POST: Respect Des Bits: Archival Theory Encounters Digital Objects and Media
In his latest post for The Signal, Trevor Owens explores digital objects through the lens of archival theory, such as respect des fonds, or the archival imperative to maintain original order. He...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Archive Journal, Issue 3: Data Curation
Patricia Hswe (Penn State) and Erin O’Meara (Gates Archive) have edited the latest issue of the open access Archive Journal, focused entirely on data curation. As their opening contribution, “Curating...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Walk This Way: Detailed Steps for Transferring Born-Digital Content...
OCLC has released the third report in the “Demystifying Born Digital” series: Walk This Way: Detailed Steps for Transferring Born-Digital Content from Media You Can Read In-house [pdf]. Designed to be...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers and Scholarship Beyond the...
The finished report and data from the Scholarly Communication Institute’s study on graduate education and career development is now available. “Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers and Scholarship...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Now Available, Software Takes Command, Open Access Edition
Lev Manovtch has announced an Open Access edition of his new book Software Takes Command, published by Bloomsbury Academic. First released in July 2013, as volume 5 of a series of International Texts...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age
G. Wayne Clough, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insitution, recently published a freely available ebook outlining the efforts of libraries, archives, and museums like the Smithsonian, the...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Encouraging Digital Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities: White...
The University Press of North Georgia has released the final white paper from its NEH-funded project, “Encouraging Digital Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities” [pdf]. In addition to going over the...
View ArticleRESOURCE: Defining Digital Humanities: A Reader
Ashgate Publishing Group has recently released Defining Digital Humanities: A Reader. Edited by Melissa Terras, Julianne Nyhan, and Edward Vanhoutte, the book includes contributions from Geoffrey...
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TaDiRAH: Building Capacity for Integrated Access
In this post, Quinn Dombrowski (UC Berkeley) and Jody Perkins (Miami University in Ohio) introduce the digital humanities taxonomy project known as TaDiRAH, reviewing the motivating factors behind its...
View ArticlePOST: Humanities Savior Narrative (The First Draft)
Glen Worthey joins The First Draft podcast hosts Elijah Meeks, Jason Heppler, and Paul Zenke (all of Stanford University) for an episode entitled “Humanities Savior Narrative.” Their lively,...
View ArticleRECOMMENDED: Research data: To keep or not to keep?
A recent study, “Research data: To keep or not to keep?”, by Neil Beagrie (Charles Beagrie Ltd) aims to assist researchers in determining whether or not data collected should be retained. According to...
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