Research & Projects (Page 78)

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Registry has officially launched. This is one of the many initiatives to support the problem of name disambiguation. There are many systems like these (and I keep registering for these systems to see how they work, adding links to each one on my CV page).  I haven’t been following any of these closely enough to evaluate or recommend one system over another, but ORCID has been anticipated because it seems to have strong backing from the community. The news release from ORCID is here: http://about.orcidid.com/news/2012/10/16/orcid-launches-registryRead More →

The news below is from the wonderful UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere about different funding opportunities for folks at UF. These are great programs. Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (UF) Call for Proposals 2013-2014 The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is pleased to announce its call for proposals for 2013-2014. These programs will be supported by the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities and the Humanities Fund. The Center encourages proposals submissions from faculty (and, in relevant instances, graduate students) from disciplines across the humanities at the University of Florida. Library Enhancement Program inRead More →

News release from the UF Smathers Libraries: Events to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. October 26, 2012 11:15 a.m., Smathers Library (East), Room 1A Exhibit of materials from the Hurston collection 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Smathers Library (East), Room 1A Jump at the Sun, a film written and produced by Kristy Andersen. Introduced by Professor Faye V. Harrison 2:00-4:00 p.m., Ustler Hall Atrium Roundtable discussion followed by a reception. Moderator: Florence E. Babb, Vada A. Yeomans Professor of Women’s Studies. Participants: Professors Jack E. Davis, Paul Ortiz, Marilyn Thomas-Houston and Debra Walker King. This event is sponsored byRead More →

Press release from The Eric Williams Memorial Collection: MIAMI, FL. (October 15, 2012)— The 14th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University’s Modesto Maidique campus (11200 Southwest Eighth Street, Miami, Florida) will take place at the Green Library, GL 100 on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.  Admission is free and open to the public. This year, the African & African Diaspora Studies Program’s Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture hosts two prominent speakers: Rachel Manley, daughter and granddaughter of two former Jamaican Prime Ministers; and Reginald Dumas, a veteran of Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Service and former U.N. Special Adviser on Haiti. “50Read More →

The position posting below is from the SHARP-L email list. Associate Professor in Digital Shakespeare Studies The Department of English at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenured position at the associate professor rank in Digital Shakespeare Studies to begin in the Fall of 2013. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and a substantial scholarly record in both Shakespeare Studies and Digital Humanities as well as ongoing research initiatives in these areas. The successful candidate will teach a 2/2 load, including undergraduate and graduate courses in Shakespeare as well as a range of courses in early modern literature and Digital Humanities. TheRead More →

Anvil Academic is a new all-digital scholarly open publisher. As the Anvil Academic homepage explains: Welcome to Anvil Academic, a pioneering, exclusively digital scholarly publisher. We bring the analog publishing world’s traditional editorial rigor to the emerging world of digitally mediated humanities scholarship. In the electronically networked world of contemporary scholarship, the traditional role of the publisher as gatekeeper and paid distributor of scholarly argument is no longer tenable. Yet the editorial services a publisher provides to authors and the filtering service it provides to readers and promotion-and-tenure committees are more important in the Internet age than ever before. Scholarship cannot advance properly in theRead More →

This is from the news blog for the UF Libraries and the UF Faculty Update Newsletter: Open Access Week 2012 at UF to be held October 23 & 24 Open Access Week 2012 activities be held on the UF campus October 23 and 24. Sponsored by the George A. Smathers Libraries, the theme is “Set the Default to Open Access.” Tuesday, October 23, the event will be at the Health Science Center Library from 10:00 a.m.  – 12:00 p.m.  and Wednesday, October 24, the event will be in Library West in the InfoCommons on the third floor. The events feature presentations and discussions on OpenRead More →

UF’s Fall 2012 Research Computing Day “Moving Big Data” will be Monday, October 29, from 12pm-4pm in the McKnight Brain Institute. This Research Computing Day or RC Day focuses on the issues of moving BIG DATA. The presentations and panel discussion center on SDN and OpenFlow, and how both can exist within the real world to researchers and network engineers. Presenters include Andy Li (Electrical and Computer Engineering), an external speaker, and UF network engineer Chris Griffin. Due to lunch catering and room capacity, registration is required. Email UFIT (it-comm@ufl.edu) to register. Registration is open through Monday, October 22.Read More →

This looks like a very exciting position to help support the members of Modern Language Association, the MLA itself, and the academic fields that the MLA and its members represent. The full position posting is here: http://helpwanted.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/02/community-facilitator-mla-new-york-full-time/ Community Facilitator – MLA – New York – Full Time Job Description Under the supervision of the director of scholarly communication, facilitates engagement and interactivity within existing and developing online scholarly communities of the MLA. Uses knowledge of the profession to create content and to enhance discussion in various online forums. Encourages online member participation through outreach initiatives, and provides assistance to members in establishing and developing online communitiesRead More →

A couple of days ago, I posted about an old University of Florida Gators Football program from the University Archives that was shown on Friday, October 5, as part of a display in the Special Collections Reading Room. I hadn’t realized that the Curator for the University Archives had wisely selected programs showing the UF Gators vs. LSU and the UF Gators vs. Vanderbilt, for the upcoming games. Previously, I’d posted the UF Gators vs. LSU program and so now I’m also posting the one for the UF Gators vs. Vanderbilt. It’s lovely to see the many extraordinary materials from Special and Area Studies Collections, including materials thatRead More →