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This week's dh+lib Review: October 13-26

  • 1.  This week's dh+lib Review: October 13-26

    Posted Oct 28, 2022 04:16 PM

    This week's review posts are now available!
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    The latest edition of the dh+lib Review is now available. Many thanks to Editors-at-Large, Ruth Carpenter, Emylie Fossell, Danelle Orange, Carla Brooks, Rebecca Saunders, Corinne Guimont, Mimosa Shah, Rebekah Walker, and Gabriella Alderete-Cruz!

    All our best,
    Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara and Linsey Ford
    dh+lib Review Editors

    Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara
    Assistant Professor & Digital Scholarship Librarian
    University of Colorado Boulder
    nickoal.eichmann@colorado.edu

    Linsey Ford
    Scholarly Communication Librarian
    University of Houston Clear Lake
    ford@uhcl.edu

    RECOMMENDED: 3D Data Creation to Curation: Building Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation

    3D Data Creation to Curation: Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation, edited by Jennifer Moore (Washington University), Adam Rountrey (University of Michigan), and Hannah Scates Kettler (Iowa State University), provides valuable information on various aspects of handling 3D data. Topic addressed include: best practices for preservation, management and storage, metadata requirements, copyright and legal issues, and access. From the introduction: There ...

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    PROJECT: The American Soldier in WWII

    An interdisciplinary, multi-year, and collaborative digital humanities project, American Soldier in World War II explores previously uncirculated soldier commentaries, primarily from aggrieved Black soldiers serving in the segregated military during the Second World War. In addition to historical essays that contextualize these commentaries, the website offers several resources, including lesson plans and datasets for teaching, as well as reflections throughout ...

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    RESOURCE: Fostering Data Literacies (Ithaka S+R)

    Ithaka S+R has published, "Fostering Data Literacy: Teaching with Quantitative Data in the Social Sciences," a qualitative study in which librarians from 20 campuses in the United States conducted 219 interviews with social science faculty, to explore "why and how instructors teach with data, identifies the most important challenges they face," and to address "how faculty and students utilize relevant ...

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    EVENT: Cultivating Partnerships in Digital Humanities: Strategies, Tips, and Lessons Learned

    ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee is hosting a webinar on "Cultivating Partnerships in Digital Humanities: Strategies, Tips, and Lessons Learned," that will take place on November 12, 2022, at 1:00pm (CST). The webinar will address such questions as: "How can librarians collaborate effectively to promote cross-disciplinary scholarship and teaching in digital humanities" and "What are examples of spaces, ...

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    CFP: code4lib2023

    Next year's Code4lib2023 conference will take place March 14-17, 2023, in-person, at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Conference talks proposals are being accepted now through November 14, 2022. Remote presentations will be supported, and a call for poster submissions is forthcoming. Previous conference programs offer a preview of the variety of topics related to digital humanities librarianship.

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    CFP: Canadian Digital Scholarship Librarians Community of Practice Fall Meeting

    The Canadian Digital Scholarship Librarians Community of Practice are currently looking for lightening talk presenters for the second annual Fall 2022 meetup, which will take place on November 25, from 10am-1pm (PST). From the call: We are looking for presenters for Lightning Talks. Please consider sharing some stories about what you've been working on, or how your organization delivers DS ...

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    OPPORTUNITY: New Dangers and Opportunities of Technology, NEH Grant Program

    The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) has announced a new grant program, "Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities." This is "a direct call for research that explores the relationship between technology and culture and its dramatic impacts-both positive and negative." Single researchers may be awarded up to $75,000, and projects led ...

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    JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Tufts University)

    From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Department supports research, teaching, and learning at Tufts and the Research & Learning division at Tufts University's Tisch Library seeks an innovative and collaborative colleague to join us as Digital Scholarship Librarian and continue our growth within the context of our strategic framework. We provide access to scholarship in different mediums - from podcasts ...

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    JOB: Data Impact Librarian at ICPSR (University of Michigan)

    From the announcement: The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan is seeking a Data Impact Librarian to join ICPSR's Metadata and Preservation unit at the rank of Senior Associate Librarian. ICPSR maintains a large archive of empirical social science data ...

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    JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Boston College)

    From the announcement: Boston College Libraries seek two Digital Scholarship Librarians to be part of our Digital Scholarship Group (DSG). These positions are primarily responsible for facilitating and supporting the creation of faculty and student digital research projects; digital scholarship skills training for faculty, students, and staff; supporting the incorporation of digital scholarship (and digital humanities) into undergraduate and graduate courses and ...

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    JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian (Johns Hopkins)

    From the announcement: We are seeking a Librarian III. The Digital Humanities Librarian works with faculty and students in the humanities, as well as librarians and software engineers in the Sheridan Libraries and Museums, to foster, shape and support digital approaches to humanistic research, teaching, and learning. This work includes the successful design and implementation of digital scholarship throughout its ...

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    JOB: Research Librarian for Digital Humanities (University of California, Irvine)

    From the announcement: The University of California, Irvine Libraries seeks a creative, knowledgeable, collaborative, and user-oriented professional for the position of Research Librarian for Digital Humanities. This librarian is an integral part of UCI Libraries' Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) Department (https://www.lib.uci.edu/dss) and is a highly sought-after instructor, consultant, and collaborator both within the Libraries and across the UCI campus. The ...

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    JOB: Data Librarian (University of Colorado Boulder)

    From the announcement: he University of Colorado Boulder Libraries seek a collaborative and strategic individual to serve as Data Librarian! This is a non-tenure track, faculty position that will be hired at the Teaching Assistant Professor rank and report to the Data and Scholarly Communication Services Section Lead. The Data Librarian will be a member of the Libraries' Center for ...

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    JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian (Binghamton University)

    From the announcement: The Digital Scholarship Librarian is part of the Digital Scholarship team within the Digital Initiatives department. Digital Initiatives is a collegial environment, where communication and collaboration are two of our key values for supporting each other, the Libraries, and the campus community. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will collaborate in the development and implementation of library initiatives in ...

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