A report on the first round of "Digging into Data" grants, sponsored by NEH, NSF, JISC in the UK, and SSHRC in Canada. Projects profiled include Will Thomas's railroads project and several large scale text mining projects.

Due Sept 22, amounts $5,000 to $60,000. They expect a high degree of novelty or technological innovation in this program.

During the opening plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting Wednesday, Dan Cohen provided an interesting perspective on what might the world of scholarly publishing look like if it were a "digital native" - it was an interesting vision of new modes of scholarly communication that are based on social media, alternative metrics, and some examples of how scholars may navigate the onslaught of digitally distributed content.

The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) announced a new initiative, the Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI). DHWI will run from Monday, 7 January through Friday, 11 January 2013.

More on the Praxis program, linked elsewhere in this list. Published April 30 2012

From Inside Higher Ed April 30, 2012

A discussion forum sponsored by the Association for Computers and the Humanities. Topics range from very nitty-gritty to broad and conceptual.

A blog by the Director of the Scholars Lab at the University of Virginia. Bethany is incredibly thoughtful about the practice of digital humanities, the labor politics of the profession, and alternative academic career development.

Recent blog post on the culture of digital humanities, gender, and the emphasis on coding/buidling. Rich discussion thread.

Brand new: first issue released April 5 2012.