DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly

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Calls for Editors

DHQ is recruiting for some new editorial positions in spring 2024 with the following calls for participation:

Please see the individual calls (listed below) for details about the specific roles and responsibilities of each position. All of these are volunteer positions within the DHQ editorial team, for an initial (renewable) term of three years. We typically have more than one editor in each role, so you would be working as part of a team.

If you are interested in volunteering for one of these positions, please submit a one-page statement describing your interest in the position and your vision for how you would contribute to DHQ’s mission, along with a copy of your CV, by April 1, 2024. We are especially interested in recruiting a diverse editorial team, and in candidates who can contribute a global perspective on the DH field. We encourage applications from people working in all different capacities including staff, students, and faculty, within and outside the academy. Statements and CVs can be uploaded via Google form. We’ll follow up with candidates to schedule a short interview via Zoom.

Accessibility Editor

The DHQ Web Accessibility Editor is a volunteer position within the DHQ editorial team, with responsibility for leading DHQ’s efforts to make the journal’s online presence accessible. DHQ’s articles are expressed in TEI/XML and published on the web using open-source XML tools. In the coming year, DHQ will be undertaking a comprehensive accessibility audit and update. The Accessibility Editors would lead this effort, working as part of the journal’s Collaborative Development team, and would have ongoing responsibility for ensuring that the journal follows best practices for accessibility as those evolve. Training or certification in web accessibility would be welcome but are not essential; we welcome all contributions of effort.

Responsibilities include:

  • Serve as a source of expertise on accessibility within the journal’s editorial team, and contribute to strategic DHQ’s planning in this area
  • Develop policies and practices to improve accessibility, as part of the journal’s editorial workflow
  • Work with the production and development teams to make changes necessary to the journal’s XML data and publication systems to improve accessibility
  • Serve as a point of contact for questions about accessibility of DHQ articles and data

Book and Tool Reviews Editor

The DHQ Book and Tool Reviews Editor is a volunteer position within the DHQ editorial team, with responsibility for recruiting and editing book and tool reviews to be published in DHQ. This position is part of a growing team of review editors focused on developing DHQ’s approaches to reviewing books and tools, recruiting new reviewers, and expanding DHQ’s review coverage of digital humanities books and tools.

Responsibilities include:

  • Identify books and tools for review that are relevant to DHQ’s readership
  • Recruit reviewers and provide guidance on reviewing books and tools for DHQ
  • Develop and maintain review guidelines
  • Edit reviews and provide feedback to the review authors
  • Contribute to DHQ’s strategic planning to ensure that the journal’s coverage of books and tools is aligned with the journal’s mission and audience

Languages Editor

The DHQ Languages Editor is a volunteer position within the DHQ editorial team, with responsibility for overseeing DHQ’s handling of languages and translation activities. DHQ uses English as its core language, but authors submit articles in languages other than English and our readership spans a very wide range of languages. The journal also publishes special issues in other languages, and receives requests for permission to translate articles into other languages. The Translation Editor works closely with the editorial team to develop the journal’s strategy on language use and translation, in ways that will help expand the journal’s discoverability, legibility, and accessibility to a global audience.

Responsibilities include:

  • Serve as a point of contact for questions about translation and language use in DHQ
  • Develop policies and practices to support the translation of articles and abstracts, as part of the journal’s editorial workflow
  • Work with the production and development teams to develop effective ways of including translations in the XML representation of articles and in the journal’s publication interface
  • Explore the use of machine translation to make translation workflows more efficient

Community Event Fall 2023 Recording

Over the course of 2023, DHQ’s communications and outreach team has sought to begin programming to better connect readers, reviewers, and authors.

To celebrate the journal’s founding, we hosted a virtual Community Event in fall 2023 to share updates related to a Community Needs survey we enacted, reflect on the journal’s growth, and engage in Q&A.

This event was recorded, and the video is available at this video link: https://vimeo.com/902986149?share=copy.