The deadline for the new Digital Studio for Public Humanities (DSPH) grant is next week. Launched in August 2011 by the Office of the Provost, the Digital Studio for the Public Humanities  encourages and supports public digital humanities research, scholarship and learning. All proposals must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Vice PresidentContinue reading “Deadline near for UI public digital humanities grants”

The new year brings new changes to the digital library program at Iowa. Our department, formerly known as Digital Library Services (DLS), is now Digital Research & Publishing (DRP). The title change is an outgrowth of a larger Libraries reorganization and reflects a renewed emphasis on aiding scholars at work on digital research and publishing.Continue reading “Digital Library Services has new staff, new name”

Registration is now open for THATCamp Iowa City!  THATCamp Iowa City will run from Friday, March 30 to Sunday, April 1 at the University of Iowa. Conference sessions will be held Saturday and Sunday, with workshops on that Friday. THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp.” It is an unconference: an open, inexpensive meeting whereContinue reading “THATCamp Iowa City registration now open”

Get to Know Iowa City, Flex Your Creative Muscles, Win Fame and Prizes! As you’re getting to know Iowa City, you’re finding new places and people. What did those places look like in the past? Who were the people? Now it’s your turn to make your mark on the Iowa City landscape. Choose a historicalContinue reading “Student contest: Iowa City Then & Now”

The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the two winners of Creative Scholarship Innovation Awards, aimed at supporting significant digital humanities projects with the potential for national recognition. The award will fund hardware, software, and personnel; additionally, awardees will be paired with a team of librarians and technologists who will work as collaborators toContinue reading “The Libraries announce the 2010 Creative Scholarship Innovation Award winners”

Congratulations to Political Science Professor Bob Boynton. His New Media in Political Discourse project was selected by Center for Research Libraries to receive the 2010 Primary Source Award for research. CRL gives out just three Primary Source Awards annually, one each for teaching, research, and access. Boynton studies the use of new media in politicalContinue reading “Boynton project wins national award”

Digital Library Services is pleased to invite applications for a total of $10,000 in one-time funds to support innovative research computing in the humanities and social sciences. The goal of the Creative Scholarship Innovation Award is to raise the level of digital scholarship at Iowa by supporting significant projects with the potential for national recognition. TheContinue reading “Seeding digital humanities: UI Libraries offers start-up funds”

 Arts and humanities researchers interested in collaborating with campus technologists and librarians to develop innovative technology project proposals for the upcoming Arts & Humanities Initiative (AHI) grant cycle are encouraged to attend one of two workshops. While project consultations are geared toward AHI applicants, any researcher interested in getting a digital project off the groundContinue reading “Digital Humanities Project Development Workshops”

We’ve added a new viewer to the item interface for the Iowa Digital Library.  dmMonicle is an image viewer that makes it easier to see detailed pictures with its click-and-drag capability (think Google Maps).  Another significant change is how you zoom.  Rather than having defined zoom levels, zooming is handled with a sliderbar.  It doesn’tContinue reading “A new view for IDL”

Congratulations to former DLS student assistant and recent library school grad Sarah Dorpinghaus on accepting her first professional position. Sarah was instrumental in helping us put together our Lincoln Digital Collection, so it’s fitting that she’ll relocate to the Land of Lincoln, where she’ll be working as a Project Archivist at the Chicago History Museum. Good luck, Sarah! “City ofContinue reading “Chicago bound”