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Call for papers 'Software as Scholarship', Bern, 29-30 January 2015
by Tara Andrews 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Abstracts are now invited for a two-day workshop, jointly organised by Digital Humanities @ Uni Bern and Infoclio.ch, to be held 29-30 January 2015. The full call for participation is now online: http://www.dh.unibe.ch/en/2014/08/software-scholarship/ https://infoclio.ch/en/node/135615 Deadline for abstract submission: 11 October 2014. With best wishes, Tara Andrews -- Prof. Dr. Tara L Andrews Digital Humanities, Universität Bern http://www.dh.unibe.ch/ *Scholarship in Software, Software as Scholarship: From Genesis to Peer Review* *‘Expressions’, 29 January 2015: Workshop on Software-based Scholarship* *Organizer: Digital Humanities, Universität Bern* Computation and software analysis have entered nearly every imaginable field of scholarship in the last decades, in a variety of forms from digital publication of results to computational modelling embedded in experimental work. In each of these digital outputs – be it an interactive publication with mapping of relevant geo-referenced data, or perhaps a statistical program for the categorization of millions of books according to their literary genre – there is some manifestation directly in the computer code of the scholarly thought that underlies the project, of the intellectual argument around which the outcome is based. The fact that scholarly software includes scholarly content is reasonably well-accepted. What remains controversial is the attempt at identification, in any particular instance, of what scholarly contribution has been made by a piece of software. Its makers tend to express the scholarship in writing separate from the software itself, if they even make explicit at all the scholarly reasoning that went into the code; its reviewers and users tend either to treat the software as a ‘black box’, opaque to informed scrutiny and therefore to be looked on with grave suspicion, or to deny that this particular software has any scholarship inherent to the source code. Given that our mechanisms for identifying and evaluating the scholarship within computer code are nearly nonexistent, we must ask: how do intellectual arguments — how does scholarship — come to be expressed in the software of digital humanities? How does this scholarship, so evident in theory but so elusive in practice, fit into the scientific process of advancement of knowledge? *‘Evaluation’, 30 January 2015: Round table on Peer Review for Digital Scholarly Work* *Organizer: Infoclio.ch* Related to the question of the expression of scholarship in software, and in other forms of digital publication as well, is the question of how to evaluate it. This topic will be the focus of a half-day roundtable, Peer Review for Digital Scholarly Work, to be held on 30 January 2015. Digital scholarly works such as Digital Editions, Digital Libraries, Digital Exhibitions, Data Visualization, Geographical Information Systems and the like are increasingly frequent in the Humanities, as main or secondary output of research projects; the question of how best to evaluate them takes on ever greater importance. At the moment, researchers doing digital scholarly work are usually unable to obtain academic credit for their work—in order to obtain scholarly recognition, they must additionally publish a “normal” article in a print-based journal about their digital work. As universities and national research funding agencies across the world move toward encouraging more digital scholarship in the humanities, there is an urgent need to discuss the criteria and benchmarks that should be in place for evaluating digital scholarly work. We welcome contributions about existing initiatives in this domain as well as more theoretical contributions that treat the topic of peer review of digital scholarly work.

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HASTAC 2015 CFP - Due Oct 15
by Kristen Mapes 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

*Please excuse cross-postings* HASTAC 2015: Exploring the Art & Science of Digital Humanities May 27-30, 2015 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Submissions Deadline: October 15, 2014, 5:00pm EST (Proposals are now welcomed) <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hastac2015> Join us on the campus of Michigan State University to celebrate and explore the range of Digital Humanities Scholarship, Research, and Performance! We welcome sessions that address, exemplify, and interrogate the interdisciplinary nature of DH work. HASTAC 2015 challenges participants to consider how the interplay of science, technology, social sciences, humanities, and arts are producing new forms of knowledge, disrupting older forms, challenging or reifying power relationships, among other possibilities. Themes addressed by the conference include: the changing nature of humanities research and scholarship indigenous culture, decolonial and post-colonial theory and technology technology and educationopen learning, peer learning, and issues of access, equity for primary and/or higher education communication of knowledge, publishing, and intellectual property digital cultural heritage and hegemony crowd dynamics, global outreach, and social media technology and social identity and roles: gender, race, and other identities digital animation and other visualization media arts and sciences games and gaming, including for learning community development including the importance of art and culture districts mobile technologies, activity streams, and experience design cognitive and other dimensions of creativity, innovation, and scholarship HASTAC 2015 will include plenary addresses, panel presentations (variations detailed below), maker sessions, workshops, exhibitions, performances and tech demos. We seek proposals for participant presentations in the following categories: * 5-8 minute lightning talks * 15-20 minute talks * curated panels (lightning talks, longer talks, curated conversation) * project demos * digital and/or print posters * creative performances or exhibitions * maker sessions or workshops For each submission, we will need the following information from you: 1) complete contact information including valid phone, email, and institutional affiliation, if any; 2) brief (150 word) bio; 3) 500 word abstract of the work you would like to present that must discuss its relationship to the conference themes; 4) any technical requirements or other support (including space requirements) that may be required for the presentation. For exhibitions or other performances, please indicate any equipment that is absolutely required and that you cannot bring with you. In the event that we cannot guarantee access to the equipment, we regret that we may not be able to accept your proposal. Digital and/or Print Posters Wanted! Print posters (4 x 3¹) and electronic posters (to be projected) are solicited for emerging projects, ideas, and scholars. In presenting your research with a poster, you should aim to use the poster as a means for generating active discussion of your research. Limit the text to about one-fourth of the poster space, and use visuals (graphs, photographs, schematics, maps, etc.) to tell your story. Use the regular submission form, but indicate that you are proposing a Poster by checking the appropriate box. Maker Sessions & Workshops We will provide some room and resources for individuals or groups to create informal maker spaces, where conference participants can share, exchange, and experiment with new online tools, personal fabrication technologies, open source electronics such as Arduino, and other creative and learning devices and gadgets. To propose a maker session or workshop, please use the standard submission form and indicate that yours is a maker session. Please also tell us how long the session Requires! All proposals will be peer-reviewed, but we regret that we cannot provide detailed reviewer feedback. We welcome applications from scholars at all stages of their careers from all disciplines and fields, from private sector companies and public sector organizations, from artists and public intellectuals, and from networks and individuals. Submit your proposal here. <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hastac2015> **Submissions will be processed using EasyChair. If you do not already have an EasyChair account, you will need to sign up for one in order to submit a proposal.** If you have any questions or require more information, please e-mail us at hastac2015(a)gmail.com Kristen Mapes Digital Humanities Specialist College of Arts and Letters Michigan State University 718-216-5695 kristenmapes.com kmapes(a)msu.edu kmapes86(a)gmail.com

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Image Content in Digital Projects and Metadata
by Harriet Sonne de Torrens 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Dear Colleagues, I have a question for this esteemed group. As an art historian/medievalist and visual resource librarian, I am very interested in how institutions are addressing and including metadata for images in rare books and manuscripts which are being digitized. With the continual growth of digital projects it an important area. It is fantastic to have these wonderful collections digitized but a real frustration when image data cannot be located. I am wondering how this group is addressing this issue in their institutions? If you are addressing it, what schema for the image metadata you are using? Ideally, we would all want to be heading toward consistency and inter-collaborative schema for the sustainability of these projects in the future. If you have some time, I would be interested in hearing about this area and what some of the current challenges are. Thank you. Harriet. ------------------------------------ Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MA, MISt., Ph.D., L.M.S. Librarian, Visual Resource Library https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens Room 3021, CCT Building University of Toronto Mississauga 3359 Mississauga Road North Mississauga ON L5L 1C6 Email: harriet.sonne(a)utoronto.ca Office: 905-569-4610 -----Original Message----- From: dm-l [mailto:dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of Dan Mosser Sent: September 13, 2014 2:56 AM To: Digital Medievalist Subject: [dm-l] Filemaker Pro/MySQL/ODBC issue HI, I am currently migrating projects to a new server and have encountered difficulties with the Thomas L. Gravell Watermarks Archive database. As is summarized below, we have moved everything, confirmed that we can update a MySQL database on the new server using FMP and the ODBC driver, but the Gravell database itself is not communicating, despite updating scripts, etc. Has anyone on the list had recent experience with these issues? One problem is that it has been awhile since we have had to deal with a migration and there are some rusty chops! Thanks in advance for any insights. Here's the summary from my tech person: - Moved the MySQL database to the new server. Verified that the database user has all privileges to manage the database. - Verified that Port 3306 is open so the database can be managed remotely. - Installed the Actual Technologies ODBC Driver, created a new DSN for the MySQL database, and verified that we can connect to the MySQL database using ODBC. - Updated the FileMaker Pro scripts to use the new DSN we created. I can confirm that the MySQL database can be modified in FileMaker Pro via ODBC (I created a new FileMaker Pro database to test this), but something in the scripts in the existing FileMaker Pro database is preventing the ODBC connection from working. _____________________________ Dan Mosser dmosser(a)vt.edu _____________________________ Digital index of Middle English Verse (www.dimev.net) Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive (www.gravell.org) A Digital Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Manuscripts and Incunables of the Canterbury Tales (http://www.mossercatalogue.net) CV (http://mosser.vtcath.org) Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/digitalmedieval Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49320313760 Discussion list: dm-l(a)uleth.ca Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l

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Latest Manuscript Road Trip post
by Lisa Fagin Davis 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Manuscript Road Trip Down Under: http://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/manuscript-road-trip-aus… - Lisa -- Lisa Fagin Davis Executive Director Medieval Academy of America 17 Dunster St., Suite 202 Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Phone: 617 491-1622 Fax: 617 492-3303 Email: LFD(a)TheMedievalAcademy.org

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CAPAL15 CFP: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice / ACBAP15: Bibliothéconomie académique et la démarche critique
by Harriet Sonne de Torrens 20 Sep '14

20 Sep '14

F.Y.I. Harriet Sonne de Torrens, MA, MISt., Ph.D., L.M.S. Librarian, Visual Resource Library https://utoronto.academia.edu/HarrietSonnedeTorrens Room 3021, CCT Building University of Toronto Mississauga 3359 Mississauga Road North Mississauga ON L5L 1C6 Email: harriet.sonne(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca> Office: 905-569-4610 ************************ *La version française suit* *Please circulate widely*/*Excuse cross-posting* We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals (CFP) for CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice, the second annual conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL), which will be held May 31-June 2, 2015 as part of Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario. The conference theme, critical practice, speaks to the intersection of academic librarianship with purposeful critical reflection on the dominant ways of thinking, speaking, and acting that characterize our profession. We envision elaboration of this theme through conversations about professional issues, civic engagement, theory, and day-to-day practice, and invite broad participation from all those with an interest in fostering critical inquiry in all aspects of academic librarianship. For a full description of the theme and list of potential topics, please see the CFP attached to this email or online at http://capalibrarians.org/capal-conference-2015/. The deadline for proposals is December 8, 2014. Dave Hudson, Program Chair, dhudson(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dhudson@uoguelph.ca> On behalf of the CAPAL15 Program Committee ================================================ *Prière de faire circuler à vos réseaux* *S-v-p excusez les envois multiples* Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer l’appel de propositions pour la conférence ACBAP15: Bibliothéconomie académique et la démarche critique, la deuxième conférence de l’Association canadienne des bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (CAPAL/ACBAP) qui se tiendra du 31 mai au 2 juin 2015 lors du Congrès des sciences humaines 2015 à Ottawa, Ontario. Le thème de la conférence mettra l'accent sur la démarche critique: le croisement de notre travail en tant que bibliothécaire avec la réflexion critique concernant les approches, les pensées, les actions et les paroles dominantes dans le domaine de la bibliothéconomie académique. Nous envisageons l’élaboration de ce thème à travers l’échange des idées sur les sujets professionnels tels que la pratique, la théorie et l’engagement professionnel et civique, et nous invitons tous ceux et celles qui ont intérêt à favoriser la recherche critique dans tous les aspects de la bibliothéconomie académique. Pour de plus amples renseignements et une liste de sujets potentiels, veuillez trouvez ci-joint l'appel aux propositions ou suivre le lien http://capalibrarians.org/capal-conference-2015/ La date limite pour les propositions est le 8 décembre 2014. Dave Hudson, Président du Comité du programme, dhudson(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dhudson@uoguelph.ca> Au nom du Comité du programme

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Call for Submissions: Digital Philology
by Albert Lloret 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

[With apologies for cross-posting] Call for Submissions Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures /Digital Philology/ is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of medieval vernacular texts and cultures. Founded by Stephen G. Nichols and Nadia R. Altschul, the journal aims to foster scholarship that crosses disciplines upsetting traditional fields of study, national boundaries, and periodizations. /Digital Philology/ also encourages both applied and theoretical research that engages with the digital humanities and shows why and how digital resources require new questions, new approaches, and yield radical results. You may browse the journal's contents here: <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/digital_philology/> /Digital Philology/ is welcoming submissions. Inquiries and articles may be sent to <mailto:dph@jhu.edu> dph(a)jhu.edu, to the attention of the Managing Editor. Correspondence regarding manuscript studies may be addressed to Jeanette Patterson at jpatterson09(a)gmail.com. For reviews of digital projects and publications, please contact Timothy Stinson at <mailto:tlstinson@gmail.com> tlstinson(a)gmail.com. Albert Lloret, PhD Managing Editor, Digital Philology <http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/digital_philology/> Assistant Professor of Spanish and Catalan University of Massachusetts Amherst http://umass.academia.edu/AlbertLloret

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Filemaker Pro/MySQL/ODBC issue
by Dan Mosser 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

HI, I am currently migrating projects to a new server and have encountered difficulties with the Thomas L. Gravell Watermarks Archive database. As is summarized below, we have moved everything, confirmed that we can update a MySQL database on the new server using FMP and the ODBC driver, but the Gravell database itself is not communicating, despite updating scripts, etc. Has anyone on the list had recent experience with these issues? One problem is that it has been awhile since we have had to deal with a migration and there are some rusty chops! Thanks in advance for any insights. Here's the summary from my tech person: - Moved the MySQL database to the new server. Verified that the database user has all privileges to manage the database. - Verified that Port 3306 is open so the database can be managed remotely. - Installed the Actual Technologies ODBC Driver, created a new DSN for the MySQL database, and verified that we can connect to the MySQL database using ODBC. - Updated the FileMaker Pro scripts to use the new DSN we created. I can confirm that the MySQL database can be modified in FileMaker Pro via ODBC (I created a new FileMaker Pro database to test this), but something in the scripts in the existing FileMaker Pro database is preventing the ODBC connection from working. _____________________________ Dan Mosser dmosser(a)vt.edu _____________________________ Digital index of Middle English Verse (www.dimev.net) Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive (www.gravell.org) A Digital Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Manuscripts and Incunables of the Canterbury Tales (http://www.mossercatalogue.net) CV (http://mosser.vtcath.org)

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Digital Philology 3.1
by Albert Lloret 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. I am pleased to announce that a new issue of Digital Philology (vol. 3, n. 1) came out a few weeks ago. It is a special issue devoted to Digital Archives and Medieval Iberian Texts. Here is the link to the Table of Contents: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/digital_philology/toc/dph.3.1.html. I hope you enjoy it! Best, Albert Lloret, PhD Managing Editor, Digital Philology <http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/digital_philology/> Assistant Professor of Spanish and Catalan University of Massachusetts Amherst http://umass.academia.edu/AlbertLloret

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT_7th Annual Schoenberg Symposium
by Lynn Ransom 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

**apologies for cross-posting** 7th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age November 6-8, 2014 Collecting Histories In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. This year's symposium highlights the work of the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts by bringing together scholars and digital humanists whose work concerns the study of provenance and the history of collecting pre-modern manuscripts. The life of a manuscript book only just begins when the scribe lays down his pen. What happens from that moment to the present day can reveal a wealth of information about readership and reception across time, about the values of societies, institutions, and individuals who create, conserve, and disperse manuscript collections for a variety of reasons, and about the changing role of manuscripts across time, from simple vehicles of textual transmission to revered objects of collectors' desires. The study of provenance is the study of the histories of the book. For more information and to register online, go to http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/ljs_symposium7.html

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CFP - Third Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
by Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

*Call for Papers - Third Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies* *June 15-17, 2015* *Saint Louis University* Saint Louis, Missouri The *Third Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://smrs.slu.edu/>* (June 15-17, 2015) is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. The Symposium is held annually on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University. On campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned apartments as well as a luxurious boutique hotel. Inexpensive meal plans are also available, although there is a wealth of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues within easy walking distance of campus. The *plenary speakers* for this year will be *Kenneth Pennington*, of Catholic University of America, and *Ingrid Rowland*, of the University of Notre Dame. While attending the Symposium participants are free to use the Vatican Film Library, the Rare Book and Manuscripts Collection, and the general collection at Saint Louis University's Pius XII Memorial Library. The Third Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://smrs.slu.edu/> invites proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions. The deadline for all submissions is *December 31*. Decisions will be made in January and the final program will be published in February. For more information or to submit your proposal online go to:* http://smrs.slu.edu <http://smrs.slu.edu/>* -------------------------------------- *The John Doran Prize - $500* Dr. John Doran (1966-2012) was senior lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Chester, UK, and an expert in the history of the papacy and the city of Rome. In honor of his commitment to scholarly excellence, the annual John Doran Prize recognizes outstanding work by a graduate student in the fields of Medieval and Early Modern History or Art History each year. The author of the winning paper will receive *$500 *and the option to have their paper *published in the journal **Allegorica*. The prize is endowed by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies <http://cmrs.slu.edu/> at Saint Louis University. Submissions are due by April 31, the winner will be announced at the Symposium.

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