Monthly Archives: January 2008

CFP: Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0

By way of JISC-Repositories: The 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (25 to 27 June 2008, Toronto, Canada) has just extended its call for papers to 31 January 2008. Full details below …

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CFP: Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums

Gabriel Bodard just posted a call for papers for a “virtual worlds” conference, to be held in Second Life on 8 March 2008. You can read the full CFP in the Digital Classicist Archive. I find it unfortunate that the … Continue reading

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Humanities GRID Workshop (30-31 Jan; Imperial College London)

By way of the Digital Classicists List: Epistemic Networks and GRID + Web 2.0 for Arts and Humanities 30-31 January 2008 Imperial College Internet Centre, Imperial College London http://www.internetcentre.imperial.ac.uk/events Data driven Science has emerged as a new model which enables … Continue reading

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CFP: International aerial archaeology conference

Another interesting call for papers via Jack Sasson’s Agade list: CALL FOR PAPERS International aerial archaeology conference (AARG 2008) Ljubljana, 9 – 11 September 2008 Hosted by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Proposals for sessions, … Continue reading

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Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future (report)

The British Library and JISC commissioned the Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER) at UCL to produce a report on Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future. It’s well worth reading the full reportin PDF … Continue reading

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International School in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

By way of Jack Sasson’s Agade list: We would like to bring your attention to the International School in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage that we’re organizing in May 2008, in Ascona, Switzerland. It’s a jointly organization between: ETH Zurich University … Continue reading

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THATCamp: May 31 – June 1, 2008

See further http://thatcamp.org/: a BarCamp-style, user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities … organized and hosted by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, Digital Campus, and THATPodcast

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NEH/IMLS Advancing Knowledge Grant Program Announced

From Brett Bobley: This is a reminder that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) invite applications to a digital humanities grant competition sponsored by the two federal agencies. The grant … Continue reading

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NEH/JISC joint event at King’s College, London

Monday, 21 January 2008 in room 2B08, Strand Campus, King’s College London: Developing International Collaboration for Digitisation: the JISC – National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) perspective, an evening panel session looking at issues related to international digitization, hosted by the … Continue reading

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Digital Humanities Tool Survey

In Brett Bobley’s recent email, he alerted us to Susan Schreibman’s survey: Colleagues, Over the past few years, the idea of tool development as a scholarly activity in the digital humanities has been gaining ground. It has been the subject … Continue reading

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CFP: 3D Colour Laser Scanning

Noted by way of the DigitalClassicist List: Reminder – Second Call for Papers Dear colleague, A conference on 3D Colour Laser Scanning will be held at UCL on the 27th and 28th of March 2008. Proposals are invited for contributions … Continue reading

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NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants Guidelines Posted

Brett Bobley wrote to alert subscribers to the publication of updated Guidelines for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants. The major change since last year: level I applications (basic research) are a maximum 5 page narrative; … Continue reading

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Tutorial: The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model

Noted by way of JISC-REPOSITORIES: DCC Tutorial: The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model – A New Standard for Knowledge Sharing January 29 2008 University of Glasgow The DCC and FORTH are delighted to announce that they will be delivering a joint … Continue reading

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CFP “Podcasting and the Classics” APA 2009 Philadelphia

Noted on Classics-l: Call for Papers: APA 2009, Philadelphia Outreach Committee “Podcasting and the Classics” Co-organizers Chris Ann Matteo and Ed DeHoratius In the field of classical humanities, professors and K -12 teachers alike are witnessing the democratizing power of … Continue reading

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Open Knowledge 2008 (London, 15 March)

Noted by way of JISC-REPOSITORIES: Please circulate as appropriate… OKCon 2008 – ‘Open Knowledge: Applications, Tools and Services’ where: London School of Economics, London, UK when: 15th March 2008 (1030-1830) www: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ register: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/register/ wiki: http://www.okfn.org/wiki/okcon2008/ Following on from the … Continue reading

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