globaloutlookdh-l January 2013

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Anybody worked with Sloan before?
by Daniel O'Donnell 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Hi all, Looking into funding and the I saw the Sloan foundation have a programme aimed at STEM Higher Education initiatives (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine). The description really seems to focus on technology and is particular interested in promoting access. > STEM Higher Education > The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is unique among foundations in its > focus on science and technology. We believe that the scholars and > practicioners in scientific and technical fields are chief drivers of > the nation's prosperity. Grants in the STEM Higher Education program > area promote access to the scientific enterprise, provide information > about scientific and technical careers, and encourage innovation to > the structure of scientific training. Anybody have any experience with them? I wonder if a DH application could make the case that we fit their interests. -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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MLA Report
by Alex Gil 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Dear all, I just came back from a very exciting MLA <http://www.mla.org/> meeting. The MLA, for those of you who are not familiar with the organization is the largest professional organization in the United States for scholars working in modern languages, including English, Spanish and French. This year was particularly exhilarating because of a confluence of factors. This year's president, Michael Berubé<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9>, received a standing ovation for his impassioned presidential adress in defense of adjunct faculty. DH continued to be on the rise, showcasing now active detractors<http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/01/05/on-the-dark-side-of-the-…>. Finally, the world of digital scholarship is opening up to the idea of a true internationalization as a cadre of bright minds<http://www.nitle.org/live/events/151-race-and-the-digital-humanities-an-int…>debates race, gender, sexuality and the digital archive bravely and productively. As you can imagine, I was quite busy myself. I offered two talks that touch on our shared goals and made many new friends who share them. My first talk was about us directly and the need to get involved this year. The second was about the possibility of distributing DH archives "through other means," especially when those archives can meet needs outside of the rich countries that produce them. The purpose of these talks was to open the conversation, of course. I was happy to learn that Cathy Davidson<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Davidson>and HASTAC <http://hastac.org/> have already begun plans to host their annual conference in Peru, with the collaboration of digital scholars from South America. We are planning to meet virtually in February to see where our efforts overlap, and hopefully begin a collaboration with them with graduate students as the main focus. I also had a chance to have a long cup of coffee with Geoffrey Rockwell<http://www.geoffreyrockwell.com/>, of DH fame. We talked about possible collaborations with 4Humanities<http://humanistica.ualberta.ca/>, who as some of you may remember, started a 'correspondent' program in 2011 to learn more about digital scholarship from around the world. We will continue those conversations with Geoffrey and Alan Liu in the days to come. Hopefully we will have some good news to report back to you. In the meantime, I created a couple of *early *drafts for the Around DH in 80 Days<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Km_LuypvHyWacct24KAsOKjLzWKQo2kwMgPL7x9…>project, which will eventually highlight projects and teams from around the world. I invite you to become a contributor to the GoogleDoc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3cHJpo4lN0xUYVnTLHuOLWdFGEgEWLy5W-b8Yc…>as soon as you can. In order for us to keep track of who edits what, you should request permission to edit if you haven't done so already. Just shoot me a line if you're interested. I look forward to working with all of you this year! All the best from New York, -- Alex Gil Digital Scholarship Coordinator Humanities and History Columbia University Libraries

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Posting to the list
by Daniel O'Donnell 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Hi all, For some reason, all new subscriptions are being set to "moderation" by the list server software. This means that you are initially being prevented from posting. I apologise for this: I've been trying to stop it doing this, but haven't yet found the right setting apparently. All members of the list are of course free to post to it! If for some reason you find you cannot post, please contact me to let me know and I will manually reset your account (I have just done this, so everybody should be able to post at the moment). Until I find the correct setting, I will check every couple of days as well to make sure that everybody is able to post. Apologies for the inconvenience! -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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RE: globaloutlookdh-l Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2
by Sara Sikes 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

I'd be willing to assist with the committee. Thanks for putting GO::DH in motion! Sara -----Original Message----- From: globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca [mailto:globaloutlookdh-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of globaloutlookdh-l-request(a)uleth.ca Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:00 AM To: globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca Subject: globaloutlookdh-l Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 Send globaloutlookdh-l mailing list submissions to globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to globaloutlookdh-l-request(a)uleth.ca You can reach the person managing the list at globaloutlookdh-l-owner(a)uleth.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of globaloutlookdh-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ADHO SIG approval (Alex Gil) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:38:51 -0500 From: Alex Gil <colibri.alex(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] ADHO SIG approval To: "Daniel O'Donnell" <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca>, A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community <globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca> Message-ID: <CAJpR9mE7P31dB-WKZbf1qJuu-Re4xbMfThpqObbna1G5P_u4Rg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Naturally, you can count on me for the Exec. Committee. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Daniel O'Donnell <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca>wrote: > Hi all, > > A quick word... The ADHO Steering Committee has approved GO::DH as a > Special Interest Group. > > We will be getting webspace from ADHO in the very near future (the > communications officer is currently determining the best place to put > us in the new website). We should also form a more formal executive to > oversee and support our various projects. > > I'd like to return to the question of the executive next week, however: > many people are still returning to work and I'll be resending an > invitation to participants at the Havana Birds of a Feather meeting > from this past December on the weekend. > > -dan > > -- > Daniel Paul O'Donnell > Professor of English > University of Lethbridge > Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 > Canada > > +1 403 393-2539 > > ______________________________**_________________ > globaloutlookdh-l mailing list > globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca > http://listserv.uleth.ca/**mailman/listinfo/**globaloutlookdh-l<http:/ > /listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l> > -- Alex Gil Digital Scholarship Coordinator Humanities and History Columbia University Libraries

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ADHO SIG approval
by Daniel O'Donnell 05 Jan '13

05 Jan '13

Hi all, A quick word... The ADHO Steering Committee has approved GO::DH as a Special Interest Group. We will be getting webspace from ADHO in the very near future (the communications officer is currently determining the best place to put us in the new website). We should also form a more formal executive to oversee and support our various projects. I'd like to return to the question of the executive next week, however: many people are still returning to work and I'll be resending an invitation to participants at the Havana Birds of a Feather meeting from this past December on the weekend. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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