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Amanda French

About Amanda French

I have a Ph.D. in English literature; my 2004 dissertation was a history of the villanelle. During graduate school I gained a good bit of experience with building websites, with technology training, and with marking up texts in XML at the Rossetti Archive and the Electronic Text Center; since then I’ve continued to do work (often in university libraries) related to the two cultures of technology and the humanities.

THATCamp CHNM, June 7-8 2013

The Humanities and Technology Camp is an open unconference where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot. Since its founding at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media … Continue reading

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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

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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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