By Helen Aguera on 7/30/2008 4:26 PM

Post 1 of 3:  Collections

On July 10 and 11, I attended the 7th JISC/CNI conference, "Transforming the User Experience," held in Belfast, UK.  The meeting brought together over 130 delegates from over 40 universities in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom to explore major developments on the use of information technology in teaching, learning and research on both sides of the Atlantic.

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By Jason Rhody on 7/18/2008 12:38 PM

We have good news for those of you eagerly anticipating the full set of guidelines for the new 2008 Call for Joint Digitization Projects, which is part of the DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program that we announced a few weeks ago.  The Digitization guidelines are now available on the NEH Web site and the DFG Web site.  Note that while there may be some administrative differences between the two sets of guidelines, the core requirements are the same.  At least one German and one U.S. institution will collaborate on a single proposal, which will be submitted to NEH by the U.S. partner and to DFG by the German partner.  The combined sum of the request can range from $100,000 to $350,000 (approximately 70,000 to 240,000 € ) for...

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By David Weinstein on 7/17/2008 9:41 AM

Three screens.  Smart phones.  Locative media.  I recently participated in Beyond Broadcast, Silverdocs, and the Digital Media Conference. At each of these conferences, there was lots of buzz about applications and content for mobile phones.  According to a market summary by m:metrics, there are 226 million mobile phone subscribers in the United States. Twenty-seven percent of these subscribers use their phone for Internet browsing or downloading.  Internet use is expected to rise dramatically in the near future.  Most phones in use (about ninety percent) have browsing capabilities. Mobile technology offers tremendous potential to provide scholarly content about historic places.  In the humanities, the technology is becoming especially popular...

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By Brett Bobley on 7/11/2008 8:52 AM

By Jason Rhody on 7/9/2008 3:39 PM

The above title, "How to Get a Grant from NEH," is not my own, but from an article in the July/August issue of Humanities magazine, now available online at the NEH Web site.  If you've not had the opportunity to attend a grants workshop or discuss a project with a program officer, this is a great introduction to some of the most important--and often most overlooked--bits of advice when applying for a grant (such as "Read the guidelines!").  Also included is an overview of the review process, an introduction to Grants.gov, and the reminder that NEH program officers are always available to answer questions.  Highly recommended reading for all potential applicants.

By Brett Bobley on 7/1/2008 11:32 AM

The NEH's Division of Research is looking to fill one or more vacant program officer positions.  As a program officer, you will advise applicants about NEH grant programs, review and analyze grant proposals, select panelists, attend conferences, perform other outreach events on behalf of the NEH,  help the NEH formulate new grant programs, etc.  The job is located here in beautiful Washington, D.C.  I will also note that we have an ice cream shop right in the lobby of our building, should that factor into your decision making process.   We are quite keen on finding some candidates who are very knowledgeable about digital humanities.  More and more humanities research involves the use of digital technology.  So experience with databases, digitization, humanities computing, data mining, or other areas of technology as it applies to humanities research would be extremely helpful.   Salary ranges from $69,764 - $107,854.  If you or a colleague might be interested, please consult the vacancy announcement. ...

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By Brett Bobley on 6/19/2008 1:18 PM

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has recently released a report entitled "A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States" .  The report, written by Diane Zorich, was commissioned by the Scholarly Communication Institute and will be one of the focuses of discussion at their July meeting. The report covers a wide number of topics, including a definition of a digital humanities center, governance models, administration and operation of centers, sustainability, and trends.  There is also an appendix to the report written by Lilly Nguyen and Katie Shilton entitled "Tools for Humanists" that focuses on tool development.

Chuck Henry, the President of CLIR, mentioned to me that they are very interested in comments and suggestions...

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By Brett Bobley on 6/18/2008 9:22 AM

I wanted to pass on a grant announcement from our colleagues at the IMLS.  They have recently announced an award for the "Digital Humanities Model Internship Program."  This grant will "create eighteen internships for master’s of library science students interested in careers in digital humanities centers or digital libraries."  The grantees are the University of Maryland, University of Michigan, and University of Texas at Austin, which will be partnering with three digital humanities centers:  MITH (Maryland), CDRH (Nebraska), and MATRIX (Michigan State).