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Metadata Analyst position open at Indiana University Libraries
by Dot Porter 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

(apologies for cross-posting) Hi everyone, Please take note of the following position with has just opened in the Digital Library Program at Indiana University. We welcome applications from candidates with experience with metadata crosswalking and XML/XSLT. Individuals from all scholarly backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This is a tenure-track librarian position. Dot Porter (Associate Dir. for Content & Services, DLP) (Full description posted here, also available at ) Metadata Analyst Assistant Librarian/Associate Librarian Indiana University Bloomington Libraries The IU Bloomington Libraries are seeking an energetic, innovative and service-oriented individual for the newly created position of Metadata Analyst for the Indiana University Digital Library Program (DLP). The DLP is a system-wide resource that is dedicated to the production, maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a wide range of high-quality networked resources. As part of the Library Technologies and Digital Libraries division, the DLP assumes a leadership role in the development and delivery of services to preserve and provide access to digital content from IU’s libraries, archives, museums, faculty, and academic departments to local users, citizens of the state of Indiana, and beyond. The DLP provides a focus for the development of strategies and initiatives that will help guide the University's libraries through the transformations necessary to succeed in the digital age. The Metadata Analyst reports to the Associate Director for Digital Library Content and Services and will be responsible for: Planning long-term metadata strategies for the IU Libraries and DLP Advising on appropriate standards and approaches to creating and managing metadata for digital projects, collections, and systems Working with collection managers, subject specialists, and catalogers to identify appropriate metadata standards in digital projects covering a variety of media, including text, music, still images, audio, and video Designing and/or adapting XML schemas, XSLT stylesheets, Schematron assertions, and RDF ontologies for digital systems and projects Translating metadata between formats and integrating metadata from a variety of sources Participating in the design and development of services to support preservation of and access to digitized and born-digital content from IU's collections Collaborating with local, national, and international partners on research to advance the state of the art in digital libraries Serving as a liaison between the Digital Library Program and internal and external partners on collaborative metadata projects Performing project management activities for individual digital collection and systems projects The Metadata Analyst will work on projects across the spectrum of the Digital Library Program, including those in support of the Lilly Library, University Archives, Cook Music Library, Archives of Traditional Music, Wells Library, and other units on the IU Bloomington campus, as well as in support of other IU campuses. The Metadata Analyst will also provide metadata planning and analysis support for IUScholarWorks, IU’s suite of online scholarly communication services (based on DSpace and Open Journal System software), and IU’s Fedora-based digital collections repository. The Metadata Analyst will also contribute to DLP's involvement in IU's efforts to support data management and curation for its researchers and in the groundbreaking work on data publishing and curation to be undertaken as part of an NSF funded DataNet award. Additional work will overlap with the HathiTrust Digital Library (http://hathitrust.org) and the HathiTrust Research Center (http://www.hathitrust-research.org). QUALIFICATIONS: Required: ALA-accredited master's degree in library science, information management/science, or related degree Minimum 2 years of experience in metadata analysis and support Knowledge of the concepts and applications used in the standards and practices of organizing information Experience in recommending, designing and implementing metadata schemes for digital library projects Experience in the transformation of XML documents using XSLT Experience with metadata standards including MARC, MARCXML, EAD, Dublin Core, METS, MODS, FRBR, VRA and others Experience with creation and/or knowledge and management of digital objects in various text, image, sound, and/or video formats Experience with digital repository systems such as Fedora or DSpace Excellent written and oral communication skills Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with diverse population of faculty, students, and academic colleagues Good organization skills and an aptitude for complex analytical and detailed work Ability to meet the requirements of a tenure-track librarian position Preferred: Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, manage, and implement projects Experience with programming using Perl or Java Experience in writing grant proposals and/or managing grants Experience cataloging in MARC SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and education; benefits include a university healthcare plan, university-funded base retirement plan, a 100% university paid group life insurance plan, and a generous paid time off plan. This is a tenure-track academic appointment that includes eligibility for sabbatical leaves. For a full list of benefit programs, please refer to the following resources: Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits/neweeo-profe.html Video: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefitsvideo/academic.html Brochure: http://hr.iu.edu/enroll/video.html APPLICATION REVIEW: Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2012. The position will remain open until filled. How to apply. -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Dot Porter (MA, MSLS) Digital Medievalist, Digital Librarian Email: dot.porter(a)gmail.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

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OCICS 2012 CFP
by Juliana Dresvina 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Dear Digital Medievalists, Please find attached a call for papers advertisement for the third biennial Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (OCICS), which will take place at the University of Oxford on 5 - 7 July 2012. We would be very grateful if you would circulate the attached call for papers, and the message below, to your Faculty members and graduate students. Thank you very much for all your time and assistance. With all best wishes, The OCICS 2012 Organizing Committee. ************************* The 3rd Biennial Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (OCICS) 5-7 July 2012 University of Oxford The Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (OCICS) is a biennial conference devoted to the interdisciplinary study of chronicles in the medieval and Early Modern periods. It provides a forum for discussions of historical and related texts written across a range of languages, periods and places. It seeks to strengthen the network of chronicle studies worldwide, and aims to encourage collaboration between researchers working in a variety of disciplines from around the globe. The theme for the 2012 conference, which will take place at the University of Oxford from the 5-7 July, is 'Bonds, Links, and Ties in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles'. Keynote addresses will be given by Prof Pauline Stafford (Liverpool), Dr Elizabeth van Houts (Cambridge), and Dr James Howard-Johnston (Oxford). The conference will take place at Oxford's Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies. Registration is £60 (full) or £50 (reduced). This includes lunch and refreshments on all three days. A limited number of bursaries will be available to assist graduate students with travel costs. Call for Papers Abstracts of no more than 300 words for papers of 20 minutes must be submitted to the organizers via e-mail (at ocics(a)history.ox.ac.uk) by 31 January 2012. Topics may include, but are not limited to: « genealogies (real or imagined) « family bonds « textual links « breaks and discontinuities « links between past, present, and future « ties of religion and faith « law, order, and disruption « oaths, promises, and betrayals « local, regional, and national identities Please visit our website for more information: www.ocics.co.uk We look forward to receiving your submission! Yours faithfully, The OCICS 2012 Organizing Committee. ocics(a)history.ox.ac.uk

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Becoming a Digital Humanities PhD Student: workshop at King's College London
by Pierazzo, Elena 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

With apologies for cross posting. The event described below will be of immediate interest to people in the London area, but we will shortly be hosting a virtual open day for those elsewhere. Please forward this notice to anyone you think might be interested. ================================= Are you thinking of doing a MPhil/PhD in Digital Humanities or Digital Humanities with Hellenic Studies, Classics, Comparative Literature, History, English, French, German, Music…? And would you like to study in central London at one of the world top universities? If the answer is yes, come to our event to meet potential supervisors and current PhD students. There will also be a research clinic, followed by a drinks reception. Additionally, this event is open to all University of London MA and current MPhil/PhD students who would like to add a digital component to their PhD. 1 December 6 to 8pm in S3.41 Strand Campus Programme 6.00-7.00 - Session 1 Welcome to PhD Programme: Structure and Aims (Professor Willard McCarty) Career Prospects for Postgraduate (Emma Baker, Career Services) Being a Digital Humanities PhD Student: Perspectives of two Current Students Research Environment in the Department of Digital Humanities (Dr John Lavagnino) Supervisors and Research Questions (Dr Elena Pierazzo) 7.00-8.00 Session 2 (Drinks Reception) Research Clinic and Networking Find more details on our website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/study/pgr/workshop.aspx Regards Elena _________________________ Dr Elena Pierazzo Lecturer in Digital Humanities Chair of the Teaching Committee Department of Digital Humanities King's College London 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL Phone: 0207-848-1949 Fax: 0207-848-2980 elena.pierazzo(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:elena.pierazzo@kcl.ac.uk> www.kcl.ac.uk

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DM Bylaws (final vote)
by James Cummings 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Dear DM-l subscriber, Apologies for the delay in posting this vote, we discussed the comments that the community submitted and made only very minor changes to the proposed bylaw modifications. Also we've had some problems with the DM website recently, which hopefully should now be rectified. If you have a look at http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/bylaws-new.html to see the proposed modifications to the bylaws, and then please go vote on whether you accept them at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RS2CWQL It is a very simple yes/no/abstain vote, and will pass as long as at least two-thirds of recorded votes have voted yes. (Though we'd hope that most of you would vote yes.) The survey will be open until the 1 November. Many thanks for your cooperation, -James Cummings Digital Medievalist, Director

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Digital Philology - CFS, 2013 Open Issue
by Albert Lloret 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures Call for Submissions, 2013 Open Issue Digital Philology is a new 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. Beginning in 2012 Digital Philology will have two issues per year, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. One of the issues will be open to all submissions, while the other one will be guest-edited and revolve around a thematic axis. Contributions may take the form of a scholarly essay or focus on the study of a particular manuscript. Articles must be written in English, follow the 3rd edition (2008) of the MLA style manual, and be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length, including footnotes and list of works cited. Quotations in the main text in languages other than English should appear along with their English translation. Digital Philology is welcoming submissions for its 2013 open issue. Inquiries and submissions (as a Word document attachment) should be sent to dph(a)jhu.edu, addressed to the Managing Editor (Albert Lloret). Digital Philology will also publish manuscript studies and reviews of books and digital projects. Correspondence regarding manuscript studies may be addressed to Jeanette Patterson at jpatterson09(a)gmail.com. Correspondence regarding digital projects and publications for review may be addressed to Timothy Stinson at tlstinson(a)gmail.com. Editors and Editorial Board Albert Lloret, Managing Editor University of Massachusetts Amherst Jeanette Patterson, Manuscript Studies Editor Johns Hopkins University Timothy Stinson, Review Editor North Carolina State University Nadia R. Altschul, Executive Editor Johns Hopkins University Stephen G. Nichols and Nadia R. Altschul, Founding Editors Johns Hopkins University Editorial Board Tracy Adams, Auckland University Benjamin Albritton, Stanford University Nadia R. Altschul, Johns Hopkins University R. Howard Bloch, Yale University Kevin Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, University of Paris, Sorbonne - Paris IV Suzanne Conklin Akbari, University of Toronto Lucie Dolezalova, Charles University, Prague Alexandra Gillespie, University of Toronto Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University Sharon Kinoshita, University of California, Santa Cruz Joachim Küpper, Free University of Berlin Deborah McGrady, University of Virginia Christine McWebb, University of Waterloo Stephen G. Nichols, Johns Hopkins University Timothy Stinson, North Carolina State University Albert Lloret, PhD Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts Dept. of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Spanish and Portuguese Herter Hall 433 161 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA 01003 Managing Editor Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures

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LECTIO: Laboratory for Critical Text Editing - Round Table 21 November
by Caroline Macé 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Dear Colleagues, LECTIO, the Leuven Centre for the study of the transmission of texts and ideas in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (http://ghum.kuleuven.be/lectio), is organizing a series of round tables in the framework of a "Laboratory for critical text editing". The first one is entitled 'Digital or critical/Digital and critical?'. Speakers are Franz Fischer (Cologne Center for eHumanities), Karina van Dalen-Oskam (Huygens ING) and Tara Andrews (K.U.Leuven/LECTIO). The meeting will take place on Monday November 21, 2-5 pm, in Leuven, Faculty of Arts (http://www2.arts.kuleuven.be/situering), Room: MSI 02.08. You are most welcome to attend, but, please register by sending an email to An Faems: an.faems(a)arts.kuleuven.be<mailto:an.faems@arts.kuleuven.be>. Best wishes, Caroline Macé

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Job in DH at Northeastern (Boston, US)
by Digital Medievalist » News: digitalmedievalistnews 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

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Final reminder: Call for Proposals for Digital Humanities 2012 conference
by Spence, Paul 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

The international Program Committee for the Digital Humanities 2012 conference (to be held at Hamburg, Germany) announces its last call for all proposals--proposals for posters, short papers, long papers, panels and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. The deadline is now just **two weeks away** on Tuesday, 1 Nov 2011, at 12 midnight GMT. Just a reminder that this is a firm deadline - please check your time zone in relation to GMT and leave plenty of time before the deadline for your submission. Submissions should be made through the DH 2012 conference ConfTool submission portal at https://secure.digitalhumanities.org. If you have previously used ConfTool to submit a paper, review papers, or register for Digital Humanities conference and cannot remember your user name, please contact us at dh2012 at digitalhumanities.org. If you cannot remember your password, the system will generate a new password for you. The full Call for Papers for both the main conference and pre-conference are available on the conference website at http://www.dh2012.uni-hamburg.de/ Best wishes Paul Spence, Chair on behalf of the 2012 international Programme Committee ---------------------------------------- Paul Spence Acting Head of Department Department of Digital Humanities King's College London 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL paul.spence(a)kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/research/index.aspx

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Hortulus Journal CFP: Space and Place in the Medieval Imagination
by Digital Medievalist » News: digitalmedievalistnews 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

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CFP: 'Digital Methods and Resources for Palaeography and Manuscript Studies' (Kalamazoo 2012)…
by Digital Medievalist » News: digitalmedievalistnews 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

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