Author Archives: Tom

About Tom

Associate Dean for Library Technology, University Libraries, University of Alabama

Digital Killed the Analog Star: An Interview with Fred Moody of Anvil Academic Press

Good interview on Anvil Academic as a follow up to our visit with Korey Jackson. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/digital-killed-the-analog-star-an-interview-with-fred-moody-of-anvil-academic/42936

Franky is here!

Please join me in welcoming Franky Abbott to the University of Alabama.  She is our Post-Doctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities.  Her contact info is: Phone:  348-0767 Email:  frabbott@ua.edu Office:  Gorgas 105 Stop by or send a greeting!

Jason and Tom Guest Lecturers @ UMD

Based on a presentation Jason, Shawn, and Tom did last fall at the Library and Information Technology Association National Forum on the ADHC, we were approached to teach a session on digital humanities at the University of Maryland iSchool. We … Continue reading

Post-Doctoral Appointment

March 21, 2012 The University of Alabama Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences are pleased to announce the appointment of Frances “Franky” Abbott to the position of Post-Doctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities, a dual appointment in the University … Continue reading

Invisible Gorillas Are Everywhere: Interesting, perhaps controversial, piece

Academe Today, January 24, 2012, Invisible Gorillas Are Everywhere. William Pannapacker reviews the 2011 HASTAC meeting (see keynotes here) and comments on technology and the digital humanities debate. There is also mention of the MLA and AHA guidelines for evaluating … Continue reading

Another Interesting Take on What is Happening in DH

Matt Gold’s “Whose Revolution? Towards a More Equitable Digital Humanities” presentation at MLA 2012: http://mkgold.net/blog/2012/01/10/whose-revolution-toward-a-more-equitable-digital-humanities/

Proposal for Change in Graduate Education in the Humanities

I came across this post from Bethany Nowviskie of UVa that was highlighted in the Chronicle Academe Today.  I include both links as they have different comments associated with them. http://nowviskie.org/2011/it-starts-on-day-one/ http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/it-starts-on-day-one/37893?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en I’m interested in a local discussion of these … Continue reading

Recent MLA and AHA Meetings

The Chronicle of Higher Education has reported some details on these two meetings, e.g., http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/pannapacker-at-the-mla-2-the-come-to-dh-moment/42811?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/pannapacker-at-the-mla-1-an-emerging-consensus-in-the-humanities/42799?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en http://chronicle.com/article/Historians-Reflect-on-Forces/130262/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en I know that some of you attended these meetings. Any observations, thoughts, summaries, concerns, lessons you would like to share?

Digitizing VHS Tapes

The deck and software (iMovie) are now back in place.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities

It’s for real: http://www.lib.ua.edu/digitalhumanities/post-doc. Please share this announcement with colleagues. We’d like to have a large pool of applicants.