Digital Humanities Centers Internships, Summer 2009 – Spring 2011 UT iSchool student opportunities, 2009

IMLS Project Developing standard routes to iSchool and Digital Humanities Center (DHC) intern partnerships Strengthening relations between iSchools and DHCs Three iSchools (Texas, Michigan, Maryland) Three DHCs (Nebraska, Michigan State, Maryland)

What are “digital humanities” and why should iSchool students care? Also known as humanities computing Provides opportunities for applying information science skills to humanities applications Includes providing access to humanities materials via markup, digitization, and archiving Includes devising analytical procedures for working with born-digital humanities materials Includes creating digital tools for humanities research

What do the DHCs have to offer? Check their websites in detail: MITH http://mith.umd.edu/ Special interests in electronic literature, cyberculture, analytical and visualization tools MATRIX http://www2.matrix.msu.edu/ Special interests in digital libraries and museums, sustainable collections, open-source tools CDRH http://cdrh.unl.edu Special interests in metadata, linguistic research, history

How does it work? At UT, the internships will typically be configured as Master’s capstones (if you have been planning to write a thesis, this can be discussed) Choice of summer, fall, spring Choice of residential (at the DHC) or distance If distance, would have to choose appropriate project (all DHCs have distance experience), will spend minimum 1 week in residence If residential, can add independent study, WISE, or other elements from home university

What will the DHCs get? Students will work on ongoing projects at the DHC, participating in existing research teams DHCs in general will begin to tap a new source of information science talent to strengthen humanities in digital libraries/archives and humanities cyberinfrastructure Residential students will participate in regular activities at the DHC All students will participate in social networking hosted by the DHCs

How is it supervised? UT iSchool faculty member must be sponsor Internship project will have agreed deliverable for evaluation DHC client will judge student work and complete capstone evaluation form Grade will be issued by UT faculty

How can a student get one? Two-stage process (Texas two-step) Application through project partners (submit locally): Application form CV, Statement of interest, two recommendation letters Choose two DHCs in order of preference Students are selected by project partners Then if selected, set up capstone at regular registration Work with internship partner for capstone description and client agreement, choose local faculty sponsor Register for capstone locally as usual

What will the student get? Money: tuition/fees for 3 hours plus stipend: $5458.00 (rises in future years with tuition) Reading list on digital humanities Opportunity to collaborate on an interesting project Credit toward graduation, great resume entry Invitation to attend the fall Nebraska Digital Workshop in the year of the internship, to meet with students and faculty participants from all partnership institutions

When do students apply? Applications open after a formal call next week, November 21 Application form will be made available Evaluation criteria will be described Deadline for applications is January 15 for capstones to begin in summer school 2009 or fall semester 2009 Notification about selection February 15

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