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CFP: 2012 Digital Library Federation Forum

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:30:23 +0000

The 2012 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum is seeking proposals for presentations, panel discussions, workshops, research updates, and hands-on, problem-solving sessions. The Forum is a working meeting where DLF members come together to discover better methods of working through sharing and collaboration. Participation is open to all those interested in contributing to and playing an active part in the successful future of digital libraries, museums and archives services and collections.

CFP: Networked Humanities: From Within and Without the University

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:00:23 +0000

The University of Kentucky’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program invites proposals for a two day symposium devoted to discussion of the implications of a networked digital humanities. The symposium will bring together academic and professional audiences in order to rethink the taxonomy of humanities so that we emerge with a network of people and ideas beyond the traditional taxonomy of “humanities” work. Thus, talks will not be limited to traditional humanities areas of study.

Funding: Knight News Challenge: Data

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:23 +0000

We’re excited to announce that the next Knight News Challenge will focus on data. Starting May 31 through June 20, we’ll be looking for ideas that help unlock the power of data, by collecting, processing, visualizing or otherwise making it available, understandable and actionable. Applicants – whether for-profit startups or non-profit ventures – will have 21 days to submit their projects.

CFP: “Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History”

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:27 +0000

In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada. We welcome submissions from all areas of the field, including teaching, museums, archives, heritage management, tourism, consulting, litigation-based research, and public service… The committee encourages a wide variety of forms of conversation, such as working groups, roundtables, panel sessions, and professional development workshops, and urges participants to dispense with the reading of papers. Participants may be members of only one panel, but may also engage in working groups, introducing sessions and leading discussions.

Resource: First Issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication Published

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:30:34 +0000

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC) was founded to both recognize and embody this increasingly prominent role of libraries in shaping the future of scholarly communication.

Resource: The Bastards Book of Ruby

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:46 +0000

The Bastards Book of Ruby is an introduction to programming and its practical uses for journalists, researchers, scientists, analysts, and anyone else whose job is to seek out, make sense from, and show the hard-to-find data.

Job: UCLA Postdoctoral Position | Critical Digital Humanities

joan — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:38 +0000

One-year appointment beginning August 2012; possible renewal for up to two more years. Review of applications begins May 15; submission deadline is May 30, 2012.

We seek a postdoctoral researcher for a three-year research project, entitled The Transformation of Knowledge, Culture, and Practice in Data-Driven Science: A Knowledge Infrastructures Perspective: http://knowledgeinfrastructures.gseis.ucla.edu/index.html.

Resource: GeoTools

jeri — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:55:40 +0000

About GeoTools — GeoTools.

GeoTools is an open source (LGPL) Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data, for example to implement Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The GeoTools library implements Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications as they are developed.

For an overview of the capabilities of GeoTools please check the User Guide feature list.

Current version information:

8.0: Development
2.7: Stable

Resource: WorldMap Warper

jeri — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:15:08 +0000

Home – Map Warper.

Welcome to WorldMap WARP, a tool based on the MapWarper platform being developed by Entropy Free. The tool is for digitally aligning (geo-rectifying) scanned historical maps to match today’s precise maps. Visitors can browse maps others have geo-rectified or upload their own to rectify. Any map which has been rectified here can be brought into WorldMap by following the instructions under Section 3.9.1 in WorldMap Help.

Job: Postdoctoral positions, Elite Network Shifts

jeri — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:35:04 +0000

H-Net Job Guide.

Elite Network Shifts (ENS) is offering postdoctoral research positions for subprojects 2 and 3 (http://www.kitlv.nl/home/Projects?id=25). The main focus of those subprojects is the combination of social and complex network analysis with historical research on Indonesian elite rotation. ENS is open to discussion with strong candidates about a flexible allocation of tasks for each subproject; in particular, subproject 2 can be split. ENS aims for a strongly collaborating team of two or three postdoctoral researchers.

ENS is offering at least two postdoctoral positions.

Duration: At least two and up to three years (negotiable).

Starting date: February 2013 (negotiable)

Location: Based at KITLV, Leidenwww.kitlv.nl)

Salary: According to “CAO-Nederlandse universiteiten”; depending on age and experience, in scale 10 or 11 (with a maximum of Euro 3,755 gross per month).

Qualifications: The successful candidate will be prepared to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of researchers. This includes regular participation at activities of the E-humanities group, located at the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam (ehumanities.nl). The candidate is fluent in English.

Candidates will have a PhD and a proven research record in one of the following three fields, and a demonstrable affinity with another one:

Social sciences (preferably historical sociology, history, sociology, anthropology or political science), specialised in research about Indonesia (preferably elites, and history of Indonesia) (see subproject 2). Reading ability of the Indonesian language.
Social network analysis, computational and statistical methods, computational sociology, digital research methods (see subproject 2).
Complex systems, background in either mathematics, physics, or engineering. Specialised in socio- and econophysics or internet and web science; with a focus on evolving complex networks (see subproject 3).

Applications should be submitted electronically and include

CV
Two recent publications
A letter (maximum 2 A-4 sheets) motivating the application, and proposing a preferred task allocation and timetable.
Names and contact details of two referees

Applications should be sent by 30 June 2012 to the Coordinator, Elite Network Shifts, .

Further queries to the Elite Network Shifts project coordinator, Dr Gerry van Klinken.