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The Digital Library Federation is pleased to offer a special registration rate for the 2011 DH conference, being held at Stanford University, June 19-22, 2011.

In partnership with CenterNet, DLF is working to create opportunities that bring together digital library and digital humanities communities in order to explore where we converge and to better understand our roles and responsibilities. As part of this effort, DLF is offering its members, who are first time DH conference attendees, a $100 conference registration discount.

This is a first come, first serve offer, open to all DLF community members who have NEVER attended the DH conference. Some restrictions apply*.

To take advantage of this special offer please send your name, contact information and organizational affiliation to the DLF mail box. Eligible DLF members will receive a special registration URL in order to activate this special discount. Do not register for the event until you have received your discount code.

For more information about the DH conference go to their website.

For more information about DLF Digital Humanities activities, go to the DH interest group page.

*Restrictions: not open to Stanford University (a special Stanford Employee rate is being offered separately).

“First time attendee” is defined as anyone who has not attended DH in the last 5 years.

This is a first come, first served offer, and is limited to the first 20 respondents. Offer expires April 30th, or when we receive 20 request, whichever comes first. Please send contacts and inquiries to DLF Info.

Round two of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences, was announced on March 16, 2011.  This year, 8 funders are participating enabling this competition to have a world-wide reach into many different scholarly and scientific domains.

For round two, the Digging into Data Challenge is encouraging digital library participants, not only as grant applicants, participating on research teams, but also as content providers, making their collections available to research teams. A list of current data providers is located here.

Final applications will be due June 16, 2011.

Further information about the competition and the application process can be found at www.diggingintodata.org.

The Digging into Data Challenge is being administered by the Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Digital Library Federation program today announced its formal alliance with centerNet. Established in 2007, centerNet is an international network of digital humanities centers formed for cooperative and collaborative action that benefits the digital humanities and allied fields in general, and has special resources in the domain of cyberinfrastructure to offer humanities centers in particular.The affiliation will focus on areas where digital libraries and digital humanities converge and need further exploration and understanding of each community’s roles and responsibilities. More information can be found here.