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Center for Digital Scholarship

Month: February 2011

Job posting: Digital Humanities Librarian

We look forward to working closely with the Digital Humanities Librarian. This is a new position that is part of the Library’s Scholarly Resources group. Apply here (job number B01284). Details: As the Library’s primary liaison to academic departments in the humanities, the Digital Humanities Librarian plays a central role in the integration of digital Job posting: Digital Humanities Librarian

“History is speeding up”

Ted Widmer reflects on Lincoln research, utilizing digitized materials, and blogging: http://news.brown.edu/features/2011/02/disunion . See also the Library’s “Lincolniana at Brown.”

Women Writers Project

The newly designed Women Writers Project web site is now live, and there has been an addition of twelve new texts to Women Writers Online. Highlights include three dramas by Aphra Behn, Margaret Cavendish’s Philosophical Letters (1664), Sarah Stone’s A Complete Practice of Midwifery (1737), and Hannah Kilham’s Memoir of the Late Hannah Kilham (1837). Women Writers Project

New England Archivists meeting

The Spring 2011 New England Archivists meeting will be held on April 1-2, 2011, at the Pembroke Center at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The general theme of the conference is “The Future of Archives.” On Friday, Educational workshops will be offered in audio digitization, managing electronic records, and developing a records management program. New England Archivists meeting