Upcoming Events: January 22

This will be an especially busy week for Digital Humanities related events that may be of interest to PhillyDH members. In addition to the NDSA Philly Regional Meeting and Unconference at the Library Company on Thursday and Friday, there will be several events on Wednesday January 22.

1) At 11 am, there will be a session “Introduction to Digital Humanities” in the ground floor of Paley Library, 1210 Polett Walk on Temple University’s main campus. This will be open to participation on PhillyDH members. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Matt Shoemaker.

2) From Noon-3 pm The Vitale Media Lab in the University of Pennsylvania Library’s Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts will be holding an Open House to mark their formal launch. Details can be found HERE.

3) From 3-5 pm, at the Paley Library at Temple University, there will be a presentation by Merrilee Proffitt of OCLC on “OCLC Research Update: Working with Special Collections and Wikipedia.” You may get more information and sign up for the event at Eventbrite HERE.

There will be two other events of interest on Thursday and Friday.

On Thursday, January 23, from 6:30-8:30, GeoPhilly and PhillyPUG will hold their January Meetup on the theme of “Python and Maps.” More information about the program and GeoPhilly can be found HERE.

And on Friday, January 24, from 9:30 am-5 pm, University of Pennsylvania Special Collections Library will be hosting LibHack 2014: Hacking for Better Libraries. Details can be found HERE.