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One new digital edition added (n. 337).

Twelve new user-added digital editions (n. 324-336).

Three new user-added digital editions (n. 321-323).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 361.

One new user-added digital edition (n. 320).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 358.

Three new user-added digital editions (n. 317, 318, 319).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 355.

Three new user-added digital editions (n. 314, 315, 316).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 351.

Updates to institutions.
Two new user-added digital editions (n. 312, 313).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 343.

Updates to institutions.
One new user-added digital edition (n. 311).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 341.
Patrick Sahle's Catalog of Digital Scholarly Editions now provides direct links to our Catalogue for shared entries!

One new user-added digital edition (n. 310).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 340.
Generic XML renderer of the JSON data (see https://dig-ed-cat.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/editions/?format=xml for the complete entry list.).
Links to Catalogue URLs and to Handle PIDs added to the JSON data (https://dig-ed-cat.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/editions/) .

One new user-added digital edition (n. 309).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 336.

Four new user-added digital editions (n. 305, 306, 307, 308).

We took a break!
New refback (Topics in DH).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 334.

Added two refbacks.

One new user-added digital edition (n. 304).
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 333.
Bug fixes and removal of the Google+ sharing option due to Google's discontinuation of the service.

We published an article in the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) entitled 'Digital Editions of Text: Surveying User Requirements in the Digital Humanities'! The article is available HERE.

Two new user-added digital editions (n. 302 & 303).
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 332.

Two new user-added digital editions (n. 300 & 301).

Two new user-added digital editions (n. 298 & 299).

We added a digital edition (n. 297);
we took a break!

Users of the Catalogue added a total of 7 new digital editions!
User and collaborator Szilvia Maróthy created and maintains a Zotero group to collect digital editions in the Catalogue that are marked as scholarly (see also the Zotero icon in the footer of this website);
we updated our documentation.

All entries in the Catalogue of Digital Editions now have stable Handle.net identifiers. To cite an entry, look for the handle at the bottom of the corresponding project sheet.

We've been experimenting with d2rq;
we presented the Catalogue at the MWW/DARIAH-DE expert workshop entitled "Suchtechnologien";
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 328.

Szilvia Maróthy from ELTE University added 27 digital editions from Hungary!
we updated existing digital editions and did some general spring cleaning;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 327.

We were invited to present the Catalogue at an upcoming MWW/DARIAH-DE Workshop entitled "Suchtechnologien", which will take place in Weimar on 25th May 2018;
Greta gave an interview about the Catalogue of Digital Editions on Italian national television (RAI Cultura) [interview is in Italian];
we updated existing digital editions;
we updated outdated screenshots in the Documentation;
we added two digital editions;
we added an RSS feed for the News section for those who wish to receive the latest updates from the project;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 326.

Our Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions survey paper was accepted for publication in the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage!
our data is now indexed in OpenAIRE;
we added more digital editions;
we added network visualisations of each project and of the entire Catalogue data-set;
we added individual web-pages for institutions (currently accessible by clicking on institution nodes in the individual network visualisations);
we updates the layout of our homepage, including the footer;
we updated existing digital editions;
we fixed a few bugs;
we added missing DNB IDs and cleaned up duplicate institutions;
we updated our Output page with more refbacks;
we updated our Documentation page;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 325.

We updated existing editions;
we fixed a few bugs in geographical coordinates and institution URLs;
we added more digital editions;
the GitHub data repository can now be more easily cited using the following Zenodo DOI:

We presented a poster at the DH Austria conference;
Christmas break!

We updated the documentation and the output page, which includes an article by the Digital Publications Manager of The J. Paul Getty Trust, Greg Albers, who dedicates a paragraph to the Catalogue.

Our poster submission to DHAustria 2017 was accepted. See you in Innsbruck in December!
We submitted an article describing the results of our March survey 'Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions' to a journal.

We added the new filtering option 'Sahle Catalog' to map the entries in the Catalogue against those present in Patrick Sahle's Catalog of Digital Scholarly Editions;
we created a 404 error page;
we added a data-chart selector system;
we created a BibTeX download of all digital editions (see the Get the Data menu tab), which, among other things, allows users to import all digital editions into bibliographic managers such as Zotero;
we created an N3 and RDF/XML download of all digital editions (see the Get the Data menu tab) - the vocabularies used are FOAF, GeoNames, Data Catalog and Dublin Core Metadata;
we added a SPARQL interface to query the RDF data format of the Catalogue;
we added more digital editions;
we freshened-up the look of some pages;
we were invited to present the project at the German-Italian Historical Institute in Trento, Italy.

We updated the FAQ page with project criteria for inclusion in the Catalogue;
we updated the Refbacks section with two new entries;
we took a break!

We celebrate our 1st birthday!
we updated existing data;
we added the 'Repository of Source Material(s)' field to the individual project sheets;
we added an Output page to showcase our research output and visibility in one place;
we added more submissions from users;
we added a bulk-download button to the Browse Editions page.

This month we released a revamped, more spacious homepage;
we added a new 'Navigating the Web Application' section to the Documentation;
we updated the location pop-ups in map view to include more information;
we updated existing data;
we updatedour favicon (to view it, add this site to your browser's bookmarks baror to your mobile device's home screen);
we added the 'Budget' field to the individual project sheets so that you can also learn more about their financial resources;
we added a 'Report' button in project sheets for you to easily communicate issues and updates;
we're in the processof analysing and writing up the results of the 'Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions' survey, which recorded 218 complete responses!
Finally, the Digital Latin Library mentionedus in their most recent blogpost.

The Catalogue of Digital Editions links projects, where possible, to reviews published by the RIDE Review Journal of Scholarly Digital Editions and Resources.
We were featured in iDNES.cz, a Czech online news portal.

The Catalogue of Digital Editions was added to the German Datenbank-Infosystem (DBIS) for use in 319 libraries. DBIS was established at the University of Regensburg and is jointly funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and the German Research Foundation (DFG). More information available here.

A survey entitled 'Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions' is collecting information from the community about the needs of those who use digital editions. The results of the survey and details on how to cite it will be made available here.
The Medialab at the University of Granada mentioned us in their blogpost Los mejores proyectos de Humanidades Digitales de 2016.

The Catalogue of Digital Editions won third place in the DH Awards 2016 Best DH Data Visualization category.

The Catalogue of Digital Editions team presented the project at the 2016 TEI Conference in Vienna. Details about the conference and the book of abstracts are available here. The project poster can be viewed here.