Curation EMORY JOHNSON; DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Review of dh+lib Dh+lib was inspired by a desire to create a community for people to discuss the future of digital humanities and libraries Dh+lib is hosted by ACRL on the Word Press site ( and can be viewed by the publichttp://acrl.ala.org/dh/ Dh+lib is a user curated blog Participants and contributors include grad students, librarians, archivists and other information specialists Launched in November 2012 Dh+lib follows 167 feeds

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Editors At Large There are three main content editors and a series of rotating volunteer editors referred to as ‘Editors-at-Large” Editors sign up for weekly shifts (actually 6 days) Volunteers accepted at ( Editors are able to access all the aggregated content from the feeds via this feature Dh+lib uses the Press Forward application for WordPress to allow editors back end access to the blog

Criteria For Review Recommended ◦As the title implies this category is for posts that would be of vital importance; articles, scholarship and research Digital Projects ◦This category is for both new digital projects and ones with a lasting impact on the community Posts ◦Not as vital as recommended posts but still of interest Resources ◦This can include anything from papers, grants, to tools. Calls for Papers ◦Calls for papers, projects, participation, etc. Job Announcements ◦Specifically related to digital humanities and libraries Funding and Opportunities ◦Not jobs or calls for anything but still offer important opportunities

Curation Method More information about the post, including original location, author and date Marks this post as important so you can look at it later Comment box, specific comments on the post or the category posts is recommended for Recommend icon, if icon is green post has been recommended

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