MLA 2019: Commonsense Information Security for Academics
We initially planned this session for MLA 2018 (see our original post), but we unfortunately had to cancel the session due to snow. We…
Read MorePeer Review for Digital and Non-Traditional Scholarship
Last month, in collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University Press, I completed the first round of open peer review on my prototype scholarly podcast, Secret…
Read MoreEvaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers
This post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees) continues a series of blog posts…
Read MoreEvaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees
This post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers) continues a series of blog posts…
Read MoreCFP for MLA 2019: Scholarly Making: Pedagogy, Printing, Publics
The MLA Committee on Information Technology invites abstracts on the intersections between research and maker culture for a guaranteed panel at the MLA conference…
Read MoreStarter kit for considering a DH dissertation
Successful non-traditional dissertations include a comic book (Nick Sousanis), a hip-hop album (A.D. Carson), code and design without written chapters (me), and the use…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the CIT
We’ve had a great year in the MLA’s Committee for Information Technology. As a committee, we review and revise guidelines for evaluating digital scholarship,…
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MLA 2018 Digital Work Sessions
I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds the MLA Convention Program rather fascinating. The sedate-looking document is full of hidden stories about…
Read MoreMLA 2018: Hacking the Scholarly Workflow
The CIT is sponsoring a two-hour, free-of-cost workshop during MLA 2018 sharing seven simple, real- life, lowcost, practical hacks to help scholars organize research materials,…
Read MoreMLA 2018: Commonsense Information Security for Academics
The CIT is sponsoring an informal workshop during MLA 2018 to help individuals secure their academic and personal data from malicious individuals, businesses, and government….
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