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Digital Projects Technical Coordinator

Posted on 2007-07-27 by smahony

Copied from Humanist LIBRARY DIGITAL PROJECTS TECHNICAL COORDINATOR Northern Illinois University Libraries seek a dynamic individual to coordinate technical aspects of their award-winning digital projects. Responsibilities include setting markup and metadata standards for all of the library Digitization Unit’s new … Continue reading →

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Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC’08)

Posted on 2007-07-24 by smahony

copied from Humanist: CALL FOR PAPERS ICTs Bridging Cultures? Theories, Obstacles, Best Practices 6th International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC08) 24-27 June 2008 Université de Nîmes, France Conference languages: English and French www.catacconference.org The biennial CATaC … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming lectures on arts and humanities e-science

Posted on 2007-06-27 by smahony

Forwarded from AHESC Arts and Humanites e-Science Support Centre (http://www.ahessc.ac.uk/) The next lectures in the e-Science in the Arts and Humanities Theme (see http://www.ahessc.ac.uk/theme) begin next week. The Theme, organized by the Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (AHeSSC) and … Continue reading →

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100+ million word corpus of American English (1920s-2000s)

Posted on 2007-06-25 by smahony

Saw this on Humanist. Anything out there and also freely available for UK English? A new 100+ million word corpus of American English (1920s-2000s) is now freely available at: http://corpus.byu.edu/time/ The corpus is based on more than 275,000 articles in … Continue reading →

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Announcing the TEI 2007 Members Meeting

Posted on 2007-06-20 by smahony

From Susan Schreibman posted on Humanist: We are pleased to announce the TEI annual members meeting: ** TEI@20: 20 Years of Supporting the Digital Humanities ** 31st October – 3rd November 2007, University of Maryland Pre-conference workshops: 31 October 2007 … Continue reading →

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Announcing TAPoR version 1.0

Posted on 2007-04-24 by smahony

Seen on Humanist: Announcing TAPoR version 1.0 http://portal.tapor.ca We have just updated the Text Analysis Portal for Research (TAPoR) to version 1.0 and invite you to try it out. The new version will not appear that different from previous versions. … Continue reading →

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First issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly

Posted on 2007-04-11 by smahony

The first issue of this new open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal is now out. Have a look. The following text is copied from the Digital Classicist mailing list: We are very pleased to announce the first issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly … Continue reading →

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ImaNote – Image and Map Annotation Notebook

Posted on 2007-04-04 by smahony

This looks a useful tool. Anyone tried it? Claims to allow annotation and links to be added to images with RSS to keep track of everything. Following text copied from Humanist: We are really happy to announce the release of … Continue reading →

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TEI Workshops @ Kalamazoo

Posted on 2007-03-02 by smahony

Copied from Humanist: The Medieval Academy of America Committee on Electronic Resources is pleased to announce two TEI workshops to be held at the International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, MI, in May 2007. Both workshops will be on Thursday, May 10 … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Posted on 2007-02-28 by smahony

Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Additional Scholarship (University of Victoria) Copied from the Digital Classicist mailing list. Announcing Additional Scholarships and an Extended Deadline (March 8th) for the 2007 Digital Humanities Summer Institute University of Victoria June 18-22, 2007 http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/ We … Continue reading →

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The Nebraska Digital Workshop

Posted on 2007-02-22 by smahony

See on Humanist: Call for Proposals The Nebraska Digital Workshop October 5 & 6, 2007 The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH) at the University of Nebraska’s Lincoln (UNL) will host the second annual Nebraska Digital Workshop on … Continue reading →

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Interview: Knowledge to the people

Posted on 2007-02-02 by smahony

Article seen in the New Scientist: Interview with Jimmy Wales the founder of Wikipedia. From issue 2589 of New Scientist magazine, 31 January 2007, page 44-45 Questions include: Was Wikipedia a fully formed concept right from the start? When did … Continue reading →

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Online “Middle English Compendium”

Posted on 2007-01-31 by smahony

See on Humanist posted by Paul Schaffner | PFSchaffner@umich.edu The University of Michigan announces that under new arrangements worked out between the University Press and the University Library, all components of the online “Middle English Compendium,” including the online version … Continue reading →

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ANNOUNCING: TWO E-LEARNING CONFERENCES, OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Posted on 2007-01-23 by smahony

Seen in Humanist: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:46:56 +0000 From: Michael Fraser Subject: e-Learning events at Oxford ANNOUNCING: TWO E-LEARNING CONFERENCES, OXFORD UNIVERSITY 22nd and 23rd March Said Business School The Shock of the Old 6: The Shock of … Continue reading →

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Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

Posted on 2007-01-18 by smahony

Seen in Humanist: **Conference Announcement** Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Meeting of the UK Chapter: January 24th – 26th 2007 Tudor Merchants Hall, Southampton The CAA UK chapter is intended as a forum for research in the area … Continue reading →

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