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

2. 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)

3. 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

4. What do the DHCs have to offer?
Check their websites in detail:
MITH
Special interests in electronic literature, cyberculture, analytical and visualization tools
MATRIX
Special interests in digital libraries and museums, sustainable collections, open-source tools
CDRH
Special interests in metadata, linguistic research, history

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. What will the student get?
Money: tuition/fees for 3 hours plus stipend: $ (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

10. 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

11. Questions?
Program?
Projects?