Monthly Archives: December 2011

Google Scholar Citations

December 31, 2011

It’s been years (too many) since I’ve updated my website or my web presence online. In trying to catch up, I just noticed Google Scholar Citations (more from the Google Scholar Blog). I hadn’t heard about this before so I don’t know if that means this is still new to everyone with it being...

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Looking forward to in 2012

December 31, 2011

The Modern Language Association Conference, Public Domain Day, and user-contributed transcription tools for the US National Archives  are just a few of the things I’m already looking forward to for 2012.

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Digital Philanthropy

December 29, 2011

The most recent CLIR Issues newsletter has a story on “Mapping a New Partnership” where the Stanford University Libraries are partnering with private map collection holders to digitize the maps for wide access and digital preservation. They’re calling this process digital philanthropy: “Digital philanthropy” is a term being used at the Stanford University Libraries...

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Job: Disciplines & Technologies Project, Postdoctoral Scholar Positions, University of Chicago

December 29, 2011

The Disciplines & Technologies Project at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Mellon Postdoctoral Scholar positions, each of which will last for two academic years (2012-14). Each Postdoctoral Scholar will be expected to propose and pursue an in-depth study of how some technology has, over more than one generation, interacted with the changing disciplinary structure of...

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ICHASS/CDH Humanities HpC Summer Institute Announcement

December 21, 2011

Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Humanities High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HpC) is a summer institute for graduate students and faculty who are conducting scholarship in the digital humanities. HpC offers two five-day workshops, one with the University of Illinois’ Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (I-CHASS), and...

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CFP: NEH Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities

December 19, 2011
CFP: NEH Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities

The text below is from Hypercities: NEH Summer Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities, June 18-July 3, 2012 @ University of California Los Angeles. The purpose of the Institute is to bring together a cohort of 12 Humanities scholars and advanced graduate students across various disciplines to learn how to develop innovative publications and...

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Job: IT Expert, Digital Development Unit, UF

December 19, 2011

This is a fabulous new position in the University of Florida Libraries. The job will entail primarily web work, but also working on the UF Digital Collections and other digital development. The position entails great colleagues, meaningful work, and technical work where things get implemented and used (so you can really see the benefits and...

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Job: Associate Director, Center for Digital Humanities (University of South Carolina)

December 16, 2011

The Center for Digital Humanities at South Carolina seeks to appoint a Research Assistant Professor to serve as Associate Director of the Center.  Applicants should have a PhD in a humanities discipline along with a strong background in computational research methodologies. Important skills for the position include an imaginative approach to collaborative research, efficient...

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CFP: Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation, DHKV (formerly CHKV)

December 14, 2011

Call For Papers: Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualisation, DHKV (formerly Cultural Heritage Knowledge Visualisation, CHKV – now expanded to include the Digital Humanities) A symposium in the 16th International Conference Information Visualisation, 10, 11 – 13 July 2012, LIRMM CNRS Univ, Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2012/ Important Dates: 01 March 2012: Submission of papers 22 April 2011:...

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Evaluating Digital Scholarship

December 13, 2011

MLA’s Profession 2011 is out and it includes six articles within the section on “Evaluating Digital Scholarship.” All of the articles within “Evaluating Digital Scholarship” are openly available (no library subscription needed), excellent, timely, and needed. It is critically important for academia to engage and grapple with concerns over the evaluation of digital scholarship. This...

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