yale University Library invites applications for three 12-month Postdoctoral Associate positions for the 2017-2018 academic year. We seek energetic and creative applicants who demonstrate innovative thinking and a proactive approach to the questions that digital humanities methods, approaches, tools, and theories raise in their academic disciplines. […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: Archival Description Working Group Releases Whitepaper

From the post: To accomplish DPLA’s initial goal of creating an aggregation of metadata for cultural heritage materials, the technological infrastructure developed centered on the item-centric library model for description: one descriptive metadata record for each individual digital “object.” While this method works very well for items catalogued singly, like books, it doesn’t reflect the […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Public Library of America, Program Assistant

The DPLA is recruiting a Program Assistant. From the ad: The Digital Public Library of America seeks an energetic Program Assistant to help support activities across the organization. Duties include logistics, communication, and project support. This is an entry-level position that will serve an important role across the institution. At DPLA, we work as a team […]

News, Resources

Resource: ClearTerra Announces Release of FindFZ

From the post: ClearTerra®, a leader in geospatial and activity based intelligence tools, announces the release of a new product line, FindFZ.  FindFZ software provides enhanced attribute searching within the Esri® ArcGIS® for Desktop application. Access resource here.

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Happy Beta Release Day, Omeka S!

Omeka S is the next-generation, open source web-publishing platform that is fully integrated into the scholarly communications ecosystem and designed to serve the needs of medium to large institutional users who wish to launch, monitor, and upgrade many sites from a single installation. Read full post here.

News, Resources

Resource: Finding the Public Domain

From the resource: Unfortunately, determining whether an item has entered the public domain requires legal expertise and time-consuming research. Even then, research can be inconclusive and the legal details can be murky. The project team documented these lessons in a book called Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit. The Toolkit shares practical insights gained […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: How Can Open Access Work with Promotion & Tenure?

Despite many changes in scholarly publishing and evidence for an open access citation advantage, many faculty are still worried about how their publication choices might affect their case for promotion and tenure. Over the past several years, we have identified a few strategies to alleviate those concerns and encourage faculty to include the full range […]

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Job: Scholarly Communication Librarian, IU Bloomington

From the ad: The Indiana University Libraries seeks a creative and forward-thinking professional to manage the library’s scholarly communication efforts. Reporting to the Head, Scholarly Communications, this position provides operational oversight for specific areas of the Library’s scholarly communications program. Read full ad  here.

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: The Role of Generosity in Best Practices for Digital Humanities Advisors

What struck me as I listened to Amanda Visconti’s question and answer  session last Wednesday is that the generosity of Visconti’s mentors helped enable her success in academia as an Assistant Professor in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Business division of Purdue University Libraries. I focus on the word “generosity” because it indicates that […]