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The full job posting is on the Simon Fraser University Library site and copied below for ease. DATA CURATOR Simon Fraser University Library is seeking a highly flexible, collaborative and innovative individual,  committed to providing the best possible service to faculty and students, to undertake a range of  project-based and operational activities that will advance the SFU Library’s strategic objectives for  expanded research data curation and management services. SETTING: Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a comprehensive university with approximately 22,000 undergraduate  students, 5000 graduate students, 950 faculty and 1500 staff. Ranked by respected national surveys as  one of Canada’s top three comprehensive universities for the pastRead More →

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The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) will be holding the annual conference June 4-8, 2012 in Haiti. The ACURIL 2012 conference website has more information on the conference, including a call for papers, workshops, and posters: http://www.acuril2012-haiti.blogspot.com/ ACURIL 2012 will be another wonderful ACURIL conference and a great chance to meet people involved in the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC).Read More →

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Full job posting is copied below from: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/administration/upload/DigitCollectLibrarian.pdf DIGITAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN – 942036 EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY JOYNER LIBRARY J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University (ECU) seeks a knowledgable, creative, and service-oriented colleague for the position of Digital Collections Librarian. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Library Technology, the Digital Collections Librarian will work closely and collaboratively with Special Collections, Library Technology, Collections and Technical Services, and others to ensure that Joyner Library’s digital collections are an integral part of the library’s collections and services. The individual in this position will serve as a member of a team of librarians and staff at ECU’s Joyner and Laupus Libraries committed to effectively managingRead More →

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Job posting from: http://www.universityjobs.com/jobs/jobdetail.php?jobid=1088058 University of California – Los Angeles Job Title: Digital Projects Coordinator Job Number: 1088058 Date Posted: 01/04/2012 Application Deadline: Open until filled Job Description Reporting to the Assistant Director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, the Digital Projects Coordinator will oversee the digital research and teaching initiatives of the Center. The Coordinator will work closely with the Center Director to develop and steward a number of digital initiatives, including web-based research projects, publishing platforms, and courses with digital components. In particular, the Coordinator will facilitate the “HyperCities — Mapping Jewish Los Angeles” project and serve as the point-of-contact for the HyperCities project in general.Read More →

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From: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/65853/digital_preservation_librarian Digital Preservation Librarian How to Apply Email a cover letter and CV as attachments to libhumres@umich.edu, addressed to: Jane Havens Head of Library Human Resources 404 Hatcher Graduate Library North University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 For further information, call 734-764-2546 between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday. Job Summary The University Library at the University of Michigan seeks a dynamic and engaged Digital Preservation Librarian to provide leadership and coordinate the library’s activities to preserve the library’s growing collections. The University Library (www.lib.umich.edu/) has been actively building digital collections since 1997. The library’s Digital Library Production Service (www.lib.umich.edu/digital-library-production-service-dlps) was a pioneer inRead More →

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This is reposted from the full job advertisement: http://library.gsu.edu/JobAds/Vacancy-Announ-Dept-Head-Dig-Lib-2012.pdf. DEPARTMENT HEAD, DIGITAL LIBRARY SERVICES Position and Responsibilities: Georgia State University Library seeks an enthusiastic, collegial, service-oriented and dynamic head of Digital Library Services who will provide leadership and management for web services, network and desktop systems, and digital initiatives. The Digital Library Services Department Head, reporting to the Associate Dean, Digital Library Services and Special Collections, leads a department consisting of two library faculty and five staff members, and serves on the library administrative team that provides overall direction for the library in fulfilling the research, teaching, and service mission of the University. The department headRead More →

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The University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere has several calls for proposals that are open with upcoming deadlines. See all of their calls for 2012-2013 and especially note these: Support for Workshops and Speaker Series in the Humanities (deadline 27 January 2012) In order to support some of the best and most exciting work taking place within the humanities and to build bridges between the humanities and related fields, the Center sponsors collaborative exchanges between faculty and students by supporting workshops and speaker series that promote interdisciplinary themes and highlight faculty and graduate student achievements. Organizers will use funds toRead More →

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News from the NEH ODH Update: Greetings digital humanities friends! Each year, we fund a series of exciting digital humanities institutes. These are a wonderful opportunity to learn about how to incorporate digital methods into your teaching and research. Past attendees always tell us that these institutes were an incredible experience – truly, we receive comments back like “career-changing” and “best academic experience of my life.” In most cases, you will apply to attend an institute and it will include reimbursement for travel and lodging. Most are open to faculty, grad students, #altac folks, etc. So please apply – but do so soon! Most ofRead More →

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I’m working to catch up on email and work after arriving back from the Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention in Seattle. MLA was wonderful and I have many notes to type and share. In the meantime, however, this story was too good to wait. The University of Florida is in Gainesville, Florida, which is fairly rural area, and we have hawks on campus. Apparently, yesterday a young hawk made its way into the Smathers Library (formerly named Library East, and the oldest library on campus which houses Special Collections, the Digital Library, and others as well as reading rooms and study space). The story belowRead More →

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The Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention of 2012 is now over. MLA 2012 greatly exceeded my expectations. In this post, I’d like to note my appreciation to the MLA and all attendees for making MLA 2012 such a vibrant and wonderful experience.  As Roger Whitson noted, he and I had a number of discussions on how and why this MLA was a great conference. We both attributed a great deal of the energy and dynamism to the digital humanities (DH). In his blog post, Roger goes on to consider calls for transformation to DH, finding DH useful and supportive as it is without transformation. I stronglyRead More →