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JLA editorial board resigns

Last spring, I contributed an article to the Journal of Library Administration’s issue on special collections, and found myself in an annoying tussle with Taylor & Francis over their licensing terms. The overwhelming impression I had was that the agreement was a mishmosh of contradictory terms, a kitchen-sink kind of monstrosity that made no sense...
DH & Data Management Plans

DH & Data Management Plans

This post originally appeared on the Chicago DH email list. Chicago DH is an informal group of scholars, technologists, librarians, and others dedicated to sharing digital humanities events, announcements, questions, and discussions in and around Chicago. To join the group, please visit https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/chicago-dh.   As I’m sure many of you are aware, data management plans are...
White House, U.S. House and U.S. Senate move on open access

White House, U.S. House and U.S. Senate move on open access

In the last week, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate and the White House have all made major moves to expand public access to the results of federally funded research. Last week, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) was introduced in the House and Senate. Today, the White House...
Event: "Unlocking the English Short Title Catalogue"

Event: “Unlocking the English Short Title Catalogue”

Unlocking the English Short Title Catalogue: New Tools for Early Modern and Eighteenth-Century Bibliography and Book History A Digital Humanities Presentation by Ben Pauley, Associate Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University Thursday, January 10, 2013, 3:30 – 5:00 Northwestern University Library, Forum Room Refreshments will be served. The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) is the most...
A Gentle Introduction to Digital Text Analysis

A Gentle Introduction to Digital Text Analysis

The above slides and following transcript were presented at Northwestern University on November 14, 2012, as part of the Scholarly Resources and Technology Series.    Jade Werner: I’m not going to take up too much time, as the main focus of this presentation is on the incredible tools you can use to perform digital analyses...
Open Access 101

Open Access 101

Open Access 101 from Center for Scholarly Communication & Digital Curation Claire Stewart, Head of Digital Collections and Scholarly Communication Services, Josh Honn, Digital Scholarship Library Fellow, and John Blosser, Head Electronic Resources and Collection Analyst, present an introduction to open access and updates on recent developments. For more information, please email cscdc@northwestern.edu. Thursday, October 25,...