DHSI – the Digital Humanities Summer Institute – is a training program held every summer at the University of Victoria. Delivered over a week, each course is an intensive series of classes interspersed with colloquiums, unconferences, and other community-based events, and provides an ideal environment for influencing teaching, research, dissemination, creation, and preservation in different disciplines. Course offerings have historically included such topics as text analysis, data visualization, digital pedagogy, programming, topic modelling, and more.

We are pleased to confirm that UBC Library is continuing as a sponsoring partner of DHSI thanks to the support of University Librarian Susan Parker. As part of this sponsorship, the Library provides free registration – normally $950 with the early bird rate, or $1,250 at full cost – for five library employees to attend a course at DSHI 2020, held on June 1-5 or 8-12.

If you would like to be considered for one of these sponsored spots, please submit the following to digital.initiatives@ubc.ca by Tuesday, November 12th:

• A short statement of interest (300 words max)
• Your preferred course(s)
• Source(s) of funding you would use to cover the other costs of attending DHSI (travel, accommodation, incidentals)
• If you have attended DHSI in the past on UBC Library-sponsored spot: the years you attended and the courses you completed

Any UBC Library staff member with an interest in Digital Humanities is invited to apply. We hope to notify successful applicants by November 19th.

NOTE: Participants from sponsoring institutions can also attend DHSI at a reduced rate of $650, using a discount code. If you are planning to attend DHSI next year and are interested in registering at this discounted rate, please contact Larissa Ringham (larissa.ringham@ubc.ca) for the code *before you register*, as the discount cannot be applied retroactively. Scholarships are also available by applying to DHSI directly.

We look forward to seeing your applications! Please let us know if you have any questions.