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Job: Assistant Head, Archives Research Center in Atlanta
Assistant Head, Archives Research Center Institution: Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center Posted: December 9, 2009 Location: Georgia Category: Academic administration, Librarians/ library administration Position Description: Not Provided Employment Level: Not Provided Website: http://www.auctr.edu Salary: Not Provided … Continue reading
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Digital Preservation of early Christian Manuscripts
There’s a terrific article in the Chronicle of Higher Education today about the work of a Benedictine monk, the Rev. Columba Stewart, who is engaged on a project to digitize early Christian manuscripts held in monasteries around the world. There’s … Continue reading
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North Carolina State University Libraries fellowship
Those of you pursuing the dual degree program at Long Island University might be interested in applying for the NCSU Libraries fellowship. I worked in the NCSU Libraries for two years and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Here’s the short … Continue reading
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National Council on Public History 2010 Annual Meeting
National Council on Public History 2010 Annual Meeting – “Currents of Change” – Portland, OR Call for Posters The Poster Session is a format for presentations about projects that use visual evidence. It offers an alternative for presenters eager to … Continue reading
Museum in a Day: “Because Rome wasn’t built with WordPress”
All, Sorry that I didn’t learn about this earlier, but today I’ve glanced once or twice at a fascinating project: Museum in a Day. You can learn more about it at http://museuminaday.com. Basically, two IT professionals who work in the … Continue reading
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Article on the public humanities
All, There’s a great article today in /Inside Higher Ed/ on a symposium called “Platforms for Public Scholars” by the always intelligent and remarkable Scott McLemee. Sample quotation: “The public library is an institution that nobody would be able to … Continue reading
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DH2010: Digital Humanities 2010 CFP
All, You might be interested in this Call for Papers for the Digital Humanities annual conference; the theme is cultural heritage, the conference will be held in London July 7-10 2010, and proposals are due (rather precipitously) on October 31. … Continue reading
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Senate confirmation of the Archivist of the United States
Apparently the Senate confirmation of the US Archivist is happening now – there’s a webcast available online at http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_id=aea3649c-d29a-4ef9-91f5-bfea392457bf Thanks to Kate Thienen of the ArchivesNext blog at http://www.archivesnext.com/ (she’s @archivesnext on Twitter) for the information. Amanda – Amanda L. … Continue reading
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Digital Campus podcast on Google Books settlement
All, Pardon me for self-promotion, but I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve made my podcast debut this week. I’ve long been a listener to the Digital Campus podcast, which is produced by the wonderful people at the Center for History … Continue reading
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Twitter, institutions, historians, audiences
Originally posted 2/5/2009 at http://amandafrench.net/2009/02/05/twitter-institutions-historians-audiences/ Yesterday, Kathleen Hulser of the New-York Historical Society (yes, the hyphen is supposed to be there — it’s a historical hyphen), who is writing an article for Perspectives on History, the “newsmagazine of the American … Continue reading
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