As promised during the summer of 2024, Digital Humanities Now has finally returned after a long hiatus. Once a key anchor in the digital humanities community, DHNow, with underwriting from Digital Scholar, hopes once again to provide a gathering place for engagement about contemporary digital scholarship and up-to-date news about the field.
Today, Sourcery launches its peer-to-peer service, allowing researchers who need archival materials—now in Boston or New York City, but soon in other locations—to link up with a researcher in the area who is available to digitize and return a copy of the required materials. The application is an intervention in access that reflects current realities with respect to research and travel budgets, and environmental conditions.
Falls Church, VA — Digital Scholar, a leading nonprofit organization which builds and maintains critical open-source infrastructure for the digital humanities, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheila A. Brennan as Director of Institutional Relations. With her extensive experience in humanities scholarship and strategic leadership, Dr. Brennan brings a wealth of experience and insight to the organization.
Digital Scholar is in search of an energetic and efficient administrative assistant to support the work of the organization’s leadership team. The individual in this position would undertake the following responsibilities in the course of this position:
Today we are sharing our 2024 Annual Report. We were pleased to celebrate our 15th anniversary this year, and to continue our fruitful collaborations with many of you. In this report you will find a summary of the year’s highlights and the important developments that have occurred with each of our open source software projects.
We are pleased to announce that after a hiatus, DHNow is returning in Fall 2024, under the editorial direction of Dan Cohen.
We are very much looking forward to DH2024 in Arlington, VA next month.
Vienna, VA — Digital Scholar, a leading nonprofit organization which builds and maintains critical open-source infrastructure for the digital humanities, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharon M. Leon as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). With her extensive experience in humanities scholarship and strategic leadership, Dr. Leon brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the organization.