Month: December 2011

Information infrastructures and future directions in digital scholarship

December 17, 2011

Any attempt to understand the impact of digital technologies and the digital medium must take into consideration the underlying processes that support, regulate, and structure computers and the Internet. Human interaction with technology is more than a simple reciprocal exchange between technology and the human mind; it is an interaction between the user and a … More Information infrastructures and future directions in digital scholarship

“Careers in History in the 21st Century: The Job Market and the State of the Field,” UNL History Department Workshop Notes

December 10, 2011

Below are my notes from a workshop I attended yesterday afternoon. In addition to gaining some valuable insight into the current job market and the application process, I was very pleased to hear our department express its enthusiastic support for both academic and non-academic career paths for history graduate students. This is something the UNL … More “Careers in History in the 21st Century: The Job Market and the State of the Field,” UNL History Department Workshop Notes

A good archivist goes a long way

December 5, 2011

And so do reasonable archive policies. After the Thanksgiving holiday, I took a trip down to the small town of Pittsburg, Kansas to conduct some research for my dissertation at the Leonard H. Axe Library. Of particular interest to me was the library’s Special Collections Department‘s holdings on Julius Wayland. Julius Augustus Wayland (1854-1912) was … More A good archivist goes a long way