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Reminder: the deadline to apply to participate in the NEH-funded Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining, Cross-Border <https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2022/08/16/uc-berkeley-library-and-internet-archive-co-directing-project-to-help-text-data-mining-researchers-navigate-cross-border-legal-and-ethical-issues/> (LLTDM-X) is *5 p.m. PST November 4, 2022.* Application: https://forms.gle/nqU95DqPYfFySZJu6 Please see more details below. Stacy Reardon (she/her) Literatures and Digital Humanities Librarian Find the best library resources for literary studies! https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/english On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 2:47 PM Stacy Reardon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Are you a U.S.-based researcher who has done or wanted to do a > computational text analysis (or “text data mining” / TDM) project on > materials held in countries outside the U.S.? Have you ever collaborated > with a colleague outside of the U.S. on a TDM project? Or conducted TDM on > content created by people living outside the U.S.? > > You may be eligible for up to $800 to tell us about your research as part > of a UC Berkeley Library and Internet Archive, NEH-funded Advancement Grant > project: Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining, Cross-Border (LLTDM-X) > <https://update.lib.berkeley.edu/2022/08/16/uc-berkeley-library-and-internet-archive-co-directing-project-to-help-text-data-mining-researchers-navigate-cross-border-legal-and-ethical-issues/> > . > > > *About LLTDM-X*Our project team has previously created guidance > <https://berkeley.pressbooks.pub/buildinglltdm/> around copyright, > licensing, privacy, and ethical issues for U.S. TDM researchers working > with data in the U.S. But these legal and ethical issues necessarily become > more complex when: > > - the materials you want to mine are housed in a foreign jurisdiction > / are subject to foreign licensing or law, > - the human subjects you are studying or who created the content you > are studying reside in another country, or > - the colleagues with whom you’re collaborating are abroad, and you > are not sure whose law applies or what’s allowed. > > We now want to help you text data mine corpora that are held or created > beyond the U.S. border or that you access via foreign license agreements. > We also want to help you collaborate with colleagues around the world on > cross-border TDM projects. > > You can help us help you, by sharing your experiences in a virtual > roundtable discussion if you’ve ever done, or tried to do, any of the > above. What law, policy, privacy, or ethics problems popped up, and what > questions did you face or do you anticipate facing? > > > *Eligibility & Application*The LLTDM-X team seeks to compensate *10 > additional U.S.-based* (living or working in U.S.) humanities and social > sciences researchers with *up to $800 stipends* for discussing the legal > and ethical issues they face or will face when conducting their > cross-border TDM research. > > Not sure if your TDM research counts as “cross-border”? We created this > brief explanatory video to help you. > https://youtu.be/Y-dF9x-y8ow > > If after watching the video, you think we’re describing your research and > you want to participate in the LLTDM-X roundtable, please submit an > application <https://forms.gle/nqU95DqPYfFySZJu6> no later than *5 p.m. > PST November 4, 2022*. > > We will evaluate your application using the criteria described below. We > will notify applicants in December 2022 about the results of the selection > process. > > > *Selection Criteria*The project team believes that the project will work > best when it reflects the race and gender demographics of the broader > population, and not just those of higher education–and will strive to > achieve equity by reflecting these more representative demographics. > > Additionally, we will work to develop a researcher participation group > that is representative of different institution types, research advising > and support experience, professional roles, levels of experience with > digital humanities text data mining research career stages, and > disciplinary perspectives. > > Our selection process will prioritize the following criteria: > > - Digital humanities researcher or professional > - Experience working with at least one cross-border digital humanities > text data mining project > - Articulated interest in the relationship between text data mining > and the law > - Articulated reason for participating in the roundtable > - Demonstrated commitment to diversity and equity > > *Participation* > If we grant your application to participate, you would be expected to *participate > in approximately 6-8 hours of work* comprised of: > > - *Preparation for Roundtable (~3 hours):* Researchers will each > write up a 2-page description of their TDM research, and cross-border law > and policy challenges they have faced or that they expect will affect or > impede them. The description will be due in February 2023. > - *Participation in Roundtable (~3 hours):* Researchers will share and > explain their experiences in the first half of the virtual Roundtable. In > the second half, legal and ethical experts will interact with researchers, > and ask you questions in order to inform the experts’ law and policy > analysis.The roundtable will be held in February or March 2023. > > *Questions* > If you have any questions not answered above or in our brief explanatory > video <https://youtu.be/Y-dF9x-y8ow>, contact [log in to unmask] > > We look forward to receiving your application > <https://forms.gle/nqU95DqPYfFySZJu6> by *5 p.m. PST on November 4, 2022.* > > > Stacy Reardon (she/her) > Literatures and Digital Humanities Librarian > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BOSTONDH list, click the following link: https://listserv.neu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=BOSTONDH