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Job: Librarian for Digital Humanities Research, Yale University Library

April 11, 2012

Librarian for Digital Humanities Research Humanities Collections and Research Education Yale University Library Yale University New Haven, CT Rank: Librarian I-III www.yale.edu/jobs Schedule:  Full-time (37.5 hours per week); Standard Work Week (M-F, 8:30-5:00) Yale University offers exciting opportunities for achievement and growth in New Haven, Connecticut.  Conveniently located between Boston and New York, New...

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Gregory Crane: “To Advance the Common Understanding: Reinventing the Humanities in a Digital Age” at UF on Thursday at 7:30pm

April 4, 2012

Please join us this Thursday evening for: 5 April, 7:30 pm, Smathers 1A, University of Florida Gregory Crane (Tufts University; Editor in Chief, Perseus Project) To Advance the Common Understanding: Reinventing the Humanities in a Digital Age The rise of vast digitized collections and increasingly sophisticated analytical methods has begun to transform both the...

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Blogging for Day of DH

March 27, 2012

I’m blogging as quickly as I can on the Day of DH to cover my work today. This is the full blog.

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Day of Digital Humanities and Public Land-Grant Institutions

March 27, 2012

I’m excited that tomorrow I’ll be participating in the Day of Digital Humanities (DH). The Day of DH is: A Day of the Life of the Digital Humanities, an event where digital humanists from around the world document what they do. This year the event will be held March 27th, 2012. (Peter Organisciak) My...

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“‘Buddha’ goes to the hospital: A convergence of art, history and science”

March 23, 2012

The hospital admissions sheet simply read: “Name: Buddha; DOB: 1662.” The quote above is from The Washington Post’s  lovely article about the work done by Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, which the Libraries also supported through digital imaging and online access and preservation of digital imaging done by...

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Virtual Presentation by Brett Bobley at UF, Monday, 19 March 2012

March 16, 2012

Monday, 19 March 2012, Smathers 1A, 4:00-5:00pm Presentation by Brett Bobley, Director, NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities All faculty, students, and staff are invited to a virtual presentation and Q&A with Brett Bobley, Director of the NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities (ODH), who will speak about the development of the ODH, its current funding programs, and...

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ASERL GovDocs Work Recognized with “Documents to the People” Award

March 16, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2012 CONTACT: Cheryle Cole-Bennett – ccole-bennett@aserl.org – (919) 912-9486 ASERL Receives “Documents to the People” Award ProQuest / GODORT / ALA Recognizes Innovation in Managing Federal Documents The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) was recently awarded the 2012 “Documents to the People” Award, presented by ProQuest, the American Library Association (ALA),...

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Job: Data Visualization Coordinator, Brown University Library

March 13, 2012

In the fall 2012, the Brown University Library will open a state-of-the-art Digital Scholarship Lab, which will feature a high-resolution tiled video display wall, surround sound, and the ability to interact with the wall using peripheral devices. The Digital Scholarship Lab will provide the facilities for scholars across the disciplines to engage with research data using advanced visualization software,...

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CFP: Digital Humanities and the Performing Arts, Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research – Nashville, TN (Nov. 1-4, 2012)

March 13, 2012

Theatre Library Association – Call for Panelists 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research – Theatre Library Association - Nashville, Tennessee, November 1-4, 2012 DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS The performing arts have had a long, distinguished tradition of practice, recently enhanced by creative use of emerging technologies. Diverse collections representing...

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UF Digital Collections (UFDC) – 3.6 million views in February

March 10, 2012

The UF Digital Collections (UFDC) had another awesome month of usage with 3.6 million views in February 2012. The extra day with leap day helped drive February’s usage higher than January’s which saw 3.41 million views. It’s great to see the overall upward trend in usage continue to grow ever higher!

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