Congratulations to Anne Barker who has been named Associate Director of the Digital Humanities Commons (DHC). This is a joint project of Mizzou Advantage (under the New Media wing) and of SISLT, which is providing infrastructure support via the Allen Institute. Twyla Gibson, Assistant Professor of Information at SISLT, has been leading this effort. The DHC will provide a consulting service for faculty, employing SISLT and Computer Science graduate students in developing prototypes of projects in preparation for seeking internal and external funding for further development. A website will provide a directory of people, projects and resources. An advisory board of representatives of supporting units (educational technology, department of IT, GIS lab, virtual reality lab, Informatics Institute, Art Museum, grant-writers’ network, libraries’ Digital Services Unit, et al.) will ensure the coordination of resources in support of the digital humanities. Our new Head of Digital Services, Felicity Dykas, will serve on the advisory board. Anne will be directly involved with setting up appointments with faculty who have projects, helping to select projects for development, and serving on a panel that will make decisions on allocating Mizzou Advantage funding for travel/training in this area. In November Anne and Twyla will attend the St. Louis THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp at Washington University in St. Louis.