MLA 2019: Commonsense Information Security for Academics
by Slides from the 2019 MLA Convention Session. A version of these recommendations has since been published in Profession as “Information Security for Academics: Small Steps…
Peer Review for Digital and Non-Traditional Scholarship
byLast month, in collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University Press, I completed the first round of open peer review on my prototype scholarly podcast, Secret…
Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers
byThis post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees) continues a series of blog posts…
Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees
byThis post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers) continues a series of blog posts…
CFP for MLA 2019: Scholarly Making: Pedagogy, Printing, Publics
byThe MLA Committee on Information Technology invites abstracts on the intersections between research and maker culture for a guaranteed panel at the MLA conference…
Starter kit for considering a DH dissertation
bySuccessful 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…
What’s Next for the CIT
byWe’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,…
MLA 2018 Digital Work Sessions
byI’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…
MLA 2018: Hacking the Scholarly Workflow
byThe 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,…
MLA 2018: Commonsense Information Security for Academics
byThe CIT is sponsoring an informal workshop during MLA 2018 to help individuals secure their academic and personal data from malicious individuals, businesses, and government….