Posted November 9, 2017
A half-day workshop at the 2018 iConference to be held in Sheffield, UKon Sunday, March 25, 2018 http://ir.shef.ac.uk/bias/ More than ever before, information, algorithms and systems have the potential to influence and shape our experiences and views. With increased access to digital media and the ubiquity of data and data-driven processes in all areas of life, an awareness…
Posted November 9, 2017
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3738 Reference Code: USDOT-2017-0004-TW The National Transportation Library (NTL) Data Management/Data Curation Fellows Program offers a hands-on experience with exposure to creating and evaluating data management plans, crafting data curation standard operating plans and policies, cataloging datasets for preservation, data format migration and other data services, all within the context of providing access to an…
Posted November 9, 2017
The Belmont Public Library seeks a Library Assistant to work in a busy Children’s Department performing circulation desk duties. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: checking materials in and out, renewing materials, collecting and recording fees and fines, issuing library cards and entering patron data, answering main desk telephone, retrieving items for paging list…
Posted November 7, 2017
The School of Information Sciences, the iSchool at Illinois, is activelyrecruiting highly motivated, prospective doctoral students who areinterested in becoming partners in our world-renowned research andscholarship program. We encourage applications from students from alldisciplinary backgrounds. Admitted candidates are offered up to four years of funding in the form ofresearch, teaching, and service assistantships, including tuition…
Posted November 7, 2017
November 7 MyScienceWork – A Global Platform for Researchers, Institutions, and Publishers During this webinar, CEO & Co-founder Virginie Simon, PhD, and Yann Mah, Sales and Marketing Director of MyScienceWork, will be joined by two of their partners from the worlds of institutional repositories and publishing, Dr. Marc Diedrich and Darrell Gunter, respectively. This four-person…
Posted November 7, 2017
The Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit, to be held March 21-23, 2018 in Chicago, IL<https://www.asist.org/events/rdap-summit/>, invites calls for proposals from managers, users, and generators of digital data from all sectors, including industry, academia, government, and cultural heritage centers, to present within the sessions described below. Session topics are as follows:I. Defining the role…
Posted November 7, 2017
Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research Call for Submissions The Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association announces the 2018 Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research. The deadline for submitting entries is January 31, 2018. The LRRT Shera Award Committee will judge the entries for the competition. The decision of…
Posted November 7, 2017
The Town of Brookline Library system is seeking a customer service oriented professional for a part-time Library Assistant I position at the Main Library, one of the busiest branch libraries in the state. This position will perform administrative and support work relating to processing and shelving of library materials; charging and discharging books; circulation functions;…
Posted November 7, 2017
Call for Applications: 2018 Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Scholarships Application Deadline: March 5, 2018 Founded in 1973, the Chinese American Librarians Association, an affiliate of American Library Association, is pleased to announce the availability of its 2017-2018 scholarships: The CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science This scholarship awards $1000 to a full-time student at…
Posted November 6, 2017
The Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) fosters open access to research, within Harvard and beyond, using a combination of education, consultation, collaboration, research, tool-building, and direct assistance. HOAP is a project within the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. For more detail, see the project home page at http://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap. The Research Assistant…
