Hello all! I’m a former academic and now the manager of the Partner and User Support Team at ITHAKA. We support resources you are probably familiar with, including JSTOR, Artstor, JSTOR Forum and Portico. We’re currently hiring for our Partner and User Support Specialist role, the role I started in 6 years ago when I made the decision to leave my…[Read more]

Applying for an academic job? The process can often be opaque and, unless your advisor is particularly helpful, you might feel alone in the process.

Never fear! In a recent blog post, former art history professor and department chair Matt Shoaf tells you how to research, write, and avoid common mistakes when applying for jobs as a…[Read more]

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Dear colleagues,

This email is an invitation to participate in a survey about open educational resources (OER) in Caribbean Studies. This survey is being conducted by Perry Collins and Tania M. Ríos Marrero on behalf of the Digital Library of the Caribbean/University of Flo…[Read more]

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We hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events, including our DEFCon Speaker Series talks or our Virtual Annual Meeting!

Hello All,

Happy New Year! If you are attending the MLA conference this week, whether virtually or in person, please consider joining us tonight at 7 PM for  Neurodivergent Poetics: Extending the Choreography, a virtual roundtable with Chris Martin, Joel Dias-Porter, Hannah Emerson, Estee Klar, Adam Wolfond, and Julia Miele Rodas, moderated…[Read more]

Hosted by Roopika Risam and Keja Valens (Salem State University) and featuring DEFCon Steering Committee members Sonya Donaldson, Jamila Moore Pewu, and Toniesha Taylor, this webinar on December 13, 2021 offered an overview of the funding opportunities from DEFCon for 2022: Teaching Fellowships, Capacity Building Fellowships, and…[Read more]

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The Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for a Contemporary Publishing Fellow, reporting to the Assistant University Librarian, Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The incumbent contributes to the team’s efforts to transform the digital publishing landscape by piloting a…[Read more]

With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DEFCon will be offering $100,000 in grants to support course and curriculum development in digital ethnic studies. An additional $75,000 will be offered to hire mentors to support grant recipients.

On December 13, 2021 at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific, Roopika Risam (Consortium Director) and…[Read more]