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I'm the Digital Humanities Librarian in the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. My work focuses on data curation, digital curation, and socio-technical needs for scholarly cyberinfrastructure. I work heavily with the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC), Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), and the Open Source SobekCM software and tools. I am the Technical Director for the international collaborative Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC). In my research, I’m interested in issues of creating and supporting digital humanities work and new forms of digital scholarship.
Job Posting: Clemson, Digital Projects Librarian
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Digital Projects Librarian Clemson University Libraries is seeking a technology-savvy, flexible and enthusiastic Digital Projects Librarian to join its Digital Initiatives & Information Technology unit. This is a 12-month tenure-track permanent position with faculty rank and status. Clemson library faculty…
Job Posting: University of Florida, Caribbean Basin Librarian
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The job posting for the Caribbean Basin Librarian in the University of Florida Libraries is below, and the official job posting is online here. The Caribbean Basin Librarian in the University of Florida Libraries will not only be able to…
Job Posting: Tufts – ARCHIVIST FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS – Digital Collections and Archives
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See the full job posting here. ARCHIVIST FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS – Digital Collections and Archives Job Requisition Number: 53413 Job Title: ARCHIVIST FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS – Digital Collections and Archives Employment Status: Full-Time Location: Medford, Massachusetts 02155-0000 Campus: Medford/Somerville Hours…
Finding Guides in SobekCM
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SobekCM – the system powering the UF Digital Collections, the Digital Library of the Caribbean, and many other rich collections – will soon have advanced support for finding guides in EAD. This has been in process as a complete solution…
iPhone App for the Digital Library of the Caribbean
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There’s now an iPhone App specifically for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and it’s available here. dLOC was already included as one of the collections in an earlier app. The specialized app is simply targeted to dLOC alone.…
Data Sets in the UF Digital Collections
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The UF Digital Collections has many data sets, but most are historical - as in pre-digital historical, printed on paper, and then digitized. In digitizing the materials, text is created by OCR so the data is all available, but it’s…
Job Posting: Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship
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Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California Salary: $48,029 to $88,488 Status: Full-time Posted: 10/11/10 Deadline: 12/01/10 Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship Department: Collections, Research & Instructional Services (CRIS) Rank and…
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Newsletter
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The first Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) newsletter is out and online here. Read it to find out about so much great new work from dLOC, and definitely check out dLOC which is constantly growing and improving! http://dloc.com/
Defining the Digital Humanities
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Tanner Higgin has written an excellent essay on his ambivalence towards the digital humanities. His post is particularly interesting to me in light of my recent reading of Jaron Launier’s You Are Not a Gadget and Johanna Drucker’s SpecLab, both…